they are playing "park-bus" tactic.

btw, maybe you could post using english? my bm suxx

Well considering that they didn't come to play football and allowed us the ball but not the access to goal; it's expected for us to have the majority of possession.

I truly hate teams who don't even try to play football... they might as well just form a wall in front of the goal with 10 men plus the keeper, stand there for 90 minutes... like that we surely cannot score also... sibeh dulan.

Hurrah for St.Nick... Maybe he shouldn't start anymore games but come on as super duper sub to score the winners.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jan 11 2009, 01:10 AM

That's why some members here label them as bus-parking team

Guess what, I guess JM should be credited for "creating" such a meaningful term (bus-parking - park a bus in front of the goal posts and other related to bus+parking )

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Added on January 11, 2009, 1:04 amThat's why some members here label them as bus-parking team

Guess what, I guess JM should be credited for "creating" such a meaningful term (bus-parking - park a bus in front of the goal posts and other related to bus+parking )

This post has been edited by kimhoong: Jan 11 2009, 01:04 AM

bolton is no longer jinx to us hah

who is the motm you reckon?

i vote for rvp

this post is specially to critic diaby
his 1st touch is quite poor
he is clumsy at times
he defend rate is quite poor
needless to say his attack rate
his dribbling skills is so old school/predictable and yet he doesnt do it fast enough
is it just me, or do i see all this above in him

anyway im glad our super-sub rescued us
credits to bentdner and rvp

Diaby's legs are not build to do that, dribbling thing

after that serious injury that Diaby get in that sunderland match some years ago, he is no longer that good...

takpe
yang penting aku tengok pasukan arsenal semakin mantap walau ketiadaan cesc
cuma bahagian tengah je la yang terasa amat lemah
harap2 arshavin yang akan dibeli nanti ( entah jadi atau tidak ) berjaya melaksanakan tugas yang dipikul oleh cesc sebelum ini

One-nil to the Arsenal,
One-nil to the Arsenal,
One-nil to the Arsenal,
One-nil to the Arsenal,
One-nil to the Arsenal!
(repeat)

the day will come where we no longer use One-nil to the Arsenal
instead we use Two-nil to the Arsenal

yes.. We win.. No more shouting & glass breaking from me.. Hehehe.. What i respect about le boss is he still keep the faith to bentdner, eboue, denilson.. Even they are nightmare in recent time.. Not like harry redknapp, not supportive to his player who played bad!

I can't say he has faith in them. Give our current squad condition, I dont think he has a choice.

When Nicky subbed in, I have a feeling that he will score a goal. How true it can be

This post has been edited by IsoZ: Jan 11 2009, 07:16 AM

If we can constantly win with that score line and win the EPL and UCL and all those other, I dont mind reverting back to that, which actually was very famous for Arsenal in the past, hahaha.

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Added on January 11, 2009, 2:27 amActually u see a lot of square passes in our games this season, dont know why, but if compare to last season, our striker was taking their chances better than last season. This season our strikers are a bit sharper but our passing are square, while last season our passing was near god like but our striker was not taking the chances well enough, I wonder why

This post has been edited by jim18992: Jan 11 2009, 02:27 AM

The team immediately got into gear when Vela came on which pushed Nasri into a more central role. We really needed some creativity in the middle of the park and neither Denilson or Diaby were providing that. Anyway, it was a good win considering the fact that Villa won earlier.

Oh, Stoke 0-0 Liverpool

RvP looks red hot at the moment IMO. A little unfortunate not to end up with a goal but still our MOTM today by miles. We could be looking at our top scorer this season and probably a better chance in the league than what the majority of us actually think if he keeps up his form and stays fit IMO.

A little fact time. It was the 8th time we have hit the frame of the goal this season and Van Persie was responsible for 5 of them including todays. Imagine if he had scored all 5 of them.

Well what can you say... classic scoreline...

performance well... im gonna say the whole match is downright a borefest for a neutral, a frustrating one for the fans. All those passes going now where.. we sometimes look to counter attack, only to hesitate then pass back.. then square it.. and repeat. at one point the fans don't know what to do = almost library atmosphere. Sometimes you can't blame the crowd..this was one of those, however once we started attacking the crowd got on again.

Diaby.. just kept giving the balls away, was awful really.

RvP.. what a man.. just unlucky not to cap away that fine turn with a goal.. had couple of nice moments, worked hard. The commentators mentioned RvP really working it inside the box where he suppose to be and is doing so while Ade lazily drifted out wide out of the action. when the crosses came in ... when it mattered for ade to be in the box he was outside, .. then a nice pass to him to put him 1 v 1 right infront of goal, don't even need to run just pick a spot, and he took all the time in the world, enough for the defender to come in... how was that not a goal is so baffling.. so utterly terrible.. most strikers would have put that in.. you're not playing golf are you ade? (checks wind, looks at the ground, checks angle, plays with the rabbits..)

Bendtner, came on almost scored with his 1st touch in just 2 secs, then proceeded to give away the ball to breakdown our own attacks couple of times but got the goal that mattered, not many goals from him, but like gallas, th goals came when it mattered. Good for him to score, now stop being so shite and get back to your "potential" position again =P

Denilson, tried to play the killer pass, some with success, tried to make things work, harried around, was there to put off the bolton player enough to fire a tame shot at almunia at the end. worked hard, getting more consistent and playing decently.


Vela, again came on and his nature of taking ppl on directly helped us and "inspired" the other players if you will.. this guy should be theo's substitute while he's out now...


defense... i'll address as a whole, decent, solid, uninspiring full backs.. bolton never really came out to attack us and still managed a couple of dangerous chances.. if this was say aston villa flying out to attack us we would never come out of this with a clean sheet. defense is still a worry although toure got a nice run out, drove forward and almost scored a nice goal from one of his favourite long shots. We really lack the energy, confidence and creativity.. it was really dour really.. If confidence is the key , perhaps a new excitement of the signing may help. I think the team is also too comfortable.. i fear the slip into complacency... thankfully we still got the result today which keeps us in check.. liverpool drew meant we're back to the pre-christmas period gap.. slowly but surely.. aston villa really building on their run now..

I hope we can win convincingly even if we're away to hull.. we owe them a performance to blow them away.. liverpool soon will meet a run of interesting games with everton followed by a few more tricky fixtures, man utd's fitness levels look about the same as us even though they havent played 3 more games (as they played world club championship) this 3 extra games although in hand may come back to haunt them and we may see SAF complain about fixutures etc again.. chelsea too have some tricky games although for us, our string of tough games lies at the end of the season.. we should start building up a run now, and i hope we can start by winning convincingly away at hull next weekend, then we'll take it from there.. the lads so badly need their confidence.. it's a vicious cycle.. you need confidence to win but u need to win to get confidence.. that's where we're hanging by the moment by winning ugly, surviving injuries, hopefully signings can improve the situation.. and i hope AW settles this part right this window..

thanks for the 3 pts bolton, oh, don't forget to take the teambus with you when u get off the pitch! (although we're not helping by playing square passed going nowhere.. like i mentioned earlier.. an early goal would have opened up the game more.. but perhaps with our defense.. it may have prolly been best to nick a goal like this -pun intended- at death hehe)

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Added on January 11, 2009, 7:14 amTo be honest, there's nothing they could do really.. it had to be their game plan.. they were hit so bad their bench had only 3 players. they were stretch.. although i don't expect teams to roll over to let us win, bolton were horrible and barely could string 3 passes.. with that in mind.. we should have been able to take them apart even if they sat back.. we were equally poor in the attacking/creative department as well lets admit.. if we had meet aston villa again today we may have lost again even if they gave us space.. perhaps in perspective.. giving the defense (ours) room to breathe and nicking a goal at the end would be good. See how bolton tried to get us after the goal that almost lead to the equaliser? (granted we also then had more chances after.. but we could have easily conceded just as easily as we could have scored another tho.. )

This post has been edited by chronic_blade: Jan 11 2009, 07:14 AM

man the way arsenal played yesterday is no longer as exciting as before..

i yawned a few times watching them play =/

ARSENAL vs BOLTON WANDERERS [1 - 0]

MOTD Highlights - Rapidshare

This post has been edited by ncool15: Jan 11 2009, 08:51 AM

Seem like Ferguson did it, Liverpool blow their chance.

Hope tonight Chelsea and Mu also draw.