Tottenham v Arsenal Match Thread

anladmór

arsenals midfield is so average imo, and i find them really boring to watch compared to the team with Henry, Pires and the likes.

syngindub

agree that lennon is far to quick to be a footballer

LuckyLloyd

Frisbee wrote: »

Lennon and Palacios are having great games thus far.

Raskolnikov

What's happened to Toure? A few years ago he looked like one of the best central defenders in the Premier League. Now he doesn't even look like he wants to be playing.

Frisbee

eZe^

Frisbee wrote: »

Unbelievable really. It's a shame imo, I loved watching Arsenal....





KEANNNNNE SO CLOSE!

Thanx 4 The Fish

Keane wasteful as ever...

Headshot

shouldve been a goal there for spurs

LuckyLloyd

Keane oh dear, should have scored a free header off a great delivery from Lennon. Almunia all at sea.

mike65

A goal's gonna come.

Frisbee

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Lennon and Palacios are having great games thus far.

Aye, stand out players by a mile.

Raskolnikov wrote: »

What's happened to Toure? A few years ago he looked like one of the best central defenders in the Premier League. Now he doesn't even look like he wants to be playing.

Malaria. Can't think of anything else, but there has to be

ditpoker

this has 1-0 arsenal written all over it

gosplan

Frisbee wrote: »

Adebayor is a good player. Good, not great.
Anyone could score 30 goals in a season with the players we had creating them for him last season.

Hell I could score 10+ goals a season if I had Fab, Rosicky, Hleb and RVP setting them up for me.

He can be good but has been awful since he signed his new deal in the summer.

After all the 'big clubs want me, I'm going to Barca' bollocks and then the 'oh wait, I'm on 70k a week, never want to leave Arsenal ever ever, the best club in the world' over the summer, he's really annoyed me.

Frisbee

ditpoker wrote: »

this has 1-0 arsenal written all over it

Kolo Toure @ 50/1

I'll have that, cant see us scoring outside a corner or free kick

Raskolnikov

ditpoker wrote: »

this has 1-0 arsenal written all over it

Wouldn't surprise me to be honest.

gosplan

Raskolnikov wrote: »

What's happened to Toure? A few years ago he looked like one of the best central defenders in the Premier League. Now he doesn't even look like he wants to be playing.

Gallas

Quazzie

Frisbee wrote: »

Malaria. Can't think of anything else, but there has to be

I heard its more that he has gotten involved with some wrong people off the pitch in London and its been then that his performaces on the pitch have deteriorated.

Frisbee

RVP back into LM

About time

Roddy23

Ye I think the captaincy situation could have been handled better. There's still life left in him, it was a great run in the first half where he pulled it back, back to the old days of Toure running through the centre.

Raskolnikov

Wonder will Bent make an appearance.

Frisbee

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I heard its more that he has gotten involved with some wrong people off the pitch in London and its been then that his performaces on the pitch have deteriorated.

Never heard that actually, any more info?
Interesting and would certainly explain it

Headshot

the legend that is Bent is coming on :pac:

LuckyLloyd

Big Darren on for Big Pav...

Frisbee

Looks like Denilson has moved out to RM and Nasri has moved into the center.

Quazzie

It was something a cousin that lives in London said to me and I kinda brushed it off at the time but he reminded me of it over the xmas holidays and it kind of made sense. I've no hard evidence/links etc so I won't talk much more about it.

LuckyLloyd

Keane slides a clever little ball through for Modric but Almunia does well to beat him to the ball.

Quazzie

Ade not on crutches which I presume is a good sign.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Probably nothing wrong with him and just fancied a rest

Indie18

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Ade not on crutches which I presume is a good sign.

is it?

Raskolnikov

Fair play to Arsenal here, hanging on well considering they're down to 10.

Headshot

that was close by song

Thanx 4 The Fish

Song unlucky there, keeper was nowhere near it, on target and it was in.

LuckyLloyd

Oh my, Song with a really great chance from a corner. That was the 1 - 0 Arsenal win right there...

Quazzie

Song wide by a gee hair. Fcuk that was a good chance for us. We might be better leaving it a bit closer to the end to take the lead though

Frisbee

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Song unlucky there, keeper was nowhere near it, on target and it was in.

He's actually having one of his better games

Thanx 4 The Fish

Keane misses again. reckon he does not know what to do once the clock goes past 70mins

anladmór

**** keane. would have been such a keane goal

Frisbee

Heart in mouth from that Keane shot

LuckyLloyd

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Fair play to Arsenal here, hanging on well considering they're down to 10.

They did really well went they went down to 10 men earlier in the season against Liverpool in the Emirates. Agree that they have taken a certain amount of sting out of the game over the last 10 minutes

EDIT: as I type, Keane whizzes one past the post

Quazzie

Indie18 wrote: »

is it?

Well if it was a hammie tear I'd expect him to be on crutches. It might be just a strain.


Keane very unlucky there. We're doing well to hang on.

Raskolnikov

Keane is doing his best to prove Benitez right.

anladmór

lol what? he hit it wide whats the big deal?

Thanx 4 The Fish

Cudiccini does make them look so much steadier at the back. Must be good as a defender to know that you have not got some loon behind you who is as likely to throw it in the net as save a shot.

PHB

You really wouldn't know Spurs have an extra player. Their full backs just aren't doing enough, so this is a good substitution

Indie18

I always said about Keane that he needs 3 or 4 chances before he will even test the keeper..... But I should keep things like that to myself because he will go and score now.

Quazzie

Bit if a high boot there by assou ekoto. I'm surprised RVP didn't make more if it.

anladmór

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Cudiccini does make them look so much steadier at the back. Must be good as a defender to know that you have not got some loon behind you who is as likely to throw it in the net as save a shot.

+1

theres more to a great keeper than shot-stopping. gomes is probably one of the better shot stoppers in the league but he doesn't inspire confidence in the defence.

LuckyLloyd

Palacios looking every inch that transfer fee in this game

Frisbee

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Palacios looking every inch that transfer fee in this game

Yeah, definitely the best player on the pitch

Thanx 4 The Fish

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Palacios looking every inch that transfer fee in this game

And more, he gives them a bit of backbone.

RVP lucky not to get a card there.