What should have happened/What did happen

[AFII]

The team that played for Arsenal yesterday have played together for the whole season. Baptista, Toure and Fabregas are probably the only ones that hasn't played for their reserves this season.

That team have gone 16 matches unbeaten, 14 wins and 2 draws so they are a very good team.

[alunevans]

What a strange match last night. I've never seen a team convert just about all their shots on goal. At one point a stat came up saying both sides had 7-7 shots at goal (5 on target for us and 7 on target for them and they'd banged in 5 goals to our 1!)

I thought, apart from their GK, Toure, Bapitista and Alliadiere, the rest of the Gunners were anon, esp their full backs and Wingers. Once again the difference between the sides was finishing, we had chances and if we'd put them away we'd have had a 6-6 draw!

Our defence though had more holse than a ton of Swiss cheese which made it easier for the Gunners to waltz through us.

Last night was a freak result which will take another 80yrs to repeat.

Yes they absolutely were that much better than us. Our seven chances don't compare to theirs. And look at the speed and fluiditty of their attacks compared to ours.

Forget the stats. They're a distortion because they don't measure the quality of each chance. Arsenal were so much better than us because when they attack they do it at pace and they move the ball with fluidity.

Frankly I felt we were a world apart in ability.

[kopdan]

The team that played for Arsenal yesterday have played together for the whole season. Baptista, Toure and Fabregas are probably the only ones that hasn't played for their reserves this season.

That team have gone 16 matches unbeaten, 14 wins and 2 draws so they are a very good team.

yeah

playing a team consisting of seasoned pros

Go on all you like. Our squad isnt good enough

[AFII]

yeah

playing a team consisting of seasoned pros

Go on all you like. Our squad isnt good enough

The bitter truth.

It will cost a lot of money to make us title contenders, a lot of money.

[ronan]

and just when should the fringe and youth players get to play?
maybe we should get rid of the youth system and go back to just having a squad of 16.