by maslo » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:37 pm
by bergie4ever » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:59 pm
by maslo » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:04 pm
by rogerthornhill » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:21 pm
by Inchpräctice » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:36 pm
rogerthornhill wrote:We don't have a strong enough squad, there simply aren't enough top quality players there. We have players out at the moment but our strongest possible team is clearly below most of the teams that we have had since AW took over. How many of our current squad would have got into the team of 02/03?
by Fordy » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:01 pm
Inchpractice wrote:rogerthornhill wrote:We don't have a strong enough squad, there simply aren't enough top quality players there. We have players out at the moment but our strongest possible team is clearly below most of the teams that we have had since AW took over. How many of our current squad would have got into the team of 02/03?
We haven't played our strongest possible team yet this season.
With Nasri, Rosicky and Eduardo fit we're a strong team (the only thing we lack is a strong DM) but they're all injured.
We have plenty of quality players but they aren't experienced enough and their young age means they're inconsistent.
I hope AW buys some experience in Jan.
by rogerthornhill » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:38 pm
Inchpractice wrote: We have plenty of quality players but they aren't experienced enough and their young age means they're inconsistent.
I hope AW buys some experience in Jan.
by thebish » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:20 pm
gzagee wrote:
Mate, we need thebish's Bolton to do us a favour against Aston Vanilla, forget the Scouse. The Wanderers have been on a good run apart from the Chavski result.
by She_Gunner_Wales » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:43 am
by arseman » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:54 am
by thebish » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:32 am
arseman wrote:On the plus side, we seem to be scoring a lot more goals from set-pieces of late
by gzagee » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:11 am
thebish wrote:arseman wrote:On the plus side, we seem to be scoring a lot more goals from set-pieces of late
careful... when we used to score goals from set pieces it was deemed underhand and not quite within the spirit of the game.... you don;t want to geta name for yourselves!!!
by arseman » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:11 am
thebish wrote:arseman wrote:On the plus side, we seem to be scoring a lot more goals from set-pieces of late
careful... when we used to score goals from set pieces it was deemed underhand and not quite within the spirit of the game.... you don;t want to geta name for yourselves!!!
by SE13 » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:24 pm
Via E-Mail, Arsene Wenger wrote:Dear Supporter,
There was room to win the game on Saturday, especially when we were 1-0 up with plenty of chances to score a second. We were in control.
I feel we were a bit unlucky on the goal we conceded but Middlesbrough played well and worked very hard. In the second half they had a good mixture of defending well and getting the pace out of the game, going down and gaining time. That was a bit frustrating but they did it well and in the last 20 minutes they defended very well.
In the end we lacked something, we couldn't take our chances and I must admit I expected Boro to collapse a bit more than they did in the final part. They didn't give in, even with tired legs and that is credit to them.
We know everywhere we go we will see the same thing - opposition teams lining up with one striker. I have seen Boro against Chelsea this season and they were not sharp at all, but on Saturday they were very sharp and defended every inch of the ground. It is amazing the differences you see with teams sometimes.
The Premier League is wide open - especially with Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool drawing at the weekend - but we are in a position where every point we drop we are asked about it. I understand that, but champions are people who never stop and we can show that belief to keep going. We can do that in the next game against Liverpool.
Of course it is an enormous task, but we don't think about that at the moment. We must just believe that the next game is one to reduce the distance between us and Liverpool.
At the moment we have a better defensive balance and we are more a team but just lack that extra thing that comes with confidence. This is a young team that is under a lot of pressure at the moment and that is why it is important to keep belief.
Thanks for your support.