Wenger got it right tonight

Champagne Charlie · Post by **Champagne Charlie** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:16 pm

Tactics, man management, substitutions especially.

Let's hope he'll do the same at Camp Nou.

woots82 · Post by **woots82** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:22 pm

Arsene knows

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:43 pm

Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:45 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.

In hindsight though quartz if he had taken nasri off there would be no 2nd goal maybe

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:46 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.

Sami fucking ran for the 2nd goal.Would Theo have picked out Arshavin like Sami did?I doubt it

Arsenal 1991 · Post by **Arsenal 1991** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:47 pm

For once, the changes he made were spot on. Even bringing Bendtner on was a good move imo.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:53 pm

mcdowell42 wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.
In hindsight though quartz if he had taken nasri off there would be no 2nd goal maybe

Maybe.

But Nasri was very quiet all game and clearly was not able to sprint, he moved very cautiously.
Would have preferred that Arshavin came on earlier for Nasri.

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:57 pm

donaldo wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.
Sami fucking ran for the 2nd goal.Would Theo have picked out Arshavin like Sami did?I doubt it

He would've played it behind him.

Its Up 4 Grabs Now · Post by **Its Up 4 Grabs Now** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:11 pm

Arsenal 1991 wrote:For once, the changes he made were spot on. Even bringing Bendtner on was a good move imo.

In Bendtner's mind, his introduction changed the game single-handedly.

Captain Fabregas · Post by **Captain Fabregas** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:14 pm

Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
Arsenal 1991 wrote:For once, the changes he made were spot on. Even bringing Bendtner on was a good move imo.
In Bendtner's mind, his introduction changed the game single-handedly.

Arsenal 1991 · Post by **Arsenal 1991** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:25 pm

Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
Arsenal 1991 wrote:For once, the changes he made were spot on. Even bringing Bendtner on was a good move imo.
In Bendtner's mind, his introduction changed the game single-handedly.

MickeyFabs · Post by **MickeyFabs** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:09 am

QuartzGooner wrote:Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.

How wrong you were!!!!

Arsene knew - tonight anyway

TeeCee · Post by **TeeCee** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:13 am

Actually he wasn't spot on tonight. In the first half we sat off them and gave them far too much room to pass around us. In the second half we got to them quicker and didn't allow them quite the same room...most of the time!

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:29 am

MickeyFabs wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Would have preferred he left Theo on and took off Nasri who barely ran.
How wrong you were!!!!

Arsene knew - tonight anyway

So you were happy with Nasri's performance tonight?

One assist, one moment of close control, and he was anonymous the rest of the game.

A recurring fault was when our defence showed poor communication for the opposition goal, Clichy and Koscielny doing whatever came into their individual minds and failing to mark different opponents left a lot of space for David Villa.
Does Arsene know how to coach defence?
Not so sure about that.

We won the first leg, I am happy about that, but it was not a resounding win.

Post by **Barriecuda** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:42 am

Nasri gamble paid off. Wilshere played like the best midfielder in the world; he made both Xavi and Iniesta look bad.