FA: Brighton vs Arsenal - 26/01/13 |15:00 | Player

[mavelous]

rosicky threw his shirt away, i hate him.

 

[Rain Dance]

LoL oh yeah that, yup that's a really funny overreaction there.

I thought throwing shirt to away fans was a form of appreciation, but well how times change.

 

[Airknight]

Hopefully means he's finally going out, people are unfairly insulting our best player when they call Rosicky a "white Diaby"

 

[Uncle Mike]

Any win is a good win -- although, at the moment, the Celtics might disagree. (Boston, not Glasgow.)

That we won with Santos, Diaby and a really rusty Rosicky playing is encouraging.

And I want to compliment the Brighton fans. They faced the prospect of a home draw with Arsenal, staying alive in the Cup, and a trip to London, and did NOT treat it like they'd just won the Cup. Unlike fans of a few other teams we could mention. The Brighton fans understood context and perspective. I hope they get promoted.

 

[AFCG7]

Santos .. oh dear. We are better off playing him further up wide left when we want to close out a game. He cannot be used at LB ever again for this club.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Santos .. oh dear. We are better off playing him further up wide left when we want to close out a game. He cannot be used at LB ever again for this club.

Move him from the fullback position to winger, as was once tried with Eboue on the other side?

I wouldn't try it in a League game, but it might be something to consider, especially if the rules allow us to do it in a reserve match.

 

[jerome2158]

Finally got a chance to watch this one...

my first thought overall is that our defenders clearly need to work on anything that comes in from the wings. Crosses, FKs, corners are all high risk for us. For their 1st goal, szcz shouldn't even have had to come off his line, because at least 2 of our guys should have been back there.

second was get the ball to giroud, and he will produce a shot. Might not be the hardest or most accurate, but he will do it.

And also I'm really liking Theo's ability to get back on his feet quickly after being fouled. It gives us the advantage, and takes the defenders by surprise which usually puts him through on goal.

And last...podolski should probably just take all our close range freekicks now.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Finally got a chance to watch this one...

my first thought overall is that our defenders clearly need to work on anything that comes in from the wings. Crosses, FKs, corners are all high risk for us. For their 1st goal, szcz shouldn't even have had to come off his line, because at least 2 of our guys should have been back there.

second was get the ball to giroud, and he will produce a shot. Might not be the hardest or most accurate, but he will do it.

And also I'm really liking Theo's ability to get back on his feet quickly after being fouled. It gives us the advantage, and takes the defenders by surprise which usually puts him through on goal.

And last...podolski should probably just take all our close range freekicks now.

Probably the closest thing to an actual cannon that Arsenal have had in a long, long time.

 

[jerome2158]

definitely agree with you mike. That goal vs west ham more than confirmed that. Has to be the hardest struck goal we've scored in awhile.

 

[juice man]

Giroud and Poldi had good games. Santos was garbage, Mert needs to cut out the big mistakes, and Kos looks like he wants to piss his pants on the field.

Was i the only one who thought Koscienly was alright, made some good interceptions and was solid in the tackle. Today was further proof, that our defense isnt any more calm and collected with Mertesacker in it.

@Airknight your a piss take of a poster, if you can make a statement like that for a player who has barely played recently. (not saying he is or isnt good enough to replace or Sagna, just saying you cant make a statement like that for a guy who is understandably rusty)

No, you weren't. I thought he was excellent. Were it not for him, we could have easily lost. Him and Giroud were easily the best players on the pitch.

Not saying Kos had a bad game particularly. But IMO he's a far cry from the confident defender we saw last seaosn.

 

[mavelous]

i don't understand why we don't play mugs like santos and arshavin more for reserves. that way we could at least have them fit for cup games or as subs at the blowout home games. perhaps in the meaningless second leg of bayern tie

 

[Braydz]

i don't understand why we don't play mugs like santos and arshavin more for reserves. that way we could at least have them fit for cup games or as subs at the blowout home games. perhaps in the meaningless second leg of bayern tie

Yep, Bayern will be completely out of the tie by then, throwing Arshavin and Santos on will more than suffice. :wink: