Bit tastey this.. The technique to hit that considering how high the ball has dropped from and how long he's had to think about it is absolutely unreal.

Was debating just slapping it in the 'general football news' thread but probably not quite appropriate. Could perhaps turn this thread in to somewhere to post eyecandy goals from other leagues or something.

Both goals but particularly the first one are great. Cannot believe the first one though, I imagine it'll be rather underrated by most, derided as merely a speculative fluke but if you just watch him set himself up whilst the player is running towards him...stunning, just stunning.

Think that he mishit it personally.

That first one....sick

what a shot. hard to tell if he mishit it. it didnt have a lot of pace on it and ended up being lobbed over the keeper, which is a totally different technique from your usual volley with the laces. then again, it didnt look like he was going for power.

anyone think the keeper could've done better?

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Does anyone else wish that we'd sold Vela instead of Eduardo?

That first goal is deliberate. No doubt about it, the way he shapes his body, and brings his foot around the ball. Fantastic.

y va marquer wrote:

Does anyone else wish that we'd sold Vela instead of Eduardo?

Every game Y va every game......

y va marquer wrote:

Does anyone else wish that we'd sold Vela instead of Eduardo?

To an extent, I think Eduardo suffers the same problem that Vela does in that he wasn't suited to our formation shift. Both our players who should be playing centrally but don't really have the physical attributes to lead the line. So they get pushed out on the wing where they're not all that productive.

I'm pleased that it's working out for Eduardo but there was absolutely no sign that he was going to recover last season. You could easily argue also, that it's the change in scenery that is doing him good and mentally, he can move on from that horrific injury.

As for Vela, I still think people are being a bit hasty in their judgement. I think we can all be concerned that his development has slowed somewhat but it doesn't help that Wenger has barely played him the past few seasons. I thought he looked quite positive when he came on against Donetsk, so I hope he can push on from there.

Think Vela and Eduardo are the same kind of player, goal poachers but only works well in a 4-4-2 position. Both of them would excel in any other team other than us because we setup in such an exclusive way that only certain kind of player works well in it.

Eduardo is given much more freedom to do his tricks and dribble solo and thats where he impressed. In our team you are asked to pass pass pass instead of taking players on so in that sense Eduardo staying wouldn't have helped us a single bit, but him leaving boosted his career. Also thinks Vela staying is the right choice than Eddy staying mainly because Vela is a much brighter prospect and Eduardo compared to Vela in that ineffective wing position isnt any different

Not a goal clip, but I found the thread title very fitting:

One shouldn't really laugh, but It's so fucking mean! 😆 Pedersen is one of those players who could use a proper beating every now and then too.

He probably could have punched him harder?
I'd say he was holding back

Haha. The punch is so brilliant. Pow in the stomach. And then he looks around for a murder weapon to finish the job.

😆

Barton is mental, loved the commentary too.

The reaction on his face after the shoulder brush is hilarious. The shocked look of "he didn't just do that did he?" on his face is priceless. Pederson also looks scared afterwards as if he's begging a school bully not to beat him up.

Everytime it looks like Barton might be turning it around he goes and does something like that. Total cunt. Quite a good player though I think.

Elmander's goal for Bolton yesterday was pretty awesome:

Wonderful goal that!

Matty Burrows of Glentoran joins the likes of Messi, Nasri, Robben and Neymar in the running for the FIFA Puskas (goal of the year) Award for this effort:

I could watch that again and again. Outrageously brilliant effort.

There should be a national media campaign to try and get that to win. It'd mean so much more to that fellah than to any of the big stars. Although I've already voted Samir.

Shocking miss of the season 😆

And one of the worst goalkeepings ever. EVER

This one is pure brilliance just for the goalkeeper celebrating the penalty save as you see the ball rolling into the net in the backround 😃

10 days later

😆 I love how he gets all the time in the world to take the shot and somehow manages to shoot backwards. The Youtube comments are class too:

Clever from o'shea, he knew he was going to shoot wide, so rather than hit it out for a gk, he made sure all they got was a throw-in. You can't teach that.

Nasty.

Luckily for him, compression shorts weren't used back then.

y va marquer wrote:

Does anyone else wish that we'd sold Vela instead of Eduardo?

nope. i hope we sell vela, too. total waste of space.

that backheel goal was crazy, the angles don't seem possible.

kamikaze wrote:

i hope we sell vela, too. total waste of space.

I got a really close look at Vela on Tuesday night, and he really does have talent. There were numerous moments in that game that showed that.

He controlled a ball on the halfway line that was dropping out of the sky, just outrageous control. He played a ball over the top of Wigan's defence, right into the path of Gibbs' overlapping run. There was the outside of the foot cross he played perfectly into van Persie. The slide rule pass that set-up Bendtner for his goal. The perfectly weighted through balls to put Theo and Nasri in one-on-one.

I've had my doubts about him previously, where he's almost coasted through games, struggled to cope with the pace and power of what's happening around him, but he showed real promise the other night. Easily the best I've seen him play - and I was there for the stupendously good hattrick against Sheffield United in the Carling Cup. He looked fitter, stronger, quicker, he worked much harder, looked more involved, more rounded technically. There's still a long way to go for him, but I wouldn't write him off just yet if I were you - he's without question a very gifted footballer.

The thing about Vela is that everybody would have talked about how brilliant he looked if he had bagged one or two of the chances he got served on a plate against Wigan. He put in a much better performance than he got credit for. It's natural to struggle when you're 20-21, but he's proven in the past that the finish and the ability to read the game is there. Since then he's shown that he's capable of adapting to various roles and formations too, which is more than you could say for most of our forwards.

People always talk about what a shame it was to see Flamini walk away for nothing and how good he was but they forget what he looked like for years. He didn't come good all of a sudden by accident. Sometimes you need to have patience with players. Fair enough if people don't want to go through the trouble of developing Vela as a footballer, but that does not make him pointless. There's a lot of talent to work with.

The funny thing about Vela is everyone was talking about how great he is and how he should get more chances earlier in the season, then he goes about a month without playing and the same people say he's not good enough and won't make it.

The guy is immensly talented, makes good runs, good finisher (most of the time), good passer, good pace, skil, technique, cross. I've seen some point to Aliadiere but he would have never seen the pass to Bendtner or have been able to set Nasri on his way like Vela did the other night, and he was pretty dim off the ball.

The problem for Carlos is for whatever reason Wenger doesn't seem to trust him, maybe he doesn't work hard enough in training? Either way, if he doesn't make it here it will be down to his attitude.

4 days later

I just saw a clip of Younga-Mouhani's horror foul on Matias Concha (it's pretty graphic, so don't click if you can't handle it):

Apparently it didn't even merit a yellow card. It's one of the most shocking challenges I've ever seen. He's deliberately going for the leg.