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[simon because]

I can count on one hand how many decent posts you have made John!!

I've been reading this forum for a while

Aurelio is getting better.

Its nice that a probationary member feels the need to slag everyone off.

Unless you were banned previously and you've got a new account, I don't think you have been reading that long...

Thats very unfair sheila

[Toffeehater]

Arbeloa is sh!te and i don't want him near the first 16 at all . Aurelio is improving slightly and he did well against the mancs , i think though i'd prefer riise for now , yes he's not been getting the goals but he ahs been better defensively , more experienced in the league and this is what my back four will be till next season whr i feel we need a right back like daniel alves . Reina had abit of a shocker , he was intimidated but he's a top keeper not the best yet but top 5 at least , every keeper has a bad day . without teina's saves today it could have been 8-0 , he saved 3 from rooney , 2 from ronaldo and a couple more , good keeper , clamed his nerves down in the 2nd half .
                                Reina

Finnan            Carra          Agger              Riise

[radun5]

Arsenal have Clichy and Sagnol.

I was under the impression Sagnol was at Bayern

It is good that Arsenal went for that old bloke

Sorry could not resist

[Toffeehater]

Our full backs are just not good enough at offering an attacking threat. The traditional winger is a thing of the past now as its the full backs in the modern game that offer the width and its this department we are miles behind the top 3 in.

Arsenal have Clichy and Sagnol.

Man United have Evra.

Chelsea have Ashley Cole.

All three teams have one thing in common and that is they have at least one full back who is fast, over laps the player in front of him and is able to deliver a cross. Aurellio, Arbeloa, Finnan and Riise are our first team full backs and none of them are blessed with pace. The modern game requires you to have pace throughout the whole team and yesterday it was evident more then ever that you need your full backs to provide you with width to help stretch the opposition.

Man United looked dangerous on almost every attack because Evra was bombing forward at every opportunity and this left our full back exposed. The manc goal was scored from a full back who had got forward, stayed there and got on the end of a cross.

We need to be able to stretch teams and especially using our current formation none of our current first team full backs are good enough and in the summer better replacements need to be found.

Evra had an easy game because he was only faced with Dirk Kuyt but would he have had it as easy if it was Alves running at him as well. He would have had to think again about bombing forward all the time but instead he had a free run.

Sagnol is at bayern mate , arsenal only sign youngsters , now its sagna hurry edit it before someone else notices 

[radun5]

Our full backs are just not good enough at offering an attacking threat. The traditional winger is a thing of the past now as its the full backs in the modern game that offer the width and its this department we are miles behind the top 3 in.

Arsenal have Clichy and Sagnol.

Man United have Evra.

Chelsea have Ashley Cole.

All three teams have one thing in common and that is they have at least one full back who is fast, over laps the player in front of him and is able to deliver a cross. Aurellio, Arbeloa, Finnan and Riise are our first team full backs and none of them are blessed with pace. The modern game requires you to have pace throughout the whole team and yesterday it was evident more then ever that you need your full backs to provide you with width to help stretch the opposition.

Man United looked dangerous on almost every attack because Evra was bombing forward at every opportunity and this left our full back exposed. The manc goal was scored from a full back who had got forward, stayed there and got on the end of a cross.

We need to be able to stretch teams and especially using our current formation none of our current first team full backs are good enough and in the summer better replacements need to be found.

Evra had an easy game because he was only faced with Dirk Kuyt but would he have had it as easy if it was Alves running at him as well. He would have had to think again about bombing forward all the time but instead he had a free run.

Sagnol is at bayern mate , arsenal only sign youngsters , now its sagna hurry edit it before someone else notices 

Beat you by at least 30 minutes 

[Toffeehater]

well aren't we in a race eh?

[stmichael]

Our full backs are just not good enough at offering an attacking threat. The traditional winger is a thing of the past now as its the full backs in the modern game that offer the width and its this department we are miles behind the top 3 in.

Arsenal have Clichy and Sagnol.

Man United have Evra.

Chelsea have Ashley Cole.

All three teams have one thing in common and that is they have at least one full back who is fast, over laps the player in front of him and is able to deliver a cross. Aurellio, Arbeloa, Finnan and Riise are our first team full backs and none of them are blessed with pace. The modern game requires you to have pace throughout the whole team and yesterday it was evident more then ever that you need your full backs to provide you with width to help stretch the opposition.

Man United looked dangerous on almost every attack because Evra was bombing forward at every opportunity and this left our full back exposed. The manc goal was scored from a full back who had got forward, stayed there and got on the end of a cross.

We need to be able to stretch teams and especially using our current formation none of our current first team full backs are good enough and in the summer better replacements need to be found.

Evra had an easy game because he was only faced with Dirk Kuyt but would he have had it as easy if it was Alves running at him as well. He would have had to think again about bombing forward all the time but instead he had a free run.

Sagnol is at bayern mate , arsenal only sign youngsters , now its sagna hurry edit it before someone else notices 

i meant sagna obviously, the guy with the sh#'t hair.

[maypaxvobiscum]

Our full backs are just not good enough at offering an attacking threat. The traditional winger is a thing of the past now as its the full backs in the modern game that offer the width and its this department we are miles behind the top 3 in.

Arsenal have Clichy and Sagnol.

Man United have Evra.

Chelsea have Ashley Cole.

All three teams have one thing in common and that is they have at least one full back who is fast, over laps the player in front of him and is able to deliver a cross. Aurellio, Arbeloa, Finnan and Riise are our first team full backs and none of them are blessed with pace. The modern game requires you to have pace throughout the whole team and yesterday it was evident more then ever that you need your full backs to provide you with width to help stretch the opposition.

Man United looked dangerous on almost every attack because Evra was bombing forward at every opportunity and this left our full back exposed. The manc goal was scored from a full back who had got forward, stayed there and got on the end of a cross.

We need to be able to stretch teams and especially using our current formation none of our current first team full backs are good enough and in the summer better replacements need to be found.

Evra had an easy game because he was only faced with Dirk Kuyt but would he have had it as easy if it was Alves running at him as well. He would have had to think again about bombing forward all the time but instead he had a free run.

Sagnol is at bayern mate , arsenal only sign youngsters , now its sagna hurry edit it before someone else notices 

i meant sagna obviously, the guy with the sh#'t hair.

[stmichael]

Arbeloa is sh!te and i don't want him near the first 16 at all . Aurelio is improving slightly and he did well against the mancs , i think though i'd prefer riise for now , yes he's not been getting the goals but he ahs been better defensively , more experienced in the league and this is what my back four will be till next season whr i feel we need a right back like daniel alves .
                                Reina

Finnan            Carra          Agger              Riise

A bit harsh on Arbeloa there mate. He was one of our best performers earlier on in the season. Ok he may not be first choice on either side, although he should get better with time.

On Carragher, he's clearly suffered from playing with a different partner week in week out. Infact not only has he not had a settled partner he's also had fullbacks chopping and changing all over the place.

I'm not even sure I could name our best two fullbacks, they all have their merits and disadvantages. We need two clear choices. That's not a criticism of rotation, it's an observation that those are two of our weakest positions. Finnan's form this season is more worrying for me than Carra's to be honest, although injuries and the same problem of an unsettled defence have obviously taken their toll. Riise has been in very poor form for some time. Aurelio is often injured or returning from injury.

[Judge]

Our full backs are just not good enough at offering an attacking threat. The traditional winger is a thing of the past now as its the full backs in the modern game that offer the width and its this department we are miles behind the top 3 in.

Arsenal have Clichy and Sagnol.

Man United have Evra.

Chelsea have Ashley Cole.

All three teams have one thing in common and that is they have at least one full back who is fast, over laps the player in front of him and is able to deliver a cross. Aurellio, Arbeloa, Finnan and Riise are our first team full backs and none of them are blessed with pace. The modern game requires you to have pace throughout the whole team and yesterday it was evident more then ever that you need your full backs to provide you with width to help stretch the opposition.

Man United looked dangerous on almost every attack because Evra was bombing forward at every opportunity and this left our full back exposed. The manc goal was scored from a full back who had got forward, stayed there and got on the end of a cross.

We need to be able to stretch teams and especially using our current formation none of our current first team full backs are good enough and in the summer better replacements need to be found.

Evra had an easy game because he was only faced with Dirk Kuyt but would he have had it as easy if it was Alves running at him as well. He would have had to think again about bombing forward all the time but instead he had a free run.

Sagnol is at bayern mate , arsenal only sign youngsters , now its sagna hurry edit it before someone else notices 

i meant sagna obviously, the guy with the sh#'t hair.

sh'it hair 

[AussieKopite]

Arbeloa is sh!te and i don't want him near the first 16 at all . Aurelio is improving slightly and he did well against the mancs , i think though i'd prefer riise for now , yes he's not been getting the goals but he ahs been better defensively , more experienced in the league and this is what my back four will be till next season whr i feel we need a right back like daniel alves . Reina had abit of a shocker , he was intimidated but he's a top keeper not the best yet but top 5 at least , every keeper has a bad day . without teina's saves today it could have been 8-0 , he saved 3 from rooney , 2 from ronaldo and a couple more , good keeper , clamed his nerves down in the 2nd half .
                                Reina

Finnan            Carra          Agger              Riise

We have to work out if Arbeloa is because of a di[p in form and confidence, or is it because he's rubbish?

I'm tempted to go with the form explanation.

[Judge]

arbeloa would do well in the spanish 2nd division

[stmichael]

thought the defence were absolutely outstanding yesterday, even though i don't like carragher at full back. skrtel and hyypia (who defies his years) won absolutely everything in the air and in the end the yak was getting so frustrated that he should have been booked for dissent. riise also had one of his better games.

[andy_g]

yep, the defence as a whole had an excellent game yesterday and it keeps reminding me that the day sammi hangs up his boots is going to be a sad day for the club. the guy is simply immense.

i hope we don't see too much more of carragher at right back though. i'm sure he wasn't the only possible option yesterday and despite the excellence of hyypia and skrtel i felt he was being unfairly shunted out of his best position. if you have 3 good options for centre back with 3 massive games coming up why play them all for 90 minutes?

carragher, being the player he is, made a good job of right back (as he always used too) and is keen to bomb up the pitch now and again - as he needs to with this formation - but you can see the nosebleed kicking in everytime he gets near the last third.

[Toffeehater]

Arbeloa is sh!te and i don't want him near the first 16 at all . Aurelio is improving slightly and he did well against the mancs , i think though i'd prefer riise for now , yes he's not been getting the goals but he ahs been better defensively , more experienced in the league and this is what my back four will be till next season whr i feel we need a right back like daniel alves . Reina had abit of a shocker , he was intimidated but he's a top keeper not the best yet but top 5 at least , every keeper has a bad day . without teina's saves today it could have been 8-0 , he saved 3 from rooney , 2 from ronaldo and a couple more , good keeper , clamed his nerves down in the 2nd half .
                                Reina

Finnan            Carra          Agger              Riise

We have to work out if Arbeloa is because of a di[p in form and confidence, or is it because he's rubbish?

I'm tempted to go with the form explanation.

sorry lads i'm tempted to go with the latter , at best he only warrants a place on the bench , to be used for cover for injuries or rotation .