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I think it's far too easy to read something into RvP's reaction at the end of the game, and his instinctive response to The Ox being substituted.
He could just have been disappointed by his own miss of an open goal. Good finish may have made up for it later, but this miss still plays on a striker's mind.
Awesome player, but not beyond criticism himself. He's bound to leave at the end of the season- we all suspected as much, but in my opinion, today's behaviour isn't the first sign of cracks emerging.
Thought Rosicky played reasonably well today, personally. Was ineffective in the first half (then again, so was most of the team) but helped contribute to us playing a high tempo pressing game in the second and was one of the passes that led to VP's goal (iirc it was Koscielny>Rosicky>Oxo>VP). He seems to have gotten some of his spark back from when he first joined us, and is always willing to have a shot.
Quite disappointed in Ramsey, on the other hand...
Going to be quite an uncomfortable answer to the sub question.
Hope he doesn't dig out something up there with the Arshavin benching for the Cup semi-final reason.