Player Ratings - PL: West Ham United vs Arsenal | 26/10/08

[True Gooner]

Almunia - 8

Eboue - 7
Silvestre - 5
Gallas - 6
Clichy 6

Walcott - 7
Song - 6
Fabregas - 6.5
Nasri - 6

RvP - 6.5
Bendtner - 7

Subs -
Adebayor - 8
Diaby - 7

 

[SimplyFabregas]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia - 7

Eboue - 6
Silvestre - 6
Gallas - 6
Clichy - 6

Walcott - 7
Song - 6
Fabregas - 7
Nasri - 6

Van Persie - 7
Bendnter - 7


Subs -

Adebayor - 7
Diaby - 6

 

[has this been taken??]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia - 8 - great save from Bellamy

Clichy - 6
Silvestre - 6
Gallas - 8 - thought he had a great game today, one of his best for us
Eboue - 6

Nasri - 5 - pretty poor
Song - 6
Fabregas - 6
Walcott - 7 - always a threat with his pace and created some openings

Bendtner - 7 - things weren't going his way but he plugged away and a fantastic assist at the end
Van Persie - 7 - thought he had a good game and deserved a goal with that freekick

Subs
Adebayor - 8 - turned the game for us
Diaby - 6

 

[IBL]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia 8 - another fine game and kept us in it

Eboue 7 - so much better at RB than RW
Silvestre 6 - not bad
Gallas 6.5 - quite solid
Clichy 6.5 - decent enough from him

Walcott 7 - our one real threat in the first half and did ok in second
Song 6.5 - grew into the game after a poor start
Fabregas 6 - still not quite there but kept us going
Nasri 6 - ditto, nothing special

RvP 6.5 - poor first, much better second
Bendtner 7 - again poor in first but really effective in the second, lovely assist

Subs -
Adebayor 8 - changed the game
Diaby 7

 

[dutchMasta]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia - 8 (Hot form)

Eboue - 6 (Put pressure on us with some bad passing, but otherwise fine)
Silvestre - 5.5 (Shaky, but was there)
Gallas - 7 (Ok, but great at the end when we needed him)
Clichy - 5.5 (Loads of wasted passes in the 1st, ok in the 2nd)

Walcott - 7 (Our best chances in the 1st were all him)
Song - 6 (Physical presence, won some good balls, though missing at times)
Fabregas - 5 (Probing, but a lot of wasteful passes, and couldn't really deal with the physicality)
Nasri - 5 (Same as Cesc, though less probing, less wasteful)

RvP - 6.5 (Not a good 1st, but some very good efforts on goal)
Bendtner - 7 (Great once Ade was on the pitch)

Subs -
Adebayor - 8 (Match winner)
Diaby - 6.5 (Not much, but got involved and played well)

 

[Klaus Daimler]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia - 8

Eboue - 7
Gallas - 7
Silvestre - 6
Clichy - 6

Walcott - 6
Song - 6
Fabregas - 7
Nasri - 6

van Persie - 6
Bendtner - He was gonna get a 5, but he gets a 6 because of the marvelous assist

Adebayor - 8
Diaby - 6

Man of the match: Adebayor, Emmanuel

 

[the dawn raids]

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im sorry, but anyone scoring fabregas higher than song today clearly wasnt watching closely enough. finally we have some midfield presence (quite possibly the most presence weve had centrally this season so far in a 4-4-2), someone breaking up posession, and he gets a 6? come on.

 

[True Gooner]

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I wasnt convinced by Song tbh. Not saying that he was bad or anything, (I dont think Fabregas was that much better) but not extraordinary.

 

[Pepe LeFrits]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia 8
Clichy 7
Gallas 7
Silvestre 6
Eboue 4
Nasri 4.5
Fabregas 6.5
Song 6.5
Walcott 7
Bendtner 7.5
van Persie 6.5

Adebayor 8
Diaby 5.5

 

[hujja]

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I thought Song was exceptional today. Deserves at least a 7.

 

[Klaus Daimler]

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Song is impressive in the aspect that he shows a lot of promise in midfield. He gets a 6 from me because he's still very rough and makes too many mistakes. No doubt that he had a lot of positives in today's game, though.

 

[IBL]

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Song was sloppy in the first half but really came into it in the second, was strong and tidy in the middle for us

 

[the dawn raids]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

even marks i can understand for them, because fab did his share of defensive work. and song did venture too far forward in the early stages of the game. but from around the 35 minute mark or so he was very solid. broke up more than his share of posession and kept the ball moving forward. he added a presence that this team has had to resort to 5 men midfields to achieve.

 

[Shadow Moses]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia - 8 - Some brilliant saves.

Eboue - 6
Sil - 5
Gallas - 7 - Best game this season.
Clichy - 6

Walcott - 6
Song - 6 - Actually did a bit of defensive work unlike Denilson.
Fabregas - 7
Nasri - 4 - Shocking.

Van Persie - 6.5 - Did more in last 20mins on RW than he did the first 70.

Bendnter - 8 Great passing, movement and assist.


Subs -

Adebayor - 8 - Perhaps the best way to play him is as a sub. He stayed central, onside and worked well off Bendther on the left and RVP on the right.

Diaby - 5

 

[lagos]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

it's been a while I've seen an Arsenal game but Almunia seems to be doing really well, yes?

 

[Klaus Daimler]

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Adebayor - 8 - Perhaps the best way to play him is as a sub.

That's a really poor idea. We were struggling from the beginning _because_ we missed him on the field.

 

[hesham]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Almunia - 8

Eboue - 7
Silvestre - 6
Gallas - 7
Clichy 7

Walcott - 5
Song - 7
Fabregas - 6
Nasri - 4 - Needs to take more risks

RvP - 7
Bendtner - 7

Both strikers instantly improved when our wingers came off


Adebayor - 8

 

[True Gooner]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

it's been a while I've seen an Arsenal game but Almunia seems to be doing really well, yes?

Yes, hes been very good over the past few weeks.

 

[Shadow Moses]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

Adebayor - 8 - Perhaps the best way to play him is as a sub.

That's a really poor idea. We were struggling from the beginning _because_ we missed him on the field.

Had he started he may have returned to his usual ways of drifting to the left or constantly going offside. Leaving the attack with no focal point. He came on today and stayed central. Whenever the team had the ball he was available for passes in the box. Had brilliant exchanges with Nick & RVP.

 

[kamikaze80]

Re: West Ham vs Arsenal Player Ratings

it's been a while I've seen an Arsenal game but Almunia seems to be doing really well, yes?

yea, you cant ignore his form, he's been excellent.

almunia - 9 - great save, good distribution
eboue - 7 - he's cut the theatrics, i'm starting to like him again. some bad decisions, otherwise i'd have given an 8
gallas - 8 - saw the fire today, no problems with him as captain if this is how he plays the rest of the way
silvestre - 7
clichy - 7
walcott - 7 - love him out wide
fabregas - 7 - good to see him defending again
song - 7 - should play a bit deeper but his tackling is far better than denilson's - i'd like to see song keep his place
nasri - 5.5 - he'll get used to the pace
van persie - 5 - still drops too deep, holds the ball too long, is easily dispossessed, ignored eboue on the overlap a few times when we needed the width. looks like he's back to himself on freekicks though.
bendtner - 8 - i love intelligence
adebayor - 8
diaby - 7