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1. Imo song was pure shite (sorry rebs). His tackling is still shit, his passing was embarrassing and he was destroyed in the air time and time again (not least for their goal).
2. Squillachi is not good enough. He is hesitant, nowhere near dominant in the air and is as slow as a cart horse
3. We made the last 15-20mins far harder than it should have been. We were in total control and looked threatening every time we attacked but of course we decided to be smartarses and do keep ball instead as we played sidewards and backwards followed swiftly by handing possession back to them via bad passing Sometimes these cocks get above themselves
5. Substitutions were woeful. Tbf I thought denilson did very well but I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move but the eboue for chamakh decision was absolutely ridiculous and baffling We basically decided to bring in the cheating c**t and surrender possession for them to launch balls into our area
SHOCKING decision to take Chamakh off with 2 minutes left though - and for Eboue???? - how the fuck does that help?? Eboue's passing is erratic at the best of times, but coming into a fast paced game with no time to adjust was asking a lot, and Nasri isn't a target man... he isn't going to win a header against the defence, and Chamakh's aerial ability was useful when defending corners, too!
Odd, I thought - and put more pressure on us, with any punt forward bound to come straight back at us.
Still, we won - and deservedly so. Get in!!!!
Odd, but hardly surprising. It was the classic Wenger “how ze furck do I protect a lead?â€
1. Imo song was pure shite (sorry rebs). His tackling is still shit, his passing was embarrassing and he was destroyed in the air time and time again (not least for their goal).
2. Squillachi is not good enough. He is hesitant, nowhere near dominant in the air and is as slow as a cart horse
3. We made the last 15-20mins far harder than it should have been. We were in total control and looked threatening every time we attacked but of course we decided to be smartarses and do keep ball instead as we played sidewards and backwards followed swiftly by handing possession back to them via bad passing Sometimes these cocks get above themselves
5. Substitutions were woeful. Tbf I thought denilson did very well but I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move but the eboue for chamakh decision was absolutely ridiculous and baffling We basically decided to bring in the cheating c**t and surrender possession for them to launch balls into our area
1. Imo song was pure shite (sorry rebs). His tackling is still shit, his passing was embarrassing and he was destroyed in the air time and time again (not least for their goal).
2. Squillachi is not good enough. He is hesitant, nowhere near dominant in the air and is as slow as a cart horse
3. We made the last 15-20mins far harder than it should have been. We were in total control and looked threatening every time we attacked but of course we decided to be smartarses and do keep ball instead as we played sidewards and backwards followed swiftly by handing possession back to them via bad passing Sometimes these cocks get above themselves
5. Substitutions were woeful. Tbf I thought denilson did very well but I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move but the eboue for chamakh decision was absolutely ridiculous and baffling We basically decided to bring in the cheating c**t and surrender possession for them to launch balls into our area
Other then that, good game eh?
We did play well and as I said it was a great win especially when those theiving scouse *word censored* tried to bully the ref into giving them decisions However we dont half make things harder than they need to be at times though
1. Imo song was pure shite (sorry rebs). His tackling is still shit, his passing was embarrassing and he was destroyed in the air time and time again (not least for their goal).
2. Squillachi is not good enough. He is hesitant, nowhere near dominant in the air and is as slow as a cart horse
3. We made the last 15-20mins far harder than it should have been. We were in total control and looked threatening every time we attacked but of course we decided to be smartarses and do keep ball instead as we played sidewards and backwards followed swiftly by handing possession back to them via bad passing Sometimes these cocks get above themselves
5. Substitutions were woeful. Tbf I thought denilson did very well but I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move but the eboue for chamakh decision was absolutely ridiculous and baffling We basically decided to bring in the cheating c**t and surrender possession for them to launch balls into our area
No grumbles from me for once as it's good to see us grind out wins when not at our best. Sometimes the manager and the team deserve criticism, today isn't one of them.
augie wrote:I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move
Hmmm.... couldn't disagree more.
I thought Arshavin wanted to come off. He looked like he'd run out of energy, and wasn't keeping up with play.
Taking him off was, in my opinion, the only option - personally, I thought replacing him with Theo's pace would have helped at that point, but Rosicky does work very hard.
augie wrote:I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move
Hmmm.... couldn't disagree more.
I thought Arshavin wanted to come off. He looked like he'd run out of energy, and wasn't keeping up with play.
Taking him off was, in my opinion, the only option - personally, I thought replacing him with Theo's pace would have helped at that point, but Rosicky does work very hard.
Even a blind man could see that we needed an outlet rather than Eboue on for Chamakh at the end. Shocking substitution. Song is desperate for another red card. Silly foul after silly foul etc
Great 4 days, 6 points at 2 difficult away grounds but this club will give me a heart attack one day and I promise I will sue their arses off!!!
augie wrote:I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move
Hmmm.... couldn't disagree more.
I thought Arshavin wanted to come off. He looked like he'd run out of energy, and wasn't keeping up with play.
Taking him off was, in my opinion, the only option - personally, I thought replacing him with Theo's pace would have helped at that point, but Rosicky does work very hard.
Agreed with g88ner, basically nothing for the second half from Arshavin. He didn't do much defensive work anyway, why he used up his energy that quick
augie wrote:I also thought taking off arshavin was a bad move
Hmmm.... couldn't disagree more.
I thought Arshavin wanted to come off. He looked like he'd run out of energy, and wasn't keeping up with play.
Taking him off was, in my opinion, the only option - personally, I thought replacing him with Theo's pace would have helped at that point, but Rosicky does work very hard.
Agree with that. I’ve always found augie’s unconditional defence of Arshavin almost SteveO35/Diaby-esque in it’s tenderness.
Sometimes these cocks get above themselves
We basically decided to bring in the cheating c**t and surrender possession for them to launch balls into our area
great result!!!!
However we dont half make things harder than they need to be at times though
(not for the 1st time this season)
