We did some nasties though, kilman in the first half and hwang before he went off. There was a lot of fake fouls, the ref probably couldn't work out what was a real foul or not. A lot of Arsenal players lying in a heap whenever we got the ball back, made my blood boil. Something arteta learned off guardiolla I suspect.
I’d give them a 10 today
Perfect example of a Sky6 sycophant.
Having watched the game I didn't think he was as bad as many are saying. He deserves criticism for the first goal but to my eyes a solid performance, a 6 from me.
I had noticed but think it was much more evident yesterday. Suits them much better allows Bueno to come out with the ball more and Kilman to use his passing.
The J9/10 started 30% of the songs the South Bank joined in. The Cunha song was 100% the south bank that was tremendous
He also made some good forward runs and got in to decent positions but wasnt picked out.
I think this is my one frustration from yesterday - the gameplan of staying in the game and utilising the only fresh legs we'd got late on was actually a decent shout but there were a number of times when players made runs (Doc most notably) and pointed for the ball when we turned back and took the safe option. I get that we were keeping it tight and hoping for that one chance but I think we were a tiny bit too timid at times.
Was really impressed yesterday
Agreed and I thought the SB was really good as well
I don't know why Max is being castigated for this foul. He goes to play the ball but Arsenal player comes up on blind side and is too quick. Max catches him without any intent.
Doherty was even worse than usual. Gave the ball away three times early in game with terrible passes and was generally poor afterwards apart from popping up in dangerous forward positions a couple of times.
I have to say I agree with everything posted here, I can't understand why GON has so far failed to improve Bouba, he has a motor, has a good shot on him, and to my mind is another Gomes type player, The only reason that I can think of is that Bouba does not have the discipline to play in a fixed role, he certainly covers acres of ground whenever he plays, I think this game has proven that he has the ability for the Premiership alongside Gomes and Lemina or instead of either, I can see him being the replacement for Gomes when he is sold on, I was disappointed with Hugo Bueno he seems to have taken a massive step backwards attacking wise, but still better than Doc on the left.
Intent isn’t a part of the rules, he dives in recklessly and could easily have broken his leg.
He doesn't have the full skill-set yet, but Boubacar could be our pound -shop Vieira.
Not sure where those ratings come from but I would say they are laughable.
its why you have to watch football with your eyes and not just look at stats
He can’t run, so can’t press, has no pace over a distance, and no dribbling skills to get him somewhere.
It's not accepting or otherwise, its just understanding why we might have been poor over the last 5 or 6 games.
It's understandable considering the injuries we've had, our starting XI has often been more akin to that of a Championship side as of late.
