Arsenal v City - 4pm

Interested to see what both managers say about the red cards.

Linesman saying to City players 'they paid £62 go and thank them'

Ra's al Ghul wrote:

Carlos Jenkinson wrote:

But he's not really a striker is he? he doesn't have a poachers intelligence and when he started banging in goals he played behind the striker. He can't play with his back to the goal either

Did you see his goal against Swansea last week?

And he gets into good positions, even from the flank. I think he'd do well in a central position but maybe I'm wrong.

We will have to see

Cazorla has been playing very average for a while now.

Michael Dean was brilliant today. Kompany has always struck me as a decent player, a mix between Ryan Shawcross and Maldini, and today we saw the savage Shawcross side of him. Wilshere is lucky to still be playing after that horrifying tackle, and his applauding of the decision was an act of true sportsmanship. The commentators wanted him to protest on Kompany's behalf, but why should he seek to work on the behalf of a beast that attempted to maul his knobbly knees with spike-adorned flying feet?

Yrael wrote:Cazorla has been playing very average for a while now.

Such is his nature. Average players get found out after a couple of games, take Allen for example.

Cazorla doesn't seem like a big game player. Like, if it's not going very well, he can go quiet.

Glen Damon wrote:Michael Dean was brilliant today. Kompany has always struck me as a decent player, a mix between Ryan Shawcross and Maldini, and today we saw the savage Shawcross side of him. Wilshere is lucky to still be playing after that horrifying tackle, and his applauding of the decision was an act of true sportsmanship. The commentators wanted him to protest on Kompany's behalf, but why should he seek to work on the behalf of a beast that attempted to maul his knobbly knees with spike-adorned flying feet?

When you try too hard, it doesn't even read cleverly. It just sounds like a load of shit, you can do better Glen.

Jord wrote:

Yrael wrote:Cazorla has been playing very average for a while now.

Such is his nature. Average players get found out after a couple of games, take Allen for example.

Both of them are fine players-Cazorla, in fact, is an excellent player-they just happen to be off colour lately.

Uncle John from Jamaica wrote:

Glen Damon wrote:Michael Dean was brilliant today. Kompany has always struck me as a decent player, a mix between Ryan Shawcross and Maldini, and today we saw the savage Shawcross side of him. Wilshere is lucky to still be playing after that horrifying tackle, and his applauding of the decision was an act of true sportsmanship. The commentators wanted him to protest on Kompany's behalf, but why should he seek to work on the behalf of a beast that attempted to maul his knobbly knees with spike-adorned flying feet?

When you try too hard, it doesn't even read cleverly. It just sounds like a load of shit, you can do better Glen.

I am not trying at all, that was a stream of consciousness.

'I refuse to watch it again'

'I will watch it again'

Yrael wrote:Cazorla has been playing very average for a while now.

He hasn't been being used the same way.

Bye_Ya wrote:

Yrael wrote:Cazorla has been playing very average for a while now.

He hasn't been being used the same way.

What's changed?

Seemed at the start of the season he dictated more play, always had the ball. Now he's less of the attack maestro.

What a terrible decision to give Kompany a red card.

Nope.

Stand corrected. It should have been a red.

Good man.

But I doubt they will retroactively give Wilshere a red card.

Scuba Steve wrote:

Stand corrected. It should have been a red.

Arsenal red card was a blatant red.

Don't know about the City one, Haven't seen it yet but by the looks of the photo it doesn't look that bad.

Looks like a clean win. Not even a foul, let alone a card of any kind.

Agreed

menalawyerguy wrote:Looks like a clean win. Not even a foul, let alone a card of any kind.

No no. I am assured by intellectual members of this forum that the tackle committed by Kompany in the game against Arsenal was indeed -- what the kids call today -- a horror tackle. Visual evidence be damned.

Get them damn kids off my lawn!

Why is that Arsenal fan insulting Dzeko who is wishing everybody a happy new year

Scuba Steve wrote:

menalawyerguy wrote:Looks like a clean win. Not even a foul, let alone a card of any kind.

No no. I am assured by intellectual members of this forum that the tackle committed by Kompany in the game against Arsenal was indeed -- what the kids call today -- a horror tackle. Visual evidence be damned.

It's all the intent, you just don't understand geezer.

After watching Kompanys challenge, Maybe a little harsh but was a red card.

My dad got collared for interview by Arsenalfanstv after the game

http://www.arsenalfantv.com/fan-reacts-to-disappointing-defeat-to-man-city/

He was pretty upbeat tbh. Usually he goes mental when we lose

Also on the subject of Cazorla. I think he's gone abit average lately because as with most of our 1st team, he's not getting rotated enough. He's played nearly all our games as Wenger either doesn't trust the backup or knows they're shit and not worth playing. Plus the system were playing ATM isn't working as we're too slow in the buildup meaning he's not getting the space.

If we actually had decent quality in our squad depth we'd have rotated more efficiently and we'd not have to play Diaby after he's been out injured for so long in a big game like yesterday.

Which is why I get so annoyed when Wenger says he can't see quality in the Jan market and that the squad is complete. Neither are true.

Childish Logic wrote:

Scuba Steve wrote:

No no. I am assured by intellectual members of this forum that the tackle committed by Kompany in the game against Arsenal was indeed -- what the kids call today -- a horror tackle. Visual evidence be damned.

It's all the intent, you just don't understand geezer.

The intent being to get the ball and swipe it away before Wilshere got there? Oh the horror!