Arsenal v Liverpool | Carling Cup | 28th Oct 19:45 (H)

[kamikaze80]

How poor is Ryan Babbel?

sucks ballz

 

[famous no 10]

Oh and I forgot to say - Gibbs is just class. What a talent.

interesting.. i thought he was on the lower half of the ratings today..

Really? Funny that, how you can see games differently.

I thought he was excellent, and starting to believe he's not far behind Gael now...another season and I think he'll run him close.

 

[famous no 10]

How poor is Ryan Babbel?

sucks ballz

12m well spent, eh?

 

[otfgoon]

I remember just before moving to Liverpool (and just after his move to Arsenal broke down) Babel said he'll be an Arsenal player one day.






No thanks.

 

[progman07]

Was all for the camera.

No, he had just received a message that Barca bid 60m for him... :wink:

Seriously, I loved their reaction.

 

[outlaw_member]

I thought Gibbs was absolutely shocking by the way, can't believe people think he had a good game. They ripped through that flank time and again.

This, without the shocking term. He seems like another Clichy and A.Cole to me, heavily reliant on athleticism with very little tactical nous. To his credit, he is several notches above Clichy in the offensive column and that's where he was impressive today. He was very strong in the tackle but many were recovery challenges from being out of position.

 

[outlaw_member]

cant believe people saying aquilani looked good...didnt do one thing right in his short cameo

Apart from a pin point cross field pass and a overhead kick which was blocked by Senderos.

 

[The Gambler]

Oh and I forgot to say - Gibbs is just class. What a talent.

interesting.. i thought he was on the lower half of the ratings today..

Really? Funny that, how you can see games differently.

I thought he was excellent, and starting to believe he's not far behind Gael now...another season and I think he'll run him close.

He's got a good engine, that's for sure. It was quite frightening watching the full-backs get pulled all over the park though - often looked as if we were playing 2-1-4-3 or something. Fortunately, work-rate and pace mostly covered up the rather cavalier positional play. It's not a night to be too critical because the result was excellent and full credit to the team for holding onto a lead. But lack of experience is usually cited for this kind of behaviour when I think it's often more a lack of discipline.

 

[Del Boy]

Aqualini made one good pass and suddenly he had a good "cameo"..

Guess they missed his hollywood ball into the stands. Don't think he will be as good as people think.

 

[Klaus Daimler]

cant believe people saying aquilani looked good...didnt do one thing right in his short cameo

Apart from a pin point cross field pass and a overhead kick which was blocked by Senderos.

He had a couple of good moments but he bundled them with hollywood passes that were either easily picked out even by Gilbert or just went out over the short line due to being overhit. He went into a lot of challenges too but lost all but one of them. I'd be cautiously optimistic if I were a scouser. It's not like they've signed their own Fabregas though.

 

[IBL]

haha Arshavin looks like a mini John Cena in that gif

What did they do?

apparently some racist chanting and gestures, dont have the full details right now.

 

[outlaw_member]

Arshavin is a G. 8))

 

[outlaw_member]

He had a couple of good moments but he bundled them with hollywood passes that were either easily picked out even by Gilbert or just went out over the short line due to being overhit. He went into a lot of challenges too but lost all but one of them. I'd be cautiously optimistic if I were a scouser. It's not like they've signed their own Fabregas though.

I thought he showed decent defensive positioning but he wasn't too effective in that respect. I saw that pass your referring to and at the time, I hoped it will epitomise his future at Liverpool. If they can keep Aquilani fit, a big if no less, he will be better than Alonso, especially because he is more mobile and offensive minded than him.

 

[USArsenal]

Don't think he will be as good as people think.

i actually agree with Del Boy.. :shock:

Aquilani was "spotty" at best in Serie A.. showed glimpses of brilliance but was just as often anonymous

 

[James]

Personally, i wouldn't mind Villa away.

 

[USArsenal]

Personally, i wouldn't mind Villa away.

:shock:

 

[outlaw_member]

Personally, i wouldn't mind Villa away.

I'd prefer Man Utd at the Emirates.

 

[GaelForce22]

He had a couple of good moments but he bundled them with hollywood passes that were either easily picked out even by Gilbert or just went out over the short line due to being overhit. He went into a lot of challenges too but lost all but one of them. I'd be cautiously optimistic if I were a scouser. It's not like they've signed their own Fabregas though.

I thought he showed decent defensive positioning but he wasn't too effective in that respect. I saw that pass your referring to and at the time, I hoped it will epitomise his future at Liverpool. If they can keep Aquilani fit, a big if no less, he will be better than Alonso, especially because he is more mobile and offensive minded than him.

Did you mean that?

 

[USArsenal]

i wasnt gonna go there Gael, but i agree.. i dont think he will be anywhere near as good as Alonso

 

[qs]

I remember just before moving to Liverpool (and just after his move to Arsenal broke down) Babel said he'll be an Arsenal player one day.

No thanks.

He'd be a different player if he'd come here.