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We're playing really well under the circumstances. I'm proud of all the players, even Nasri! Whether this is his final audition for City, I don't know, nor do I care. It's just nice to see him giving 110% while he's still an Arsenal player.

Agree with you GK. I can't help feeling scared though. The injury situation in defence is alarming. Hopefully Nasri will win us his last game and show us what we will be missing but at least we'll be able to line up £22m on the pitch. I don't know what the club's plans are but it is not looking too clever at the minute.

Frimpong's off. Its not looking good. Not the youngster's fault, just a lack of experience. Come on lansbury.

Walcott just doesn't convince me on the wing. He's not direct enough and he doesn't have the skills of a winger to beat his man. Move him the center and put a right winger there, not Bendtner. What's Nick's situation anyway? We should have sorted all this out before the season started.

Sums up Ramsey's game :(

I thought bendtner was frozen out. Looks like he's coming on. This is poor planning from the club and smacks of desperation. Well maybe he'll nick a goal. Come on Niklas.

OG was a fluke but the EPL is no fluke. If you go into the season with a weakened squad, you will come out worse. It's a no-brainer for me. Arsene has to save his legacy. He is in danger of having all his good work forgotten.

We need a corner. I can't see us scoring from open play. At least It appears Nick is playing alongside RvP andd not on the wing.

Shame about the score, we actually did quite well all things considered.

Good effort but so freaking predictable.

Frimpong's sending off coupled with Suarez coming on changed the dynamics of the game from the 70th minute onwards. We didn't have enough protection in midfield and were crowded out. The first goal had Suarez in an offside position as well. The team played with a lot of heart but need more inputs from the football club now. Nasri was far and away the best midfielder followed by Frimpong and Nasri will not be here for much longer. We have to get on with business both on an off the pitch. Up the Arse.

Armory, everyone knows whats needed now, havent we been saying it all summer. Dont tell fellow fans here, we know the areas that need strengthening maybe send a letter to the club, the mood here is bad enough mate.

Joke side.. Not their fault it's the managers... Wenger go up stairs brig in mourinho

Delta that is not my point. My point is that we all know,including the manager, that we need strengthening but he is the one that can do something about it not us. Me or anyone writing to the club wont mean a s*it to them. The only way to save our season is to simply remove the reason that prevents us investing in players namely the manager. If it is true that we tried to get a player on a loan from OM then how much deeper can we sink? On loan ffs what is wrong with buying? he will say that they are looking all the time but cant find the quality. Well others are looking to and truth be told I cant see them having much problem finding players.

RvP should have put us ahead after Arshavin had set up an easy shot on his left foot from 8 odd yards. Arshavin could have done much better in ball possession while Walcott was the definition of anonymous. Ramsey's stamina waned in the second half and his play was poor. Frimpong did really well, good tackler, good range of passing and superb workrate but needs to grow a football brain real quick. TV, Jenkinson and Miquel, take a bow, 100% commitment and high skill levels as well.

I think this makes the CL qualifier in midweek absolutely vital to the future of our club. Players might be waiting to see whether we will be in the CL proper before signing on the dotted line for us. And I do hope plenty of those dots get actual signatures on top of them. It's a vital vital VITAL period of 11 days left for Arsene to sort everything out.

Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool,anyone?

But why has it got to this state? Its not as if the fans havent being saying anything for the past 3 seasons. All this money spent on a shiny stadium and someone forgets to build a shelter over the bench. Says it all really.

Wont blame the kids...They played their hearts out.

Thomas Vermalen did not deserve that.

EG, our squad for the Udinese game will be stronger than the one today. Walcott, RvP and Gervinho in attack, Song, Ramsey and Frimpong in midfield and Gibbs should be back playing LB with JD playing CB.

...I did come into London in the week, en route to Canada and visited the Arsenal shop at the Emirates. I muttered a prayer and a few good luck words at the Emirates edifice (my intention was to walk around the place doing so but it was raining so heavily I gave that up on that idea). I hope this is the last Home defeat we suffer this season.

Blue Ponderer, no team can afford Tevez's wages bar you. As for the rest of the players you mentioned except Onuoha, they should try their hand in MLS or perhaps Turkey. Stick a fork in them, they are done.

What a desperate situation you are now in. What a crisis. Qualify for the Champions League? I can see you going down this season, it's got Newcastle written all over it, total chaos. I wonder when we play you at the Lane? I wonder how it's going to feel to finish you off? I simply can't wait!!! My god this is a just amazing, it's a dream...

TRH, the sad thing is even at our lowest, we are still well ahead of you. All you've got this summer is Brad Friedel, says it all.

123 spurs, we have RvP, Vermaelen and Wilshere who are out and out leaders. The problem with us right now is the overall low experience of players and low depth in the squad.

Believe me, if Wenger doesn't strengthen the squad by buying a few players who have experience of playing in the first team, the Udinese game will be the last UCL game we will watch for a long time.

TV5 and Frimpong were the only two players who shone.

CG, well said. Maybe Arsene sees things we don't. I can't understand his approach. Maybe we are cash-strapped and Kroenke doesn't want us to spend. If that is the case, he should come out and say so. It would be easier to accept, just like at Everton. Fans pay through their noses to come to the Emirates, we have one of the most expensive seats in football. The club should show more respect to people who pay their hard earned cash. I just can't understand Arsene failing to address clear deficiencies. There must be something else.

GAEL- FORCE i am absolutely certain that its not that we are cash strapped, or Kroenke doesnt want us to spend, i truly believe that wenger has convinced himself that his way will work, no matter what the results, and no matter who wants to leave the club he has backed himself into a corner, and cant or wont admit that he"s blown it big style i wouldnt be at all surprised at his next news conference that he once again tells us to be patient and if the right player comes along we will buy, no matter what the cost i think we have been linked with more top class players than any other club surely they cant all be sub standard i for one would be happy if he splashed out on even a new toilet attendant, at least we would have bought someone before the window closes

Yid in peace- I honestly think Wenger has done an incredible amount for you guys, he's kept you in the CL every single year, despite the club paying for a new stadium, something that almost any other manager in Prem history would have found impossible. But even I get confused about whether he actually wants to win the title, OR is more interested in "creating a side" to win the title. He has a phenominal record in taking in kids and developing them as talent, but surely the club can't hope to win the Prem with a side Entirely developed by the manager can it?

who's crocky?

No issue with the players that played, every one of them can go home satisfied that they played their hearts out. But too many young boys had too much put on their shoulders and were put in an unfair position by the manager.

Well, Saw that coming! Can't see us going to Manure and gettting a Point let alone 3pt! Hope with a Strong Team we can beat Udinese on Wed nite?! Or this could be a Very Very Long Season........................

a liverpool fans view...... tbh you didnt play to bad, just a couple of moments in the game was pointing to a liverpool win..... wenger has to spend but now everyone knows how bad you need signing they are going to out price you so a no win situation really..... so arsene has to make his mind up here spend BIG for the first time or drag his and the teams reputation through the mud..... liverpool had the last few years struggling to keep the club going the difference here is that theres money to spend and i really think arsene has to go out and SPEND and SPEND BIG even get a couple of loans in to keep the going.... im not being funny but we have a couple of players that would be half decent squad players that would help you.... Alberto Aquilani is a very useful play maker that just hasn't been given a chance with us and then there even j.cole yeah i know best days are behind him but if it comes to deadline day and your still short they could extra numbers that you are really lacking.... apart from i dont think nasri played as good as many are saying tbh..... i think your man of the match was Vermalen but i expected that from him the other 2 players who deserve credit is frimpong who looks like he could be very decent player if he keeps his head and carl jenkinson he does look good the rest looked depressed at times hope arsene sort it out for your sake otherwise i think its time for change GOOD LUCK

Im not sure why some take it personally when others criticise the way the club is being managed. It makes no sense to me unless you imagine these people have invested so much trust and faith in one person that it comes as a massive and unthinkable shock to them to discover that person is in fact fallible. Arsene Wenger is not Arsenal football club. He just happens to be the man managing the club at this point in time. He's not immune from criticism, and should never be. The moment that happens he becomes bigger than the club. I wont have people telling me to grow some balls. Ffs, grow some yourself. Stop jerking this man off and pipe up if you see a general leading his troops into battle inadequately prepared. We're not sheep and each of us have opinions and the right to express them. You point out its not Wenger's fault our players are getting sent off. Ok then, qwho's fault is it? frimpong gets booked in the first 10 mins of the game and Wenger doesn't have a word with him about being careful? how about Song's gross act of stupidity? are you going to say that had nothing to do with our manager either? So who exactly is responsible? And are you happy to wait until we're dumped out of the CL and have lost the first 10 games before you start asking the more difficult questions?

I just read we've only won 2 of our last 16 Premier League games. Is that correct? If so, you have to say our problems are not just superficial. It does sound as though Wenger is losing it.

It's really a no-brainer and pretty simple. You go into a season with a weakened squad, when others are reinforcing and you expect to win the league? Please. Maybe one good game (against ManU or Chelsea) here and there but not over 38 games, i am afraid. You can't expect miracles on a football pitch, in fact it's chillingly cartesian. Young players learn by making mistakes, its normal so you need experience. Players get injured, its also normal so you need a squad. We got neither. No need to be the second coming of Enstein to see this. You keep doing the same things year after year and you still expect a different result? For Frimpong, read Denilson or Flamini 4 years ago. Where are they now? We are going roung in circles...

Ag, you dont agree with me...fine. Say you dont. Just leave out the petty insults when you do and we just might have a civil discussion. Who knows, you might even change my opinion. But i doubt it, because what you've written makes absolutely no sense to me.