Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [27 - 28th October 2012]
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Crikey, lucky to get 3 points but I didn't think we'd start playing better straight away and it's better than nothing.
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Birmingham City with a win
Rooted in the bottom half with a bent owner, would love to see them relegated again
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"We'll never be in this position again" - Mark Hughes last season. Clock's ticking.
I think I have seen enough from them to indicate that they can do ok this season, but as you say the clock is ticking. Personally I think they will go down
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Arsenal deserved nothing and I'd say Mackie's chance was probably the best in the game, followed by Granero's so they really were maybe stupidly unlucky to not walk away with at least 1 point and maybe could have got all 3, which is shameful on Arsenal. EDIT:- forgot Santi's chance probably the best chance in the game and fluffed it.
Arshavin didn't get a chance to do much but he still put in our best cross of the game into a dangerous area, how he didn't start I don't know. Ramsey is worthless in general but even worse on the wing, no pace, no guile, no ability to beat his man and in general can't cross/shoot at all. Podolski, isolated and not given much to work with. Giroud again looks a bit useless upfront on his own.
Santi, as much as he can look really good, his shooting has been overall very poor and blasting over from that range was almost unforgiveable, his complete lack of ability to hit the target this season isn't good enough for the guy we ask to get the furthest forward.
Sagna, couple defensive mistakes, couple stupid fouls and still can't cross, Santos, crap, defensively.... not impressive considering we were playing a pretty poor QPR upfront and gave away some really good chances to score. Once again QPR doing better after SWP goes off.
Mbia and the linesman, our two best players.... not really good enough is it.
The one positive, Wilshire looked for not having played for so god damned long, exceptional, his movement was good, passing was sharp, shooting... not great but never was. His interplay, attacking drive, everything about his game was really positive, stifled only by Giroud and the passes he was getting back in and around the box mostly being not good enough. I can't imagine Wilshire won't improve with form/fitness, but he started at a stupidly high level today, unbelievable he was that good with that length of time out. Put basically the entire squad to shame, how can Santos be so unfit as a professional when Wilshire played harder than just about every Arsenal player today.
From what I can tell Giroud and Podolski often played in more of a 4-4-2 in their teams last year, and neither is looking particularly good in a 4-5-1, maybe its time to alter some tactics Wenger, rather than shove square pegs in round holes.
EDIT:- Also lol, Brentford score 4 goals, and come away with a draw
Arshavin didn't get a chance to do much but he still put in our best cross of the game into a dangerous area, how he didn't start I don't know. Ramsey is worthless in general but even worse on the wing, no pace, no guile, no ability to beat his man and in general can't cross/shoot at all. Podolski, isolated and not given much to work with. Giroud again looks a bit useless upfront on his own.
Santi, as much as he can look really good, his shooting has been overall very poor and blasting over from that range was almost unforgiveable, his complete lack of ability to hit the target this season isn't good enough for the guy we ask to get the furthest forward.
Sagna, couple defensive mistakes, couple stupid fouls and still can't cross, Santos, crap, defensively.... not impressive considering we were playing a pretty poor QPR upfront and gave away some really good chances to score. Once again QPR doing better after SWP goes off.
Mbia and the linesman, our two best players.... not really good enough is it.
The one positive, Wilshire looked for not having played for so god damned long, exceptional, his movement was good, passing was sharp, shooting... not great but never was. His interplay, attacking drive, everything about his game was really positive, stifled only by Giroud and the passes he was getting back in and around the box mostly being not good enough. I can't imagine Wilshire won't improve with form/fitness, but he started at a stupidly high level today, unbelievable he was that good with that length of time out. Put basically the entire squad to shame, how can Santos be so unfit as a professional when Wilshire played harder than just about every Arsenal player today.
From what I can tell Giroud and Podolski often played in more of a 4-4-2 in their teams last year, and neither is looking particularly good in a 4-5-1, maybe its time to alter some tactics Wenger, rather than shove square pegs in round holes.
EDIT:- Also lol, Brentford score 4 goals, and come away with a draw
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Fulham were gifted 2 goals from every saints oppositions leading scorer Jos Hooiveld and really didn't deserve anything from that game...
Then again should have held out to bead Reading.
Apparently Berba broke a rib in the first half, had injection and played on today!
We still threw it away after getting back into the game in the 90+ minutes, though - so the point still stands. 2-2 against Saints (90+ equaliser), 1-2 against City (87th winner) and now again 90+ equaliser. Not sure what is happening with the defence atm!
We still threw it away after getting back into the game in the 90+ minutes, though - so the point still stands. 2-2 against Saints (90+ equaliser), 1-2 against City (87th winner) and now again 90+ equaliser. Not sure what is happening with the defence atm!
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Rangel booked... for diving? lol wut? 
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It's also his 5th booking this season too so he's now suspended
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Swansea shredding City apart right now!
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Swansea should be one up
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Really looking like switching around tactics, not practicing tactics then having a go at players for not being epic instantly at new tactic with no practice isn't working.... who'd have thought.
Managers turn on players and blame them for the manager not practicing a new tactic he wants to introduce against the best teams mid game, he really is a ****. Well Kompany, best CB in the league last year, Clichy, one of the best left backs in the league last year, Yaya, Lescott, Zab, Richards, either top players or very good, all can't get the system right, but its the players fault Mancini, sure.
Managers turn on players and blame them for the manager not practicing a new tactic he wants to introduce against the best teams mid game, he really is a ****. Well Kompany, best CB in the league last year, Clichy, one of the best left backs in the league last year, Yaya, Lescott, Zab, Richards, either top players or very good, all can't get the system right, but its the players fault Mancini, sure.
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Haha great advert by ESPN.