Terrible 1st Half
Lord Bendtner!!
What a goal by Theo
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Terrible 1st Half
Lord Bendtner!!
What a goal by Theo
Another scroted win.
Well done to the Samurai.
Never in any doubt :coffee:
PHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
smashed the festive period. nine points out of nine. you cannot ask for more then that.
top of the league. up the Arsenal
3 points :bow:
Never in doubt tbh, though hard fought....
Toppa da League :yippee:
Happy New Year, lads.
Great win thanks to super Bendtner! He's done a great job for us, all is forgiven.
Also throw ins :bow:
Bendtner :bow:
Jack :bow:
Rozza :bow:
Feo's late show :bow:
Arsenal :bow:
Thank fuck.
Bendy :bow:
What a time to make your first post.Quote:
Originally Posted by arsefan
:bow:
:bow: Top of the league :bow:
We're not gonna see any striker signings now :D
Did Bendtner pull his hair and go off injured?
The Kingslayer. :rose:
Fair to say we can't use Walcott or Podolski upfront in this system.
Bentdner looked much better upfront when he came on.
Erm Walcott went up top and scored within 2 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak
WUMger :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Red Ribbon
Bit easier when your opponents are chasing the game tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Red Ribbon
Another good win with many players injured. Nice one Gunners.
The poster said we can't use Walcott up front this season. He went there and instantly scored.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I think we can.
Cardiff were going for an equaliser so they had space at the back.
During the first half when they sat back we didn't do much. 0 shots on target till the 60th minute at home isn't acceptable IMO.
Would you be happy playing with either Walcott or Podolski upfront against the top teams?
Yes. Walcott is our joint best finisher (alongside Podolski) and scored within 2 minutes of going up front.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak
Only a thicko would argue otherwise.
Hmm.
Plenty of points to note from this one.
Podolski is not a central striker. He doesn't put pressure on the defenders and he can't play with his back to goal.
Giroud may not have any shooting boots but he is the only striker that can play in our system as he's strong and can hold the ball and win it and make lay offs for our midfield runners and is a presence in the centre meaning gaps and space for our midfield runners. We hardly had anything but range shots because of this.
Bendtner immediately gave us a presence up front. That will have done his confidence no end. Shame he's injured. Hope it's not too serious as we would be truly fcuk without him or Giroud.
Lastly you can see Wengers plan for Sanogo. A striker to hold the ball like Giroud.
It means that if we invest in a player it will be a player who can play as a striker and come in from the flanks working with Giroud - someone like Suarez would have been perfect. If not I hope we go for Reus or Costa. Or even Draxler.
Regardless I hope Wengers learnt a lesson regarding how best to utilise Podolski.
@regun_oti:
Bendtner scored and had the decency to injure himself in the process so that Wenger will be forced to buy a striker in January.
What a man.
:haha: :haha:
It might have been hard work in the end, but it wasn't a bad performance. Just a a bit of sharpness in the box and the game would have been over at half time. Good defending in the second half from Cardiff, but the goals when they came were fully deserved for the effort all the players put in.
Wilshere had his best game of the season. He was mature and composed for the whole game, made all the right decisions, was forceful and creative going forward and didn't make the stupid basic errors which have plagued his game all season. He's had a few good games before this and then returned to being inexplicably hapless, but hopefully a new year means the old Wilshere is back.
Well done to Bendtner for a huge contribution. Dennis :bow:.
Need some players back for the coming games, but this result should be useful in keeping the confidence and momentum going.
And Giroud showed how good he is by not playing.
FACT: Nicklas Bendtner has scored more goals this year than Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Ribery, Aguero & Rooney combined
We were really poor but kept at it and won. Shades of our last 7 games last season. On another day a crap ref like Down would have given the pen against us.
In short. Mighty relieved
Bendtner has sprained ankle and will be out for a few weeks. You have to feel sorry for the boy. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by NoeLDG
Little bit sorry we may not be able to sell him before the summer now
I got drenched on the way to the match. Was in the first row of the North Bank upper and the wind blew rain on us up there. It has been a long time since I felt that cold at a match. I don't think MOe will be thanking me now for telling him there were tickets available.
That must have been very tough for the teams to play in. But it was more advantageous to Cardiff as the weather was a leveller for sure.
That said, we showed a lack of inventiveness up front to the point where we couldn't even get a clear shot on target for most of the match.
I have to give Bendtner credit, he was lively from the moment he came on, right up to the goal and subsequent injury.
I noticed that Theo was getting stick, but I thought he had another good game but was short of options when he had the ball, but managed to beat a few players to get some balls into the box.
I've been to better games, but am grateful for the three points.
Theo seems to have added to his game this season, probably worried by the hype over Andros Townsend. He has discovered it seems that you can actually do more than just run headlong in one direction. He now checks back, changes direction and feints. Soon he may graduate to doing step overs. Seems he wants that holiday in Brazil with the rest of the boys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
The weather was indeed horrific but I was nestled safely under the clock end.
Game should have been dead and buried long before it was. Thank fuck we got the job done in the end because it would have been a very poor result otherwise.
Well done to Dennis.
Little bit disappointed we weren't ruthless today but I suppose Cardiff were quite stubborn defensively.
Gotta say, fair play to bendtner. He saw his chance and took it, cant argue with that.
It would just be nice if he was doing it for the club, shirt and team rather than himself.
But....what a win. Everyone else took the points today and it was close to being a typical day from seasons past where we drop points and loose confidence and table position.
Instead we knuckled down a ground out a win. So fucking proud of this team, and hats off to Bould who clearly has some new influence of wenger and the defence :bow:
Was going to make the point that we seem to be struggling at handling the extreme weather. I think it didn't help against Chelsea and again today, but hopefully conditions won't be as bad for the rest of the league games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
Absolutely battered them in the second half though. Mertesacker missed two heading chances, Wilshere hit the post. With Kos' quick interceptions and Sagna getting up and down the right side, we had wave after wave of attacks. There were a couple of instances where Cazorla, Podolski, Wilshere and Walcott had the ball in very good positions but were too greedy. That has been noticeable for a while now, actually. But when everyone is crying about players chickening out, this was always going to be the natural response.
Good that we've managed to win the games without Ozil and Ramsey. Wenger says Ozil could be back for Saturday which would be very handy.
9th clean sheet for us in the league. Defence could do it for us this season.
3 clean sheets and just the one goal conceded from a Chesney error since the City horror show.
Fair to say that was an anomaly.
todays win and the newcastle win are just fantastic. we played quite badly in those two games yet took 6 points. those are the wins that make you champions. great to see the comeback from the city game. great end to 2013, great start to 2014.
Bendy isn't all that bad. Hats off to him and it's a shame he's injured. Always had a decent goal record for us when he played but was never trusted as the lead striker. The Chamakh signing was the last straw for him and it went sour from then on.
Great 3 points and itching to see the highlights. Was sweating for ages whilst it was 0-0.
I hope shearer is on MoTD tonight.
See if he comes out with the same shit again.
"If the ref had given the blatent penalty to Cardiff, it could have been a different game"Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus