Middlesbrough Vs Arsenal | Premiership 09/12/07

[ken day]

i cud see it comin,once it gets a bit chilly or wet we cant play..better sort it out before next week!

Thats what Chelsea and Manure have been saying for a few weeks now

[SE13]

Dear Supporter,

We lost the game on Sunday because we deserved to lose it.

Middlesbrough were sharper in the fight. They were a team who lacked confidence but we missed something at the start of the game because we gave them too much room and that caused the penalty.

After they scored the penalty you could see it would be more difficult if we were not level at half-time because then we would have to come out more and more. They were good at taking the space when they won the ball back and you could see we had problems to win the one-on-ones.

We gave them the chances to get their counter-attacking game going and that is something they are very good on. They are very sharp and mobile.

It is a shame because we gave absolutely everything to come back but we lacked creativity, we lacked sharpness in our passing and therefore were not dangerous enough to come back into the game.

We were a little bit jaded physically. It was our fourth away trip on the trot and it was difficult for us to make a game of it.

The fixture schedule has been difficult because we played at Sevilla, Aston Villa, Newcastle and now Middlesbrough. That is four on the bounce. It is really tough but you can't do anything about it. We had to take the Newcastle game in midweek, we had no choice.

But Middlesbrough deserve credit. They have a good team. If you look at the names on the team-sheet you cannot say that is a team who should go down.

The problem for Middlesbrough is not the quality of their players. It is whether they are capable of producing that performance when they go 1-0 down. Quality-wise it is not a team that should go down.

Thanks for your support.

[Libertine]

It was a piss poor performance.
That's the worst i've seen us play since Sheff Utd away last year.

But i'm prepared to write it off as a one off.

Still top of the league!

[StLGooner]

It was a piss poor performance.
That's the worst i've seen us play since Sheff Utd away last year.

But i'm prepared to write it off as a one off.

Still top of the league!

Libs is alive, where you been buddy?

You just know recovering from the weekend?

[Libertine]

Libs is alive, where you been buddy?

You just know recovering from the weekend?

Major illness in the family mate.

Been up the hospital a lot the last couple of days.

[StLGooner]

Libs is alive, where you been buddy?

You just know recovering from the weekend?

Major illness in the family mate.

Been up the hospital a lot the last couple of days.

sorry to hear that, hope things are ok.

[Cheese]

Hey Libs, i hope the family member is on the mend.

Like you say the performance was a one off and probably not so suprising considering we went Sevilla, Villa, Newcastle and M'brough in the space of 11 days...