Arsenal Post match thread
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I said that in the match thread. Nickname stealing motherfucker.
Better defenders wouldn't have turned their back.
Class from Coutinho, but woeful by Bellerin.
Big eyebrows, shaven head, skinny as fuck.
Stevie was also a few yards behind play & guilty of following the ball around, as Rossiter did last night.
Hopefully he'll have a chance to prove himself from the start in some cup games or similar.
I wish people wouldn't compare Rossiter with Gerrard. They're not very similar players at all, really. Rossiter's strengths are mostly Gerrard's weaknesses.
I just said he looked like him...which he did.
Also later than my original usage. I'll let you off the 3p as I never go in the Fantasy Football thread.
I meant in general you fool.
Apologies cloggy thank you for your merciful stance on this.
Oh thank heaven for that.
Wenger's getting some flack today. Gary Neville is bang on about his arrogance. I've said this for years, I think he saw United win with kids and he became so focused on doing the same, that's he's gone too long without adding invaluable experience to his side. You can argue he has started to, but it's too little too late, look at last night's partnership in central defense for instance. You can have all the technicians you want, but they really needed players in the engine rooms last night, players like Skrtel, Milner and Lucas. He should have replaced the likes of Pires, Petit, Vieira and Ljungberg. Instead he's tried to replicate it with kid after kid, or a player equally likely to go missing and become a passenger when games need grabbing by the scruff of the neck. Exactly the sort of trap we started to slip into last season.
What we have done is identify a need for a backbone, in Milner and Benteke we've added resilience through the middle, while Gomez and Clyne both inadvertently strengthen the middle of the backline with their intelligence and instinct to defend first and foremost. It's early days but I'm glad we haven't fallen back into stubborn decisions that have cost us previously with Rodgers and under the likes of Ged and Rafa.
What we have done is identify a need for a backbone, in Milner and Benteke we've added resilience through the middle, while Gomez and Clyne both inadvertently strengthen the middle of the backline with their intelligence and instinct to defend first and foremost. It's early days but I'm glad we haven't fallen back into stubborn decisions that have cost us previously with Rodgers and under the likes of Ged and Rafa.
I think it's a bit early to be gloating about / praising the success of our transfer strategy. There are encouraging signs but we've all been here before only to be cursing the state of play at the end of the season. Let's see how it goes.
As for Wenger, I think the kids thing has been overstated for a long time now. Last night they started the game with two 20 year olds. The rest of the team were 24 plus. I believe they lost both Mertesacker and Koscielny just before the game so they'd have normally had even more 'experience'.
Wenger does have a blind spot with the defensive side of things though, yeah. They've need a CB, DM and a striker for some time now but who knows what's going on behind the scenes.
Like I said at the end Keni, it's early days. I'm not gloating, while it's difficult to go off three games for us, it's fairly easy to judge Arsenal on the same points, they've fucked up on it for years.
Well, more. Let's start with one of my new favs in the team:
Not good enough for you? Let's lower the age barrier.
Dodgy with the air punch in the end, but otherwise, pretty decent showing from Mig. Benteke = goalkick accuracy improvement. Without Benteke, Mignolet's long ball passing accuracy % has been in the 30's in the past 2 seasons. This season so far, almost 50%.
I bet Leo called someone an absolute wanker and told them to fuck off in that reply.
I bagsy Woemez for when we all inevitably turn on him.
One or more of these should work:
Full match reply, pre-, half-time, post-match MNF analysis:
-- http://www.footballorgin.net/2015/08/arsenal-v-liverpool-premier-league-2015.html
Highlights:
-- http://www.okgoals.com/match-highlights-1440236800---40
-- http://ourmatch.net/videos/24-08-2015-arsenal-0-0-liverpool/
-- http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2015/08/24/arsenal-vs-liverpool-highlights-full-match/
He can't stop smiling after his league debut. 🙂
What a great lad.
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