I think for 25-30mins at the start of the 2nd half West Ham put us under serious pressure was amazed at the space between our midfield and defence Mohammed Diame was charging through at will, if West Ham had more composure they could have tested Mannone more and scored a few goals.
We struggled to deal with Andy Carroll but then again there's no one like him in Europe when hes on form and jumping hes unbeatable in the air imo
But we did deal well with the 2nd balls, West Ham didn't really take advantage of Carroll's flick ons but credit the Arsenal defence for sniffing those 2nd balls out
Its not so much the balls we lost in the air which was a concern it was the way in the 2nd half West ham just charged through our midfield unopposed if they had bit more quality they would have put 2 or 3 past us
I think playing 3 games in 7 days affected some of our players, we need to rotate more
West Ham deserve credit
posted on 6/10/12
^
this
makes sense
posted on 6/10/12
gervinho had an average game by his standards, wasn't very dangerous with possession. the good thing is that if we start him and he isn't playing well we have players like chamberlain or walcott to bring on to make a difference.
we didn't have that luxury in terms of strength in depth last season.
posted on 6/10/12
Still if I could have any of the Arsenal starting 11 at West Ham Gervinho would be my 11nth choice.
posted on 6/10/12
Gerv seemed a bot exhausted to be honest. Was not his game. Can happen.
posted on 6/10/12
I like my idea, who would you guys say was West Hams worst player?
posted on 6/10/12
errrrrrrrrrm, I'm not sure really, wasn't paying too much attention to your individual players. I suppose if I have to pick out one player it would be Nolan. Missed good chances and his overall play leaves a lot to be desired.
posted on 6/10/12
Gervinho was garbage. Shouldn't play on the wings.
posted on 7/10/12
Arsenal rode their luck, on other day it would be a 3-1 win to home side.
posted on 8/10/12
Arsenal rode their luck, on another day it would be a 3-1 win to home side.*
posted on 8/10/12
Can both you 2 stop copying what I almost said at the top of this article.