Arsenal 1 - 2 Chelsea
One and probably two reasons why we lost
The first and most obvious reason being our defense. The way we play, both our fullback Lauren and Cole would most of the times join the attack and we let our left and right flank totally unguarded, with only two centrebacks staying behind. Even those two centrebacks are sitting rather high up the pitch, thus providing enough space between them and Lehmann to be exploited. Sure they try to play offside trap. But you can't count on offside trap.
With Chelsea's expertise in long ball, we are just inviting them into our goal. When we are attacked, only Cole and Toure have the speed to track back and clear. Senderos and Lauren are too slow for that. I don't believe Lauren is effective at attacking and as such, he'd better stay behind.
Senderos is a slow starter and I agree. However I also believe that we can't afford the time for him to get into rhytm if we were to beat Chelsea this season. WE NEED A QUALITY CENTREBACK NOW!!!
Another aspect that worry me is Senderos' inability to mark or stop players with great physical aggresion such as Drogba. Either he needs to improve on that or he needs a partner with enough strength to do that. Of course Sol Campbell has what it takes to do the job but the man's future is uncertain at the moment.
In any case, Cygan isn't a solution and if we were to play like we did yesterday, leaving everything to the two centrebacks, WENGER NEEDS ANOTHER QUALITY CENTREBACK!!
Alrite I am frustated. I am frustated at how we were so easily exposed by long ball tactic. Having said that, Kolo Toure was particularly having a good game yesterday.
The second reason, which I am not that sure of, is our sophisticated attacking play. There were many occasions last night where we could have attempt a shot and probably scored but instead, as usual, we passed. Chelsea have solid defense and they are quick to cover their area. The only way to score against them is to hit them fast. We can't afford the luxury of constructing perfect goals. We need to do what Lupoli did against Ajax. Simple goal. I love it when we play our beautiful football, scoring after series of glorious moves. But there are times when you should just take the chance and bombard them. That's how you gonna beat Petr Cech.
As expected, no news on Viera, let alone Christanval and Song. When it comes to Wenger's transfer rumours, the best attitude is just to wait and see until they report it in the club's website. Otherwise you gonna get disappointed, often.
And I shall end here with my plead to Wenger : JUST GET ME A QUALITY CENTREBACK!!!
The first and most obvious reason being our defense. The way we play, both our fullback Lauren and Cole would most of the times join the attack and we let our left and right flank totally unguarded, with only two centrebacks staying behind. Even those two centrebacks are sitting rather high up the pitch, thus providing enough space between them and Lehmann to be exploited. Sure they try to play offside trap. But you can't count on offside trap.
With Chelsea's expertise in long ball, we are just inviting them into our goal. When we are attacked, only Cole and Toure have the speed to track back and clear. Senderos and Lauren are too slow for that. I don't believe Lauren is effective at attacking and as such, he'd better stay behind.
Senderos is a slow starter and I agree. However I also believe that we can't afford the time for him to get into rhytm if we were to beat Chelsea this season. WE NEED A QUALITY CENTREBACK NOW!!!
Another aspect that worry me is Senderos' inability to mark or stop players with great physical aggresion such as Drogba. Either he needs to improve on that or he needs a partner with enough strength to do that. Of course Sol Campbell has what it takes to do the job but the man's future is uncertain at the moment.
In any case, Cygan isn't a solution and if we were to play like we did yesterday, leaving everything to the two centrebacks, WENGER NEEDS ANOTHER QUALITY CENTREBACK!!
Alrite I am frustated. I am frustated at how we were so easily exposed by long ball tactic. Having said that, Kolo Toure was particularly having a good game yesterday.
The second reason, which I am not that sure of, is our sophisticated attacking play. There were many occasions last night where we could have attempt a shot and probably scored but instead, as usual, we passed. Chelsea have solid defense and they are quick to cover their area. The only way to score against them is to hit them fast. We can't afford the luxury of constructing perfect goals. We need to do what Lupoli did against Ajax. Simple goal. I love it when we play our beautiful football, scoring after series of glorious moves. But there are times when you should just take the chance and bombard them. That's how you gonna beat Petr Cech.
As expected, no news on Viera, let alone Christanval and Song. When it comes to Wenger's transfer rumours, the best attitude is just to wait and see until they report it in the club's website. Otherwise you gonna get disappointed, often.
And I shall end here with my plead to Wenger : JUST GET ME A QUALITY CENTREBACK!!!
posted by phoenix chix at 10:03 AM
3 Comments:
Fair play to you for your opinion...but do you really think Senderos is not ready for this season. How do you explain the umpteen clean sheets at the back end of last season's PL, plus his majestic performances against Bayern Munich.
Against two very aggressive and direct teams in Bolton and Blackburn, Phillippe happily and succesfully met fire with fire to emerge with clean sheets. The last time he played Chelski, Drogba never got a kick. Phillippe is class, and there is no case to answer.
You rightly point to uncertainty over Campbell's future...that is purely down to the fact that Senderos is so damn good, else wise do you think Arsene would let him leave..?? C'mon now, this isn't rocket science.
Oh and the test of a player ie Song, is that Arsene wants them, not that Scum U do. ie Dumber-Djemba, Kleberson, Liam Miller, Quinton Fortune.....
AAW
haha....
i agree with u about PS quality. i don't have any doubt about that. but this article is about his last match. and the writer commented about this season based on PS last match. and it's right that he had stopped robben twice. but don't be kidding, did u see drogba second goal? PS tried that hard to stop drogba and did drogba stop? hey just imagine if there was nistelrooy there and not drogba, i think he will dive, and he will get penalty and for sure senderos will get red card for that foul coz he was the last defender. it showed that senderos wasn't strong enough to stop drogba even with a foul. and u see the first goal, if only he can do faster than he did, he can covered the shot. and if u think that error is normal for a man? then what happened to massimo taibi(ex man utd GK), what happened to howard? why did united buy van der saar? just use him right if error is normal?
then if u talked about PS last season, ohh then did u watch wigan vs chelsea? then u can said that wigan fisrt half is really great even arsenal can't do that. and then can i said that wigan this season will finish in second position? i think u can answer it by yourself....
but btw i still hope for senderos another great play. and i believe he won't disappoint us. just hope for his best performance.....
Personally I think Senderos and Toure will form a great defensive partnership for Arsenal for years to come, AAW. In fact,I rate him higher than Sol.
But Senderos, being young and all that, will need time to learn. He might hit bad form and needs to be out for few games. And were we to challenge Chelsea this season, we can't afford losing points the way we did last season. Thus the need of an accomplished defender. Not Cygan, not Christanval.
Anyway, it's clear now that Wenger won't be getting anyone in for the centerback position. So fingers crossed, we will see Drobga silenced by Senderos for 90 minutes this Sunday.
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