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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Player Analysis and Ratings Vs West Ham


By 1970’s Gooner

It looked like Wenger’s starting team selection was going to back fire on him until class and experience was introduced in the second half. Nasri and especially Diaby put some steel, ball winning and skill in the midfield and everything turned round.

Three Arsenal players were underperforming and when Wilshere and Merida were substituted the whole balance of the team was suddenly re jigged into almost perfection.

The other player who I cannot for the life of me understand why Wenger insists on playing him is Silvestre. I have said it here before and I say it again. The man is a liability at centre back and at left back.

He is so slow it’s unbelievable. Admittedly it was Gallas who was a little bit slow coming out of defence that played Diamanti, the West Ham scorer, on but Silvestre should have been looking at the line across the defence before he stupidly stepped up to try and play for offside.

Fabiansky

Looked strong and assured throughout but I have to fault him a little bit for the goal. He could have pushed the ball sideways when he got a touch but it went through his hand instead. 6

Sagna

I was surprised to see Sagna start the game. Eboue is away at the ACN and an injury to Sagna (or even fatigue) will leave us exposed in the right back position.

Nevertheless he did well getting forward quite a lot with better success with his crosses this time. 7

Silvestre

See above. 5

Gallas

Carried on with his very good performances this season. 7

Vermaelen

Same as Gallas. 7

Merida

I was disappointed with Fran tonight. He has played a lot better. His tackling, passing, corner taking and overall play left a lot to be desired. 4

Song

He was almost singlehandedly bossing the midfield. Winning the ball and also distributing it. He will be difficult to replace now he is off to the ACN. 8

Ramsey

Had a much better second half than first. In the first his passing and winning of the ball was lacking but improved in the second when Arsenal became more direct. He got into more forward positions culminating with the all important goal he scored. 7

Wilshere

Was never really in the game much. He played on the right wing and hardly managed to get past his player. I think his best position is in central midfield. 5

Eduardo

He was disappointing in the first half but improved in the second when Arsenal took the game to West Ham with most of the game being played in their half of the pitch. Eduardo being a box player thrived on this.

He also benefitted from Vela’s switch to the left wing which provided him with a better service culminating to his magnificently taken goal.

Let’s hope that Eduardo’s confidence takes a major boost from this game. 8

Vela

He looks to me a left winger than a centre forward and he proved it again tonight. He was so much more dangerous on the wing taking his opponents on and putting in some wicked crosses. He had a good game tonight. 7

Nasri

Brought some needed nous and trickery into the midfield that was so clearly lacking. 7

Diaby

Turned the game upside down with his entrance. His tackling, directness with the ball when going forward and strength was exactly what was missing and he didn’t let us down.

What a player he is turning out to be. He will be crucial to how Arsenal’s season evolves now that Song will be absent. 9

Man of the Match: Diaby


23 comments:

Anonymous said...

i agree that merida had a poor game but wilshere was equally poor they both deserve 4's wilshere had a nightmare at times giving the ball away on the edge of the area. but its because they are youmg and still learning the game. diaby was immense again love that guy

Anonymous said...

I think its a bit unfair to fault Fabisanki on the goal.That was purely Silvestre's goal.I can't believe what he did with all the experience he has!He just ran away from diamanti who was clearly onside.Please Wenger, we dont want more misery from this guy!

Anonymous said...

diaby and nasri changed the game like cesc did in his entry against aston villa.also they showed kovac abd behrami that they cant kick the hell out of arsenal youngsters like that.
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Anonymous said...

well the rating is not good for me at all.sagna and his crossis were rubbish, vela got only one good cros that makes him a very litle bit better than wilshire.eduardo played better than he usualy has played in the last games, merida he made me so nervouse with his poor passis, nasry and diaby played very well and sure they changed the game but for me only one player was man of the match and he is Aaron Ramsey.my God what a player he is going to be for us,two great goals in two games.this guy is not afraid to try everything,dribling, pas,and shouts when its needed.he is showing his angry to win everygame everithing with arsenal.just one more seasen and u will see a fantastic masterclass midfielder in our team,and it was great to see him celebrating his goal with the gooners there in the corner,and gooners were fantastic tonight too..

Anonymous said...

Vela had a great game and helped set up both goals. He also showed some much needed maturity when you're trying to be bullied out of the game (although I am unsure what he meant with his little flcik out at Diamanti).

As for Silvestre... heh. Minus the mess up that led to the goal he had a solid game. I'm guessing Wenger wanted to rest Traore who I'm pretty sure wasn't 100% for the Portsmouth game.

Merida was a disappointment though.

Unknown said...

Wilshere showed why he needs to go out on loan -- poor choices throughout -- not surprising, but more playing time is what will fix them.

I find it amazing that you correctly finger Gallas for the mistake that kept Diamanti on side, yet still blame Sylvestre. Offside trap is a back-line effort, and all must play or it fails. As it did. The goal was Gallas', not Sylvestre's.

Diaby was great,but Nasri showed that you need two strong offensive players in midfield -- he was a breath of fresh air.

JohnnyBazooka said...

i think vela was the key player here he did have both assist!! and that cross wass an amazing crozz.. it had the speed for that long header to go in.. and the thro ball he did to ramsey!?!? i think its clear vela was KEY player..

Barndoor Bendtner said...

I think you are a bit harsh on some of the younger ones. Wilshire did make some school boy errors but also did a lot of hard graft on the flank and was running rings around them at times. Give him a 6.
For those who think the goal was Gallas' fault, you are talking twaddle. He didnt step up because that wasnt the right move, as Sylvy proved by being 10M the wrong side of Diamante. If he hadnt have pushed up he would have been in position to intercept without moving. How we can play a LB with so little pace I dont know.

Anonymous said...

It makes me laugh. About two months ago
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change.

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