Chelsea v Arsenal Official next match thread Semi final

by **Tenbob** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:29 pm

Crap cup, crap team ,crap manager,crap owners and that's just Chelsea.
Diabolical cup,diabolical team,diabolical manager,diabolical owners that Us.
Semi final and I can't even get excited about it.
Will he put a good team out or will he just resign before the game so at least we have got something to cheer about.
We may well put in a blinder and look brilliant but will it change anything.
Rant over, come on you Reds.

by **potter** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:35 pm

Liked the first line,didn't think the second was harsh enough.

by **Rainham Red** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:01 pm

Arsenal humiliated against Forest and hurting with the criticism outplay Chelsea and emerge as worthy winners.

by **595** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:21 pm

Can’t believe I was foolish enough to buy a ticket for this game .

by **Rainham Red** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:51 am

595 wrote:Can’t believe I was foolish enough to buy a ticket for this game .

You`re not foolish you are an Arsenal fan and that`s what fans of all clubs do, support their team through thick and thin.

by **Rainham Red** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:29 am

Not what you would call a great game but I thought we defended really well and we now have the chance to get to the final. Jack was in my opinion excellent again but his ankle horror struck again, hopefully, he will not be out for too long. Maitland -Niles I feel is going to be a big player for us if he keeps improving. I was disappointed with Lacazette I know basically we were playing a defensive game and he wouldn`t get many chances but the real chance he did get in the first half he blazed wildly over the bar. He hasn`t scored for a while and if he doesn`t score soon we will have to change his name from Lacazette to Lacagoals.

by **Tenbob** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:49 pm

Rainham Red wrote:Not what you would call a great game but I thought we defended really well and we now have the chance to get to the final. Jack was in my opinion excellent again but his ankle horror struck again, hopefully, he will not be out for too long. Maitland -Niles I feel is going to be a big player for us if he keeps improving. I was disappointed with Lacazette I know basically we were playing a defensive game and he wouldn`t get many chances but the real chance he did get in the first half he blazed wildly over the bar. He hasn`t scored for a while and if he doesn`t score soon we will have to change his name from Lacazette to Lacagoals.

Agree with you RR it was a professional 1st leg performance and we should praise them for that as we are quick to slag them off about having no savvy in these games.
Lacazette follows in a long line of forwards that just find it hard to fit into out style, Perez comes to mind as one of them.
We never really play to the forwards strengths and get them the chances to shine.

by **Red Snapper** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:19 pm

Jack Wheelchair was a worry but he's posted he'll be OK in a couple of days. September it is then. Decent defending last night which has been absent far too often for the last few years but no creativity going forward. We hope for better next time.

by **German_Gooner** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:01 pm

I'm glad to read that Jack should be ok, I like the guy and I think he had some good games now.
I think Lacazette is a top class player, but agree that he needs to find the goal soon.
I'm more worried on Welbeck, I think he is not good enough for the top level, sell him.
What do you think about Iwobi, (I don't care about the party story), I think he has some really
good skills and he looks good when he is moving forward with pace, but the final ball is often poor.
I was hoping to see the new guy from Greece for some minutes, but we have to wait for that.
Our young left back looked a bit tired at the beginning as he played many games recently, but
he looks really cool and calm and showed again that he has it all, potential for a big player in the future.

by **Tenbob** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:13 am

German_Gooner wrote:I'm glad to read that Jack should be ok, I like the guy and I think he had some good games now.
I think Lacazette is a top class player, but agree that he needs to find the goal soon.
I'm more worried on Welbeck, I think he is not good enough for the top level, sell him.
What do you think about Iwobi, (I don't care about the party story), I think he has some really
good skills and he looks good when he is moving forward with pace, but the final ball is often poor.
I was hoping to see the new guy from Greece for some minutes, but we have to wait for that.
Our young left back looked a bit tired at the beginning as he played many games recently, but
he looks really cool and calm and showed again that he has it all, potential for a big player in the future.

Agree about Welbeck ,just the same as Walcott apart from pace has little else to his game.
Iwobi wouldn't get into many Prem sides another failed youth imo and will not get any better.

by **595** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:45 am

Wellbevk’s never been good enough for the Arsenal , Iwobi’s still young & lacks consistency and has been thrown into the team at a difficult time by Wenger , blame the manager for that , he’s persisted with your Walcott , your Coquelin , made a poor defender & even poorer leader the skipper , whoever takes over will have a mammoth job on their hands.