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I'm quite sure that Ade ran more and was generally more involved in the play, but I could be wrong.
Neither particularly set the world alight on Sunday.
Neither particularly set the world alight on Sunday.
Captain said:I'm quite sure that Ade ran more and was generally more involved in the play, but I could be wrong.
Neither particularly set the world alight on Sunday.
RocktheCasbah said:You're dealing in hypotheticals, of course one of his shots might have flown into the top corner, but it didn't, did it? And whatever chances we might have had to build an attack on the edge of the United box were lost by van Persie's selfish shooting from distance.
Gurgen said:That said, I'd shoot from distance too if there was nobody to be seen for 20 yards except for Robert Pires taking a stroll in the sunshine, and Ferdinand and Vidic were about to close me down. RvP had no support at all and did what he could. Whack it at goal.
LuKaZaN said:But I'm sick of seeing 'chance building' on the edge of team's boxes. Yes against Aston Villa or Sunderland it'll work, but how many bloody times do we have to see it happen against the likes of Man U and Chelsea before the fact it's never going to work is drilled in to some of our player's heads.
There are more ways than one to play football and at times it just seems as though our players don't understand that.
To be completely honest I'd fancy van Persie to slam a shot in to the back of the net from the edge of the area over us passing our way through a backline of Neville, Rio, Vidic and Silvestre, not to mention the other 4-5 Man United shirts behind the ball most of the time too.
Heh, this whole Ade V RVP is creating a war all over the forum.
Gurgen said:That said, I'd shoot from distance too if there was nobody to be seen for 20 yards except for Robert Pires taking a stroll in the sunshine, and Ferdinand and Vidic were about to close me down. RvP had no support at all and did what he could. Whack it at goal.
Captain said:Conversely VanPersie didn't help Ade out either.
In fact nobody helped anyone else out; very disjointed performance.
Tony Montana said:LuKaZaN said:But I'm sick of seeing 'chance building' on the edge of team's boxes. Yes against Aston Villa or Sunderland it'll work, but how many bloody times do we have to see it happen against the likes of Man U and Chelsea before the fact it's never going to work is drilled in to some of our player's heads.
There are more ways than one to play football and at times it just seems as though our players don't understand that.
To be completely honest I'd fancy van Persie to slam a shot in to the back of the net from the edge of the area over us passing our way through a backline of Neville, Rio, Vidic and Silvestre, not to mention the other 4-5 Man United shirts behind the ball most of the time too.
Heh, this whole Ade V RVP is creating a war all over the forum.
This post brings me to my next point.
As I said before, we still try and walk the ball into the net which is kind of funny sometimes when we are winning but also unbelievably annoying when we are not. I never cheer until the ball is right at the back of the net because you never know for Arsenal. :roll:
Their heads were still in Turin so they played as if they were still in the CL which cost us the game on Sunday. Notice how Pires strolled to the opposition box and then passed sideways while Giggs, Rooney among others raced to ours. They were more direct. They didn't bother dilly dallying around our area. Even when we were 2-0 down with minutes to go we carried on trying to make the perfect goal but that is not always necessary.
There is an underlying theme here though as we get ready to close this thread. :wink: When we are 1-0 down we need a bit of heart and fight that we show in the CL. So far this season I ahve not seen it in abundance. I doubt Real Madrid or Juve could win the english league if they were thrown in because of that. This is just the way the premiership is like. For Arsenal it's just ability, ability and more ablility but when we are short in certain games to rely on what we can do skilfully, heart and fight must come through. Manure do this better than us, as do Liverpool, as do Chelsea. Scoring the crappy goal or shooting from far can be the answer a lot of the time.
yea but **** it, who cares?tristan said:Seriously. Regarding the Toure save, how hard were you guys on Drogba for blatant handball? Now when your lot does the exact same thing you're laughing and praising him. Tad hypocritical, no?
tristan said:Seriously. Regarding the Toure save, how hard were you guys on Drogba for blatant handball? Now when your lot does the exact same thing you're laughing and praising him. Tad hypocritical, no?