tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post6960670039157234038..comments2023-10-22T06:16:38.241-05:00Comments on MATCH PRICKS: So help me ...Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452206219434460235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post-19372830604509148752009-01-14T23:50:00.000-06:002009-01-14T23:50:00.000-06:00I gotta say, Jimbo, while Hull didn't park it earl...I gotta say, Jimbo, while Hull didn't park it early on, I think at this point they're gonna start.<BR/><BR/>That's the trouble. And in that trouble it shows two flaws in the Arsenal.<BR/><BR/>One, we couldn't beat them earlier when they actually attempted to play football. Hull were playing good and honest football and getting points for it. We gave it a go, but our defensive structure was too weak to gather any points.<BR/><BR/>Two, at this point, they'll have stopped playing football as they're sliding down the table and they'll start thinking, hell, we need points. And for the Arsenal at the moment ... the creative incision to get those points, to break down the defence and to notch the necessary goals ... well, I think we all know it's lacking. <BR/><BR/>That's why I'd like to see these newer leaders step up and make it happen. And in that group I'm including the likes of a Robin van Persie. The lad is trying, against all hope, to prove that he's a vital member of this team now. He can not only score goals, but he can lead and provide the inspiration for more out the others around him. I, we, have to hope that he's capable of pulling this off. We've called him, to this point, someone short of capable delivery in the crunch of it all, but at the very instant, with Arsenal lacking that final step, Robin has raised his hand ... if only in the post-match comments ... but for now, that's a lot more than others have offered, and we need to look to him to be the man who will take that step.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660542584323863636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post-17728109831056049522009-01-14T21:33:00.000-06:002009-01-14T21:33:00.000-06:00Windass is on loan. Not sure where, but it's a low...Windass is on loan. Not sure where, but it's a lower-division club.<BR/><BR/>Also, Hull, win or lose, doesn't park the bus. Their version of caution is more of an aggressive counter-attack. At home, I'd fully expect them to go for it. They have nothing to lose.<BR/><BR/>If they're parking it, that would mean they've given up on what's worked and have started the "hold on for dear life" approach to avoiding relegation. <BR/><BR/>Hell, it's working at times for Stoke.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452206219434460235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post-72006604182294200192009-01-14T20:11:00.000-06:002009-01-14T20:11:00.000-06:00I am expecting the hull bus parked right in the ce...I am expecting the hull bus parked right in the center of the pitch with lots of dirty play. They will take a page from Stoke and rub a ball with a frakkin towel for half the match or some other gambit of time wasting we have yet to be dazzled with. Maybe Samuel Ricketts will put out the sun and literally get a case of the rickets. Dean Windass will show us where his surname comes from. Whatever, I just hope Arsenal can play football and not have to chip away at a everyman behind the ball snore fest reminiscent of Italian footballs Catanaccio style then try to sneak one in. It has been shown the only way to beat that crap is to get supercreatuve and drop bombs on them from all over like a certain middle east country whomping on another smaller middle east country. Read the papers and you will get my analogy. Don't expect the Man U scum to get it due a general state of boorishness.<BR/>CarlCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254716479395043177noreply@blogger.com