Am I an idiot?

[honourablegeorge]

Some part of me is quite pleased with that game. Yes, we made two stupid mistakes in defence, but they happen from time to time, and they tend to get sorted out pretty damn quickly.

 

But despite the mistakes, despite the "slump", despite being indescribably bad on Wednesday, the heads didn't go down, they kept at it, and pulled a point out of the bag.

[Mike]

someone answer this guy. put him out of his misery, is he an idiot?

[mally]

nothing personal, but yes, yes you are

[honourablegeorge]

I'm going to take it as a yes.....

 

Peopel are too downhearted on here today. Digging out a point like that is a great thing.

[Rimbeux]

We were better than against Marseille, against a better team. We should be beating them though

[honourablegeorge]

No arguments, but you can;t always legislate for individual errors.

 

Some of what's being said is a bit much. "I'm getting sick of Carragher", for example.

[Redwire]

Some of what's being said is a bit much. "I'm getting sick of Carragher", for example.

 

Whoever said that is definitely a f*cking idiot.

[MFletcher]

I can't remember the last time Sami was so poor in the air.

 

The big man had an off day and we suffered for it. We still managed to pull a point out of the bag though, so it's not all bad. We should be winning those games though. 6 points from a possible 12 at home isn't really good enough so far, but it will inevitably improve as the season goes on.

[honourablegeorge]

Exactly. It was a rare off day in defence. We haven't had a defensive off day like that since that Benfica game at Anfield.

 

Plenty of positives to take from the game. Torres scrapping for a headed goal in the 92nd minute was great to see.

[realtarragona]

We actually played alright.

 

Hyypia got beat in the air twice. They scored from it twice. Unlucky. I'm still pissed off though.

[chiliking]

You're not an Idiot. I feel our 1 st half was decent, two c**k-ups in defence and a total failure to create clear-cut cances has to take the blame.

[JRC]

It looked - and felt - better on the telly last night than at the game. I won't pretend I'm happy with the points we've dropped at home, but it was an improved perfomane compared to recent ones. Conceding 2 similar goals in 2 minutes after not conceding in the League since August is a bit hard to take, but I'll never turn down a last-minute equaliser, even in a game we should win.

 

I don't fundamentally believe that we won't be able to sort out those defensive errors, or that Gerrard specifially, and the midfield in general, won't get back their form, at which point we wil look a much bettr proposition (although I've probably given up on Riisse, I'm afraid). Whether that will be too late in the Pemiership is yet to be seen; but I'm not yet convinced of Arsenal's ability to sustain their current form and results (conceding 2 to Sunderland is more concerning than conceding 2 to Spurs), nor that United are necessarily hitting their straps as they did last season. Let's hope the break is as disruptive to the form (good and bad) as the last one.

[Gary Wolf]

I felt better because of the last minute come back. You can't help rejoicing after goals like that. But honestly, we were awful in the 2nd half after Kean's second.

Edited October 8, 2007 by Gary Wolf

[honourablegeorge]

Aye - I'm sure two soft goals knocked the condifence of the team badly. But they still pulled it out of the bag.

[Woodsyla]

You're not an Idiot. I feel our 1 st half was decent, two c**k-ups in defence and a total failure to create clear-cut cances has to take the blame.

 

Surely you mean TAKE not create. When Voronin passed to Gerrard, he'd taken the golakeeper out of the frame and all Gerrard need to do was get some height on the ball to get it over Dawson who was on the floor.

 

That was at 1-0. Would have been a very different game if he'd taken that chance.

[allez les rouges]

It looked - and felt - better on the telly last night than at the game.

 

i thought that

[Coyler]

Surely you mean TAKE not create. When Voronin passed to Gerrard, he'd taken the golakeeper out of the frame and all Gerrard need to do was get some height on the ball to get it over Dawson who was on the floor.

 

That was at 1-0. Would have been a very different game if he'd taken that chance.

If he had have started against Portsmouth he would have taken that chance.

[chiliking]

Surely you mean TAKE not create. When Voronin passed to Gerrard, he'd taken the golakeeper out of the frame and all Gerrard need to do was get some height on the ball to get it over Dawson who was on the floor.

 

That was at 1-0. Would have been a very different game if he'd taken that chance.

Well, yes.

[Woodsyla]

Well, yes.

 

Huge difference between not creating chances and not taking them

[anny road]

1st half was, in the main, fine

 

its alla bout confidence...if we score the second I think we would ave won 3 or 4-0, but as soon as we concede the doubts re appear

 

I was more confident after yesterday than weds, when we were atrocious

[Knox_Harrington]

I can't remember the last time Sami was so poor in the air.

 

The big man had an off day and we suffered for it. We still managed to pull a point out of the bag though, so it's not all bad. We should be winning those games though. 6 points from a possible 12 at home isn't really good enough so far, but it will inevitably improve as the season goes on.

The Big Man has on off day whenever he comes up against someone like Berbatov. An intelligent targetman. Was saying the pub beforehand how Niall Quinn, that c***, always seemed to murder Hyypia when he, Hyypia, was at his peak.