arsenal v liverpool
it was a terrible game. though we won 2-1, it was terrible. we were decent in attack, but our defensive behaviour was terrible. there were periods of time when we gave liverpool FAR too much space to play the ball around. i can't stand it when the opposition has possession. especially when you give them so much space outside the box. we got punished when gerard took a long shot, lehmann parried and garcia headed in the equaliser. that's why i say, you ahve to press them. you have to defend as far from your goal as possible. where was the pressing so prevalent in the real madrid game??? the defence wasnt as solid this game. the pressing wasnt there. and you know how dangerous gerard is. he shuldnt have been allowed to take a shot like this. xabi alonso also went close earlier on. shuldnt tt be some warning? thank god gerard made the blunder of blunder, a poor back pass intercepted by henry and tucked away for the 2nd goal.
in attack, we were decent. i wuldnt say fantastic. abedayor(how the heck you spell his name?) was disappointing. at least he had some pace. but he was pretty useless, if you ask me. we werent fantastic going forward, not as fluid and magnificent as in the real madrid game. i am sorry if i keep comparing the two games; i know pool and real are very different teams, but i still believe that even so, the level arsenal played at yest, was at times way below what they were capable of, although pple seem to be very impressed by arsenal, and say we are back, the stylish arsenal is back. not yet, i say. NOT YET. hleb made too many stray passes, gave the ball away too many times for my liking. i din noe wad henry was doing sometimes. like in a daze. trying to do too much. take the simple option, henry! fabregas was ok, din really have many problems wif him, but i wuld have preferred to see him press more, like in the real game. he did very very well. pires hit the post. but he was ok too, though a bit slow. on occasions, they managed to combine for some beautiful plays. but the mistakes were there. i think we were very lucky to win this game. though pple say we play well and all that. there were periods of time when liverpool were so threatening. i cant stand it. because we let them play. we broke our own momentum. and you should never ever do that. its so suicidal. gerard's backpass was the deciding factor. it would have been a draw, or maybe pool could have nicked it from us. taht would be too heartbreaking. thankgod it din happen. anyway about alonso's red card, maybe it wasnt, but accidental or not, it was very dangerous. i noe he sort of slipped. but it was still dangerous. i tink we have to look at it in terms of that. you know how much i admire alonso. but it cant be helped.
i think i am very harsh on my team. the irony is taht even though i am so biased towards my teams, i think i am the fiercest critic of them. because i ahve so high standards of them. i have seen them play at such high levels, that anything lower, was simply unacceptable. thats why i feel that dreams and memories arent so distinct and opposite forces.
more on identity. was reading the next global stage by kenichi ohmae. he was saying: how american is that american shirt sewed in america but the cotton came from africa, the blah blah came from blah blah etc. very good point.
give us salomon kalou, let him play for holland.
gazette's cassis is very nice. but its such a sad song. melancholic rock again.
i was watching the pv of yui's tokyo again. its very nice because 1) it got that drama feeling 2) yui is too pretty.
it was a terrible game. though we won 2-1, it was terrible. we were decent in attack, but our defensive behaviour was terrible. there were periods of time when we gave liverpool FAR too much space to play the ball around. i can't stand it when the opposition has possession. especially when you give them so much space outside the box. we got punished when gerard took a long shot, lehmann parried and garcia headed in the equaliser. that's why i say, you ahve to press them. you have to defend as far from your goal as possible. where was the pressing so prevalent in the real madrid game??? the defence wasnt as solid this game. the pressing wasnt there. and you know how dangerous gerard is. he shuldnt have been allowed to take a shot like this. xabi alonso also went close earlier on. shuldnt tt be some warning? thank god gerard made the blunder of blunder, a poor back pass intercepted by henry and tucked away for the 2nd goal.
in attack, we were decent. i wuldnt say fantastic. abedayor(how the heck you spell his name?) was disappointing. at least he had some pace. but he was pretty useless, if you ask me. we werent fantastic going forward, not as fluid and magnificent as in the real madrid game. i am sorry if i keep comparing the two games; i know pool and real are very different teams, but i still believe that even so, the level arsenal played at yest, was at times way below what they were capable of, although pple seem to be very impressed by arsenal, and say we are back, the stylish arsenal is back. not yet, i say. NOT YET. hleb made too many stray passes, gave the ball away too many times for my liking. i din noe wad henry was doing sometimes. like in a daze. trying to do too much. take the simple option, henry! fabregas was ok, din really have many problems wif him, but i wuld have preferred to see him press more, like in the real game. he did very very well. pires hit the post. but he was ok too, though a bit slow. on occasions, they managed to combine for some beautiful plays. but the mistakes were there. i think we were very lucky to win this game. though pple say we play well and all that. there were periods of time when liverpool were so threatening. i cant stand it. because we let them play. we broke our own momentum. and you should never ever do that. its so suicidal. gerard's backpass was the deciding factor. it would have been a draw, or maybe pool could have nicked it from us. taht would be too heartbreaking. thankgod it din happen. anyway about alonso's red card, maybe it wasnt, but accidental or not, it was very dangerous. i noe he sort of slipped. but it was still dangerous. i tink we have to look at it in terms of that. you know how much i admire alonso. but it cant be helped.
i think i am very harsh on my team. the irony is taht even though i am so biased towards my teams, i think i am the fiercest critic of them. because i ahve so high standards of them. i have seen them play at such high levels, that anything lower, was simply unacceptable. thats why i feel that dreams and memories arent so distinct and opposite forces.
more on identity. was reading the next global stage by kenichi ohmae. he was saying: how american is that american shirt sewed in america but the cotton came from africa, the blah blah came from blah blah etc. very good point.
give us salomon kalou, let him play for holland.
gazette's cassis is very nice. but its such a sad song. melancholic rock again.
i was watching the pv of yui's tokyo again. its very nice because 1) it got that drama feeling 2) yui is too pretty.
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