Match reaction Vs QPR

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Barca and Real live on a different planet compared to the other teams. It's like Man Utd, Chelsea and City in this league but even better because besides the money, they also have the tradition and appeal. They share the world's best players between them. World Player of the Year candidates and winners. People say it's a weak league but I always disagree with that. They have the best players, besides having the most feared teams in the Champs League, they also do well in the Eurorpa League. Our English teams hardly ever win it or do well in that comp. Spain are the best international team. Two European Cups and a World Cup...England...no point in going there. The Prem is an exciting league but not the best.

La liga is a good league and probs the world best, they have a few good teams, the big 2 Athletico Madrid,Malaga, Valencia. I still think the Epls is the most Exciting league.

[Kano]

His best hope is as a Steven Gerrard type as an advanced midfielder, be that central or from wide. I mean he's the only one on the team who plays Hollywood balls, Vermaelen aside. For that he would need to really improve as a goalscorer and his dynamism in his running. It would be a pretty lame fall if he was reduced to playing the Benayoun run-up-and-down role for the rest of his career. Everyone seems to hate the guy but I do still think he'll be good for us.

same here. he will turn out to be a fantastic player somewhere, if not for us. not his fault he is being another wenger experiment out on the wing killing his game. he has become scapegoat of the moment for arsenal fans.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

same here. he will turn out to be a fantastic player somewhere, if not for us. not his fault he is being another wenger experiment out on the wing killing his game. he has become scapegoat of the moment for arsenal fans.

Lets be honest h has not been the same since he broke is leg, Ramsey has something but i think he will take a few years to develop into a quality player.

[Power n Glory]

Disagree with that statement. He's been fine since coming back from injury. He's always been a reckless passer. In early games I remember him doing blind passes across the middle of the park that got intercepted and leading to goals or dangerous moments. He hasn't grown out of that and still lacks awareness. Lack of awareness is more down to menality and intelligence. He lacks in that area and since losing Cesc and Nasri, the creativity, the responsibility to play possession play and on the pivot has fallen on to his shoulders and he can't handle it. As said, his awareness has always been a bit poor. He hasn't lost his ability to shoot though and when Cesc, Wilshere and Nasri were in the team, he'd often get shooting space and that's when people started to rate him.

[GP]

He has definitely lost sharpness since the injury.

[jelgoon]

I agree. The Spuds collapse last season is a good case in point. It was actually quite hard for them to fuck it up that badly without suggestions of match fixing. I still think itll be between us and the scum for fourth spot - forget about us getting in the top three.

indeed the team, from what i read in your post. i am beginning to think our Lazaresque ability to always make the top four is more an indictment on the poor quality of the league (i.e. teams below us), rather than proof of any real quality on our part.

[Fist of Lehmann]

same here. he will turn out to be a fantastic player somewhere, if not for us. not his fault he is being another wenger experiment out on the wing killing his game. he has become scapegoat of the moment for arsenal fans.

Strange, because many claimed he had his best game against City where he played wide right, and against Everton last season, wide left.

Equally, I agree he looked more comfortable when he moved inside on Saturday.

It's almost as if his position is largely irrelevant, and that his ability to play badly or well is down to chance.

His passing and dispossession stats are actually much better this year compared to last, so hopefully he's working on his technical weaknesses. What's clear is that he definitely needs to because right now, he is a long hard road from fantastic.

[Ollie the Optimist]

i read somewhere (one of the papers) that are goal wasnt offside because one of their players was off the pitch behind the goal but was active play and deemed to be playing everyone onside?


true or not?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelsen wasn't off the pitch no but I don't know if the fact Ramsey's touch was intended means it should've been allowed. Either way, nevermind.

[selassie]

I turned off the stream after 75 mins, was disgusted couldn't take anymore of it.

Glad we won, this season is going to make for painful viewing, too many gaps of quality in the team and squad...we're effectively playing with no striker too.