--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "dr_anova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Games like today's speak volumes. It's very easy to blame everything > from referees to the weather, but ultimately, the players have to > look at themselves. This wasn't two points lost, it was two points > carelessly thrown away, and the effects of that are more than > statistical. We're sending the wrong signals to Arsenal when we > can't win a game at home against a team that embarrassed us in > November. If we can't be up for this game enough to match City's > hunger, drive and aggression, then we don't deserve to win anything. > Yes, we should have had a penalty, blah, blah, blah..., but the point > is very simple. We make our own luck, both good and bad. These are > the games we HAVE to win if we want to be Champions. End of story.
I don't think it's all the players fault, although you can point to individual errors. A lot of the blame should rest with the manager. He picked the wrong team, simple as that. Arsenal are top of the league (and pulling away now they're winning at St James' :-( ) because they play how we used to play. From the first whistle they attack the other team relentlessly, whether they're 0-0, losing, or 3-0 up. That's why they win games 4 and 5-0. That's how we used to play (and how we play best). Sitting back does not suit us, nor does defending a 1-0 lead, so why do we consistently play negatively? We could have slaughtered City today if we'd only played an attacking team. Whatever anyone wants to say about the formation, we only had one recognised striker on the field. City had two. That's why Carroll had twice as many shots to save as Nash. I think this again goes back to practising for Europe, and perhaps we'll win the Champions League, but to me that's a far second to the Premiership. I mean really, does anyone know a Barcelona fan to lord it over? Or an Inter fan that you can have the priviledge of knowing you beat their team? However I do know people who support Liverpool, Arsenal etc and I'd rather know that we'd beat those teams than knocked out people like Leverkusen or whoever whos fans you'll never meet. Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
