They are Champions in their league. We can't really talk on that front.Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
They are Champions in their league. We can't really talk on that front.
Don't watch their league so can't comentate on it, as for seeing them in the cl, they never seemed like a team that would scare the best in europe.
There were a few other factors, such as a sending-off, an utterly dodgy ref, general weariness - I posted at the time that Fulham were getting on top and that was before any substitutions. Should never have got to that though, we should have been a couple up by half time but the usual suspects blew it. It's very fair to criticise them for a performance like that, less fair to suggest they were doing anything much to stem the tide. It'll be interesting to rewatch this one.
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Quite simply awful substitutions from Wenger. He lost us the game.
Wally and Gerv are pretty shit but they have pace to burn and keep Fulham on the back foot. Take them off and Fulham can pile forward.
Sometimes football really is that simple.
Summed up 14 pages in that one post
In hindsight I agree, it was the removal of our two worst players that lost us the points. The sending off, sub-par performances, goalkeeping mistakes, shitty defending and Fulham FC had nothing to do with the result.
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Grebbo gotta an angle there.
But We put ourselves in the position by not getting another goal, this has been happening the last few games, at tje moment Im thinking back as far as the Villa game. . .we go one up and that is tje extent of things, the rest of the match is eiither watching ourselves waste chance after chance or the inevitable leveller and last nights game the clincher for Fulham.
We have lost the ability to be ruthless, the team that never gave up against Chelsea is not taking the field with the same frame of mind. . . .it may be fatigue, I dont know but we gave to understand that we more than other teams perhaps rely a lot on momentum and that is somwthing we have lost.
I say more than other teams because 1) our squad isnt strong enough or at least the players coming on arent 2) we dont have the luxury of losing the odd game like Utd or Citeh. Sure I appreciate games will be lost but we need the first 11 to bury games we go ahead in especially against weaker oppo!
I mean whst did Theo contribute to the game except shoot ridiculously over the bar, waste opportunities to cross or take on his man and although I like Gerv, I level the same criticism at him too.
These players should be taking it up a notch putting RvP in positions to score more not fucking things up and the raising their hands in some half arsed apology.
People maty say Utd lost against BLACKBURN etc but they can, we cant lose games we go ahead in. . .Utd have their battle with Citeh, we have ours to get as high up the table as possible.
I imagine will already be over their loss we need to do the same. . .by rhe time of the next game we need to have grown a pair and start winning again. . .lets see what Wenger can do will additions and possible departures in the squad and move on.
I will say again that I think the overall mental of the team is better, last night aside!, we need to bring in people prepated to battle and get rid of those who think that everything should be served on a plate - a few so called fans could take note of that thought too IMO
Last edited by Japan Shaking All Over; 03-01-2012 at 01:31 AM.
It's what a lot of us suspected about being over-reliant on RVP, the rest of the attack is being exposed now. RVP hasn't been prolific for the past 5-6 games and the team is now scraping the barrel for goals.
[QUOTE=Marc Overmars;80952]It's what a lot of us suspected about being over-reliant on RVP, the rest of the attack is being exposed now. RVP hasn't been prolific for the past 5-6 games and the team is now scraping the barrel for goals.[/QUOTE
Enter the King. . .:Thierry Henry: (talk about go from one kind of reliance to another! ! :gulp
Gervinho is far from shit, he's problem is finishing, he consistently gets himself in good positions. We just need him to make good on about 20-30 percent of runs great runs he makes. And that's something that can improve, if he's willing to work at it.
Theo on the other hand rarely gets in those positions that Gerv gets into, cause for most part, he still has below average ball skills, he essentially makes the same run every time he gets the ball on the flanks. He' basically on really good in open space off the ball.
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