Awful Arsenal lose at Norwich
Arsenal started with the attacking trio of Giroud, Podolski and Gervinho to take the fight to Norwich and take advantage of their fragile confidence. Ramsey got the nod alongside Cazorla and Arteta in the middle with plenty of options, including Wilshere, on the bench.
Chris Houghton had his players fired up and they set out to work hard and press Arsenal with a high tempo. The Gunners ettled in to their passing style and kept patiently probing for an opening. There was hardly a chance to speak of until the 19th minute when Arsenal allowed Tettey room to have a shot. Mannone was deceived and spilled it into the path of Holt for a simple tap in and suddenly we were behind.
Arsenal seemed to be lacking a bit of zip and were finding it hard to fashion anything in the final third.It could have got worse for Arsenal when Turner had a free header from a corner but he put it wide. Too many players were having an off day and they gave Norwich too much encouragement.
It was no better at the start of the second half and Arsenal nearly got punished again but Hoolahan was offside. We were in dire need of something to change the pattern but it was Norwich who were getting closer to a goal. Wenger finally reacted by bringing Oxlade-Chamberlain on for the ineffective Podolski but it could easily have been Gervinho.
His first touch was the most direct that Arsenal had been all day but he pulled up and had to off 10 minutes later. Arsenal were just letting the game slip away without a fight and Ruddy had not even made a decent save. Wenger took his last throw of the dice by bringing on the young German Gnabry for his Premier league debut.
Gervinho finally got a good chance but it was well blocked. All in all, it was a thoroughly miserable day. Another injury, no goals, no points, no good!
The problem is we can buy the best in the world and we will still fail to score goals–why? Because we just pass and pass and pass,even these best players will come to us and loose their instinct as they adapt to our sick style of play.
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it has taken long enough for people to agree with me about gerviniho. no football brain. but it took a loss for it. its looking slim right now to make it to number one. already a mile behind. and lets face it chelsea have depth to go all the way all season. not to mention the manchester clubs. three easy points gone.
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The worst part of defeat to a such a team is that fans have to live with it until the next game,in this world media can be such a pathetic reminder of your failures and there are no ways to hide from it,I am on internet all the time,for next few days I won’t be typing arsenal in searh box as a precaution,but will I really be able to avoid stumbling across any artice critising arsenal.
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what the f*** was wenger thinking?? that’s one of the most horrendous games I’ve seen ever, arsenal getting absolutely nowhere. first, giroud was apparently put up front to make him happy or whatever, although I guess he would be the only one in that case: gervinho would have been a much better choice against this packed defense. then we should have started with walcott and oxlade-chamberlain to create some f***** movement. Who the hell needs both ramsey and arteta against f* norwich??! Yeah, I’m disappointed, and I think wenger seriously has to consider his position. No title this year and he’s out, no discussion.
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WHEN WILL THIS SO-CALLED MANAGER GET SACKED,PLEASE GOD IN HEAVEN ANSWER OUR PRAYERS,WENGER IS KILLING THIS CLUB!!!!!
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fans that think the team is not good enough just need look at how we won away to liverpool and where very unfortunate not to beat the champions at there own home ground
also chelsea who look awsome at the moment undeservingly beat us coz of a ring rusty defender and 3rd choice keeper, it was a great game for the neutrals and in no way did we look out classed,(if chelsea had 3rd GLK in goal we probably would of slaughtered them)
we are faring much better than the pl champions in the champions league who were played off the park by the same team that we made light work of last season, i believe the reason why the international break affected us and no others is the fact that our whole forward line is brand new, the last thing we needed were a break from momentum and an away return to a rigid disciplined ten man defence
the sooner Szczezzer returns the better as most teams struggle there with there second choice never mind third, the only change im positive on is that we need another striker, Wenger knows this as he put bids out there and the right man/men was not for sale, in january i believe we will see at least one addition just like Arsene has said himself
must say that in no way are we a bad team and that todays game was depressing enough without reading a comment like Arsene must go
@taiwo if you dont believe the che fans arent hopping mad at the moment well then i dont know what else to tell you except that your a spade
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OUT WENGER!
!OUT WENGER
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Ramsey is nt an arsenal kind of player too slow he is only gud as a sub, somebody here say no matter how many goals gervinho score he stil prefer giroud in middle, dat person must be mad cause if u watch arsenal dnt play giroud style dats y he dnt score but for gervinho no matter hw he misse he always find a way to pout us level, as for me gervinho is stil d best striker in arsenal for now, thumb me down if u want, if we realy nid trophy we wil buy new striker or wenger stay stubborn and we cont. Our path for top 4
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Arsenal is having the same old problem, Ramsey kept giving the ball away; Gervihno’s useless dribbling; wastesful corners; lack of fighting spirit etc, it’s Arsenal’s worst game so far..
if Manonne is a joke, Wenger is a bigger joke, both of them keep talking about challenging for titles, with what? we don’t even have a striker on the bench last night!
As much as i love Arsenal, i have to say it’s truly embarrasing to be the first team losing to Norwich, now i’m worried if we can make it for champions league next year.
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@blackorwhite I agree with both comments. Ramsey is MEDIOCRE. He provides nothing essential to the team. He passes backwards and sideways all the time and can’t tackle for shit. Giroud has been thrown into the deep end and expected to take off where RvP left off. I know he needs time to adapt, but for crying out loud that is always the excuse for every player that isn’t playing well. I’m not saying Giroud isn’t a good player, but he is the type of player who thrives with with crosses and air balls. When we fanny around the goal area playing pass pass pass, Giroud becomes redundant. Wenger seriously needs to buy a WORLD CLASS striker (fast, pacy and skillful) in January to take the pressure of Giroud and give him time to adapt.
For now I would play Podolski up front as main striker, keep Gerv on the wing, or visa versa. Our team really has been spread thin after these injuries…and who do we have as reinforcements? Arshavin, Ramsey, Santos, Gnabry. That’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Gnabry has potential, but without good wingers we cannot score.
I just wish we had the killer instinct like United and Chelsea. Our players seemed like they were in a training session today. Another top four finish ain’t gonna do it for me this season. Sorry, but it has almost been a decade since we won anything. Every game counts, especially against teams like Norwich..it’s early days but already 10 points behind leaders should have any fan worried.
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Whatever we write on the blog, whatever we say to each other or how much we dislike Gazidis, there is only one thing left…
We are at the point were we are talking about arsenal transfers like we are a 10th position club..
We are the 3rd richest club in the WORLD and we say that a transfer that is above 15m is unrealistic for us…
The only thing left to do, as supporters who want to see our club, which used to be one of best one in the world, still be among the best, is a sabotage.
I stoped go to the emirates, the bigest joy of my life so far… but what’s a joy if a team such as ours can’t be among the title contenders any more, and all of that because of the boards greed…
So the only thing is to fight back against the board which their only target for the season is to make big profit
(I certainly don’t say to spend money like Man shity)
BUT! the excuse like: “qualifying for the champions league is a big achievment” its not an achievment for a team that used to be one of the best in the world!
Share this idea if you want… I think it will “shake” the board
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i thought Wenger will give the players a lashing during the break, like what Fergie always does, but no, Arsenal was worse during the 2nd half, why? i practically felt like screaming at the players to wake them up!
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it was a very painful loss.
Especially as we are behind chelshit by 10 points, but guys c’mon wod is this shit with the sack wenger slogans???
This is the time to get behind the team and let them know that we support them through good times and bad times.
And our players had an off day, why r we blaming wenger??
Its not as if he did it on purpose. The players were playing and not wenger!!!
Stop being such assholes and support the team!!!!
COYG!!!!!!!
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s*it always happens.it is those guys who support the club despite that are worthy of calling themselves arsenal fans..GOONERS FOR ALL THE ETERNITY
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Gervinho is not lethal enough just dribbling and no focus, ramsey just lot of run without creativity both are liability to the team if we facing asolid organise defence so Mssr Wenger should know better of this.
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we just know one way to play that is to pass and this not how a complete football team is made of. A complete football team also fires in long range shots, goods crosses, good free kicks and i think this where we lack and this is the difference between us and bigs teams.
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Admin, I think you should write an article on why gervinho should stroke for us and not giroud
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shocking display…cant believe it… its not manonne fault tho how did the guy manage to coast through to goal and hit it unchallenged? to be honest ive never seen such a slow paced build up in my life…no urgency whatsoever and so predictable…u wouldnt believe we were 1-0 down…they were just waiting for us to try the through pass the collect then counter attack… when teams are packing the box you have to try more then one route..get it wide and whip it in…its not suprising giroud goal this season came from a whipped in ball..
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Agree with Goonergetya,( above ).”Wenger out NOW ” ? He should have been out yesterday. No, make that five years ago.It amazes me that some ‘supporters’ still defend the man.Time after time he makes the same mistakes, with the same results.Spouts the same crap to the more gullible fans, and they lap it up.Just recently he said this ” is his best ever team ” – the same as he said before the start of last season. And the board are just as culpable for backing him.
We’ll never win the league ( or much else ) as long as this gutless ambitionless administration keep him here.
Arsenal fans are far too docile and tolerant. Gazidis has said the only way Wenger will leave is when THE FANS demand it.So when ARE we going to demand it ?
“In Arsene we rust.”
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t is the same thing that happened in san siro! no long range pass, no long shot, no one can dribble and pass a defender and above all wenger too sacared to make any tactical changes!!! i really doubt if wenger’s tactics are good enough to win us any trophy! to be true we dont play beautiful game anymore!!
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GNABRY IS GOING TO BE THE ENGLISH MESSI PRODUCED BY WENGER IN ARSENE WE TRUST GOONER FOR LIFE.
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Xyz his not english u doughnut
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OK this really f%&ks me off, yes we were very very poor yesterday but we have one bad game and everyone is calling for wengers head and saying we will finish outside of the top 4 even MOTD saying we got no chance. but if we win our next 2 games 3-0 or so the same people will be saying we the best team ever. For god sake stop panicking we’ve only lost 2, same as united and no one is saying they’re shit.
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Were u watching a different game than me. The problem was the long range passes and ineffective long shots. They looked mentally tired and not willing to put in 100%. There was no high tempo passing and I suspect that our passing completion rate was below par. Our defencive display was tired players were rarely put under pressure on the ball all up the field. The goal came from defence not reacting quickly enough. Major ass kicking required.
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All of the retards on here saying this has something to do with wenger ?, it was tge players they were pathetic they didst deserve out jersey yesterday , I’m actually so gutted, easy three points lost, hope we can prove doubters wrong and come back stronger and actually challenge this year:( COYG
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Experienced keeper is needed badly
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Did people not watch the same game as me? Did you not see our GK parry a shot directly for the Norwich frontman for an easy tap in.. Then second half Ruddy manage to actually keep ahold of the ball to avoid the same happening to him. That was what done it, I think he needs experience at this level that’ all and I think he’s learnt one mistake matters now.
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Wenger seems surprised almost that teams play defensively against Arsenal, he blames them for not playing beautiful football. By now, Wenger needs to have some sort of a game plan for teams that play like that against Arsenal. Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Man City etc. don’t you think smallers teams play defensively against those big clubs, yet they will almost 90% of the time win the game, because they know that smaller clubs will play that sort of shit football.
Also, Arsenal were playing the same way, through the middle, why were they playing like that all through the game when we have a massive center forward who we know can score goals with his head. So much lack of creativity yesterday, and the International break is a stupid excuse, most big clubs all had their players away for duty.
I just hope Arsenal don’t start the same thing they do every season….
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Though, I am not calling for Wenger’s head, it was just one game. However it worries me that teams can just play defensively and Arsenal start to look quiver a little bit. We need to be able to look at a team who are playing with 10 men at the back and go “hmm okay, we’ll do it your way” and be able to smash them.
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There is a definate lack off quality in our squad we still in my opinion havn’t cleared out the deadwood from the squad.
Arsene speaks of strength in depth in the squad!!?
Thats like saying if messi was available we wouldant want him because we already have enough forwards!!
Clearly nonsense.
I will always argue that Man utd Chelsea and Man city should be finishing above us simply becasue of their transfer spending and huge wage bills.
But playing as poorly as we did against Norwich doesnt reflect that argument from me!!??
I would also say that if Alex song and RVP were here they would be definate starters and id argue we would have 6 more points atleast by now you cant replace quality with sub standard signings or replace them with youngsters who need time to develop and will have their off days.
Iv said before we arnt title cottenders this season on paper we arnt either i still think we play great football the best still for me in the prem but we dont have the best indidviduals.
And we’r sadly shopping in a different transfer market to the big boys.
And for me the moneyball style Arsenal era has bin proved flawed.
So lets hope FFP sorts this joke spending out
and levels up the balance of the premier league.
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People here are talking about crosses like Giroud is sooo good on air! He is not! If that could be the case, Chamack would produce brilliant performance than Giroud. He is just good on swap through balls like his first goal in premier. Arsene BUY a striker!
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Sack @Dom!
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Out of the possible 24 points we managed only to get 12,where are we leading?
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Experienced keeper is needed badly
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I saw the loss coming. That was a shitty perfomance devoid of any ideas.
What was giroud comtribution in the second half.
Why did we have to bring on gamry(whatever)
why are we stuck to 4-5 1 formation. it doesnt make sense. there so many formation we can adopt to counter our opponents
Congs Norwitch
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We dont deserve to be in the top 10!!!
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I have to admit CAZORLA played shit yesturday he missed placed passes got tackled in the middle of the pitch he was running out of ideas arteta apsolutli solid bless the guy he cant do it all on his own vermalen needs to look at him self in the mirror coz his starting to make few mistakes at the bk
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What can only be described as a woeful performance, no wonder we are already 10 points behind Chelsea. We have looked sharp in the first 7 games of the season, but yesterdays performance was boring from an Arsenal fans perspective. Im all for following our playing philosophy, but is it really necessary to try and walk the ball in the back of the net when there’s 20 minutes left and were losing? Not to mention Norwich’s defense sitting back. Maybe we need to work on our crossing tactics, and shooting from outside the box. Santi proved it. Hopefully confidence is back for Schalke, COYWilshere!
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KEEP YOUR FAITH GOONER/ETTE @UNIVERSE.
We will again at next match, life is bypass road,and the things you should focus on is, the coming one, the one in front of you, if complain like adam kemp vibe, is arsenal getting better, Nooooooooo, so be mature, this will be Our last lost, we ll beat schalke 04, and from there, we ll bounce back higher.
VCC to all die hard Gooner,not adam kemp’s follower,
gooner from kuta-bali-indonesia.
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Is it just me or does cazorla play badly weneva ramsey plays,he keeps getting into places where cazorla should thrive and does nothing with that position. And cazorla plays badly the whole team does.
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look at all the Wenger haters cause we lost, Norwich 100% deserved that, they showed true passion for the game and kept on pressing that something arsenal failed to do, im not angry with the result maybe it will help the team to realise what the f**k they were doing, we can do nothing but learn from that game
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We need to dig into our pocket come jan transfer window and buy some decent players or we’ll not even be playing in the europa league next season. I think we do not have good depth and our players looked tired. We need to give players some needed rest and rotates the team players. You can’t blame this kind of performance when the 1st eleven is playing in national teams, champions league & epl.
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@supernas the last time i looked we were seventh richest and that is “before the monies allocated towards our debt” wich wether people like to admit or not has been a huge stranglehold on our club, and also excluded from list were the billionaire owners who if had never arrived i am sure that things would look alot different as would our squad, we were just “slightly above liv and tot” in this list, also i would like to mention that alot of the names on here are not very familiar at all, wether they are the same fans as weeks gone by and decided to comment under a different name or wether they are so called fans who are of the people that are not happy unless they have something to complain about so only comment after bad results, i just dont know as i could be wrong and we truly have a fickle bunch of supporters
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guys please let not jump the gun here our boys were off the peg no doubt about that but fans need to stop jumping to endings it only a few games into the season people are writing the gunners off again from last season i learn that we still have a very good side and when all our players become fit and well we will be on serious fire wiltshire sagna frimpong rosicky diaby walcott etc all players to come back 10 points off chelsea but look remeber last season when we beat man city at home alot of us thought we gave man utd the league but what happened it still early days we lost to games(which were both unfortunte accidents)but we will be good i think the 8-2 last season was worst than this
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Let’s face it,until we can consistantly win these games (that put us in 4th as oppossed to 9th place )we’re not going to win ANYTHING!For years now every time we get a chance to take advantage of teams around us dropping points, or, to put pressure on teams above us by winning games we SHOULD win,we bottle it,or assume the 3 points is in the bag before a ball is even kicked, etc, etc. Once again it happened on Saturday,and after seeing the commitment of so called ‘lesser’ sides on the weekend, we’re going to struggle again this season.We need more than spirit, we need a SPINE !
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