Santos may attack well, but defensively his positioning is all over the place. Moreover, he has a tendency to concede stupid fouls, as we saw in the last minute of this game. Arteta again fails to stamp his authority on the game. He doesn't offer much defensively, and offensively he's not really linking up with our forward players at all. These two will be liabilities for us against better teams.
i agree ideally we should've killed it and in isolation i would be more concerned but in the context of our run it's fine. games won't always be killed particularly when the team is playing about 70/80% like today. as long as we continue to do the right things and close out games then we'll have a decent season.Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
Last edited by Kano; 19-11-2011 at 02:53 PM.
TV and RvP in the after match interview. If those two stay fit, along with Ches and Song, we have a chance of the top 4. Didn't look that way at the start of the season, so credit to the guys for pulling it together. 5 wins from 5 matches speaks for itself and RvP 31 goals in 28 games. In some ways I'm glad the sour cunts whop only think Barca and Marketing are worth an award or even a nomination. We want to keep him here so the less attention the better.
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Arteta was very poor today.
Ramsey had a poor first half but he and Song grew better in the 2nd half.
Arteta was poor throughout. Time for Rosicky?
The guy who blew up the FBI offices?
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Good post. . .those blasting Gerv :wum:
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Arsenal.
Good performances from RVP, Theo, Vermaelen and Koscielny. Even Santos looked pretty composed and he got in some good tackles too.
Though we're always on the verge of self-destruction at any point in any game, Szczesny didn't actually have much to do outside of catching some glorified back-passes.
Arteta and Ramsey need to improve if we're to get a good result against Dortmund.
Gervinho is better than Pires and Ronaldo.
Until he gets a sight of goal and transforms into Emile Chamakh.
If he sorts his finishing out, he will be seriously brilliant. At the moment though, he is still a huge threat and most importantly, creates space for the other forwards with his movement and creating havoc with his mazy - and mostly effective - runs.
I don't rate Rosicky but I think we've got to consider it tbh. I just don't see what Arteta is contributing to our cause.
Rosicky as he showed for the Czechs in the play offs during the internationals has still got it.
Arteta has never really had it imo. Didnt rate him at Everton when he was at his best and hes nowhere near that level for us.
He'll do for the short term but when Sir Jack is back, Arteta will hopefully stay on the bench
Hes a headless chicken. Has no end product. Basically Diaby with a forehead
Time for Arshavin
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