I think we've tried playing like that a number of times now against the better teams however the execution has generally been horrific. Us having less of the ball in these games is not a new concept, this was about discipline and for once we kept our shape and didn't hand out open invitations. Wenget even reacted quickly when Ramsey went AWOL by getting Rosicky on to cover.
No worries, we have a media that will do it for you and probably do it a lot better tbf.Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw
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Surely Ramsey going southpaw must have been on instructions? Could he really have just ignored the plan and done his own thing? I think it was part of the plan, hold them in the first half and attack them in the second. Because since when has our defence been able to keep things tight for a whole 90 mins? Apart from yesterday, that is. Then Wenger saw we were getting murdered and he reverted, but I wonder what he would have done if we didn't have that goal lead?
Watching the game back (multiple times) it's clear Navas is a really shite playa. He had the beating of Monreal several times but the guy can't cross to save his mother. Monreal could have sat down and let him tee up every cross and he'd still have fucked it. Kos is so important to us, his pace essentially covers two positions. Monreal played well but there are games to come where he's bound to be up against more creative wide men who have pace and that will be a bigger test. Bellerin also played well but he had to rescue himself several times using his blistering pace. His positioning needs work, he often showed his opponent the wrong side and had to recover.
The discipline of Coquelin was the key to the performance. He had an outstanding game, doing all the shitty things that players don't want to do. His stats were top notch and his distribution was bang on.
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I thought we were very good yesterday. First time I've felt proud of the team for some considerable time!
I'll hold back slightly on lavishing praise by the bucketload, as I still think City are nowhere near as good as the media and blind fans think. We've always had the opportunity to do them, and have hardly ever looked like we're getting panned by them. They're just as ill-disciplined as we usually are, and I don't rate half their team. They never should have won the league last year.
Not taking anything away from the boys though. Thoroughly well played.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
A friend of mine (Arsenal fan) opined that there is a case that the pel was obstruction and therefore it should have been an indirect free kick.
Hmm. He's got a point, to be fair.
It's one of those ones you see given and you see not, it was definitely a foul though.
Ball has to be within 3 feet of the foul for it be obstruction, hard one for the ref to judge and pretty amazing Dean gave us anything at all. That was another remarkable event.
The bitter wankers trying to make out Monreal dived though, tossers.
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The signing of Dean is a Wenget masterstroke tbh.
Outbid Neil Ashton by £1
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Monreal went down easily, but then so does every other player in that position. It's not exclusive to him.
It would be given as a foul anywhere else on the pitch, so why not in the pelanty area?
Kompany was stupid enough to stick his leg out there, and that's down to the fact that he's a bit stupid, not that Monreal is a "cheat".
Definite penalty if you're going on consistency of refereeing decisions.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Just realised Man Utd away is the penultimate game of the season.
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