I just cannot believe how shit we played on Sunday and how good we made Liverpool look.
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I just cannot believe how shit we played on Sunday and how good we made Liverpool look.
We've been relying on him to do it all, there had to come a point where those energy levels ran out. No one player can save a team that is so badly mismanaged.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
I was watching but couldn't believe what I was seeing. The game passed by without any comprehension of what was going on. When we went a goal up I was wondering, how can that be possible? It's the worst I have seen us play since 1978 when I can first recall thinking Arsenal is my team. I was celebrating the goals more because they pissed the commentators off than because my team had scored. This Arsenal just doesn't give you a sniff of anything to be passionate about. They are sterile, an empty and emotionless theatre troupe going through the motions as a shop window for the real commercial business of the operation. It really is the worst performance I have ever witnessed. A particular blow because while I'd love to win a few trophies (what fan wouldn't?) I can live without it provided we play some decent football that allows me to get behind the team and will them on. There was nothing there. Absolutely nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Couldnt put it better. We play dull boring and absolutely shit football.
We did the same against Spurs this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
At least we know Sanchez is speaking to the rest of them....the sorry arsed twirps.
But yeah.....he was pretty poor himself against Liverpool and not the meercat for 4 performance I hoped it might be.... On the corner taking, Pat Nevin's theory must hold a lot of weight!
Our corners? If we actually practise them then fucking shame on the players for not being able to handle the pressure of applying that training on match day. I suspect we don't practise them. There's a horrible, horrible arrogance that runs through this club. Like the basic stuff, well duh! yes we know that. Problem is, clearly we don't.
without wishing to heap any praise on them, watching chelsea last night beat stoke was a real eye opener. the way they stood up to them, the way they moved the ball so quickly, the way they got the ball back instantly and their big players peforming when it mattered, it was the complete opposite of what we served up last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
we play slow football that doesnt generate any excitement or passion and it rarely works. teams that press us high trend to beat us these days and our approach is always the same.
now our clown in charge says his team are good enough to challenge. another season goes to waste while he collects his 8 salary.
What's Pardew got to do with this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
On a different note I think we have tended to underestimate the impact a 3-5-2 can have against a team. Playing Henderson wide right in a 5 man midfield isn't exactly the stuff of dreams. Roger's could have played any combination of players on his payroll in that 5 man midfield and we would have seen a similar effect. He has used it to good effect a number of times imo.....and I don't necessarily believe him to be a genius.
I could tell very early on during the game that it was going to be really really hard to counteract it and not just because of us not being up to it.
For all the pinning we do for a 442, I'm surprised there aren't more fans wanting us to play 352....it gives the numbers in midfield, the width of a 442 and the potency and variation in attack too.......perhaps it's something to do with only having 1 entirely fit proper CB :d but deployed correctly a 352 really is a formation that can be used to devastating effect. Especially if the other team's ability to exploit its weaknesses are completely nullified as they were with us by Liverpool. Roger's, Martinez and Van Gaal, have all used it well at specific times and I wouldn't be surprised if it was being used by 50% of high profile clubs by 5 years time. I know we all have criticisms of those managers above but we have serious criticisms of 99.9% of all managers....it doesn't mean they all do everything wrong all the time.
Don't get me wrong.....fools gonna fool.... but if we played that game 5 times over with Liverpool in similar form I think we'd find it incredibly tough every time.
It's not the numbers in midfield, it's what they do. Our manager is clueless, do you get that much? It's hard to believe but the evidence suggests it's true.