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cesc: "it's a good training" 
pitty he couldn't get a hat-trick (sp?)
pitty he couldn't get a hat-trick (sp?)
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Great interview cocks 
Played great football and they ask him about his future. **** ITV!
Played great football and they ask him about his future. **** ITV!
Without seeing the game I predict:
Obscenely lucky to score 5 goals before Eboue came on Song and Sagna were completely useless. Eboue should have started, and Eboue should have started.
Oh and I'm sure Fabregas should have been sold in the summer too
Good result, didnt really prove anything other than that if a team gives us time and space and tries to play against us then we're going to smash them off the park. Much bigger challenges lie ahead, Cesc and Wilshire looked fantastic in the centre of the park, and Arshavin really seemed to improve after he got his goal.
Nah he likes Fabregas, so this will be even more proof that he was right about Cesc being amazing, because obviously no-one else gets that.Without seeing the game I predict:
Obscenely lucky to score 5 goals before Eboue came on Song and Sagna were completely useless. Eboue should have started, and Eboue should have started.
Oh and I'm sure Fabregas should have been sold in the summer too
But yeah Song will have been rubbish somehow, and I bet we all missed Eboue doing loads of amazing moves and faster-than-light running that justified why he should have started and why Wenger is such an idiot.
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No, as I've said for 5 years now, all the team needs is 2-3 people to be switched for VASTLY superior players off the bench. Wilshire and Nasri put Diaby and Walcott to utter shame tonight.
Firstly in midfield Wilshire and Fabregas made more tackles, tracked back, covered runs and made defensive clearances more than Song, in this game, and more than Diaby has in his career. Wilshire was strong all over the pitch, he played us out of trouble frequently and most importantly QUICKLY. Diaby and Song screw around with the ball for 45 minutes before getting forward, a couple of our goals came out of Wilshire getting the ball and instantly turning attack into defence, he was outstanding start to finish.
Theo got 3 against Blackpool, but was worthless everywhere and every second outside their penalty box, and useless for 89minutes, its playing guys like him that kills us in the big games. Yes Braga were just as useless as Blackpool, but almost every player was fantastic for 90 minutes, we played well and disciplined all over, Wilshire, Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin were fantastic, Vela was fantastic, Chamakh was fantastic.
Kos, another single reckless decision, I only saw one replay but his high footed challenge where he studded someone in the ankle(though way up in the air) looked dangerous and potentially a tackle a ref could red card you for, was no need for it, no danger.
Fabregas, was just outstanding, he's been outstanding for years, he'll always been outstanding, deserved a hattrick, deserved a penalty early on, incredible game even by his standards. Vela with a few appearances on the trot, with a bit of form after playing before and early in the world cup, playing in preseason he looks the player he is, if we let him rot on the bench again I'll get ruddy angry, fantastic player, fantastic finisher, calm in the box, fantastic movement good interplay.
Superb performance, Diaby should literally never ever play for Arsenal again, Wilshire was MUCH better than Diaby has ever shown for Arsenal, defensively aswell as offensively.
The big issue is, Wilshire and Nasri are on the same wavelength as the rest of the team, Diaby, Theo aren't, Theo doesn't link up with anyone, he can't pass, can't cross, can't defend, he just doesn't fit in with Arsenal at all. Diaby is slow, and lazy, horrible defensively doesn't fit in AT ALL.
Arshavin shone today, because he had a team working around him in the way he plays, fast and inteligently, always moving, always making runs, always looking to attack.
For the first time in I don't know how long Arsenal played all out attack, and it suited every player on the team perfectly, we have a squad built for all out attack and its what we did, for almost a decade, better than anyone. I'll pretty much cry if we return to Diaby and this BS half defensive formation that suits no one.
Song made a lot of mistakes today, was frequently running around their box, gave away several stupid freekicks with no danger around, his passing was abysmal for the vast majority of the game, when Wilshire/Fabregas passed around him rather than too him, the team looked infinately better. Likewise Wilshire was deeper than Song for a large portion of the game and was a lot more effective defensively, he looked tougher and tracked dangerous runs.
If we can just ditch Song for a real defensive midfielder, as I've said for SOO long, we'd have a team capable of winning everything.
Sagna wasn't as good as we need in a right back either, when there were people played onside, it was him out of line with the back four, his passing was too lazy and he gets caught out defensively too often against a side that offered almost nothing in attack, and he costs us in every big game aswell.
Firstly in midfield Wilshire and Fabregas made more tackles, tracked back, covered runs and made defensive clearances more than Song, in this game, and more than Diaby has in his career. Wilshire was strong all over the pitch, he played us out of trouble frequently and most importantly QUICKLY. Diaby and Song screw around with the ball for 45 minutes before getting forward, a couple of our goals came out of Wilshire getting the ball and instantly turning attack into defence, he was outstanding start to finish.
Theo got 3 against Blackpool, but was worthless everywhere and every second outside their penalty box, and useless for 89minutes, its playing guys like him that kills us in the big games. Yes Braga were just as useless as Blackpool, but almost every player was fantastic for 90 minutes, we played well and disciplined all over, Wilshire, Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin were fantastic, Vela was fantastic, Chamakh was fantastic.
Kos, another single reckless decision, I only saw one replay but his high footed challenge where he studded someone in the ankle(though way up in the air) looked dangerous and potentially a tackle a ref could red card you for, was no need for it, no danger.
Fabregas, was just outstanding, he's been outstanding for years, he'll always been outstanding, deserved a hattrick, deserved a penalty early on, incredible game even by his standards. Vela with a few appearances on the trot, with a bit of form after playing before and early in the world cup, playing in preseason he looks the player he is, if we let him rot on the bench again I'll get ruddy angry, fantastic player, fantastic finisher, calm in the box, fantastic movement good interplay.
Superb performance, Diaby should literally never ever play for Arsenal again, Wilshire was MUCH better than Diaby has ever shown for Arsenal, defensively aswell as offensively.
The big issue is, Wilshire and Nasri are on the same wavelength as the rest of the team, Diaby, Theo aren't, Theo doesn't link up with anyone, he can't pass, can't cross, can't defend, he just doesn't fit in with Arsenal at all. Diaby is slow, and lazy, horrible defensively doesn't fit in AT ALL.
Arshavin shone today, because he had a team working around him in the way he plays, fast and inteligently, always moving, always making runs, always looking to attack.
For the first time in I don't know how long Arsenal played all out attack, and it suited every player on the team perfectly, we have a squad built for all out attack and its what we did, for almost a decade, better than anyone. I'll pretty much cry if we return to Diaby and this BS half defensive formation that suits no one.
Song made a lot of mistakes today, was frequently running around their box, gave away several stupid freekicks with no danger around, his passing was abysmal for the vast majority of the game, when Wilshire/Fabregas passed around him rather than too him, the team looked infinately better. Likewise Wilshire was deeper than Song for a large portion of the game and was a lot more effective defensively, he looked tougher and tracked dangerous runs.
If we can just ditch Song for a real defensive midfielder, as I've said for SOO long, we'd have a team capable of winning everything.
Sagna wasn't as good as we need in a right back either, when there were people played onside, it was him out of line with the back four, his passing was too lazy and he gets caught out defensively too often against a side that offered almost nothing in attack, and he costs us in every big game aswell.
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That useless, can't do anything right, world cup flop called Ozil had another good game tonight.
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6-0 and plenty of positives. Cesc getting 2 goals and an assist was good, and there was improving form from Chamakh. This time he didn't just chip in with a goal but he held the line well and was aggressive. He looks as I noted at HT much better in the position than Bendtner.
Vela still looks a bit raw but the goal can't have been bad. Or maybe not. I never really see the significance of late goals in a rout. They don't represent a much more frequent scenario.
Nasri continues to look intelligent and got on with the job having to do a lot of harrying and donkey work. I'd prefer one of smallest doesn't do defensive duties as in the EPL he'll have problems. In terms of that Arshavin really continued to look very patchy today. Yes we owned our opposition, but that also helps to mask a poor performance. He rarely tracked back properly and he was often (3 times?) the cause of an attack to break down. Still he got a goal and two assists, it's obvious he's much better going forward than vice versa.
Even though they weren't troubled at all Squillaci and Koscielny did really well. In all fairness Bolton and Braga weren't really attacking forces but I get the feeling our new guys are getting themselves eased in. Keep the pair of them for this Saturday if it means Vermaelen can get a rest / isn't 100%. Nothing wrong with rotating it a bit or making sure he's completely ok respectively.
Song looked fine and even chipped in with a 'professional' foul here and there. Wilshere looked great, that assist for the 3rd was sweet. Still a bit nippy, and has a cruncher on him alright.
Overall the most pleasing aspect was how we decided to close down the opposition today. I watched the first half of Barca against Panathanikos last night and the way the Spaniard's reacted when losing the ball was fantastic. I saw us do a bit of that early on in the game. Great!
Vela still looks a bit raw but the goal can't have been bad. Or maybe not. I never really see the significance of late goals in a rout. They don't represent a much more frequent scenario.
Nasri continues to look intelligent and got on with the job having to do a lot of harrying and donkey work. I'd prefer one of smallest doesn't do defensive duties as in the EPL he'll have problems. In terms of that Arshavin really continued to look very patchy today. Yes we owned our opposition, but that also helps to mask a poor performance. He rarely tracked back properly and he was often (3 times?) the cause of an attack to break down. Still he got a goal and two assists, it's obvious he's much better going forward than vice versa.
Even though they weren't troubled at all Squillaci and Koscielny did really well. In all fairness Bolton and Braga weren't really attacking forces but I get the feeling our new guys are getting themselves eased in. Keep the pair of them for this Saturday if it means Vermaelen can get a rest / isn't 100%. Nothing wrong with rotating it a bit or making sure he's completely ok respectively.
Song looked fine and even chipped in with a 'professional' foul here and there. Wilshere looked great, that assist for the 3rd was sweet. Still a bit nippy, and has a cruncher on him alright.
Overall the most pleasing aspect was how we decided to close down the opposition today. I watched the first half of Barca against Panathanikos last night and the way the Spaniard's reacted when losing the ball was fantastic. I saw us do a bit of that early on in the game. Great!
Ahh, the old criticise the players that didn't play technique. You are too masterful for me, sensei.
Yeah, but I bet you only watched the highlights.
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I particularly liked this little snippet of a scathing review of Ozils performance at the weekend.
'My man of the match award has to go to Mesut Özil. He was consistently leading the counters and providing for his teammates for the duration of the match. It’s a shame he did not net one today as that would have really capped off a terrific debut at the Bernabéu. His passes were really spot on and if his teammates could have managed better strikes on goal, he would have walked away with a handful of assists. Özil could really turn out to be the buy of the decade.'
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Teams before hand could close us down the centre and allow us to go wide while not worrying about a cross. I've just realised how much better for our side having a seemingly consistent (so far!) aerial threat is.
I have to say I utterly disagree with all three paragraphs.
I have to say I utterly disagree with all three paragraphs.
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Around the same price as Arshavin. Hmm..
Edit - nice ass.
Edit - nice ass.