As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
I'm still laughing at the post that had Sagna as being 6ft tall!!
You have obviously never seen Arsenal play or if you have, it must have been from the back row of the upper tier!! The guy is small...in fact 5ft 9 and a half to be exact. Hence the tactics of opposition managers often revolve around putting their big men out wide so they are up against Sagna and Clichy - both small!! Psersonally I would like to have seen us sign two big CB's and put TV out on the left - not that I want to 'kill' Gibbsy because he looks very promising but I think we could be even better with TV out left.
Height does matter very much when it comes to defending high balls, we all know that's where we struggle most.
SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:I was at the game Saturday and in May and would like to put my point across.
Almunia had very little to do and in many respects I cannot see how anyone can say anything other than he put in a very good performance. He did everything he was asked to do and did it well.
He caught the first cross perfectly, used his six yard area correctly and despite ball after ball after ball being pumped into his area he stood firm.
I really do believe (and i count myself in this) that we have hammered Manuel way too much. Yes he has made many top profile errors, but as it stands he should remain our number one. This has to be the case......the contrast....Fabianski. Had he played Saturday I do firmly believe he would have lost us the game because what was apparent with the Arsenal defence was they did trust Manuel, they looked much more comfortable than they did in May.
The back four were good in my opinion. TV5 was superb, Gael was steady, Bacs was respectably good and Kos was ok, you have to remember that Kos has played TWICE and at Anfield and Ewood, yet we took four points from those places.
Diaby...oh Diaby....i am sorry Steve but imperious is not a word i associate with Diaby. Yes he was steady and on the whole had a decent game, but imperious....no i am sorry lol
Cutting edge.....well had we been that good Wilshere would have made it 3-1 at the end and Theo a hat trick.,....he needs to learn the Ian Wright art of breaking the offside trap....
All in all....Saturday was a million times bette than in May, the lads showed grit, fight and determination without really being put under the cosh. Blackburn were void of any ideas and a pile of horse crap.
Lessons learnt?
One......we came away with three points by sticking to our principles of playing football and defending as a team.
I hate the fella and have slagged him off big time, before the match all i could see was another one of his fuck ups, but fair play to him he did everything that was asked of him and did it well.........
