Well, hello everyone, it's been a long weekend and it's high time we reflected on what happened. Saturday was heart wrenching. I know we all know the events of the game and how Adebayor has ingrained himself in dickhead folk lore by stamping on Cesc, kicking and slapping Song, raking van Persie's face and celebrating his goal in front of our boys in the stands. He's looking at a ban which will see him miss a couple of important games and surely the City fans will see that he's only out for himself. His interview was awful, he said that he is human and made a mistake and will be better for it tomorrow, but I think we all know that tomorrow he'll still be a cunt. He also claims to have apologized to van Persie for treading on his face, which our Dutchman categorically denies. I'm inclined to believe Robin. Mark Hughes has said that it his celebration was understandable because of what he's been through in the past 18 months. I'm still wondering what that is exactly. It seems to me that all he's gone through is a pay raise and the realization that he's a twat who deserves all the scorn he claims to get.
Besides Adebayor the game was strange and frustrating. We never really got going despite the fact that for large parts of the game we were running things. We moved the ball slowly and had little urgency when off it. Still, we had the first chance of the game when Gallas couldn't quite make good enough contact with a corner that was swinging slightly behind him. Had that gone in the game would have been in the bag.
Denilson was off the pace entirely, which prompts me to believe that there was something wrong, maybe his girl left him or his grandmother is ill or he had the flu or something because whatever you think of him nobody with eyes could ever accuse him of not trying. He wasn't hustling to balls or making tackles at all, I don't think he went to ground once and it seems like it's his favorite thing to do.
Song wasn't having a great game and Cesc looked miles away. Up front our boys were very slow and lacked any craft what so ever. Diaby was a terrible choice out on the left and I can only imagine was picked in order to recover some confidence from the United game.
We sorely missed Arshavin, Nasri, Walcott and Vela and until his introduction Rosicky. We could have really used some craft and guile and urgency and all of those players are capable of giving those things and something a little extra.
At the back we weren't particularly good. Clichy was having one of those games where he goes away for a while for longs spells, maybe eating a mental sandwich or fantasizing about a girl in the crowd. Gallas and Vermaelen weren't as vivacious as we've come to expect and were split too easily on several occasions, although they can't take all the blame as our midfield and forward line weren't putting any effort in off the ball.
The first goal we let in was odd and Almunia was slow to react to an offsides Micah Richards' header. On one hand I think he should have been a bit braver and saved it, but on the other hand, had he hit the post and injured himself we would be in big trouble until he returns.
Our equalizer didn't come until Rosicky put some verve in our side and then as we piled forward poor play on our part led to 3 of their goals. 3. 3 goals. I won't get into details but each goal could have been avoided far up the park. It took until we were 4-1 down to react after being 2-1 down. We hit the post, had shots blocked, Given made a very good save and a save he knew nothing about. We could have been level by the end of the game had we put away half the chances we had in the last 10 minutes.
It was a gutting loss and Adebayor made it that much worse. I haven't even mentioned the ref. He was awful. We were up against it again. We were being whistled and carded and they were allowed to kick at us wildly, Adebayor in particular.
We have to regroup now and have a long list of fixtures that should let us do that. We have about odds on 10 winnable games coming up and should we do that it'll get us back on track. Even if we drop a couple points here or there a good run should get us moving again.
Champions' League play starts tomorrow and we've got Eduardo back. In the total farce that was his charge, trial and condemnation, which cost god knows how much money, UEFA bit off a lot more than they could chew. They've realized it and turned over the ban. They're a moronic bureaucracy and I hope for the sake of football that something over there changes.
So it's Standard Liege and we'll have Eduardo to help us to a standard win. They're missing their best player and we despite all of our injuries we should certainly have enough to put them away.
Talk to you then,
Highbury86
Besides Adebayor the game was strange and frustrating. We never really got going despite the fact that for large parts of the game we were running things. We moved the ball slowly and had little urgency when off it. Still, we had the first chance of the game when Gallas couldn't quite make good enough contact with a corner that was swinging slightly behind him. Had that gone in the game would have been in the bag.
Denilson was off the pace entirely, which prompts me to believe that there was something wrong, maybe his girl left him or his grandmother is ill or he had the flu or something because whatever you think of him nobody with eyes could ever accuse him of not trying. He wasn't hustling to balls or making tackles at all, I don't think he went to ground once and it seems like it's his favorite thing to do.
Song wasn't having a great game and Cesc looked miles away. Up front our boys were very slow and lacked any craft what so ever. Diaby was a terrible choice out on the left and I can only imagine was picked in order to recover some confidence from the United game.
We sorely missed Arshavin, Nasri, Walcott and Vela and until his introduction Rosicky. We could have really used some craft and guile and urgency and all of those players are capable of giving those things and something a little extra.
At the back we weren't particularly good. Clichy was having one of those games where he goes away for a while for longs spells, maybe eating a mental sandwich or fantasizing about a girl in the crowd. Gallas and Vermaelen weren't as vivacious as we've come to expect and were split too easily on several occasions, although they can't take all the blame as our midfield and forward line weren't putting any effort in off the ball.
The first goal we let in was odd and Almunia was slow to react to an offsides Micah Richards' header. On one hand I think he should have been a bit braver and saved it, but on the other hand, had he hit the post and injured himself we would be in big trouble until he returns.
Our equalizer didn't come until Rosicky put some verve in our side and then as we piled forward poor play on our part led to 3 of their goals. 3. 3 goals. I won't get into details but each goal could have been avoided far up the park. It took until we were 4-1 down to react after being 2-1 down. We hit the post, had shots blocked, Given made a very good save and a save he knew nothing about. We could have been level by the end of the game had we put away half the chances we had in the last 10 minutes.
It was a gutting loss and Adebayor made it that much worse. I haven't even mentioned the ref. He was awful. We were up against it again. We were being whistled and carded and they were allowed to kick at us wildly, Adebayor in particular.
We have to regroup now and have a long list of fixtures that should let us do that. We have about odds on 10 winnable games coming up and should we do that it'll get us back on track. Even if we drop a couple points here or there a good run should get us moving again.
Champions' League play starts tomorrow and we've got Eduardo back. In the total farce that was his charge, trial and condemnation, which cost god knows how much money, UEFA bit off a lot more than they could chew. They've realized it and turned over the ban. They're a moronic bureaucracy and I hope for the sake of football that something over there changes.
So it's Standard Liege and we'll have Eduardo to help us to a standard win. They're missing their best player and we despite all of our injuries we should certainly have enough to put them away.
Talk to you then,
Highbury86
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