Liverpool game and his general link of play before he broke his legSPUDMASHER wrote:
Why did it look that way before today? Give me some evidence!
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just asking what you're basing that on. I can't recall anything in the past that would indicate he cannot do that job.
Winning the prem was a little too ambitious must re evaluate
Spud - Not sure I can provide physical evidence as such, I'm not a geek who collects hours and hours of video for evidence. However, anyone who has watched Edu since he came to us would probably agree that he is really a 'finisher', whose primary skill is putting the ball in the net.
I have seen nothing to suggest he can really hold the ball up and link in other players - as RVP does for instance. He is of slight build meaning he is less likely to hold off a 6ft plus central defender, and he doesn't appear to be as quick or as skillful as RVP in turning and shielding the ball and you don't see him holding on to the ball in general. Bendtner can do it to an extent - he doesn't have the speed but has the bulk and is pretty good at holding on to the ball. That's what I would base my opinion on.
I have seen nothing to suggest he can really hold the ball up and link in other players - as RVP does for instance. He is of slight build meaning he is less likely to hold off a 6ft plus central defender, and he doesn't appear to be as quick or as skillful as RVP in turning and shielding the ball and you don't see him holding on to the ball in general. Bendtner can do it to an extent - he doesn't have the speed but has the bulk and is pretty good at holding on to the ball. That's what I would base my opinion on.
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LeftfootlegendGooner
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well i put my money on chelski way before the season started and its looking like a sure thing now.
I also put my money on arsenal being in the top 3 and that is where i think we will be, 3rd, manure 2nd.
Unfortunatley we are a few players short of winning it and een if we had beaten sunderland yesterday it would make no difference because i think chelski could end up with a record points score by may next year.
I also put my money on arsenal being in the top 3 and that is where i think we will be, 3rd, manure 2nd.
Unfortunatley we are a few players short of winning it and een if we had beaten sunderland yesterday it would make no difference because i think chelski could end up with a record points score by may next year.
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lagerisgood1981
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Were still in with sort of a shout ... One bad game and everyone panics.
Do you think Chelski were overly worried after losing 3-1 to Wigan?
What didn't help us is the irritating International Break and then being the only Top 4 side to play away the following Saturday ... and it's not like Sunderland is down the road!!!
Do you think Chelski were overly worried after losing 3-1 to Wigan?
What didn't help us is the irritating International Break and then being the only Top 4 side to play away the following Saturday ... and it's not like Sunderland is down the road!!!
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Bendtners Drinking Buddy
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The Champions will lose between 4-6 games this season minimum.
Im not saying yesterday is a good thing (but i have to say it didnt suprise me, away at a really tough place after the pointless International games)....but a win next Sunday and then things look a lot rosier.
Next Sunday is a must win for me, certainly must not lose, but I think we will see just how good we are next week.
As for Sunderland - a lot of teams will lose up there this season.
Im not saying yesterday is a good thing (but i have to say it didnt suprise me, away at a really tough place after the pointless International games)....but a win next Sunday and then things look a lot rosier.
Next Sunday is a must win for me, certainly must not lose, but I think we will see just how good we are next week.
As for Sunderland - a lot of teams will lose up there this season.
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After the whole day removing the autumn leaves in my garden and rethinking what went wrong yesterday I could summarize it like this.
The first 15 minutes we were on top and Sunderland created nothing. The ref had a decent game, Sunderland defended deep but not on the edge. Then for some reason the crowd raised their voice and the Sunderland players began to chase down our players, fouling them in various ways (pulling players by the arm is still a foul Mr. Wiley) and when our players tried to respond to this physical play… they got punished all the time by the ref. No I don’t mind that the game is played physical but than as a ref you got to let both teams use this approach and not one team only. After 5 minutes playing like this the Sunderland players knew they could do almost what they wanted. From then on we began to lose a bit of the battle.
Sunderland had only one shot on goal and they scored from it. So in the whole we had a good defensive performance just one unlucky fluke where the ball should have gone out by the cornerflag, came of the knee back to the player who scored. If you speak of unlucky goals….
I also would have left Eduardo on the field. He just didn’t get the service that RVP usaully gets. The absence of Diaby could explain a bit, the rather cautious approach from Song to avoid a yellow card (still had a good game) another bit.
And then something that should not be forgotten. With Rosicky, Eduardo and Nasr we had 3 players in attack who have sufferend long and serious injury the past years or months. The first 15 minutes the game was not venomous and they played without fear. Then I saw tackles, unpunished and dangerous form behind, that gave me goosebumps. I must say I have ended my, not so impressive, football career after a leg breaking tackle and I know a bit of how a human being reacts to playing football after such a thing. If you see possible leg breaking tackles flying in, without the ref doing someting, you may think in your head: safety first. A normal human reaction. So our 3 attackers with maybe one percent caution in mind is a big difference.
Maybe this was also the reason that Wenger decided to take Eduardo off the field at the end. Better a healthy Eduardo over the next months in stead of anotheer leg breaking incident that shatters the whole team ?
The penalty…. well if even the MOTD pundits said ‘it was a strong callâ€
The first 15 minutes we were on top and Sunderland created nothing. The ref had a decent game, Sunderland defended deep but not on the edge. Then for some reason the crowd raised their voice and the Sunderland players began to chase down our players, fouling them in various ways (pulling players by the arm is still a foul Mr. Wiley) and when our players tried to respond to this physical play… they got punished all the time by the ref. No I don’t mind that the game is played physical but than as a ref you got to let both teams use this approach and not one team only. After 5 minutes playing like this the Sunderland players knew they could do almost what they wanted. From then on we began to lose a bit of the battle.
Sunderland had only one shot on goal and they scored from it. So in the whole we had a good defensive performance just one unlucky fluke where the ball should have gone out by the cornerflag, came of the knee back to the player who scored. If you speak of unlucky goals….
I also would have left Eduardo on the field. He just didn’t get the service that RVP usaully gets. The absence of Diaby could explain a bit, the rather cautious approach from Song to avoid a yellow card (still had a good game) another bit.
And then something that should not be forgotten. With Rosicky, Eduardo and Nasr we had 3 players in attack who have sufferend long and serious injury the past years or months. The first 15 minutes the game was not venomous and they played without fear. Then I saw tackles, unpunished and dangerous form behind, that gave me goosebumps. I must say I have ended my, not so impressive, football career after a leg breaking tackle and I know a bit of how a human being reacts to playing football after such a thing. If you see possible leg breaking tackles flying in, without the ref doing someting, you may think in your head: safety first. A normal human reaction. So our 3 attackers with maybe one percent caution in mind is a big difference.
Maybe this was also the reason that Wenger decided to take Eduardo off the field at the end. Better a healthy Eduardo over the next months in stead of anotheer leg breaking incident that shatters the whole team ?
The penalty…. well if even the MOTD pundits said ‘it was a strong callâ€
