This is a massive game for the Gunners, but also one which Arsenal should be confident of getting the right result in. When you consider that we beat what most would say was better Turkish opposition at the same time last season, as well as the fact that we are stronger and more confident this time around, then Besiktas should hold no real fears for us.
And the boss has certainly gone for a fairly strong attacking line-up, with Mikel Arteta preferred to Mathieu Flamini in the deep lying midfield role. Ramsey and Wilshere need to play well to control the game and a lot of the onus will be on the big French shoulders of Olivier giroud in the centre forward position.
Szczesny
Debuchy, Chambers, Koscielny, Monreal
Arteta, Ramsey
Sanchez, Giroud, Cazorla
subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Miquel, Chamberlain, Flamini, Rosicky, Campbell
Our number 12 needs to step up today and start to find the form that made him so important to our success last season, especially with Sanogo, Campbell and Sanchez pushing for that central role, but I think that he will. Cazorla also needs a good game after some lacklustre performances recently.
I think we could be happy with a score draw, but I also think we should get the win and put one foot in the Champions League group stage.
Sanchez playing with Barca is used to chasing the ball down hunting in packs.. Passing to messi and co..
I just hope Wenger sees the problems up front and spends some money on a decent striker.. Defensive mid…defender…
I’d honestly say next week will be a walk in the park but Wenger must surely understand with this current squad we are not getting out of the group stages..
The decision to take alexis off and leave giroud on the park is absolutely shocking !! Wenger has to bring in a top CF , he can’t be happy with that plank up top!!
Why take off the only person actually trying to create chances? I think Wenger started the match looking for a draw. This makes no sense
I would be happy with a draw, think a draw would be lucky.
Arsenal can snatch this
Lol Davindz stop trolling
Did Arsene just take off Sanchez and kept Giroud? I am really just asking what the frack is wrong with Arsene? Why not play a fast Sanchez instead of a completely out of form Giroud?
Giroud is World Class
He must surely be up for the ballon d’or next season
world class banter
There you go again.. Seeking me out..
Are you girouds boyfriend..
Oh F@ck your patter is really cr@p….and you threw in a hilarious sexual inuendo..
Are you stalking me..
Nah, you’re just a boring pr!ck
Say what you wanna, but I gotta say,
Giroud is WORLD CLASS. His hardwork, hold up play, touch……bravo!!.
On my feet clapping…This guy is it.
Ref is an amateur. Can’t keep control on the pitch. Gives fouls when there aren’t, don’t give when there are.
a very predictable arsene, same old substitutions from wenger…. meanwhile campbell and rosicky in the bench…. a f*ck*ng tactical display from wenger… again.
PS: ffffffuuuuuuCCCCKKKK GIROUD
Sanchz must be thinking wtf, why this lamp post doing in arsenal shirt.
Giroud is shit! WE NEED A STRIKER!!!!
Arsene Wenger is a top class manager isn’t he??
score this fk
Actually our gunner play better than last match so guy be happy. They fight for the ball. Yes we going to score this free kick
We take off Sanchez, we get a good free kick position. F*ck.
Free kick but no Sanchez
Chuba Akpom would’ve been a better choice up top than that donkey that’s there right now.
Can anyone explain why it took so much time for Lord Giroud to gain fitness when i can see Debuchy who had much more World Cup playing is ass off ???
There is faith and blind faith wake up Wenger.
Rambo what the hell are you doing?!
Well then. Red card. Yay
great keeps on getting better
Very disappointed
arghhhhhhhhhhhh
Good job Ramsey, possibly a £40 million red card.
That was very stupid Aaron!
wengers lack of basic managerial skills will cost arsenal again this season
Fu***k this.
Yes we are one down so no campbell again
Oh dear oh dear. Still I think the ref is an amateur
wow …. what did i write??!!!!! i told you guys
Pathetic ref, really always Against us
LoL
Good news is we weren’t playing a big team
Cazorla and Ramsey had a shocker on Saturday. I didn’t think they could play much worse, but they do. Absolutely abysmal!
I guess he was right, we are playing with 10 men
Now we need Wilshere to step up.
FFS.. As usual Arsenal making a mess of the match that should have been by 60 min. Now all that is left is defending our ass off for the remaining 10 min. What a shame!
Thing that annoys me is the fact Gibbs is almost as glass as Diaby, and as for Arteta, well I just knew we could not go through this game without an injury.
Hardly his fault that Ba is a thug
Does this mean Ramsey misses 2nd leg
Disgusting game by arsenal. Wan’t ozil back and theo aswell
Girouoouuud the Champion
How was that a red? The challenge on Wilshere right after was worse
giroud is a fkning disgrace man
Wenger for christ’s sake go out there and do business. 3 players we need. CB,CDM and ST.
Giroud the God, God awful
Coyg show some steel!
Ramsey getting sent off stems from not having a good CF to put the ball in the back of the net.
Ohhh maaaaan Giroud is such a BAD BAD PLAYER.
Giroud with the winner….
i think we will have a bad season i just have that feeling
You really need some Prozac mate
New season, same old problems. Giroud is a potato sack, Cazorla and Arteta have aged tremendously and are not fit to play. Wilshere was never cut out to be a key player, he gets sooo overrated by the English media and fans it’s laughable.
Did cazorla go home? I’ve not seen him this half.
He nearly scored from freekick…miss that?
Oh yeah. He nearly scored from a free kick, glad he was on the pitch.
Giroud nearly didn’t fluff 4 or so chances. Glad he turned up too.
was just sayin
I am nt watching this game, its a pity. One Man down, damn it.
From live commentary, it does nt seem like Ba is still on the pitch.
Ba was actually way better than OG in this game as expected. Atleast Ba gave Schez and our defenders something to think about. Poor game from our lead striker once again, OG might scare off potential signing from his play, Sanchez put in a shift but the man he was crossing too lost the ball with his first touch.
Sac Giroud and replace him with the OX or Campbell.
OK lets go straight, Giroud useless, Cazorla nothing, Alexis played good but no help from teammates, Ramsey tried but not need to get red card, not to mention Wilshere because he was not there. Wenger should fix this, because the game is really not efficient, srceaming for transfers?? Sure! Bossing midfield, striker and defender!
OX brilliant foot work and thumbs up for the effort, that what we been missing
And Wenger brought OX so late. Wenger sometimes acts clueless and insanely stupid
giroud touch the ball and we lose it…. no matters how many signings we do, with a poor tactital display, arsenal NEVER gonna win anything…. sad but true
This team is just naive (like the manager anyway)…!
Campbell on the bench !!!
Wilshere seems to be the focal point of the team when we all know he might be the worse player in the club right now.
Wenger, again, amorphe and motionless most of the game, not surprised he is not a tactical manager. Nothing new, and it is business as usual.
Ramsey worries about dribbling instead of making the easy pass… Out for the next game… Dumb ass!
Giroud could not be more useless…!!
Wenger cannot be serious, when he talks about challenging for the BPL… But again he says the same thing every season and it ends up being chaotic each time.
Right now we need the Germans back and 2 more signings for sure (possibly leaders too).
Campbell and Chamberlain should have started the game… We needed speed and we got Jack “where is the ball” Wilshere…!!
Wtf nobody there for rebound. ..where is Ramsey?
Lol.
Giroud is f*cking disgrace…!! We are in trouble for the season… Even the simple thing cannot be done… I hope it is based on his fitness and he will get better soon.
Giroud can’t win a fu*king header for a decent cross. And that is his only strength. What a waste. Playing with 9 players LOL
Good result coming up
4 Arsenal.
Easy home win
Brilliant by Kos there
play without main striker … no giroud no sanogo
Koscielny is just one of the best CB in the world, no doubt about that.
Even at 50% he is solid and reliable.
The team tonight will not win the EPL or CL. Giroud should be disposed. Top striker and DM should be top of our priorities.
LOOOOLLLL.. Arsenal made of glass 😀
Poor game and some poor performances .. There’s still time for Wenger to show his knack of unearthing a gem like Sanogo..!!!
or like Chambers?? You are really annoying, never anything positive to say…
Wenger merely applied some makeup to the team in form of Alexis. The key issues have not been addressed. We all knew a year ago that we needed a LW because Cazorla drifts into the middle and there is nobody to give width. We all knew we needed a CF who will make positive runs. We all knew we needed a strong DM to provide cover for the back four. We got none of that from Wenger. This could be a disastrous season.
Haha their manager got send to tunnel
GIROUD- F OFF
I used to be patient with Giroud but no more. Giroud himself make us look like clowns.
F*ck me, what a boring game…!!
We got a draw, so we should be ok
this is the worst effort by a for a striker since I have watched AFC, terrible, no fight, no energy, terrible positioning, gave no outlets for the midfield, i have not been tough on giroud in the past but today for me, the clincher, terrible!
Great result.
Wenger shaking his head. hahahha.. You know what Wenger you are a fool. Bringing on Rosicky in the injury time and OX so late ?? Substituting Sanchez in place of Giroud ?? And no depth in defense ??
Arsenal will NEVER I repeat NEVER win the league with giroud up front he is awful
Forget the DM we need a CF and a LW.
Not a good night for Giroud. All of the typical criticisms of him unfortunately ring true tonight. Didn’t offer anything particularly good, messed up any time he was in a promising position, and still unbelievably SLOW.
Gotta laugh a bit at Flamini too, booked within a couple of minutes on the pitch, so typical.
DM and Striker still looking like areas of need… 🙁
if struggling against palace and this lot isnt enough of a wake up call for wenger then i have nothing left to say about the man…two quality signings..defensive midfielder and attacking option…. a must if we are interested in competing on any front this year
Any comment is superfluous especially about giroud………….
in a ideal world, Giroud, Wilshere (crap again and even putting us in danger with his rubbish passing), Gibbs, and some more would be on the bench and we would have a top 11 on the pitch.
It seems that Wenger is trying to accommodate Wilshere… Who gave him the number 10 shirt… F*cking ridiculous!!
As soon as Ozil gets back, Wilshere will recover his rightful place on the bench.
As for Giroud, since that deluded manager will not buy another striker, we are stuck with the “tree”…!
Can anyone tell me how many on-target and off-target attempt will have with OG as our CF today? It is unfortunate that our CF makes this match difficult for us. We still have 12 days for transfer market to close, please Arsene Wenger do something meaningful again because i, personally is tired for OG as Arsenal major prioritize striker!!!
Szcz 7. Deb 6. Chambers 9. Kos 7. Monreal 6. Arteta 6. Jack 6. Ramsey 5. Cazorla 3. Sanchez 7. Giroud 2.
2 is too good man, i give him red card, maybe without him, playing 10 men may win.
Arteta injured, Diaby injured, Ramsey banned, Flamini on yellow. Good CDM plan Wenger! I’m happy instead of acquiring midfielders already we are counting on old and injury prone players!
Oh and please Wenger, please start Cazorla and Giroud again next time and leave OX and Campbell on the bench! We’re better off without CL anyways since half our midfielders are already out and it’s 2 matches on to the season.
Woo hoo. Clean sheet
Weak and boring display by Arsenal, everyone was shit except Scezny
giroud played really well… best in the pitch… playing in heart of besiktas defense and ruinin all arsenals attack..
arsenal ended the game with 9 men n besiktas with 12..
Sanchez is saying “Boy, I made a big mistake, should have gone to Liverpool”. At least they have Sturridge and maybe Falcao next week
Szcz 6
Monreal 6
Koscielny 6
Chambers 6
Debuchy 6
Arteta 3
Wilshere 3
Ramsey 3
Cazorla 3
Sanchez 5
Giroud 3
Sub:
Flamini 4
Ox 6,5
Rosicky (Clearly He Doesn’t Get Enough Time to Create Something)
Manager
Wenger 3
Poor tactic and poor selection team by Wenger! Poor performance!!! Wenger is very very very STUBBORN manager!!! Old and Senile!!! WTF!
Ox, Rosicky, Campbell definitely should play earlier for this game !!!!
Szczesny 6
Monreal 6
Koscielny 6
Chambers 6
Debuchy 6
Arteta 3
Wilshere 3
Ramsey 3
Cazorla 3
Sanchez 5
Giroud 3
Sub:
Flamini 4
Ox 6,5
Rosicky (Clearly, He Doesn’t Get Enough Time to Create Something)
Manager
Wenger 3
Poor tactic and poor selection team by Wenger! Very poor attacking performance!!! Wenger is very very very STUBBORN, Old, and Senile manager!!! WTF!
Ox, Rosicky, Campbell definitely should play earlier for this game !!!!
Giroud’s performance tonight is the worst I’ve ever seen from a striker in an Arsenal shirt, Why keep Campbell if you don’t wanna give him playing time? I’d rather he be loaned again or sold out, honestly. Not cool, any one noticed the ox tracked back and even made a chalenge after hitting the post with a stunner, but giroud was still walking back slugish. at least GIVE Campbell a shot. the kid
has a great game the only time
wearing the shirt. yet arsene
goes with what he knows, even if one day joel cambell
joins a rival club, scores
against us and does an
adebayor, i wouldn’t feel
angry. we’re wasting his talent, wenger is so so deluded he is still living in the 80s.