EPL Discussion 17th-20th April

Calidad wrote:Does anyone actually like Bednter in the Arsenal side?

Fans or teammates? The answer is the same in any case: NO.

The curse of Luis, Fabregas misses a gaping goal.

Calidad wrote:Does anyone actually like Bednter in the Arsenal side?

he was a bargain but that doesn't make him a top 4 striker.

yay we get to have our ass kicked by Derby!

Fantastic performance, should have won by 4-5 today. Van Persie MOTM, simply brilliant.

BM™ wrote:

L r d wrote:

BM™ wrote:
We certainly play the better football with Van Persie.

Not really. Arsenal been playing fine all season, and out of this world at times against Pool and such without Van Persie. Don't really get what you base that on.

Without Van Persie we play quicker one touch football. Such as the one against Liverpool where we shot ourselves in the foot because it was impossible to maintain that kind of football throughout a match. When Van Persie is in the side though we can afford to play our possession football waiting for a telling ball to split the opposition defence. We can do both with Van Persie, more variance and the ability to maintain possession and have more than 2 players that can deliver a through ball. (Fabregas and Hleb)

The pace of the game v Man Utd was breathless as well! So im not so sure it can be defined that simply. Van Persie adds another dimension but today is at home to reading lets not forget. I find Arsenal flow more naturally when he doesn't play, he has great qualities as an individual but overall there is hardly any difference in the style without him and really i think Arsenal are better to watch as a team when he's not there still.

L r d wrote:

BM wrote:

L r d wrote:

BM wrote:
We certainly play the better football with Van Persie.

Not really. Arsenal been playing fine all season, and out of this world at times against Pool and such without Van Persie. Don't really get what you base that on.

Without Van Persie we play quicker one touch football. Such as the one against Liverpool where we shot ourselves in the foot because it was impossible to maintain that kind of football throughout a match. When Van Persie is in the side though we can afford to play our possession football waiting for a telling ball to split the opposition defence. We can do both with Van Persie, more variance and the ability to maintain possession and have more than 2 players that can deliver a through ball. (Fabregas and Hleb)

The pace of the game v Man Utd was breathless as well! So im not so sure it can be defined that simply. Van Persie adds another dimension but today is at home to reading lets not forget. I find Arsenal flow more naturally when he doesn't play, he has great qualities as an individual but overall there is hardly any difference in the style without him and really i think Arsenal are better to watch as a team when he's not there still.

Similar to united without ronaldo lrd as you know

The rest of the team actually get a chance to play football, the problem being ronaldo's pure effectiveness secures the results

world class finish from Pennant.

Spurs are just awful at defending...Heskey had a terrible first touch, took more time to turn than an oil tanker, and still managed to score

As for Fulham, if your midfield and defense succumbs to one touch passing from the likes of Voronin, Crouch, Pennant, and Benayoun, then you really deserve to go down. Goodbye!

Lucas tries to guarantee his starting spot on Tuesday by sliding into Mascherano

West Ham

god, they shoved one of our defenders down, no call, leaves freddie to try and defend.

McCann for Bolton...they may yet save themselves, esp. with Reading losing today.

Boro are useless

Fulham getting closer and closer...a goal is bound to come soon.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah $h!t, s things stand Bolton are going to cost me £365. Come on Boro !

lovely play by Pennant

what a fucking disgrace, the ref is a fucking disgrace, freddie beats the last man totally clean through, defender comes up behind and trips him, should of been a red card, but no call.

Too late now, Crouch makes it 2-0. Keeper should have done better. Pennant MOTM today.

Crouchinho scores. 2-0.

A much better scoreline than the last time they rested players last year at Fulham.

Just got back from our game. We should easily have scored three or four more goals than we did. Reading were hopeless, they were very poor at the back and just tried to kick us around. It's laughable how profligate we are at times, very frustrating, although Van Persie was so unlucky with his freekick that hit the frame of the goal. I thought he played superbly. His passing was excellent at times and his set-pieces were very dangerous.

The clappers they gave to everyone were awful. They make a horrible racket, and people should just clap and applaud normally.

I don't think I've ever been more tense.

COLE!!!!!

Savage was the defender who should of been sent off and now he kicks out at freddie again, and yet again no card.

I wonder if this ref is on the take, a 50/50 ball both go for it, noble gets it, but derby player trips over the ball, and noble gets a yellow.

this ref needs to get off is knees, he's blowing the game.

now player dives and parker gets a yellow, he didn't even touch the guy. what bollocks

theflyingfrenchman wrote:I don't think I've ever been more tense.

go Bolton!

put Birmingham down!

Subs: Foster, O'Shea, Pique, Park, Nani

Subs: Brown, Ooijer, Mokoena, Dunn, McCarthy

Boro cost me one accumulator of £365, Swansea another accululator cost my £68 BUT Brighton scored in 89th to win me £100 so got to be happy with that i guess.