**MCFC V Arsenal Official Matchday Thread**

[steveo_88]

Bit of a penalty shout there for Bellers, not sure though??

Yeah, that was a certain penalty!

Watched the replay 3 times and Bellers deffo ran into Song..Not a pen for me

Did Song attempt to play the ball? If not that has to be a bodycheck?

No he didnt because the ball was going out of play he just turned his back and Bellers ran into him.Well thats my view on it..Not gonna argue haha

I'm listening to radio so if Song just stood his ground there's no foul.

[shawzy]

The way I look at them is, would we be calling for blood if it had been given the other way and I would.

Micah is fucking monsterous tonight, he is all over Vela.

Hope me and you aint making an early call but Micah and SWP are ruling tonight.Awesome the pair of them.

[Green & Blue]

Blackburn 1 up

[Slim]

Song almost scored...for us.

[shawzy]

Song almost scored...for us.

Ye it was close.Just over the bar..2 bookings for Arse now both on SWP..Hes on fire tonight.

[mr_nool]

Song almost scored...for us.

Your're 4-5 minutes ahead of me. I better stay out of here ...

[Slim]

Song almost scored...for us.

Your're 4-5 minutes ahead of me. I better stay out of here ...

Restart your stream at the half, you'll catch up.

[ayrshireblue]

Is the Sky co-commentator David Platt. Doing my head in with his biased views. Absolute tosser!

[shawzy]

Love Bellers but hes been very quiet..Might be summat to do with Bridge playing deeper than normal but i hope Robson comes on 2nd half..We played good but should be 1 up

[Slim]

Bellamy needs to quiet his gob some, he is trying to get booked after the whistle was blown for the half.

[shawzy]

Is the Sky co-commentator David Platt. Doing my head in with his biased views. Absolute tosser!

Yea its him

[Kiss_The_Goat]

Good half! Well in lads! On a knife edge thought this one!

[FA cup winners 2006]

good 1st 45, in control, keep it going and the chances should come.

impressed with SWP, seems to be helping out richards alot.

bridge annoying my head though, why does he have to chip it when a 10 yard pass along the ground will do

[mr_nool]

Yeah, decent half, but that last pass/shot constantly goes wrong.
Ireland been quite as well. I hope he will get more ball in the second, but almost all the play has been along the wings (predominantly the right).

[Slim]

we always seem a pass short of scoring. Too many balls failing to read the runs of players and breaking our momentum.

[mr_nool]

Bellamy needs to quiet his gob some, he is trying to get booked after the whistle was blown for the half.

I still think he was right, though. That was a penalty. Hope to see the replay again during halftime.

[Mr Miyagi]

Need to improve our passing. Too many balls to opposition shirts.

Also what is going on with our crap attempts at free kicks? Players are running into trouble and losing possession. The idea of a free kick is that you put the opposition under pressure.

Plus point so far for is Lescott. Positioning is good. Getting back to cover. Too often Toure has bad positioning.
SWP looks knackered though. And Ade.

[Geo123]

When are ppl gonna realise chasing down isnt enough, tevez movement when were in possesion is shocking,, he keeps dropping into stevies place which is crowding midfield and leaving ade isolated up top over and over again... rubbish,

Happier with micah tonight looks to be getting some confidence back

jury stil out on barry though

[mr_nool]

Need to improve our passing. Too many balls to opposition shirts.

Also what is going on with our crap attempts at free kicks? Players are running into trouble and losing possession. The idea of a free kick is that you put the opposition under pressure.

Plus point so far for is Lescott. Positioning is good. Getting back to cover. Too often Toure has bad positioning.
SWP looks knackered though. And Ade.

I thought sweep looked great. Some tea with an extra lump of sugar, and he'll be fit for fight again!

[Michael Brookes]

1st half:

We are much the better team, but look a little cumbersome in the final passage of play.
Refs a joke, missed far too much
SWP & Tevez are our liveliest players
Rivhards having a good game
Toure, Lescott, Bridge ok (not great noot bad)

Have a feeling the momentum will shift second half, so lets hope we have another gear in us to cope and turn our dominance into a result