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yeah the penalty against them was one I was thinking of, not seen all arsenals games but those are 2 awful decisions to decided games
Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [30th September - 2nd October 2016]
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Hes not offside, Ox doesn't touch it.
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Well that'll learn me, I was almost hopeful about Wenger going back to old Arsenal (all out attack that we saw the last few games) more permanently rather than it being purely about the opposition we faced and how completely terrible Chelsea were.
Horrible horrible performance, undeserved win with a goal that should never have stood. Walcott was back to being terrible, misplaced passes, slow to cross, weak as hell shooting and bottled several tackles.
Sanchez, again, unless a team sets up as completely ridiculously badly as Chelsea, then Sanchez struggles to get any traction up front. He's a wide player the same way Walcott is. It literally took a decade for Wenger and Walcott to realise Walcott is in no way capable of playing through the middle. Okay, we had both our strikers out, typical, but I again say why not Iwobi upfront. He's bigger, stronger and better at holding up the ball. He can drop deep, win a few headers and he's very capable of making runs across the defence and giving them some work. Iwobi looks great but unless we want to ship Sanchez out next year, then Sanchez is our best wide left player and Iwobi looks capable of growing into the role as a striker. He also looks like he can play wide but given who we have available it would be better to switch them.
Ozil was absolutely terrible today, yet again Wenger falling into the situation of not taking off the worst performing players on the pitch. But our bench was a joke today, Ox the only obviously attacking option and he's awful. How did we get into that situation already.
Bellerin was also terrible, how many times did he break down the right have loads of space but didn't put the cross in, nor just drive into the box. He got to about level with the edge of the box but out wide then stopped and looked for a pass and usually went central but backwards. Yes we had midgets today but our crossing was slow, predictable and impossible for anyone to do anything with. You don't need to be tall if you break at speed and whip the cross in between the defence and the keeper for a fast player to run on to. As said though we broke forwards then stopped, allowed them to set their defence then if the cross ever went in it was painfully easy to defend, not least because it rarely hit anything but a clump of Burnley players, where ever Arsenal players were in the box the cross went somewhere else.
This is a very, familiar, kind of Arsenal performance. Couple good wins, then beat someone like Chelsea, get arrogant and stupid and play some sloppy as hell game against a weaker team that maybe they deem easy opposition and don't get mentally right for the game.
Horrible horrible performance, undeserved win with a goal that should never have stood. Walcott was back to being terrible, misplaced passes, slow to cross, weak as hell shooting and bottled several tackles.
Sanchez, again, unless a team sets up as completely ridiculously badly as Chelsea, then Sanchez struggles to get any traction up front. He's a wide player the same way Walcott is. It literally took a decade for Wenger and Walcott to realise Walcott is in no way capable of playing through the middle. Okay, we had both our strikers out, typical, but I again say why not Iwobi upfront. He's bigger, stronger and better at holding up the ball. He can drop deep, win a few headers and he's very capable of making runs across the defence and giving them some work. Iwobi looks great but unless we want to ship Sanchez out next year, then Sanchez is our best wide left player and Iwobi looks capable of growing into the role as a striker. He also looks like he can play wide but given who we have available it would be better to switch them.
Ozil was absolutely terrible today, yet again Wenger falling into the situation of not taking off the worst performing players on the pitch. But our bench was a joke today, Ox the only obviously attacking option and he's awful. How did we get into that situation already.
Bellerin was also terrible, how many times did he break down the right have loads of space but didn't put the cross in, nor just drive into the box. He got to about level with the edge of the box but out wide then stopped and looked for a pass and usually went central but backwards. Yes we had midgets today but our crossing was slow, predictable and impossible for anyone to do anything with. You don't need to be tall if you break at speed and whip the cross in between the defence and the keeper for a fast player to run on to. As said though we broke forwards then stopped, allowed them to set their defence then if the cross ever went in it was painfully easy to defend, not least because it rarely hit anything but a clump of Burnley players, where ever Arsenal players were in the box the cross went somewhere else.
This is a very, familiar, kind of Arsenal performance. Couple good wins, then beat someone like Chelsea, get arrogant and stupid and play some sloppy as hell game against a weaker team that maybe they deem easy opposition and don't get mentally right for the game.
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At least we won. 3 points is 3 points 
Unbelievable really!
They stepped things up in the last 15 minutes but I can't remember them putting a single decent move together prior to that. They had a few shots from distance and possession at the back but that was about it.
Their midfield performance wasn't much different to that of the last few years where when they come up against a high energy team like a Spurs or a Liverpool they just get steam rolled
Their midfield performance wasn't much different to that of the last few years where when they come up against a high energy team like a Spurs or a Liverpool they just get steam rolled
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By the letter of the law is that handball? Obviously it's hit his arm but it's clearly not deliberate too.
My personal view is that if you score a goal off your arm (or block a shot with your arm) then regardless of intention it should be called a handball because of the consequencs are so big but I'm not sure if the rules say that.
My personal view is that if you score a goal off your arm (or block a shot with your arm) then regardless of intention it should be called a handball because of the consequencs are so big but I'm not sure if the rules say that.
It's handball. I think the ref maybe thought it bounced up so quick and wasn't on purpose that he couldn't give a freekick, it's still a painful goal for Burnley, no two ways about it.
I personally feel it depends on where the ball is going though, if the ball were to hit his head or neck because Kos didn't have arms then the ball would have still ended up in the back of the net. It's a difficult one
I personally feel it depends on where the ball is going though, if the ball were to hit his head or neck because Kos didn't have arms then the ball would have still ended up in the back of the net. It's a difficult one
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Good for Burnly to lose. They did not play football and just sat back all game. screw them and there negetive football. Next time play football and you may get a result
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I hate this attitude, there is more than one way to play football and if Arsenal couldn't break them down then that is their fault. I'm a Liverpool fan and I didn't wine about 'negative football' when they beat us, I congratulated them on the win.