Well earned point today with first half performance which I think matched arsenal followed by a solid back to the walls defensive second half. Mignolet - 9 best performance so far Ferdinand - 8 Technically very good today Bramble - 8 Solid in the air and great tackling Mensah - 7 Outshone by our other defenders for a change Bardsley - 8 Very solid and 100% effort Malbranque - 6 Full of running but still lacking a shot Hendo - 7 Some good pass and move footy. Best performance for a while. Sess - 7 Attacked well and got back. Looks dangerous. Muntari - 6 Solid but unspectacular Rico - 5 Can't recall seeing him! Gyan - 6 Ran his socks off but to little effect. Passing a little wayward. Subs Colback - 5 not convinced by him yet Wellbeck - 7 exciting return. Unlucky not to score. As for arsenal Nasri was superb today think we can get him on loan next year ;-)
Good to see Hendo had a decent game. The ability is there we just need to be patient. Cracking result. Bring on our last seven games now. I fancy 13-15 points.
Good ratings here. I agree with that Henderson but feel he could take some lessons in tackling. When he confronts an attacker, he just stands there flapping his arms without trying to get the ball. Could do better...
Bumblebore - Cheers mate, interesting to see someone's op who was there. Did the back 4 look like a unit??
Thought Titus had a great game, got lots of interventions and mentions on the tv, Richo went missing, Steed good for the hour he was on but never looks like scoring. Gyan was a nuisance all day, still doesn't hold the ball well, need someone who can play back to goal to stop ball coming back against back four so quick. overall we just about deserved the point but worried where the goals are coming from, maybe now Welbeck is back we may get afew
Rokerlad59 Got a confession to make ...... saw the game on a dodgy TV channel at the pub! Dont tell Niall!! I thought our back four played very well together considering players were out of position and not long back from injury. Looking back at the game i thought we defended the set pieces much better than we've done for most of the season cos thats definitely been a weakness of ours.
