They have shipped just the nine
away goals so Chelsea to win to nil at BetVictor may have appeal for some punters.
In Germany bayern will be scared to conceded
an away goal so we can defend and play for counterattack or a draw.
Not exact matches
In terms of visibility, your
goal is to be in a kind of celestial sweet spot where you are orbiting not too far
away from the big planets or the smaller ones (
so you can keep an eye on both), but not
so close that you get pulled by gravity into them (and crash).
My
goal is much lower, but feels large since I'm
so far
away from it.
Passive income
goals always feel
so far
away... all of them.
I quite often treat this blog like a diary,
so sometimes I'll stray
away from talking about my personal finance and share my current thoughts, I'll be excited to go back and read some old post when the years go by, and it will help me reflect on the overall journey that has been experienced, because as great as the end
goal of early retirement is, I would imagine the character developed through such a process has more then just monetary value.
The
goal is the till the hardened soil, clear
away the rocks, and burn out the thorns
so that our entire field becomes good, fertile soil.
We've waited
so long to move forward, brining in the wrong manager can move us further
away from the ultimate
goal.
We also need to stop pushing our full backs up
so high up the pitch, that's why we got thrashed
away to the big teams last season, notice how most of their
goals were on the counter?
It was an
away game against table topping Derby County and after Ben Sheaf was sent off in the first half for a second yellow and Stephy Mavididi saw his opening
goal cancelled out, the young Gunners were really up against it
so to hold on was good but to come up with a winner through Kaylen Hinds was fantastic.
For one thing, Monaco will know that
away goals are much more important at this point than in the group stage,
so that should encourage them to try a bit harder to score one.
A rare win on the road for Arsenal could be the end of our poor
away record in the league
so far, and Arsene Wenger had good reason to defend that record because of the penalty incidents at Stoke, Watford and Man City and the offside
goal there as well.
DANNY MUTHAFUCKIN WELBECK!!!!!! and there's that oh
so crucial
away goal!
He has scored 36
goals in all competitions
so far, 10
away from his total last year.
We gave
so many chances
away due to our usual horrendous organization, when we have lost the ball, and if it wasn't such a poor side we were playing, we would have conceded several
goals again.
If Fiorentina could simply convert one of their numerous chances, the
away goal would make a huge difference, but they weren't able to do
so.
Welbeck will get
goals for us while he's
away so I don't know what the fuss about Giroud being injured is all about.
The impressive form of the Saints
so far has somewhat taken attention
away from this Republic of Ireland international's failures and lack of
goals since a # 12m summer move.
Although Arsenal responded well to a poor first half to get a deserved equalising
goal through Theo Walcott, I think the main reason we came
away from Old Trafford with a point was that we only conceded once while Man United were all over us,
so I am giving the Man of the Match to Laurent Koscielny who just shaded Mertesacker.
i presume wenger wants to win PL,
so the fact that he does these things that lead him
away from his
goal means he is delusional & not accepting of reality.
We havent kept a cleansheet in any competition in MONTHS
so right
away us fans probably knew we'd need more than one
goal.
Their only victories have been
away from home, at Stoke and West Brom, and Toffees fans must surely be concerned that their team are shipping
so many
goals at the back.
There has only been one single match where we have not scored a
goal and that was Chelsea
away so no, we are definitely losing more points from defence than from lack of attack.
Even if a sloppy pass or a momentary lack of focus leads to a
goal there should be enough attacking ability in the Arsenal team to get
away with it, as we did last weekend, but I do think it is a concern and especially
so in a big game like the one coming up at Man City.
Well that's your opinion.I for one think Giroud is one of the most average strikers to ever play for Arsenal.I would be vindicated by their performances this season.Do you think any top team apart from Arsenal will take Lukaku and Morata over Giroud?I don't see what's
so good about him.All he does is turn his back
away from
goal and hopes a fhance comes his way to score.There's nothing special about Giroud.
LOL!!!! I can't stop laughing at the comments, wellbeck or no wellbeck we haven't scored many
away goals this season
so it doesn't matter, I'll go for nil nil draw,?
Cech 8 Couldn't do much about the
goal, and he has never saved a penalty for us
so that wasn't a shock either, but he was far and
away our best player yesterday...
The fact that Burnley scored only one
goal on the road
so far this season in the PL and has the worst
away record in the whole of Europe Leagues make them the more dangerous to content with by Arsenal tomorrow at the Emirates Stadium.
That is why, we give
away so many chances and
so many
goals year after year.
So Arsenal fans will be less than chuffed to hear the words of the Watford striker Troy Deeney who scored and helped the Hornets to that shock victory over us at the Emirates stadium a week ago, because he accuses Aaron Ramsey of shirking
away from a tackle which could have stopped their opening
goal and made it a much different game.
Mesut Ozil conducted the orchestra to great effect and came
away with a
goal and an assist, and
so did Danny Welbeck, who led the line brilliantly.
Chelsea had a veryyyy unlucky first leg where willian pretty much shredded barca and was about a combined 10 inches
away from like 4
goals so barca may have been a tad overrated like city.
so you're not happy with 3 - 0
away at in form villa, after a midweek defeat, welbeck's first
goal, ozil coming back to form, good display from ox, defence comfortable....f@ck off
I would argue that picking the simple pass is one of the reasons why he has been
so good on his return; losing the ball in a DM's position is a sure way of giving
away easy
goals.
I realise this is a crude numerical perspective and the figures can be misconstrued but my instincts are to conclude that a decline in performance this season is down to our
away performances and the most bleedin obvious explanation for this is the decline in our inability to score
goals away from home — with the exception of the 5
away games played
so far this year — where we see it is the number of
goals conceded
away from home that is the main problem.
The first puzzle to be resolved is why has our ability to score
goals away from home declined
so dramatically whilst at the same time it has improved at home?
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd,
so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through
so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored
goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back
so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball
away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks
so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone
so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London,
so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence...
so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
However, there's no getting
away from the fact that the 30 - year - old has scored just eight
goals in 34 appearances in all competitions, and
so surely that can't be deemed good enough with the club pursuing major honours on various fronts.
So Martinez wouldnt of challenged Giroud or put
away the same amount of chances maybe more considering the chances we create and his
goal record in portugal and champions league the last 3seasons?
There were
so many missed opportunities, winning
away to pool and conceeding a late
goal, winning by two
goals at west ham and we draw, winning at home to swansea and we lose, the list goes on and on.
All our players need to do hours of extra shooting practise
so they can learn to kick the ball
away from the keeper and defenders and into the
goal.
He should be hanging in the penalty box or around it, not being asked to distribute play right and left, that is not his strength and he is slow, yet he is
so far
away from the opponents
goal, it beggars belief how he keeps on banging them in.
The way we totally dropped after that first
goal was
so shocking and Wenger just sat down there looking like a spectator, I will keep saying it, it is more effective to shout to your players at the touch line than just sitting down pretending, when you shout, you let them know that they are not performing or doing what's needed from them, we gave the ball
away countless times, we should thank koscienly and le coq, it could have 3 - 1 or 4 - 1
Akpom is a great talent BUT NOT the man we need to leqd the line up front
so lets not get all unnecessary about this, we are still about a million m iles
away from winning anything and will be until Wenger buys in a talent that can score 25
goals a season and thats not gonna happen this summer I can tell you.
Holding said he wants to leave last January
so wenger played him and now he's re payed us with giving the ball
away over and over again for the first
goal and we obviously need a proper defense coz our only central CBs are koscielny n mertesacker
so van dijk should of been our first target along side lacazette but wenger thinks monreal n kolansinac are CBs we would of won this game by a lot of
goals if we could defend but being cheap won't allow that
pretty please, its true stats don't lie but it could be manipulated to tell different stories, the simple fact and bottoml line is Ozil created over 190 chances and ONLY 19 was put
away by our misfiring duo of Giroud and Walcott, and the fact he had half of the season to match and eclipse the assist record and failed says more about Giroud's and Walcott woeful woeful finishing abilities and nought whatsoever to do with Ozil, am can only do
so much, what's next, blame him for number of
goals we conceded?
Who has been
so inconsistent over the years, (scores a
goal against Monaco then gives the ball
away for a
goal) even he is trying to get off our sinking ship!
So even if we were to beat Zagreb at home and Olympiacos
away (and how likely is that), Arsenal would be relying on head to head records,
goal difference or
goals scored.
So it appears that the players are confident that we will score and so can be more patient and make sure that we do not make any mistakes and give away soft goals at the other en
So it appears that the players are confident that we will score and
so can be more patient and make sure that we do not make any mistakes and give away soft goals at the other en
so can be more patient and make sure that we do not make any mistakes and give
away soft
goals at the other end.
He will certainly score more
goals than Sanchez has this season for sure that's for sure, and hopefully he won't give
away the ball
so much!