re: Arsenal 2012/2013 Season Long Thread

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Ramsey

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looks like a clumsy Spanish kid (football wise, anyway), right before they say 'hey kid' have you thought about handball? He then promptly goes out and excels at handball.

Clumsy isn't right. He's almost got it, but not quite, and never will.

New rumors from the Mirror: Arsene will have £35+mil to spend in January. May make a run at Falcao...

I think his technique and technical capacity is quite high. Very good touch, improved turn and dribbling ability, great passing range. His problem is that he seems to have not progressed much on the mental side of his game since coming back from his injury. Tries to do too much. I thought he had a very solid game today outside of getting skinned by Diame.

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his passing is fairly good, and he can occasionally pull off a trick or two.

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this is what I saw as well. It's all coaching from here on out.

I think Ramsey is serving his role as a squad player perfectly right now. He has come leaps and bounds from last year. He will only get better but he does have his weaknesses. I do not believe he will ever be good enough to become a full time starter for Arsenal.

Walcott news
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I think I'm going to England in January. Will try and get tickets to Arsenal-Man City. Hopefully, I will succeed.

Some stats
70 – Aerial Duels between Arsenal and Stoke City on August 26th 2012¹
29 – Aerial Duels that Arsenal won v. Stoke
43 – Aerial Duels between Arsenal and West Ham today
18 – Aerial Duels that Arsenal won v. West Ham
41 – Percent of Aerial Duels that Arsenal won on both days
17 – Aerial Duels won by Andy Carroll²
8 - Aerial Duels lost by Andy Carroll
13 – Successful passes by Andy Carroll in Arsenal’s Final Third³
4 – Chances Andy Carroll created³
0 – Assists by Andy Carroll
3 - Aerial Duels won by Olivier Giroud³ (of 5 attempted)
9 – Successful passes by Olivier Giroud in West Ham’s Final Third
1 – Chances Olivier Giroud created
1 -Assists by Olivier Giroud
1 – Aerial Duels won by Lukas Podolski
16 – Successful passes by Lukas Podolski in West Ham’s Final Third
6 – Chances Lukas Podolski created²
1 – Assists by Lukas Podolski
10 – Andy Carroll Aerial Duels per game average 2012-2013¹
4.3 – Andy Carroll Aerial Duels per game average 2011-2012 (second best in the League)
1 – Aerial Duels won by Andy Carroll in defense v. Arsenal
0 – Aerial Duels won by Andy Carroll in the last 20 minutes of the game
68 – Percent of Aerial Duels that Andy Carroll won v. Arsenal
11 – Aerial Duels won by Mertesacker and Vermaelen today
16 – Aerial Duels lost by Mertesacker and Vermaelen
54 – Percent of Aerial Duels that Mertesacker won
29 – Percent of Aerial Duels that Vermaelen won

60 – Minute in which Theo Walcott is substituted on
8 – Shots by Arsenal before Theo’s substitution
2 – Shots on Goal by Arsenal before Theo’s substitution
13 – Shots by Arsenal after Theo’s introduction
5 – Shots on Goal by Arsenal after Theo’s introduction

1 – Yellow Cards Gervinho received for a foul which on replay showed conclusively there was no contact and that Mark Noble took an extra step after the tackle before his ignoble dive
0 – Times I heard Stewart Robson say that Noble dived to win that yellow card
2 – Yellow Cards Diame should have received for his celebration and for kneeing Arteta
3 – Handballs that Andy Carroll got away with in the first ten minutes
1 – Red Cards Ricardo Vas Te should have gotten for intentionally kicking Vito Mannone in the face before diving and then breaking his shoulder in the process
1 – Penalty fouls on Ramsey that Phil Dowd didn’t even call a foul

1.86 – Goals scored per game by Arsenal in 2012-2013 (all data League data only)
1.95 – Goals scored per game by Arsenal in all of 2011-2012
1.43 – Goals scored per game by Arsenal in the first 7 games of 2011-2012
0.71 – Goals conceded per game by Arsenal in 2012-2013
1.29 – Goals conceded per game by Arsenal in 2011-2012
2.29 – Goals conceded per game by Arsenal in the first 7 games of 2011-2012
15 – Opposition’s shots per goal against Arsenal in 2012-2013
8 – Opposition’s shots per goal against Arsenal in 2011-2012
5 – Opposition’s shots per goal against Arsenal in the first 7 games of 2011-2012
2 - Number of times Arsenal have conceded on the opposition’s first shot in 2012-2013 (WHAM, Montpellier)
10 – Shots per goal average for Santi Cazorla at Malaga in 2011-2012
14.5 – Shots per goal average for Santi Cazorla for Arsenal in 2012-2013
6 – Shots by Santi Cazorla v. West Ham today
7.6 – Shots per goal average for Olivier Giroud at Montpellier in 2011-2012
19 – Shots per goal average for Olivier Giroud for Arsenal in 2012-2013
8 – Shots by Olivier Giroud v. West Ham today
20 – Touches by Theo Walcott
12 – Passes by Theo Walcott
2 – Chances created by Theo Walcott
1 – Assists by Theo Walcott
1 – Shots by Theo Walcott
1 – Shots on goal by Theo Walcott
1 – Goals by Theo Walcott

Even though you have a gator by your name you made my day. Arsenal is legit and a joy to watch. Cant say the same for the saints and tigers.

THAT RUN



THAT PASS



THAT SHOT



I know it's not a good angle, but that doesn't mean you just shoot it right at the keeper...