will be tweeting on this again. TScorpio
United reserves to play Shamrock Rovers and Arsenal Reserves
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Fecking pissing down and I feel 100 years old, thanks to playing football yesterday. Ugh.
I assume there's no way to watch this game and avoid getting wet?
I assume there's no way to watch this game and avoid getting wet?
I was all set to go, but I got bleeding soaked on the way home from work. I think I'll leave it. Its brutal out thereFecking pissing down and I feel 100 years old, thanks to playing football yesterday. Ugh.
I assume there's no way to watch this game and avoid getting wet?
Heard Macheda is in the squad for today
Weather's clearing up now. I'm off
I'm sure I'll regret this but feck it...
I'm sure I'll regret this but feck it...
Live Update Thu, Aug 19 2010 - Extratime.ie - Newsdesk - League of Ireland
Live updates. Wish I'd gone now, looking at the team. Have a ticket and all.
Live updates. Wish I'd gone now, looking at the team. Have a ticket and all.
Match tracker available on the link above again. Team line ups are already on there...
1-0 down to a penalty...
HT: 1 nil to l'Arse.
Lansbury running the game. We're struggling to get a grip in midfield and Arsenal's strikers are bullying us, physically.
We're not much better going forward. Poor Will Keane's having a stinker and Macheda's spending the whole game offside.
The only positive for me is that vermilj looks neat and tidy (although that's tempered by the fact he came on for Rafael, who was getting the runaround) Amos has had a good game too.
Lansbury running the game. We're struggling to get a grip in midfield and Arsenal's strikers are bullying us, physically.
We're not much better going forward. Poor Will Keane's having a stinker and Macheda's spending the whole game offside.
The only positive for me is that vermilj looks neat and tidy (although that's tempered by the fact he came on for Rafael, who was getting the runaround) Amos has had a good game too.
Seems like we're a bit off the boil here in the first few weeks.
Actually, another positive, the weather's nice. And it's a lovely wee stadium.
All foreigners look the same to Pogue.
He was wearing number 2 and playing right-back but yeah, if he's going off injured chances are it's Fabio. He doesn't do 90 minute games.
Unfortunately seems to be true, he really is fragile.
feck it. 2 nil.
It's saying something when a Wellington scores against you. Even a silva one.
Macheda gets one back. 2-1
how did the fabio injury look?? precautionary?
Was it as one-sided as that extratime.ie match report suggested?
That looked a decent United side to me.
That looked a decent United side to me.
Pretty slow midfield though.Was it as one-sided as that extratime.ie match report suggested?
That looked a decent United side to me.
out-played by the arsenal youth judging by the report.
Arsenal much the better side. Was most disappointed in macheda and Cleverley who were amongst the poorer players on the pitch, when they should really have been amongst the best. Ho hum.
He's Brazilian in case you couldn't tell and shit hot.It's saying something when a Wellington scores against you. Even a silva one.
Is he the lad who cost you about four or five million quid?
My mate's Brazilian wife reckons he'll be an international in two-three years. Apparently people over there don't understand why he was sold so cheaply.
That makes me feel better, in a strange way. Sounds like we underperformed anyway.
Macheda's been awful whenever he's played for the reserves for a long time. I reckon he thinks its beneath him. Not a good attitude to have when he has so many strikers ahead of him.
Benik Afobe should hve got onto the score sheet tonight. Was speaking to his sister and she thinks the Gooners have big plans for him
we were so easily bullied tonight. they physically hammered us all night and we just couldn't stand up to them Thomas dominated Wooton and Gill. Brown did better vs the Arsenal forward when he came on. Thought our midfield was poor in putting it up to arsenal - eikrem and norwood stood off too much. Cleverley didn't do much as you said and Kiko was rubbish at staying onside. I thought Keane was a lot better than him in that he at least tried to get involved.
On the positive side, I do think we looked quite dangerous on set pieces, we could have had a couple of goals from them with Gill, Cleverly and Kiko all going close when attacking set pieces, the arsenal keeper made a great save from Keane too.
Our biggest problem was that we just didn't stand up to them in midfield.
Yeah. He did look kind of disinterested at times.
Not on tonight's showing. Scored but did little else all night.
Arsenal's dominance was all about Lansbury having a very good game and your front three being about 6 inches and a couple of stone bigger/stronger than our back four.
I watched him in the U17 World Cup, and he only appeared off the bench for 20 minutes or so in two of the games (Brazil were knocked out at the group stage), but he looked exceptionally talented, even though he was much younger than most of the players there.
Better team won last night but I still felt we were good enough to get the equalizer.
Norwood was our worst player last night. It was also a pity Ole moved Wotton into midfield to replace him. Would have prefered if he tried brady there instead.
Fabio was also poor. Cleverley disappointed to an extent but still looks a player.
Id also echo the sentiments regarding Arsenals big lads, wasnt very impressed with them technically at all.
Norwood was our worst player last night. It was also a pity Ole moved Wotton into midfield to replace him. Would have prefered if he tried brady there instead.
Fabio was also poor. Cleverley disappointed to an extent but still looks a player.
Id also echo the sentiments regarding Arsenals big lads, wasnt very impressed with them technically at all.
Yup we have discussed this on numerous occasions.. He just doesn't seem bothered at this level.. However I think he has always performed when he has been fit and playing in the 1st team around other 1st team regulars.. Much like Gibson he performs better around better players..
The best I've seen Macheda play (certainly for the reserves) was in the play off against Villa last season. He got a lot of joy in the slightly deeper area. The rest of the time (in less important games) it's more often than not been the case where he's out of the game for large parts and then clinical and at the right place and right time in that one flash moment.
Newcastle away for the reserves he scored 3.. Although that was probably motivated by the fact that SAF told him that he would be in consideration for the 1st team because of injuries etc..