can we laugh really hard now? at least for a few days?
This. I celebrated the win in the pub last night but I'm not going to tempt fate and gloat properly until it's mathematically impossible for them to overhaul us in the Premiership after what happened last season... and lasagne-gate... :-#can we laugh really hard now? at least for a few days?
Not yet after last season.
This. I celebrated the win in the pub last night but I'm not going to tempt fate and gloat properly until it's mathematically impossible for them to overhaul us in the Premiership after what happened last season... and lasagne-gate... :-#
can we laugh really hard now? at least for a few days?
didnt think they played too badly yesterday.....passed and moved far better than we did
Fair enough but you can pass and move as much as you want in areas of the pitch that wont hurt the opposition, for all their possession they created very little.
I had similar thoughts about the game
- initially I thought, wow, they are a pretty decent side, with some defensive issues that let them down
Then I remembered, this is exactly the same problem they have had for the past 4+ seasons, lots of neat not threatening passing and possession. The real question is how many true goal scoring opportunities did they create yesterday? (not from set pieces) 1?
We had the early ball Bale just missed pulling down, the two goals, the Bale miss, Siggy chance, and JD's shot, that's at least 6 very real opportunities.
Previously, when they had players like Nasri and Fabregas (along with Rosicky in his prime), they could get away with that tippy tappy stuff and still beat most teams comfortably. Last season, they weren't able to do that as consistently, especially with the addition of players like Mertesacker to the squad. However, they had RVP to bail them out - you could hit him with literally any kind of ball and there would be a decent chance that in one touch he would have directed it past the keeper. Now, especially with Wheelchair playing as #10 instead of Cazorla as was the case yesterday, they have neither the penetrative passing nor a superstar talent to bail them out.
The gradual decline continues...
For such a "hardcore gooner", why is Morgan wearing a blue tie?
that's is their colour along with green navy blue "white shirts" yellow pink and mauve ..if we where it..
Want to tinkle myself laughing at them but know that 7 points is fudge all. Couple of defeats and we are well and truly back within range for them.
Let's not be stupid about this. Let's go and actually achieve something and then laugh at the f**kers.