Official Arsenal vs Manchester City FC Thread

[GoForGlory]

Maybe we are waiting for the Hamburg game. League position is out of the window and the only thing we have left to play for is the UEFA cup. So maybe that is where all our priorities lie ?????

good shout hope your right

To be fair - had this been the CL we would have been through, 3-2 on aggregate. :)

 

[citymad]

terrible start by several individuals. couldnt pass or control the ball. bridge, kompany clearly not fit to play. individual mistake meant adebayor couldnt miss. conceding early against arsenal is usually fatal, but the first substitution clearly helped us. zab was excellent at lb, the team found some confidence. for the last twenty-five minutes of the fist half. we looked classy and dangerous on the break. sadly the second goal killed the game. narrowly offside, should not have stood. looked like some players didnt fancy running themselves into the ground with Hamburg coming up, collectively the team eased off. very low key in the end, but not a bad performance, despite some moments where we looked almost totally incompetent.

rob did work hard, zab, ned, de jong and dunne had good enough games. shaun was very good for a short while. bellamy made lots of runs but was never picked out with a good enough pass. gelson was not any sort of disaster. elano was his usual self, selfish and easy to knock off the ball, whilst being classy and doing a good enough job of keeping possesion. micah was agressive but at fault for the first goal. shay was probably the best performer on the day.

bottom line is that you cannot concede an early goal against arsenal. and if you concede another at the start of the second half, having worked hard to get any foothold in the game, you are going to lose.

Nicely summed up.

 

[lostmyhouseski]

Felt sorry for Bellers today he was feeding off scraps and some poor poor passing. None of the through balls made it past the arsenal defence so you can't blame Bellers. For me he's always got a goal in his locker whwn he's given a chance. Haven't felt like this about a forward since Anelka left.[/quote]

yep agreed mate- few boys could learn something from his work ethic!

 

[mancity1]

Poor second half, offered nothing going forward and they toyed with us for most of the match.

Away from home we have been nothing short of abysmal all season with one or two exceptions and that has cost us any meagre hope of finishing in 7th place.

Good that Newcastle lost the only saving grace on a poor day for the club with more injuries to key players.

 

[Packrat]

I am sure the work ethic and desire will be there on Thursday, I'm convinced they are saving themselves for Hamburg, so long as they stay away from the Eros centre before the match :-)

 

[bizzbo]

we still have a decent chance of 7th. if wham keep winning, they will get it, but today was the hardest of our remaining league games, our result today was more or less expected and changes very little.

 

[Marvin]

Agreed.

Anything out of today's game would have been a bonus.

Surprised we wnt with 3 up front away at Arsenal. We're too ambitious away from home.

It's no change as far as the fight for 7th is concerned. Spurs bubble has been burst whilst West Ham were always going to beat Sunderland. If we win our home games we could get 7th spot

 

[Marvin]

Poor second half, offered nothing going forward and they toyed with us for most of the match.

Away from home we have been nothing short of abysmal all season with one or two exceptions and that has cost us any meagre hope of finishing in 7th place.

Good that Newcastle lost the only saving grace on a poor day for the club with more injuries to key players.

Arsenal got the huge boost of Adebayor, Fabregas and Walcott coming back today. Arsenal could win the Champions League this year because they have the boost of good players coming back at a key time. We had a patched up team, and that's no preparation for an away fixture at Arsenal

 

[sboroMCFC]

terrible start by several individuals. couldnt pass or control the ball. bridge, kompany clearly not fit to play. individual mistake meant adebayor couldnt miss. conceding early against arsenal is usually fatal, but the first substitution clearly helped us. zab was excellent at lb, the team found some confidence. for the last twenty-five minutes of the fist half. we looked classy and dangerous on the break. sadly the second goal killed the game. narrowly offside, should not have stood. looked like some players didnt fancy running themselves into the ground with Hamburg coming up, collectively the team eased off. very low key in the end, but not a bad performance, despite some moments where we looked almost totally incompetent.

rob did work hard, zab, ned, de jong and dunne had good enough games. shaun was very good for a short while. bellamy made lots of runs but was never picked out with a good enough pass. gelson was not any sort of disaster. elano was his usual self, selfish and easy to knock off the ball, whilst being classy and doing a good enough job of keeping possesion. micah was agressive but at fault for the first goal. shay was probably the best performer on the day.

bottom line is that you cannot concede an early goal against arsenal. and if you concede another at the start of the second half, having worked hard to get any foothold in the game, you are going to lose.

The perfect post mate, says it all!

 

[mcfcJosh111]

oh shit 7 games left i hope we pull some good results in the PL would be bad if we finish 11th. stil if we win the uefa fuck it we will av a trophy. 1 question if we win the uefa cup do we qualifiy for next years???