For those Arsenal fans who have clamored for Arsene Wenger to replace Almunia, now we know why he kept with him. Because Fabianski is not up to the job.
Fabianski made two school boy errors as Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Porto in the Champions League. The first after 11 minutes when he palmed a cross from Silvestre Varela into his own net. A simply horrible error.
Then six minutes into the second half, Fabianski outdid himself as he picked up an ill-judged back pass from Campbell inside the penalty box. Then he gave the ball straight back to the referee and Porto promptly quickly took the free-kick and Falcao scored from six yards out.
Yes Campbell should have known better, but Fabianski had plenty of time to come and get the original long ball before Campbell touched it. When Campbell touched it he should have kicked it out for a throw in, not pick it up.
As for the quickly taken free kick, I remember Thierry Henry scoring several goals for Arsenal that way. It was a good goal.
Fabianski’s mistakes aside there were some positives that Arsenal can take off the game. They scored an away goal and I can see Arsenal turning over Porto at home in three weeks, especially if some of the injured players are back.
When Arsenal signed Sol Campbell I scoffed at the signing. I eat my words. Not only did Campbell score the valuable away goal but he is providing the defensive coverage that Wenger thought he would give Arsenal.
This was not a vintage Arsenal performance by any stretch of the imagination, but this is a Porto side that can be beaten and with the away goal they have I fully expect Arsenal to finish off the job at home.
What did you think of today’s game?
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Pay peanuts get monkeys end of!!! we have needed a world class goal keeper for years I dont blame the goalies I blame Wenger for being tight
One of Wengers pre Porto match interviews…”I believe that Lucasz is a very intelligent goalkeeper & he will have learned from those mistakes” (against Chelsea)!
..Still think so Arsene???
I feel sorry for the outfield players who have been so badly let down by the keeper.Without those errors it would have been a comfortable win.
Horrible all around. Especially Bendtner up front I can not stand this kid, he is by far the worst player on the Arsenal team. He looks soo pathetic up front. No touch, no vision, hes got nothing to contribute to the team. Everytime he touces the ball he looks akward. Nasri is a waste of money, shown nothing in the last 5 games. Rosicky played better then most today but still not well enough.
rant one:::fabrinski is a joke never plays well makes a few good saves then lets in stupid goals !! no one and i mean no one give the opponents the ball back and then turn ur back on the ball but fabrinski did….rant two:::how much longer do we fans got put up with wenger glossing over this squad?five years ago we had agreat team we sold henry pires lost berkemp lungberg and edu (ok he were’t great but i liked him lol)to having a team of below average players like denilson walcot bendtner eboue nasri alimunia fabinski(or how ever you spell it ) mannone djourou vela diarby…ok diaby ok but not world class and i doubt he’ll get any better then he is. we just an average team who done well when our main 3 players have played fabrigas arshavin van persie
do any one remenber start of season when wenger said this is our year??wenger got tosart buying and start buying big or go and let some one else do it remenber wenger is a great manager but even great managers have thier day and need to be replaced
arsenal forever
just one more note to my first message ……………..sorry for spelling to up set to type lol
it sounds like i having ago at wenger and arsenal but really we should be better then this and we all know our weaknesses thanks for reading this up the gunners
I admit I am “1 of those supporters”.
But. I’ve been calling for a NEW keeper, or as us the case now for Mannone to play.
Also, I have been asking for a new goalkeeping coach.
What do we know eh?
Unlucky boys, Flapianski and the equally awful Denilson have done for us again!
porto were the better team
Don’t those stupid foolish goals do your head in, i know they do mine in. i feel like breaking tv’s when i see such bad Arsenal goalkeeping. SO FRUSTRATING!!!
Is it just me or has sagna’s play really dropped off over the last year or so. I always feel refreshed when i see eboue in for him. And maybe its time to give Armand another run in the team. Plus the 4-3-3 leaves our outside backs way to exposed which inreturn drags our center backs out of position to cover. Anythoughts?
BENDTNER AS A STRIKER DID NOT HAVE A SHOT AT GOAL. wenger tells them to pass the ball to the net. SHHOOOOOOOT, SHOOOOOOT, SHHOOOOOOOOT,SHOOOOOOOOOT. IF only arsenal shot more in games, we would easily win games.
SO INSTEAD of wenger pointing fingers at the ref, he should sit those boys down and scream SHOOOT SHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT into thier f@@king skull.
I feel you, what the hell goes on at the opponents D, I ask why and i ask again why is no one thinking of shooting Diaby has stopped it so has Vaminator, Denilson used to try Rosicsky goes round n round, Eboue does it when he is in the mood that’s like 20 goals we have thrown away this season alone. Dear God prevail upon the old man to understand that Mannone is the answer, at least for the time being (while we wait for Hert or Given).
we could still have atleast left portugal with a draw if only the manager told those boys to shot once in a while,’exhibit a’-diaby falied to shot at open goal in the last minutes of the game,no worries,we’ll still crucify porto in three weeks time,come on you Arsenal!!!!!!!
almunia continue lying on ur sick bed. because i think 2 bad head is worse than one. almunia is a sucker while fabianski is a small fool licker.
The fans still don,t get it ,it,s the defence not only the goalie ,with Gallas,Clichy ,Sagna and Campbell having no clue how to defend ,as we see game after game .
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