I reckon Ospina played last night because Wenger used the Champions League as a

[Monty91]

bargaining tool to persuade him to stay this summer.

Not sure how I feel about that, but Wenger knows best, I guess :shrug:

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Doubt that.

[Peter]

He would still know best, i suppose :bow:

[Monty91]

Anyway, I guess time will tell.

[Monty91]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

For the record I do not concur.

[Peter]

He may or may not have had.

It was f**king enthralling.

[Monty91]

rightfully leaves him open to criticism.

Just trying to help ensure everything is considered before we condemn the man.

[Peter]

90s would be so easy that even a f**king clown like ospina would be sble to cope with it.

And he was almost right, ospina wasnt really a problem.

He gt the team selection wrong and we lost. It doesnt need to be a huge deal and if we get something st chelsea it will srguably have been worth it.

If we put in a limp performance at chelsea and lose 2 or 3-0 at least tiredness wont be the excuse.

[Monty91]

ten men so early?

Can we really definitely say we picked the wrong team? Weren’t we heavily dominant until the red card?

[Luis Anaconda]

but "drew" 1-1 with ten men. Wouldn't say we were dominant but we were definitely the better team

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Heavily dominant is not a term that would immediately spring to mind.

Oddly for a brief period before their second when Ozil seemed to push a little forward we looked very likely to come back into it.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Peter]

In the early periods we were largely dominant. Unfortunstely,vwe were leaving the back of our midfield exposed and there was a lot of space in front of the back four. They had several opportunuties to exploit this before the goal but they f**ked them all up. The first time they got it right they scored, albeit with a slice of luck on the finish.

They were **** and we should have won the game. I just think he made too many changes to the back six and that unsettled the side a little too much. Of course, if we had scored esrly om it would have been very different but st the moment our game isnt clicking in that area and goals are proving a problem.

Hate to say it but arteta looked out of sorts. He will get better but he doesnt give us what coquelin does and you cant leave him to anchor the midfield and hold the shape together on his own. When he plays i think we need to consider cazorla's role and whether ramsey is a better option in there.

And the red card was f**king harsh in my opinion.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Bergkamp's Brain]