have we ruined bartley?

[Stafford Blade]

come from arsenal who play ( behind barca ) the nicest football to watch in europe. in his 1st session back at arsenal this poor fucker is likely to hoof the ball out of the training ground with his 1st touch as that's all he's been told to do for the last 2 months

 

[yorkshirecoast]

Blackwell & McCabe can be blamed for a lot but not that. An Arsenal fan where I work said he didn't look good enough and unfortunately he's done nothing with us to suggest that opinion was harsh. His performance today was truly abysmal.

 

[Stafford Blade]

to be fair deano he is only 18 and must have a heart attack every time he sees nosworthy trying to play the ball out of defence

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

And as an eighteen year old I thought he did well when asked to push on up the field and try and add to our attacking play. Thought he handled that part of his game well.

 

[yorkshirecoast]

Don't get me wrong - I want him to do well - I want every Blade to do well. I've just seen absolutely nothing from him to suggest he is good enough. He lacks strength & his decision making and awareness of what is happening around him is really poor. I agree Nosworthy is no better though. And unfortunately neither is Seip! It's good here innit?! The sooner we get Morgan back the better.

 

[Stafford Blade]

i disagree that he has no strength. he looks an absolute beast to me. i agree about his decision making but that will improve with time. i would imagine he has had a pretty sheltered upbringing at arsenal and it must have been a hell of a shock coming to us after seeing the silky skills of fabregas and arshavin on a daily basis compared to our mob whacking balls all round shirecliffe!

 

[yorkshirecoast]

A beast?! You are having a laugh. A central defender who can pass & run with the ball is a bonus but the priority is to be a strong & dominant defender. Were you there today? He was really, really bad.

 

[Stafford Blade]

A beast?! You are having a laugh. A central defender who can pass & run with the ball is a bonus but the priority is to be a strong & dominant defender. Were you there today? He was really, really bad.

today was his worst game by a country mile. but as for the beast coment, would you like to meet him down a dark alley? i wouldn't

 

[Foxy]

in his 1st session back at arsenal this poor fucker is likely to hoof the ball out of the training ground with his 1st touch as that's all he's been told to do for the last 2 months

It's a pity he didn't do that on Wednesday night, we'd have beat Cardiff 1-0 then.

 

[Santos]

come from arsenal who play ( behind barca ) the nicest football to watch in europe. in his 1st session back at arsenal this poor fucker is likely to hoof the ball out of the training ground with his 1st touch as that's all he's been told to do for the last 2 months

Not at all, he was bobbins when we first signed him.

 

[Stafford Blade]

Not at all, he was bobbins when we first signed him.

that is bollocks. he looked a very assured player on his home debut

 

[Toronto Blade]

He is trying to do what Blackwell tells him and what Speed teaches him on the training ground.
Probably clashes with what he has been taught to do at the arse.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

He's doing what he was sent to do, learn the basics of defending the long ball and more physical attackers and get some experience. Arsene didn't send him to us in order to polish his technique.