Rather backhanded comment from Arsene Wenger saying that if we had played the dreck that visiting teams have employed at the Emirates this season then will would have come away with a draw ala Villa. Praised the way we played but I couldn’t flying fart TBH, doubtlessly Mr. Wenger would love every Mickey Mouse team to roll up and try and out score one of the most free flowing teams in European football. But you don’t beat sides like Arsenal by trying to outplay them, Bolton have showed the way and we illustrated last season like Olivia Newton John said get physical and Arsenal are half the team they esteem to be.
Unfortunately that’s not the way Rovers are currently playing, Hughes had this problem come the end with Wales where his hard work, borderline intimidation ethos was replaced by a free spirit style of football, where shape means sweet FA. I said it before this season that we are in dire straits as a club and that unless the bully boy tactics return we are constantly going to lose (or players of superior technical ability are signed).
Its fine for Arsenal to play wondrous football and most teams in La Liga not matter how ****e their predicament do play nice football but when you have players such as Robbie Savage, Gamst Pedersen, Michael Gray, Aaron Mokoena, Lucas Neill…in the side trying to play the beautiful becomes rather pointless.
Good game however, really enjoyed it, Arsenal are treat to watch and if it wasn’t for my boys getting violated so badly then it would have been a nice thirty odd quid well spent. Think that we be my last visit to watch Rovers for a while, back to the Den for the time being.
