duduspace:

I don't even understand all the people coming to jubilate here? the season is a long one and only Manure is yet to lose. These are not the games we should be losing, from the little I could see, the boys were just complacent and this is not how to become champions.
I hold Sagna culpable for the 1st goal with Clichy and Song culpable for the 3rd and Almunia should have committed to getting the ball for that 2nd goal, it seemed he could have gotten there before that guy who put in the ball across the face of goal, but he hesitated yet again maybe becos of the yellow and the initial penalty.
At the least Chelsea could say they were beaten away and only by a goal, how on earth could we go 3-0 down at home before coming to our senses? This was a poor performance and really painful, now the media will descend on us again and rightly too.

duduspace:

I don't even understand all the people coming to jubilate here? the season is a long one and only Manure is yet to lose. These are not the games we should be losing, from the little I could see, the boys were just complacent and this is not how to become champions.
I hold Sagna culpable for the 1st goal with Clichy and Song culpable for the 3rd and Almunia should have committed to getting the ball for that 2nd goal, it seemed he could have gotten there before that guy who put in the ball across the face of goal, but he hesitated yet again maybe becos of the yellow and the initial penalty.
At the least Chelsea could say they were beaten away and only by a goal, how on earth could we go 3-0 down at home before coming to our senses? This was a poor performance and really painful, now the media will descend on us again and rightly too.

duduspace:

Congrats and enjoy yur celebrations, the next match soon will come along.

HNIC:

AW has described the performance as 'POOR' all round.
Now I expect him to slam the big Hammer.
Any performance like that and the whole team would be transfer listed

duduspace:

The boys owe us one, lets hope they give us something to cheer about against Chelsea. They owe us big time.

biolabee:

Arsenal is just starting and it will get worse as this team is stil more of the same

Dr Kit has been right all along and so has Myles P,  Wenger is a recidivist
Enjoy the good games and cry through the sad ones.
This team can not be great.

I hope it does not affect our champions league game so we can continue making the big bucks
[b]i hope the chavs dont strafe us too much[/b]we should perform better that day.

Arsene Wenger : Arsenal 'Deserved To Lose' To West Bromwich Albion
Manager refuses to blame Almunia for defeat,

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gave an honest assessment of his side's poor performance against West Bromwich Albion today, by admitting that his side deserved to lose.

In the shock result of the day, West Brom surged into a 3-0 lead and also missed a penalty. Arsenal rallied late on with Samir Nasri scoring two late goals, but the Gunners never got going and deservedly fell to their first home defeat of the season.

"We deserved to lose the game," Wenger told Sky Sports News. "We were not up for it quality wise or concentration wise."

Despite saving a penalty midway through the first half, Manuel Almunia's goalkeeping skills came under question once again when he let Jara's tame shot squeeze into his near post to gift West Brom a two goal lead.

Yet Wenger refused to criticise his goalkeeper saying: "It would be too easy to discuss individual mistakes but I don't think any of the players were up to there usual level today. I feel we had a lack of concentration and at this level you pay for it."

With Chelsea losing 1-0 to Manchester City in the lunchtime kick-off at Eastlands, an Arsenal victory would have put the pressure on the league leaders, but Wenger doesn't think that the earlier result effected his team's perfomance.

"It isn't about what the others do, it's our performance that matters, we don't need to look at the results of other teams," Wenger said in his post match press conference.

"I didn't recognise my team today, we didn't deserve any points and we didn't get any."

Next up for Arsenal is the short trip to Stamford Bridge, which thanks to this result, is likely to prove pivotal if Arsenal are to maintain their hopes of lifting the Premier League trophy come May

Specialist900:

the whole defence was totally in shambles today, if he is to be blamed it will be only for the second goal. A greater chunk of the blame should go to the defence.

debosky:

I am not in full agreement. . . .from comments I've read, he was blatantly at fault for one goal and could've done better for a second goal.

Besides, for a club aiming for the EPL the GK must be of the calibre that can bail out the defence when they screw up. . . .it is clear that Manuel Almunia is not of that calibre, despite claims to the contrary.

Specialist900:

this is just his first bleep-up of this season, cut the guy some slack.

Specialist900:

this is just his first bleep-up of this season, cut the guy some slack.

Specialist900:

the whole defence was totally in shambles today, if he is to be blamed it will be only for the second goal. A greater chunk of the blame should go to the defence.

2004
Champions: Arsenal : GA - 26
Position: 1st GA - 26

2005
Champions: Chelsea : GA - 15
Position: 2nd GA - 36

2006
Champions:  Chelsea : GA - 22
Position: 4th GA - 31

2007
Champions: ManU : GA - 27
Position: 4th GA - 35

2008
Champions: ManU : GA - 22
Position: 4th GA - 31

2009
Champions: ManU : GA - 24
Position: 4th GA - 37

2010
Champions: Chelsea : GA - 32
Position: 3rd GA - 41

biolabee:



Our defence being poor is a constant K and we have conceded 237 goals and  averaged 33.9 goals over the last seven seasons.
The champions of the period have conceded 168 gols and averaged 24 goals. From a rule of thumb we conced say 9 goals too much every season and this is where an above average keeper will do us good!!!! We already have 7 gols this season
Last season Hahnemann of Wolves was ranked higher than Almunia in Castrol ranking. That is piss poor!! duduspace it is pisspoor
Reina was instrumental in making the Kops season not as bad as it shoulda been last season and so was Joe Hart for Bham.

Ibime:

Wey dose guys wey talksay Koscielny and Squillaci go guarantee clean sheet for Arsenal?
If na Chelsea defenders concede 3 goals (+ penalty) at home to West Brom, we for don flog them comot for Stamford Bridge.

slimshay:

Debo I'd advise you see the whole match. It will be so easy to blame almunia if you see only ther highlights. It was total shambles of team display. I mean every forking person. Even the nasri that scored 2 goals.

Ibime:

Wey dose guys wey talksay Koscielny and Squillaci go guarantee clean sheet for Arsenal?

If na Chelsea defenders concede 3 goals (+ penalty) at home to West Brom, we for don flog them comot for Stamford Bridge.

duduspace:

GBAM right on the head, he only started playing after we were 3-0 down, he was so lackasidal before that. Trust the media to descend on Almunia as usual, it is so easy for them to make him the scape goat, if Sagna will stand like a mumu  and allow Jerome Thomas go past him like that on the edge of our box or Clichy will claim to be blocking someone and open his toros like a love-peddler's kini, what exactly is Almunia to do? 

duduspace:

the 2nd was a 50/50

duduspace:

but I don't know why he didn't commit for the 3rd goal, I felt he could have gotten to it he does have some blame for that but our outfield players aren't definitely covered in glory for any of those goals.