Arsenal Vs Man U (21th Jan 2007) Post Preview

This is the email conversation that i have with my Arsenal pal....

CYH:

Yesterday Arsenal Vs Manchester classic clash show that Arsenal still
need to strenghten up in their play. Yes, they may have won the game,
but I still feel the team need to be more stable and mature. Take
Sanderos for example. He is the most shaky defender on the pitch that
day. So is the all reliable Toure. Henry is not performing but find
the head to nod in the winner in extra time. Rosicky and Helb, our
right and left wingers are disappointing. Especially Rosicky, how on
earth can you sky some many chances. The whole Arsenal team is not
playing their normal football.

One point to note is that the two goals from Arsenal are scored from
wing play. Someone cross from the wing to the penalty area and someone
score from there. This is the way Arsenal should adopt... The direct
approach to goal scoring. Do not pass the ball around but go for the
direct kill. Or rather, they should adapt their approach based on the
opponent that they face....

As my 5 cents worth of comment

LWK:

I sometimes wonder if Arsene has no choice or has lost his managerial
skills. Why put in Sendoros when he is still not totally fitted back
into the team when playing against a team like Man-U? Yes, he was best,
but you need time to fit back into the team.

Look at Peter Chech, he is back but conceded two goals. I'm sure when he
was at this top form he could save at least one of the goal.

This game, Arsenal didn't play well. Cannot control the game. But then,
United also not in good form though they control better than Arsenal.
Ronaldo managed to create some havoc though nothing comes out of it, may
be Eboue cancel him out. Well, sometimes games are like that. Not every
day smooth form. And Arsenal got to learn to sometimes have to play this
type of game and STILL WIN. As many teams like Bolton, portsmouth will
like to break the rymthm of Arsenal play.

About Rosicky. I donno what Arsenal do during training. Only practise
passing? Do you know most goals scored by Arsenal are within the box?
Very few from outside the box. I think Rosicky and Van Persie are the
only two players who managed to score from far this season? Rosicky has
he off day. But how many times have you seen Arsenal players shoot from
outside the box that rocked to the sky or off target? Chelsea players
(Lampark, Essien etc), Man-U players (Rooney, Scholes, Ronaldo etc) and
even Liverpool (Gerrald, Alonso etc) has higher hit rate from long shots
outside the box. If we improve on this we could win more games.

Last but not least, it doesn't matter if we play well, as long as we win
Man-U. Hooray!!! I would rather we didn't play well and win then
watching them play well but lost to team like Shef-United who only had
one shot at goal!

CYH:

Yes... as long as we win, we hack care. 1 up to Arsenal and 1 down to Man U. Hurraay....