tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post2862164998997919959..comments2023-10-30T07:49:39.886-04:00Comments on Goonerboy: Season review: The midfield, including player of the season.Goonerboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10489244017423718503noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-25369101692529137902007-05-31T15:39:00.000-04:002007-05-31T15:39:00.000-04:00Goonerboy I think that your ratings are terrible i...Goonerboy I think that your ratings are terrible in some places. <BR/>Firstly Hleb is a talented dribbler but he can't pass or shoot to save his life; gives the ball away so much. No doubt he has clear talent but over the summer he's got to improve passing and shooting.<BR/>Secondly Flamini. A 6??? Personally I would give him a 4. Ok he's played alright in the games he's played in but at times he is awful. And now he's got the nerve to keep complaining to Arsenal about how he hasn't played enough. Well Mathieu... its because your rubbish. Waste of space needs to go.<BR/>I agree with ratings of Denilson, Diaby as they haven't played much and when they have its in the wrong position. Wenger needs to decide the best 4 for the midfield. I think at this moment its Rosicky Fabregas Gilberto Hleb(even though Hleb can do much better)<BR/>Rosicky can be one of the best in the world and I think next season he will be quality. <BR/>Theo will be a very very good player in the next few years.<BR/>Gilberto has been a vital part of the midfield this season and has got important goals. He's still got a couple of years in him. Like most other people have said I think we need a winger defo. All the width in the emirates isn't being used.<BR/>Peace<BR/>LaterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-10492842238854814382007-05-31T15:08:00.000-04:002007-05-31T15:08:00.000-04:00not sure how u can justify giving freddie a higher...not sure how u can justify giving freddie a higher mark than theo... <BR/><BR/>against hamburg in a game that looked for a long time that we were going to lose, or at best draw, theo came on and created two goals. i accept the point about him being negative while taking players on but this is a thing that we can chalk down to his injury i think. more than once this year he has changed games, and thats more than can be said for freddie. <BR/><BR/>his usually excellent workrate has declined this year and hes been constantly injurred! the bolton game is the only example i can think of him really pulling a performance out of the bag.<BR/><BR/>if we're really going to challenge for silverware next season we definitely have to bring width and pace to the team, someone like a ribery or a babel. whether freddie stays or not is another thingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-2020318786737231282007-05-31T12:46:00.000-04:002007-05-31T12:46:00.000-04:00Our midfield is weak! We have good players with go...Our midfield is weak! We have good players with good quality but still we are weak. Yes we definitely need a winger. and as many of us say a left winger. Funny how many say hleb should be sold and he is not good enough but say nothing about needing a right winger.Hmmm, what does that mean? Well i believe he is pretty good and alot of the times he is looking for the pass but our strikers just do not read the play. Anyway enough about him. Walcott sucked on the wings and personally felt he should not be in the side if it meant he would be on the wings. Yes he did have a handful of moments when something worked out for him but 75% of the time (maybe 85%) was better left on the bench, even aliadiere seemed to play better on the wings than him. Cesc was brilliant but should have been given a rest every now and again. Gilberto best season his had thus far. Denilson and diaby i feel could have been in for cesc later in the season as they can hold their own. Flamini seemed to me when he played on the wings (especially left) very useful. he was also giving something different to the other midfielders in a 4 5 1 formation, in that, he would not look to give the killer pass (thats for hleb, cesc,etc), but take the shot whenevr in range. Wenger i felt was wrong in playing flamini & gilberto or song & giberto. those players do not compliment each other in a 4 4 2, but a frabregas & flamini or denilson & song would work pretty well. yes and the constant moving around of players to play in positions that does not suit them does not help, then again they atleast got the experience for if the situation were to occur. Reyes would have been useful but only if he were committed to the cause. My views a gunner 4 life!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-37302989686993476842007-05-31T12:29:00.000-04:002007-05-31T12:29:00.000-04:00There is no reason why Denilson scores lower than ...There is no reason why Denilson scores lower than Diaby. People just seemed to decide when Diaby started playing this season that he was what we were looking for and he's had a very easy ride. Classic Arsenal thing of hyping players up while they are not actually playing for us. <BR/>I like Diaby and i think he will be a good player but Denilson was as good if not better this season. And your assertion about the Chelsea games is quite frankly ridiculous, the Carling Cup final was all aobut our young midfield bossing it for an hour until Diaby went off. The home game the same happened and then Denilson went off after being done by Ferrerira and from that moment Chelsea started looking stronger.<BR/>That suggests to me that they are pretty much as good as each other, only one looks like a former captain that we all miss.<BR/>Otherwise i mostly agree with you although im not sure we can afford Hleb in the team at the same time as Rosicky and Cesc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-84412186668521106122007-05-31T11:44:00.000-04:002007-05-31T11:44:00.000-04:00its too sweeping to say the midfield is strong. th...its too sweeping to say the midfield is strong. the central midfield is strong, the wide midfield is very ordinary. or at least it needs an additional one or two proper wingers before we can say it is strong. you cant say that walcott will do everything we need a winger to do. he is there as backup and is really a striker. Freddie needs replacing and so does Reyes. once those 2 are satisfactorily replaced we can say we have a strong midfield.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-71477804553224072592007-05-31T10:58:00.000-04:002007-05-31T10:58:00.000-04:00indeed, we need players that can play wide. should...indeed, we need players that can play wide. should why buy, or do we have them already? I mean, we've got Walcott who can play from the right. I don't think Rosicky is that bad from the left. Might be better central, but certainly worth playing wide left. don't know what happens to reyes. if he returns and is fully commited to the arsenal, i like to see him playing from left. that makes rosicky and reyes for left and walcott and hleb on the right. walcott and reyes are real wide players, with rosicky and hleb more than worthy to step in. so why buy? may be one depending on what happens with jose antonio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-22821605020386959142007-05-31T10:36:00.000-04:002007-05-31T10:36:00.000-04:00Good review so far Goonerboy!We have always been i...Good review so far Goonerboy!<BR/>We have always been in this position every summer, havn't we got used to it yet? watching everyone else buy buy buy! <BR/>But isn't that the way we like it? <BR/>I like the fact we have always competed with limited (our own) resourses.<BR/>Problem is most people forget that at the end of the season<BR/><BR/><BR/>TomboAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-58539681596187165672007-05-31T09:47:00.000-04:002007-05-31T09:47:00.000-04:00We need wide players, that is unquestionable. Why ...We need wide players, that is unquestionable. <BR/><BR/>Why have we let Man U already steal a march on us with their signings yesterday? Those are the types of players we need to bring in. They've just won the league and they'll probably improve their squad more than we will this year.Goonerboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10489244017423718503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-64692215246109693882007-05-31T09:35:00.000-04:002007-05-31T09:35:00.000-04:00this is where you are 100% wrong.This is where the...this is where you are 100% wrong.<BR/><BR/>This is where the problems lie. Yes we have great players here, but we need a team. We dont have any width.<BR/><BR/>Hleb was awful. No one except Gilberto scored goals, and half of those were pens.<BR/><BR/>For us to win more games the midfield needs to improve.<BR/><BR/>Yes we need a winger, one who will score and create goals.<BR/><BR/>Yes Fabregas is great, but as Hleb played so much and he is goal shy you cant say they did better than the defence.<BR/><BR/>Diaby and Denilson looked OK when played, but this could be down to Wenger but players were played out of position. Diaby is not a winger, nor is Fabgregas.<BR/><BR/>Lets hope with a single signing the midfield can be more balanced.<BR/><BR/>It has also been spoken about that AFC will play a 4 3 3, which would suit the midfielders we have here, Rosicky, could start more centrally, but they will have to work on this in pre-season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22806182.post-30755428925839047622007-05-31T09:32:00.000-04:002007-05-31T09:32:00.000-04:00I have to point his out everyone who is on at Hleb...I have to point his out everyone who is on at Hleb to shoot more.. he is really really awful at shooting, tending to scuff most and he has precious little power when he does connect. Granted he will always get a few lucky ones if he is constantely shooting, however that is not something i'd encourage. I'd rather he just sharpened up on his passing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com