Lol at you, sour grapes.

Collectively we have the worst bunch of goalkeepers in the Champions League and possibly even in the BPL IMO. Simply not good enough.

Arsene simply has to buy a new No.1 in the summer otherwise its curtains again before the season starts. Its not that I'm being pessimistic about our goalkeepers' ability but sometimes we just have to face up to the reality that certain players are just not good enough.

Nasri and Denilson again with virtually zero contribution. Seriously this same squad will most likely struggle again against Sunderland this weekend. No cutting edge up front no nothing. Pray hard the likes of Song and Arshavin recovers in time.

The only shining light tonight was Sol's performance. Really turning back the clock. I doubt Gallas could have done any better than what Sol did tonight.

If it was a backpass from any other part of the body then yes Fabianski is allowed to do so but if the backpass is done intentionally from the feet then its illegal regardless whether he controlled with his feet or any part of the body first.

In the replay you can clearly see Sol shaping up to sidefoot a pass back to Fabianski however from those replays it is still hard to determine if Sol's feet actually touched the ball. Sol might have miscued with that sidefoot and did not touch the ball leading Fabianski to think that it was safe to catch the ball.

Sigh now Diaby had a medial knee ligament injury against Porto and will be out for quite awhile.

Almunia and Song back. Arshavin, Gallas and Eduardo still out.

If that is indeed the new home jersey then I don't think I'll be buying it IMO. Will be targetting the away one instead. Don't get me wrong it looks great but I could magically turn that white collar into yellowish brown after just 1 wear

No thanks. We will concede more goals with Given as our keeper. We are already shit at defending set pieces. Given is a world class shot stopper I give him that but I could actually count with my fingers how many times he actually comes off his goal line to claim a cross, a corner or a set piece for an entire season. The amount of goals City concedes through set pieces speak for itself even with pretty decent height and heading ability in their team IMO.

If its a goalkeeper we need its someone who has good command of his area and someone who is not afraid to come out and claim crosses. Not someone who hugs the goal line like Given.

Damn. Watching LIVE the tackle didn't look that bad at first glance IMO. Pretty shocked to see the amount of damage it did. Best wishes to Ramsey and his career. Would be a shame to lose a real talent like that.

As much as I feel for Ramsey there is no way anyone could blame Shawcross IMO. It was a 50/50 ball and it is only unfortunate Ramsey was the quicker of the 2. By the time Ramsey got to the ball Shawcross was already sliding in at full speed and there is no way Shawcross or any other human being for that matter that could have pulled away in time.

Btw Song will be suspended for 2 games after receiving that yellow card last night. It was his 10th IIRC please correct me if I'm wrong. So no Song, no Ramsey and no Diaby for the next 2 games at the very least. Sigh from a central midfield cluttered with talent to the bare bones in less than 2 weeks.

Arshavin maybe Diaby no. How long Diaby is out is still a mystery, even to Arsene who admitted awhile back it was an injury out of the blue but judging with what was said about Diaby's injury (Medial Knee Ligament) I will not be putting my hopes up too high that he will be back so soon.

Did you even watch the game ?

Kudos to Bendtner and Eboue as well who was by Ramsey's side comforting and keeping him company throughout the time from the injury till he left on the stretcher when other players couldn't even bare to look.

Get well soon Aaron !

Here is a great discussion IMO re: Ramsey injury by the panel of "The Sunday Supplement" on Sky. Both Patrick Barclay and Neil Custis has been brutally honest about the issues at hand and pretty much hit the nail on the head with their points IMO.

P/S: Ignore the c**k from the Independent though whose name I won't even bother to remember or mention.

The Sunday Supplement Ramsey Injury Discussion

Cripes I'm getting sick about all these "Shawcross had no intention or had intention" to break Ramsey's leg crap.

The bottomline is the kind of force that could break a man's tibula and fibula should never be put into a tackle in the first place.

Nasri comes close as MOTM but Walcott's crucial goal at a very crucial stage just edges it into his favour IMO

Bendtner was wasteful in front of goal but his general play was good. I wouldn't be too worried bout yesterday's misses. Every striker has one of those days occasionally but fortunately for us it didn't prove costly.

Awesome video.

Aaron Ramsey tribute.

As much as I'm enjoying the current scoreline there are still a few concerns IMO.

Although looking like he could produce that bit of magic and produce another goal for us at any minute Arshavin's casualness and sloppiness could cost us a goal at any minute as well.

Nasri looked like he has done his hammie and really looked less mobile from before he was strapped. Fingers crossed its nothing serious IMO.

To be fair he has a point IMO. Nasri obviously felt something in his hamstring hence the strapping earlier in the game. It will be sh*t for him to get injured again especially when he looks to be in the form of his life right now.

IMO you left out the 2 corners Eboue took. They were top class. Almost RVP like. Eboue should be taking all the corners from now on

This post has been edited by sigheart: Mar 10 2010, 05:50 AM