First half was quite even with both teams fielding mainly first teamers. Second half we brought on a load of kids and they kept the same team for most of it. Yaya Toure was the best player on the pitch though, he's a beast.
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First half was quite even with both teams fielding mainly first teamers. Second half we brought on a load of kids and they kept the same team for most of it. Yaya Toure was the best player on the pitch though, he's a beast.
Its not really a positive. We have been dominating teams (ie playing tappy-tappy football where the opposition cant get the ball) for 7 years but we always end up losing. Funny that, as Diaby was playing and people on here seem to think he's our best midfielder.
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Originally Posted by Gooner23
There aren't positives or negatives. It's a fucking training session. One of about a hundred before the season kicks off. We know we're not going to be challenging for the title and we know there are serious flaws. Our level has dropped from what it was. That's not news. But we are also in the top 10 teams in Europe and after adding Giroud, Podolski and hopefully Cazorla/Sahin there's a chance we may have more firepower than last season. Thinking too much about the performance in a pure marketing game isn't wise.
I was hoping we'd try a new formation. As we play more games we'll get an idea if we're going to try something new this season.
Not trying to do Wenger a disservice but I think he happens to stumble upon tactical changes forced through injuries rather than being proactive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
But to be fair, we don't tend to have much shape anyway in the front 6. Everyone (barring Arteta) just do whatever they want.
I haven't seen any of this, however I feel that we can safely view this season as a write off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
As things stands, I think so. Should be similar to last year even with the sale of Van Persie. A couple of players have to become prodigious talents for anything to change - considering we aren't able/willing (don't care which) to sign such talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...-a-good-level-Quote:
on the performance…
It was lively and both teams tried to play. I think we were quite dominant in the first half but suddenly found ourselves down 2-0 against the run of play. I feel Manchester City played on a very solid defence with five real defenders and we played forward without calculating too much. We were a bit vulnerable on the counter-attack and that is where we got caught. But overall what is important for us is to see everybody play and give everybody competition. We lasted 90 minutes at quite a good level.
on Van Persie's situation…
We could come back forever on Van Persie. We have our main strikers at home and Van Persie is one of them. But we have Podolski and Giroud who are at home, so we have plenty of strikers. For us at the moment it is to prepare for the season - it is more than any individual player.
on his message to Chinese fans…
I would personally like to thank them because they were absolutely outstanding. I would love to book a few 747s and bring them all to the Emirates! They have been outstanding throughout our whole stay. They have been better than our team!
on the Olympics…
Of course it is a little bit symbolic because here we are in an Olympic stadium where the last games took place. It will be a great night for London and for England to open the Olympic Games. I have watched the Games since I was a kid and I have seen many special things. I just hope that it will all go well. Maybe it is 16 days where the whole world is really united around sport.
Chinese fans :bow:.
"little bit symbolic" - WUMger :bow:.
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Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Wenger is a psychopath.
Well it was a bit more than a training session. It was played at quite a reasonable pace I thought. Agree you can't read too much into a pre-season game, but still think you can be encouraged by some of the individual performances. Particularly some of the youngsters who did well against the likes of Aguero, Toure, Tevez etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn