Comments on: Arsenal 0 – 0 MAN CITY – PLAYER RATINGS

By: Cityfan2513

Cityfan2513 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:50:40 +0000

Agree with most except Barrys. I think in recent games he has really stepped it up and shown he can hold down a place in our excellent midfield department. However last night, the amount of times he gave the ball away was criminal. We rarely got a touch and when we did, it was vital that our midfielders kept a cool head and he in particular with his range of passing was someone Mancini was relying on. He just seemed to panic every time he got the ball and handed it straight back to Arsenal.

Baffled by the selected of Jo. I can understand when Mancini selects someone for their defensive capabilities as well as attacking. But Jo has minimal attacking skill and zero defensive. When I saw his name on the team sheet I thought we would get nothing from him and how right I was proved!!

By: l0ngwayfr0mh0me

l0ngwayfr0mh0me — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:24:12 +0000

Great result played for and got. However both Jo and Milner’s possession play was extremely poor, and a reason why the defence had to work so hard. Milner’s willingness to effectively track back perhaps meriting him a 6 at best. Yaya at least looked more composed and although is taking longer than anyone thought to build up required stamina for his new position in a far more hectic league, it will be well worth the investment.

By: Citysince77

Citysince77 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:52:26 +0000

I do feel you have marked up a couple of players by a point perhaps but I thought apart from the shaky start the back four and Joe Hart should all be given 9 each. As you repeatedly let us know about you feeling towards Yaya’s play, (by the way I disagree with you on that one) we all have our preference on the playing style of footballers, and with that in mind Vincent Kompany was definitely the man of the match in my opinion. The guy is without doubt the best defender in the premier league at the minute and just oozes class, (even down to brushing Sagna off his pal Zabaletta like he was an errant child near the end) and the way he and the other members of the team held off an in-form Arsenal was first class. We have the best defence in the country and if we had the kudos of the sacred sky 4 all the media would be talking about their excellent performance, instead of how negative Mancini is or we’ve spent £5billion and we cannot manage a shot on goal. Hypocrites, the lot of them. P.S. Apart from David Seaman, who saw it like it was.

By: mathew

mathew — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:36:28 +0000

Fully agree with you on yaya. He gets noticed for his barnstorming runs, but he seems literally to spend most of the game deliberately trying to conserve or recover energy.

I have never seen a young player of such calibre so obviously and shamelessly unfit.

By: John C

John C — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:22:22 +0000

Can’t agree with you re midfielders. I thought Yaya had a very average game but atleast was involved in our better moments and didn’t needlessly waste posession so would have got a 6. Barry was dreadful the whole match, massively off the pace, wretched passing and as ever incredibly slow, our worst player with Jo – 4.5. Millner pretty ineffective game bar one decent run in the second half, poor distribution again – 5.5