tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post237634093177107599..comments2023-06-12T14:44:49.077+01:00Comments on Arsenal: The Wild and The Innocent.: Arsenal v West Ham; Player Ratingscosmic__kidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462368321235667627noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-61657028366576703392015-03-16T16:44:07.842+00:002015-03-16T16:44:07.842+00:00Thanks for the comments everyone- Let's hope w...Thanks for the comments everyone- Let's hope we can do the business tomorrow! COYG!cosmic__kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10462368321235667627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-64664720325357780182015-03-16T11:52:30.218+00:002015-03-16T11:52:30.218+00:00Interesting times indeed. Everyone looks almost as...Interesting times indeed. Everyone looks almost as fragile as we have all season! The title is gone. IF things continued to shift in our direction, I’d entertain a chat in a months time. But for now, leave it, yeah?<br /> <br />Tomorrow night is an interesting one. I’m pretty much in YW’s camp in that it’s gone, but there’s a tiny chance. The fact the the first goal doesn’t necessarily matter is an interesting line of mental preparation. This team have shown they can go for it. Can they do it and shut the door at their end though?<br /> <br />The mental game is interesting when you look at it from Monacos point of view. How confident are they of holding it together for 90 minutes? They’ll know we had chances at the Emirates. What would it take to make them doubt? A goal down inside twenty minutes and us swarming? Two?<br /> <br />I said it the day after the first leg. You know we’ll win 2:0 tomorrow. Or possibly the real sickener, be 3:0 up, missing a hatful of chances, injury time goal from Berbatov, taking it to penalties. Where the inevitable happens. Sorry, but this Arsenal we’re talking about and you know I’m not far from the mark<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216587478528658420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-85751522147198509012015-03-16T11:41:55.892+00:002015-03-16T11:41:55.892+00:00I don’t mean to disparage or demean Monaco but the...I don’t mean to disparage or demean Monaco but they are not a great side. Well-organised and tactically astute, certainly but not great. Defeat, with recent history, cannot be ascribed to a bad night at The Emirates. It’s a weakness that has surfaced many times during Arsène’s reign.<br /> <br />Whether it is tactical, mental, I don’t know but it’s a common theme throughout his reign. Is it a managerial weakness, poor performance by the players or simply bad luck? Most likely any combination of the three.<br /> <br />All of which is a chain of thought for another day. Tomorrow offers the opportunity of welcome distraction. It’s not meaningless, Arsenal could go through but low expectations bring a certain detachment from proceedings. You know that won’t last if a second Arsenal goal is scored, you know the edge of the seat will become more comfortable and the beer gulped faster.<br /> <br />It’s not the failure, I can handle the failure. It’s the hope that kills me…<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-32544489500459245902015-03-16T11:36:54.921+00:002015-03-16T11:36:54.921+00:00Arsenal sit seven points behind having played a ga...Arsenal sit seven points behind having played a game more than Chelsea. At best, Chelsea have to draw four of their remaining games (or lose x and draw y – I’m aware of the various mathematical permutations). The unspoken element is that Arsenal must win the games, as well as matching Chelsea in the remaining matches. The meeting between the two sides next month takes on extra meaning with Arsenal needing to buck history by winning. Not avoiding defeat, winning.<br /> <br />All of which presumes Manchester City don’t go and hit a rich vein of form. Just as Arsenal and Chelsea may turn the season its head, so can City bring on about-turn recent form. They may get up from the floor, dust themselves down and shake the mud from their clothes before winning every game between now and the end of the season. A run I hasten to add, renders the improbables that Arsenal need, irrelevant.<br /> <br />The Improbable s.<br /> <br />It’s not quite as imposing as The Invincibles, is it?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216587478528658420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-26692994209167806062015-03-16T11:29:18.851+00:002015-03-16T11:29:18.851+00:00As I enjoy my breakfast of burgoo
(ex-squaddies w...As I enjoy my breakfast of burgoo<br /> (ex-squaddies will know what I mean), I spare a thought for our task tomorrow night.<br /> Our target must be two early goals without reply. The tension then will be so great that ANY southern continental side will start to crumble. It’s all that balmy weather, olive oil and fishy diet. Folk living on the shores of the Med simply cannot cope with inspired English/Welsh pressure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216587478528658420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-54200578065166932592015-03-16T11:21:24.251+00:002015-03-16T11:21:24.251+00:00nice surprise was that the tactical genius also ca...nice surprise was that the tactical genius also called Moaninho messed up against 10-man PSG. These being two teams fabricated on money from outside football I don’t like them at all. But at least their manager doesn’t poke other coaches in the eye or is constantly having cheap shots at other people so he is a bit more likeable.<br /> <br />The way the Chelsea players behaved was nicely highlighted and the way Mourinho chose to defend the 1-1 from the first leg against a team that had to play 90 minutes with 10 men was amazing. Well not that amazing if you know Mourinho. But that it backfired in such a way is not something that happens everyday. Because of other obligations I only saw the last 20 minutes of extra time and I didn’t know PSG were a man down until they scored the equaliser and the reporter mentioned it. I couldn’t tell that they were a man down and that made them and their performance even more impressive.<br /> <br />As a result if we and Manchester City cannot turn around our first leg deficit, once again no PL team will be in the last eight of the Champions League.<br /> <br />It really is time that people in England need to think about that and go looking for the reasons. Yes reasons. And let me give a clue about one reason that has nothing to do with it: too many foreigners. But maybe people could look at other things. Like getting PL to overplay in some periods when other leagues take a short but welcome rest.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-13002478378226886222015-03-16T11:08:23.774+00:002015-03-16T11:08:23.774+00:00Agree with the authors ratings - now let's rep...Agree with the authors ratings - now let's replicate the result tomorrow - Come on you GunnersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216587478528658420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-21264715478676754432015-03-16T11:07:34.551+00:002015-03-16T11:07:34.551+00:00Everyone slags off Giroud as not being able to sco...Everyone slags off Giroud as not being able to score enough goals, he got over twenty last season improving on the seventeen from his first, and in EIGHTEEN starts he has managed FOURTEEN so far this which is a better strike rate than ANY other forward in the premier league and that's not mentioning his assists, yes hes no Usain Bolt, but that's over fifty goals in two and a half seasons a very good return plus he is now scoring them away and in big games, he just gets better if he sees out his career with us he WILL be another centurion .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216587478528658420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-35777178523874770462015-03-16T11:05:02.417+00:002015-03-16T11:05:02.417+00:00Good performance saturday.It would be interesting ...Good performance saturday.It would be interesting what midfield Wenger picks for the goals or bust game with Monaco.I agree with Mathew about Ozil and for that reason I would not play him against a well drilled Monaco team.My midfield/ would be Coquelin,Ramsey,cazorla,Sanchez,Walcott,Giroud.I would also take a gamble with Gibbs as he is better going forward then Monreal.Bring Ozil/Rosicky on later if/when needed. - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com