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Football Thread 13/14 |OT11| Schlong Days, Kipless Nights
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Because he was playing great not that long ago....
Vivalaraza
Member
Clegg are you doing a piss take?
Freewheelin'
Member
Someone play me on FIFA pls
I really liked the Rafi and Dirty Randy episode.
Oh I'm not saying that you didn't do well. You came with a gameplan, and executed it bloody well. Fair play. Completely killed Arsenal playing.
My point is that I really really despise the vintage Mou gameplan with the amount of attacking talent Chelsea have.
And I'd rather watch a team play good football than focusing completely on stopping the other team doing so.
Lambda Pie
Banned
notice the shift in attitudes. from 1 month ago when everyone was "CHAMPIONS!! GIROUD <3 OZIL <3 RAMSAY <3" to "shit team, we should be glad to finish top 4".
love it, i could bathe in their tears.
My use of United being near the top?
i like him quite a bit, and he's improved immensely over last season, but i do feel that he lacks something against the bigger teams. bit then again, arsenal as a whole haven't been playing well, especially against the bigger teams so it's not entirely his fault.
Perfect Blue
Banned
SO CLOSE ;_;
Vivalaraza
Member
Giroud is solid.
He just isn't a match winner.
The chances today weren't easy, if he'd finished them they would be good finishes but he hasn't got that in him.
8 points is a lot innit.
So annoyed about those two last min goals we conceded. Basic defending and we'd be in a much better position.
Ah well.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Eh, I don't know. We'll see where we are at the end of the season.
I doubt Mata goes in January unless he's outrightly told he's surplus to requirement and free to leave. If a bid comes in, then perhaps. But if it continues as it is he has to go in the Summer. If that happens it will be silly lose for us, but good luck to him wherever he goes. Wee gentleman.
He plays exactly the same against all the teams. He is not a clinical finisher but against lesser teams he gets more chances so still scores many times but against the better teams where you don't get many chances those misses stand out a lot more.
He can't lead the line for a team like Arsenal.
Freewheelin'
Member
90TilInfinity
Member
eh, I don't think anyone was suddenly oblivious to his deficiencies. The same Arsenal fans were still talking about Suarez/Striker X, no?
We know we need someone better. Doesn't make Giroud a bad player, but I think if you asked any Gooner when's the last time he scored a 1v1, or a clear cut chance on the left at an angle, they wouldn't be able to tell you.
The miss annoyed me at the time, but it wasn't a surprise, so I find it hard to pin anything on him. He's a poor finisher, that part of his game hasn't and won't change. It was exacerbated today because the midfield he supplies was just so fucking dire
Mr.Marston
Member
Mata is so gone in January. He looked like he wanted to cry on that bench.
It isn't really that big a gap in the context of the whole league standings. I was just thinking that 8 points between first and eighth isn't a margin that you think is insurmoumtable. Usually you'd expect a larger gap.
We obv havent played well and our last minute blunders have been infuriating. And we'd have go play well to close the gap. But things could be much wore imo.
Lambda Pie
Banned
Mata is as good as gone. i wouldn't plan fantasy teams with him on Chelsea for 2014. when Mou doesn't like you, he doesn't like you.
Chelsea still needs a quick striker, someone who can play in the CL still, someone with a never ending hunger for goals, someone who fits Mourinho's gameplans, someone like....
Chelsea still needs a quick striker, someone who can play in the CL still, someone with a never ending hunger for goals, someone who fits Mourinho's gameplans, someone like....
I wanted to cry while watching that match.
Vivalaraza
Member
Chelsea should do the Mata for Rooney deal.
But give us about £20m too.
But give us about £20m too.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
And your point? Like bud said, the whole team has been playing like crap, not just him.
It's not his fault. He had the one chance he missed today but players will miss chances and I don't think he has missed a lot of chances this season. Gervinho he is not.
We have a place for unhappy Chelsea players.
Yeah, been awfully busy. Recently moved back to the US and dealing with all of the baggage that entails. I'm glad Liverpool are doing so well but was awfully surprised to see Napoli and Juventus in the Europa league....
They let us down.....
On a side note Sacramento is the most un-capital of capitals if that makes any sense, such a strange place.
Not only can't he finish on more difficult chances but he is slow which leads to two other problems:
1. Several good long passes get wasted because defenders of opposing team always catch up to him and get to the ball before him, making long passes to him completely useless and thus restricting our flexibility up front.
2. His slow pace leads to him breaking our build up play frequently when he is involved, mostly in counters so we barely threaten on fast counters.
He's not up for the job.
Get bent Lambda.
My point was that the discourse surrounding a player will change depending on how he plays.
This is basic stuff which you already know.
Lambda Pie
Banned
bye guys, have to go back. happy and safe Christmas to you all, including gunners, cause they're special but they're people too.
slightconfuse
Banned
Defense should up against a big team was nice to see. It's the bad times I'm worried about .
Just need to shoot the offense in the arm
Also wouldn't blame mata for leaving , guy is under used
Just need to shoot the offense in the arm
Also wouldn't blame mata for leaving , guy is under used
He's not Gervinho but he sure fails to give that extra push on the few chances we create against big teams. Is it fair to put all blame on him? No but players who are better manage to finish in one of those few chances. Giroud is not what you'd call a stable choice if you have title ambitions.
the only two proper chances arsenal had were giroud's two chances. he set one of them up himself, too. gotta give him credit for that, but i do feel that someone like rvp, someone with that extra bit of quality, would've done better with the volley.
of course players miss chances, but when you're playing these big games where you only get a small chances, you have to take at least one of them.
but i suppose that's just the difference between a good cf and a top striker.
i'm more concerned about arsenal's performance rather than giroud's.
Mr.Marston
Member
Yes.
that's not really what i said.
Absolutely.
Vivalaraza
Member
that's what I said when Mou won it with Inter by turtling their way to victory.
But to be fair, it makes sense to play defensively away from home and to a side like Arsenal.
When we throw players forward we leak goals. We don't have the defending talent to support the attacking players.
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