Comments on: We must beat Stoke in a week to forget http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/ the-cannon.com - An Arsenal FC Blog Sat, 19 May 2012 11:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nick http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43607 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:10:58 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43607 old post, but i just read back. for a arsenal blog you really dont know much about the team do you??? you think almunia would be captain?? although TOURE is the captain when gallas aint playin. rubbish site

]]> By: David Bentley http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43550 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:08:19 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43550 Thank god! a decent result at las…oh bugger…WENGER OUT!

]]> By: ans http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43537 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:03:16 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43537 Dude. With Arsenal playing this poorly, I’m finding myself rooting for Tottenham. They’ve been amazing since the new manager came on.

]]> By: Connolly's agent http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43536 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:02:26 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43536 Fucking hell.

]]> By: bournmouth over 80's http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43534 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:31:23 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43534 Thats why gallas bottled it…………….Delaps long throws, We really are a shit outfit at the moment, no plan A,B or C. Its about time we fucked wenger off, he should have bought quality defenders in the summer. Im sick to death of him playing around with the team i have followed all my life. Clock end 77 you have got it band on. Wenger has picked a team today to stifle stokes long throws into the box instead of a team to beat stoke and its all gone tits up after 10 mins. Even if we win today we wont win any silverware coz theres no passion and hasnt been for years.

]]> By: Mike http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43533 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:14:03 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43533 Stu, because I don’t try and cover up for favourites.

Cesc has been poor for large parts of this season, and I don’t buy the excuse that his partner is to blame.

His partner has been better than him, so he should be rested.

I love Clichy, but he has shown a distinct lack of judgement on more than just one or two occasions.

Dropping him is as much a point to the rest of the squad as it is to him.

I’m sure he’s gutted about his mistake, but he dawdled on the ball, like many of our players do all over the park (Kolo is a huge culprit of this, and he’s a defender FFS).

There have to be consequences for poor performance, otherwise the same stuff just keeps on happening, everyone’s contrite, things are all ok…………….until they do it again.

Nasri is still settling, and I don’t really buy Diaby as a CM just yet, and very definitely not a defensive one, that’s mindless.

]]> By: Stu http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43532 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:04:32 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43532 Mike, i had agrees with all you said until your team selection. Why Silvestre left back, Why Denilson and Song but no cesc and why Diaby left midfield.

I would have Diaby and Cesc in the middle with Nasri on the left. ????

]]> By: Mike http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43531 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:35:13 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43531 Once again, like after Hull, there will be no consequence for poor attitude and poor performance.

The team will not really be too bothered about stoke, they’re not an “important” team, so the same players who don’ bother to pitch for the likes of Hull will now they are a dead cert to keep their place, and the same rubbish will continue.

Until AW actually believes in the youngsters in his squad enough to actually play them (Djourou, Vela), and drop those that don’t perform or are incapable of keeping concentration for 90 mins +, we will see this over and over.

We might even beat stoke, and then everyone will claim “the lesson has been learned”, but for how long? 1 game? 2 games? 3 games? 5 games?

All I do know is that the “lessons” we have had this season haven’t lasted very long.

I really enjoy Gael Clichy and his general play, but that’s not the first horrendous lapse in concentration.
There have to be consequences, there is way too much sympathy and not enough boot up the posterior going on.

RvP has played like a plank for all of the season except for the last game.

Where is Vela?

Why was Djourou shafted the second Kolo could breathe without help?

——-Fabiansky——–
Sagna—Toure—Djourou–Silvestre
Walcott—Densilson—Song—-Diaby
——Bendtner—Vela—–

I’d rather lose points to stoke and make a hard lesson clear to the players, than allow this poor attitude to continue to fester, because we will lose more points down the line.

]]> By: Stu http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43529 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:34:30 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43529 We were also more than likely to win against Hull, Sunderland, Spurs and Fulham but look what happened there.

I agree with the second team for the most part. I would like to see Fabianski play instead of Almunia, not just because of the Spurs mistakes but I’ve never been a fan of his. IMO Fabianski is better at most things anyway and i defo far better at dealing with crosses and the likes.

If it was against a different team i would also have liked Song to start because his concentration is never there when coming off the bench but Diaby’s height will be vital for the Stoke set-pieces so……

]]> By: jay http://the-cannon.com/2008/10/31/we-must-beat-stoke-in-a-week-to-forget/#comment-43528 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:16:05 +0000 http://thecannon.wordpress.com/?p=1185#comment-43528 A terrible result but not the end of the world. Too many matches left to start getting worried.

Arsenal will more than likely win on Saturday…

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