So are we all agreed then? Flamini starts up front from now on?
Even before his first it was unusual to see him in such advanced positions, but his charge into the box with Ox's shot is something we don't seem do enough of, if I recall other goalie-spills which we didn't follow up. Hopefully the team will learn from this.
Also, when we were under the cosh in the second half during the spell when they scored and pinned us back, I didn't have much hope until Gibbs headed it off the line. Again. This Is An Omen, I thought.
Yes, I know we are officially not allowed to enjoy this result beyond a brief flicker of a smile, but it was much more important than the usual league cup tie imo.
I do think Flamini is the better Coq replacement than Arteta
Yeas he's a limited player but you need someone who knows his own limitations back there anyway.
Yes, Alex Song, I'm looking at you.
And crucially, it will have helped convinced the team they can win without our
20 million midfield enforcer from Charltonista Atleticals , Frances Coquelin.
Saturday is a tough old game and yesterday’s win will ensure we go into it in positive rather than little bit negative speereets.
If only all Rumbelows Cup matches carried such import.
Do those limitations predominantly entail "kicking lumps out of others" and "dem not liking it up
'em" with little else on offer?
Yeah, that and his phobia of shirt sleeves
The man even relaxes sleeveless.
Twiffik consistency
http://www.theblogazine.com/wp-conte...1/05/tung1.jpg
Bit like saying it's better to step in cat shit than dog shit.
Both result in a less than ideal ****ty situation.
He's the second best Coq we have
OK, he might be more Ben Dover than Rocco Stiffredi but Arteta is Pele.
No, I have seen nothing of the game.
I believe his second was a thing of beauty / skuff off his shin.
His two goals won't change my opinion which is based on how I see his overall game in midfield.
Perhaps, in terms of like for like, which reflects well on your earlier sentence.
But it saddens me.
He is f**king useless and no end of rolled up sleeves and busy pointing and gesticulating will compensate for a general lack of football ability.
You didnt see any of his overall game in midfield though
would you honestly rather a rusty arteta play in the Coqblocker role against lester or the sleeveless corsican utility assasin-come-goalpoacher?
ty sw, always happy to look like a c*nt in a good cause
It sounds like a rant but it wasn't particularly, was more bewilderment.
Well you see that is a tough one.
But probably yes.
Both have limitations though Arteta is a much better footballer so I would go with him, perhaps with Ramsey alongside.
I have seen next to nothing from Flamini since his return to the club to suggest he is anywhere near good enough.
Only one person in the world saw a skuff off the shin, as far as I know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaLl9gx-KUA
The first was a Ramseyesque run into the box to follow up Ox's shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB1tOvIymuo
All in all not bad for a man widely considered a bostonbrian.
Lot to admire in both goals.
