AshburtonGhost
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Koscielny is as skinny as bloody Hleb, that's saying something.
Joey Barton isn't ****e though. It just so happened that his team went out there to win according to their strengths and our team had Bolton envy and kept popping them long for Big Kevin Davies. That's the farce. Credit where credit is due, Barton had a good game, our Captain played with his head up his own arse.Biggus said:Joey Barton looked good against us, we're the farce Sabre.sabret00the said:There's been plenty wrong with Koscielny. However his sending off was farcical. If he was Drogba, it'd have been waved play on. But because it was the skinny Frenchman, the ref assumed that he'd resorted to using his hands in order to win the battle. Absolute farce.
AshburtonGhost said:^ This. Different players, same problems. We've got good players, good enough to be doing better than we are currently. It's all a bit like Chelsea under Ranieri tbh. Plenty of quality, good enough to beat most but just off being able to go all the way and win something meaningful.
MAK 14 said:I find it hard to believe that a manager of Wenger's ability and experience wouldn't be able to motivate the players today, especially as we are 3rd in the league and had the opportunity to go 2 points off Chelsea at the top. I just think that the players weren't up for it today - whether that's due to them being tired, having a hangover from midweek or something else, I don't know.
I don't think he's quicker. Decent marker, but Theo got zero service out there or anywhere. One of the few times we found him, he cut back in nicely and hit the bar. We just didn't move the ball quick enough to give Theo any footraces.marco said:theo is a one trick we know that so why play him against their left back who is quicker than him..may be move him to the other wing for heavens sake.
Lord Dula said:He just needs to go out and buy a rugged centreback who is built for premiership football and either play szczesny or bring in a capable experienced keeper
yesterday was so bleedin poor. We lack ideas going forward big time
Agreed, though I wish he'd not leave the ball behind quite so often. Push it into space rather than try to drag.sabret00the said:The ridiculous Theo criticism is ridiculous. Walcott got no service at all and the little he got, he attempted to score with. He's not a playmaker, he's a play-finisher.
redanddread said:We never used our width to whip crosses into the box
Bergkamp assist vs Leichester city, last game in 03/04. If you want to pass that ball through 7 defenders, you need a good pass, and a runner (Vieira).AnthonyG said:redanddread is right, though, in the Toon game we were very narrow compared to previous efforts.