The Tony
10-01-2012, 04:04 PM
was just how we let the game slip away.
That was the thing that got to me the most.
Only time we played was the 8 minutes or so before half time. That was it. Didn't fire for the first 40 and after the break.
Felt with a bit more ummph we would've done better.
Granted Di Matteo set his midfield out to do a job on us but I still didn't see anything in there for us to be overly scared / tactically worried about. We could've overwhelmed them had we taken our foot off the trigger a bit more in there.
I feel part of this was that our robust trio weren't as high impact as we needed them to be. Diaby injured very early but he seemed to be struggling from the 1st minute or so (this might have been something he first tweaked in the warm ups then went later on) and Ramsey never got going at any point.
Arteta excused as his role in the team is not to put himself about but to the safety for the defence and the other midfielders.
I think this is possibly a learning curve for the guys.....they need to be more pro active in there. Sure we're great when the opposition lose the ball but these top teams don't. Got to be disciplined, keep shape and keep at them 24/7 till they crack.
Just my take on what went down on Saturday.
Not really bothered about the goals....That 1st goal was top class sh*t from Torres. The 2nd was some flukey sh*t.
That was the thing that got to me the most.
Only time we played was the 8 minutes or so before half time. That was it. Didn't fire for the first 40 and after the break.
Felt with a bit more ummph we would've done better.
Granted Di Matteo set his midfield out to do a job on us but I still didn't see anything in there for us to be overly scared / tactically worried about. We could've overwhelmed them had we taken our foot off the trigger a bit more in there.
I feel part of this was that our robust trio weren't as high impact as we needed them to be. Diaby injured very early but he seemed to be struggling from the 1st minute or so (this might have been something he first tweaked in the warm ups then went later on) and Ramsey never got going at any point.
Arteta excused as his role in the team is not to put himself about but to the safety for the defence and the other midfielders.
I think this is possibly a learning curve for the guys.....they need to be more pro active in there. Sure we're great when the opposition lose the ball but these top teams don't. Got to be disciplined, keep shape and keep at them 24/7 till they crack.
Just my take on what went down on Saturday.
Not really bothered about the goals....That 1st goal was top class sh*t from Torres. The 2nd was some flukey sh*t.