Fortunately for us, you had Sturridge up front and Suarez in a deeper left wing role. Other way round and we'd have been in real trouble.Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
Fortunately for us, you had Sturridge up front and Suarez in a deeper left wing role. Other way round and we'd have been in real trouble.
Wow - Ramsey put in a very decent shift tonight - not his fault he gets to play with Santos!
He absolutely allowed wilshere to take hold of the midfield. Some people on here are so blinded. Give credit where it's due and Ramsey is doing better with each game.
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We should have won and probably would have if we turned up for the first half.
The game panned out pretty much how I expected it to. An absolute disgrace at the back, I'm sure some of the former defenders we've had are wincing at the shit this lot serve up every game. As usual we rallied in the 2nd half and got a deserved point, but again, the chance of winning the game was made so much harder by shooting ourselves in the foot as usual.
Nice of Santos to almost lose it for us at the end, he's the gift that just keeps on giving. Merts has suddenly forgotten how to read the game which is very worrying seeing as that's his main strength.
The midfield were average, Wilshere deserves so much better, the only fucking player willing to be direct. Cazorla is neat and tidy but hardly seems to find a killer ball. Ramsey was his usual self, having zero impact on the game, what does Rosicky have to do to get a run?
Podolski, Giroud and Theo were the brighter players, it's just a shame they don't have a defence behind them to ensure their work and goals are rewarded.
On the bright side, there is no one out there good enough to improve this team apparently, so we must be on to a winner.
I was quite annoyed at that as well. Get Enrique on for Wisdom (who I felt you pressurised quite well and always looked backward), get Johnson back to right back and keep Suarez and Sturridge (and later maybe Sterling) closer together and we would have had a proper outball, rather than Vermertesaker bringing it down and laying it forward for you to come again.
Fortunately you seemed to run out of steam with 10/15 left and we could commit more forward. Unfortunately for us, by that time everyone was knackered.
Gibbs out for three weeks.
he's no defender. at least benitez had the sense to realise the same with luiz and do something with it. kos makes mistakes but i would take him over our captain every time.
slammed giroud for that miss near the end but the replay shows a touch by the defender took the ball too close to his body, so he missed.
i quite liked that game - i've know we're not making fourth so the pressure is off tbf.
Last edited by Kano; 30-01-2013 at 10:21 PM.
I thought Cazorla and Wilshere were off as well. For large parts of the game they left that jittery Welsh kid on his own in a panic. The midfield trio play too far apart from each other. I saw occasions where Ramsey had the ball with a row of Liverpool players in front while Wilshere and Cazorla were pushed too far forward and not even looking to drop back and play a quick one two to keep the ball moving. Ramsey is shit but we'd have the same problem without him when it comes to moving the ball forward.
Why isnt Diaby starting instead of Ramsey? Or is he injured again?
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
he might be but either way he's played a lot recently and it makes sense to give him a game or two off - especially before france pick him and fuck him over again
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