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Arsenal Vs Chelsea (PL) Wed Jan 3rd 2018 19:45 UK

yeah I agree, i was annoyed with Morata but I must say he gets into some good positions, i think its not an impossibility to just up his game a bit and convert these chances. He could be lethal then. Lets give him more of a chance. I know its frustrating but the guy will be frustrated even more so im sure.

 
it seems to be a morata thing to miss against le arse : just look back at what happened in the community shield final !

 
- Baka needs to remember he has brains and avoid silly f***** fouls

- Moses needs to change his style of play when all of his crosses go to sh***

- Zappa looked on fire!!! his last minute shot should have been the winner!!! his cross was decisive though and he could/should have gotten a goal on top of that

- Willian doing a jekyll/hyde performance : super ball to zappa for the 2nd goal; sh*ttest clearance of all time that led to le arse's equalizer

- Courtois saved our asses and so did the back three on numerous occassions

- Kanté once again proved that those 35 million £ were an absolute steal considering he's filling two spots in the midfield when fab is having a subpar game and baka's still not quite at the level we expect (look at his fantastic tackle on sanchez I think that led to Fab's shot at the 45th minute) !!

- Alonso with his seventh goal of the season and actually showing Morata how to score with his feet ! the guy needs rest though ... 

- Morata could have given us a nice brace or hatrick and three points away from home ... instead he gave wilshere an assist and missed 3 or 4 sitters !!

Overall, they had a lot of chances, so did we ... a pretty entertaining game to watch. Morata was absolutely terrible... this was crying for a hattrick... and he f**ked it up !!! Props to Conte though for the changes because Willian and Zappa are the ones who created the second goal for Alonso. But he must take the blame regarding the in game tactics though! Actually the whole team should take it too! there's a huge need to review our tactics and in game plan. We need to be more offensive than we were !! We need to STOP sh*tTING OUR PANTS AS SOON AS WE LEAD BY ONE f**kING GOAL!!!! Sitting deep as we did in the last 7 minutes killed our win !!! But again, Had Morata converted, we'd have been having a 2 goal margin at least !   And even then, if Morata had scored at the 93rd minute, we would have won!!! Btw, Zappa was unlucky with his shot: could have been an assist and a goal for him!!

A shame our wingers aren't more intelligent when it comes to link play with the attack : apart from Zappa who did incredibly well in this regard, Moses f**ked up so many crosses yesterday that I actually stopped counting how many were blocked by  le arse's defenders.... Apart from his goal, Alonso looked knackered imo and needs some rest. But he was better than his counterpart though. As for the striker, I may get stick for that but Batman would have probably done better than Morata regarding the sitters he missed : had he converted one of them, we would still be in 2nd place and widened/kept the gap with pool, le arse and spuds...

But overall, a thoroughly enjoyable game despite the draw! Let's hope for better results in the league cup/FA cup/UCL and for Morata to actually start scoring with his feet now :rolleyes: ! Up the chels !

 
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Felt like a loss, can't be happy after we had 3 one on one chances with the GK and missed all of them, I mean you'd think even Cahill would have scored 1 of those. I reckon the last game against stoke took lots of confidence out of Morata, after he missed 2-3 very similar chances, now he's doubting his technique and rushing the shots. He had time to take another touch for 2 of those 3 chances, yet rushed and missed. It will be interesting to see what Conte will do next weekend, I fear dropping Morata would send his confidence rock bottom, need to stick with him. The defending for the equalizer was dreadful, in fact the last 5 minutes was awful. You either defend back against the wall or keep the ball like City, we are doing the in between. When we got the ball, we rushed it and kicked it away, and Kante decided to dribble out near the penalty box when he could have booted down field easy. I thought that was an obvious foul to rob him the ball, but you can't trust referee in that scenario. There's no way they would have got through us if we packed defence around the box. Maybe this was harsh, but why Cahill ducked out of the way when shot was flying in. He was in Tibo's eyeline and not blocking the shot gave Tibo no chance.

 
bluedave said:
The result is fair but it's criminal to have fluffed so many clear chances. Very frustrating. Oh well, at least the neutrals will have enjoyed it.

Feel a bit bad for Morata, he has so much ability but appears to have developed some kind of mental block when one-on-one with the keeper. If I was Conte I'd be booking him in for a visit with a shrink. Calls to sell him are premature and really f**king stupid, IMO.
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When we signed I heard some pundit from Spain say morata good player, but does have issues in his head when confidence is down, seems like he's right

 
Why is it that every Arsenal Fan says they were robbed because of a dive, but don’t mention that Weelchair normally had to go after his dive?

 
chi blue said:
When we signed I heard some pundit from Spain say morata good player, but does have issues in his head when confidence is down, seems like he's right
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When their confidence is low, ALL strikers have issues in the head, no matter how good or bad they are perceived to be by others. Being a striker isn't a definitive art. Salah's in the sort of form now, where he could be tying up his shoelaces in the penalty area, and the call would cannon off his arse into the back of the net, while for now, Morata can't score whatever he tries to do. Morata has 9 goals this season, same as Lukaku and more than Firmino and Sanchez. Three players who have far more experience of the vagaries of the Premier League than he has. And, let's not forget, this is his very first season where he is deemed to be the No' 1 striker for a top team. You go by your gut instinct and what you've seen and mine is, he has skill,pace and movement (reminds me of Osgood) and has shown that he can put them away. Plus his link up play with Hazard is good and getting better. He'll do for me.

 
Glad I didn't come on here last night - looks like a lot of "heat of the moment comments"!!

Sure, it is always gutting to lose a lead so late but to be honest, a draw was probably a fair result. We dominated i parts and yes, Morata should have scored 1,2,3...........but they caused us a lot of problems too and we both had our fair share of luck.

Very enjoyable game, that of course would have been more enjoyable had we not conceded the late equaliser, but it's what the PL is all about. Both sides had players who played very well and some who didn't - think most of ours were good bar Morata and Moses but hey-ho, decent performance and we live to fight another day.

 
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sonic90 said:
Morata's general play has been good, that's why he was in a position to score in the first place. It's better if someone just grabs him and shouts just f**king hit the ball
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Look at the two/three one v ones last night though. Bats would have been in those positions and i'd put my house on he wouldn't cave under the pressure. General play is good to have but sometimes you just need the ball in the back of the net. With how patient he has been and no moaning Bats deserves a chance after the reincarnation of Chris Sutton appeared up top last night for us. 

 
Nibs said:
Glad I didn't come on here last night - looks like a lot of "heat of the moment comments"!!

Sure, it is always gutting to lose a lead so late but to be honest, a draw was probably a fair result. We dominated i parts and yes, Morata should have scored 1,2,3...........but they caused us a lot of problems too and we both had our fair share of luck.

Very enjoyable game, that of course would have been more enjoyable had we not conceded the late equaliser, but it's what the PL is all about. Both sides had players who played very well and some who didn't - think most of ours were good bar Morata and Moses but hey-ho, decent performance and we live to fight another day.
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thought it was a very boring game until the last half an hour. The first half especially was painfully dull. I agree a draw was a fair result but Conte got the team selection wrong here. Should have been a much easier game for us against Rob Holding and Calum Chambers ffs. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
thought it was a very boring game until the last half an hour. The first half especially was painfully dull. I agree a draw was a fair result but Conte got the team selection wrong here. Should have been a much easier game for us against Rob Holding and Calum Chambers ffs. 
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What game were you watching?

 
Don't often get involved with the post match discussion, but thought I'd have a go after such a big game!

First off, the result was fair I thought. Both teams had a number of chances, both keepers made some good saves, and both teams had something to moan about with the ref. However, we definitely had the better chances with Morata missing several clear 1-v-1's.

On that note, it's incredibly frustrating, because he is actually a decent footballer; he shows good intelligence, strength, pace and control to get himself into these positions, then seems to have a mental block. In a way that's good, as that can be overcome but I just hope this challenge makes him rather than breaks him.

Thought Bakayoko was a complete passenger, it was like we were playing with a 2 man mid with some of the gaps he left, dangerously naïve and tactically unaware. Also doesn't look particularly threatening going forward either, Cesc summed up all our feelings when he threw his arms up after he failed to do anything with that fantastic ball into the box for him.  :laugh2:  Thought Kanté had a decent game considering, made some key tackles and got some counters going, goes forward with a lot more intent than he used to, a sign he's still improving and adding to his game, which is good to see.

Moses struggled and frustratingly doesn't seem to fancy taking on the fullback at the moment. I know Zappacosta gets some stick, but I was impressed when he came on, at least he had a go at Maitland-Niles, got half a yard and stuck a dangerous ball into the box for the second goal. Alonso continues to be limited defensively but a great asset going forward; definitely needs to be paired with Rüdiger on that left side of defence, purely for his athleticism and pace to help Alonso out, who got roasted again and again by Bellerin. No shame in that given he's one of the quicker players in the league, but definitely highlights that limitation compared with other wing-backs.

Essentially, we continue to frustrate in front of goal, and this could easily have been 4-2 to either team. They were there for the taking defensively though, and Morata's misses were criminal.

 
Van Butsen said:
Rekon you're in a pretty small isolated minority, chief.  Or are you just trying to be different?
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Nope. imo it was a dull half of us smashing chances wide and Hazard and Morata dwindling on the ball. It got much more exciting after the first goal, mind you.  

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Nope. imo it was a dull half of us smashing chances wide and Hazard and Morata dwindling on the ball. It got much more exciting after the first goal, mind you.  
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So you need goals for a game to be exciting?

Not trying to derail this thread so I won't go on and on.  But I think you're missing the fact that there were a million chances and it was literally end to end, one after the other. It was the opposite to dull.

 
Van Butsen said:
So you need goals for a game to be exciting?

Not trying to derail this thread so I won't go on and on.  But I think you're missing the fact that there were a million chances and it was literally end to end, one after the other. It was the opposite to dull.
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Ups and downs are fun. That half just seemed to have downs. 

 
Van Butsen said:
So you need goals for a game to be exciting?

Not trying to derail this thread so I won't go on and on.  But I think you're missing the fact that there were a million chances and it was literally end to end, one after the other. It was the opposite to dull.
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The game was fun for neutrals but would rather have a boring 1-0 win any day.

 
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