We, as a football society, seem now to look at stats such as goalscorers and automatically assume said players have played well
It goes without saying that I cannot agree with the idea that diaby was excellent yesterday and thought that IHH's analysis of diaby has been the most accurate so far in this thread. He continually lost possession down in front of me and I am beginning to wonder if it is now an accepted part of his game to the point that some fans dont even mention it anymore
I will agree however that he did seem to work a bit harder yesterday but, as has been said already, he goes missing for way too many spells in a match.
The performances of AA23 & rosicky yesterday was a source of disappointment to me I have to say
Any of the regular members on here will know that I think that these two players are absolutely class players and AA23 is, in my opinion at least, the only player in the last 20 years to come near the great Bergkamp for class, vision and ability. Too often yesterday though his 1st touch was poor and his corners were woeful although he did of course display his class with an outstanding finish for his goal. Rosicky I thought started the game really well but was totally awol for ages before being subbed although I suspect being subbed in every single game must be pissing the guy off.
Yesterday was a game that we were in complete control of before we conceded but after that goal we totally lost our shape and control of the game. When we needed somebody to pull a few heads together and take control back from an average brum side we had nobody and if some of you need a reason to understand why some of us believe the signing of PV4 would be a good thing then you should take a good look at the last hour of this game and maybe you will understand. To me it is the same old story with this Arsenal team........outstanding at times but when under pressure we lack leadership and presence. I would also like to suggest that our great centre back partnership actually look better going forward than they do when it comes down to actual defending
By the way gus and wayno, did ye actually make it in for the start of the game ? I was rushing towards the stadium around 7 minutes before kick off and seen the two lads rushing in the other direction - apt to piss some fans off with their late arrival I would suggest
