WSL Arsenal (H) 02/02/25 KO 12:00

[Alan Harper's Tash]

....as we did with Alan Ball

Gareth Taylor should start wearing a flat cap.

 

[Lee the Blue]

No, you're targeting the keeper cos you don't like her. Neither goals were her fault based on stupid playing out decisions and defenders leaving oppo to run free.

Give over.

I've nothing against the Keeper at all. But that 2nd goal didn't need her mad dash out for a ball she was never going to get, thus leaving an open goal behind her. Targeting her? Absolute Bollocks. Having recently watched her have a car crash derby game as well I'm puzzled why she keeps getting the nod despite being a weak link.

 

[freshie]

Roord really struggling for form lately. Once Bunny is fully fit I’d consider dropping her and playing Miedema in her role

 

[moomba]

Pretty good performance if we could just erase the first 10 minutes. Just a shame we couldn't get it back level at half time.

How many minutes is Bunny capable of?

 

[Bigga]

Coming for a cross & getting nowhere near it would qualify as an error for me.

One expects there to be protection from your team mates, not a free path to goal.

 

[blue for life]

Played well since scoring

 

[chesterbells]

I've nothing against the Keeper at all. But that 2nd goal didn't need her mad dash out for a ball she was never going to get, thus leaving an open goal behind her. Targeting her? Absolute Bollocks. Having recently watched her have a car crash derby game as well I'm puzzled why she keeps getting the nod despite being a weak link.

Questioning her continued selection is fair enough I think.

 

[Bigga]

Has some blame for the 2nd imo. If your not going to get the ball stay in the goal and give yourself a chance of saving it.

Obviously the marking (lack of it) to blame as well.

Now, this I agree with!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

There’s goals in this for Manchester City.

 

[JRockBlues]

Roord really struggling for form lately. Once Bunny is fully fit I’d consider dropping her and playing Miedema in her role

Bringing Bunny on would also give us a greater presence at set pieces too (at both ends of the pitch). Changes definitely needed. Roord & Park off, Bunny & LBB on maybe.

 

[chesterbells]

Played well since scoring

Yep, glad we got one back fairly quickly. Gives us a base to build on second half. Hopefully we’ll see Bunny and Kerolin second half.

Some of the crosses from the right have been really potent, so there’s definitely a pathway to more goalscoring chances.

 

[Bigga]

I've nothing against the Keeper at all. But that 2nd goal didn't need her mad dash out for a ball she was never going to get, thus leaving an open goal behind her. Targeting her? Absolute Bollocks. Having recently watched her have a car crash derby game as well I'm puzzled why she keeps getting the nod despite being a weak link.

She's in because the manager and the back line trust her, obviously.

It says something about her if the Japanese Number One, Yamashita, doesn't start in goal every single time.

Right...?

 

[JRockBlues]

One expects there to be protection from your team mates, not a free path to goal.

Didn't say she was wholly responsible but was certainly a contributing factor with an error in judgement of being able to get to the ball if nothing else.

 

[chesterbells]

Bringing Bunny on would also give us a greater presence at set pieces too (at both ends of the pitch). Changes definitely needed. Roord & Park off, Bunny & LBB on maybe.

Bring back Bunny. Make City great again.

 

[Mr HJ]

Big problem with Taylor is we can all see what issues his team has but he doesn't seem to. Jess is not a midfielder and is leaving so much space as she stays far too high up the pitch - she also loses most 50/50's - this leaves so much on Yui and Jill to do. The other glaring problem is how we constantly play so slowly and look for a back pass and even from throw ins always look back which invites pressure. It starts with the keeper who is taking 3 or 4 extra touches before playing a pass out. Those two things corrected and we are potentially a top team. Will Gaz see it? I doubt.

Both our wide players are playing really well and it is only late in the half that we have players looking to get them the ball early - twice we've done that and twice we've created great chances.

We can score more here but if we continue to be so passive from keeper to centre backs we will concede too. It will tell us a lot if Taylor can see the problems and make the early change. Put Viv in the position Jess is taking and bring on Bunny would be my go to move.

 

[blue whippet]

When we win 4-2, we will all be lauding Gareth Taylor as the footballing genius that he obviously is.

We certainly won't. One swallow doesn't make a summer. P
Poor start, again, with defensive errors and a bit of poor keeping. We have recovered well though, snatching that goal back.
We want far too much time on the ball and really aren't strong enough. We are also too keen on the square or back pass as opposed to forward and frequently pass up the chance to shoot.
It's cold in the Joie stadium.

 

[Bigga]

Didn't say she was wholly responsible but was certainly a contributing factor with an error in judgement of being able to get to the ball if nothing else.

Not sure what you want. No keeper's perfect. Hasn't Ederson done similar? In fact the Arse keeps stepped out for Fujino's excellent cross leaving her goal exposed for Fowler's header.

It happens.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

We certainly won't. One swallow doesn't make a summer. P
Poor start, again, with defensive errors and a bit of poor keeping. We have recovered well though, snatching that goal back.
We want far too much time on the ball and really aren't strong enough. We are also too keen on the square or back pass as opposed to forward and frequently pass up the chance to shoot.
It's cold in the Joie stadium.

Have you written Taylor out on a piece of cardboard you found lying about? ;-)

 

[freshie]

Bringing Bunny on would also give us a greater presence at set pieces too (at both ends of the pitch). Changes definitely needed. Roord & Park off, Bunny & LBB on maybe.

Yeh Park has been really poor for ages as well

 

[Bigga]

Big problem with Taylor is we can all see what issues his team has but he doesn't seem to. Jess is not a midfielder and is leaving so much space as she stays far too high up the pitch - she also loses most 50/50's - this leaves so much on Yui and Jill to do. The other glaring problem is how we constantly play so slowly and look for a back pass and even from throw ins always look back which invites pressure. It starts with the keeper who is taking 3 or 4 extra touches before playing a pass out. Those two things corrected and we are potentially a top team. Will Gaz see it? I doubt.

Both our wide players are playing really well and it is only late in the half that we have players looking to get them the ball early - twice we've done that and twice we've created great chances.

We can score more here but if we continue to be so passive from keeper to centre backs we will concede too. It will tell us a lot if Taylor can see the problems and make the early change. Put Viv in the position Jess is taking and bring on Bunny would be my go to move.

In a nutshell, there's little movement in the team. Not sure why Hasegawa doesn't collect the ball as she used to as this breaks the lines.