Post Match Thread: Still unbeaten, Gerrard's on his way back....

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Arsenal are a proper footballing team, pity we didnt hold on looked tired and some of our players looked injured

Anyways we didnt lose which is good but could of been better

[Shanks]

I don't see any positives outta today.

Then you need to go back to bed until the Cardiff game.


So no positives out of Xabi being back and making a difference, no positives about Crouch???

and the guy you have as your name actually had a good POSITIVE game today.

[Armchairkopite]

Xabi was brilliant we wouldn't have lost had he stayed on imo

Sami had a very solid game

We are missing Aurelio, Torres, Pennant and Agger four players who would've started today

[Guest]

Kuyt was excellent, did his job superbly. I think as a team, we were fantastic today.

[Guest]

Xabi could well be off for weeks, due to a twisted knee.

[JohnDoe]

Lucas should play every game Alonso doesn't. Simple as.

[AFII]

The difference today was Fabregas and that we played with some players that isn't 100%.

You won't be able to control a game against a team like Arsenal if two or three players isn't 100%.

We battled very hard today and that is a big step forward to what it has looked the last few weeks.

[kemm1]

Kuyt was excellent, did his job superbly. I think as a team, we were fantastic today.

Disagree, we did OK and got totally outplayed in the first half. Kuyt was playing like Mash, is that what a striker is there for? Still no quality on the ball.

Crouch, Mash, Gerrard and Alonso were the positives.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

How negative can you be it's untrue ! We've played well today. Arsenal can outpass any teams but they don't create much compared to the amount of possession they can have.

It's been a tactical decision by Rafa to play a counter attacking game, but we could have used the ball better for 20 mins in the first half just after our goal.

Sorry mate, you're having a laugh.

I'm a realist. What were you watching? Yes we created some chances, but we should at home, and we have some quality to do that. But the difference between their passing and movement and ours is like night an day.

Rafa needs another clearout for me. So many just aren't good enough.

Short term give Crouch and Babel a run. Kuyt and Voronin have had their chance, they haven't done it.

[kemm1]

Lucas should play every game Alonso doesn't. Simple as.

I agree

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Kuyt was excellent, did his job superbly. I think as a team, we were fantastic today.

Absolutely laughable mate. It really is.

He lost possession all day.

The day a player like him is deemed good enough is the day we become another Everton/Aston Villa.

You want Heskey back do you?

[Morph]

Reina - Great performance, unlucky for the goal he conceded
Finnan - Not playing his best at the moment and his forward play leaves a lot to be desired
Carra - Played well, I think he's doing the running for both him and Hyypia and it affects his game
Hyypia- Not good enough anymore, he can head all day, but his distribution is woefull and he's too slow
Riise - Poor in defence, poor in attack - not good enough
Gerrard - Best display for some time, very happy with his return to form
Alonso - Superb display of passing, we are so much better with him in the team, disapointing that he's probably back out for a while
Mascherano - Did his job well, his passing still looks a bit off, but it's a minor gripe
Kuyt - Played well enough, doesn't benefit him playing out of position so much
Torres - Didn't look fit, why was he playing at all, someone in our medical team needs to be questioned about this
Voronin - Poor all match, came off about 60 mins too late


Arbeloa - Looked rusty
Bennayoun - Average
Crouch - Should have started

[Dan]

Can I ask you lot why Voronin and Kuyt are the 2 players that everyone wants to bash these days?

Kuyt was a great player for us last season and played his role perfectly today.

Voronin scored some good goals at the start and is just having a bad patch ala Stevie who is getting back to his best.

Do people do a raffle before the match and choose who they're going to moan about?

[Morph]

Kuyt's officially driving me crazy. He's an awful, awful, footballer. Anyone who says otherwise obviously doesn't know a good player from a bad one.

You're singling Kuyt out when Riise and Voronin played far worse, laughable

[Armchairkopite]

Lucas should play every game Alonso doesn't. Simple as.

Amen to that brother, you read my mind.