Emirates Cup - Arsenal Vs Atletico Madrid |01.08.09| 4.15pm

[A_Gooner_Matata]

Mkay, watching the highlights now and that ball from Cesc for the first goal is PERFECT! (not that anyone cares, but hey)

 

[A_Gooner_Matata]

Why's the stadium so empty :?

 

[A_Gooner_Matata]

And that second goal is, as Lord Dula says, anal sex with Megan Fox...

 

[lagos]

Why's the stadium so empty :?

people were probably expecting to be served more ****e

 

[kamikaze80]

And that second goal is, as Lord Dula says, anal sex with Megan Fox...

 

[Double_H]

Back on topic.

So 2-1 with AA coming off the bench to score both.
Wilshere MOTM.

I take it we played 4321 with the central striker leading the line?
How was our general play - particularly when Cesc wasn't in the midfield?

first half it was Eboue,RvP and Bendy with Ramsey ( whom was great ) and Rosicky ( whom we missed ) all were great .

same with the 2nd half when Arshavin ,Edu and Jack with cesc and Fran

we are One DM short from a very strong Team and with the sell of big Phill we need a CB

overall its working well and i was impressed by Ramsey

 

[Rohit]

Both Clichy and Sagna are extremely poor at crossing the ball in my opinion.

Percentage wise they barely ever clear the first defender in the box and for me that is extremely poor.

 

[alboots101]

and do you know why that is.....most of them are failed wingers....and the reason they are failed wingers.....no end product....that adds up to a full back.

 

[Galahad]

Very boring game this, even Arsenal.com said so...only the last 10 minutes were interesting and I was so pissed to see yet another lead slip in under 2 minutes...And Arshavin really didnt do anything aside from his two goals...he should be a striker ^^

 

[alboots101]

Arthur Wellesley said....

"they came on in the same old way and we saw them off in the same old way"

wellyboots says.....

"if we play the same old way, we will be beat the same old way"

 

[Kilgallon]

Same old, same old. Looks like we'll be playing the same football as last season.

Good to see Rosicky back. His dribbling is superb, love it. And he's looking strong.

Wilshere is a cheeky devil isn't he? Great skill and movement. Arshavin looks set to continue his end of season form, he needs to stay fit for us to achieve things this year.

Still, only a friendly eh? Lets not look too far into it.

 

[asajoseph]

Why's the stadium so empty :?

It wasn't too bad for the Arsenal game.

Rangers were given a pretty large area behind the south goal, both in the upper and lower tiers, and most of them cleared off by the time the Arsenal game was on.

 

[fabo]

Same old - high lines, weak centre, nervy at set-pieces and pretty toothless going forward for alot of the game. I know you can't read into it too much but we go to Everton in 13 days.

Thought Sagna and Wilshere played well. Jack makes things happen - just a pity he's not a bit older as we really need players like that out wide. Great to see Arsh score a couple aswell - that second was pure quality.

 

[patrick42uk]

We have a problem still in that space in front of the back 4. It was just the second half when we had Merida, Cesc and Denilson so maybe that was the problem. The defence though reacted in the wrong way when the midfield line had been breached. One of the cbs has got to come out and press the ball rather than backing off encouraging a shot. Every attacking player worth their salt practices distance shots, especially with the way balls are. If you encourage shots from 20-25 yards, you get punished.

 

[patrick42uk]

Atletico's goal looked offside by the way. Defence actually held a decent line there but as well that shows the risks with that strategy because even when you get it right you can be punished.

 

[kel varnsen]

good to see rosicky back and i thought he was impressive, considering he's been out for 18 months. if he can stay healthy for most of next season, he'll be a massive boost for us. i'd love to see rosicky, nasri, arshavin and cesc all play at the same time. would be very interesting.

 

[Shredder]

Totally missed this game, but I just saw the highlights. That Arshavin guy is just too cheeky -- excellent goals. Very heartwarming, too, to see Eduardo on the pitch with a smile on his face.

 

[A_Gooner_Matata]

Why's the stadium so empty :?

It wasn't too bad for the Arsenal game.

Rangers were given a pretty large area behind the south goal, both in the upper and lower tiers, and most of them cleared off by the time the Arsenal game was on.

Ah

 

[sabret00the]

OMFG!!!

What a finale! Arshavin. What a player.

Are you kidding me? bar the goals he was s***e..

:roll:

He just scored 2 great goals and got us a win, are you kidding me? Have some perspective.

we're not back to this goals == performance **** are we?