Re: The ARSENAL Thread - Still top!
Hats off to Boro, they fully deserve their win, they played their asses off. Worrying to see this kind of performance from Arsenal. When we are flowing we are flowing but it seems 1-dimensional in the sense that when opposing teams show that they are fired up we have no way of changing our game to match that intensity. I would have liked to have seen a bit more grit from the Arsenal players in the second half, clearly their regular game wasn't working and I think they should have started relying on their luck a little more, getting the ball up quicker to the tall physical bodies of Bendtner and Adebayor and see what kind of bounces we get for our midfielders to run on to, instead we were trying to get the ball down and finecomb our way in for a goal down 2 goals and 15 minutes left to play. Eboue shouldn't have been on the pitch after his elbow early in the second half. It was an absolute disgrace the way he lashed out, reminded me of a little tantrum on a playground by a hot tempered child. Should have been a straight red, instead its a free kick, where was the ref and where were the linesmen looking??? Must have been playing with their penises all of them. He also should have been booked for bringing down the studs on Downing I believe it was in the second half. Not sure about the penalty decision, looked soft enough now in all honesty. Almunia saved well then didn't stand tall enough for the second Boro goal. He needs to go, so does Jens, send both of them to Wolfsburg. Congrats to Boro, lets get focussed Arsenal, long way to go in this exciting season.
why can't Middlesbrough play this good against other teams...
