[ENG] Premiership 2011/2012 (37 Viewers)

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I watched Arsenal's game, they were wasteful. I think that Arshavin is done over there, absolutely nothing is working for him at the moment.
Been that way for a year or so now.

Once Gervinho starts being less wasteful, they will do even better. Andre Santos also had a good game, decent player he is.
Is it just me or does Gervinho, for all his dribbling ability, not actually know how to kick the ball properly?

Santos can't defend.

Got booked for stupidly diving in when all he needed to do was stand up and slow down the counter attack.
 
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Been that way for a year or so now.
Indeed

Is it just me or does Gervinho, for all his dribbling ability, not actually know how to kick the ball properly?
It's not just you, his finishing is horrible. However, his movement is great, if he improves his finishing, Arsenal have a solid player right there.

Santos can't defend.

Got booked for stupidly diving in when all he needed to do was stand up and slow down the counter attack.
Like every single Brazilian fullbacks out there. However, I think that he wasn't bad defensively apart from that counter attack. He's great going forward.
 

Fred

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Gervinho is a terrible finisher, has almost no composure, and is quite unintelligent. He's very fast though. and he's a very good dribbler, so he adds variety to our game, we don't usually have good dribblers. Theo has improved so much this year, his crossing has become very good unlike past seasons when he'd waste any ball in the final third. Also i like the fact that he's struck a very good understanding with Van Persie, the two obviously enjoy playing together.

Santos is lazy when he's defending, almost like he hates defending and just wants it done with. He really is a poor defender, still his attacking qualities are useful for us going forward. He's an improved version of Eboue on the left.

We controlled the ball yesterday but we offered very little going forward. Credit to Fulham though, they were well organized and made things really hard for us. Vermaelen made a silly mistake for their goal, had it not been for the own goal i think we could have nicked a goal and won it, but other than that mistake it has to be said, Thomas has been fantastic ever since he's been back from injury.
 
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