A few shaky moments aside too, Holding looks very mature and like he can get better progressively. Unfussy kind of defender and I was surprised when Koscielny stood next to him trying to head one in for us that Holding looked bigger!
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A few shaky moments aside too, Holding looks very mature and like he can get better progressively. Unfussy kind of defender and I was surprised when Koscielny stood next to him trying to head one in for us that Holding looked bigger!
Don't agree with that. I thought he lacked pace and was beaten very easily on several occasions. He may become a decent defender (though probably not now he's under Wenger's unique tutelage), but right now he's a lower leagues player who has been chucked into the deepest of deep ends. And why? Because Wenger won't spend money. He'd rather kill a career than spend a few quid. Look at what he's done to Chambers. And Chambers cost a few quid and was a big prospect when he came here. Same will happen to Holding unless he has a big character and can teach himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Nah, I'm hanging my hat on this one. He'll be a player.
He was beaten when isolated on the wing once or twice which only happened because he was actually covering for others. He isn't as quick as Bellerin but he doesn't need to be.
Exactly. Beaten by the ridiculous system the idiot in charge insists we play. And that's how all his training will be focused from now forward. Chances of him ever developing into a top defender are minimal. Not at this club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
But, of course, if he does then it will be a massive testament to the kid to have achieved in the face of such massive disadvantages.
I was more worried about the attack today and of course Wenger should have changed it sooner.
He looks good, especially given this is only his second PL game and after last weeks experience. Stable and solid today and quite happy to mandhandle the brute that is Huth, so not one to shirk a physical confrontation either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
There's no point talking about the "attack" anymore, is there. Only this week the idiot stated we have Akpom, Walcott and Sanogo while suggesting it was hard to find players better than that. And chucking Alexis up against Huth and Morgan. These levels of incompetence suggest we don't actually have an attack to be worried about.Quote:
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He can wash his hands of the first game! That's on the old man but he can take heart from the fact he has now played against Liverpool and 'the Champions'.
It's not worth it any more. Maybe we can spend, maybe we can't. Maybe this, maybe that. But the real reason I'm here is to be entertained and that's just not possible given the way this bloke has decided we're going to play. Season after season, whilst feeding off some critically outdated notion that we actually play decent football! I mean don't the media watch our games? In the end, if there's nothing to see then there's no point turning up to not see it. And I think that will be how it's going to be for a lot of fans this season. The rest of it? Well it's totally insane. It's funny, sad, bewildering and excruciating all at the same time that this man can still hold down a job at the top flight of the game. If he was anywhere else I'd be pissing myself laughing, it would be the funniest show on earth. But the fucker's at the club I used to eagerly turn up or tune in to watch for so many years. And he's destroyed that, like he's destroyed everything he touches.
I didn't see much of this match, I had to attend a family event. I gather we didn't set the world on fire then. Did we ever look like scoring, who was the bet team?
We had a couple of chances but they fell to Walcott, so no, we had no chances. It was all another tip, tap routine. Tip, tap, tip, tap, punctuated by the rare pass into dangerous territory. But our players are drilled to look sideways, backwards, to take the extra 5 touches. It's grim anti-football. A more technical version of Maureen at his worst but with far less effectiveness. The worst football I have ever seen from a team that is capable of doing far better. You can forgive the dire football played by genuinely shite teams because they just don't have the talent. But you can't forgive it when a team like Arsenal, stuffed with talent, chooses to rob the fans by playing like that.Quote:
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Same old same old then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Yes. But we must remember we are only 2 games through a new season. Any minute now, everything will change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonermarvee
Oh yes, it's true.