We are indeed a beautiful pub team these days. No.9 heading in goals, 'Well-worked corners', Ramsey picking a fight for no reason, players like Arteta that do nothing but 'get the job done'....we are a Frimpong away from domination.
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We are indeed a beautiful pub team these days. No.9 heading in goals, 'Well-worked corners', Ramsey picking a fight for no reason, players like Arteta that do nothing but 'get the job done'....we are a Frimpong away from domination.
We need a big leg breaking, knuckle dragging, racist, shaven headed, not that kind of lad type central defender though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
When do you start playing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Being German and all that, Mertesacker has got potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Santos is currently the most English player we have though. I reckon he'll be raking his studs down a few calves when he's too fat to deal with the poncy winger.
I'm not racist!!Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Oh...
They need more goals and assists. Goals especially. We are heavily dependent on RVP right now and that's noise coming from
coming from our own camp. I get the feeling this team would suffer a knock of confidence if he picked up an injury.
It's a team effort but besides RVP, all of our attackers are a bit hit and miss. They're setting up goals but RVP's movement off the ball can't be underestimated. He's making the right sort of runs and that's important. Bring in Chamakh we'd see a huge difference. He'd be dropping too deep and passing at every opportunity instead of shooting. Not so sure about Park, but he's had a couple of quiet games and I'm guessing the team would need time to figure out his movement and runs.
We've still got a way to go and we need the rest to start hitting their stride and playing with confidence and consistency. We're solid at the moment, but still not there yet. As Wenger said, it can take one game for a team to lose all confidence and many games to build it back up. I just hope RVP doesn't get injured anytime soon because that's the one blow that could completely mess with our confidence. It wasn't just the Invincible team that carved teams open, i remember incredible attacking displays some years back when we'd have Cesc, Ade, Hleb and Rosicky on fire. Champions League nights when we'd bury teams even Carling Cup nights where the kids would get in on the act. Games where we'd play so well, we're trying to set up a hat trick for someone and we're stringing together stunning one touch passes. Samba type football. We're not there yet. And I'm not just talking about the style of play or thrashing teams, i'm talking about the confidence that flowed through the team and players having the audacity to try certain things. I'm getting carried away. :lol:
We used to play some stunning stuff but it agent stale somewhere down the line. probably after the Ade and Gallas fiasco. We're looking better now but we need a couple more players to hit the sort of form RVP is on because we used to have teams where two or three players were red hot. Still got a way to go.
and we won't see that type of football again. the experience he has bought in means a lot more discipline across the two lines so the football will be more functional at times, combined with our ability to attack well, which is what we've been crying out for.
Park seemed to link up well with Arshavin. Which says to me, he's an intellegent player.
Arshavin is often too quick thinking for most of our team.
But he is also fat.
I very much doubt that because Wenger's philosophy on football hasn't changed. The longer the team play together, the better the understanding and movement gets. That's what happened with the Invincible team. It just evolved into Total Telepathy. The Cesc era had those moments as well. Wenger still believes in the beautiful game and in time this team will develop their own rhythm but hopefully, we're more solid. This is a brand new team and we're just getting starter. His job is to make sure we're hard to beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
It's actually quite exciting :patrice:Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
i dont think his philosophy has changed entirely but the failure of his project obviously affected his approach and whilst we'll still see some great football, i think it will be grounded far more in reality than the past 5/6 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Funny enough, the failure hasn't changed his philosophy. Check his recent interview. He's just building another team and we're seeing the early ground work. Not sure but what you mean by 'grounded in reality'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
Think he was talking about pragmatism....over idealism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I think so - he is now aware that you can't turn youngsters into tough reliable players without a few experienced players around them. Perhaps he hoped that the young players would do that themselves but that part did not work out. The remaining philosophy was pretty much OK. It is similar to what made Ferguson successful - experienced backbone as a frame for bringing in the academy/younger players, with the odd special buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
nice to read these positive things coming out of the club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
RVP. :bow:
Bouchra. :bow: