We were fortunate against Liverpool and Spurs - with Spurs Sherwood's naivity really helped us.Originally Posted by Letters
Drawing Spurs in the 3rd round then Liverpool then Everton?
All at home, granted, but while we've avoided City and Chelsea we've still had to beat 3 of the top 6.
We've earned our place in the semi-final.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
How were we fortunate? We were the better team. We've beaten Liverpool twice this season, because we were the better team on the day, same with spurs. That's not fortunate
I've seen Brendan Rodgers mentioned on here and elsewhere as an example of a better manager then arsene amd how much better Liverpool are then us in big games etc. They have won the same amount against the top four (not inc united) as we have this season but because they are scoring a ton of goals against smaller teams this is overlooked.
There is doubtless a pro Liverpool bias in the media, but whatever we say about liverpool they lost 2-1 to city and chelsea having played them back to back away from home over a three day period (and i think they were quite unlucky in both games). We have been given a good bloody hiding in the three games we have played these sides away from home and each time it seems to have got more humiliating....the city game i can excuse because we looked fatigued and we had a myriad of decisions go against us and we still managed three goals....the liverpool and chelsea games we made ourselves look like utter fools....and the mistakes and naivety tactically and from the players themselves was all to see.
I think the praise for Rodgers is more for turning a side who haven't finished higher than 6th in years, into title contenders and also implementing his own style of football on a previously rancid team.
Spurs are a shambles. Liverpool are peaking at the right time. They stuffed us at their place.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
and then lost to us a week later so what does that say? both sides bottle the big games away from home? spurs might be a shambles but its north london derby, they always raise their game for that. In the liverpool game, there was a lot of pressure given the two results before it and we won by being the better team. claiming we were fortunate is just stupid quite frankly
whatever you say about Rogers, he knows his tactics and does his homework methodically, studies his opponets in detail and has his players execute his instructuions. All we do is go and out and play football and hope we dont have an off day. There are some up and coming really good managers in the Championship. Laugh all you like but Uwe Rosler, Nigel Pearson and Sean Dyche are doing a fantastic job. And the Championship so competitive when you get loads of money QPR spending millions and Wigan, Leicester and espcially Burnley working on a pittance of a budget and look at the way they play passing football. I woudl take any one of those 3 manager over Wenger, in fact I would even have Sherwood. Atleast he shows the passion and criticises his players and tells it how it is. Our manager stated on Arsenal TV that he didnat know why we got spanked by Chelsea?? You are the manager ffs, the man is going senile.
What a dreadfully sad post.
You need help.
Mate, if you've come here just to talk shit, just don't bother.
NOTE: The location of this post has been moved and the thread title (which was previously Wenger is Leaving) has been manipulated by a notorious pro-Wenger moderator. What was previously a message that contained no profanity and made a comment on a real life event has now been manipulated by a deliberately provocative title. An old and crude propaganda and censorship technique.
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