Derby Canary 3 Posted April 12, 2013 Can''t help feeling that an away trip to the pacy/in form, Gunners will do nothing for our goal difference/ shaky confidence just before the vital run in.Hope I am wrong! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havemyhowsonit 0 Posted April 12, 2013 4-0 arsenal then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
It's Character Forming 1,156 Posted April 12, 2013 Yes - I knew we''d get nothing out of this fixture last season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derby Canary 3 Posted April 12, 2013 Different Arsenal just at the moment and more significantly different us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salopian 1 Posted April 12, 2013 I agree, the defence leaked two last week and another three or four on Saturday could harm morale badly. (What could be worse, of course, would be going to Man City on the last day needing a point for survival!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crabbycanary 2 Posted April 12, 2013 Good God. I will feel for your family and friends over the next 30 hours or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,585 Posted April 12, 2013 Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derby Canary 3 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Herman "]Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.[/quote]Have n''t seen our forwards ''get stuck in'' to many defences for many a long month! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star_manic 0 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Herman "]Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.[/quote]i was peed off that Mertesacker got sent off last week. Vermaelen will take his place and he is far better than Mert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROBFLECK 131 Posted April 12, 2013 I agree with Star , I am so sorry , but I think we will not get anything out of the game but a hammering. Hope I am bloody wrong though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted April 12, 2013 We''re doomed I tell ye, doomed, DOOMED! [:''(] [:''(] [:''(] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="star_manic"][quote user="Herman "]Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.[/quote]i was peed off that Mertesacker got sent off last week. Vermaelen will take his place and he is far better than Mert[/quote]Is he? I don''t think Vermaelen has been playing as well as he was 2 or 3 years ago and I would say it is quite a big stretch to say he is "far better" than Mertesacker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,585 Posted April 12, 2013 "Derby Canary""Herman "Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.Have n''t seen our forwards ''get stuck in'' to many defences for many a long month!Maybe Hoots will go with a different mindset now we need to win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warren Hill 0 Posted April 12, 2013 I''m sorry to disappoint everyone but I did the BBC Predictor and put us down to lose this one 53-0. And we still stayed up... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crabbycanary 2 Posted April 12, 2013 What did you have us down for half time Warren? I am intrigued if our superior fitness kept the second half score down a bit, as out notorious slow first halfers, came good again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star_manic 0 Posted April 12, 2013 so long as we tell Bradders to attack Sagna we shall be alright, they will be running scared,or scarred. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOO 0 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Herman "]"Derby Canary""Herman "Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.Have n''t seen our forwards ''get stuck in'' to many defences for many a long month!Maybe Hoots will go with a different mindset now we need to win.[/quote]You''ll have to explain that one Herman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ABC (A Basingstoke Canary) 26 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Derby Canary"]Can''t help feeling that an away trip to the pacy/in form, Gunners will do nothing for our goal difference/ shaky confidence just before the vital run in.Hope I am wrong![/quote] Alternatively, Arsenal could be thinking "Last time we played Norwich, they were on a winless run of 3 points after 7 games (total of 5 goals for vs 17 against), and despite the form book, they went on to beat us". They maybe thinking that we are their bogey team! As I mentioned in the "Arsenal - our turn around team" post - that win started our run of 6 wins and 4 draws. I also suggested in that post that Arsenal could be looking at the form guide and see this as a "stroll in the park". However, on reading AW''s exhortations over the last couple of days, I almost get the feeling that they are trying to "pump themselves up" for this one. The pressure is certainly on them for this to be a "must win" game - not only from within the camp and their supporters, but also from the media regarding the opportunity to go 3rd and secure a CL spot. So, if they don''t get the early goal AW has been calling for, maybe, the natives will start to get restless and get on their backs! (And, we all know the "positive" effect this has on the home team don''t we!). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,311 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Herman "]Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.[/quote]If we carry on with our terrible recent record of shots on goal I doubt their defence will be quaking in their boots on Sat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warren Hill 0 Posted April 12, 2013 Seriously, I don''t know why we''re bothering to get on the bus. They''ve got pace and strikers, they''ve got a defence, even though they won''t need one against us because our Attack has got all the teeth of a Jeremy Kyle guest. They pass the ball well (Take note Tettey, Johnson, Hoolahan and Howson), they create chances (take note Hoolahan, Snodgrass, Bennett). They score goals (Holt), they work hard (Holt), they''re fit (Holt) and they tackle like good, clean gentlemen (Holt) and behave like them too (Holt). 53-0. 37 down at half time, but we improve dramatically in the second half. Bunn gets man of the match for keeping it respectable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Rose of Texas 0 Posted April 12, 2013 If Tetty and Pilkington are available, I''d put them straight back in the team .. and rest Hoolahan and put Howson of Bennett in his place behind a lone striker - probably Karama so we have some degree of pace. Hopefully Bunn will be O.K too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOO 0 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Warren Hill"]Seriously, I don''t know why we''re bothering to get on the bus. They''ve got pace and strikers, they''ve got a defence, even though they won''t need one against us because our Attack has got all the teeth of a Jeremy Kyle guest.  They pass the ball well (Take note Tettey, Johnson, Hoolahan and Howson), they create chances (take note Hoolahan, Snodgrass, Bennett). They score goals (Holt), they work hard (Holt), they''re fit (Holt) and they tackle like good, clean gentlemen (Holt) and behave like them too (Holt). 53-0. 37 down at half time, but we improve dramatically in the second half. Bunn gets man of the match for keeping it respectable.[/quote]They''re not on the bus Warren, they are all standing on the platform at Norwich station, in the rain, looking like drowned rats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derby Canary 3 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Yellow Rose of Texas"]If Tetty and Pilkington are available, I''d put them straight back in the team .. and rest Hoolahan and put Howson of Bennett in his place behind a lone striker - probably Karama so we have some degree of pace. Hopefully Bunn will be O.K too.[/quote]"some degree of pace"By pace we mean the likes of Walcott here. Karama does have some pace, at least for the first 10 mins before the fatigue starts to set in! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,585 Posted April 12, 2013 "and Smith must score" "Herman "Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.If we carry on with our terrible recent record of shots on goal I doubt their defence will be quaking in their boots on Sat.Fair point. If we carry on in the same style az the second half against Swansea it should be a good spectacle. If it''s like the Wigan game then...........:''( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,352 Posted April 12, 2013 I''ll surprised if many of you bother to get up in the morning. I reckon you''ll be hiding under the duvet until five o''clock. What a load of feckin pansies you lot are[W] Thank goodness for the manager his team and our yellow army! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Derby Canary"]Can''t help feeling that an away trip to the pacy/in form, Gunners will do nothing for our goal difference/ shaky confidence just before the vital run in.Hope I am wrong![/quote]Ye of little faith.Feel the force my fellow Canary!OTBC! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Herman "]Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.[/quote]They will not like it up ''em!Aerial bombardment is the way forward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkbroadslim 223 Posted April 12, 2013 Might as well just wave the white flag before the war begins then eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkbroadslim 223 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote user="Tangible Fixed Assets anyone"] [quote user="Herman "]Their defence is crap. So long as we get stuck into them we should be ok.[/quote]They will not like it up ''em!Aerial bombardment is the way forward.[/quote] Reminds me of a girlfriend I once had........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites