Damn you! I was waiting for you analysis of Naughton, waiting to take you on, spoil sport!It's lovely when it appears we have all in fact watched the same game, Kaboul was superb today.
And kudos to Naughton, I've give him a lot of stick for being a poor footballer but he had a very decent game today.
He rescued the day but I though Rose dealt with him. But points make prizes..Oxlade-Chamberlain [was Sky MOTM]....make of that what you will.
Kaboul - best performance for ages. Got to be honest, I thought he'd lost it. Not by today's showing.
Naughton - pretty good. Can we all start to agree that he's a useful player now?
Can' believe you gave Eriksen a higher mark than Lamela. Lamela mae more counters happen than anyone and got an assist, where as Eriksen, other than the pressure for the goal, did sod all.Lloris - 8 - Couldn't prevent the goal, but otherwise a series of solid saves and successful coming out for crosses.
Rose - 8 - Played sensibly and conservatively, dealt with most things that were thrown at him despite repeated diving attempts by Arsenal players.
Kaboul - 9 - Proper captain's performance, was absolutely immense. The kind of performance he used to put in when he was fully fit. Really happy for him.
Vertonghen - 8 - A worthy partner to Younes, read the game well and worked the ball away well, always looking for a useful outfield pass. Again, a performance of the type we hoped we were going to get consistently from him.
Naughton - 7 - Was absolutely pelted by Arsenal, particularly in the second half, but generally stood up well to it, didn't throw himself in.
Capoue - 6 - Faded in the second half but generally did a decent job of covering the defence and tried to work positive balls out from defence.
Mason - 6 - Good debut from the lad, more than justified his selection. A little more attacking than Capoue and gave as good as he got in the battle with Wilshere, until the concaine-snorting, ****-haired, foot-faced Gooner wanker admitted defeat and was subbed.
Lamela - 5 - Poor game from Coco especially by his standards. Gave the ball away too much and made too many poor decisions, and shanked his clearance for their goal. Still, was constantly trying to make things happen, played in the assist for the goal, and worked his arse off. More than can be said for some.
Eriksen - 6 - Didn't see a lot of the ball and wasn't great defensively, but made the tackle for the goal and did try and make some positive passes when he got the chance.
Chadli - 7 - Didn't do too much except score, but scoring a goal away against Arsenal is the biggest thing you can hope to do, and took his chance brilliantly.
Adebayor - minus 10 - Actively damages our football with his lazy ineptitude and inability to keep control of the ball, get into useful space, finish easy chances, or even fucking run about a bit.
Poch - 8 - Set us up well (lovely to see us playing counter-attack), generally made good decisions, but could've changed the game if he'd played or brought on Soldado for Adebayor. I'm convinced we'd have scored at least one more goal if Bobby had played in place of Ade.
Overall a decent performance, good result and nice to see us playing committed football against a big team and not giving in when we conceded.
That was the only hard, nasty pressing he did all game and the first time he does it it leads to a goal.Eriksen won the tackle that led to our goal. Last season that would not have happened. He has improved that part of his game-but does all the "running abaaaht" nullify his creative side?
At Ajax he was the trigger for their pressing yet kept his creative side. Just going through a bad patch IMO.Eriksen won the tackle that led to our goal. Last season that would not have happened. He has improved that part of his game-but does all the "running abaaaht" nullify his creative side?
Do you use a sports car to bring home a flat pack wardrobe from IKEA?That was the only hard, nasty pressing he did all game and the first time he does it it leads to a goal.
If he can't step up his intensity, drive and effort he's gonna be a luxury we can't afford.
Just how I see it.
I agree with the two banks of four but Chadli and Adebayor should of been pressing since they stayed uppretty sure the lack of pressing was by design, we went to contain and counter, good plan and it worked.
Not really! The ball coming into that area was the problem. Should have been cleared.did noone see it was another kaboul fly hack at the ball in the penalty area that resulted in a goal against?
But this is the EPL, you can't just swan around, it doesn't work.Do you use a sports car to bring home a flat pack wardrobe from IKEA?
It can be done but is that what you bought the sports car for?