EPL: Aston Villa v Arsenal - Saturday Nov 27th 12:45 - SS2

[Y va marquer]

That last pic is brilliant.

 

[yuvken]

Thanks Albakos! I'm taking the last one.

That pic reminds me of what I see when I take my boy to the kindergarden

 

[Lord Dula]

Really hope Lansbury breaks through with us too

 

[yuvken]

dress code at Arsenal is a disgrace, the school boy errors by our outfield players wearing gloves... He has allowed this to go on for too long...
players wear Pink boots... the goalkeeping situation... a pink, zebra stripped, atrocity
Wenger Out!

Song and Sagna's hair? Chamakh's neck piece? Pat rice's glasses? details, kain, seriously.

 

[Y va marquer]

Pat Rice's glasses

How could he see through that blackness?

 

[dreamLord]

He couldn't. He wanted to be part of the "I did not zee it".

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

Had to chuckle, after I saw Pat with his thumbs up while wearing this black glasses.

 

[Humble Rex]

Birmingham are 14th.

ftfy

C-

Ah, I see now. Fair dos, well played. :mrgreen:

I am confused. What is it that you see? What is wrong with what you wrote before?

Edit: Saw what Shue wrote. Now I am just disappointed I missed it myself...

 

[Stevo the Villan]

ftfy

C-

Ah, I see now. Fair dos, well played. :mrgreen:

I am confused. What is it that you see? What is wrong with what you wrote before?

He wrote "birmingham is 14th"

and what he should have written is "birmingham are knuckledragging scumbags"

 

[Arsenal_FAN1983]

Clichy disappointed me by allowing Clark the time and space to shoot. Other than that mistake, I think the overall performance from Arsenal was very good.

 

[fabo]

Nah Clichy moved towards Clark for a second but then retreated because there was a ball on to Young who was his man.

Rosicky should really be goalside of him but he completely switched off. And Song is in line with the CB's when I think he could also push out.

 

[outlaw_member]

I heard Wilshere talk for the first on MOTD, yesterday. What the hell was he on about? I couldn't make out a single word.

Incidentally, I also heard Pires talk for the first time.

 

[Armor for Sleep]

It was a major blunder from Clichy imo. When the ball reaches Clark, he's the closest to him and theres only one decision to be made. It was terrible defending. Sure maybe Song or Rosicky should have been better placed before the cross comes in but when Clark gets the ball, Clichy has to try and block the shot.

 

[Rorz]

It was a collective defensive error for me. It sorta looked like Rosicky and Clichy didn't know who was going to close him down (although Rosicky should have been goal side in the first place) and neither ended up doing it.

Good finish to be fair, although Fabianski's view was completely obstructed by Carew.

 

[Nela]

I think you could argue that Rosicky as the midfielder in defense should have stepped up and closed Clark down. However, Clichy's indecision and general hesitation is systemic to his game and it affects everyone around him. He makes poor decisions and is constantly in two minds about what to do and that must be very unsettling for the defenders playing with him.

The leftback issue must be resolved soon, whether it's from within or from the outside.

 

[redanddread]

Clichy disappointed me by allowing Clark the time and space to shoot. Other than that mistake, I think the overall performance from Arsenal was very good.

Having seen the replay of that incident, I do not think his defensive team mates were too happy with him either. He does tend to make bad decisions at key points that often lead to goals. As the nearest defender he should have closed down Clark, particularly as Clark was so close to goal and in prime shooting position. However, the really annoying issue with this goal, was how Carew was not deemed to be interfering with play in an offside position. If Clattenburg cannot realise that Carew is infuencing the outcome of that particular move, what hope do we have with referees today and their interpretaion of the laws of the offside rule-it's a lottery.

 

[asajoseph]

To me, it looked like Clichy was coming towards Clark, then saw Rosicky come in too and decided to move out left to mark the free man. Unfortunately, Rosicky stopped and left Clark free, which meant Clichy was stranded. That said, not sure Rosicky would have got there anyway.

 

[outlaw_member]

The thing is, Clichy moved to block Clark's shot and by doing that, he prevented his team mates from doing the same as he had obviously taken up the responsibility. But by backing out, it was too late for anyone else to stop the shot and his hesitancy partly caused the goal. You either take up the responsibility or you don't, if Fabianski pretended to come out for the ball only to hesitate and run back, and we conceded as a result, he'd be the scapegoat irrespective of who was marking who. It's no different here.

 

[redanddread]

The thing is, Clichy moved to block Clark's shot and by doing that, he prevented his team mates from doing the same as he had obviously taken up the responsibility. But by backing out, it was too late for anyone else to stop the shot and his hesitancy partly caused the goal. You either take up the responsibility or you don't, if Fabianski pretended to come out for the ball only to hesitate and run back, and we conceded as a result, he'd be the scapegoat irrespective of who was marking who. It's no different here.

Agreed...

 

[asajoseph]

True, but that doesn't change the fact that there were two men free - Clichy commits himself too much into Clark, the free man outside becomes an easy pass. Rosicky AND Clichy needed to take responsibility, there was nothing Gael could really do on his own, and Rosicky's feint at defending basically just hung everyone out to dry.