Arsenal match thread

[BubbaZanetti]

Can I just say again what a clueless cliche spouting muppet Steve Claridge is. R5 sounds more like TalkSport 'LET'S SHOUT BOLLOCKS' every time I tune in.

[Roboklopp]

I thought we lacked decent support for Ngog upfront - we had Babel & Voronin, they had Eduardo & Nasri. Had we better internationals up top we would have won tonight. If Senderos hadn't got away with his handball we may well have won.

Arsenal have better reserve strikers. That's all.

Everyone does sadly & that is no slight on Ngog, who is doing well for a kid.

Anyway, I'm off to bed now.

[BobTheCharmer]

Haha yeah I was about to say Kuyt was our best defensive mid tonight

was this because he was asked to or just because he got himself tangled up again?

Near the end he ****ed around and gave them the ball back. Take Torres goal on sunday, he almost ****ed that up and miskicked it to Benni. I love his effort & desire. I hate his lack of quality.

[joyno]

I thought Plessis had a good first half. Remember that midfield is not a full back and for a 20 year old midfield it's very difficult. Plessis also has a good passing ! I think he' s better than Spearing from what he showed.

sorry mate, cant agree with you about plessis, he looks elegant on the ball but does nothing with it, very negative mostly playing the ball backwards.
has for spearing he loses all positional sense when defending and does horrendous shots from long distance every time.

[Roboklopp]

he was **** tonight. so i for one have given him a slight 'bashing' based on this performance. It is allowed.

One game mate -seemed like a longer term comment- also just seem like there are some comments creeping in on a wider basis.

not sure he works well out there without a real threat through the middle.

[BubbaZanetti]

I thought we lacked decent support for Ngog upfront - we had Babel & Voronin, they had Eduardo & Nasri. Had we better internationals up top we would have won tonight. If Senderos hadn't got away with his handball we may well have won.

Arsenal have better reserve strikers. That's all.

[Reece]

Kuyt saved us on numerous occasions in defence by paying attention to zonal marking. He also offered great relief up front and was nearly always covering for Spearing/Plessis. All this while needing a break. I think the moaners on here should give him one.

Haha yeah I was about to say Kuyt was our best defensive mid tonight

[Mike]

Aquilani was class from the short amount of time he was on, got great vision and already you can see what he is about.

The defence of Arsenal was at times very shaky though, decent going forward otoh.

[BigChief]

Kuyt saved us on numerous occasions in defence by paying attention to zonal marking. He also offered great relief up front and was nearly always covering for Spearing/Plessis and Degen's constant runs. All this while needing a break. I think the moaners on here should give him one.

[The Erectile Banana]

he was **** tonight. so i for one have given him a slight 'bashing' based on this performance. It is allowed.

Kuyt shouldn't be played on the right in a 4-4-2.

It's not a role he is suited to. I think this effected his performance tonight.

[BobTheCharmer]

The media need flame-throwering.

What's with all of this Kuyt bashing again?

he was **** tonight. so i for one have given him a slight 'bashing' based on this performance. It is allowed.

[vonk]

Wow, this 5 live stuff is completely crap. What game were they watching? I though we were the better team in the second half. If we had taken a chance of two we'd have won that and then what would they talk about.

Aquilani, Degen, Plessis, Insua and the Greek were good tonight. Voronin did well in spells. Babel is a waste of space, but what had happened Dirk? Poor tonight.

[Marky]

Didn't think Spearing was that bad btw.

[BigChief]

Never been so pleased about a game despite losing. Aquilani showed glimpses of real game intelligence in the reserves match, but I put that down to playing at a slower pace. But tonight.....woooooo......he hardly moved yet was everywhere on the pitch. He just jogged into a position and he was immediately involved in some way. Hardly made a tackle yet dispossessed more Arsenal players than Spearing/Plessis combined.

My wife's got some job tonight having to cross her eyes. :-)

[Roboklopp]

The media need flame-throwering.

What's with all of this Kuyt bashing again?