But you completely undermine your 'argument' by continually insulting our manager, regardless of whether he reads it.
See my reply to Yu-willy above. It was a tight angle, we certainly weren't 'gifted' it. And all goals are scored following a mistake somewhere along the line. It's perfectly valid goal that anyone on this board would be happy to take if it were their own team.
To have played a big big club like Arsenal on thier own turf and come away feeling disapointed that we didnt draw or even nick a win there is not to bad considering we were underdogs going into the game. When we start putting away our chances on goal we will shock a few of the biggest teams in the prem. S.T.I.D.
Wrong. Luck is not an unmeasurable factor. Mistakes are part of the game, but you have to factor in the rarity or the possibility of a mistake happening. The mistake/miscommunication between Vorm and Rangel is a mistake that is extremely rare in the game of football. You probably won't see another like-for-like mistake this season. So in that respect, it was a very lucky break. Another factor of mistakes in football is the amount of skill from the opposing player to force the mistake. You expect RvP or Walcott to go past some players during a match, and while that technically means that defenders have made mistakes, you have to give credit to the attacker for using skill to get past someone. Arshavin had to do nothing to receive the ball yesterday. It was a freak mishap that could have gone anywhere off Rangel's boot, but it fortuitously fell straight at Arshavin's feet. While he did show great composure and skill to stick it in the net, to say that it wasn't lucky and that the particular mistake that led to him receiving the ball was 'just another mistake' is very short sighted. You won't get those mistakes from the top teams - luckily for you, you got one from us.
Of course you were gifted the goal, it was a tight angle yes, and nobody is saying it wasn't a valid goal just a lucky one, the swans were good for at least a draw and had the better chances, still if we don't bury them we won't get anywhere. Be looking forward to taking 3 points off you on the return game, I am confident we will on your display yesterday.
