Arsenal match thread 2/09

[xerxes]

Andy Hunter ‏@AHunterGuardian

 

Question to Brendan Rodgers: Would you have released Andy Carroll had you known there was no replacement coming in? Answer: No.

 

It vindicates the Ayre/ Rodgers bust up story.

[dickie mint]

The striker situation is a joke,but we have let 7 in in 3 games which is awfull.

[Nathanzx]

enrique, suarez, gerrard and reina were all very poor, four senior players and they all were dreadful

 

unfortunately for us, enrique, reina and gerrard have been poor for us for a while

 

i'd certainly play robinson instead of enrique now

 

reina is undroppable because we have no even half-decent reserve

 

gerrard should be dropped for shelvey

 

sterling and allen were very good and it's very sad that a teenager and a new signing put our senior players to shame

 

awful performance, the last half-hour was painful, 2-0 down and the game played out like a pre-season friendly, never seen us so devoid of aggression and passion at home (apart from during the hodgson days which i had hoped would never be repeated)

 

all in all depressing

[J-V]

To think that Kenny lost his job partly because he was defending this buck toothed primadonna is fucking sickening.

 

He lost his job and rightly so because he spent £79million on shit and guided us to the dizzy heights of 8th.

[dickie mint]

He lost his job and rightly so because he spent £79million on shit and guided us to the dizzy heights of 8th.

 

 

And got to 2 cup finals winning one - do you think the Championship Manager will do better.

[MLB]

Nothing new to say about this performance. Once again, if you can't score from open play and you concede with nearly every chance the opposition creates, you're not going to get very far. We need a better goalkeeper and we need another option up front. Simple as that.

[aRdja]

 

And got to 2 cup finals winning one - do you think the Championship Manager will do better.

 

Rodgers will not win anything, nor qualify for Europe this season. Not without a goalscorer.

[J-V]

And got to 2 cup finals winning one - do you think the Championship Manager will do better.

 

Given a £100million+ transfer outlay I'd expect even Hodgson to match a league cup win.

[STARDELTA]

Did you actually read the post? I was having a go at Suarez you daft cunt.

Daft cunt! Your brave behind your computer screen! I'd fuckin dance on your head you fucking coward! My point was legitimate. Go support man utd you arsehole

[BigMike]

Lackluster performance, no drive or urgency.

 

Defence was an issue for me, the central defenders were often 20 to 30 yards behind the midfield leaving oceans of space. Happened for the goal and Diaby's run where they should have scored plus a few other occasions.

 

This needs addressing otherwise we'll ship goals.

 

Personally I'd pick Shelvey from the start and push gerrard forward with Allen just in front of the back 2.

 

Thought Allen was excellent.

[aRdja]

Daft cunt! Your brave behind your computer screen! I'd fuckin dance on your head you fucking coward! My point was legitimate. Go support man utd you arsehole

 

Go to bed Stardelta, it's past your bed time.

[Mathewbet1]

We're so toothless its untrue. Woefully short of any goal threat whatsoever. Gerrards not moving the same as he used too, I'm not prepared to right him off though he'll come good again that for certain, he was very good v man city after all. Unsurprisingly the crowd and the players where a bit flat today, largely due to the incompetence of our owners. The positives - Allen and Sterling continue to impress. I may be the only one, but i see a player in Borini, but he's only 21 and theres a lot of pressure on him to start scoring , but we need him too and soon. His work rate is epic and he's the toughest Italian to ever grace the premiership and never shirks a tackle. The midfield 3 should be Shelvey,Allen and Gerrard for me in the next game as Sahin looked very unfit and Shelvey proved a threat when he came on. Im not panicking yet as we are only 3 games in and we will improve. The only lingering doubt though is where the goals are going to come from, his will surely be addressed in January by which point it will probably be to late.

[Biscao]

6 moths ago we played Arsenal off the park at Anfield, but lost to Pepe Reina and the best striker in the PL. Today Arsenal won comfortably, as they would against the Fulhams, the Sunderlands and other teams at our level. Progress my ass.

[piscinin]

Lackluster performance, no drive or urgency.

 

Defence was an issue for me, the central defenders were often 20 to 30 yards behind the midfield leaving oceans of space. Happened for the goal and Diaby's run where they should have scored plus a few other occasions.

 

This needs addressing otherwise we'll ship goals.

 

Personally I'd pick Shelvey from the start and push gerrard forward with Allen just in front of the back 2.

 

Thought Allen was excellent.

 

The problem is that this isn't an accident. It's by design. Swansea did the exact same thing. It's why I said before the season started: Will Rodgers break the defence before he gets everything else working?

 

Which would be a problem, because the defence was all we had going for us last year.

 

We don't have the possession game to support that system and we don't have a goalkeeper (right now) who can handle the consequences. As a couple of others have mentioned, it's all well and good to setup your defence as though you've got a great a possession game, but what if you haven't yet? You better get smart or pragmatic real quick.

[Liquid football]

In the post match press conference, rodgers didn't rule out a move for owen.

 

I couldn't give a fuck if we brought in Owen. If that's what they think is needed, do it. It's for our benefit, not his. As long as it's not a rapist or serial killer i dont care. And even then, maybe if they served their time and did a bit of charity work...

[Bloke]

Did you actually read the post? I was having a go at Suarez you daft cunt.

 

Suarez is going to to have to go head to head with 4 defenders by himself and probably dribble past them all to score a goal this season.He will do it maybe a dozen times but he's a cunt after today hey.

 

Fuckwit.

[JagSquared]

Allen is properly winning me over, he is brilliant. I didn't watch much of Swansea and didn't know what to expect from him but he's a top player. Shame most of the rest don't have his attitude. Sterling also impressed again.

[Timão]

And got to 2 cup finals winning one - do you think the Championship Manager will do better.

 

Given the same resources, I would expect him to at least equal it. Seeing since he has not even had half the resources, the argument becomes somewhat pointless.

[STARDELTA]

Go to bed Stardelta, it's past your bed time.

you should learn how to speak to people without being abusive and then we can debate a point. :whistle:

[dickie mint]

6 moths ago we played Arsenal off the park at Anfield, but lost to Pepe Reina and the best striker in the PL. Today Arsenal won comfortably, as they would against the Fulhams, the Sunderlands and other teams at our level. Progress my ass.

 

 

Summed it up - spot on.

[Aldonose]

Arsenal are fucking shite. That first half particularly they were their for the taking.

[Major Tom]

Summed it up - spot on.

 

And you told us so, right, dickhead mint?

 

Fuck off.

[withnail71]

Way too slow getting the ball forward. A passing game is great, as long as you are passing with attacking intent. passing for the sake of it is simply a waste of fucking time. We have players with pace who cah hurt the opposition, but we choose to endlessly play the ball back and forth on the halfway line , or attempt suicide passing across the back 4. Allen and Sterling were outstanding today, the rest were fucking dogshit.

[MLB]

Arsenal are fucking shite. That first half particularly they were their for the taking.

 

 

I agree. If we'd gone for the jugular early on we could have won, but we started too slowly. Didn't help that the crowd was shite.

[piscinin]

Way too slow getting the ball forward. A passing game is great, as long as you are passing with attacking intent. passing for the sake of it is simply a waste of fucking time. We have players with pace who cah hurt the opposition, but we choose to endlessly play the ball back and forth on the halfway line , or attempt suicide passing across the back 4. Allen and Sterling were outstanding today, the rest were fucking dogshit.

 

You didn't see much of the brand of football rodgers was hired for did you?

 

You're in for a long season.