Village Idiot Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 We are susceptible to counterattack. Every tactical setup does have a weakness. Spain played the "not vulnerable to counters" version of our tactic (two deep lying mids, less overloading of the final third) and it was considerably less effective going forward. Give some, get some. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 39 matches so far this season, 23 goals conceded. Ca. 0.5 a match. Where's the supposed blatant defensive weakness? For good measure, let's just compare to Real Madrid (supposedly better defensively than Barcelona) who have played 38 matches. They have conceded 24 goals, 19 if you take out the 5-0 loss, but still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i expect arsenal to have a mental collapse at some point and gift the tie to barca You don't think the best team in the world might just outplay them at somepoint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i expect arsenal to have a mental collapse at some point and gift the tie to barca You don't think the best team in the world might just outplay them at somepoint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 He'll get way more mileage off Maxwell than Alves. Maxwell gets forward as much and doesn't have Alves' pace or stamina to retrack. Alves is not poor defensively at all. A bit of a myth really. I have to say that I always liked Maicon more than Alves, but after this season I cannot stop loving Alves. Although he's a thick cunt he's such a good player and against France he was running up and down the field like he would never get tired. And also I've seen that it seems like he's learned from Messi a bit as the ball is glued to his feet when dribbling. Very underrated player and the best fullback in the world by a mile. People talk about his defensive errors, but I rarely see them even if he did make some mistakes against Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 nice goal by o'hara Surprised that Jamie is so keen on joining Wolves on a permanent basis. I can understand his desire to play regularly but I would have thought there were better teams than Wolves who want want to sign him. It's not as though Spurs are asking for a ridiculous fee, which is surprising in itself. Jamie's got decent skill levels and I'd personally prefer that he'd stay, there are always matches where you need the players to roll up their sleeves and scrap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I really rate O'Hara, good little signing for a lot of clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I really rate O'Hara, good little signing for a lot of clubs. Apparently Wolves can buy him for £4m which could rise with add-ons to £6m. I can't imagine any club quibbling over that fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I love the completely polar-opposite views held by football fans. Build to West Ham - Burnley on ESPN, they were out asking West Ham fans what they thought of the Olympic Stadium move. Two of the first opinions were: "Yeah. It's a great move, positive, ambitious - the club should benefit greatly from it" "Terrible. It'll bankrupt us" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i expect arsenal to have a mental collapse at some point and gift the tie to barca You don't think the best team in the world might just outplay them at somepoint? I don't think Barcelona will have to play to their full potential in order to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i expect arsenal to have a mental collapse at some point and gift the tie to barca You don't think the best team in the world might just outplay them at somepoint? I don't think Barcelona will have to play to their full potential in order to win. Yes, because they are a much better team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Has never been in doubt. However, that is not to say that Arsenal do not have the capacity to win. Because they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 If the entire world didn't already know, West Ham are fucking terrible! Atmosphere is flat....oh, Hitzlsperger....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 What's the goalkeeper doing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Terrible goalkeeping tbh, but as I was saying, they're fucking terrible. Lacking flair and creativity all over the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest axel Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Watching Sporting vs Benfica, Yannick Djalo which we were linked with is playing pretty good but he also seems like a whiny little kid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 That should be fucking disallowed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Wtf was that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 What a shit goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 That is one of the worst goals I've ever seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 3-0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Done alright this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Waddle shut up man you Mackem knacka! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Now that was class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 This crowd too, what is going on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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