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| Deleted User | Oct 23 2013, 05:09 AM Post #271 |
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no I don't think we need any defensive midfielder, the main problem in that game was Arsenal failure to score more than one goal, and one of the reason is because ozil spent the whole game, hugging the touchline on the right wing, we need some of our wide players back to provide width, too many CAM out there on the pitch. |
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| jays712 | Oct 23 2013, 07:22 AM Post #272 |
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I didn't see it that way at all. When Dortmund got the winner, we were clearly bossing the game and looked fairly comfortable in defense. Dortmund are gonna create chances during any match because they are a very good team with one of the world's best strikers. Even saying that, Dortmund created little in the way of real chances on our goal. As far as parking the bus, I completely disagree. No way you play for a tie at home. A bit different if this was an away match. |
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| jays712 | Oct 23 2013, 07:34 AM Post #273 |
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I don't know which way you want it dream. We've screamed for so long about how inefficient we've been with our scoring chances and how all our possession and passing equaled little in terms of scoring. Now that we're suddenly more efficient with our chances, although with less overall possession, you're still complaining. Think of all the times when we bossed matches against ManU, and especially against Chelsea, only to see them turn their only 2-3 chances all match into goals and we lose. It was maddening. Is that what you want to return to? I say fuck that. Give me killer efficiency in front of goal any day over pinging the ball around and trying to walk the ball in the net and never having it happen. |
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| cruyff_turn | Oct 23 2013, 09:29 AM Post #274 |
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We always knew it was going to be a tough task against Dortmund, especially with the attrition in our ranks. We really missed Theo as he would have afforded us a lot more space in the middle third with his running. Let's hope his injury setback is a very minor one. Can't afford to play without him for much longer. Ramsey's worst game this season, but he was still quite creative with his dribbling and running. Ozil did an admirable job providing the width we needed. I can't help but feel we were a bit too gung-ho at the end. Also can't help but feel that Flamini would have been covering for Sagna and tracked Lewy's run to the far post. |
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| Deleted User | Oct 23 2013, 10:03 AM Post #275 |
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no in those games in those days especially against chelsea we didn't really 'boss' the game, we always had the most possession without actually creating clear cut chances , that's why we always struggle to even score one goal against Mourinho's chelsea. Anywyas that's a debate for another day. Yes you might call this efficiency but I doubt it will be enough against a top side with a solid defence. Come to think of it we were very conservative in this game and didn't really threaten Dortmund's goal UNTIL we started pushing men forward, had we commited more men forward from the start we might have scored 2 or 3 goals. The bottom line is with the playing personnel we currently have, if we continue this conservative game, we'll score goals against the crystal palace and sunderland of this world, but when we face the top sides like Chelsea and Man city, and the european big boys like bayern, barca etc we'll score one goal MAX. |
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| Gooner0893 | Oct 23 2013, 10:08 AM Post #276 |
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Agreed. I also don't think that some of the fans here are giving enough credit to Drotmund. They are a seasoned and talented team. They went all the way to the CL final last year after comprehensively beating Madrid in the semis? Dare I say that they have a better team than Arsenal. |
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| cruyff_turn | Oct 23 2013, 10:09 AM Post #277 |
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By the numbers: http://news.arseblog.com/2013/10/arsenal-1-2-borussia-dortmund-by-the-numbers/ Wow, Arteta had a terrific game. Wilshere...not so much. Edited by cruyff_turn, Oct 23 2013, 10:10 AM.
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| cruyff_turn | Oct 23 2013, 10:14 AM Post #278 |
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They're definitely better when we're missing Flamini, Theo, Poldi, and Ox. Of course they were missing Gundogan too, a massive player for them. |
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| rw_mlite2 | Oct 23 2013, 10:16 AM Post #279 |
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Frustrating loss for sure. Very naive on the game winner. Who the hell was covering for Sagna? And I question why we were bombing so many numbers forward at that point anyway. I don't care if we had the momentum at that time and were playing at home. The goal proved how dangerous a game that is. And wtf, Ramsey? I knew from the moment he started to dribble that something bad was going to happen. Oh well, nothing to do but move on. Let's hope this doesn't cost us in the end. |
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| dsch15 | Oct 23 2013, 10:42 AM Post #280 |
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11 tackles by Arteta, along with his usual composure in possession and intelligent distribution. Many have commented that missing Flamini hurt us, but assuming he is included in the game in Germany it should not be at the captain's expense. |
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