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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:03 pm

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Tokyo Blue wrote:Two yellow cards is one match, plus another two for it being his third of the season. At least learn the fucking rules of the game you are watching.

You all wanted Pizarro in the team and there is your man who gives the ball away for the goal. Well done. You are all fucking geniuses.


How was Pizarro meant to control that? And where was the clamouring for him to be in the team??



There were plenty wanting Pizarro.I am sorry but if you cant control that pass you should be playing in the premiership at all.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Dameerto » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:07 pm

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Grob wrote:
Tokyo Blue wrote:Two yellow cards is one match, plus another two for it being his third of the season. At least learn the fucking rules of the game you are watching.

You all wanted Pizarro in the team and there is your man who gives the ball away for the goal. Well done. You are all fucking geniuses.


How was Pizarro meant to control that? And where was the clamouring for him to be in the team??



There were plenty wanting Pizarro.I am sorry but if you cant control that pass you should be playing in the premiership at all.


How about his pass straight through the centre to put Mario in a potential one-on-one with their keeper? Or his dink over one or two of their defenders to set up another chance in their area? On a bad day he was probably our most creative threat. On balance he did more good than bad for us.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:14 pm

Dameerto wrote:
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Grob wrote:
Tokyo Blue wrote:Two yellow cards is one match, plus another two for it being his third of the season. At least learn the fucking rules of the game you are watching.

You all wanted Pizarro in the team and there is your man who gives the ball away for the goal. Well done. You are all fucking geniuses.


How was Pizarro meant to control that? And where was the clamouring for him to be in the team??



There were plenty wanting Pizarro.I am sorry but if you cant control that pass you should be playing in the premiership at all.


How about his pass straight through the centre to put Mario in a potential one-on-one with their keeper? Or his dink over one or two of their defenders to set up another chance in their area? On a bad day he was probably our most creative threat. On balance he did more good than bad for us.



I agree.I am not saying he had a bad game as I know he was one of our better players and made a few decent passes.But failing to deal with that pass was a bad mistake and it cost us dearly.

I actually thought our worst midfield player was Milner and I like him a lot.He didnt lack effort but he just had a bad day at the office with poor passing and getting caught on the ball a few times.Nasri was bobbins as well though and I would question his effort.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby marvin » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:35 pm

Where do you stand on Mancini Doug?
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby marvin » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:51 pm

Sorry. unfair question
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby MR IMAINEROAD » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:11 am

Nice guy
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= useless manager


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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:37 am

marvin wrote:Where do you stand on Mancini Doug?


I am really keen that we don't just change managers when things go a bit wrong and there is no doubt that for the last 4 months we have been pretty poor.I was worried and I am still worried that his man management isnt very good and add to that his management of the media is poor as well.I think he says things which just don't come out right and are easily picked on by anyone that wants to have a go.Unfortnately I think they may sound wrong to the players as well.

Overall I would stick with him but I would need to know that the changing room is 100% with him.If a manager loses the changing room he is dead.I get a very bad feeling that his handling of Mario (most of all that he keeps selecting him) doesnt sit too well with some of the players. He had his issues with others like Bellamy and Ade and basically got rid and yet Mario has been given massive leeway.In the squad now we have AJ who rarely plays,Milner who is anything but a regular,Dzeko who seems to only play when he is forced to pick him. Have they been well man managed? Are they happy squad members? And that's without thinking of Tevez.

I would have been happy if he never played for the club again for what he did but I am not sure the players would agree. Since he has come back ( for his own reasons I agree and I mean Tevez's) and was back in the squad I feel Mancini has not selected him to keep making the point rather than on any other basis.He is fit and has been for a while now and could easily have started when Sergio was out.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby zuricity » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:16 am

Grob wrote:
Tokyo Blue wrote:Two yellow cards is one match, plus another two for it being his third of the season. At least learn the fucking rules of the game you are watching.

You all wanted Pizarro in the team and there is your man who gives the ball away for the goal. Well done. You are all fucking geniuses.


How was Pizarro meant to control that? And where was the clamouring for him to be in the team??


There it is in a nutshell, a simply stupid pass to a player that was under pressure immediately and one of the worst players on the park yesterday gets a golden chance at goal.

I can't see how you can pick out Pizzaro. Why not bollock Van Persie for missing a sitter. Arsenal had enough easy chances to win the game and did not take them
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Grob » Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:52 am

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Grob wrote:
Tokyo Blue wrote:Two yellow cards is one match, plus another two for it being his third of the season. At least learn the fucking rules of the game you are watching.

You all wanted Pizarro in the team and there is your man who gives the ball away for the goal. Well done. You are all fucking geniuses.


How was Pizarro meant to control that? And where was the clamouring for him to be in the team??



There were plenty wanting Pizarro.I am sorry but if you cant control that pass you should be playing in the premiership at all.


Pizarro is a cameo man so starting him wouldnt be ideal, even Mancini can see that.

The ball to him from Barry wasnt the best, he couldnt get his little leg up high enough to control it. So was it a bad pass or do we blame Pizarro's genetics?
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Bridge'srightfoot » Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:55 am

Utterly gutless display. Not once did we look like a team who were trying to win the title. Not once did we see any sort of urgency, passion or belief in the players. Why the fuck did we set out to get a draw in a MUST win game? Why the fuck did Mancini bring Tevez on with 7 minutes left? FFS he's one of the world's best players, why not give him 30 -35 minutes to actually influence the game? Once again he left the changes too late.

We have shown a complete lack of mental strength on the road. A refusal to dig in.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby dazby » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:37 am

Defensively we showed bottle, belief, desire and a willingness to win. Offensively we showed no bottle, no belief, no desire and no willingness to win.

I was all set to give it to the rags today about how the ref handed them another win, but it's not worth it. We are not worth it this season. The players, the manager and the fans don't have the winning mentality. it's there for all to see.

I actually thought Nasri went well contrary to the opinions on here, but Superjaw had an absolute nightmare.

Mancini, you can stay, but please learn from this. You have lost your cool since the FA cup game and you haven't got it back. Results have followed.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:42 am

dazby wrote:Defensively we showed bottle, belief, desire and a willingness to win. Offensively we showed no bottle, no belief, no desire and no willingness to win.

I was all set to give it to the rags today about how the ref handed them another win, but it's not worth it. We are not worth it this season. The players, the manager and the fans don't have the winning mentality. it's there for all to see.

I actually thought Nasri went well contrary to the opinions on here, but Superjaw had an absolute nightmare.

Mancini, you can stay, but please learn from this. You have lost your cool since the FA cup game and you haven't got it back. Results have followed.



Good summary.
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Re: ***OFFICIAL*** Arsenal v City thread

Postby Duckman » Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:11 am

I thought Mario tried really hard, unlike Sergio.
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