Agree with what you say.

To be honest i think the best way to play football atm is the fast counter attacking football with 2 brilliant players to be decisive.

Hehe Anyway if we are going to be compiling data on players then Helb would be the most outstanding player in Arsenal last season who have completed passes and assists.

I don’t doubt stats but its not really important in football as oppose to American football where they actually have working formulas to a play and essentialy the main catalyst to scoring a touchdown.

Football has always been an artistic game, a team can have majority of possesion (hehe who could that team be) and end up losing or a team can play a counter attacking style and win or it may be up to one outstanding player (Ronaldo, Messi, maybe Arshavin) who would change games in an instant.

Arsenal used to play a very fast 1-2 counterattacking style untill Cesc became the fulcrum and now we play a slower lots of touches possesion football. Recently the team had been trying to stretch the opponents to the corner flags and its a good sign that the lads are trying something different and pushing for that final decisive pass that they seem to be missing nowadays.

Denilson and Song will always be a backup untill both steps up a notch. Song was good during spurs game so give credit when due, and Denilson was awful. Both have the potential, its just up to them to push themselves even further.

Cheers!!

His best performance should be against Milan when he didn’t allow Kaka to do anything for 180+ minutes. We dominated a midfield with Kaka, Pirlo and Seederof.

I don’t agree with Spanishfry about Song. He has no ability to make a solid partnership with Cesc in the middle for 2 reasons: 1. Too slow on the ball. 2. Can’t make a 10 yard pass. Cesc can never flourish under him. I agree Song had good 20 minutes against Spurs and few decent games this seaosn. To play a decent 20 minutes in one game and disappear for another 5 games in not good enough. If you remember he was eaten alive by Hull’s Ashbee and Stoke’s Olonfinjana. I haven’t seen one excellent game from him in Arsenal shirt. Never been selected as Man of the match in the pich playing for Arsenal. I still think his best place to play is Charlton United.

If Chelski sign Guus Hiddink, that would be worst for Arsenal. No matter whoever comes in, they will bring more energy and determination to save their season.

4th place is looking more unrealistic for us game after game. Not to win a game almost for a month and to score one goal in 4 league games proves the fact. We are struggling to score goals so badly after Cesc got injured.

+ 3-1 to Sevilla (Unused Sub)
+ 2-1 to Middlesborough (Injured – DNP)
+ 5-1 to Tottenham (Unused Sub)
+ 4-0 to Manchester United (Late Sub, Arsenal already 3-0 down)
+ 2-1 to Chelsea (Played 88 mins)
+ 4-2 to Liverpool (Injured on 42 mins, scores level at 1-1 at the time)
+ 2-1 to Manchester United (Injured – DNP)

So as you can see, the only game he played in full that we lost was the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea. In my opinion that’s a pretty comprehensive account of the defensive stability Flamini brought to the side.

“Mathieu Flamini
In my opinion, the standout performer in the Arsenal team this season. Has put in the hard work to go from third or four-choice at the end of last season to becoming arguably the most important member of the midfield. Flamini’s energy and workrate has been phenomenal, his partnership with Fabregas vital, and he has not played poorly once thus far. Irreplaceable. (A+)

Cesc Fabregas
The little Spaniard’s form has dipped a little of late but his contribution in the first third of the season has been vital. When on song Fabregas has regularly been a match-winner, scoring goals at crucial times. His fitness, ball control and excellent passing has allowed him to dictate the play on many occasions. (A)”

The other thing that needs to be taken into account is that Flamini and Cesc worked incredibly well together. They were, last season, one of the best midfield partnerships in Europe. Cesc trusted Flamini’s ability to retain posession and cover the defence and this allowed the Spaniard to push forward more often. On the flipside, when Flamini did push forward – which he did a lot more than people maybe remember – Cesc was often happy to sit back. Sometimes you can’t explain why players just click, but Cesc and Flamini clicked and it was a shame to lose that.

My personal opinion is that Cesc has the ability to make his midfield partner look good, but Flamini was exceptional. Song and Cesc is a partnership with great potential, in my opinion, while Cesc and Denilson is not. The Brazilian just does not have the tackling ability nor the defence-first mentality that Flamini had and Song has. That’s the difference between the pair.