*~*~* Arsenal v Sunderland match thread *~*~*

[Eric gates hair]

We look like a 3rd division team now

This shows me where we are . Badly

 

[Veteran2]

We've been shite second half like.aye we are 2 league below but we arent even bothering to mark in the box.

Give over, support your team. Once Broadhead went off we were up against it.

 

[Jasper]

The levels in football are insane mind. It’s not just like levels 1-4 up the pyramid, you’ve got players not even getting a game for arsenal and looking poor when they do looking like galacticos tonight.

Makes you realise how elite top footballers are. The gap from bench of top 10 Premier League to top of L1, then the gap from L1 to high end non league, then high end non league to low end non league then to Sunday pub football. Frightening.

 

[Geronimo]

Have you ever played a game of football against players who are a level above you??? It is very very difficult

Our lads have done great tonight

Two levels really

 

[Burndown]

This second half we've been a shadow. I really hope Johnson has learnt a harsh lesson for the rest of the season.

What don’t play a top 4 team every week?

 

[praha12]

No surprise, run their hearts out

No argument there

 

[bat]

Hume is a 23 year old lad coming back from some major injuries having played barely any football in about a year and he’s doing it at a standard he’s never played at before. He’s clearly struggling but how about f***ing supporting your team and the players instead of sniping at him.

In context of the game he has been very poor in what are basic positional tactics.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

Was anyone expecting anything different to this? Don't over analyse lads and lasses. They're simply miles better than us

I said 7 to a lad today so we’re doing well

 

[Deleted member 11942]

Well done Gooch

 

[Crispy32]

Our end is quiet

So are our players

 

[redflagflyinghigh]

If Burge starts playing league games we can forget about promotion.

if the league one keeper of the year from last season with the best record in the league who played most of the season behind a makeshift defence comes on for us we'll be staying will we?

 

[fredthefan]

Come on lads, pull back two quick goals and we’re right back in this

 

[TravellingMackem]

Broadhead is key to our good player. He makes it stick.

I’m not his biggest fan but losing him has impacted us badly tbf

 

[Hugh Gains]

Well, yeah. I'm not sure people really get this

But it goes beyond that, you’ve got lads at shields earning full time money at level 6? They’ll be shit hot relatively.

 

[Mowgli]

Have you ever played a game of football against players who are a level above you??? It is very very difficult

Our lads have done great tonight

We were great first half. Struggled massively second half as I think we are just tiring.

I'm not criticising them at all... but at least 3 of the goals we have conceded have been very poor. You don't mind being beat, but tap ins from 6 yards isn't how you wanna concede.

 

[Hongkongphooey]

Give over, support your team. Once Broadhead went off we were up against it.

Especially bring Hume on

 

[Eric gates hair]

Arteta really didn’t like LJs comment

Fuck him the need to shave often twat

 

[safc9450]

Fans always wanting to have a pop. He's up against a £72m player

Or a free transfer player. Still garbage. Never a defender.

 

[Super Ted]

People going mental at Hume when the lad who’s skinning him cost twice as much as our club.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

I wouldn't argue if we did the gulf in class is f***ing humongous

Of course it is. There’s not one of our players that would get in their squad. It’s huge. We’ve put in an honest performance but the weaknesses we have in league one are the ones that have been badly exposed tonight against quality opposition. We can’t defend