Football : Season 08/09 - Page 87

**Damien** · 19-04-2009, 16:47

Arsenal have had a record of good English players, currently we have Walcott and Wilshere. Both promising players. Pennant never turned out as good as we hoped while Ashley Cole moved to Chelsea. I don't really care about the nationality of our players though, Wenger doesn't have a policy of not using English players it's just the ones he does have tend to be from abroad.

I think Wenger has a sensible policy in his attitude to players as well since he tends to buy young, and rarely spends large amounts of cash on players. Yet he still has a very good team constructed from sensible purchases.

pedantic · 19-04-2009, 16:51

Anybody fancy a game of "spot the shot on target"?

Shadow Demon UK · 19-04-2009, 18:46

Robbed by the ref

Well done Everton anyway, if anyone deserves a trophy it's Moyes for what he's done for that club.

pedantic · 19-04-2009, 18:51

Tevez and Scholes not used for pens.

On second thoughts, why use them, when you have a couple of prolific centre halves.

iadom · 19-04-2009, 18:57

Well, if you are going to lose a cup semi then its not to bad if it is against another Lancashire side.

Should never have gone to extra time, Old Mother Riley

cocked it up again, a definite penalty denied United in normal time.

Still its good to see the kids competing on an equal footing with a side near the top of the Premiership.

Now for the two that matter.

Jim.

**Damien** · 19-04-2009, 19:08

Definite penalty is overstating your case slightly. I did think penalty but it certainly could be debatable...

Russ · 19-04-2009, 19:10

Please could someone tell berbatov that the idea of taking a penalty is to put the ball in the net and NOT PASS IT STRAIGHT TO THE KEEPER

icestar2 · 19-04-2009, 19:16

I thought we'd lost it once it went to penalties if am honest. Especially after Cahill missed the first one.

sherer · 19-04-2009, 19:31

to be honest how many shots on target or even shots of target did we create in the whole match. Hardly any and that is why we lost.

Didn't really think it was a pen more a coming together. it was hardly like he came steaming in and was only going for the player

kingbuxton · 19-04-2009, 20:12

Unlucky I thought, best team over 90+ET. Considering who was missing, they played some great stuff at times. It was a Pen, no doubt about it, didn't get the ball, clipped Danny. If Riley bottled it due to recent comments, very poor, if he honestly didn't think it was, you win some you loose some.

I mean Fergie can get at it at times, saying he wants a strong ref, not sure he has ever outright accused a ref of supporting a team though, bit out of order, and a bit out of character for Moyes, usually keeps his gob shut. I sill like him though, not sure Everton will win it from what I saw today, but you never know, sometimes your name is just on it.

And as to why we sent Ferdinand and Vidic up rather than Anderson/Tevez/DaSilva, all compitent Pen takers? Who knows. All I can think is that he didn't want the weight of a miss on a kid? So they stepped up. Still should have started with Tevez n Anderson, especially when Cahill missed.

Oh, and next season, Cahill to UTD as a replacement for Scholes, fine player.

Turkey Machine · 19-04-2009, 20:24

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Originally Posted by Russ B

Please could someone tell berbatov that the idea of taking a penalty is to put the ball in the net and NOT PASS IT STRAIGHT TO THE KEEPER

Could someone also smack Mike Riley for not giving a clearcut penalty?!

I hated the fact it went to extra time and penalties. The fact that those taking the penalties missed was even more galling. Still, on to the Arsenal I guess!

DocDutch · 19-04-2009, 20:33

aw poor manure didn't get a penalty who dived this time as pretty boy wasn't playing

Arthurgray50@blu · 19-04-2009, 20:37

I have been saying all along we needed stronger referee's in today's game, Riley did bottle it, it was a penalty.

Its like Mark Halsey in todays Spurs v Newcastle game, he was very poor,

Mal · 19-04-2009, 21:00

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

aw poor manure didn't get a penalty who dived this time as pretty boy wasn't playing

At least we got past 90 minutes in ours

icestar2 · 19-04-2009, 21:13

I didnt think it was a clear cut foul(certainly dont think it was deliberate) and it could of went either way. Man U know to well how the game works and exploit it just as much as any other team these days. The ref made a couple of poor calls both ways imo but this is nothing new to football and I find it funny how much emphasis is put on it these days rather than the game itself.

Niether team made any really great chances and what little chances they did make wernt taken very well so I think it deserved to go to penelties(which I hate btw).