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'Grant got it wrong':@
Tony Cascarino felt Avram Grant's tactics cost Chelsea a point against Arsenal on Grand Slam Sunday.
William Gallas' first-half header proved to be the difference in a 1-0 victory for the Gunners, but Cascarino thought Grant's decision to play Andriy Shevchenko up front on his own was costly for Chelsea.
Middlesbrough ended Arsenal's unbeaten run last weekend by playing two up front at the Riverside, while Newcastle and Aston Villa also caused the Gunners problems in the last fornight by taking the game to Arsene Wenger's side.
And Cascarino felt Grant should have replicated those tactics at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
"I was disappointed with Avram Grant's tactics yesterday," he told Sky Sports News.
"If you look at the evidence, Arsenal murdered Aston Villa off the pitch in the first half at Villa Park two weeks ago. But Villa threw the kitchen sink at them in the second half, threw forwards on and pressed high up against them and did well.
"After that, Sam Allardyce and Gareth Southgate both played two forwards, closed Arsenal down in high areas and denied them the chance to get the ball down and play - because that is what you have to do against Arsenal or they'll outplay you.
"But Chelsea had Shevchenko up on his own and they didn't close down the Arsenal back four. They made it a bit of a footballing competition and if you're going to try that tactic then Arsenal will beat you.
"I don't know why Claude Makelele was there in a holding midfield role because that's the worst thing you can do against Arsenal.
"But once they changed their tactics and got Claudio Pizarro on alongside Shevchenko, they looked like they were going to cause Arsenal problems.
"But they gave away the first half and that's when Arsenal scored." |
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Originally posted by darwisyadli at 17-12-2007 11:07 PM 
'Grant got it wrong':@
Tony Cascarino felt Avram Grant's tactics cost Chelsea a point against Arsenal on Grand Slam Sunday.
William Gallas' first-half header proved to be the differen ...
i think makhluk yg tulis article nie luper yg arsenal played their last games without hleb,fabregas,flamini,diaby,van persie..
against chelsea most of arsenal's 1st team players came back and chelsea lak had so many 1st team players missing from action.
so its totally i different case.. |
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eh, jap2... kaled the kanibal tu loan sampai january je kan? |
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Reply #467 aku76's post
hakhakhak... bila last chelsea kalah ek sblom game sengal? bila last sengal kalah ek seblom game boro? |
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Reply #470 Nara_Gaara's post
CHELSEA have been rocked by the news that John Terry has been ruled out for up to two months.
Doctors today confirmed that the England skipper has broken three bones in his right foot, including a metatarsal.
That is not just a blow for Blues boss Avram Grant, who now has to get their season back on track without his influential captain.
It also means Terry may well have to sit out Fabio Capello's first game in charge as England manager.
The defender hobbled off during Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Arsenal after being injured in a challenge by Emmanuel Eboue.
X-rays have shown that Terry has broken the third metatarsal in his right foot, which is understood to be as bad as it can get.
A close friend said: "The doctors were surprised as they said it's very unusual to break that third metatarsal.
"It's more common for footballers to break the first or fifth metatarsal.
"The bad news is they say it will take longer to heal than normal.
Chelsea were not expecting such devastating news as an initial scan had failed to show the true extent of the damage.
Club doctor Bryan English said: "An X-ray taken in the Arsenal medical room straight after John left the field didn't show the injury.
"However, as is usual with mid-foot injuries, the fractures were revealed following scans, which were performed this afternoon.
"John will start his rehabilitation immediately with the Chelsea medical team and we will continue to monitor the injury."
Capello, who was unveiled as new England manager today, will make his Wembley bow with a friendly on February 6 against Switzerland.
But doctors believe that could come too soon for Terry to have recovered fully.
The third metatarsal bones are in the middle toe, which normally suffer injury through wear and tear rather than a clean break.
Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen have broken fifth metatarsals before and took at least six weeks LONGER for both players to get back into action than specialists originally predicted.
In 2004, Scott Parker broke a second metatarsal and although an eight-week absence was predicted, it was 34 weeks before he made a return.
After yesterday's game, Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou revealed that Eboue had apologised to Terry for the tackle.
He said: 揑 was saying to Eboue that it was a red card because he did it on purpose - but he denied that.
揌e said he tried to block the ball and it was not on purpose. He said sorry to John.
"He didn抰 mean to do it but to apologise was a nice thing to do. John will be a big loss and is very important to the squad.
"We will miss him and it will be difficult to do it without him but we have the players to do that. |
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Originally posted by conan at 18-12-2007 08:56 AM 
CHELSEA have been rocked by the news that John Terry has been ruled out for up to two months.
Doctors today confirmed that the England skipper has broken three bones in his right foot, includ ...
syiyal jer eboue neh:@:@:@ |
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Reply #473 conan's post
:pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom:
let see how they cope without JT and Drogba.. |
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Reply #475 thylord's post
with cengko upfront.. and err.. benhaim at the back..  |
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Reply #475 thylord's post
JT takde hal, riccy dah balik. lagipula alex's doing well. streka je la masalah. we have to wait for anelka the streka la. berangan tul haku |
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Reply #477 Nara_Gaara's post
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pandai JT ngan riccy rotate ekk... kalah rafa punye rotation |
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Reply #477 Nara_Gaara's post
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last season tenuk struggle during christmas/new year time.. problem lebih kurang mcm ni la kan.. JT,chech injed.. now they have to play Blackburn, Newcastle and Villa with Ben Haim and Alex at the back.. |
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Reply #478 conan's post
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mana der rotate sangat... jt n riccy kan memang cb utama, pehtu jt injed alex main. pehtu jt n riccy. pehtu riccy injed alex main. so skang bila jt injed alex-riccy la pulak main. haku fun fenin |
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Post time 17-12-2007 10:04 PM
.. bz recording ..
ala siannye
