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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: What Arsene Wenger told us at half-time against Shrewsbury

Written by Renzo on September 22, 2011 – 4:30

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Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain confessed that the Gunners desperately needed to battle past Shrewsbury Town to reach the fourth round of the Carling Cup.

Speaking to Arsenal Player, the 18-year old explained that the Shrews might as well be “lesser opposition” but considering the tough start to the season, a win at the Emirates Stadium in front of the home support was a must, especially to bounce back after the 4-3 defeat against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

The Englishman continued by saying that even though Arsene Wenger opted for a young, less experienced squad, the players who featured did well and achieved the objective.

Asked what the players thought when James Collins gave the visitors the lead, Oxlade-Chamberlain said that the objective of the players was to follow the instructions of the manager: to stay together, keep the momentum and wait for Graham Turner to “die out”.

On Tuesday night, the 18-year old said:

[Needing the win?] I thought it was a massive, massive game for us even though, you know, you may say it was lesser opposition [but] you still have to bounce back from a disappointing result at the weekend.

[We had to] put a statement down and make sure we qualified for the next round. I think with the younger squad, a less experienced squad, we did that tonight.

[What where we thoughts when we went a goal down?] You know, some people may think, ‘Oh, here we go again’.

But we knew we had what it took tonight to definitely win the game, maybe it was a bit sloppy at the back but we knew we had to stay together.

That’s what the gaffer said to us, the boss said just keep plugging away, half time, you know, the longer we kept the momentum going and the pace of the game we thought they would die out and I think we showed that by controlling the second half.

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  • dev says:
    September 22, 2011 at 9:17

    Everyone been saying the same thing the past 6 years.

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  • Aussie Jack says:
    September 22, 2011 at 5:30

    Being as Arsenal have a history of dropping their bundle in the last quarter scoring early is a little worrying. Many will say lets get on the scoreboard quickly whilst we`re fresh but then we have a habit of going to sleep, losing consentration. Maybe, just maybe ,we should adopt the `slowly ,slowly, catch `e monkey` approach. Pack the defence for a while, see what they have to offer, then , just before half time up the tempo in midfield and see if we can get one before the break. The first 15 minutes of the second half controlled short passing making them chase the ball and building our confidence. Lastly take the brakes off for the last 30 mins. and hopefully out run a tiring oppostion. Great in theory, isn`t it?

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  • 49unbeaten says:
    September 22, 2011 at 6:58

    Goodday fellow gunners, I spent most of the last few hours looking back at old pics of arsene wenger and the 2003-2004 untouchables. That team had a never say never attitude, all the aspects of their game came together, full efforts from almost everyone. This team of late doesn’t carry the same spirit. I’m not gonna go on about all the wrong stuff they do, its clear as day for the last couple of years. This comment serves to inspire the guys. There’s no denying the talent arsenal possess, talent won’t win trophies alone. The season is a battle, the last time I checked we were the only ones on the battlefield with guns. Start fighting for the right to lift a trophy. 90mins at a time. Remember May 7th 2003 – Oct 16th 2004 started with 90mins… Start taking some risks on the field, yall have become too predictable always looking for another pass to often. Take some shots, that’s what guns do they shoot!! We are the gunners…goals win matches, shots cause goals…(On target that is)

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  • Sam says:
    September 22, 2011 at 7:21

    Weldon

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  • chris from Cambridge says:
    September 22, 2011 at 9:23

    ” A bit sloppy at the back for the Shrewsbury goal ?”

    Poor young Djourou is a liability. He is no natural defender and has never been taught any better. Wenger will have to bit that bullett as he eventually had to with Bendtner and Denilson.
    With all three … the supporters have / had been telling Wenger long ago.

    I imagine Arsenal are still picking up part of their exotic wage bills. Meanwhile we can’t afford to pay star wages to star players !!

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  • GunnerPete says:
    September 22, 2011 at 11:19

    At 69 I think my playing days are over, but, offer me £30K for a game (just one) or even £60K and I will play like a novice similar to Djourou, Denilson, Flapiansky and others who should never have made it to THE ARSENAL first team. The reason AFC cannot compete with Manure etc even after building a stadium with 60K crowds, is that AW is paying high salaries to get young wonder foreigners to sign and giving them 4 year contracts and after failing for 4 years..gives them another chance? Plain stupid!

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  • Atanda taye says:
    September 22, 2011 at 11:53

    Hi my fellow gunners,there is miguel a fine difender.why are we still play that number 20.that is not a natural defender.he make blonder mistake a lot.please take not.up GUNNERS??

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  • The BearMan says:
    September 23, 2011 at 8:50

    What I look for is the improvements in individuals, whenever a player is making the same errors continually, we can use excuses such as fatigue, lack of concentration ect,ect.

    But having done sport at a high level, I know it is one thing, and one thing only. {Poor coaching and coaches}. There might come a day when players will start to bring in their own personal trainers and coaches. Having said that, I believe players fail to look back at their own personal performances. They have to take ownership for their own performances on the pitch and about their own personal development. They ought to be pressing the coaches for change as they would be if their wages is not paid on time. If Arsenal was a Club that held people to account, major changes would have occured long ago.

    Every game is important and players have to be up and ready for each and every game. Casual is a desease we can ill afford.

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