Perhaps inspired by last night’s indulgences, Arseblog News takes a beery look at yesterday’s performances against West Brom and rates them accordingly.
Wojciech Szczesny: 8/10 – Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Bacary Sagna: 7/10 – Guinness
Per Mertesacker: 7/10 – Erdinger
Thomas Vermaelen: 7/10 – Chimay
Kieran Gibbs: 7/10 – Leffe
Mikel Arteta: 8/10 – Estrella
Jack Wilshere: 8.5/10 – London Pride
Santi Cazorla: 7/10 – Tumbledown*
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: 7.5/10 – Goose Island
Gervinho: 5/10 – Coors lite
Olivier Giroud: 7/10 – Stella
Subs:
Francis Coquelin: 6/10 – Galway Hooker
Tomas Rosicky: 6/10 – Staropramen
Lukas Podolski: 5/10 –Misselob*
* With thanks to @eastlower
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He he he… Tumbledown
What’s the difference between a bar after a fight, and a man after his wedding night?
One has beery walls…
That was beery bad.
Well. Jack wilshere was superb. Can’t wait for cazorla to shift to the left and play rosicky in cam. Giroud needs to start scoring again. Fast
on a completely unrelated note, what about the cuntchester derby eh? while i wanted a draw, and was saddened when united extended their lead (esp through the dutch skunk), gotta love that the chinless wonder showed his cowardice by hiding behind the wall and sticking his leg out to the free kick and deflecting it into his own net.
HA I was sat with a city fan telling him what a bottler Nasri is. He wasn’t having any of it until…
RVP though….
🙁
But I like Staropramen
It’s Czech. London Pride isn’t particularly great.
You are not seeing the irony!!!!
That Olivier “What? What? What?” moment is so badass.
Gervinho- light headed.
I would give him more than a 5/10 though… Like 5.5…
If Gervinho could finish, he’d be lethal. His movement and positioning is better than Theo’s. You can’t fault his energy.
Gervvy does add a lot and stresses the defense more than any other player we have. The team has a lot of confidence just letting him outrun the opponent and get the ball. great outlet. if he could ever finish, he would easily score 20 goals a year….alas that probably won’t ever happen. Maybe some visualization work might help him anticapte better. he just seems a bit late and really nervous when finishing. needs to pass more too…ball stopper he is.
Wilshere will standardly beef with anyone taller than him. Love it.
Indeed. Especially because everyone except Carzola, AA, Wright-Phillips, and Gennaro Gattuso are taller than him. …I’m not sure why Wright-Phillips deserves a pass, but I sure wouldn’t want to fight Gattuso either. He’s a dangerous fucker who likely carries a knife on the pitch.
Gattuso’s a goddamn lion. Doesn’t hurt that he even looks like one
Also, because everyone is taller than him, other than Cazorla…
Oops, sorry, didn’t read your comment through!
london pride. sign him for a 20 year contract
Whole performance – We finally recovered from the hungover
I don’t think it’s fair to give Gervinho a 5 and Giroud a 7. Was the rating based on yesterday’s match in particular or the season in general?
Agreed…Id buy them both a Tenants
Gervinho’s is just too clumsy
Gervinho would usually be a ‘Skol’.
Or just sparkling water
He’s barely the froth
I was thinking sparks. All energy but you crash at the end
Having referee problems
I feel bad for you son,
I got 99 problems
But the brom ain’t one
cheers
“Galway Hooker” – lmao gonna try it right away thanks to you blogs
i already googled it and will be having one today!
I think Gervinho’s rating is waaay too harsh. Sure, he missed a ridiculously easy shot, but he was very active and energetic and much more composed than usual.
Think he is more if a headless chicken than Walcott
Did you watch the game? Did he resemble a headless chicken in THIS game more often than not?
It’s fashionable to criticize Gervinho at the moment. Sheep.
It’s fashionable because he sucks.
reminds me of a cat chasing his tails .. runs round and round in circles but cant seem to catch it lol
Gerv wasn’t that bad yesterday. If you’re going to talk shit when he’s really crap, atleast accept when he improves. Doesn’t look much like happening yet but I hope Gerv can catch some form again, then you’ll remind us of a dog eating his own shit. heh
Romfords a shit hole
Hey I’m from Romford and we prefer to call it ‘socially and economically challenged’.
Fuck Me! I’m Romford!!!!
Gervinho has to be Tanglefoot.
Hope they’ll keep their spirits up and continue with this sort of performance. Solid solid and solid. The flair will come with time. Glad to see crisp passing and shots on goal again.
Gervinho…half a lager shandy more like!
The Boye’s are back in town,couple of party sevens bag of chips,and Arsen can have a LARGE Brandy.
Fans Dive Dive Dive on down the Pub
What are the asterisks next to Santi and Podolski for?
* With thanks to @eastlower
Wenger- 8/10 Heinekken
Champions’ league maestro
Wenger doesnt drink beer. He is “Tête de Cuvée” Champagne
We sure could do with him “Refreshing the parts”. The lads, as they are known, still look a bit tired to me.
*One’s a cider (?) and the other is spelt wrong for laughs
Wilshere: 8.5/10 – magic moments vodka
Get santi his scuba suit, he’s going under.
thumbs up if you hate tottenham!
Satisfied?
Come on, own up you two. You hit the wrong thumb, didn’t you???
Gervinho Kaliber 8 for effort -10 for final ball non alcoholic fraud.
my mates bashed theGervinator too much all through the match…….I only concurred.
Sagna – Guiness hahaha
I am not a massive Gervinho fan (not sure who is) but i think he is prob overly criticised. He will likely always makes a lot of mistakes but has potential to be involved a lot/ make things happen. At the end of the day he is there to create chances/chip in with a few and i think he can do this. prob not good enough to be a key player but could be a useful squad member and who knows with time-look how bad song was to begin with. Also i don’t think his miss was just as bad… Read more »
Don’t do it mate. Go for a walk in the rain. It will feel like manchester without the cunts
i think you might be right!!
Thought Little Mozart gave us an injection of pace and purpose 7.5 (Victory Porter)
Gervinho is the most frustrating character I have seen in a long time, Coors Light too generous (Duff Light maybe?)
Duff light, brilliant. Wish I’d thought of that.
Ramsey 8/10 ! He didn’t get dispossesed all match!!!!
Giroud is excellent in the air and has good movement, but his touch and link up play are really mediocre.
As much as I’m rooting for him, I don’t think he suits being in a technical side like Arsenal. Strange signing, all in all.
Agreed. Giroud’s first touch is atrocious and that’s why many a times he tries to release the ball when he first gets it. He seldom connects his passes and as much as he tries to, he doesn’t quite fit our system. We’re all rooting for him but deep down we know that’s he does not suit our type football…………
Did you not see the bit where the ball was hoofed in front of him and as it came over his head he brought it down dead still with one touch. Did you watch the match or just the MOTD highlights?
Guessing you didn’t see his assist for Podolski vs Montpellier then?
Which team do u think City fans will be supporting after this game?
City, Utd and chelski = gloryhunters
Sp*ds = scum
The first thing I thought of arteta, dos equis. Love em
So how long do we think it’ll take Wenger to realize Gervinho ISN”T good enough for Arsenal? It took two years of shitty Arshavin/Almunia performances for him to drop them. Do we now how have to put up with Gervinho for two years?
How does a manager, who has managed such amazing players like Bobby and Dennis carry on backing such a poor player. Should’ve called Gervinho “Up town Girl”, it’s a beer we have in Canada.
This is why Wenger can’t listen to fans….Cos most of you just have one thing on ur mind regardless of the game…..It’s either Ramsey is shit, or Gervinho….Gervinho was pretty good yesterday…..Much better than than Giroud and he was better than Ox. For me giving someone a 5 rating is, when a guy just jogs on the pitch and has no impact on the game whatsoever. So what ur saying is Giroud jogs all day in the game wins a couple o headers, gets himself booked is worthy of a 7. As opposed to Gervinho, who made Reid’s day a… Read more »
Don’t think anyone can argue with your analysis! You made a very valid point!
Gerv’s performance was at least on par with Giroud if not better!
Everyone on the pitch looked insync except for Giroud. The lad looked like a fish out of water, did nothing of note and it’s no surprise Gervinho outshone him.
Giroud took a knee to his back. He wasnt moving well at all after that. You could see from the way he was trying to run it off. I ve personally experienced what it feels like and believe me it isnt easy to run off. Good thing he is getting a week off.
This is the problem… it isn’t that he is “shit”. He’s a GOOD player. But is he good enough for a team that supposedly wants to win the league? NO! He’s a GOOD player… but he ISN”T a great player. Arsenal used to have great players. He misses far too many chances in games that matter, and he is very much of the Valencia mould – no skill, but can beat a man for pace. I love the Arsenal, but if we all want title challenges and trophies then we need great players. Why does it have to be that… Read more »
So we could stick with Walcott running the ball out play and Song being shit for how many seasons, so much that we are screaming sign da thing for walcott and berating Wenger for allowing Song to go, but Gervinho is a hopeless case?
ps: Would Pires get in those positions that Gervinho gets to?
Is it possible to get a average position chart from this game compared to some earlier ones? Kinda felt that there we were more dynamic in central midfield, more like last year, opposed to what I’ probably would call a rather immobile trio cemented in there positions. Thought I saw Cazorla drop deeper than Arteta several times to gather the ball and make a play.
Happy to see hints of the real Wilshere back in form!
gerv rating is a harsh.. he create some and got in some danagerous position.. he wasn’t the only one to miss a sitter.. if jack had finished then he would of had another assist to his name. Fair enough when hes played bad but at lest give him credit when he played alright.
Sarcastic jibes at our own player when he actually played well…you’re a bunch of cunts. Remember what it was like to properly support your team? Cause at the moment you’re doing it wrong.
agreet. Arseblog lost some serious credibility in my eyes – sure he doesn’t give a fish’s tit what i think, but the rating of the gerv was very harsh.
In other games even when what he tries doesn’t come off, at least he TRIES.
arseblog lost its standard & credibility long time back when it started the ‘ holier than thou’ approach…I just read what fans has to say about the games rather than arseblog.
Gervinho can make the most fantastic movements off the ball, but he makes me scream at the telly throughout the whole game with his final balls….
In Oz, you can get a beer just for Gerv called BigHead
http://burleighbrewing.com.au/beers/bighead/
Arsene Wenger 7/10 Redback
Walcott & Gervinho: Los Pollos Hermanos
Majority are against Arseblog’s rating of Gervinho in Saturday’s game. I believe should come out to defend himself or apologise. Don’t do a Wenger on us now Blogs. Say something.
Gervinho: 5/10 – Coors lite
Made my day 😀
How about:
Andre Santos – Fat Tire
Jack Wilshere: 8.5/10 – Spitfire
and West Brom?
Steve Clarke 1/10 Bitter
Shane Long 1/10 Bitter
Steven Reid 1/10 Bitter
Jonas Olsson 1/10 Bitter
@arseblog may i suggest a takeaway food special for Bradford, thematically thre is lots of options to explore…