Fixed that for you.Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Haven't seen a huge amount of debate about our 'Arry's performance on Saturday. I thought he looked a bit lost in the first half, gave the ball away too much and was inclined to jump in a bit. Definitely improved in the second and was encouraging those around him and seemed to grow in to his role and be more comfortable. Hopefully now that he's got his first competitive game under his belt, he'll become one of the stalwarts of the side. His all action style suits our method of play at the moment.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Arter badly at fault for Liverpool's second this afternoon.
2-0 with 25 minutes gone.
Although he gave the ball away it is hard to place him fully at fault. The situation was almost identical to how Hoolohan gave away the ball against Moldova for their equalizer including where on the pitch it happened. Enough happened between the ball being lost and the goal being scored to relieve Arter of "the blame". He did give it away fairly easily (he just seemed to be beaten for acceleration?) but the goal was preventable elsewhere.
He was very good in the second half (I didn't see the first).
He lost the ball at the other end of the pitch, the Bournemouth defence seemed to evaporate. More to blame the Arter,
he didn't seem to play a role in the fight back really from what I saw on the highlights. Not his best game for sure,
but still 3 points v Liverpool looks pretty good.
Hoping the competitive debut will give him something to build on as a starter now. McCarthy can be a passenger in crucial games and Arter is more naturally inclined to impose himself on the game.
Oddly enough, I think McCarthy is more of a passenger in the less crucial games. His best performances for us have been against the likes of Sweden (WCQ), Germany, Italy, Bosnia, etc. Basically games where we need to did in and setting a creative tempo is secondary. I think Whelan should be the guy to make way for Arter and I think and hope O'Neill agrees.
Whelan has stuck around for a long time at top level, 8 years in the Premiership I think.
Guardian article
https://www.theguardian.com/football...mouth-daughter
Harry Arter: ‘Some days I feel like a normal person. Then it will just hit you’
Saturday marks a year since Bournemouth’s midfielder and his fiancée Rachel lost their daughter. He reflects on 12 months of pain, anger, envy and finally happiness – at thoughts of a child gone too soon and another due in February
There seemed to be some sort of applause from both sets of supporters after eight minutes of the Burnley v Bournemouth match. I didn't quite catch what the commentator said but I think it was for Arter. Hendrick just after scoring a cracker to make it 1-0. Live on Sky Sports 5 in Ireland.
1 goal, 2 assists and 1 red card in 36 Premier League games so far.
Footballer sacked by club for jokes about Harry Arter’s stillborn child
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...hild-1.2925365
What an idiot.
Only on the bench on Saturday.
Maybe just rested???
Watford had a £15m bid rejected according to The Sun.
Mr. Pep has gone up several notches in my book after this.
My Spanish pal, a Barcelona fan through and through, 100 percent believes it was merely a bit of grandstanding for the cameras and he's done that sort of thing before. I wanted to believe in it too, after seeing Pep's horrible petulance when Citay were going through their bad spell. Not to mention the not visiting Villanova in hospital thing....
Interesting to get another perpective anyhow .
Who knows really. It seemed to mean a lot to Arter anyway which is the main thing I suppose, whatever the motivation.
100% for the cameras I reckon.
I feel awful for Arter's wife, having such a traumatic experience brought up time and time again.
Then maybe again, she finds it therapeutic?
Idk.
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