Boro FA cup

[BFG4]

How did this lot ever beat $chitty ???. They were rubbish. Easy for a magic 'footballing' team as we were today. Theo looked good on the bench. Leave him there.

$hitty missed a few sitters before boro got into the game, and were shit for the rest of the game. Yesterday proves the importance of taking the lead agaisnt the minnows, as the longer the game goes on, the more encouragement they will get, if it is 0-0. Really hoping for Bradford at home in the QTR'S now.

[markyp]

was nice to see Gabriel take one for the team by bringing down matey when he might have gone through on goal,this is something the chavs in particular have mastered in recent years and something we never seem to do enough of,you cant beat a cynical foul now and again,good on him

[armchair]

was nice to see Gabriel take one for the team by bringing down matey when he might have gone through on goal,this is something the chavs in particular have mastered in recent years and something we never seem to do enough of,you cant beat a cynical foul now and again,good on him

Yea. Thank fuck "captainstupidmarseillemercenerymr.pointeyflamoneycunt" didnt do it then or hed be hung, drawn and quartered here.
Ive always sain a DM will pick up yellows, reds and commit seemingly stupid needless fouls. It comes with the territory. Imo a DM has to kick people. Its part of the job whether they need to be kicked or not.

[northbank123]

was nice to see Gabriel take one for the team by bringing down matey when he might have gone through on goal,this is something the chavs in particular have mastered in recent years and something we never seem to do enough of,you cant beat a cynical foul now and again,good on him

Yea. Thank fuck "captainstupidmarseillemercenerymr.pointeyflamoneycunt" didnt do it then or hed be hung, drawn and quartered here.
Ive always sain a DM will pick up yellows, reds and commit seemingly stupid needless fouls. It comes with the territory. Imo a DM has to kick people. Its part of the job whether they need to be kicked or not.

Gabriel was stitched up by Chambers - he was left high and dry well out of position with an attacker running full speed one-on-one at him with acres of space to knock it in behind.

Some of Flamini's fouls and bookings are probably down to other people and/or tactically clever but the vast majority are down to his own limitations and shortcomings.

On the subject of which despite being determined going forward Chambers just does not look ready to play regular football at RB at this level.

[armchair]

"Captain stupid" has 3 yellows this season from 19 games in the PL. Chambers has 8 yellows and 1 red from 18 PL games.
Cesc (who most agree should be with us) has 8 yellows from 22 PL games.

I think this lazy criticism of Mr Pointey, cuntybollox flamoney as "wild in the tackle" and "a red waiting to happen" that we hear every time he plays is a bit of a myth. Yes hes not the answer to the DM position we need and thats no-ones fault except Wenger but until Coq came back and Gabriel arrived he was really the only DM we had.

http://guardian.touch-line.com/?CTID=11 ... _Cards&t=4

[northbank123]

"Captain stupid" has 3 yellows this season from 19 games in the PL. Chambers has 8 yellows and 1 red from 18 PL games.
Cesc (who most agree should be with us) has 8 yellows from 22 PL games.

I think this lazy criticism of Mr Pointey, cuntybollox flamoney as "wild in the tackle" and "a red waiting to happen" that we hear every time he plays is a bit of a myth. Yes hes not the answer to the DM position we need and thats no-ones fault except Wenger but until Coq came back and Gabriel arrived he was really the only DM we had.

http://guardian.touch-line.com/?CTID=11 ... _Cards&t=4

The stupid fouls are annoying. The yellows are annoying. But it's not his disciplinary record that's the main problem; it's how easily he gets dragged out of position, how poorly he reads the game and then how often he goes to ground when he just doesn't need to and leaves us completely exposed.

[Ray C]

How did this lot ever beat $chitty ???. They were rubbish. Easy for a magic 'footballing' team as we were today. Theo looked good on the bench. Leave him there.

I guess you missed the part where Welbeck was absolute shit.

I don't understand all this anti-Walcott sentiment; he provides end product, a trait neither Chamberlain nor Welbeck possess.

He may not be as diligent tracking back but what he brings to the fore offensively more then makes up for it; his mere presence makes us a different side in the way he stretches the defence and forces them to sit deep - he also has superb off the ball movement, probably the best in the entire League and this attribute is crucial in order to extract the best out of Ozil and co.

He's a nailed on starter when fully fit and rightfully so, he adds a whole 'nother dimension to our game.

Not consistantly he doesnt - his movement off the ball has improved greatly in the last 18 months or so, but it is also a fact that a lot of those runs are into already crowded areas His finishing for a "top level £100k per week" player is not good enough and is quite poor when he has time to decide what he is going to do - most Gooners agree that his finishing is better when he doesnt have time and just reacts instantly. To the day I day I will continue to argue that he is not and never will be a striker because he is not a natural predator in the penalty area and when defences sit deep it does nullify a large part of his game - that leads to the question that if he isnt a striker then what should his position be and imo that should be as a winger, but right now he lacks/ignores team needs (to work harder defensively) to play a selfish game and somebody should be pulling him into line over it

Btw what is the point in comparing him with wellbeck and the ox ? The ox is a few years younger and less experienced, whilst wellbeck is a player that most agree will never be top level

[DB10GOONER]

"Captain stupid" has 3 yellows this season from 19 games in the PL. Chambers has 8 yellows and 1 red from 18 PL games.
Cesc (who most agree should be with us) has 8 yellows from 22 PL games.

I think this lazy criticism of Mr Pointey, cuntybollox flamoney as "wild in the tackle" and "a red waiting to happen" that we hear every time he plays is a bit of a myth. Yes hes not the answer to the DM position we need and thats no-ones fault except Wenger but until Coq came back and Gabriel arrived he was really the only DM we had.

http://guardian.touch-line.com/?CTID=11 ... _Cards&t=4

The stupid fouls are annoying. The yellows are annoying. But it's not his disciplinary record that's the main problem; it's how easily he gets dragged out of position, how poorly he reads the game and then how often he goes to ground when he just doesn't need to and leaves us completely exposed.

Exactly. Captain Stupid offers very little protection to the CH's because he is so easily dragged all over the place. He can't read the game and anticipate the way a good DM does, all he can do is react - often when it's too late to do any good.

Also, armchair, if you look past the simple stats of the yellows picked up by those players, odds on most of theirs would be "justifiable" like Gabriel's was - as in, taking one for the team. Captain Stupid tends to pick them up pointlessly doing things like ploughing in through the back of someone out near the halfway line and sideline when that someone is posing absolutely no threat to us at all.

Further, you can't qualify a player by the number of yellows. Not every stupid unnecessary foul leads to a booking. But any given stupid unnecessary foul could be the deciding incident in a game.