Matchday Thread - Arsenal vs Southampton - 02 February 2016

Didn't want to win the League anyway

Plenty of quality chances, as evidenced by the expected goals model:

https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/694658917259988992

We were very unlucky that none of them made it into the net.

Goodbye title. DDLD means there's no way in hell we win it.

They need to get ramsey out of cm, and get flam as far away from the pitch as possible.

It's really too bad they were too complacent to get some real depth over the summer. Instead, shitstains like flamini, arteta, and ox have destroyed their chances in this wide open season.

I hope they can get back on track, but doubt they have the rigidity in the back, and no distribution from the midfield, so any team which puts 2 makers on ozil can expect a 0-0 or 1-1 draw.

14 games to go. Spurs will bottle it so they're out. Leicester will eventually bottle it. It will be between Man City and Arsenal and right now there's only two points separating us. Hopefully the Guardiola news will backfire and cause a bit of stir in their dressing room.

As soon as we get the squad firing we'll go on a title-winning run. Just watch.

Sometimes I need to be reminded what is the point of Walcott again.

You wait and hope he finds this form again.

He needs to do this more than once every ten years tbh. Today he made 2/3 passes and fluffed our best chance. It's like playing with 10 men

Another way of looking at things is that if Claudio Ranieri can come in and be top of the Premier League after 24 rounds with a mid-table team, how come Arsene Wenger can't do the same with a supposed top team he has assembled for years that has infinitely more resources than Leicester?

It's a legitimate question but why do these anomalies only happen to us? Goal keepers playing like Gods, defenders clearing from the line etc. all in one game.

It's a legitimate question but why do these anomalies only happen to us? Goal keepers playing like Gods, defenders clearing from the line etc. all in one game.

I do think opposition teams sharpen up a bit extra when playing against Arsenal, for many reasons:

1. We have a reputation of playing dominating football
2. It's easy to disrupt our flow
3. It's easy to counter our style of football

But again...Wenger keeps talking about how squad harmony is important, how you shouldn't bring too many players in at the same time, how changing managers often is disruptive...and yet here Claudio Ranieri comes in, buys a bunch of players and is top of the league in February. If all those things were a factor, Leicester should be mid-table now.

Wenger has more experience in the league, has better players at his disposal, has vast financial resources, has had the luxury of assembling the exact team he wants, and is in full charge of one of the biggest clubs on the planet. And Claudio Ranieri still outclasses him after just eight months at Leicester.

To be fair at the moment Ranieri is outclassing everyone including Pellegrini with even more resources and don't forget he practically sacked Mourinho. But yeah I get your point.

Leicester are an oil club that we obviously can't compete with.

Honestly if they win the League then Wenger will look like a right tit.

Leicester won't win the league.

Leicester won't win the league.

If they finish above us, which is looking increasingly likely, then the point still stands

They won't finish above us and it's not looking increasingly likely as our players are coming back.

They won't finish above us and it's not looking increasingly likely as our players are coming back.

Ok mate

Oh God that's brilliant

Is it though

Well this look interesting

Uh, "no"...