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There are so many areas where the game can be won and lost and so many players that are match winners. The key will be our approach to the game. Our recent success against them has been because we have asserted ourselves and 'got in their faces' and, as you say Jem, overwhelmed them. For some reason at OT we failed to do this. It seemed like a conscious decision and we paid for it. It's almost common knowledge now that Arsenal will rip you apart if you let them play, but if you get at them you can unsettle them. We need to do this and allow our key players to be aggressive. Also, we MUST take our chances. No more West Ham and Newcastle performances of playing quite well and missing chances. We need to be clinical and well organised. With a correct approach and a disciplined performance, the flowing football should take care of itself. |
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They beat us at O.T because we played with 10 men, missing a player in the most vital position - midfield. O' Shea literally did £#%&! all except chase shadows and completely bottle it when he got the ball, when Carrick came on we actually looked good. Carrick and Scholes will be fine in midfield. Sure, we have things to worry about, their threats and stuff, but let's remember we have Giggs, Scholes, Carrick's passing from deep, Ronaldo, Rooney (he'll be fine in this match, just you watch) Saha, Larsson, Ole, Park to come on if we need legs. Loads of options.
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Carricks positional sense, tackling and interceptions are far better, throwing him on, to SAVE the game which means try and CREATE something in a game where Arsenal have dominated in midfield, which makes it hard enough as it is, getting use to the pace whilst they're all on a high. Also, didn't O' Shea stay on in a 4-5-1 as we chased the game? O' Shea as the 'enforcer'? The same O' Shea who had the ball near the back and he was that SCARED he just LEFT the ball for Baptista to run with it. You don't take into account any other concepts about the game except your personal vendettas and treating things like it's so simple as black and white like saying Carrick cost us the goal just because he had come on, take into the other concepts I have mentioned. Just the fact that their midfield was on a high dominating the game and Carrick being thrown on is enough to eliminate your silly statement. And we started creating when he came on. |
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get your facts right please. or cant you remember? |
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my fact was the goal arsenal scored after carrick came on |
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Carrick's a joy to watch actually watching him at the game you notice it more, and playing with Scholes makes it even better. The way they create space for each other and keep the ball is fantastic. Vio, we all know how you raved about Liverpool and their 'world class' midfield, we completely out classed them at O.T, to a level which had me laughing my head off in the Stretty, they couldn't get near us with a 3 man midfield. |
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Are you £#%&!ing thick? Yes, that was your fact, a fact which was irrelevant as we have proved. It's also a FACT they score when Scholes and Rooney were taken off. What do you think of that? What do you think of us opening them up when Carrick came on? What do you think of him and Scholes outclassing Liverpool's "world class" midfield (tm)? A 3 man midfield as well. You used a fact which you full well know is irrelevant to have ago at Carrick. Arsenal passed us to death with O' Shea in there, and when we had the ball, we couldn't keep it with O' Shea passing to them. Please explain this bit Vio instead of calling me little man when your in fact probably 5,5 in your N. Ireland bedsit. Come on, would Carrick have given it away 9/10 times he had the ball? Would he have been chasing shadows? Let's forget that though and concentrate on that fact he came on and they scored despite the previous big portion of the game then Scholes and Rooney being taken off and their midfield dominating on a high and Carrick expected to do it alone. |
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Man Utd: Kuszczak, Neville, Ferdinand, Brown, Silvestre (Evra 23), Fletcher, Scholes (Carrick 78), O'Shea, Ronaldo, Rooney (Solskjaer 77), Saha. Subs Not Used: Heaton, Vidic. FACTS! Tosser. |
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the worst thing is you dont know what your wrong about? |
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Normal XI; Park, Ole, Larsson, Brown and Knutsack on the bench.
4-5-1 (Rooney falling back, anyway) springing to rapier counter-attacking and the occasional killer thrust. This plan will only work should Wenger actually have the balls to risk taking the game to us. If so we will pick them off in front of us and before long be dominating the match. I see an early goal from a free-kick as well. Can't wait for this match. Wish I could get down there |
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