Comments on: Fulham vs Arsenal, 0-1: Full time thoughts, analysis and player ratings

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:59:18 +0000

You have really made my day with that comment

By: FREDDY KOIGI

FREDDY KOIGI — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:12:18 +0000

Does Arsenal really need Diaby, The only comparison he has to Patrick Vieira is his long legs and it ends there. He may be either bright or lucky sometimes but with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Carlos Vela and Emmanuel Eboue out, We really don’t need to try his luck. I know all the players i have suggested are attacking players and Diaby is “Defensive Midfielder” who does nothing to defend so he isn’t a defensive midfielder and he never manages to carry the ball far enough to attack so he is not an attacking midfielder, he doesn’t hold the ball long enough as he always looses possession so he isn’t a central holding midfielder, He doesn’t give those defense splitting passes frequently enough so he is not a support striker, he doesn’t score enough goals so he is not a striker. SO WHAT DOES DIABY EVER DO FOR ARSENAL?. Actually Arsenal needs a defender to defend against Diaby because he gives away too many balls in very suspicious areas of the pitch.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:11:14 +0000

What Silvanna Perez and Hunter said in their last comment sums up what I also think. Wenger has given Diaby way too many chances and he never took advantage of that. I’m not saying he didn’t try, not saying he didn’t care, just saying as it is – at this moment in his career – he’s simply not good enough.

And yes, as Hunter said, if you don’t perform in your daily job, your boss will gently ask you to find another company to work for. That’s how life works, it’s a logical thing.

By: Silvanna Perez

Silvanna Perez — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:05:41 +0000

I understand your point of view. I’d like to see Ramsey and Wilshere play more ‘cos I know that is the only way to improve their skills. I sincerely hope Diaby improve his game but you cannot say that Wenger isn’t giving him chances. The problem is that Diaby is clearly getting worse. I always expect him to perform better but he seems to have a big lack of confidence.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:53:26 +0000

the reason the defense was not as good is because they are under constant pressure since the midfield is so bad. They did very well covering all over with no real help.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:47:46 +0000

He is good for defending set plays? What games are you watching? He is dreadful and loses his man almost every time. You can’t just keep playing someone in hopes that they get better to the detriment of the team. There are players who fully deserve to be ahead of him and they need to be on the field. Putting him in the lineup causes us to play with 1 less man all over the pitch. This in turn causes our defenders and other positions to be pulled all over out of position and then we get exploited. The reason we have been giving up goals is not the defense, it’s the midfield. You can’t have song doing the work of 3 people and then be surprised when we give up goals.

Also, I see no reason to sugar coat it. If I am at work and I do a piss poor job then that’s that. My boss or my clients will call it like they see it. This is the same situation. He has played like crap and that’s just a fact. There’s no way around it. Simply not good enough.

By: Ravenous

Ravenous — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:35:50 +0000

To be honest, I wouldn’t grade any player in this game except Manone, Gallas and Vermaelen, because the rest were far below par. How sad it is to say.

By: haloftww

haloftww — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:39:10 +0000

I think I’ve figured why Arshavin performed below-par. One of the Gunners (cough Diaby cough) passed the ball more often to the Fulham players than to him.

By: haloftww

haloftww — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:32:04 +0000

I think Clichy misses Nasri, him and Arshavin don’t quite click

By: Herbert

Herbert — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:58:08 +0000

Well a few kicks to clear the box and the usual bad crossing…
The defence was not top as before…
I don’t know if any of Arsenal player are working on crosses in training… They’re just bad…!!!