Guest Lemons Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 B52, we need you back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Q Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Fifa president Sepp Blatter has confirmed Republic of Ireland have requested the World Cup be expanded to facilitate their inclusion.Ireland missed out on a place in South Africa next summer following Thierry Henry's now infamous handball in their play-off qualifier.Henry controlled the ball with his hand before crossing for William Gallas to score and help France secure a 2-1 aggregate success in Paris.With a replay out of the question Blatter has revealed that Ireland have yet to give up hope of featuring in the prestigious tournament.However, Blatter says that Costa Rica would also then have to be included as they felt they were undone by an offside goal against Uruguay."We received a delegation from Ireland and they were naturally absolutely unhappy at what has happened," explained Blatter. "They know the match cannot be replayed and the decision of the referee is final."Naturally they have not asked for any sanctions to be given to any player or the referee, but they have asked, very humbly 'can't we be team No.33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that, really."I will bring it to the attention of the executive committee but if we do that, we will also have to bring in Costa Rica."Extra officialsMeanwhile, Blatter has revealed additional assistant referees could be used to officiate at next summer's finals.The Fifa president is keen to cut down on cheating after Martin Hansson failed to spot Henry's blatant handball against Ireland.Keen to avoid further controversy in South Africa Blatter, for the first time, says additional referees behind each goal could be used next summer.The system, which is currently the subject of an experiment in the Europa League, could now be implemented by Fifa if deemed a success.Blatter confirmed the issue is on Wednesday's agenda and if approved would be discussed by the law-making International Board next March in time to be introduced at the World Cup."It's possible we will make additional officials for the World Cup but we have to see if it is feasible or realistic," he said."Something has to be done in terms of match control. How can we avoid the cheating handball situation we had in that match?"How can it happen that all over the world, through TV cameras, we have seen through a cheating handball that a pass was given for a goal?"Everyone is asking what is and what isn't fair play. The highest crime in football is touching the ball with the hands." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Coquelin Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.phpWas expected back on the 5th but has been pushed back to the 13th. Liverpool away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 TBH I have never seen Vela come on and change a game. He struggles to even get up to speed from the bench.Arsenal's backline is fine. The goalkeeper is not. Look for 2-3 years now when I watch Almunia he keeps me on edge, so just imagine playing with him behind you.Denilson still must learn whats going on around him.TBH dunno why man are craving bendtner like he would have done anything different...Fact is Chelsea came with a plan to keep a clean sheet, (there defensive work rate was easily better than there offensive) and knew Anelka & Drogba would take a least one chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R9 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 TBH I have never seen Vela come on and change a game. He struggles to even get up to speed from the bench.Arsenal's backline is fine. The goalkeeper is not. Look for 2-3 years now when I watch Almunia he keeps me on edge, so just imagine playing with him behind you.Denilson still must learn whats going on around him.TBH dunno why man are craving bendtner like he would have done anything different...Yea Almunia is shitBut your backline just does not seem to communicate, its not just this game, and a lot of the time it seems to be SagnaHe can see across the whole line yet I see players run inbetween him & Gallas COUNTLESS times and Gallas doesn't do anythihg, so I'm assuming Sagna just doesn't talk, Either that or Gallas/Vermaelen just ignore him which is very unlikely. You don't deal with movement very well either, your fullbacks are also poor positionally (clichy, Sagna, not Traore)Pretty sure the cause of their frist goal was Drogba getting inbetween the twoI feel bad for Vermaelen because he is a proper centreback aswellEven if you get the best keeper in the world he will still have to make sh*t loads of saves he shouldn't have to because of your defence constantly making basic errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacMan Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 new goalkeeper next season is a mustf*ck off about next season.We should have got a new keeper as soon as Lengman left.Eduardo needs to step his sh*t up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 IMO its the way we play. With Sagna like Clichy it isn't always positional sense, its being told to get forward and usually the error starts before them, and usually runners running off Denilson.traore has the worse positional sense of all our full-backs, but it was a big game, he inexperienced, so he played the whole game fairly safe and didnt bomb forward after the yellow card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 as i said before if denilson actually clamps terry instead of ball watching and letting him pick his pass the 1st goal doesn't happen terry had time to comfortably play a v good ball. sagna shudda got tighter but his form has generally been avg at best shudda been a pen vs anelka too bad positioning and ball watching in that incident also and dont get me started on his fwd playatm we have to many flair players who unlike previous years have no clue how to assist in defending effectively with our fullbacksrosicky would never have let that happen imo. although denilson was at fault for the 1st goal he did actually play some v decent forward passes which nearly got us in but overall the guy is not serious what i wouldnt do for flam back in place of this fraudster i dont want some c*nt who is laughing in a serious gamewe need steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Team full of weak midgets TBH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 as i said before if denilson actually clamps terry instead of ball watching and letting him pick his pass the 1st goal doesn't happen terry had time to comfortably play a v good ball. sagna shudda got tighter but his form has generally been avg at best shudda been a pen vs anelka too bad positioning and ball watching in that incident also and dont get me started on his fwd playI'm sure the whole Anelka thing happened cos Almunia throws instead of kicks, Denilson loses the ball just as Sagna is moving forward.TBH game changes when Arshavin & Nasri swap flanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R9 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 IMO its the way we play. With Sagna like Clichy it isn't always positional sense, its being told to get forward and usually the error starts before them, and usually runners running off Denilson.traore has the worse positional sense of all our full-backs, but it was a big game, he inexperienced, so he played the whole game fairly safe and didnt bomb forward after the yellow card.Yea true but look at the first incident where you could have been f*cked in the matchSagna is facing the wrong way (he should be facing outward so he can see players comning onto him) Instead he is running along looking down the line, he can't be looking to sweep behind because he can see Drogba is offsideHe falls asleepAnd Anelka runs in behind him, and he doesn't even realsie till Anelka is about 3 or 4 strides ahead of him, then tries to make it up, any other striker and he would have gotten to him, but Anelka is f*ck*ng quick, Sagna very obviously drags him down to the ground, stops him getting a proper shot off, and should have been sent off and you were VERY lucky not to have a penalty given against you and be with 10 men Right after this, Joe Cole whipped a ball in from the left, Drogba ran off Gallas, neither Gallas or Song made the decision to go with him, and he had a free header on goal that luckily he put overFirst goalFirsttly, Arshavin lets Cole run behind him, isn't really looking round, he should have been told by Sagna to track him and when he got to a certain point should have passed him on, but Sagna still has to tell himThen after Cole receives the ballDrogba gets inbetween Gallas & Vermaelen, Gallas totally the wrong side of the player but again, it seems Vermaelen hasn't told him he has a man to his right shoulder, Gallas has fallen asleep, and with VERY LITTLE movement Drogba is able to get inbetween your two CB's, lets not take away anything from Cashley it was a f*ckng beautiful ball but Gallas was still out of position as he had been a few times that night and generally always is but makes up for it with his pace & JumpSecond goal, between Gallas, Vermaelen, and Almunia there should have been a shout, I'm pretty sure Vermaelen only scored that OG because Gallas put him offIt probably seems like I am going on exxxxxxxtra but this thing always f*cks you up, it was a problem that was present last season and its still here now, it costs you badly against the better teams and occasionally the shitter onesYour whole defence/team when defending is HORRIBLY indecisive (except Vermaelen) and ALWAYS waits for a teammate to take care of the problemThis is why you have allllll the possesion but still looked under threat when Chelsea had the ball, if you want to win the major trophies your going to have to be orgasnised at the back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tulse Hill Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 We lost cos cheslea are a better team and have better players, we played our best and lost, no one is too blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hernandez Balcazar Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Team full of weak midgets TBH :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anelka Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 We needed 2 score in that 20 min period, but the final touch, pass & decision was poorCheslea basically let us cross balls in as they knew we had nothing in the air, Anchelotti identified this and covered zones..We have had an easy run so far in the league & Champions league, this has masked our problems.. when we have been asked questions we have failed (bar beating an inj struck spurs team)It was men against boys at times..Its nothing 2do with age, some of these players are not good enough to be playing for Arsenal FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anelka Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 @ R9 We are poor defensively as a unit due to the way we playPlus the "defenders" cant do the basics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojo Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 why are people acting as if Arsenal got out smarted by dave and jimmy from your local pub team? They were playing against two of the worlds best strikers ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 While I see your point. Sometimes you have to just give credit where its due. My issue with the first goal isnt Sagna or Gallas its the time Terry gets to find Cole & the lack of effort from Arshavin. Everything after that by Chelsea is outstanding. Sagna hasnt gone crashing into Cole cos he doesnt need too, he's got his body close enough and is thinking only way this is a goal is if Cole delivers a ball in a very tight space that kills me, then Gallas, & my keeper and he has, and then Drogba has to still finish, cos its far from a simple finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 The second goal is a shambles.Cole throws the ball to Anelka, who holds off Song plays a ball back to Cole which beats Nasri and Cole crosses. Before the ball gets into the box its effectively 3 against 2 in Arsenal's favour... Song and Nasri both dont do enough.The ball is tempting, but Almunia can see everything, so what does he do? Leave his line but doesnt actually attempt to met the ball first. If both Gallas & Vermaelen leave the ball Drogba would still get there before Almunia, the guy is a retard. Look at Cech for our disallowed goal, then look at almunia for the second goal. Says it all tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R9 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 See what im sayingThough I am probably being very harsh, it IS chelsea afterall but I just think the goals you conceeded could've been avoided cuz on the basis of your play (although you had the cutting edge of a flannel) you really deserved a draw, then the goals went in and it knocked the wind out of your sales tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 IMO its the way we play. With Sagna like Clichy it isn't always positional sense, its being told to get forward and usually the error starts before them, and usually runners running off Denilson.traore has the worse positional sense of all our full-backs, but it was a big game, he inexperienced, so he played the whole game fairly safe and didnt bomb forward after the yellow card.Yea true but look at the first incident where you could have been f*cked in the matchSagna is facing the wrong way (he should be facing outward so he can see players comning onto him) Instead he is running along looking down the line, he can't be looking to sweep behind because he can see Drogba is offsideHe falls asleepAnd Anelka runs in behind him, and he doesn't even realsie till Anelka is about 3 or 4 strides ahead of him, then tries to make it up, any other striker and he would have gotten to him, but Anelka is f*ck*ng quick, Sagna very obviously drags him down to the ground, stops him getting a proper shot off, and should have been sent off and you were VERY lucky not to have a penalty given against you and be with 10 men Right after this, Joe Cole whipped a ball in from the left, Drogba ran off Gallas, neither Gallas or Song made the decision to go with him, and he had a free header on goal that luckily he put overFirst goalFirsttly, Arshavin lets Cole run behind him, isn't really looking round, he should have been told by Sagna to track him and when he got to a certain point should have passed him on, but Sagna still has to tell himThen after Cole receives the ballDrogba gets inbetween Gallas & Vermaelen, Gallas totally the wrong side of the player but again, it seems Vermaelen hasn't told him he has a man to his right shoulder, Gallas has fallen asleep, and with VERY LITTLE movement Drogba is able to get inbetween your two CB's, lets not take away anything from Cashley it was a f*ckng beautiful ball but Gallas was still out of position as he had been a few times that night and generally always is but makes up for it with his pace & JumpSecond goal, between Gallas, Vermaelen, and Almunia there should have been a shout, I'm pretty sure Vermaelen only scored that OG because Gallas put him offIt probably seems like I am going on exxxxxxxtra but this thing always f*cks you up, it was a problem that was present last season and its still here now, it costs you badly against the better teams and occasionally the shitter onesYour whole defence/team when defending is HORRIBLY indecisive (except Vermaelen) and ALWAYS waits for a teammate to take care of the problemThis is why you have allllll the possesion but still looked under threat when Chelsea had the ball, if you want to win the major trophies your going to have to be orgasnised at the back..bravotbh gallas is way to careless there i did think wtf is he doing cos he was initially marking drogba themn suddenly decides to try and deal with things zonally. he's in decline anyway thoughand again he puts off the verm for the 2nd goal. i ve given up on almunia long time agoim suprised wenger wants to renew gallas what we need is another beast at cb although gallas is v.good we need another leader at the back and more size wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What A CUNT. Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 There was only ever going to be one outcome; an emphatic Chelsea win. Once again vs Arsenal, Chelsea play the better passes, play better football and score all the goals. Any Arsenal fans still willing to back that nonsense about "we play the best football" ? Utd 1-0, they could just about hang with us, mainly down to their overly defensive approach to the game.Liverpool 2-0, they competed for about an hour and just ran out of steam in the end.Arse 3-0, easily the weakest out of the the three teams and they only competed for about 25 minutes.For those Utd fans saying Drogba does nothing against them, I can remember plenty of assists in those games tbf and a Cup winning goal too. Not bad tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrJibbles Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 We needed 2 score in that 20 min period, but the final touch, pass & decision was poorCheslea basically let us cross balls in as they knew we had nothing in the air, Anchelotti identified this and covered zones..We have had an easy run so far in the league & Champions league, this has masked our problems.. when we have been asked questions we have failed (bar beating an inj struck spurs team)It was men against boys at times..Its nothing 2do with age, some of these players are not good enough to be playing for Arsenal FCCan't believe it but I am agreeing with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kompressor Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Arsenal As a team = Antonio Valencia as a individual (well sort of)very Effective and good to watch at times and when on form a formidable and tuff opponant to come up against but also quite one dimensional and so when the opposition snuff out the intial threat there isn't much left. with a little bit of tweaking could become a top class/quality player/team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R9 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I <3 ValenciaAnd LOL @ Arsenals wide players not realising that Eduardo isn't going to beat JT in the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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