Really, really disappointed by today’s result, but here are my Arsenal player ratings from today’s 2-1 loss to Manchester United (feel free to argue or agree with me).
Vito Mannone – Despite conceding two goals on the day, the young Italian was possibly our Man of the Match – which says a lot about our outfield players. Kept Arsenal in the game for as long as he could, producing some fine saves throughtout the 90. 6.5/10
Bacary Sagna – It wasn’t exactly a stellar performance from our ‘Mr. Consistent’. Still lacking match fitness. 5/10
Per Mertesacker – The tall German was the best of our back four today. Positioning was very good and he pretty much won everything in the air. Didn’t deserve to be on the losing side. 6/10
Thomas Vermaelen – Gifted United their first goal in the third minute or so and never really recovered from it. A really bad performance from the captain. 4/10
Andre Santos – Was always going to be our weak link in the side. Positioning was abysmal, leaving gaps for United to exploit, and his eagerness to get back at times was so frustrating to watch. Can’t cross to save his life. Worst player on the pitch by a furlong. 2/10
Mikel Arteta – Had a quiet game. Never really stamped his authority in midfield and failed to dictate play with his passing attributes. Booked. 4.5/10
Jack Wilshere – The only player on the pitch who looked like he really wanted it today. Looked sharp and always wanted the ball. Received his marching orders after a ‘dubious’ second yellow in the 69th minute. 5/10
Santi Cazorla – Not a good day at the office from Santi. Made a few decent passes here and there and drove the team forward at times, but not enough. Scored a consolation in what proved to be the last kick of the game. 5.5/10
Aaron Ramsey – Only managed 51 minutes after another disappointing display on the wing. Always looked to drift inside, which left Sagna defending against two men at times, and never offered The Gunners anything moving forward. 3/10
Lukas Podolski – Was nowhere to be seen today. A really poor performance from the German. His passing was way off the mark and failed to create or have any chances on goal. Needs to improve in the upcoming matches. 3.5/10
Olivier Giroud – Had about two decent efforts throughout the game, one from a tight angle which hit the post and the other prior to Cazorla scoring. Never got the service and was very much an isolated figure up front. 4/10
SUBS
Theo Walcott – Came on for Ramsey in the 51st minute. Had one effort which was blasted into Row Z. Never really got involved in the game. 3/10
Andrey Arshavin – Replaced Podolski in the 81st minute and got booked in the 82nd. Produced a few decent passes in the time he was given. (N/A)
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ramsey and podolski on the right and left are slow, error prone, offer no defensive support and dont understand the position. giroud up top on his own is slow and a player who is meant to hold up the ball he is shit at it. walcot and arshavin should have started today and ramsey is SHIT SHIT SHIT.
Ramsey does not claim to know how to play right wing ! It is another example of Wenger sticking to a one only formation and players have to fit in whether thay are out of position or not.
Sitting at home with only radio commentary which wasn’t very good to listen to. We need a run of 5 or 6 wins on the bounce and then a few cheques written in January. That’s January 2013 not 2014.
We suck…. Not proud to be a arsenal fan… We suck in attack… And let’s not talk Abt defence…. What has winger done to this team.. Time to go wen get please leave this club… U don’t deserve that hefty salary.
Ramilson always command a place in the 11… no matter how shitty he is. When he plays, we r already 10 vs 11. He is non exist.
Look, this was painful for any Gunners fan !
Truth however, will always set us free … and that truth is that we need major changes still. Santos is not a left back – left midfield maybe, but never any good in the defensive role.
Second, and most will hate me saying this, but boy Ramsey is just not good enough on the right flank. He lacks the critical pace that is a must out there, although he has fairly good skill on the ball to be fair to the young lad.
In this game there isn’t much to talk about apart from saying we were ‘woeful’ literally all over the pitch in almost every position and for the entire game almost !
Wenger’s judgement is seriously coming under the microscope for me ? Why oh why did he allow jack to stay on when it was clear to everyone in the stadium that it was only a matter of time before he was sent off ? Fergie didn’t make that same mistakle with Cleverley, did he ? he knew that he was a liablity after the yellow and a further bad tackle that should of seen him sent off … So, what did he do, he hauled him off and kept a full strength side on the field.
There are so many things wrong at Arsenal at the moment, it’s hard to see how some of the big changes required are ever going to come about with the same blinkered board and frugal-faced manager pushing us further down into mediocrity unchallenged ?? We must wake up and seiously stick to the board en masse !!
We have no power. The board is in love with Wenger. They do not believe in change.
The Board would not know what to do in Wenger’s absence.
The solution is sacking wenger. He has no idea what goes on on the pitch. Not any more. We are spending money on the worse coach ot the moment.
We are mid table quality wise and turned up like a team expecting to lose. There as no belief, passion or fight, to coin a well oiled phrase, it was men against boys and that is simply not acceptable. The club does lack true ambition from the top and that is reflected in our performances. Against any decent opposition thus far this season we have looked ordinary and failed to get a result. Our captain needs to look at himself in the mirror, he’s been poor all season, Giroud doessn’t look prem quality but I’ll reserve total judgement, Podolski hasn’t looked interested, santos was only interested in getting RVP’s shirt. Walcott needs to sign up or ship out NOW. He isn’t as good as he clearly thinks he is, doing something against top quality opposition Theo and I might believe the hype.
A sorry day (again) to be a , big changes are needed at my club…
The best thing that can happen to this team is to miss out on Champions League for a season and then maybe they will change.
Vermaelen is shit,cost us today,cost us in d chelsea game,and against qpr was bombing forward in a game where we scored in d 84th minute and needed to protect our goal,he is shit.since d mancity game when ramsey got into d starting line up,we lost d fluidity with wich we started d season,i hate to admit it bt i think wenger has lost it,he cannot read a game anymore and make match changing substitutions any more,readin shot themselves in d foot by fielding d team dat started on sunday against fulham against a very fresh Arsenal side.i dont kno d reason why wenger wuld watch ramsey play 4 us game afta game and gives d ball away cheaply,and always d worst player on d pitch,bt he is d first to be selected evry match,walcot on d bench and ramsey starting,no coach wuld do dat,none,except wenger.my biggest fear this season is everton,chelsea nd d 2 manchester clubs wil definetly finish ahead of us,i dont think we wil finish ahead of everton this season.
wenger need to stop being scared of other top teams.
when ever we play one of the big teams he put ramsey on the left to priity much defend.
no one can expect ramsey to be a winger run up and down and score that aint where he players.
this team that we have misses alot of things
it looks more and more like we starting to play and be the next liverpool.
that was priity much our first eleven.
and man united was way way better then us.
something aint right in that team .
Ramsey is pretty bad. Mertesacker slows the game down when our game is to speed it up. Midfield is very much under manned right now, left back is a concern. GK is very weak and amateurish. Passing is the worst I have seen it in the past few years. At least if nothing we use to be a good passing team in the past. Defense is still weak. Vermalen has really deteriorated, and may being captain is too much pressure for him.
How the hell can you criticize mert he’s the only 1 that done his job all season