Comments on: Rubbish Display, Rubbish Finishing, Rubbish Pitch…

by: Panther

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:56:43 +0000

When the final whistle blew on Sunday, it ushered in St Totteringham’s Day 2008.

by: Gunner 4 Life

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:49:21 +0000

DO WE STILL NEED GILBERTO IN THE TEAM FOR NEXT SEASON?? VOTE ON
http://www.latest-arsenal.blogspot.com
game on sunday was pathetic guy’s, why are we crying out about the pitch, i think the team lacked the desire and hunger to win, they thought it was automatic after the routing of AC Milan..

by: DKNY

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:52:08 +0000

we have a LEAN squad! no options in the middle and in front! Mr WENGER IMPROVE YOUR POLICY ON BUYING PLAYERS. it would be a miracle if this squad takes us to the promised land. the young gunners are exhausted and under so much pressure from a long season.
Gunners lets be truthful our weak links are gilberto, senderos and additional strikers in front.

by: Robert

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:57:32 +0000

After United and Chelsea lost in games against teams they should have beaten, it would have been brilliant to heap the misery on them by going 4 points clear. This weekend could have been a decisive one over the season. As it stands we’ve given ManUre a boost!

We have only lost once in the league (which Wenger always goes on about) but we’ve drawn many more games than United. The point is that United are more likely to have more wins than we are (and defeats in the process) while we are more likely to draw games. The problem is while Wenger thinks draws aren’t a bad result they’re closer to defeats than a win because you only get a single point! I’d rather lose a few more games if it meant we’d win more instead of being the bloody draw specialists!

by: airydisc

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:04:32 +0000

Yes the pitch is the worst in the Premier League, and its impossible to play quality entertaining football on a pitch like that…..and yes Wigan were not interested in winning the game, just stopping us playing. We have to accept that teams like Wigan are never going to attract quality players, because their pitch, facilities and club persona are Championship standard. They can only play the way they did against us, because that is their limit. They are always going to spoil games they can’t win, that’s the mentality of clubs that are run by ex-Manure and some greater Manchester teams ex-players…..hoof the ball around, foul, cheat, interrupt play, stall for time and any other gamesmanship they can think of…they learnt it from Old Trafford, ex Manure players don’t tend to have any class…if you can’t win, then cheat and then shout about everyone else cheating to deflect attention. We all know it goes on.
The point is if we want to win the league we have to grind out one nil wins at these places. Manure manage it and have done for well over a decade.
Yes, Arsene Wenger’s teams and philosophy are purer and exude quality that other teams can’t match, we are always going to have to expect lower standards from all other teams, and cheating from a great many. Its a sign of respect that they do this, they fear us. We have to harden up even more and bludgeon our way to wins if we can’t outplay them.
Having said all that, I think that just as there is an official standard that clubs must reach regarding facilities, when they become a league club, it is about time that if the FA wish the Premiership to carry on attracting interest from outside the UK, because of the class of players here, and the standard of football played, then they should also insist on a standard of pitch. Otherwise they ain’t going to see the quality. Shit pitches and poor players are going to become more common, particularly with teams outside the top eight. I think it inevitable that a breakaway league or European Superleague will occur, because of these issues. The FA need to act now to stop it.

by: alromeb

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:25:27 +0000

I think we gooners are BLIND! I didnt hear any other team complain about the pitch before. And, we drew NINE games compared to 4 by the mancs who lost 4 to our solitory one! If Wenger, who I love, believe in the stats, then tell me about: Brum, Geordies away, Pompey away, ‘Boro, and thats 11 fuc*ing points DROPPED

by: Eddie

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:50:11 +0000

A delight to find this ‘site’ tonight…little coarse or foul vernacular except for a few of the Responses. After yet another match disappointment, it was gratifying to find that my frustrations and views were largely held by others. Gilberto has long been beyond sell-by-date, and Ade is not the star that he thinks he is….and both proved it again today. If only Mr Wenger could also get this right. Bendtner again showed more life and should not have been the one replaced. Pity also that Song was not given the midfield vacancy today.

We desparately need a quality left-side midfielder for when Rosicky is unavailable…and hopefully Eboue will have played his last game.

With so many ‘problems’ the team has survived and achieved so well…let’s hope that with the returning players we can maintain the challenge for both PL & CL.

by: Clock End Gooner

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:35:59 +0000

“A performance that has lost us the title only a miracle may save us. How many miracles do we need as we do it time after time? Not many winners in the team”

GET A FUCKING GRIP… WILL YA??

It was a bad performance, but at least we didn’t fucking lose! We’re still top (Yeah, Man Yoo have a game in hand… but they still have to win that!), we’re in the draw for the Q.F. of Champions League, we’ve still got players to come back… RVP to regain fitness!
I KNOW YOU ARE ALL DISAPPOINTED!!! I’M FUCKING GUTTED, BUT TO COME OUT & SAY WE’RE IN CRISES OR WE SHOULD BUY, BUY, BUY… SHOWS HOW KNEE JERKS SOME OF YOU MUPPETS ARE!!

We haven’t gone shite overnight! It’s just a rough patch!
GET BEHIND THE TEAM & ADE… AND THE WORLD COULD BE OURS!!!

by: Ryan

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:58:16 +0000

Adebayor was the worst player in an Arsenal shirt, so arguably on the pitch.

How did he have an ok game? Besides the first 10 minutes (where even in that he failed to score a 1v1) he did barely anything right all day. Every time he touched the ball we lost it. Hleb was pretty bad too, but he was considerably better than Ade this time.

by: john

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:42:09 +0000

Its sad to see this result and the ones at Birmingham and Aston Villa. We worked ourselves to the lead but now have nothing to show , no sparkle in the team as they are tired and need a replacing but we have no cover to give them a break. We need to have quality cover to replace players when injured and that means having a few extra players to cover for injuries. I hate to criticize adebayor as he works hard but his first touch and finishing is not up to it. We need to buy a quality striker to play upfront . At the moment Adebayor and Bendner are not quality strikers as one works very hard but cant finish whilst the other can finish but doesnt work hard. I was surprised with the formation today as I wouldnt have Gilberto there. Cesc should have played through the middle. We need another two creative midfield players to give cover here as Rosiky and Diaby as injured every other game. The same cover should also be there at the back as clichy is tired. Wigan should have been fined for the state of the pitch and the game transfered to Arsenal. In this day and age a pitch such as wigan should not be allowed in the premiership.We did not play or competite as we let wigan play and we sat back until the last twenty minutes. A performance that has lost us the title only a miracle may save us. How many miracles do we need as we do it time after time. Not many winners in the team