by Norfolk Royal » 30 Mar 2013 18:31
by sputnik » 30 Mar 2013 19:05
by sandman » 30 Mar 2013 19:08
Norfolk Royal Call me naieve, but can anyone explain why we once again played with a left footed right winger and a right footed left winger?
by Norfolk Royal » 30 Mar 2013 19:12
sandmanNorfolk Royal Call me naieve, but can anyone explain why we once again played with a left footed right winger and a right footed left winger?
It's a modern trend used by sides like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich designed for wingers to cut inside have more shots and for in swinging crosses to only need a glancing touch to go in rather than strikers having to lean back and generate power. You don't have to be naïve to not understand it you just have to be English.
by Sanguine » 30 Mar 2013 19:58
by nevo1970 » 30 Mar 2013 20:11
by Agent Balti » 30 Mar 2013 20:29
by Norfolk Royal » 30 Mar 2013 20:33
nevo1970 I've not felt so disappointed since the Bristol Rovers/Curo smashing of us at the Mad Stad.
Not in the game. Legs awful. Defending a joke and up front nothing. The only positive was Guthrie good distribution.
Now Adkins knows what he has to do but we are in trouble for a good while.
by ManchesterRoyals » 30 Mar 2013 20:37
Norfolk Royalnevo1970 I've not felt so disappointed since the Bristol Rovers/Curo smashing of us at the Mad Stad.
Not in the game. Legs awful. Defending a joke and up front nothing. The only positive was Guthrie good distribution.
Now Adkins knows what he has to do but we are in trouble for a good while.
Guthrie good distribution. He certainly played a blinding pass to set up one of Arsenal's goal but didn't see a lot more than that.
by winchester_royal » 30 Mar 2013 20:38
by Ouroboros » 30 Mar 2013 20:51
by Kingsley Junior » 30 Mar 2013 20:52
by Kingsley Junior » 30 Mar 2013 20:53
winchester_royal Reading fans are complete mongs. 'It's like having Rodgers back' someone said behind me after we tried to keep the ball for longer than 5 seconds.
Anyway, Arsenal were on top of their game and we're in transition mode so the scoreline was no surprise. We played some decent stuff at times though and it was nice to see the full backs go past the halfway line without the coaching staff going into meltdown.
Patience is needed over the next few weeks, it won't be pretty but I'm confident we'll come out the other side better for it.
Nigel Adkins' Barmy Army
by royalsteve » 30 Mar 2013 21:01
by Ascotexgunner » 30 Mar 2013 21:08
royalsteve arsenal are a good side but they are not as good as they used to be. I did go but didn't think we would get much from the game - all I expected or hoped for was a decent performancve and maybe a goal but realistically I thought we would lose 2-0 or 3-0.
however whilst we got a goal we were absolute s**t today. At 2-0 it was 2 arsenal v 3 royals players and they still scored the 3rd. that goal was a joke. dunno wahy ledge didn't track giroud!!
forget this season, lets start playing football , then a clear out then start again - id get rid of ledge and Guthrie as a brick would do a better job
by sandman » 30 Mar 2013 21:14
Kingsley Junior I didn't think today was all that bad tbh. I'm not sure what people are expecting really. Arsenal can be a bit lightweight at times and inconsistent, but when they are good, they are very, very good. And today was one of those days. Meanwhile, we had a team made up of the same players that have been not quite up to this level for large parts of the season...
I felt there were positives, definitely. We started well the first few minutes, we had a few good spells during the game. We tried to pass it more, perhaps in areas where we were never going to do Arsenal any harm but it's something to build off. The key thing for me was that the players were visibly trying something asked of them by a manager who has been their boss less than a week. They are obviously receptive to his ideas, and that is going to be important going forward. No, I did not particularly enjoy watching us get mostly outplayed for 90 minutes, but I pretty much expected it when I bought my ticket. We needed Arsenal to have an off day to have a hope of getting something out of the game, and I was happy to at least get a goal and show some fight.
As I recall, our much better "106 team" lost 4-0 at home to Arsenal in our first season up. I don't think our results against Arsenal are really any kind of barometer of where we are at. The Wigan result today probably makes our next 7 games largely meaningless, but I'm very optimistic about next season. Large numbers of players that got us up before, some new faces likely to be brought in too, and a manager who has four promotions on his record in the last six or so years.
by Royal Ginger » 30 Mar 2013 21:19
by LoyalRoyal22 » 30 Mar 2013 21:20
by working class hero » 30 Mar 2013 21:23
by LoyalRoyal22 » 30 Mar 2013 21:24
working class hero If only Guthrie had played more we'd be looking to play in Europe....NOT.
Quite why he is so lionised baffles me. He did little... Then perhaps his poor little overpaid head wasn't quite right?
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