Arsenal vs Leeds United | FA Cup 8/1/11

[starmandb]

denilson always seems to give away penalties.

2nd he has given away in 140 games for us the only other 1 was boltons 2nd at the emirates last season

[CynicalGooner]

denilson always seems to give away penalties.

2nd he has given away in 140 games for us the only other 1 was boltons 2nd at the emirates last season

Hand ball vs Partizan Belgrade in September

[ProudGooner]

Today was pure bad luck and bad finishing.

We had soo many chances. Leeds got gifted a penalty.

Cesc was harsh but absolutely right. At this level a professional footballer should not be giving a penalty like that.

Denilson was actually pretty good offensively just went to sleep defensively a few times.

[Massa]

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[Est83]

He lacks technique that defines the Arsenal way from any other way, but his skill on the ball is excellent (As he demonstrated a few times today)

He doesn't look like a conventional Arsenal player of today, but i think thats a good thing, because it "Works".

Bendtner reminds me of the types of striker Arsenal used to have, ones that could play superb football but had the intelligence and power of more conventional CF's.

He is never going to be RvP or Eduardo, but thats not a bad thing.

Arsenal rely far too much on this arty farty, sideways passing malarky, Bendtner mixes the best of both worlds.

Good points. I agree 100% that in this team, he appears very un-Arsenal. But like you that's the thing I appreciate the most, the fact that he offers something different.

I know the first touch and the finishing will improve with age (although I have my doubts over how natural his finishing ability is), so that's not too much of a concern for me. Like I said, I'm patient and I respect the fact that he's still only 22. And I don't expect him to drop deep and create like RvP.

However, on the ball (imo) he looks awkward, uncomfortable and almost amature at times. I know that in his natural role he's not expected to link up play that often, he's supposed to be on the end of throughballs and crosses. But this is still an area of his game that needs improving should he be successful at Arsenal, especially if he's palying as a lone striker.

This is probably a flaw that would be less obvious if he was the more advanced of two strikers.

[starmandb]

we are in scramble mode we never score when we are like this

never?

[starmandb]

We're still in the Carling Cup I suppose.

and the fa cup with 14 minutes to go

[starmandb]

walcott, you're shit.

thank f**k you,re on a keyboard and not at the ground with your non booing booing and frankly totally wrong observations

[Yorkyblue]

Today was pure bad luck and bad finishing.

We had soo many chances. Leeds got gifted a penalty.

Cesc was harsh but absolutely right. At this level a professional footballer should not be giving a penalty like that.

Denilson was actually pretty good offensively just went to sleep defensively a few times.

Cesc wasn't harsh enough IMO. To start with I thought he was but not after listening to Walcott's interview. He's a disgrace and I can see the whole of English football getting on his back to be honest.

[Forest]

Today was pure bad luck and bad finishing.

We had soo many chances. Leeds got gifted a penalty.

Cesc was harsh but absolutely right. At this level a professional footballer should not be giving a penalty like that.

Denilson was actually pretty good offensively just went to sleep defensively a few times.

Cesc wasn't harsh enough IMO. To start with I thought he was but not after listening to Walcott's interview. He's a disgrace and I can see the whole of English football getting on his back to be honest.

Here we go again just like the whole of Italy got on Mario's back.

[Forest]

Just seen the peno and was poor to give away, think hes gone in the summer as Jack has got his place.

[Popey]

Walcott apologises over penalty incident

Theo Walcott has apologised to Arsène Wenger and Simon Grayson for diving in the final stages of Arsenal’s draw with Leeds on Saturday.

The winger was hauled down for the last-minute spot-kick that levelled the FA Cup Third Round tie. But, just before that, the home side had also claimed a penalty when the England international appeared to be felled by Alex Bruce. However, speaking afterwards, Walcott admitted he had not been clipped.

“I want to apologise to the managers because I actually dived,” said the 21-year-old. “I was trying to win the penalty.

“I said to one of their players ‘would you have done it?’ and he said he probably would have.

“I am not the sort of player to do it but I own up to it and apologise. It is something I don’t want to see in my game.

“I have heard some players say if there is a slight touch go down and it can work both ways. It was one of those things. I am not happy with myself for doing that but I am happy that we got the draw.

"I had a little joke with the referee afterwards saying ‘that was my first dive, can you tell?’

“I don’t have to own up to it and I can’t speak for other players but I have just expressed how I feel. I hope people respect that.”

Walcott did win a legitimate penalty a couple of minutes later and Arsenal nearly forced a dramatic winner in injury time when Denilson’s drive was turned aside.

“Yes, Kasper [Schmeichel] made some great saves and reminds me so much of his Dad,” said Walcott. “It was not really our day today but we could have won it at the end.”

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... y-incident

he's talking about the first pen claim

[Yorkyblue]

Today was pure bad luck and bad finishing.

We had soo many chances. Leeds got gifted a penalty.

Cesc was harsh but absolutely right. At this level a professional footballer should not be giving a penalty like that.

Denilson was actually pretty good offensively just went to sleep defensively a few times.

Cesc wasn't harsh enough IMO. To start with I thought he was but not after listening to Walcott's interview. He's a disgrace and I can see the whole of English football getting on his back to be honest.

Here we go again just like the whole of Italy got on Mario's back.

What has Italy getting on Mario's back because he's black got to do with Walcott admitting he dived to get a penalty? The cheek to laugh at it with the ref after the game as well whilst making the confession...

[Forest]

Today was pure bad luck and bad finishing.

We had soo many chances. Leeds got gifted a penalty.

Cesc was harsh but absolutely right. At this level a professional footballer should not be giving a penalty like that.

Denilson was actually pretty good offensively just went to sleep defensively a few times.

Cesc wasn't harsh enough IMO. To start with I thought he was but not after listening to Walcott's interview. He's a disgrace and I can see the whole of English football getting on his back to be honest.

Here we go again just like the whole of Italy got on Mario's back.

What has Italy getting on Mario's back because he's black got to do with Walcott admitting he dived to get a penalty? The cheek to laugh at it with the ref after the game as well whilst making the confession...

So the whole of England is getting on Theo's back because of one dive. wow we are impatient.

[Yorkyblue]

he's talking about the first pen claim

Oh so it's fine then cos he dived and didn't get a penalty?

Remember the incident with Eduardo? He got banned with their being no clear proof, even though it got revoked. There is 100% proof on this one for the first ever time.