ArsenaLOL

[John Smith]

My theory on 4rse this season: they have accepted the league is out of their reach and possibly even the top 4, so have been willing to cash in on Ox and shift some dead wood in this window. They will put all their eggs in the Europa League basket a la Man Utd last season and secure a Champions League place and rebuild in the summer.

Lump on for a Europa League win I say.

[genome]

Reporter: How do you feel about the next game?

Oxlade-Chamberlain: We beat Arsenal 4-0 in the previous game, I think we're in good form.

[NewCorkSeth]

My theory on 4rse this season: they have accepted the league is out of their reach and possibly even the top 4, so have been willing to cash in on Ox and shift some dead wood in this window. They will put all their eggs in the Europa League basket a la Man Utd last season and secure a Champions League place and rebuild in the summer.

Lump on for a Europa League win I say.

My theory? Arsene will treat the EL the same way he treats all cup competitions, unimportant. He will play his second team, give game time to player like Jeff double-barrel and eventually lose in the semis to Ajax drawing comparisons to Jose, which he will begrudgingly use as a stick to beat Arsene with (i think hes developed sympathy for the specialist in failure)
Arsenal finish 4th as Liverpool and Chelsea crumble with the workload.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

I'm not sure why people care about the Ox, £40m is a fantastic deal for a player who is in the last year of his contract and struggles to play 20 games a season, and when he does his returns are pretty poor. Will probably only play against lower division opposition.

[LUX]

Koscielny (sp) got given the runaround by the Luxembourg attack (one player up front) last night. Srsly. That forward should have scored two (one hit the post, the other time, he was wrongly pulled up for offside having got away and rounded Lloris).

[Sanguine]

Liverpool already have Clyne, Alexander-Arnold and Gomez who can play RWB (although the latter more of a CB come RB), I don't see they'd have bought Ox to play there.

[Sanguine]

I would assumed if Liverpool did play him RWB he'd be handing in a transfer request?

Who knows. Either way he obviously felt his career would be better served by a move to Liverpool rather than Chelsea.

[Sanguine]

Koscielny (sp) got given the runaround by the Luxembourg attack (one player up front) last night. Srsly. That forward should have scored two (one hit the post, the other time, he was wrongly pulled up for offside having got away and rounded Lloris).

Quite why/how Mustafi and Kolasinac aren't starting for Arsenal is beyond me.

[Sanguine]

I would assumed if Liverpool did play him RWB he'd be handing in a transfer request?

Who knows. Either way he obviously felt his career would be better served by a move to Liverpool rather than Chelsea.

Having watch him several times this season his best position is RWB. One of the best coaches in the world in Antonio Conte can see that, it's just a shame the player himself can't see it. Because it's obvious to everyone else too.

He was certainly shite in midfield last night, could barely keep the ball at his feet.

[NewCorkSeth]

Koscielny (sp) got given the runaround by the Luxembourg attack (one player up front) last night. Srsly. That forward should have scored two (one hit the post, the other time, he was wrongly pulled up for offside having got away and rounded Lloris).

Quite why/how Mustafi and Kolasinac aren't starting for Arsenal is beyond me.

It's an odd one. Why sign the LB of the season in Germany last year (a strong category) only to play him as a CB?
Koscielny and Mustafi are both very good CBs. I still rate Koscielny as the best in the premier league. Throw Holding in, play Bellerin on the right and Kolasinic on the left and that's a quality defence. Mertesaker and Monreal on the bench for cover.
I don't think Arsene realises how many managers would be fully erect managing the team he has. He has the hand for a high card flush and is folding before he sees the river.

[NewCorkSeth]

I think the squad Arsene has taken for the Europa league shows what he thinks of that competition

[Hoop Blah]

I think the squad Arsene has taken for the Europa league shows what he thinks of that competition

Or probably more likely what he thinks of the opposition.

[Ascotexgunner]

My god Arsenal are shite. Maitland-Niles makes Tyler Blackett look like Paulo Maldini.

[Ascotexgunner]

My god Arsenal are shite. Maitland-Niles makes Tyler Blackett look like Paulo Maldini.

So. is Liverpool's defence.....2 minutes later

Ooh...time to laugh at Liverpool.

[Royal Rother]

Mainland Niles looks ok to me but Iwobi is so average - wouldn’t get anywhere near starting for any other of the Top 6.

And what has happened to Bellerin this season.

And Mike Dean, dear oh dear, still has to be about him I see - I haven’t disliked a referee as much as him for decades.

But anyway, I rarely watch a whole game on TV these days and, to be honest, I’d quite like that 90 minutes back.

[leon]

Mainland Niles looks ok to me but Iwobi is so average - wouldn’t get anywhere near starting for any other of the Top 6.

And what has happened to Bellerin this season.

And Mike Dean, dear oh dear, still has to be about him I see - I haven’t disliked a referee as much as him for decades.

But anyway, I rarely watch a whole game on TV these days and, to be honest, I’d quite like that 90 minutes back.

Typical Arsenal fan.

[bcubed]

I'm not an Arsenal fan but they've been stitched up by another ref.

Soft penalty (meaning blatant dive by Hazard) gets Chelsea back in the game and now winning

[Pepe the Horseman]

What a second half. Morata had an absolute shitter.

[genome]

I'm not an Arsenal fan but they've been stitched up by another ref.

Soft penalty (meaning blatant dive by Hazard) gets Chelsea back in the game and now winning

The ref was awful, but they profited too. Wilshere shouldn't have been on the pitch before he scored.

[6ft Kerplunk]

Soft penalty (meaning blatant dive by Hazard) gets Chelsea back in the game and now winning

Given how hard he was making out he'd been kicked in the shin I was surprised that Hazard could jump up and take the penalty.