SPU*S THREAD

[REB]

i will say this only once




thank fuck almunia was up for it


eboue your a c**t

Rebel the dwarf cock pundit, it has a certain ring to it.

[augie]

i will say this only once




thank fuck almunia was up for it


eboue your a c**t

Rebel the dwarf cock pundit, it has a certain ring to it.

Check the sell eboue thread - in summation it appears that gus has spilt the bedroom secrets from last weekend

[dvbrisgooner1]

Eboue disgraced himself with the red card - but he had a perfectly good goal disallowed and the referee should be made to explain that. In terms of Eboue's cards I can't complain - however the first one was after a foul was given against Sagna, and a look at the referee explaining it to Sagna, shows he accused him of using his shoulder in the challenge - now he has either been seeing things, or has made up an excuse to justify an incorrect decision.

Following the red card I thought our midfield got a grip and Nasri, Denilson and Song worked exceptionally hard. My man of the match was Gallas who I thought was bloody outstanding - especially as he was having to cover for the increasingly unconvincing Clichy and Toure. I must also give credit to Almunia for an outstanding all-round display as he finally commanded in the air for the mostpart.

I can't understand how the TV can give MOM to Palacios - how many chances did he create for their forwards against 10 men? Absolute joke that one of Arsenal's defensive rearguard didn't get the champagne. Also, did anyone else think we should have had a penalty when Song put his chance wide - Palacios was holding on to him and not even facing the ball.

Overall, in the circumstances I was please with the performance. Regardless of the red card, if the ref had allowed a perfectly good goal we would have been holding on for 3 points instead of 1.

One final thing - FUCK OFF RICHARD KEYS! Your job is to read the autocue and ask Andy Gray what has happened. Go back to TVAM where you belong you fucking hairy mug.

[dvbrisgooner1]

Sorry but Ade tripped whoever it was. it wasn't about the push. the defending team always gets the benefit in those circumstances.

Agree. Adebarndoor stuck his leg up. Fouled a player. Good spot from the ref. If the leg stayed down, we would have had a goal.

If you watch the game back you'll see the referee pointing to Eboue and motioning that he had pushed Woodgate - therefore it was a shit decision and the goal should have stood as Eboue did nothing of the sort.

[U.F.G Anfield '89]

i will say this only once




thank fuck almunia was up for it


eboue your a c**t

Rebel the dwarf cock pundit, it has a certain ring to it.

don't worry reb i have a cock like a dwarf too, it's about 4 feet long, hairy, whistles and is never happier than when it's working. hi ho.

[SPUDMASHER]

I'm not saying too much at all about todays game other than this:-

They were by far the better team.

Eboue is a disgrace, a fucking embarrassing disgrace

Song was dreadful, but not quite as dreadful as usual

Bendtner still has the first touch of an elephant

And we have one person to thank for our solitary point today.......ALMUNIA. Excellent performance


I'm still too angry to comment any more

[Number 5]

I'm not saying too much at all about todays game other than this:-

They were by far the better team.

Eboue is a disgrace, a fucking embarrassing disgrace

Song was dreadful, but not quite as dreadful as usual

Bendtner still has the first touch of an elephant

And we have one person to thank for our solitary point today.......ALMUNIA. Excellent performance


I'm still too angry to comment any more

Spud you may be angry but you must be letting it in a bit too much.

If that was a performance by a far better team I'd love to play them every week. They were one dimensional and utterly predictable.

Born out in that Gallas was the best player out there. Almunia did his best to give all 3 points away.

Watch the highlights again man.

[Pilly]

When are they releasing the DVD?!

[Chippy]

. Almunia did his best to give all 3 points away.

Now I don't rate the guy but WTF?

[rtpgooner]

Went to the game today my first trip to the shithole. I agree with most almunia was our man of the match today. obviously apart from eboue, i thought everyone did their job, i thought we did what we could with 10 men for 60 minutes. if we showed more determination, bravery like we did today from the start of the season, and start matches like that i think we would be higher in the league, the same happened against liverpool when barndoor got sent off.. earlier on in the season we would of lost that game two or three nil today, and crumbled afer going down to 10. they had a few half chances in piky boy,roman,modric, but what is frustrating is having 11 men im confident we would of won today. playing with 10 for 60 mins and seeing what eboue did, il take a point.

[SPUDMASHER]

I'm not saying too much at all about todays game other than this:-

They were by far the better team.

Eboue is a disgrace, a fucking embarrassing disgrace

Song was dreadful, but not quite as dreadful as usual

Bendtner still has the first touch of an elephant

And we have one person to thank for our solitary point today.......ALMUNIA. Excellent performance


I'm still too angry to comment any more

Spud you may be angry but you must be letting it in a bit too much.

If that was a performance by a far better team I'd love to play them every week. They were one dimensional and utterly predictable.

Born out in that Gallas was the best player out there. Almunia did his best to give all 3 points away.

Watch the highlights again man.

So is winning a one on one with Modric in the dying seconds "doing his best to give all 3 points away"

Is taking every single cross cleanly "doing his best to give all 3 points away"

That guy didn't put a foot wrong and still nobody will give him any credit. He did everything he had to and he did it all really well. It's about time people got off his back. He is nowhere near as bad as some people would have you believe.
I don't think he's good enough, regular enough to be a first choice at a club our size either but at least I can give him credit when it is due.

[REB]

i gave him credit



thank fuck he was on form bar the keane header he didnt put a foot wrong

[augie]

Spuddy, as a critic of almunia I gave him credit for that last minute save todayand a largely solid 2nd half display but your defense of him is slightly flawed - he was nowhere near "taking every cross cleanly" when pikey keane missed that glorious chance in the 2nd half from the cross from their right wing. In the first 10 mins he stuck on his line at least twice when he should have come out - once for a cross and the other time for a ball over the top when he defenders asked him to come but he didnt and both cases suggested to me that rat-face's goal at the emirates was still in his mind.

Is almunia improving ? Yes. Is he now or will he ever be good enough for a club like ours ? No and I would use the same arguement that you used re song - how many other teams would he get his place in ? Very few I would suspect

[SPUDMASHER]

I'd put him in the top 50% in the prem. Only just though.

[highburyJD]

friedel and given ( the leagues best 2 imo) are miles ahead
cech is out of form but you'd still rather have him
reina is ahead of him in the spain pecking order (though neither is close to casillas)
tim 'feckfeckfeck' howard is of a similar quality but only because almunia has improved
I worry about manuel in the big games
wish we could have got given