Comments on: Arsenal v Spurs preview: Time for the gamebreakers to step up

By: shambogunner

shambogunner — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:23:59 +0000

@nonny mouse,
before the season started i made a conscious decision to not critisise any of our players for the sake of it,havin seen some of the unwarranted stick that diaby,eboue,song and nic wud come in for…there is nothin personal wit almunia hes loyal and a fine professional,maybe the best at the club….but he simply isnt the standard we need and NO he does not instil confidence in the team,i can go back to so many times he has been at fault in games…yesterday was his first clean sheet dis season and they had two shots….darragh how you cud compare the mannone save last week to almunias is disturbing…west hams free went over the wall to the unguarded side of the goal where he made a great reaction save and was unlucky,bentleys free yesterday went to the side he was standing and was straight at him…there were no need for the theatrical dive,had ledley king buried a header from the corner ud be sayin different today no doubt,or maybe u just dont see these things
if a team has 5 shots on our goal almunia wil concede twice, his shots to saves is appalling but alot of you seem to think becos he makes these ‘photo friendly’ diving saves when a standing catch would hav sufficed that hes a worthy no 1…wel hes not and it would be much more beneficial to us to hav either of the younger lads in there where they hav a chance to learn their trade…them makin mistakes is acceptable because they will learn..almunias around long enough now and still makes some terrible and COSTLY errors…..
CL final-atrocious rookie near post errors
liverpool last year keane goal,rooted to his line after ridiculous punt upfield by carragher
manu game…a simple call and diaby doesnt even go near it
man city game they had 6 shots on target
for cryin out loud,ul all bitch about him in march…im just doin it in advance

By: GunnerBoss

GunnerBoss — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:12:37 +0000

@SHAMBO – I agree completely with you on the goal keepers. U should know that ur always spot on with that. But, I felt ALMUNIA should at least have started the 2:2 draw game. I guess ANDY was spot on with that one.

By: GetGunMN

GetGunMN — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:01:14 +0000

Great win and clean sheet. The first 40 minutes both payed to stand still. No clue where we were going until VP’s brilliance. Captain fantastic had a blinder for the second goal dribbling past Palacios (the crown jewel), no less.

@Hey Nonny Mouse, I completely agree with you about Diaby. This is not even about how he is consistently playing bad, but what puzzles me the most is why Wenger keep playing him the full 90. Do you think Wenger is giving him all the opportunity to prove himself this year, before he finally cut him lose at the end? I’m hoping something is coming out of it, otherwise I don’t see any logic to this madness. This guy can’t dribble, can’t pass, can’t head the ball, can’t tackle. I’m speechless! How do the players on the bench really feel about that?

One matter I think all of you overlooked was the glaring misses by Edwardo. Does he still have the hangover from his diving incident? May be he needs a few run of games to get his sharpness and confidence back. After the first 40min of standoff, it could have easily been 6-0. And that is exactly what Keane and Redknap deserve for their luck of judgment.

By: henrykissinher

henrykissinher — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:54:52 +0000

man o the match- Robin van persie.

By: Hey Nonny Mouse

Hey Nonny Mouse — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:25:56 +0000

@shambogunner – fair enough that you have a pathological dislike of Almunia but you can’t fault the man when he’s done nothing wrong. He conceded no goals and looked secure all game. That’s what a keeper’s supposed to do. Come on.

As for my own hate target, Dopey Diaby, I also said to myself, out loud, in the first half, ‘We’re playing with ten men.” because he was COMPLETELY USELESS. Why oh why, AW, when Ramsey is kicking his heels on the bench?

Aside from that of course – BRILLIANT GUNNERS! All round top performance from everyone else in an Arsenal shirt – including the supporters.
M O M – a difficult one for me – but I think Vermaelan.

By: henrykissinher

henrykissinher — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:59:14 +0000

here here darragh. defo agree.

By: Darragh

Darragh — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:56:33 +0000

Well well well.

Clearly Almunia being back is a positive. A clean sheet, some good saves and a fairly dominant patrol of the goalkeeping area. Sorry Shambogunner, I cannot agree with you – Almunia didnt fumble ‘easy’ catches, not that they seemed overly hard, still they were confident saves. Note how Almunia dealt with the Bentley free kick – last week, Mannone parried that exact same free kick into the path of Cole.

It is a shame to see so much Almunia bashing going on – he is the clear number one at the moment, and Mannone is clearly no. 3. The constant undermining of Almunia doesn’t actually help the Arsenal cause. We cannot get any new goalkeepers in at the moment, so what is the purpose of undermining our goalkeeper? None.

Great match otherwise! Should have been 4 or 5 nil.

By: shambogunner

shambogunner — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:38:10 +0000

@radads,rooiseun and gunnerboss,
cheers dudes and where the hell hav you all been lately???and icehammers completely gone off the radar…iv been comin in ere every day tryin to get some chat goin and every1s been quiet lately…is dat wot happens when wer winning????
wot do you 3 and momoney think of our goalkeepin situation

By: henrykissinher

henrykissinher — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:15:55 +0000

what a day, brilliant. first 40 minutes was a bit nervous but wat about the 1-2 knock out combination, fabs goal was aaaaaaamazin it happened so quick they were still showin the highlight of rvps goal.

the defence had a good game too they kept little crouchy tucked firmly in their pocket.

Has anyone seen the adebayor interview were he syas he appologized to robin and then goes on to compare himslf to obama. that guy is delusional.

Happy halloween from belfast

By: GunnerBoss

GunnerBoss — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:14:31 +0000

@SHAMBO – beautiful
@ICE – Disappeared after the draw?

First of all cheers to a 3:0 win.
They continued that winning streak and kept a clean sheet which was the aim of WENGER by the way. Kudos to the Carling cup boys….RAMSEY was King, B52 was excellent in tracking back defensively, Gibbs and co. did amazingly well. Only the right back was stuttering. When January comes, we DONT need to buy a DM. Said it at the beginning of the season and i’m still correct.
RVP is seriously stepping up, this is what happens when you are quality and get played often…..I only have mixed feelings about EDUARDO not able to tie down a first team spot.

This team is really shaping up with a fantastic captain steering them on. This team is playing MAGICAL football tutored by the legendary wizard WENGER. He is a real magician with these boys one must say.

Finally, DIABY needs to be a subst. player now NASRI is back.