Here are my Arsenal player ratings from today’s 2-1 loss to QPR (feel free to argue or agree with me):
Wojciech Szczesny – Had a fairly quiet game to be honest. Made one or tow good saves in the 90. Shouldn’t have allowed Adel Taarabt’s opener to get by him at the near post in my opinion – 5/10
Bacary Sagna – Not exactly a great way to mark your 200th appearances for Arsenal with a loss, but he did alright. Struggled to contain Taarabt, but had no defensive support from Theo – 6/10
Laurent Koscielny – A fairly average performance from Arsenal’s most consistent defender. Had trouble keeping Jamie Mackie and Bobby Zamora at bay and looked out of sorts – 5/10
Thomas Vermaelen – Worst performance I’ve seen from the Belgian this season. Was bullied off the ball by Taarabt for QPR’s first goal and struggled to deal with a loose ball which Mackie took off him and set up Samba Diakite for the second. Got booked and was lucky to stay on the pitch after a deliberate trip on Shaun Derry – 3.5/10
Kieran Gibbs – Did ok, but lacks positional awareness. Got forward well, but defensively he wasn’t up to par – 4.5/10
Mikel Arteta – Possibly Arsenal’s best performer of the day. His passing was crisp and he always looked to create something. Was substituted for The Ox, which was perplexing – 7/10
Alex Song – Poor performance from the Cameroon international. Looked like he was on the pitch and his passing was terrible. Looked for the Hollywood pass all game, but failed deliver in this department today – 5/10
Tomas Rosicky – Wasn’t the Rosicky we have seen in previous games. Movement was good and his passing was neat and simple, but lacked creativity and attacking prowess – 5/10
Aaron Ramsey – Played out of position (again) and it showed. Didn’t really do anything noteworthy and was replaced in the 69th minute for Gervinho. Looks to have lost his touch and swagger – 4/10
Theo Walcott – Scored Arsenal’s only goal, but apart from that didn’t do anything else. Another poor display from the England international – 5/10
Robin van Persie – Never got any service today, but could have done better off the ball in my view. Should have put Arsenal 2-1 ahead, but Paddy Kenny was equal to the shot – 5/10
Subs
Gervinho – Came on for Rambo in the 69th minute but never got into the game and didn’t offer anything down the left wing. Still looks like he hasn’t got over the African Cup of Nations final penalty miss all those weeks back – 3.5/10
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – Came on for Arteta in the 81st minute. Made one or two good runs off the ball but didn’t have enough time on the pitch to show off his talent – 3.5/10
Marouane Chamakh – Came on for Gibbo in the 81st minute and touched the ball once – 3/10
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ramsey always makes me feel like am not watching the gunners because his passes are slow and even inaccurate.wenger please dnt play him in d first 45mins again
arsene’s arrogance cost us 3 points again. when will van persie sit on the bench maybe come in the second half if we need him. can he explain why is chamakh still in the squad. why ramsey get picked ahead of chamberlain and gervinho? his bad selection will cause some of our top players to drop off with injury before the end of the season. vermaelen, van persie, rosicky were sh$$t because they are tired. walcott and ramsey are always sh$$t anyway.
I pray man city thrash us 8 – 2, coz thats the kind of wake up call wenger responds to. And wil somone pls tell that old easily-deceived gasbag that this is not the time In the season to start sacrificing matches for player’s form or development? 16yrs in d epl and is still so foolish! Why isnt macheda or owen or berbatov or pogba starting matches for man u? God! I wish we had fergie and not this never-do-good, never learning wenger! Idiot!
U are a bastard…Go and support the spuds instead…Dick head… we will bang citeh this time…Fuck u and your comments.
D Secret behind our problem is ramsey he is nt gud in anytin am tired of talkin abt ramsey,is wenga blind is he nt seein dat ramsey is nt gud 2 a team lyk arsenal nd wenga shuld often play ox at d left wing.ramsey shuld b among d pple dat wil b sold nxt season
Wenger should be sacked however the season ends!
Wenger wont ever change ,his ONLY objective is to be in the top four for the past 7 years!
it is enough 7 years without a trophy and there r still (in arsene we believe ) idiots !!
People are talking as if arsenal has no good players anymore.It was just a bad day for arsenal,and this happens to any team in the world.No team has 100% record at all time and arsenal is no exception.
Victor: if arsenal lost in style, it is argueable but how we lost was ugly. U could see that we had nothing goin on our left wing and it opened for alot of preassure from the left. We are arguing abt a player which is ramsey nt the team u moron
^victor we did during the invincible era
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U people how comment shit abt arsenal go and support the spuds… Stick with your team dickheads…Jfyi, when we wont the last 7 games…i repeat 7 games….no one commented anything….Some even said TV5 was a hero for us…And when we lose…we receive all sorts of shit comments…stick behind your team man…dont be traitors…Assholes… Keep on commenting on Wenger…We are finishing 3rd this season!!!! And that would just be enough!!!…
Facts are facts Prof. is to blame.Is a high Someone drag him from his high horse.This obsession he has with Ramsey is costing as dearly.He brought nothing in terms of attack or defense.This is no the time to change a winning team and drag the champion league with it.