He did work hard I guess but he was in the defenders pocket all evening. He did have a half decent shot one time I guess.Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Not his most effective performance from him though and I do think he struggles against better defenders, he's not quite at the level we all hoped he'd be. Looks good against pub teams like Norwich though.
or chelsea
think you being harsh here, yes he was in pocket but still got away at times and was good. put in one blinding cross which keeper was strecthed to save. not great game but he has been great recently. lets not be too harsh atm.
The way they defended that day I'd have looked good against them.or chelsea
Also, where's Zimm? Crossing the City kit off his letter to Santa?
That dummy he threw, and then ran onto the pass and whipped the ball in was fucking top class. More of that, and he'll be awesome.
He's showing signs of getting more agressive, which I reckon is what he lacks.
Lad is still on 21/22 ain't he?
If we can keep him, I'll think he'll come along quite nicely.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
This and dont forget how good he and RVP are together. Dont believe me, just ask RVP
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...t-as-important
He like RVP is staying fit and is finally getting a good run in the team and hes doing well.
Long may it continue
Well he's hardly going to say he's shit is he?
I just didn't think he was that much of a threat going forward today although I accept he worked hard and deserves credit for that. Overall I think he's done OK this year but I don't feel he's where we were all hoping he'd be by now. That said he is only about 22 and he's not had much luck with injuries which will have stopped him progressing somewhat so there's certainly time for him to get better.
Thought Theo was ok, didn't really see anything we didn't already know from him. Stand off him and give him space, he'll run riot as he did against that pub teamer last Saturday.
Get tight to him, force him to make a decision and he's pretty limited, which is what I thought Dortmund's fullback did tonight.
I reckon it's the other way around. If defenders fly in at him, he's quick to kick the ball down the line and chase it. When defenders stand off, he forces himself to run at them (which he's terrible at because he has no tricks).
I think he had a good game today. You can tell he's full of confidence at the moment or else he wouldn't have tried that brilliant, ambitious ball towards RVP in the first half - he'd usually look to run to the byline and cut it back to nobody.
He reacts like a striker when it comes to dribbling. He thinks everything has to been done quickly and he's better at reacting to defenders, thinking quicky and responding with quick movement. We said this before but he needs to slow down a bit and force defenders to back up until they have to put in a challenge. Noticed he did that oj one occasion tonight but as soon as he got a yard of space he looked for the early cross when he have kept on going down the line. Their left back was on a yellow so he could have toyed with him a bit. He could have taken down the line and stopper just outside of the box and then try to take his man on. The guy would have been scarred to put a challenge in. Gervinho is great at doing this and Henry used to do it a lot as well.
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