Notice how they pass the ball. They pass it in the air, not the ground. Very few quick 1-2s. That's our game, and you can't play it on this surface.
They've played quite a lot on the ground. And secondly... the fact that that is our ONLY game is exactly why we're a 4th place/cup team.
Sigh.. Wenger has always been terrible with substitutions. He uses them to rest players NEVER to influence games.
I said watch. The ball doesn't travel along the ground the majority of the time they pass. They put it through the air, minimal contact with the ground. It's also Barcelona's only game. Have you quite finished with the "we're **** and the season's **** because we didn't do well in one match" thing? Getting old.
0-0 isn't a terrible result. We still look a like we lack a little sharpness but hopefully that will return over the next game or two. We need to come out strong in the home fixture and get a couple of goals early on. We don't want them scoring at the emirates. Glad we will have our Germans back for that game.
Eh? Why do you think he brings Oxo on later as a sub? His pace against those tired defenders is what created that late chance.
Been saying it for Millenia, and he also doesn't want to discourage players, so even a player on an incredibly ****tyv day gets minimum 65 mins.
So when we won the fa cup he didn't being on Sanogo to play two up top with giroud which created the winning goal. And that's only a few games ago. So that gets rid of the capital never...
Chesney -7 Debuchy - 6 Chambers - 6 Koscielny - 5 Monreal - 5 Arteta - 5 Ramsey - 4 Wilshere - 2 Cazorla - 2 Sanchez - 6 Giroud - 1 And that's being generous
Have to say, our worst players tonight were Cazorla, Giroud and Monreal. Everyone else was ok. Flamini didn't offer much but all in all a disappointing performance. Leaves the tie dangerously poised.
Not to mention the countless times he used monreal as a sub to play in front of Gibbs to close down our left wing, or added flamini to our midfield to close out games... He regularly makes tactical substitutions..
