[Archived] Arsenal v Rovers Preview - February 4th, 1pm

[Devon Rover]

Brief moment of quality from Pedersen breaking up another horrible half of football for Rovers. How many are Arsenal going to end up with?? Our full-backs are horribly mis-matched against the Arsenal wide midfielders.

[booth]

Pathetic, tactically inept yet again, terrible defending, and the obvious effects of a lack of investment in the team.

[tomphil]

This is going to get very painfull i think !

[RibbleValleyRover]

Givet sent off! FFS IDIOT

Down to 10 men and another 45 mins to go

[Beta Ray Bill]

oh dear . Red for Givet

[davulsukur]

Red card - Givet. This is gonna get Messy.

[roverandout]

givet sent off

[des]

we seem to have no middle field, which leaves the defence wide open

[Dan]

Well done Givet. You ###### moron.

[hesfromburn]

red for givet?? (Please don't use that word again) off REF

[Ricky]

now its going to get ugly, shocking pass from ollson leads to a givet lunge and a red.

[Tom]

Well at least my all teams scoring bet is on

Dann is poor, Hanley is better than him IMO he just doesn't impose himself on the game, in fact nobody in that 11 does

[bob fleming]

If we get anything out of this match Wenger should genuinely consider his future at Arsenal.

I think he'll be alright now.

[booth]

This is going to be a rugby scoreline.

[rovers11]

Game over

Oh dear. Can't wait for this season to end.

[jimw1988]

Petrovic can not stop giving the ball away!

Down to ten men! (Please don't use that word again)!

[DE.]

Hoping this turns into total destruction. Don't care what that makes me in terms of a supporter - just want as much shame and humiliation dumped upon the team, the manager and the owners at this point.

[Bluefudge]

Two feet up.....x

No defence for that, we would be livid if it was on our player.

[roverandout]

cant complain, red card all day long

[RibbleValleyRover]

red for givet?? (Please don't use that word again) off REF

Fully deserved. Givet was a moron.

[TugaysMarlboro]

Olsson has got a player booked and now sent off with two slack passes.

Shocking, absolutely shocking.

[Devon Rover]

Givet failing to help the cause again. Have we got the thickest bunch of footballers in the league or what?

Self-destructing regularly + crap management + owners who don't care = certain relegation.

[Hekla]

Going to be a long second half.

[MarkBRFC71]

Petrovic was far worse than either player against Newcastle. Dann was worse too. Rochina was utterly appalling when he came on. But you've highlighted those two, who some choose to criticise constantly throughout the season regardless of form. Pedersen created FOUR clear cut chances!

You're not the only poster who was against Allardyce that does this. It's crazy to think we would be stronger with Vukcevic there than either of our two most experienced players, especially in a game like today.

Maybe it's a style over substance attitude. Both make regular contributions to the Rovers cause but perhaps don't do it in a pretty way like Formica/Vukcevic. The same thinking plagued Allardyce's successful reign - getting results apparently wasn't enough for some.

So because they've been around for a long time they should play - even though they've offered little (Pedersen - 2 assists from someone who's played nearly every game and takes every set-piece?). Bizarre way of thinking.

We know what Dunn and Peds offer - the odd and increasingly fleeting bit of inspiration. Vukcevic and Formica haven't had extended runs so until they do (and seeing as we are losing most games with Dunny and Peds we've got nothing to lose) we're never going to know.

What's that saying? "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Part of the reason we are where we are IMO.

[Waggy76]

Maybe it was a ploy by the players to get Samba playing again ??

I no longer care , we are doomed in someways if Arsenal get 10 just maybe that moron kean will be removed ...