Arsenal Vs Bolton | Premiership 24/09/2011

[Inchpräctice]

Just finished watching the game on Footy first.
Really pleased with the result. The result was more important than the performance today and we got both even though we still have a long way to go before we properly gel as a team and reach our best.
Most pleasing part of the day - a CLEAN f***ing SHEET. Thank the Lord.

From what I saw Song was great, Arteta was good, Theo was dangerous but wasteful and Shez saved our arses, again.
RVP getting closer to top form every game.
Is anyone else wondering why Kos always clashes heads with people? He's forever headbutting players.
Must be something wrong with his technique.

We needed plenty of patience to get the win today and we went about the job calmly on the whole.
Still of couple of hairy moments with players sprinting back towards their own goal though.
Good confidence boost for the squad, let's hope we can kick on from here.

[GunnGunn]

Ramsey was superb today i thought, involved in every move.

[Zedie]

Just finished watching the game on Footy first.
Really pleased with the result. The result was more important than the performance today and we got both even though we still have a long way to go before we properly gel as a team and reach our best.
Most pleasing part of the day - a CLEAN f***ing SHEET. Thank the Lord.

From what I saw Song was great, Arteta was good, Theo was dangerous but wasteful and Shez saved our arses, again.
RVP getting closer to top form every game.
Is anyone else wondering why Kos always clashes heads with people? He's forever headbutting players.
Must be something wrong with his technique.

We needed plenty of patience to get the win today and we went about the job calmly on the whole.
Still of couple of hairy moments with players sprinting back towards their own goal though.
Good confidence boost for the squad, let's hope we can kick on from here.

Pretty much agree with the above. Kos is like a magnet for head injuries, i wouldnt be surprised if he ended up with punch drunk syndrome by 30! He was probably one of those kids that had to wear a crash helmet growing up.

Pissed about Walcott, although every cloud has a silver lining, we may get to see more of AOC in the prem. Wenger will probably go with AA left/Gerv right though and bringing on AOC from the bench when AA starts blowing at 70mins.

Bring on the Scum.

[Inchpräctice]

Ramsey was superb today i thought, involved in every move.

It's going to sound hypocritical seeing as we're always begging for players to shoot more often but I wish he would shoot less.

He always shoots from too far out and never gets anywhere near enough power. I don't think he's ever troubled a GK with those long range efforts.

[Zedie]

Ramsey was superb today i thought, involved in every move.

It's going to sound hypocritical seeing as we're always begging for players to shoot more often but I wish he would shoot less.

He always shoots from too far out and never gets anywhere near enough power. I don't think he's ever troubled a GK with those long range efforts.

He's just trying to find his range. One of them will come good at some point then there wont be any going back, remember when Cesc never used to shoot, then started, then scored a few then got even more confidence....

Hopefullye same will happen with him. He seems to be coming off that downturn in form that everyone has been struggling with recently.

[Zedie]

Ramsey was superb today i thought, involved in every move.

It's going to sound hypocritical seeing as we're always begging for players to shoot more often but I wish he would shoot less.

He always shoots from too far out and never gets anywhere near enough power. I don't think he's ever troubled a GK with those long range efforts.

He's just trying to find his range. One of them will come good at some point then there wont be any going back, remember when Cesc never used to shoot, then started, then scored a few then got even more confidence....

Hopefullye same will happen with him. He seems to be coming off that downturn in form that everyone has been struggling with recently.

[Leody]

Just finished watching the game on Footy first.
Really pleased with the result. The result was more important than the performance today and we got both even though we still have a long way to go before we properly gel as a team and reach our best.
Most pleasing part of the day - a CLEAN f***ing SHEET. Thank the Lord.

From what I saw Song was great, Arteta was good, Theo was dangerous but wasteful and Shez saved our arses, again.
RVP getting closer to top form every game.
Is anyone else wondering why Kos always clashes heads with people? He's forever headbutting players.
Must be something wrong with his technique.

We needed plenty of patience to get the win today and we went about the job calmly on the whole.
Still of couple of hairy moments with players sprinting back towards their own goal though.
Good confidence boost for the squad, let's hope we can kick on from here.

Pretty much agree with the above. Kos is like a magnet for head injuries, i wouldnt be surprised if he ended up with punch drunk syndrome by 30! He was probably one of those kids that had to wear a crash helmet growing up.

Pissed about Walcott, although every cloud has a silver lining, we may get to see more of AOC in the prem. Wenger will probably go with AA left/Gerv right though and bringing on AOC from the bench when AA starts blowing at 70mins.

Bring on the Scum.

I'd 3rd that. Wasn't overly impressed, but getting the shutout has to give the defenders a bit of a morale boost I'd imagine. They were really woeful on that first chance in the 2nd min or whatever it was. Bolton has 2 attackers in the box, we have 7 defenders and they win the ball twice.

I'd like to see some time for Ryo as well... something about that kid. I'd imagine we'll start seeing some Yossi though.

[Est83]

Ramsey was superb today i thought, involved in every move.

It's going to sound hypocritical seeing as we're always begging for players to shoot more often but I wish he would shoot less.

He always shoots from too far out and never gets anywhere near enough power. I don't think he's ever troubled a GK with those long range efforts.

He's just trying to find his range. One of them will come good at some point then there wont be any going back, remember when Cesc never used to shoot, then started, then scored a few then got even more confidence....

Hopefullye same will happen with him. He seems to be coming off that downturn in form that everyone has been struggling with recently.

I agree, plus there's also Arteta (and maybe Ox-man if he's involved a little more) who likes to shoot from distance. I can't remember which recent game it was, but a pundit noted that the shots from distance serve two purposes; apart from an obvious shot on goal and potential chance, it also makes the familiar two banks of four that Arsenal come up against, a little less likely to just sit back. The second bank of four midfielders won't just sit their and watch the sideways passing if they fear the 30 yard shots, they wont be happy to just sit back and let you have posession outside the box, they'll push out to close our players down, and in doing so create space between the defence and midfield for our players to exploit.

[CynicalGooner]

3 purposes if you include the chance the keeper could spill it and Gervinho/van Persie poke in on the follow up.

Ramsey was superb today i thought, involved in every move.

It's going to sound hypocritical seeing as we're always begging for players to shoot more often but I wish he would shoot less.

He always shoots from too far out and never gets anywhere near enough power. I don't think he's ever troubled a GK with those long range efforts.

I like that he shoots. Would you rather a frustrating sequence of sideways passing 20 yards out, culminating in losing the ball and getting countered?

There were good signs in that game, wasn't just a win like Swansea and wasn't just decent attacking with no substance at the back (although Mertesacker being beaten in the air by Davies is poor) like Blackburn. But it will take a number of convincing performances and more importantly a run of wins to get out of this rut properly. And months if not years to get rid of our self destructive, soft centred, bottle job mentality

[Gunner Down Under]

Was impressed with Walcott today, as well as Ramsey.

Song just played too far forward.

[VCC]

Was impressed with Walcott today, as well as Ramsey.

Song just played too far forward.

just a shame Theo could not hit the side of a barn today got in great possitions but the end product was lacking today

[Arsenal Tone]

Did you hear Wenger basically admit to playing RVP out of position? He said RVP likes to drop deep like Messi. It might have worked yesterday but it often leaves us short in the final third IMO.

[Arsenal~Fanatic]

Did you hear Wenger basically admit to playing RVP out of position? He said RVP likes to drop deep like Messi. It might have worked yesterday but it often leaves us short in the final third IMO.

RVP has always preferred a slightly deeper role . But because of wenger's refusal to sign a genuine top
quality number 9 and his refusal to play two up top , RVP has no choice but to lead the line . Yesterday
clearly showed Theo has to improve his finishing by a big way if he wants to play through the middle.

[Dejan]

Was impressed with Walcott today, as well as Ramsey.

Song just played too far forward.

wait what? Theo was so amazingly frustrating to watch.
The numbers of time he lost the ball is sky high really.

Arshavin played way better so he deserves to start

[starmandb]

Supposedly Gary Cahill is feeling unwell??????

Or is it that Owen Coyle doesn't want to play a player who wanted to leave his club for ours?

Can't believe he has left Davies out ,has he not watched any of the Arsenal/Bolton games over the last five years?

N'gog is sh*te (hopes that won't bite me in the arse)

arsenal v bolton in the last 5 years?
they have beaten us twice both at there ground.
davies has scored 1 goal against us in his whole career that was in 08/09 when we won 3-1 up there.
we beat them 4-1 at home last year.
whilst we must respect all opponents going into a game fearing someone who has had such little impact is counter productive.they have more reason to fear us