I actually agree! We have a good chance to win 5 in a row now. Way too much kneejerk from some really solid posters these days.
Granted, we are lucky to still have that chance with the worst start in 54 years. Hahaha
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I actually agree! We have a good chance to win 5 in a row now. Way too much kneejerk from some really solid posters these days.
Granted, we are lucky to still have that chance with the worst start in 54 years. Hahaha
Jones - 6.5 - steady, generally excellent distribution and kicking. I prefer him in goal to Ming. Can't blame him for either goal.
Skrtel - 4 - Courageous and a superb header to save us a point (however I'm not giving him a point for it because we shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place) should save him from the criticism he deserves. Ball watching for BOTH goals. Was completely unaware of Debuchy - even though he was his man - had he just stepped up one pace Debuchy would have been offside. For the second there was only one player, Giroud, to mark yet his eyes were fixed on the ball, a yard closer to Giroud and he cuts out the pass. People will say I've got it in for Skirts, but that's not all true, I didn't used to have, it's only recently I've come to realise how fucking shite he really is.
Lucas - 7 - I would give him more but he completely dozed off over the past 10-15 mins. Unlucky with his shot, I thought it was excellent under pressure.
Gerrard - 6.5 - I honestly don't understand the criticism in the match thread. He & Lucas dominated the midfield. Most of his 'hollywood passes' found the man, a high % considering the difficulty level.
Markovic - 7 - keep it up lad. His passing, as well as his control and pace, is excellent. I think he still needs to adjust to the pace of the PL because a few times it seems he thought he had more time than he actually did.
Coutinho - 8.5 - just his shooting detracts from a 9 or 9.5 performance.
Others :
Sakho - 7.5 (Excellent), Toure - 6.5, Lallana - 7, Sterling - 7.
Borini - disappointing because at least he was getting into the right places, was pulling the defence around and he can actually, you know, shoot !
BR - 7 - I understand the Markovic substitution. When I saw Borini coming on I wondered who would go off but Marko had been a little quiet for the previous 10 mins. Obviously it was to push Sterling wide and to get someone who can actually strike a ball into the centre.
It's so good watching people who can actually control a ball in possession; Lallana, Coutinho, Lucas, Markovic, Gerrard and Sterling were all excellent in that regard and the difference it makes in ball retention and denying the opposition the opportunity to attack is very important to our game.
We were very unlucky not to win that - and I think most commentators are in agreement. If we keep on playing like that then we will quickly rise up the league to fight it out for 4th.
Skrtel - 4 - Courageous and a superb header to save us a point (however I'm not giving him a point for it because we shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place) should save him from the criticism he deserves. Ball watching for BOTH goals. Was completely unaware of Debuchy - even though he was his man - had he just stepped up one pace Debuchy would have been offside. For the second there was only one player, Giroud, to mark yet his eyes were fixed on the ball, a yard closer to Giroud and he cuts out the pass. People will say I've got it in for Skirts, but that's not all true, I didn't used to have, it's only recently I've come to realise how fucking shite he really is.
Lucas - 7 - I would give him more but he completely dozed off over the past 10-15 mins. Unlucky with his shot, I thought it was excellent under pressure.
Gerrard - 6.5 - I honestly don't understand the criticism in the match thread. He & Lucas dominated the midfield. Most of his 'hollywood passes' found the man, a high % considering the difficulty level.
Markovic - 7 - keep it up lad. His passing, as well as his control and pace, is excellent. I think he still needs to adjust to the pace of the PL because a few times it seems he thought he had more time than he actually did.
Coutinho - 8.5 - just his shooting detracts from a 9 or 9.5 performance.
Others :
Sakho - 7.5 (Excellent), Toure - 6.5, Lallana - 7, Sterling - 7.
Borini - disappointing because at least he was getting into the right places, was pulling the defence around and he can actually, you know, shoot !
BR - 7 - I understand the Markovic substitution. When I saw Borini coming on I wondered who would go off but Marko had been a little quiet for the previous 10 mins. Obviously it was to push Sterling wide and to get someone who can actually strike a ball into the centre.
It's so good watching people who can actually control a ball in possession; Lallana, Coutinho, Lucas, Markovic, Gerrard and Sterling were all excellent in that regard and the difference it makes in ball retention and denying the opposition the opportunity to attack is very important to our game.
We were very unlucky not to win that - and I think most commentators are in agreement. If we keep on playing like that then we will quickly rise up the league to fight it out for 4th.
It wasn't that good. We had three defenders in the box and not one of them tracked Giroud's run after he laid it off. Shite.
Coutinho frustrates the hell out of me.
Cracking goal and a generally good performance where he worked hard..... but....
He gets in to so many good positions and then tries to play an impossible through ball, which is inevitably over-hit or intercepted, or he gets into a good shooting position and 9 times out of 10 scuffs it, pulls it wide or trickles it to the keeper.
I don't mean to be harsh on him - but I want more from him - he can be a real joy to watch and so frustrating.
Cracking goal and a generally good performance where he worked hard..... but....
He gets in to so many good positions and then tries to play an impossible through ball, which is inevitably over-hit or intercepted, or he gets into a good shooting position and 9 times out of 10 scuffs it, pulls it wide or trickles it to the keeper.
I don't mean to be harsh on him - but I want more from him - he can be a real joy to watch and so frustrating.
There was a stat posted on twitter that no team with this few points after 17 games and finished higher than sixth. We've left ourselves a mountain to climb, in reality. We suddenly need to at least double our points return.
It's highly unlikely.
Sample is too small to comment.
If our opponents goalkeeper had similar stats we would be scoring 15 to 20 goals a game right now.
Maybe. But Jones is shite. Really shite.
Stats:
Possession : 63.5% to 36.5% (the lowest stat recorded for Arsenal since Opta started keeping records).
Shots : 27 (10) to 7 (3)
Shots Blocked : 4 to 1
Corners : 10 to 6
Passes : 609 to 345
Passes Long : 9.7% to 15.7%
Crosses : 20 to 13
Tackles : 32 to 26
Fouls : 6 to 14
Possession : 63.5% to 36.5% (the lowest stat recorded for Arsenal since Opta started keeping records).
Shots : 27 (10) to 7 (3)
Shots Blocked : 4 to 1
Corners : 10 to 6
Passes : 609 to 345
Passes Long : 9.7% to 15.7%
Crosses : 20 to 13
Tackles : 32 to 26
Fouls : 6 to 14
Probably explains a lot.. A hell of a lot..
The defending at times is so amateurish..
When Arsenal scored their second, the only marking appeared to be on the goal itself..
Cheers.. [emoji12]
It does make you think, mingolet must be on his way in January..
I wonder if Ming will play for the club again?
Yeah, but he's doing all his best work 50 metres from goal. I know it's a needs-must situation at the moment, but Brodge has to find a way to get him closer to goal.
If Mignolet doesn't start the next game it'd be absurd. Jones is not even championship class.
Needs to play in the forward 3 line.. Drop Lallana back into midfield..
I said this too watching the game, I thought he either spat towards him or said something (I was watching a shite stream)
well he was still a rodgers signing....
To be fair I just felt like calling some a daft twat, we need to get spider neil back
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