Manchester United vs Arsenal Match Thread 10/11/13 K/O 16.00 Sky.

I am pie

Never a yellow from neutral perspective. Very poor decision. Effectively booked him for having a big thick head full of cement. Arsenal look a bit stumped by the the old fashioned defend deep and break tactics of utd.

Rayne Wooney

Quazzie wrote: »

Are you seriously that thick you can't understand that basic sentence. Try break it down and if there is any particular part that confuses you let me know, but for now I don't know how to make that sentence any simpler.

lol there's the toys out of the pram

Quazzie

IvySlayer wrote: »

They BOTH went for the ball

No criticism for Chesney?

He got the ball. He followed the flight of it, planned a route to it, and cleared it.

It's the opposite of what Jones done.

PhlegmyMoses

Quazzie wrote: »

He jumped in head first with no regard for other players or where the ball was. If it was done with a leg it'd be the same thing, why is it different because it's his head?

You can't really be this myopic, surely?

efb

Mert a big loss

Paul Tergat

Quazzie wrote: »

Are you seriously that thick you can't understand that basic sentence. Try break it down and if there is any particular part that confuses you let me know, but for now I don't know how to make that sentence any simpler.

you seem to be panicking a bit here and posting bs. step back from the computer. you will be much better in the second half

seriously, head first. :pac:

edit: im actually pretty smart Quazzie

Timmyctc

Quazzie wrote: »

Are you seriously that thick you can't understand that basic sentence. Try break it down and if there is any particular part that confuses you let me know, but for now I don't know how to make that sentence any simpler.

One would just wonder how one would header a ball if such an action would be prohibited by your ruling sire.

deisedevil

Oat23 wrote: »

It was a shoulder to shoulder. Penalty my arse!

Shoulder to shoulder is fine, but he got his leg across and that took Rooney down, didn't touch the ball.

Marty McFly

tayto lover wrote: »

Arsenal have been poor.

Have been yeh we always suffer from this after European away fixtures more so than most teams, probably because of the amount of injuries Walcott, Podolski and co can't come back soon enough.

Hopefully we pick it up in the second half.

Quazzie

Quazzie wrote: »

He jumped in head first with no regard for other players or where the ball was. If it was done with a leg it'd be the same thing, why is it different because it's his head?

I'm getting more laughs in this thread than I thought I would today. If he had no regard for where the ball was, then why was the ball so close to his head when he jumped for it? Without the punch he would have had a good chance of heading it.

I know Jones head isn't pretty but likening his head to a studs up football boot isn't very nice..

PhlegmyMoses

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

lol there's the toys out of the pram

I've seen Quazzie do this before. Turns into a pretty nasty poster when Arsenal aren't going well.

Agueroooo

Ref got it wrong but the lunging rule applies to the head aswell as the feet.

player must be in total control for both types of tackle.

We don't deserve anything from this game on the first half performance.
Get them in at HT Arsene and sort it out.
United haven't had to do much at all.

That_Guy

Ouch.

efb

@frankieboyle: Arsenal always **** up against these mid-table sides

duffman13

Quazzie wrote: »

He jumped in head first with no regard for other players or where the ball was. If it was done with a leg it'd be the same thing, why is it different because it's his head?

Oh my days! You'd wear a whistle out if you were a ref

Sugarlumps

arsenal look flat and void of ideas, the bug eyed guppy has been non exsistent. Vidic out for the count, very nasty.

Too Tough To Die

Oat23 wrote: »

It was a shoulder to shoulder. Penalty my arse!

Watch Giroud's leg. Come back. Apologise.

Chagan

De Gea should be off for that, flying in arse first with no regard for his teammate's safety

mosstin

Marty McFly wrote: »

Have been yeh we always suffer from this after European away fixtures more so than most teams, probably because of the amount of injuries Walcott, Podolski and co can't come back soon enough.

Hopefully we pick it up in the second half.

Wasn't an issue last weekend though when you beat Liverpool. Oh, it's because you're losing.

Alpha Dog 1

Where's Rafa?

efb

efb wrote: »

Mert a big loss

Why? Would he have sorted out the awful complacency and poor passing?
May have been able to stop the goal going in, if Giroud hadn't blocked him like he did Vermaelan, but we still wouldn't be comfortable with the ball.

PhlegmyMoses

That was actually a foul from RVP on that goal. Recklessly attacked that ball to get his head on it.

Super-Rush

Quazzie wrote: »

Are you seriously that thick you can't understand that basic sentence. Try break it down and if there is any particular part that confuses you let me know, but for now I don't know how to make that sentence any simpler.

Are you on crack or do you get paid to talk this sort of ****e?

.jacksparrow.

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Why? Would he have sorted out the awful complacency and poor passing?
May have been able to stop the goal going in, if Giroud hadn't blocked him like he did Vermaelan, but we still wouldn't be comfortable with the ball.

Yes we have been shocking but still 45 mins left.

efb

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Why? Would he have sorted out the awful complacency and poor passing?
May have been able to stop the goal going in, if Giroud hadn't blocked him like he did Vermaelan, but we still wouldn't be comfortable with the ball.

Yes. The goal. The critical statistic

Sully

Wonder will the ref book de Gea for that. :rolleyes:

Chagan

Good first half, went a little deep after the goal. Comfortable enough.

Unearthly

That's the Arsenal we all know and love. Lets hope they keep it up

Mickeroo

mosstin wrote: »

Wasn't an issue last weekend though when you beat Liverpool. Oh, it's because you're losing.

What European away fixture was before the Liverpool match?

Paul Tergat

Super-Rush wrote: »

Are you on crack or do you get paid to talk this sort of ****e?

nah its me who is thick

TimeToShine

We deserve to be losing. Rooney has put in a very good shift so far. Ozil has been anonymous. Gibbs has been awful, we are getting completely decimated down that flank. Giroud getting no service up there on his own.

Need to take a risk, maybe Flamini + Cazorla/Ramsey off for Wilshere+Rosicky.

Marty McFly

mosstin wrote: »

Wasn't an issue last weekend though when you beat Liverpool. Oh, it's because you're losing.

Awww aren't you a bright spark did we play away in Europe before we played Liverpool?

Am I complaining about loosing throwing the toys out the pram? no.

What a stupid ridiculous post hang your head in shame.

efb

efb wrote: »

Yes. The goal. The critical statistic

Oh so I bow to your crystal ball that says Mert would have stopped that goal and we would be scoring 4 against United, because obviously Mert makes us play so much better going forward.

IvySlayer

Jones > Ozil

gosplan

Haven't even started playing yet.

Mr.Crinklewood

Lads / Mars, ignore the obvious **** stirrer /obsessive.

shano_88

Giroud hasn't been great again. Very annoying that he has no competition. In fairness the supply hasn't been great.

Disappointing to have conceded from a set piece. Still feel we can get something from this game.

Morzadec

Poor game from a neutral perspective so far

Pepe LeFrits

We've been pretty well organised at the back but were undone by a good set piece. Would Per have made a difference? Who knows. Offensively we've been awful, probably the worst we've played all season. Need to get Wilshere or Gnabry on and get Ramsey centrally.

It's been very easy for United.

Gerry91

Absolutely atrocious game for a neutral. Utd won't care, they haven't even had to do much

Arsenal have been simply woeful, surely they can only improve in the second half?

If it keeps going like this, Utd will win pulling up, but there could be a twist or two yet.

As a neutral I hope so, this is a massive disappointment of a game

.jacksparrow.

Think arsenal are too defencive with flamini and arteta.

Paul Tergat

Mertesacker (lack of) is not the problem. We havent troubled you all that much. You just need somoene to get hold of the ball, string some passes together and get moves started.

brianregan09

There's some awful drivel been posted in here can ye not enjoy the game and not resort to children when something goes the way you don't agree with, I'm an Arsenal supporter and I'm fairly annoyed that we haven't turned up in the 1st half , but saying that im also very aware we were much better against Dortmund and liverpool in the 2nd half RELAX

shrewdness

I just assumed Quazzie was taking the píss there, absolutely laughable if he actually thinks that was near a red.

Quazzie

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Oh so I bow to your crystal ball that says Mert would have stopped that goal and we would be scoring 4 against United, because obviously Mert makes us play so much better going forward.

HE is one of the most settling influences on the team. I agree with what you are saying as a whole but Mert does offer more than just a defensive job for us. He's one of our leaders and he is being missed out there at the moment.

Mickeroo

United deserve their lead, arsenal been poor. Haven't won any matches we've gone behind this season yet, now would be a good time to start.

mosstin

Mickeroo wrote: »

What European away fixture was before the Liverpool match?

I was alluding to the injury list he mentioned in his post.

Utopia Parkway

Arsenal have barely turned up today so far. Seem very flat. Maybe nothing left in the tank for their 3rd big match in a week.

Timmyctc

Has De Gea made a save? (Collecting crosses aside)