A sacrifice to
get to your final goal.
I like to use the first formative assessment as my pre-assessment; «what do the students know now that I can build upon to
get to that final goal?»
How are you going to
get to your final goal?
Not exact matches
Should there not be a certain homology between the
final goal and the form of penultimate and ante-penultimate efforts
to get there?
And as for that handstand and
getting my
final toe off the wall, I hope
to reach that small
goal soon, on my way
to the larger
goal... a full handstand push - up!
With mere weeks left on his contract, Zlatan has been in rare
goal scoring form and is determined
to get to the Champions League
final.
Once all the EPL games are over the focus will switch
to the FA cup
final at Wembley where Arsenal will fact the league champions Chelsea, and I feel that the
goals could be intrinsically linked, with an unlikely top four spot likely
to give us a great boost and help us
get to Wembley full of form and confidence.
Though Anderson Talisca
got a second
goal in the
final 15 minutes, it was not enough
to overcome the deficit.
His Chelsea miss in the Semis (hitting the post twice from his close shot and PK) Went
to WC
final... and Higuain missed the easiest chance you can ever
get in a
final) Went
to Copa America
final... Higuain missed a last second
goal.
I don't care either way, not like his
goal means anything, you know, like
getting a
goal to get to the semi
final of the Champions League.
Imagine the situation; you play brilliantly for a French club that never
gets close
to a trophy and then concede the fewest
goals of any keeper in the World Cup
finals and this
gets you a dream transfer
to the Premier League and Arsenal.
What is more frustrating is how we didn't play
to the whistle, how Mustafi didn't
get goal side, how Xhaka and Rambo was walking back
to help defend instead of busting a gut in a
final.
Gon
na get a few thumbs down for this but
to be honest I would rather spend my weekends watching my team play beautiful attacking football and have the joy of watching beautiful
goals such as Wilshere's
goal v west brom last week and still finish in the top 4 with a cup
final to look forward
to than win the title having
to force my eyes open
to actually see my team win via an early
goal and the rest of the game spent watching headed clearances from John terry
Aubameyang will
get goals in pl and help in carabao
Final But we have 13 games
to cut the 9 points deficit
to get into 4th an we still have
to play at Trafford Wembley man city..
The
goal gave Man United a 1 - 0 lead and forced Chelsea
to use their third and
final substitution
to get a spark from the struggling midfield.
That is precisely what they
got as Edgar Andrade scored a
goal worthy of winning any game
to give Jaguares a date with Cerro Porteno in the 1/4
finals.
If they are desperate
to score, then it might affect their judgement in the
final third... Ramsey
got a good
goal ruled out against Liverpool... Anyway, the
goals will come.
Also, the visiting team will be desperate
to erase their own painful memories and
get revenge on Arsenal after we came back from two
goals down
to win that
final.
Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the
get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't
get world - class players because many times they want
to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown
to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's
goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a
goal until the
final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club
to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just
to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!
They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting
to enter the opposition
final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for
getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more
goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled
to win without him at least until late last season.
... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer
to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d
final pass, it doesn't
get wasted), uses both legs
to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back
to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on
to d ball a lot tryn
to get d best angle
to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...
Even Chambers is struggling
to oust the speedy Spanish defender and so when Chanbers
got the nod ahead of Jenkinson for the England under 21s last night and provided the assist for the only
goal of the game, it may well have been the
final word for Jenkinson and his Arsenal career.
I started supporting arsenal during the arsene era, sometime 1998 or 1999, enjoyed beautiful football great
goals, we had the best of young talent so was always proud of my team, but now Wenger has
to leave, losing a lc
final to Birmingham, always ending as fourth just
to get kicked out of champions league second round has
to stop.
The
final goal was scored by his old team - mate Benik Afobe, who also left Arsenal
to get regular playing time, and the striker thinks that Jack would not be happy going back
to sitting on the bench.
Prior
to his 2015 summer move
to Liverpool, Benteke was a star for Aston Villa, scoring 13
goals to help the team escape relegation and earning the Villans a berth in the 2015 FA Cup
Final against Arsenal — beating Liverpool in the Semi-Finals
to get there.
We don't want him
to miss the winning
goal for us when we
get to the Ucl
final as his history at the 2014 and 2015 WC & Copa could repeat itself.
The Welshman
got caught up in the encounter last night, with both sides going all - out
to try and secure the win, and the assurance of having topped their group, but the two sides cancelled each other out with a
goal each per half, and the
final game will now prove the deciding factor in the standings.
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
I can maybe understand a team sticking
to their principles being only one
goal down as a game draws
to close, but when you're 2 - 0 down with the clock ticking, you clearly need a plan B. Plan A (
get into the
final third and make as many sideways passes as possible) hadn't worked at all against West Ham, and with say 10 minutes left, I couldn't believe we didn't just stick Mertesacker upfront with Giroud and hit long balls and early crosses!
It made me lol hearing that we have scored the least
goals to get to the cup
final... Great attacking Wenger, we can't even outscore opposition or be known for scoring loads.
Fernando Torres has been ripped
to shreds for his performances over the last few seasons — the man who scored the Euro 2008 - winning
goal has struggled with both club and country since then — and although things were bad during his
final seasons at Liverpool, they
got even worse after a # 50M transfer
to Chelsea, where the price tag combined with an incredible
goal drought left him as the butt of jokes throughout England.
They may have just failed
to get to the EFL cup
final at Wembley but they did beat Man United in the second leg
to miss out by just a single
goal.
I know that the Arsenal and Chile forward Alexis Sanchez only played for the
final half an hour of the disappointing Premier League defeat
to Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium yesterday, and he did not manage
to get the
goal we were so desperate for, but his introduction did produce the best period of the game for the 10 man Gunners and his return from injury was the only real positive for us.
he's one of my fav (arsenal) players, so i will always root for him a theo in form is even deadlier than sanchez (i do nt mean his overall play, only
goals + assists,) he is able
to score and assist the highest amount from any winger in the PL because thats his style of play always waiting for delivering or
getting the
final play whereas sanchez often comes from a deeper position similar
to ramsey who in form is deadlier considering
goals + assist than cazorla in the same position but overall caz brings more
to the build - up
Ronaldo carried Real Madrid
to the champions league
final plus Di Maria
got no
goals or assists in the knockout rounds or
final so you obviously have no clue how good or consistent he is and rate his highly coz he plays for Madrid.
As for our shots on target, even when you are 1 v 1 with the goalie a
final bit of technique is still required
to get the
goal, Sanchez knows all about it and Welbeck needs
to hone that skill, shooting directly at the goalies body will not
get you the
goal.
The game should have been killed off in the first half, we
got ta learn
to park the bus and not put ourselves under needless pressure, a good game but Arsenal still lacking at the back, if we had drawn or lost, that fault lies well and truly at our defence, Good
to have Walcott back and a great
goal, but all of that would have been wasted, anyway well done our boys, shame about the PL losers our gain, bring on the
final!
I don't want
to see players falling
to the ground after the end of second leg 1
goal short, for some reason they couldn't settle for 1
goal and had
to risk everything
to get a 2nd half way through the tie like it was a
final.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position
to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers...
to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in
goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried
to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he
got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want
to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem
to have a pretty good history when it comes
to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should
get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should
get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers
to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things
to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz
to the starting lineup due
to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition
to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB
to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need
to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need
to target a CDM then do whatever it takes
to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us
to become dominant again we need
to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper
to CB
to DM
to ACM
to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil
to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed
to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the
final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed
to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time
to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just
to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye
to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need
to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had
to wait so many years
to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes
to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes
to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk
to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't
get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went
to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest
to strikers who were clearly not going
to press their current teams
to let them go
to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants
to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due
to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately
to raise awareness for several years when cracks began
to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued
to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
Midway through the first period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup
Final against the Penguins, the Predators
got out
to a 1 - 0 lead thanks
to Aberg's second
goal of the postseason.
Into the
final quarter and we set our shooters the task of
getting to 60
goals and the defence keeping Edge Hill
to under 25
goals, turning over Edge Hills centre and the defence of Nancy and Bekah yet again
getting ball after ball against a frustrated Edge Hill attack we went on
to dominate the remainder of the game running out comfortable 61 - 23 winners so both «
goals» attained.
Cazorla is the one player we trust
to safely carry the ball upfield through a congested midfield but in his absence, the Ox can carry the ball upfield too but operating as a Left or Right Midfielder / Full Back not through the middle or as a winger,
to play in the middle of the pitch, you have
to be consistently reliable, and
to play in the
final third you need
to be consistently incisive with a visible end product, the Ox ain't consistent and rarely has an end product but that boy sure can drive forward and when he drives, Ozil especially needs
to stay close enough
to him
to receive the ball because we all know he's gonna make a terrible decision the closer he
gets to goal.
They needed two
goals, though, and spent most of the
final 20 minutes fighting just
to get one.
If your right and Wenger gives Walcott a crack then we know he is the type of player who will drop out wide for moments, he was happy
to do that in the
final with Alexis and
got a
goal from it, he can do it on the right and score from their as well.
Alexander - Arnold's ability
to not only offer himself as an outlet down the Reds» right - hand side but provide quality
final balls into the visitors» area meant that the Reds attackers could spend far more time in the central areas of the pitch,
getting as close
to goal as possible.
Getting the coveted
final playoff spot would now mean that Bolton would have
to pick their stunning form back up, and hope that Leicester, Brighton, and Middlesbrough (who are separated from Bolton only by their lower
goal difference) fail
to do the same.
If they
get a favourable draw for the quarter
finals after probably defeating Milan over two legs, the
goal becomes even closer
to fruition.
Arsene Wenger's side came from two
goals down
to get the better of fellow Premier League team Hull City 3 - 2 after extra time in the
final of the FA Cup at London's Wembley Stadium.
Liverpool continued
to push for a winner as the second - half wore on and
got their just rewards in the
final 15 minutes of the game with none other than Mo Salah notching yet another important
goal for The Reds
to take his tally
to 23
goals in all competitions.
I knew there was still plenty of time
to get a winning
goal and with 15 minutes left Henderson scored his second
to make the
final score 4 - 3 and give us another 3 points - what a game!