Arsenal Vs Man United

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Gallas' hand.

COTR wrote:

great match


the only thing beneficial from it is I now have a new cheat to hate

what a jammy goal

The 'big' matches haven't been so bad this season. Should be even better now we get to see the new and attacking Chelsea

All you need to do now is sack Benitez

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

COTR wrote:

great match


the only thing beneficial from it is I now have a new cheat to hate

what a jammy goal

Quite a disappointing match I think. Very little action.

Parks lives wrote:Oh and Anderson has been excellent, that stupid rolling around aside.

Horror tackle from Fabregas, rolling more than justified. Should have been a straight red. Worse than the Noble foul on Hleb.

Tweedle wrote:Man Utd have had the better of the chances so probably deserve the lead. We haven't been too bad though. Should be a good second half.

Adebayor has been too isolated though and we haven't commited enough men forward so I'd like to see us change to 4-4-2 after half time

Arsenal need to be more direct, either add another striker or commit more men forward from midfied. Otherwise this game's over.

Tweedle wrote:

COTR wrote:

great match


the only thing beneficial from it is I now have a new cheat to hate

what a jammy goal

The 'big' matches haven't been so bad this season. Should be even better now we get to see the new and attacking Chelsea

All you need to do now is sack Benitez

well I was being sarcastic tweeds incase you didnt realise.


should have stayed in bed

In a sense, its quite good to go behind. That way, you usually have the morale advantage if you pull a goal back. Anyone remember this game last season

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

We've been running the midfield but you've been more productive on the counter especially with the long ball.

Rabbit wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Oh and Anderson has been excellent, that stupid rolling around aside.

Horror tackle from Fabregas, rolling more than justified. Should have been a straight red. Worse than the Noble foul on Hleb.

Tweedle wrote:Man Utd have had the better of the chances so probably deserve the lead. We haven't been too bad though. Should be a good second half.

Adebayor has been too isolated though and we haven't commited enough men forward so I'd like to see us change to 4-4-2 after half time

Arsenal need to be more direct, either add another striker or commit more men forward from midfied. Otherwise this game's over.

It wasn't two footed...

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

Well it's the truth. Man U playing a very negative game looking for a bit of luck on the break.

shazlx wrote:

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

We've been running the midfield but you've been more productive on the counter especially with the long ball.

There's a difference between having more of the ball and actually controlling it. Hargreaves and Anderson have been great (against 3 midfielders) at stopping attacks through the centre.

Rabbit wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Man Utd have had the better of the chances so probably deserve the lead. We haven't been too bad though. Should be a good second half.

Adebayor has been too isolated though and we haven't commited enough men forward so I'd like to see us change to 4-4-2 after half time

Arsenal need to be more direct, either add another striker or commit more men forward from midfied. Otherwise this game's over.

Well, being one goal down should act as an incentive. It was better to concede now rather than with ten minutes to go

What do people make of the game? I've been a little disappointed.

Very tight, which is to be expected.

Rosy wrote:

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

Well it's the truth. Man U paying a very negative game looking for a bit of luck on the break.

We are the away team, we are doing a great job as the away team. We've had a fair amount of chances, it's not luck.

There's a big problem with Rosicky and Eboue, neither are attacking their fullback and therefore allowing ManU to get more defensive cover.

Calidad wrote:What do people make of the game? I've been a little disappointed.

Very tight, which is to be expected.

Early kick offs are always a bit $h!t. Teams don't seem to have enough preperation time. Honestly couldn't tell you the last time I saw a decent game played at this time. Would have been better as a 5:30 kick off

Rabbit wrote:

Rosy wrote:Lucky bastards

I know, they should be 2 goals behind...

Yes the penalty and Gallas's great chance.

I think we have played well, all the talk was about Fabregas but he is being upstaged by the wonderful Anderson. His passing and tackling have been brilliant, he just needs to cut out the card waving and rolling around, but he has just come from Portugal, so I am sure SAF will get him to cut it out of his game.

Ronaldo and Tevez have been pretty poor, I would like Saha to come on later for Tevez.

Oh yeah that was Rooneys 9th goal in 8 games and his 6th goal in 7 games against Arsenal and some were suggesting he is getting worse.

Been a decent game so far, Arsenal will need to bring another striker on as they haven't really created anything in open play. Adebayor is too isolated and like Rooney he spends most of his time playing in the channels and there isn't anyone else in the penalty area.

I still think the game will end in a draw, but I hope we go for the second and dont sit back like p0-0l.

Agreed Rez, Tevez has been poor. So has Ronaldo but he's at least put in 2 quality crosses.

I'd leave it for another 20 minutes before bringing on Saha though.

shazlx wrote:There's a big problem with Rosicky and Eboue, neither are attacking their fullback and therefore allowing ManU to get more defensive cover.

Rosicky has been very disappointing since his return. Eboué just isn't a right winger. He'd be very good in a 3-5-2 but he's not particularly tricky or overly pacy so he's never going to be able to beat players week in week out. An area of the squad that could do with strengthening me thinks

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

Well it's the truth. Man U paying a very negative game looking for a bit of luck on the break.

We are the away team, we are doing a great job as the away team. We've had a fair amount of chances, it's not luck.

It's a good tactic but you were lucky not to conceed the penalty and Rooney's shot wasn't going in but got a deflection. So yes luck has been involved.

Rez wrote:


Oh yeah that was Rooneys 9th goal in 8 games and his 6th goal in 7 games against Arsenal and some were suggesting he is getting worse.

RZA's comments about a month ago now look hilarious!

Well if Hleb didn't drop to ground so easily, he may have got it.

I still believe Rooney has peaked as a player. I haven't seen anything of him this season to suggest the contrary. Deflected shot aside, he done very little. Don't get me wrong though, he's a top, top player.

Thought Anderson has had a good game, and Hleb was lively early on. Ronaldo has been very disappointing.

@tweeds

good point

Cesc gets his sixth league goal!

Rosy wrote:

Parks lives wrote:

Rosy wrote:

Rabbit wrote:Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't going anywhere until it hit Toure's hand.

Any good observations to offer?

Well it's the truth. Man U playing a very negative game looking for a bit of luck on the break.

We are the away side, Arsenal are having lots of the ball but not doing that much with it, were as when united have the ball they are more incisive and direct.

Besides we are still leaving 3 players up field constantly which is 2 more than Arsenal.

Evens it out! The rub of the green I mean. Mind you the foul on Vidic was no worse than Brown's push

Yessssssssssssssss




thankfully united's shitty defensive gameplan will have to change a bit now

11 goals for Cesc now in all comps. He's quite good.

Rez wrote:I think we have played well, all the talk was about Fabregas but he is being upstaged by the wonderful Anderson. His passing and tackling have been brilliant, he just needs to cut out the card waving and rolling around, but he has just come from Portugal, so I am sure SAF will get him to cut it out of his game.

Ronaldo and Tevez have been pretty poor, I would like Saha to come on later for Tevez.

Oh yeah that was Rooneys 9th goal in 8 games and his 6th goal in 7 games against Arsenal and some were suggesting he is getting worse.

Been a decent game so far, Arsenal will need to bring another striker on as they haven't really created anything in open play. Adebayor is too isolated and like Rooney he spends most of his time playing in the channels and there isn't anyone else in the penalty area.

I still think the game will end in a draw, but I hope we go for the second and dont sit back like p0-0l.

hilarious comments as ever Rez

If this was us playing like you did in the first half you would be the first person on here moaning about negative football