Guest optimistic nit Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 he did very well on the left. still think he would be better on the right, but getting past 2 players in the box then firing it across the six yard box was brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Arsenal views from about here onwards: http://arsenal-mania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35435&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=480 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LucasUnger Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 my motm is nicky butt! excellent game a 10 point performance for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 well played by the lads. Could have won it at the end. Never mind....good point. decent finish by taylor and a cracking one by Adebayor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Have to say (wont be a shock as its coming from me) Milner was looking more the player of last season. Some things didn't work for him but he worked his arse off and I am sure Sagna hasn't just walked off the pitch thinking "wow that was an easy game". But he may be walking off and thinking "wow my hair glows in the dark, how cool." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Have to say (wont be a shock as its coming from me) Milner was looking more the player of last season. Some things didn't work for him but he worked his arse off and I am sure Sagna hasn't just walked off the pitch thinking "wow that was an easy game". Milner was very important for us today. Only wide player and had a lot of ball and always did his best with it. Didn't deliver well though, but he was put under great pressure from Sagna and the Arse CB's are both very good, so I'm not holding Milner against it. Worked his socks off too, as always. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Loved Alan Smith today. He leads by example and it definitely affects the whole team positively, especially when he plays upofront. If we could just add some more goalscoring players around him he will look an even better player. He really does a great job of allowing others to come into play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 my motm is nicky butt! excellent game a 10 point performance for me Thought he was good but not brilliant.Sloppy in possession and nearly cost us with a terrible back pass in the last minute!Smith easily man of the match followed by Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guinness Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Great performance tonight, Smith and Taylor were quality. We played some really good stuff at times, we now need to build on this and bring it into the match with Birmingham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 1. Smith should play up front - he's been wasted in midfield. 2 . Barton showed some nice touches. 3. Defence looked better (though would prefer Enrique at LB) 4. Milner was full of runnign And a word for the ref - top performance - had the guts to book players for diving too. let's have faith in Sam - it's gonna take time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Loved Alan Smith today. He leads by example and it definitely affects the whole team positively, especially when he plays upofront. If we could just add some more goalscoring players around him he will look an even better player. He really does a great job of allowing others to come into play. He looks the best suited to playing the lone striker role of any of the strikers we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Interview with Smith, mentioned about having greats scored past us lately but good teams show by coming back, reporter said ' i know you don't drink but you're MOM' Smith says i'll give it to lads cause they deserve it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Cracking game where we just never stopped battling all night, hats off to the team and to Sam! Their goal was unstoppable so other than that I couldn't really fault them, Smith was my MOTM closely followed by Butt and Taylor :thup: :clap: :clap: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Brilliant. If we had played to 75% of that level in most of our other games, we would be top 6 easily. Given 7 Beye 8 Taylor 7 Rozehnal 5 N'Zogbia 6 Geremi 6.5 Butt 6.5 Barton 7 Milner 6.5 Martins 6 Smith 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Interview with Smith, mentioned about having greats scored past us lately but good teams show by coming back, reporter said ' i know you don't drink but you're MOM' Smith says i'll give it to lads cause they deserve it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I really wish he scored a few more goals so he could be a maintstay in the first team. Huge captain potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 lets not get ahead of ourselves. i'd still start viduka infront of him in usual circomstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Fantastic performance. Every player worked their socks off and made life hard for Arsenal. Will be a big boost for team morale. Well Done Lads :clap: Great that Taylor got the goal, he looked absolutely estatic. Funny, we lost to Blackburn who AV beat convincingly, and then drew with Arsenal who beat AV. Showing signs of improvement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 pretty good game, arsenal didnt look very good after 15 minutes alan smith - been top class upfront in the past 2 games and he shouldnt be dropped a vast improvement from pompey and liverpool at home, 1 point is better than none against a team who is top of the league... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubblyDubblyDubbly Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Smiffy worked his socks off, but too many knock-backsfor my liking, especially as we didn't do anything from them. Charlie ain't no left back and it cost us a goal. Plenty of effort though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 The reason arsenal were terrible was cos of us You're right, Smith played the way I remember him during his time at Leeds, not a goal scorer but does so much damage with his all out play, he must play up front after what he's shown tonight, by far his best game for us. Taylor could have had 3 and typifies what we needed from the players tonight, he showed so much that we’ve been missing for the last few games, a desire to win and a determination to get something from the game. Milner played well, he’s not the quickest in the world but he’s got a massive heart and never gives up. Beye was the best at the back, he looked shaky when he first came but he’s grown in each game he’s played. The only real negative for me is Roz, he’ll probably not get a game when everybody is fit. All in all it was only one point from a draw but it felt like a victory and if we’d had a bit of luck it would have been. Allardyce has restored my faith in him a bit tonight, he could have played Enrique at left-back and N’Zogbia on the wing but that might not have worked. The fans were up for it tonight, I hope we can take this into the game on Saturday, if we do we’ll bag three points. An excellent nights work and a bit of a surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridman Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Neither Smith or Butt carded today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Neither Smith or Butt carded today! Aye, that was probably more to do with the ref being a total mental rather than Smith's exemplary behaviour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Smiffy worked his socks off, but too many knock-backsfor my liking, especially as we didn't do anything from them. Not Smith's fault that there was no-one playing off his shoulder.The only real time there was someone off his shoulder was for the goal. Stick Owen next to Smith and watch the goals fly in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 1. Smith should play up front - he's been wasted in midfield. 2 . Barton showed some nice touches. 3. Defence looked better (though would prefer Enrique at LB) 4. Milner was full of runnign And a word for the ref - top performance - had the guts to book players for diving too. let's have faith in Sam - it's gonna take time! a word for the crowd too - much better and how it should be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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