sabret00the
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Almunia - 5: Some may say it's early into the season, however i say he's just not good enough, while all Arsenal keepers of late are suspect with their clearences, his just seems indicative of the game he had, when called upon just couldn't do the job required.
Eboue - 6: More rolling antics, people talk about Campbell wanting to go Hollywood, this guy is definately has the upper hand, he will be the first ex-footballer to grab an oscar. bar that he wasn't the best positionally today and his overlaps seemed...under-thought. improvement required.
Toure - 6: One of his weaker games in a while, it's suprising considering the only centre back i rate better than him is Gallas but still everyone looks a complete **** up every once in a while.
Djourou - 6: The AOTVO commentator got it right, he tends to look shaky at the start of a game and imo with the rest of the defence being so weak and reliant on speed he just never recovered.
Hoyte - 6: Of the fullbacks he made the better forward runs but stopped short of the mark everytime, when you compare him to Cole it's a joke, not as bad as everyone will make out but not a good game. he's come back from Sunderland a lesser player.
Hleb - 6: Not his best game, i have no idea where the close control was, the through balls were non-existance and the positioning was nothing short of vanilla sex.
Fabregas - 6: While being the best midfielder of the starters today, he just didn't make those forward runs, nor impose himself on the game, in the absense of a real first teamer, he sat too deep and the passing was sloppy and not very well executed.
Flamini - 6: Though he grabbed a goal, he's clearly a super hero, i have seen him in many a Marvel comic, he's the guy that's invisible for most of the saga then pops up to take the credit, expect to watch him on Cartoon Networks rendition of the Justice League soon.
Ljungberg - 6: Worked hard but just didn't have the goods, the runs are not good enough any more and other than that he didn't offer enough, he made a good performance in terms of the captains responsibilites due to the fact he never done anything wrong, however he failed to do anything right either.
van Persie - 7: My Man Of The Match, made two what i would call mistakes and has me wondering what he needs to do to get 90 minutes but he worked hard and was a threat for his whole time on the pitch, however faded when he saw Henry warming up.
Adebayor - 6: He's shown he's a better player than what he showed today but still worked hard, ran hard and almost got on the scoresheet, a few more games and he'll have defences trembling however he had a bad day today.
Gilberto - 7: Stabalised the midfield while he didn't bring presence in the face of the enemy he undoubtedly brought with him organisation and position in which we lacked, basically we're ****ed without him even if you don't rate him.
Henry - 6: Honestly he offered nothing more than Adebayor and his presence forced the game to be played through him, still not fit and actually looked quite lethargic, i hope to see him a lot more fit before his next appearance for us.
Walcott - 7: Honestly the ratings a little high, but if he got his goal everyone would've given him a 9, he was unlucky to get the yellow for his shot after actually not even being offside. But, let it be said, he was electric in his runs and really brought some urgency to our game we were lacking, his off the ball running made the game open up and the assist was one that was well deserved. He's a little raw still hence why i say the ratings a little high, but with games he'll end up very well done.
Eboue - 6: More rolling antics, people talk about Campbell wanting to go Hollywood, this guy is definately has the upper hand, he will be the first ex-footballer to grab an oscar. bar that he wasn't the best positionally today and his overlaps seemed...under-thought. improvement required.
Toure - 6: One of his weaker games in a while, it's suprising considering the only centre back i rate better than him is Gallas but still everyone looks a complete **** up every once in a while.
Djourou - 6: The AOTVO commentator got it right, he tends to look shaky at the start of a game and imo with the rest of the defence being so weak and reliant on speed he just never recovered.
Hoyte - 6: Of the fullbacks he made the better forward runs but stopped short of the mark everytime, when you compare him to Cole it's a joke, not as bad as everyone will make out but not a good game. he's come back from Sunderland a lesser player.
Hleb - 6: Not his best game, i have no idea where the close control was, the through balls were non-existance and the positioning was nothing short of vanilla sex.
Fabregas - 6: While being the best midfielder of the starters today, he just didn't make those forward runs, nor impose himself on the game, in the absense of a real first teamer, he sat too deep and the passing was sloppy and not very well executed.
Flamini - 6: Though he grabbed a goal, he's clearly a super hero, i have seen him in many a Marvel comic, he's the guy that's invisible for most of the saga then pops up to take the credit, expect to watch him on Cartoon Networks rendition of the Justice League soon.
Ljungberg - 6: Worked hard but just didn't have the goods, the runs are not good enough any more and other than that he didn't offer enough, he made a good performance in terms of the captains responsibilites due to the fact he never done anything wrong, however he failed to do anything right either.
van Persie - 7: My Man Of The Match, made two what i would call mistakes and has me wondering what he needs to do to get 90 minutes but he worked hard and was a threat for his whole time on the pitch, however faded when he saw Henry warming up.
Adebayor - 6: He's shown he's a better player than what he showed today but still worked hard, ran hard and almost got on the scoresheet, a few more games and he'll have defences trembling however he had a bad day today.
Gilberto - 7: Stabalised the midfield while he didn't bring presence in the face of the enemy he undoubtedly brought with him organisation and position in which we lacked, basically we're ****ed without him even if you don't rate him.
Henry - 6: Honestly he offered nothing more than Adebayor and his presence forced the game to be played through him, still not fit and actually looked quite lethargic, i hope to see him a lot more fit before his next appearance for us.
Walcott - 7: Honestly the ratings a little high, but if he got his goal everyone would've given him a 9, he was unlucky to get the yellow for his shot after actually not even being offside. But, let it be said, he was electric in his runs and really brought some urgency to our game we were lacking, his off the ball running made the game open up and the assist was one that was well deserved. He's a little raw still hence why i say the ratings a little high, but with games he'll end up very well done.
However, I still think we should have started with Flamini in Hoyte's position with Gilberto where Flamini was put today.
