3-0
snooze first half
second was better......a win is a win and GD bit lighter
(thought Ach gets this job.....delete if you want!)
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3-0
snooze first half
second was better......a win is a win and GD bit lighter
(thought Ach gets this job.....delete if you want!)
Arsenal :bow:.
RVP :bow:.
sign rvp up now arsene
After the shit served up for many, many games now, 3 goals and a clean sheet is very welcome.
Big test next week at Spurs.
RVP. :bow:
Here's to the next 100.
Good win. Well, any win will do actually.
Congrats to RVP on getting to his 100th goal.
Walcott and Ramsey were really, really, really, really bad. Truly awful. Utter garbage, one might describe their performances. And so were their faces.
Hope Oxo-face gets the nod although Arshavin seems to less dormant than he was last season...so don't mind him starting at the moment. Benayoun is also a better choice.
Good result.
yup.......but we can do it
counter pace with pace
Walcott out(?) Oxo time
Excellent performance.
The scoreline covers up a lot of problems that still exist in this team. The first half was appalling, and we only started dominating after they went down to 10 men. Moreover, we're playing a team that are in dreadful form, so this win is nothing to write home about. Let's see how we respond to playing against Chelsea and Spurs. I'm guessing we'll revert to type in those games.
Nothing new here and no sign of improvement. Bolton pretty much gave up after RvP's first. Any team would have beaten this lot by 3, probably more. We are totally reliant on RvP up front as nobody else has the ability to string two decent games together. Gervinho poor today, Walcott so bad it's hard to find the words. This kid's had his chance and he's delivered nothing. Give that Oxo Cube a chance, he looks like a decent player and why wait around to be treated to another string of fuck-ups from Walcott? Sell him in January while there are still a few who believe he's a decent player.
Hard to judge the defence today because Bolton offered nothing. Arteta was good in the middle, Ramsey continued his run of being awful. Song good one minute, dreadful the next, but a good goal though.
Nothing to suggest we won't struggle badly next time we are up against a decent team. If RvP gets injured we'll be in a relegation battle.
Ramsey is not improving with every game.....Benny (fit) should start s should Oxo but that wont happen, Andy to get the nod......I admit he looks livelier but puts zero work inQuote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Shit first half. Better in the second when Ramsey played further up instead of bottling it and shifting responsiblity to no-one. Walcott was terrible as usual - good assist for RVP's 100 though.
Gervinho showed flashes of the player we need but was like Theo wildly inconsistent and poor in his decision-making. Arteta and Song were alright and Mertesacker at the back was very calm and composed. Doesn't like to jump for aerial challenges though, which is worrying.
Lucky the red card came when it did. A very welcome 3-0 win in the end. Olympiakos at home should be a progression from this performance.
Not had this Saturday feeling in a long time.
Arsenal. :bow:
For the time being anyway.
Time for a pint tbf.
Mediocre first half, great second half. Good win with a healthy atmosphere.
I thought Ramsey improved a lot in the second half tbh, although he was garbage in the first. When he's driving from midfield and playing with energy, he looks a good player. He set up the first goal and it was his pass that led to the red card.
Arsenal win and we can't even get on to a third page.
Misery :bow:.
Great Win! Looks like title charge is back!
It's on!
Like Donk..Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Oh.
Fuckin not, now pass me the fucking chocolate and hot water bottle :sulk:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
COYS!!Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Oh sorry.. COYG!
From Orbinho:
RVP: 100 goals 71 left foot, 23 right foot, 6 headers. 12 outside the box, 88 inside, 12 penalties
:bow:.
good job lads...let's build on this result
AW comments?
Awful first half, much better in second half (even before red card).Rosicky seemed particularly lively - surely worth the nod in front of Ramsey, who I think needs to rebuild his confidence in the reserves for a while. Walcott laughably bad in first half, slightly better in second half then got injured. It's clearly time to try Oxo, though we all know Wenger will opt for Fatty.
All in all, happy with points, but still worried about North London derby next week.
What? Both played well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
I don't think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dog Toffee
At half-time I wanted to hang myself.
I wondered where we'd manage to get a goal from. Thankfully, Van Persie came up with a wonderful piece of skill right at the start. Speaking of wonderful, Chesney had bugger all to do today, but he pulled out a top drawer save right at the start of what surely would have become a dark dark dark dismal afternoon.
Speaking of dismal - Theo Walcott.
Important three points. First half we were garbage, second half a massive improvement.
It worries me we can't seem to play well for 90 minutes though...
thought gibbs had a solid game, which is nice to see. he should definitely ahead of santos in the pecking order atm.
arteta played some great through-balls in the first half, cesc-esque!
ramsey was awful 1st half, but seemed better in the 2nd. walcott was awful for all of it. he's having a laugh if he thinks he should be playing up front with finishing like that. if he wasn't injured he should be dropped anyway, even arshavin will do a better job atm, though like most of you i'd like to see oxface given a chance (maybe not on weds though).
rosicky looked pretty good for the short time he had on the pitch, some accurate positive passing instead of ramsey who kept going backwards. think when he's fit he should be in the team at the moment, at least until ramsey finds his form.
would like to see us playing with 2 up front at home against teams that come here to defend, though not sure we have another quality striker. where the fk is park chu young? was he even on the bench today?
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...enger-reactionQuote:
on Theo Walcott's injury...
I don't really know [what is wrong]. I thought it was a classic hamstring but it is not. He felt a sharp pain in his knee and at the moment he is with the doctor. I don't know what the diagnosis will be but it is completely surprising. There was no one near him. I don't know what they will do, whether they will have a scan tonight, I will have to speak to the medical people.'
on a much-needed win...
Yes but you know we will not lose every game like we did at Blackburn. We had 22 shots on goal and we still lost so at the start of this game it was a question of nerves, of patience, of intelligence, and I think we controlled the game well even if Szczesny made a good save at the start of the game. In the second half I could not see Bolton scoring a goal although to their defence they were down to ten men and that made it even more difficult for them.
on Van Persie's emergence as a captain...
I think he is one of these guys who develops with responsibilities. You would think he is not natural at the start but when he has the responsibility he really grows well into the role. I have observed him and he does very well.
on his half-time team talk...
I felt that in the first half we were a bit impatient sometimes, that we didn't move the ball quickly enough, that our midfielders came a bit deep because we were man-marked. That exposed us a bit to counter-attacking and we had less support up front. In the second half, maybe because they were fatigued as well, our midfielders played higher up and we became straight away more dangerous. Bolton lost more balls and after that it was a question of when we would score the second goal. We had plenty of opportunities. It is a deserved win that is welcome for us because we cannot drop many more points.
on the referee playing advantage for the first goal...
I feel that overall he had a good game.
on the nature of Van Persie's captaincy...
He does not talk a lot to the other players because he is not a talker but he speaks his mind.
on whether Inter Milan called him about their manager's job...
I would not say that to you. I think you [the media] were consistent in wanting to get me out and I was consistent in wanting to stay in and to show my commitment to this club. So we have both been consistent.
on lower attendances...
It is linked with a combination of two things. First of all we had disappointing results recently and the second factor is that we are going towards a huge financial crisis which has been already in the society. We will be hit much more and I think football suffers from the consequences as well. You can look at all the clubs in England and the Premier League seats go slower and slower out. The stadiums will be less quickly full and we have noticed that already. We are maybe a special case because we had disappointing results but the other clubs had the same problem.
Wenger :bow:.
This:gp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
good post Joker.......I thought Ramsey was better in the second half but he had moments of being off the pace......I think he will get better and we might have to be a bit more patient with this guy but I'm not sure if the task that is in front of us is a bit of a mountain of responsibility for him as are the shoes he is being asked to fill........lets hope he has what it takesQuote:
Originally Posted by Joker
I thought Ramsey improved a lot in the second half tbh, although he was garbage in the first. When he's driving from midfield and playing with energy, he looks a good player. He set up the first goal and it was his pass that led to the red card.
I think he should have just dismissed it, rolled out silly figures and said thank you to all those that came. He might be losing it but he's still got more balls than 90% of footballdom :bow:Quote:
on lower attendances...
It is linked with a combination of two things. First of all we had disappointing results recently and the second factor is that we are going towards a huge financial crisis which has been already in the society. We will be hit much more and I think football suffers from the consequences as well. You can look at all the clubs in England and the Premier League seats go slower and slower out. The stadiums will be less quickly full and we have noticed that already. We are maybe a special case because we had disappointing results but the other clubs had the same problem.
Good win
today i've seen more rational football. our win was helped by the red card but it was one of our players who caused it. Defensively I think Mertesacker is fine; he does not do much, so he does not do much wrong as Citrus Head Djourou and Koscielny. he has good positioning and he's dependable. he'll never be Tony Adams but at least he's someone who we can rely on.
Ramsey was pants in the fh and got a little better in the second. Walcott is very fast but also one of the least clever player I've ever seen in my own footballing life
That's the problem. Before his injury he was starting to establish himself and take more control of games. The injury set him back a year and I honestly think he needed a longer loan at Cardiff, or should be kept to the CC and FA Cup and sub appearances. He is not ready to start again yet, its too big for him at the moment. We should have a Song, Arteta, Rosicky/Benayoun midfield, and if we're short, stick Frimpong and Coquelin in, Ramsey should not be starting, you can see that its too much responsibility for him to handle right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
Only 9 points behind the pace setters... should be top of the league by December
I fell asleep during half time.
Just seen our highlights on MoTD and Football First.RVPs goals were very good. Theo is fucking awesome though. Oxface :pal: