snipellis11
Player Valuation: £15m
I agree with this, i thought second half up in til they got the pen we were the better side and looking more likely to score, that pen hurt us then it's always going to be hard chasing the game.
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I agree with this, i thought second half up in til they got the pen we were the better side and looking more likely to score, that pen hurt us then it's always going to be hard chasing the game.
It's got nothing to do with lack of players and the board.
It's very simple though:
- On the day Arsenal wanted it more than us.
- Our full backs were not as dominating as they can be.
- Crazy decision to play Joel when Jags was out. Howard's experience would have helped the defence when their normal leader was out.
- Pienaar slows our play down, he can't run anymore, constantly falls over, underhits his passes and makes silly free kicks because he is slow.
- Martinez not getting the subs on soon enough. They did not have enough time to change things. I for one would love for McGeady to get the nod ahead of Pienaar for the next game. He has not gotten a proper chance, yet some people are already writing him off.
It's very simple though:
- On the day Arsenal wanted it more than us.
- Our full backs were not as dominating as they can be.
- Crazy decision to play Joel when Jags was out. Howard's experience would have helped the defence when their normal leader was out.
- Pienaar slows our play down, he can't run anymore, constantly falls over, underhits his passes and makes silly free kicks because he is slow.
- Martinez not getting the subs on soon enough. They did not have enough time to change things. I for one would love for McGeady to get the nod ahead of Pienaar for the next game. He has not gotten a proper chance, yet some people are already writing him off.
Apology accepted.
Bungle
Player Valuation: £90m
ijjysmith
Calm
Essentially you're not talking about the bigger picture though.
You're talking about why we lost this one game.
And that was because they were better than us. Of course there's ifs and buts, hey they could be used in any game. Essentially Arsenal are a better team, and showed it.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
What i mean is that we always lose this one game. I don't mean to single out Arsenal, only for that it was just played. It is the same every year for us now and the lack of players is becoming more and more apparent. As mentioned i am not critizising the manager becasue he hasn't got enough players to make changes. He left subs late but the ones he brought on could not have made the impact he needed so why change it? If your tactics arent working but you cant change them then no matter who you throw at the problem they will still have the end result minus a moment of magic/luck.
My whole argument is about losing our one game every year and why. In simple terms its money but would having a different option in midfield allow us to adapt our game depending on the opponents? A different striker? Without any of these options you are destined to repeat the same mistakes. The definition of insanity is........
Personally i think our squad is slowly getting smaller every year. without talking about exact numbers, we are reducing the amount of players in one position and increasing them in others, but never actually increasing the squad. This is clearly costing us every year because it doesn't kick in until we have that 'one game' at the arse end of the season and by then it is too late.
See we win on sat, you would fancy our chances on winning the cup. We win last year, you fancy your chances to at least reach the final. We win the year before and we reach another final. we beat Reading and our run is good for the final............the list goes on.
Except we always lose that one game. No matter what. That is not luck when it happens year on year.
ijjysmith
Calm
I'm not beleiver in luck mate, so i'll agree there. Luck had nothing to do with anything.
Football games are won and lost by every team Chris. We got to the QF and we got beat. We got beat by Chelsea last week, Sunderland in Dec, Man City in Oct. football games are won and lost all the time. It's not because "we are Everton" that's what happens.
You ask why we lose that one game on the cup run? Nobody can answer that question mate, Man Utd got beat early in the comp, Spurs were put out early. Lpool were put out last round, it's what happens. Only one team in the country will be unbeaten in the FA Cup. I'm trying my best to understand what you mean and this is how it comes across.
You ask why we lose that one game on the cup run? Nobody can answer that question mate, Man Utd got beat early in the comp, Spurs were put out early. Lpool were put out last round, it's what happens. Only one team in the country will be unbeaten in the FA Cup. I'm trying my best to understand what you mean and this is how it comes across.
Dithering Dougie
Banned
Such a strange phrase to use "we always lose this one game", only the cup winners don't say that.
You've been using Arsenal as an example of a club with more resources and players than we have, yet you've missed out the fact that for the last 9 years Arsenal have been losing the "one game" a year.
You've been using Arsenal as an example of a club with more resources and players than we have, yet you've missed out the fact that for the last 9 years Arsenal have been losing the "one game" a year.
Kenwrong out ffs
IMO we lost because our two front wide men were forced to play inside to help barry and McCarthy out when arenal were rampant in midfield - it left Baines and Coleman totally exposed at the back three of the goals came down baines side as he had no cover from the aging SP!
Basically they have better players than we do.
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