Defensive play has been brilliant so far this season except for the united game for obvious reasons, when our attack and midfield gel and click together we will be climbing up the table.
Nice to see positive comments!
I'm guessing there were no injuries? I didn't think so but you never know sometimes
Even though we played away from home, i still expect our ball retention to be better then we showed. We haven't passed the ball well all season. Surely this must be because of a lack of confidence and not just the departure of two (albeit important) players?
I'm not going to criticise anyoen yesterday. We all showed a good defensive mindset and barring a brilliant goal would have sneaked three points.
Arteta for me is still finding his feet. His work rate was excellent and got his tackles in well. The passing and attacking influence is still to come. Yossi got a fair bit of stick, but i think he performed well.
Agreed about Song. Massive. His second half was almost the best i'cve seen him play.
Szeczeny....well i only rate Reina more then him, at the moment. Finally a goalkeeper we can put our faith in.
We're going to thrash you
We're going to thrash you
...................................................................................................
Just like you thrashed Wolves, Villa, Everton and Fullham.??
we are terrified you have got 1000 fellow supporters marching this weekend protesting oyur manager...looks like a dangerous club to me!
Rhackw: Hope you enjoy Westfalia and the atmosphere in the stadium. I was there too and I was a bit dissappointed that we didnt manage to grabb three points. I think the draw is the right result in the end. You cant do anything against Dortmund's goal. That was stunning. Noone to blame.
Dont agree with you on Walcott and van Persie's performance. I think that van Persie wasnt that good. Walcott has the problem that our midfield wasnt well linked up with our strikers. If noone can provide any long pass to run into spaces than you shouldnt play Walcott. Its not his game to dribble through three defenders. I think that Theo and also van Persie miss Fabregas most.
Dont agree also with the performance of Song. He had an okay game and agree with Serial Wumanizer here that our ball retention and passes were a disaster. There we have too improve massively. Song in the first half lost posession too often. Sometimes its only because he kept the ball for too long.
Our defence and our high line in the first 20 min. were a misterium to me. That was better in the second half. Dortmund lacked the creativity in midfield so there were almost not a goal opportunity for Dortmund in the second half.
Benayoun was the man of the match I must say. Very lively, run all over the field and helped out defensively.
You might as well get your excuses ready now, be prepared to be embarrassed.
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posted on 14/9/11
Defensive play has been brilliant so far this season except for the united game for obvious reasons, when our attack and midfield gel and click together we will be climbing up the table.
posted on 14/9/11
Nice to see positive comments!
I'm guessing there were no injuries? I didn't think so but you never know sometimes
posted on 14/9/11
Even though we played away from home, i still expect our ball retention to be better then we showed. We haven't passed the ball well all season. Surely this must be because of a lack of confidence and not just the departure of two (albeit important) players?
I'm not going to criticise anyoen yesterday. We all showed a good defensive mindset and barring a brilliant goal would have sneaked three points.
Arteta for me is still finding his feet. His work rate was excellent and got his tackles in well. The passing and attacking influence is still to come. Yossi got a fair bit of stick, but i think he performed well.
Agreed about Song. Massive. His second half was almost the best i'cve seen him play.
Szeczeny....well i only rate Reina more then him, at the moment. Finally a goalkeeper we can put our faith in.
posted on 14/9/11
We're going to thrash you
posted on 14/9/11
We're going to thrash you
...................................................................................................
Just like you thrashed Wolves, Villa, Everton and Fullham.??
we are terrified you have got 1000 fellow supporters marching this weekend protesting oyur manager...looks like a dangerous club to me!
posted on 14/9/11
Rhackw: Hope you enjoy Westfalia and the atmosphere in the stadium. I was there too and I was a bit dissappointed that we didnt manage to grabb three points. I think the draw is the right result in the end. You cant do anything against Dortmund's goal. That was stunning. Noone to blame.
Dont agree with you on Walcott and van Persie's performance. I think that van Persie wasnt that good. Walcott has the problem that our midfield wasnt well linked up with our strikers. If noone can provide any long pass to run into spaces than you shouldnt play Walcott. Its not his game to dribble through three defenders. I think that Theo and also van Persie miss Fabregas most.
Dont agree also with the performance of Song. He had an okay game and agree with Serial Wumanizer here that our ball retention and passes were a disaster. There we have too improve massively. Song in the first half lost posession too often. Sometimes its only because he kept the ball for too long.
Our defence and our high line in the first 20 min. were a misterium to me. That was better in the second half. Dortmund lacked the creativity in midfield so there were almost not a goal opportunity for Dortmund in the second half.
Benayoun was the man of the match I must say. Very lively, run all over the field and helped out defensively.
posted on 14/9/11
You might as well get your excuses ready now, be prepared to be embarrassed.
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