Absolutely no problem up to half time then a missed tackle and we are chasing the game, Jussi beaten at the near post again. Arsenal fans need to go to church today and pray the RVP doesn't get injured, the rest of their attack was innocuous
Just before the sending off there was a blatant foul on SKD ; so instead of an attacking set piece we are down to 10 men 5 seconds later. Wheater just about deserved to go; however if that was a foul there would be 10 penalties per game and would we have got a similar decision.Paul Ince and Sol Cambell on Goals on Sunday agreeing that Wheater was unlucky as this sort of thing goes unpunished most of the time.
SKD didn't have a foul awarded to him all afternoon - some appalling refereeing by Clattenburg
The new centre half didn't win one header against SKD - Arsenal will ship alot of goals this season
Once we went down to 10 men and we couldn't protect Robinson we were hopelessly exposed and Walcott ran riot. We should have started with Boyata at left back as he is much quicker than Robinson and a better distributer of the ball.
Mark Davies looked out of his depth when he came on - don't know what was wrong with him
Pratley looks like a premership player
Observations from The Emirates
posted on 25/9/11
Didn't go yesterday but did are the sending off this morning.
We aren't getting the rub of the green at the moment against these big clubs. Not necessarily with refereeing but with injuries and stuff.
First time we change formation and drop KD and our striker gets injured. Then our defender gets sent off for minimal contact.
Annoyed that Walcott was looking at the ref on his way down too.
I really haven't been impressed with Boyata either. He looks very mediocre and has huge ball watching problems.
Not surprised KD didn't get many freekicks. I think his game is wasted. He could be a far better player if he concentrated on playing football rather than getting fouled!
posted on 25/9/11
Our problem is not getting in front..
Apart from the QPR game, have we actually taken the lead in any other game?
Chasing the game all the time and playing with 10 men for 2 periods of 2 games doesn't help..
posted on 25/9/11
The big problem I saw with your team was giving far too much space in midfield to our midfielders.
You never closed anyone down, the pass to Walcott when you got red card, Ramsey had acres of space to pick it out.
posted on 25/9/11
Which is annoying 50P when we went with 5 in midfield..
Thought Muamba and NRC would run all day?
posted on 25/9/11
50P (U1147)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
The big problem I saw with your team was giving far too much space in midfield to our midfielders.
You never closed anyone down, the pass to Walcott when you got red card, Ramsey had acres of space to pick it out.
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Quite right we didn't close your players down. I was sat at home watching a steam and was shouting at the monitor all afternoon to close them down. Pathetic really.