Community Shield - Anyone Going?

[OwlsFan]

HELL NO!! The Edinburgh derby is on Sunday

Sorry for your troubles.

Didn't see the Charity Shield game. How did Duffer do ?

[Peadar]

Didn't see the Charity Shield game. How did Duffer do ?

Hardly featured, outplayed when he did.
Arsenal were the better side but Chelsea finished 2 out of 3 chances on target. Arsenal finished 1 out of 5. Same old, same old.
Hleb looked good for Arsenal when he came on.

[Karlos]

Peadar, glad to here you enjoyed the game! p.s. finally saw the pics, very nice!

Enjoyed the game yesterday. Was delighted with the midfield performances of Fabregas, Flamini and Gilberto. Gilberto and Fabregas looked excellent together as they have done in the past and Flamini worked very hard although his passing was slightly off. Surprised at how many headers Cesc and Mathieu won yesterday - very combatative both of them. Patrick who?

Felt Arsenal slowed the ball down a lot when they got into the final third. For me Henry & Bergkamp looks slightly off full fitness and didn't take too many people on (although 11 behind the ball kinda made that impossible at times).

The pre-match presentation of dignatries was interesting, with Arsenal & our New Skipper again showing their class. If you were observant you'd know what I'm talking about! All the money in the world hasn't bought them a drop of class I see.

The funniest sight of the day however was Crespo running to the corner flag with about 5 minutes remaining to kill off a friendly game - kinda summed up their performance! Must say however, Drogba took both his goals fantasically well, fair play.

p.s. did they manage to find the sniper that shot Drogba in the penalty area??

Overall, very satisfied with the performance - another weeks training and the lads will be ready to go!

[Peadar]

Overall, very satisfied with the performance - another weeks training and the lads will be ready to go!

They've got a light training session against Newcastle next Sunday.

The young lads did brilliantly in the centre.
Gilberto is too often an unsung hero and showed his class yesterday.
I felt for Senderos because Drogba is a tricky individual and not easy to defend against. Cygan could learn a few things about defending from Senderos though.
Did you not rate Hleb?
Perhaps the cameras didn't pick up on a lot of his movement.

[pete]

Why is it called the Community Shield?

[Karlos]

Did you not rate Hleb?
Perhaps the cameras didn't pick up on a lot of his movement.

I thought he did well when he had the ball but your right the camera doesn't pick up the movement that well and so my judgement is limited to when he did actually have it.

I've seen enough over the 4 or 5 pre-season games to know he gonna be a good player for Arsenal. I've been most impressed with his tracking back when he's lost the ball. I think he's more like Ljungberg than any other player in the squad, good touch, good passer and industrious - all fine qualites to have. Would be great if he turned out to be a goalscoring midfielder too but I've a feeling he's more of a creator of chances than a taker of them. All looks good however.

[Peadar]

Why is it called the Community Shield?

It raises money for football in the community.
Honouring the volunteers, who work tirelessly at grass roots level.
They use the funds to train coaches and buy equipment.