Been impressed with those two. They should be starters.Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Been impressed with those two. They should be starters.
We won. . . .and because of that I will rest my happy head. . . .there is no doubt that we are playing games as if we are trying to wade through mud.
Ches was massive with his save as if we had gone a goal down we may have never made it back and a very different tone would have been set.
Saying that Robin was a monster and there is little doubt we are half the team without him, I mean who would play up front if he wadnt around. (Would it be crazy to show some real interest in Tevez, rumours have people looking for Citeh to drop their price to 20 mil, must go in for him, sell Chamak and Bedtner for 19 each and we have the funds!)
Other mentions go to Arshavin who looked like he meant what he said earlier in the week, I would like to see him play off RvP rather than wide, last time he started he was crap tho out wide. . .Jenko needs to work on his defending but his crossing was good.
Merts was OK, the freekick went over him and he was jumping :-0
Santos should start, seems he has got an idea to the pace of the league after his mare and second half shut down against B'burn
Theo was hardly in the game but the he screwed up on the chances he had to do something. He shouldn't be starting games if he plays like that. He depends on service and that's all he was looking for in most of the games. When he was on the ball, he was piss poor. Wenger has to put him up front or keep him out on the left.
There are so many times that it is clear he is so not a winger.
Its frustrating because he is not a bad player, we dont play to his strengths because we dont give him much to run on to. . . .
I said before Ches made a massive save, which he did but I would hope he studies the game because he did have a couple of mad moments, the rush out the area and a very lax clearance near the end.
Cant have that when we have candidates for the Kos Stone Kops in front of him. . . .Cerms and Merts could be a very strong partnership, to his credit Kos kept out of trouble today
Its not clear if he is a striker because his shooting at times is woeful, he deffo is a frustating player maybe he won't be what we all want but will play his part when he can.
Shout out to Song. He's better than Arteta. Ball distribution, dribbling, energy, positioning and making himself available for the pass (a sign of intelligence), he should be playing the distribution anchor man type role. The role Cesc used to play back in the old days where he was all over the pitch conducting play.
Was also impressed with Rosicky ad well. Those two in the middle works. Throw Wilshere in and it looks even better. Arteta and Ramsey have no business playing in the first team. Passenegere that give away the ball cheaply and in dangerous areas. Arteta can't even turn on the ball if he's under pressure from a defender. Rosicky was turning his man all day and Song had the strength to hold them off and the feet to turn them. His technique is underrated.
Bad performances from some but some hopeful ones as well.
A very underrated performer today. I see what were, in my view, average performances by Song and Jenkinson being praised but Kos made a lot of strong, quick interceptions. It's true that Sunderland offered little but Kos was cleaning up well to help us keep momentum.
Agree with Szczesny - had a howler that went unpunished because Song covered well. He has his mad moments but I wouldn't say he has many more than other keepers out there. The job of the goalkeeper is to be decisive; very occasionally you'll get it wrong and will need help from your defence. In the last 3-4 seasons, our goalkeepers have cost us a lot more points than they've saved us. There's no doubt that by the end of the season, Szczesny will have saved us far more points than he will cost us.
His finishes outweigh the misses and his off the ball movement is superior to his dribbling skills. He has no business on the wing. Awful performance today.
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