Ok so nothing for ever and now we’ll possibly sign three top players in the window, do we believe it? Well Sky flashed on their broadcasting of the Spurs humiliation last night that ‘Arshavin would sign in the next 24 hours’, that I can believe, we’ve spent too long on this not to happen and they clearly can’t keep a player who doesn’t want to be there.
Fabian Delph? Fulham have tabled a £5mil bid but apparently Arsenal are mulling over and £8mil bid, sorry I don’t believe this one, why £8mil?
Richards to go to Arsenal for £7mil says the News of the World, this one is interesting, cut price at £7mil, a big Arsenal fan, liked by Wenger, well it all adds up but we have Song, Gallas, Silvestre, Dourou and Kolo, so I can’t see it happening unless he sells Gallas. If he could sell Gallas then it does make sense, Richards could be world class and he is English, but for me it won’t happen because Wenger says he won’t sign a centre back.
But he did say if the right player is available he will buy, and one of our Grovers did say he will make 3 signings in the window, so maybe, just maybe!
Well it’s our turn today and I expect a good and convincing win, I hope Ramsey plays and scores 6 goals, I also hope we score early and don’t have to wait for 70 minutes to equalise, I just want to enjoy my Sunday.
So who we’ll sign will be apparent this coming week, 3 players? Surely not Arsene! Have a great day Grovers today we lay the ghost of Cardiff past and have our revenge for 1927 and that final, that still riles me, damn those Welshman, we will have our own back this day.
Le Grove is now smart phone compatible!
Pedro
Geoff
oh yeah
2ND!
3RD
top 10
G’day Pedro
Cant See us signing any cunt!!!
But heres to dreaming
Gallas is gonna leave cause he got the number 3 to replace the 0 on his shirt.
shouldnt that 1927 be 1972
if we were gonna sign anyone i reakon it woulda been done by now!
AW is just stalling
No Rohan…
Hello Hello
We are the arsenal boys
Hello Hello
We are the arsenal boys
And if u are a tottenham fan
Surrender or you die!!!
We all follow THE ARSENAL!!!!!!
got a good feeling about today
stuff the taffs,and wenger spending as well
happy days
Read the post, so technically claim a podium spot.
if ramsey scores 6 goals today i will chew off my brussel sprouts
sorry my bad then
i saw someone post earlier that the game was a half 12 kick off… just incase anyone doesnt know… its a half 1 kick off
i can see delph is coming
Morning all. 3 players ? We’d be in dreamland. Strangely I had an Arsenal related dream. Arse shavings was temping at my office so I asked him if he’d be joining us. Without a trace of a russian accent he said yes and that he couldn’t stay(at Zenit). The other bit of my Arsenal dream was dennis scoring a 40 yard piledriver from a free kick, not sure what that meant. There was another good bit of the dream but nothing to do with the Arse so best not to go there !
Be good to see Dudu and Jacky boy get on once we are comfotable at 3/4 nil, hopefully this could be the game to build on their confidence
bendtner has got 8 has he, compare that ade’s stats and the number number of games each have started/played. old pinky is not doing that badly is he.
He should get around 15-18 goals this season
guys you wont see eduardo for another 3 weeks at least… he wont even be on the bench…. wenger siad he needs at least another 1 reserve game
Any predictions fo the game today
3-1 I reckon, RvP and Ade to get 2
own goal by song if he plays
*for
damn it thought I was up early, this no booze thing!
The score today really depends on which midfield Wenger will start
Eboue-Song-Denilson-Nasri
———–Diaby
1-1
or
Wilshire-Ramsey-Denilson-Vela
————–Nasri
0-4
IMO
Going for a hat trick before I make my Chorizo omelette
remember we did get adebayor, walcott and diaby in the january window three years ago. so january action is not unheard of. hopefully we got some irons in the fire. wouldn’t mind richards at all. and despite all the messing about i would like to see arshavin sign.
morning al
anyone know whats going on with the arshavin?
would like richards at our club….but cant se it happening with gallas there
Gallas will leave in the summer so why not buy Richards now to “bed him in” to our squad ready for next season
Thought zenit gave us till last night to conclude the deal, call my bluff i hink
I think the Richards stories are column fillers, but i guess if neither Arsenal or Man Shitty or the Player himself rubbish them today then there may be some truth in it.
Big Dave, if he is coming, you are spot on, and that is why he is coming now. Wenger maybe had him in mind to replace Gallas, and would maybe have moved for him in the summer, but it looks like he is being made available now and at a good price, so Wenger is getting his man early.
anyone know anything about Mohamed Diame? the people newspaper says we are making a move for him, he’s a defensive midfielder.
Mohamed Diamé (born 14 June 1987 in Créteil) is a French footballer of Senegalese origin who plays in Spain for Rayo Vallecano. He began his professional career in 2003 with RC Lens, but left in 2006 after health problems. He signed for Spanish side CD Linares in 2007, and moved to Rayo Vallecano a year later.
Never seen him myself, but oh look, he is French and Comes from Senegal
I sense a song coming on and I mean Musical, not the Shit Alexander one.
Tribal Football who are just above Football Rumours and the NOTW reckon that Madrid and Barcelona are also in for him, and he will cost 5m
They also think he is a Striker…..Great Journalism.
We will probably sign Arshavin on monday. It’s Arsenal tradition to annouce a signing on monday as thats when the Arsenal website is in use.
bring it on!!!
two goals from sonny if he plays
van persie to get assists and a goal.
cheers for the info. of all the links we’ll prob get this guy!
Would make sense Kingsley,
No one has heard of him, he is available for 5m, he is 21 years old, French and has a history of Health Problems
Sounds like an Arsenal Player to me, and he fits right into Vieira’s old song
Richards for CDM?
Morning Geoff and all,
So, we are signing Arshavin to-day then? I do hope so, don’t think I can handle it anymore – ”he is, he isn’t , he is, he isn’t” – I have this feeling that he is going to fit in really well, and I can see him linking up with Eduardo, and the two of them being responsible for the final surge to the top of the PL. I also ”have a dream ” Arsenal to win the PL and CL – well, I am allowed to dream and wish for anything on a wet boring Sunday morning (if ManUre can believe they can win all five (!!!) trophies, so can we then)………………………. any free links recommended to the game to-day ?
In fairness I have just been Googling him, it seems like the crop of big teams have been in for him, but that could just be Agent talk. He has had some rave reviews but I have never seen him.
Have any of our bloggers living in Spain heard of him?
pat
injured and health issues
then maybe the news is true
i thought wenger said signing a DM was his priority? Maybe diame is the man? Plus how come arsene has never tried JD in the centre of the park? I thought that was his initial position? He’s a great CB anyway.
i don’t think Arshavin will settle in easily
de Jong would have been money well spent
Here you go Skandibird
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=28624&part=sports
I am sure that JustinTV links will be up as well as we are the only team kicking off at that time so there should be some good quality english feeds.
JD started his career as a striker
I liked De Jong as well but there is no way we would have gone for him given that clause in his contract that made him available for just over 2m in 5 months time.
geoff/pedro
you commited a cardinal sin today
you “counted” Song as an option !!!
i am shocked !!!!!
Morning grovers.i wouldn’t mind if gallas fucks off and richards comes in,who would.
Gooooooooooooooooood Morning Grovers……..
Richards would be an extremely useful signing, and a typical Arsene signing, young, athletic, quick, versatile………but English, so a non-starter….
diame’s got a video on youtube! beware before you watch it……its crap. he does look a big strong mofo.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUvStvjlJY
Hoenstly Guys, if you need cheering up ever, go to Football Rumours, you get some classics on there, and the worst thing is, I think a lot of the people that post the rumours actually believe them. Here are todays highlights
i work at under armour and the other day somebody by the name of Andrei Arshavin ordered a white cold gear mock and a red cold gear mock
Having been involved in the Arsavin deal to Arsenal, i am the advisor of English clubs for Zenit, there is another deal currently being discussed and that is the one to send Tymoschuk to Arsenal. Which is why some of Arsenal representatives have stayed in Zenit and not gone back even though the offer has been made to Zenit for Arshavin and negotiations have been completed. They are negotiating for Tymoschuk, expect a fee of around 10m.
I have just been told that andrei ashavain has arrived at the emirates to be shown around then he wil go to the training ground for medical then the deal shall be completed for afee of 14 million pounds and ad on’s of 3 million pounds arsenal shall also sign micha richards from manchester city for 9 million pounds all this will happen in 4 days time.
They are just the Arsenal ones!!!
However, would it be so unlikely that AW would sign Richards without anyone leaving?
I dont know DDM, I do believe it is bullshit, but Wenger does have previous on this
Remember Diarra, we could not understand that when he had Gilberto, Flamini, Denilson, Diaby and Song. He grabbed him as he was suddenly available.
PTG – Stranger things have happened fella, like yours truly sitting throuigh that bag o’ shite Mamma Mia last night, fucking still in shock…….what an absolute load of cack…
Richards is everything we DON’T need.
Inexperienced, positionally poor, can’t deal with long balls. If we’re going to buy a defender let’s bring in a proper CB, a real defender. I’m sick of young players with potential. We need someone who can deliver now.
reggie:we all dont like song,but he wont score an own goal please dont wish that,what if it turns out to be tha only goal of tha game ha ha how would you feel?…, Like a spud ha ha tiny tots r out .manc bastards.
I bet you are still sub-conciously singing the songs in your head as well DDM
I think I would rather sit through 2 hours of White Noise
Or a Spurs Season Review DVD, at least they are funny
Messi is on fire…………best player in the world.
The last time i was seriously impressed with a player(s) who played at THOF was last season when Man City came to town, Dunne and Richards were awesome. Strong, quick, unforgiving. Ade had a torrid time against them, and that was when TT was in the middle of his purple patch. Admittedly Richards is not having a particularly good season, but he is an improvement on what we’ve git. I’d be interested in seeing Richards and JD as a partnership. Plus, Richards can also play RB extremely well, so you’ve got a very good back up for Sagna…..
Given a choice, i think i should’ve gone and had my colon scraped…….
Pathegooner, while your Wikepedia skills are not in question, I would just like to point out that he comes from France as Creteil is a suburb of Paris, perhaps his parents came from Senegal?
hej hej Skandi
got this feeling Wenger will want Richards as a DM
Adebayor_Papa so did Toure, Gallas, Clichy and Gibbs
Gunner8
If you read my post it actually says does indeed descend from Senegal which I guess means his parents. I was hinting at the similarity to Patrick Vieira who was also a French National (although born in Senegal) and hinted that a song could be adopted.
Thanks for pointing it out though….
Almunia
Sagna JD20 Toure Glichy
Nasri Fab4 Richards Arshavin
Ade RvP
DDM:what about eboue,where will he go?
arsenalised – shelf stacking at Lidl……
DDM did the missus make you? I was roped in by my wife her sister and her 2 teenage nieces!!! They all loved it while I cringed through it! Although it was great sitting with my Swedish Blondes Club… …in fact almost as good as during the world cup after holding an outside table in the pub for 3 hours and everyone was pissed until the brigade arrived! I have never seen a bunch of England fans so hospitable
DDM:ha ha ha i knew u were gonna say smthn like that.
patthegooner – thanks ever so,,,,
adebayor ….papa Says – you don’t sound like a happy, positive person to me.
Myself, I like being positive, think positive, believe positive even regard people in a positive way, otherwise the world would be a bl**dy miserable place that certainly I do not want to live in…… and, on that note, I shall proceed into my kitchen, fry an egg (sunny side up) make a mug of delicious tea and slurp till my heart is content, and, then, I shall tune into patthegooner’s recommended link to view the game against Cardiff.
Sorry Pathe, just after living in Paris for 6 years thought I should point it out
Seriously, did anyone catch tha barca game yesterday?we better pray we dont get them after we stuff roma
Glichy? DDM
Gail Glichy does have a ring to it though, fuck I’m pedantic this morning
How much did tha spuds pay for modric
G8 – Yep, emotional blackmail, me, her and her two daughters from a previous. And, i too cringed throughout the whole sorry event…….as payback i’ve got the whole house to myself today, which equates to Le Grove, Peroni, Football, home delivery curry and nucho wind all fecking day…..Chaaaamon Brothers ‘n’ Sisters…..
too much, it’s a shame comoli is not still there as we could offer them eboue and song and they would take ‘em
geoff sometimes you are so optimistic it’s frightening, other times the world has caved in on your head, I think I prefer the latter in all honesty!
I don’t believe we are going to sign anyone at all now, noone wants to accept our back-of-a-lorry prices, £7m for Richards is utterly ludicrous journalism from the NOTW, not even an obscenely affluent sheik would be happy to let him go for such a pittance. One week to go until the window ends and this gooner is preparing to soldier on with what we’ve got.
Noice DDM Noice, no booze for me, preparing to fall off the Wagon next Saturday at the grove… …will run by s&b so you can all laugh at the lightweight
arsenalised, apparently Eboue is shite at shelf stacking too, but he brings great balance to the night shift, particularly when he’s up on a ladder!
Where i come from we hate the mancs more than tha spuds.
Sorry G8, still suffering the effects of that fucking cack from last night, Clichy……..!
arsenalised – i prefer to hate everyone, that way you can’t discriminate
I had this funny dream last night that Eboue scored a hat trick today and we all had to write nice things about him. Lol
You been on the Gin again London???
DDM:i heard he is tha joker on tha training ground.
Löndon:what a dream.
We should have an Eboue day at one of the home games, like the one we had for Dennis, only this time we should all wear big red clown shoes and red noses………
Geoff comes from a village somwhere in the northern province of gaul where a little village of undefeatable gauls live, their only fear is the sky falling on their heads
Seb
If you were the owner of a house that you had to sell in one week’s time and I offered you three quarters of your estimated value of that house, would you “A” sell the house to me now or “B” wait and see if someone else makes you a better offer in the time remaining before you had to sell it? The answer, I am sure you would agree, is obvious.
In short, if nobody else bids for Arshavin he will be an Arsenal player next week.
I tell ya, if that fecking clown Eboue gets a hat trick today, i will go to our next home game dressed like one of those ABBA mutha fuckers from that fecking Mamma Mia shower
Morning All
DDM if ever something was self-inflicted !! We gave you the tools-you just chose not to use them !!
GMR’s plot was genius.
Still, I envy your day . Sounds close to perfect (as long as we win).
London – Do i get to keep the carpets and curtains???
DDM:discrimination is fun,you are missing out buddy.
Strange dream London. You must be getting old ! I still dream of Raquel Welch
Thanks for the sympathy Big R
I dream of Jeannie……..ha ha ha……..i’ll get my coat…….
Big R – It’ll be a top day for sure, with a comfortable win for the boys, so long as Song doesn’t start.I’m sure AW will use him today, just hopeful it’ll be off from the bench……
I dont get Wenger and his contradictions.
At the start of the season, Toure and Gallas were the no 1 pair.
Then a few months back, he finally admits, what we all thought, that they could not defend high balls, and so could not play together centrally.
This meant Djourou was a starter, and he has done a good job, all in all.
So one of Gallas would play with Djourou, and injuries meant that, that happened.
Wenger then said Toure was Captain when he played.
So now Gallas is fit, and Wenger is saying Gallas can play with Toure.
Well to me, he can only play in defence with Toure, if he plays at LB.
If JD gets dropped to fit Gallas’s ego into the team, Wenger will show his weak side, something he has been doing for a while now.
I dream of michele Obama Mama
Mark C:i think arsene will choke and drop JD,sad but true.
Last time I went to see Cardiff play was against Barnet. We took a fair few down there and got attcked by their fans the whole afternoon.
They are as bad as Millwall and Leeds. Shit supporters, shit team, shit MD and a total shithole of a town (I had the misfortune to live there for 6 months)
Come on you Gunners.
God for Arsenal, England and St. George.
One thing aboutAW is hethat he is no ‘choker’ If he drpops JD, it will be because he thinks Kolo/WG is a better combination
Big R:i hope your’re right.this is all gallas’ fault.
Hej Hej sjelv Gunner8 – hoppas att Arsenal- nej – dom VINNER – idag emot Cardiff!! Det skall bli en snow storm i Sverige i dag, hoppas att din Fru uppskattar det varma herliga vedret i Good Old England? Come On Arsenal!! I am getting overexcited now. Better get myself together and do some house work (yes boys, that is what ‘girls’ do), and possibly pop out and get the morning papers for something to read, here’s to a good game in Cardiff with Ramsey to play ahead of sh*te Song.
Thats it grovers am fuckin off 2 facebook,i hope we get tha mancs next,REVENGE is in tha air.
Arsenalised
Change song own goal to eboue own goal
still gonna win 3-1
BR – if JD is dropped, then Wenger is going back on what he said that Gallas and Toure cant play together as they are too small.
JD – has not warranted being dropped. We have not been playing 2 games a week, so he cant be tired.
mmm
ive always liked richards bt he hasnt been so great this season
all i can see this doing is getting in the way of djourou
unless on of them is switched to midfield
i dont want any of this extra support for richards cos hes english, thats not wat aresnal’s about
yeh i’ll be disgsted if djourou is dropped,
not necessarily from this fa cup game, but if in the next prem game hes not back in the side…
hed better not do that
im sick of his whole elitist policy
hes always too loyal with the wrong people at the wrong times
(then he changes things 3months too late and ppl call him a genius)
DDM you must have been bullied into mama mia
Rohan Says:
January 25, 2009 at 9:05 am
shouldnt that 1927 be 1972
—————————————————————————————–
Someone, no names mentioned needs to check the clubs history
Mark. Have you never changed your opinion ?
I would sign Richards. He is a fantastic defender. It seems to me that he needs a change of club, because he is floundering. I guess like so many players, he believes his own hype. Put him in a top club and he will have to fight to be a big player.
After all, had he been available last year, would anyone be anything but excited. It is the old chestnut ….. Form is temporary, class isn’t.
JD and Richards ? Mouthwatering.
I hope wenger lets wilshere play today. Because i cannot take eboue anymore. He is terrible, no abysmal, no scrap that he is disturbingly bad going foward. Wenger often says he plays eboue there for defensive stablity. Firstly since when has a winger been needed for defensive reasons, sure wingers are meant to track back but come on. And secondly our team lacks creativity, so how does eboue help us in that department.
Ps Has anyone else has this statisitic that all our goals in 2009 have either been scored by RVP or been assisted by him.
Richards is possible as Wenger might buy a defender if it is the right player.Wenger could make him great but that story came for the Notw and they only printed it because Charlie Nicholas said it on soccer Saturday. Nursing an islington hangover and flicking between sky sports news and itv fa cup highlights hoping for Arshavin news and can’t see anything. Cautios but hopefull on that. Delph is possible but not until summer I think.However what you might be seeing is the emergence of Arsenals plan b,Richards and Delph if plan a,Arshavin does not come off. My first post,don’t really do message boards,loving legrove.
goonerm – emotionally bullied fella, fucking woeful tactic…..
Game cancelled today… I fucking hate the weather…
The game is on Setanta right? How fucking annoying!
Live feeds for me…
Fucking Hell Pedro
Dont do that to me, I thought you meant the Cardiff Vs Arsenal one
Although how silly of me, I have just walked the dog and it is a beautiful sunny day in South Wales.
I’m exhausted after Aussie Jelena’s 3 hour marothon win in the tennis, now for the footy
Good to see spuds go down to a goal from one of their own
come on the gunners!!!
Come on Arsenal give those leek lovers are good flogging.
haha, not here Pat! Miserable as fuck!
So what time is the game again? Pedro? Anyone?
1330 I think…
Lovely day in Wales huh? Well its shit outside here (not literallly) and it was even snowing last night. Always shit weather here.
I just hate these dodgy kickoffs!
Pedro
is wales on similar time zone to England, or is it still back in the 19th Century. ChamoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeE
What time is the team announced so I know who to bet on?
Well. Arsene.com says 13.30 so ok. Thanks.
I thought Pool were playing before us?
Hi!
This Richard rumours are from News of the World so I don’t understand Your excitement guys. It’s just a hoax, nothing more or less. As for Arshavin-tomorrow is his and ours D-Day, and we will probably read that we have failed to sing him.City or Spurs will outbid us and the whole story will end sadly. But relax-we will sign Fabian Delph and he will help us win many trophies in 2014-2015 season. Eboue, Diaby and Denilson will destroy Totti, De Rossi,Menez and Aquilani and Hill-Wood will save few milions.Arsene knows!
*Richards
Wow! Was only going on about how Micah R’s price tag has dropped since he started acting the typical chav footballer around the nite spots of manc land and today we are linked to him!
Maybe a change of scenery is exactly what he needs? I dont see any reason why we couldnt go for him as Gallas has no long term future at the club. Regardless of gallas’ ability, he’s effin burnt his bridges at the club surely?
slim the game starts 12.30pm AEDST
Maclek;
Dont you think City or another club wouldve gone in for the Russian by now? Its not like Zenit have conducted proceedings in a dark room without any fuss now? Theyve been trying soooooo hard to get other clubs involved, the twats!
*12.30am AEDST
What’s AEDST gg9?
I have a good feeling about this Arswaxin thing. i reckon he will sign. Zenit are just holding out for that little bit more, but I feel a deal will be struck
Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time
Ok the preview/build up to the game is about to come on. So I’m off for a bit to soak up the pre game affairs, like I did the sun today. I’m a bit this colour
@ the moment
You’re a whole DAY ahead of GMT?? Wow. You must be living in the future!
Hi Grovers,
It looks like we’ve reached an impasse with AA. I think we’ve made our final offer and its up to them now. Ego shouldn’t play a part in business, but actually almost always does. Zenit don’t want to be seen to be caving in to an offer they have already deemed too low. I think it could go either way.
AA would give us a greater attacking edge but not significantly help in the defence, so there is an argument that signing a player to shore up the defence would be of more value to us. I pray that if we don’t get AA, we buy at least on defensive player be it a CB or DM type.
Hold up gnarley- how many minutes to kick-off then, by your watch?
slim, plus or minus 60 minutes till kick off.
Anybody have any lineups yet?
Angry,
Probably You are right. But the thing is-I’m frustrated by the way things are going at our Club. If Zenit want 16 or 17 milions-let it be.We will earn a lot more just by selling his shirts.But Hill-Wood will come and say that Zenit wanted too much and that “we are makiong things in Arsenal way”.He is a grat player and he will add something new to our team. We are offering RVP 80000 per week contract and want to extend Eboue’s one but we cant make a 16 milion pounds bid for 6th best player in the world? We are a joke Club.
As frustrating as this Arsh trasfer saga is, I think the club are right not to spunk millions on him. He’s a quality player but he may or may not even be able to do anything for us this season? If thats the case then the price should reflect that IMO plus of course he cant play in the CL. Basically Zenit are acting like a stereotypical 70s macho medallion man, with a big collared shirt open to the naval and a Tom Selleck Magnum tash too!
what time is kickoff anybody
I hate setanta, they are showing the Arsenal game, And the commentators are non stop talking about fucking LIVERGAY!!!!
Anyone know the team?
surely we got our revenge when we played them in the cup in the last season at highbury?
still double revenge is not bad i guess!
cant understand why city etc havent come in for arshavin, maybe they know something we dont, or took wengers bait when he said he was inconsistent or whatever after the euros… its certainly not because hes said he wants to come to us cos its been his dream so far to move to barca madrid, milan, inter, spurs (!), city and so on, whoever was linked to him basically
Looks like I wont be watchin the game as Ive just realised the Karate Kid is on the same time…. Oh well.
hi guys, long time no type hope you’ve had a good weekend…
anyway, PPPPLLLLEEEAAAASE hurry up and sign arshavin and dont bloody play song ever again, also does anyone have a clue why wenger rejected the eboue bid?
because Eboue is exceptional like Song i guess
Was that Eboue to Atletico thing even for real? Sounded like a typical agent speil; oh look, a team are in for my client just when we are after a new deal! I doubt it and besides, it dont mean Eboue will be at the club come the summer…
Dead set Setanta sports is a right joke!!
London I take your point, but do Zenit HAVE to sell him by the end of our transfer window? Are other leagues in Europe subject to the same restrictions?
yep, except free agents i think
if they dont they risk losing him on a free, he wont accept a mediocre club like Man citeh, but i can see spurs hijacking him tho
Todays team is:
Fabianski
Sagna
Djourou
Toure
Gibbs
Eboue
Ramsey
Song
Nasri
Bendtner
RVP
Song is starting???????????????????
Eboue and Song… dear oh dear…
I assume Wenger is resting Diaby & Denilson for the Everton game.
all i ask for is carlos vela to start, is that really so much?
Rob;
Where are you getting this City to hijack the AA transfer marathon?
The whole things been goin on forever, surely IF another club were gonna come in (and f*ck me! Zenit have been pleading with clubs to do just that!) theyd have done so by now. Personally, I think its near enough a done deal.
treze13 – well he isn’t going to today. Maybe Wenger doesn’t have the confidence in him that he keeps saying he does.
WTF????
Why cant he start someone else???? Song hasnt proved himself at all, he has been injured and would definately lack match fitness, but oh here is a concept LETS START HIM, in a comp we have the only slight chance of competing for!
Arsene Knows??? Yeh, FUCK ALL!!!!!
Now now fellas!
Playing cardiff is probably the level of those 2 fans’ favourites.
I like that team. Should be good if Ramsay keeps his head and plays in a zen-like state. If he doesn’t, it could get very messy there today with Joe Ledley in there,
No no no eboueeeeeeeeeee no no NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Angry,
Only every paper that england has to offer!!
Ever since kaka said fuck off Arshavin was there next target.
Done deal? HAHA yeh its really been proved that the deal will be completed
For the love of God, fucking Song AND Eboue at the same time, well that evens things up, 11 against 9………how long before players like Vela get fed up being overlooked for rubbish like Eboue…..
OMG Song is starting!!
Hopefully you have that right Angry…. We shouldn’t struggle today.
Song is actually not that bad. It’s eboue. What does he add……what does he do?
Rob;
After Zenit have done their best, not ONE other clubs come in for Arsh.
treze13 – totally agree
vela could turn us around, all he needs is a run of games imo
Song Starts
Oh well, it is a Mickey Mouse cup anyway!!!!
At least he is up against players a bit closer to his level so he might surprise us.
Vela was injured in the warm up by the way, that is why he is not there.
Vela was on the bench put pulled out in warm up
Eboue will put in a good shift for an hour or so. He’s like a pacemaker.
When he starts spazzing out we can bring on some subs.
I can see Cardiff scoring because Song wont track back and then he will trudge off like it wasnt his fault like usual,
However its a known fact if u take a throw in against Enkleman u WILL score!
fabianski
sagna toure djourou gibbs
eboue song ramsey nasri
bendtner adebayor
Vela injured?
I bet he was set to start too. Bollocks!
BTW;
I dont wanna see any disparaging remarks about ANY player until at least 2 minutes into the game! Ta
fuckin eboue
Kevin,
How the shit can u say Song isnt bad?
What does he bring to our game??
Please enlighten me!
wheres denilson??
ah well maybe we’ll get lucky and song will get injured in the first minute and wilshire or someone can get on
Paulinho;
Funny as fook!
An injured Vela as opposed to a fully fit Eboue and/or Song………no competition!
That team should be good enough, but it is the cup so I am expecting a tight game
Hopefully we will sneak it and Ramsey will get a warm reception and have a blinder.
John and Rob;
Please refer to my post of 1;05pm for terms and conditions
paulinho lol so true so true.
Im sorry Angry i didnt know u were the master of the comments!
Well rob he retains possesion better than denilson. Moreover he understands that he needs to defend…..unlike denilson. Thats the best i could do.
In all Honesty I do expect Song to have a good game today,
I feel that he is Championship Quality on his day, and if he has a shocker against lower league opposition then there really is no hope for him
I’d be shocked if delph happened – he isn’t THAT good. Richards likewise, very unlikely because there’s no way anyones off, and wenger said we’re not signing a defender so draws a line under any defensive rumours, or should!!
I like the team we’ve put out, exactly the same team I would’ve picked, song and eboue gotta play to free up ramsey and nasri. Ramsey could only ever have played with song, we don’t have another defensive mid!
A… if a defender isn’t good enough for Hughes in a team facing relegation… then he is probably not good enough for us.
Can’t say I’ve watched enough of Delph to judge…
HAHAHA yeh ok Kevin!
Thats like when we played Villa and Sidwell just waltzed past Song on 2 corners in 3 minutes they game b4 Toure abused the homo for not tracking back, Because for some reason he thinks he is the attacking part of our midfield!
Denilson has played pretty well, yeh he gives up possesion at times but at least he looks more lively than that Loser Song!
A – do you believe everything our glorious leader says????
songs not so bad, he was terrible when we first moved him into midfield but his ball retention is getting better
eboue needs to build his confidence again
u fuckers destryed him
he was starting to look decent until his injury
Perdo;
Micah R’s gone off the boil, mainly due to his extra curricular activities fella. He’s still only 20 and would probably benefit by going to a club in a far away place with no distractions, so Arsenal and London are perfect!
Rob are we talking about the same denilson the player who averages to penetrative passes a game.
Although he’s a fighter and i love him for that.
sorry angry 3rd minute eboue gives ledley the ball lol
Rob;
Yeah, Im the effin daddy on here…Right?
Kevin,
remember the poor fucker has to play on the wing half the time!
Oh and how many goals has he scored?????
Lol, if u say so Angry! (**quivvers in boots)
Angry… I don’t know where you live, but I would say that London is the worst place to go if you want to get away from distractions! Birds, fantastic bars… paparazzi everywhere!
A… We dispatched with Plymouth ok with Diaby and Rambo in the middle.
Ok all you Song lovers, watch him today, see how many times he gives the ball away, how many tackles he misses and hoow many times he gets skinned.
Wenger must be ill.
Angry, great macho posturing…
GEOFF!!!!!
Thank fuck ure here!!! Thanks for the back up!
Ok stat taking time on the hero of some – Song..
Pedro;
London has distractions now?
I was kiddin fella!!!!
Yeah true pedro, and also he’s identical to kolo, and actually smaller. We need a big powerful centre back, not someone shorter than kolo and gallas!! It’s an absolutely ridiculous rumour.
ddm wenger makes the decisions, if he completely categorically states that he isn’t going to sign a defender, then we aren’t, simple. A lot in football is secretive, and open to interpretation in different ways, with managers giving vague answers like politicians, but when someone categorically states something it very very happens that it isn’t actually the case.
i’ve seen delph a bit, he’s useful, very good in league 1, but not special enough to warrant anything like the fees that have been mentioned, nor to get a top 4 team interested imo
any streams?
yeah pedro but plymouth was at home, and they aren’t as good as cardiff. Also it was far from comfortable, diaby showed he isn’t a centre mid even against plymouth.
anyone got a decent stream?
I know its not ideal to compare, but Boro got past the best team in the Championship without too much fuss.
A… that was his his first game there. I think if anyone has shown they’re are not right for their positions… it is Song and Eboue.
setanta is showing it on england?
geoff i’m not sure there’s a single song lover on the planet, just those who hate him with a passion, and those that think he’s ok, and the best we’ve got unfortunately!
in***
A… I heard you loved him?
lol!!!
here:
my-tvfree.com/myfootball.html
Its ok A, i mean his mum even disowned him cause he is so rubbish,
I heard they wanted him for that shit movie GOAL, but that other dude was better
http://www.justin.tv/dm4tv
http://goonerstreams.com/match.php
Thanks Choy
http://www.justin.tv/holymama1515
Looks like Im pissin in t’wind hoping that the players get a fair crack of the whip before we try and annihilate them…
always a pleasure treze… how you doing?
it depends pedro, relative to alot of arsenal fans, i want to have his babies, because I don’t hate him more than the daily mail would hate a homosexual islamic gypsy. I think he’s a very average player, but because he’s our only defensively minded big strong midfielder, he has to play
cant complain, how bout you?
here we go
m good mate… well pretty ok actually…
Gooner streams is brilliant
thanks for the stream links!
Gawd! That Rasmeys shite!
haha, nice one A.
Some nice Song passes!
Dogey high line!
Cess cess cess ce cess cess cess cess…Chris effin Waddle!
A – Remember last summer? Remember “the fans will be reassured”?
Should never have been offside from there.
eboue time your run!!
What a horrible stasrt to the game!
Kolo, awful defending!
i have just tuned in to the game
is it me, or are we being outplayed by Cardiff?
this is…. bad and you have to feel for Ramsey
I knew the second i saw Song and Eboue in the same midfield that we wouldnt control the play.
yeah ddm, but that wasn’t wenger saying “we are 100% going to sign 3 players”. Managers are only so specific to say “we will not sign anyone”, if they actually wont.
ramsey looks like the occasion is getting to him a bit, bendtner looks very sharp. vp looks really pissed off!
nervous ramsey!!
Ramseys trying too ard to impress. He needs to just keep it simple.
Dont even start scapegoating when the WHOLE effin team havent played well.
Defending like clowns!
Sion, we are indeed being outplayed by Cardiff.
Weak selection brings a weak performance.
This is a disgrace. We should be a few down already and we havent even had a fucking shot in anger.
djourou’s lack of awareness when burke ran through was ridiculous.
we’re getting very lucky, attrocious finishing from them
We can’t get a foot on it…
Our defence are just ball watching rather than man marking. WTF. Ramsey is getting his passes wrong!
Is Eboue playing a free role again?
If anyone tries to defend Song & Eboue as half decent potential, there fucking mad.
Those two cunts arent good enough for Cardiff
Great ball by RvP… shame Nasri wanted to make a cup of tea before he struck it…
We are doing OK. Had Nasri taken that chance first time……
Nik is playing well …… according to the Daish commentators !
Anyone else getting pissed of by the setanta co commentator.
This is awful to watch. It makes me want to cry. Its typical lazy football from us. Just expecting to win.
Eboue seems to be playing everywhere he wants. Not right mid like hes supposed to be.
Raddy, had Cardiff taken their chances, we’d be 3 down…
The whole team were havin a mare, but stone the bleedin crows, its all Song and Eboue’s fault?
unfortunately djourou is crap at LCB,
thats why hes looked worse when paired with toure, he looked great with gallas
thats my theory anyway
Song has been ok…
I hate all commentators.
Song has done just fine so far….his best game yet
Not sure who I hate more, Chris Waddle or that twat Burley?
A sad fact that in 2009 players like Song & Eboue are mainstays in an Arsenal team.
No it’s the way the co commentator criticises us all the time.
we need to calm fuckin down
This is worse than watching a league 1 relegation battle.
Kevin; Its Waddle today as the co-commentator, normally its Craig Burley’s job to slate us fella!
The game ain’t that bad, we’re slowing working our way into it.
I agree choy
Song and RvP arguably been our best players so far.
But we aren’t Pedro, are we ?
Who is to say that had any of their shots been on target, that the great Fabianski wouldn’t have saved them ?
Right now, we look the better side … as of course, we should
EE is playing as we expected. He really needs to step up his game,
Waddle does talk a load of shite..
Cardiff were always gonna start like a train, we shudve been prepared for that, but we didnt concede during their good spell and we are getting more into it.
And nasri’s playing well
If Song had taken his chance we’d be 1 up..
EE needs to be sold, thats what he needs.
Someone’s switched the pre-match vitamins for sleeping pills again!
If cardiff had taken their chanced they would have scored 3 so…
I know Raddy, you came in with the point that we could have been one up… so I said we could have been 3 down.
If Gibb’s had scored, it’d be 3-3 with Nasri’s chance..
RVP is creating everything. Good flick too gibbs.
So they had 3 (poor) shots, does that inevitably mean theyd score em? If so, we shud have 3 goals too… So its 3-3 instead of 0-0 then!
Does song look where he is passing?
Sometimes I do wonder…
How the fuck is that not a free kick..
Fairplay Pedro. I forgot…………
What kind of a fucking pass was that.
Well the ship is steadying. These guys need to live up to their pay packet! Song is not doing badly by the way, Geoff, Pedro?
Funny how these twats havent even mentioned the cardiff twats foot up?
Guys, raddy started this… don’t pick on me…
my stream just died…
Oops, sorry…. using twat twice in a sentence, tut!
I really dislike song sooo much, never not liked a player that much, I even like pascal more!!
It depends on how much they are on. Song hasnt been either good or bad.
Song has done ok…
Rambo is haven’t his best… and Nasri isn’t getting enough of the ball
You’re not missing much Choy.
Great fucking cross. Shame we dont header it.
Isnt it off how no matter who has the ball out wide they all come inside and pass. Noone ever just tries to stay near the touchline.
Thats another chance for us, so, we are winning now!
Will he ever stop shooting ffs. He aint scoring from 30yards unless its a miracle.
What an idiot…
hahaha freakin clown
Thats hardly a dive, he fell tripped over himself as usual.
Oh and Pelanty? Dont think so.
Incoming…..
Fuck that Atkinson cunt, how the fuck can you give a yellow for that, stupid stupid cunt..
lol eboue
That was a penalty !! Sure EE goes down too easy, but the guy was tapped from behind (so to speak).
Homer of a Ref
i am getting a fuckin static sound… is it better than the commentary?
keyser;
Agree fella.
should’ve been a pen, booking and not purely on reputation, ridiculously poor reffing, and the commentators are such pratts
A hint of a freekick???
Are you fucking retarded Waddle? Oh yeah, sorry I forgot.
Are the really getting more time of possession then us? what is going on?
anyone have a link?
EE!!!!
Fuck me how stoopid is Chris fucking Waddle, seriously cunt cunt cunt..
That’s what you get when you are a notorious cheat…
Looks like cardiff have been given free reign to foul our lot.
goonerstreams.com/match.php
channel 1
Gibbs the best player on the pitch bar RVP
Ps fuuk eboue.
Isnt that lovely. Van Persie clears the ball on the edge of the box while EE is up next to Bendtner.
NIKKI B!!!
Eboue isn’t close to being half the cheat Rooney fucking is, just shows you fucking twisted the Premiserhip is..
NIK!
twat
OMG how are we not 8-3 down??
Rumour has it theres a sniper on the roof to take eboue out for 2nd half…I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Ade wouldve score that!!!!!
Fuck me talk about Propaganda, they’ve got a short highlight reel of a Cardiff miss and Wenger with face in hands, what a bunch of cunts..
Keyser, that’s because he is no good at it…
Cardiff have missed all their chances and nothing is said but Bendtner misses 2 shots (however poor they were) and suddenly we are shit. Great unbiased commentary.
Keyser… I don’t think that is propaganda.
tell me now how highly you rate bendtner
Give Vela half as many chances as he’s been given, both in starting games and finishing and he’ll blow you away.
Wilshere for Eboue
Any random player for Song
Treze, that was a terrible ball to Nik – it forced him out wide, and gave him no space. The guy should have just shot.
I think Nik is having a good game
I like Bendtner.
You could pick Rooney’s dives out from a mile, they even refuse to highlight the constant abuse he gives everyone, it’s all a fucking joke.
DG, unless its an arsenal fan dont count on them taking the shot.
bring ade on.. take off eboue… nik to the right…
happy days… cmon arsenal!!!
Is there an african curse on Ebuoe not to score? Am almost certain that this is what’s going on in his small brain especially as he fell in the 6 yard box after missing a sitter he did not anticipate properly!
I just wonder wht more Wenger can do to get that boy firing to his full potential!
Well that was pretty poor, especially in the middle of the park, not sure who has been worse Eboue, Ramsey or Song.
That breakaway at the end summed it up, RVP had no faith in Eboue so played in Bendtner even though he was in a worse position. Imagine just imagine if we had Arshavin there,
I would actually get Eboue off the field, I dont think the 1st one was a dive, there was contact and he went down, but the one a couple of mins later, Eboue what the fuck are you doing.
Bright spot for me is Gibbs who I playing really well
ok Song statistics,
Missed tackles: 2
Clattering in opposition: 1
Passes not Completed: 4
Not tracking back: 3
skinned: 2
Caught out of position: 2
Possesion given up: 5
Not bad i guess for song!
who is the co commentator? he’s got that retarded northeastern accent. Are the cardiff fans from the hills have eyes. There’s definitely a bit of sheep in there somewhere
Bendtner is arguably our best player (arguably). Van Persie shouldnt have passed it to him tho. Should have shot or at least made a better pass.
I think Nic is playing ok as well, he has made some superb runs but RVP has missed them
yeah he is raddy, been very sharp, vp seems to be reluctant to pass to him, 2/3 times been through if he’d played it, and one time he does was poor ball. Mis timed the jump for header. Don’t blame eboue for the first touch, ade would’ve done the same!
that was the first half i have seen all season, as if 11 players who don’t know each other have been put together to play a park game. best player so far gibbs, at least it surely must get better.team selection amazes me, err we do want to win by the way, do we ?
We will win 3-0 the RVP- Nasri combo will come in full effect just like it did when nasri shot was saved.
Raddy i meant the header
Rob
I think song is starting to improve, Not difficult I know
You guys are watcvhing a different game to me. We are doing well.
Apart from Nasri we have had no clearcut chances, but when we do we will score. Cardiff had a good 10 minutes. Full stop.
That said Cardiff will be strong in the next 15 minutes.
You wanna talk about a diver???
How about Steven Fucking Gerrard.?????
Englands Hero!
does anyone have like a proper stream??? this is painful
Great Stats Rob
Did you actually count them?
Why not Pedro ? You’ve got the ommentator telling you throughout the game what a great tie it is and how exciting the game of football is and how Cardiff have turned it into a typical Cup tie and how great it is and how we’re all lucky to be watching such a great game..
Rob and Pat… I think you are being unfair on Song… he was ok comparably.
terrible misses by the pink boots….but theyve all been off
Bring on Diaby. Ade will not be necessary. We need to Play nasri Right, Ramsey center and Diaby wide left. Towards the end, bring Vela, allow Nasri to play center, Remove Ramsey .
Shit performance, get that fucking cheating piece of crap off (eboue)
lucky to be on level terms what a shit midfield 3rd rate wenger ffs do something
eboue is a waste of time and wages go and play for luton
Eboue has the touch of an elephant
Unfair on Song, by the standards we normally see on here, they’re singing his praises.
Keyser, it’s been an ok game from a neutral perspective. Chances, blood and thunder… david and goliath type stuff. What am I missing?
What the fuck is going on….sitting at home on my todd getting more and more wound up with this lot!
Song your shit….Eboue your shit…..
Why or why has Wenger played Ramsey right in the middle of the park, back at his home club…they are all over him every time he gets near the ball. Sometimes I think he has lost it.
To me it is clear….you play ramsey out wide, where he has played him in the EPL, play nasri in the middle and vela out left…..Ramsey then gets the time to play and attack players, and a team that has the ability to cut this side apart.
|I hope we can put in a much much better performance this half..or my friends we could be out of another competition. This side are up for it and we better do the same!
pat,
I did! it wasnt easy watching that idiot for 45mins
Im not doing it again tho
Gibbs looks the part
Put Gallas on for Eboue, Gibbs to left mid, Nasri right and just take Ramsey off because he is haing a mare and it could destroy him if we lose.
Or:
Back5
Song – Ramsey
Nasri
RvP Bendtner Gibbs
I think the whole of the midfield apart from Nasri has been poor Pedro
I hoped Song would step up today being that he is playing people on his level, but he is still shit.
Ade wouldve scored that
velas injured C.D
gooner michael; Its Chris Waddle fella.
Rob; Please tell me you didnt really watch Song just so you could compile that list?
Gibbs is playing well
rob if you’re trying for objective analysis you’ve got to include tackles and passes made etc! He’s been our best midfield passer first half, not saying much though!
Gibbs is our best player IMO
pedro – I need someone to villify, or the abuse gets directed closer to home.. Heh..
Angry,
u better beleive it!
Ive always wanted to, just to see how shit he is or whether im being harsh,
Nah im not being harsh stats dont lie
although Ramsey has been worse
David, whose Pink boots because none of our players are wearing pink.
Ramsey aint a fucking winger, jeeez
didnt ade do almost exactly the same a few games ago when the ball came to him unexpectedly (the eboue chance). Can’t think who against
A,
He completed 7passes and made 2 tackles
Well Song has actually had a good game so far.
Eboue did not dive…
…..but I guess he just not good enough to be in the attacking third. He should be an attacking right back putting in good crosses like he used to. He is just not good enough to be right winger/midfielder I mean look at that chance that fell to him, good attacking players with good instincts would have anticipated and put that away. This is not the first time he has got sitters and screwed it up.
Ramsey has had a poor game so far, I think the whole going back to his old club is affecting him.
Gibbs is probably the best player on the field he is full of energy and intercepting everything and launching the attacks from time to time.
He is a better attacking full back than Clichy because he has good final balls and a good shot. Clichy cannot shoot to save his life.
If Gibbs can add the tactical awareness to his game, he will be a super left back.
ramsey isn’t playing as a winger loner….?!
oh and had 2 shots
Yeah, propaganda feeding wankers… right on Keyser!
Thanks al.
Waddle is getting mor and more slurry. Was he a spud for a while?
Who said Ramsey was a winger?
rob he’s made far more passes and tackles than that! I might do my own statistical analysis after the match, got it recording, sky plussed
A,
thats what i saw in between the mrs annoying the shit outa me for abusing the TV
Gibbs has even come inside on a couple of occaisions and swept up like the CM should be doing.
He is having a great game
Fab 1 best player on the pitch defense looks like they have never played together
Rambo hasn’t been as direct as normal… the pressure is getting to him a bit I think.
Watching this game takes you back 30 years with the old stands, etc.
Fair play to you A if you want to rewatch this drivel.
We are missing Arshavin today arent we!!
A; I know fella, it was in response to a post saying thats where he should play.
I agree Pedro, I think he is trying to hard. I am surprised he is playing if I am honest. I think Denilson will replace him at about 60-70 mins
ah ok, fair dos rob!
yeah pedro, ramsey looks like everything has overwhelmed him a bit, hopefully wenger will sort him out at half time or denilson’s going to have to come on in a bit
We cant miss someone we dont have.
Gooner fuck’n oath waddle was a spud…..with a mullett
I would give EE 10-15more minutes then I would sub him and bring in Jack Wilshere.
Vela is injured so if we need a goal it will have to Ade.
There is no reason to bring Denilson or Diaby unless a midfielder gets injured.
we miss Ian Wright
actually I miss angelina jolie
gnarleygeorge9 – Why do we always get spuds commentating on our games..
Ok stu, we are missing someone like Arshavin
Is that better!!! I did say at the end of last month that every day we got into Jan without signing someone would be a day wasted.
Nasri has to come more central,
Get more of the ball and he will carve!
Wenger said he would only play Ramsey based on form not sentiment. So why the fuck is he playing then? He must have been amazing in training, along with Eboue and Song etc etc
ah ok loner, i missed that! was gonna say, he really isn’t a winger!
i think its always good to rewatch matches pat, always seems different when not watching tense etc. rewatched the reserves game last night, realised wilshere actually had a pretty poor game apart from his goal!! Bischoff was really quality though, surprised he isn’t in the squad for today
At the moment we miss Angrys mate Wilf from Charles “Charlie” Charle’s team.
We should have Louise Redknapp rather than Jamie and so on,.. Maybe Mrs Waddle’s got a nice bumper..
The spud cunt is being very unbiased. I think he should get commentator of the year. Just after a bullet between the eyes
Right Come on Arsenal
If we start the second half better than the 1st, we’ll quickly take control of this game and then the lazy Setanta cup upset wanting wankers can kiss my pert arse!
Keyser,
The setanta commentators are the biggest Livergay followers ive evr seen, the 2 of the 3 co-commentators are Ex-Livergay supporters
WooHoo! We’re gonna sign Arteta! Erm, maybe Im readin a tad too much into his absence today…Hmmm?
he was probably good stu, but the occasion and crowd etc today has just got too much for him
Keyser We always get spuds for our games coz they are common taters
blittle bit too much info angry
c’mon gunners….i expect us to win 3-2 vp, bendnter and nasri 1 each
sub the pass-master before he gets sent off
Angry
u mite be onto something there
GG9;
Seriously gnarleygeorge – POST OF THE DAY..
Any of Arsene’s previous sides would have wiped the floor with this lot.
But here we are defending and actually praising that we create chances (!) against Cardiff.
Wow, it’s even worse than I feared. What has become of us that we have stooped so low.
We are playing some random footy that has nothing to do with what one should expect from the mighty Arsenal.
Pathetic! It’s not Waddle that is making this appear farcical, it’s Wenger! Don’t blame Eboue or Song for being selected. Blame Wenger!
Gus.
All ex spurs nd liverpool players are commontaters because they are to thick to be mangers.
add 2 more misplaced passes from, Song
Gus thatnks for outting your name at the bottom of your post as Id have had no idea who it was! Angry
Now Eboue is even blocking our shots, lovely!
nicely said Gus
gibbs nice shot eugene
lol stu!!
Gus,
Just ignore Angry, the name sums him right up pal
Hahahahahaha Song actually won a race!
Did anyone just see Song win a race?
Ramsey looks lost. Give him another 10 mins.
Cheers Rob!
Angry
stu it didnt hit eboue….
lol, Angry
Rob
Rob,
No worries mate.
Wish I too had those problems…
I like Kolo TOure…but i think he needs to go
I would take off Eboue now and just a word on this cunt of a co-commentator is this on Setanta sports
Well played Song… my new hero.
How embarrasing
When was the last free kick Van Persie scored?
David;
How can you tell Kolo needs the toilet?
thought that was in i need glasses!!
how long do u reakon RVP spends with his snazzy hair do b4 the game?
lol Angry. I thinks its in the way he runs.
I seriously dont wanna imagine the abuse either Song or Eboue would get if they were playing as piss poorly as Ramsey?
We are struggling against Cardiff FFS!! Wenger U really are losing it WTF is Eboue, Song and co doing on the pitch
So….Diaby for…..Nasri maybe?
Eboue prob going off so he can sign his new improved contract….
ohhhhhh
Kolo needs the toilet and a lot of prayers too…at this rate he’ll be lucky to get championship football next season
Ramseys coming off
ramsey stu, been too much for the kid today
great cross clichy cant cross that well!
Metal, when you say Eboue Song and CO on the pitch. Who are you referring to by the “co”?
Angry,
Difference is this is as good as EE and Song get. Everyone agreed Rambo is having an off day… be it the occasion or pure form is hard to gauge.
EE’s last performance worth mentioning was pre 9-11 playing for Beveren.
Feel sorry for Ramsey, the kids on his own with no experience playing next to song & eboue. Shame on you Arsene.
kolo really is and always has been poo
Ramseys coming off
Good sub.
im sick off Cardiff and all there chances!
Groovers,
Ramsey had an off day. Clearly we have to be careful the way we slate mangers for not fielding the young gunners. Exposing them too much might be counter productive
A, i was implying that Wenger likes to have the trio of Diaby, Song and Eboue in the same midfield.
wheres the card for diving? REf??
WTF? Kolo’s shite now?
Oh, I see, we’re just going thru the whole effin squad…
Seriously dont agree with that and find it really sad that you can sklate a player like Kolo, who has been a bit below par for a while, but he’s played how many times this season? The f=defence has hardly been settled, etc.
To say he’s always been crap is just not true, he has been awesome for us and at 26, i think he can be great again..
Hang your head in shame son!
Stu that lazy git Bendtner maybe I should have just mentioned his name 2 be fair I dont dislike him 2 much but I feel we derserve better. Don’t know about you but the more Wenger persist with some of the shit on the pitch the more I feel he is losing touch with reality.
Bothroyd blatant dive..
ah ok stu, im a bit slow today. diaby is a weird one, his passing and awareness is horrific, not gonna be the person to help us get more of the ball!
Rofl
Angry
Kolo does look a little too flinchy doesnt he??? And he does look like he needs the toilet….hahahahaha couldve have said that better mate….cheers!
yeah kolo was shit in the invincible season, ffs
I think Nik is pants
And where was Jay Bothroyds yellow card then… !
Come on for freks sakes get in there
Like I say – Nik is……………..
Pink boots dont embarass yourself….got to do better than that
Brilliant!?
Am i right Rico? What do I win?
ADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally….*trumpet sounding*…..Ade to the Rescue…
good hes gone off!!
Its about fucking time!
ffs!!!
why is eboue shaking his head? hopefully its because he knows he has been shit and not that he is getting taken off
Angry Loner I’ve always thought this guy is shit and I could actually break down exactly why he is but what’s the point? You clearly feel he is/was the dogs bollocks and if you’re reffering 2 his prime form (the unbeaten season )then all I can say is this the season arsenal went unbeaten had alot 2 do with Campbell than Toure he lack’s all the instincts of a top class CB.
How many Chances Does Van Piersie need to score…..gor goodness sakes…
Diaby is no better than Eboue or Song. Never mind Arshavin,,watching those 3 just makes you know how desperate we are for a proper midfield.
LOL was Eboue being eboooooed again? It looked like he didnt think he should be coming off.
i think he looked like had a knock second half, mightve been why shaking his head alex
most players would be shaking there head cause they wouldnt get played again! But are u kidding? its EBOUE he will start next game
Diaby is just wasted in midfield….should be a SS
Stu – you win nothing
it was the cardiff fans booing him stu
Oh yeah stu I’m also talking about Diaby hopefully he comes good.
Eboue was just disappointed with himself…just as he should be
Yes Ade…do what you do score from this corner
VP is so inconsistent it’s crazy 2 many chances.
Aw Rico, why not. I got the right answer. I deserve a prize!
Metal Gear;
Thanks for the reply, fella.
I really dont get what you are on about, but thanks! Kolo is an athletic CB, plays well with more orthidix CBs like campbell (who was effin awesome for us) him and JD may yet form a sloid pairing, given time.
why doesn’t Diaby have a crack? we all know he can hit them
the passing disease continues
I honestly think diaby is so so close to being awesome, just a split second and a little better control – his head knows what to do, its just his feet cant keep up !
Ade move 2 the Centre you’re a fukin striker not a winger/CM
Vela or Wilshire will be on next for Song.
4 up to is the way forward
WEll either Jackie boy is coming on…or Vela….and those are all the cards we have….
vela not on the bench mark, came down ill in the warm up
I agree rico, Diaby can be a really exciting player, I think the problem is he doesn’t really believe it himself. Once he stops worrying and starts playing, he can be world class.
*heavy sigh*
O god..
prick ade
sell him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HES FUCKING USELESS!!!!
Adebayor…world class, dont make me laugh.
Ha ha ha Adebayfuckingpooooor……..
ade – best chance of the game by a mile, deary me
lol u lot r jokers
jesus christ, what a knob
commentators are thick both there chances went to row z
ADEEE. what happened to you. we cant even beat cardiff
Lovely sentiments…FFS
Nasri to score in last 5
oh my god Ade 80k a week u better make up for that jesus.
it happns
i don’t believe it, did we have a shot just then?? surely not
he just came off the bench give him a break
lol if it was bendtner who missed that chance, he’d be castrated
we dont need a replay at all!!
What happens David?
Sedish gun it was close 2 open goal.
well…it was his chocolate leg
he has two of them
close?! it was an open goal!!
Well Ade is castrated right now and rightly so….Van piersie has had the most chances in this game and he’s wasted them all….
Miskicks happn Stu
Waddle “Songs dictating the midfield”…The new Vieira ??? !!! lolol
Seb – thats a good point, confidence, also he keeps getting injured damn him
Song has been arguably our best player this half….cant believe its the same guy
‘Song’s dictating the midfield’
did you ever expect to hear a commentator say that!
the thing is, he’s right, Song is playing his best game in the colours
Afternoon everyone,
I’ve just heard FOUR words I never thought I’d ever hear from a commentator,
SONGS DICTATING THE MIDFIELD
OMFuckingG Sagna!!!!
Song – I think he is doing ok, he is certainly no worse than many out there today – IMHO
they happen to people with dodgy technique more, as we’ve seen a fair bit with ade recently.
Sagna should be banned from crossing the ball
Ok people we need a score…like right now…
No natural wingers, fullbacks who can’t cross………c’mon Wenger sort this fucking squad out.
we can’t cross for shit. that’s what happens when you only ever play 5-a-side in training
Spot on Seb -
we play so zoo zzzlow
Bottom line guys, this Arsenal side is so poor.
i wonder if it is the quality opposition but I have never seen Song play so well for Arsenal
Song also played against Chelski…most ppl on here just tend to go with what Geoff say/thinks, shame really
Waddle sounds like he’s taking the piss luckily 4 me I’ve got chinese commentators as 4 A It probably was an open goal.
Can somebodi just effin take a shot on goal ffs….seriously…
Great foul Kolo
it’s not that Mandanda, i know what you’re saying, people do often judge based on the past, but when a player really performs and looks confident, you notice. Even an idiot could see he’s had a great game.
no Metal he wasn’t taking the piss, he was simply stating a fact.
there tryna walk it in FFS just shoot.
Thank you Jesus.
Mandanda, 2 good games in a 50 game season is nothing to celebrate. Song is a poor player, not cos Geoff says so, cos we all see it with our own eyes.
The next Viera C’mon
come on jacko
3 mins for wilshere should of had 10
Bothroyd’s a proper cheating scumbag..
What is the fucking point, give him a chance for fuck sake Wenger…..
Song has been excellent in this game fact Song is the next PV4 fiction.
I would give Song at least an 8 today, at the time of typing this
im off – catch you all soon
you’re bringng him on now WTF Wenger you’re a dickhead!!!
did you notice in that wall how tall Bendtner and Diaby are, even Van Persie was taller than Song, I thought Song was a tall lad, obviously not
Refereeing of the highest order!
Fab covered it so well. Am really more comfortable with him than Alumina. Happy with Jack, lets see if he breaks the deadlock.
madanda,
We don’t necessarily agree with Geoff or Pedro. Some may, but there are more mature posters on this site who have a mind of their own. However, Song has really been the biggest disappointment considering his pedigree at the ANC and the youth world Cup. And don’t tell me the ANC is crap because he outplayed Essien to get the DM slot for the tournament.
RvP gets booked for pulling out of a tackle……….cunt ref
he’s 6’1 seb, tall but not massive, bendtner and ade are pretty massive
borin
What a fucked performance!!! Fucking Pathetic as usual
What a shit game. I wasted 5quid betting on that match and not one fucking highlight!
replay.. lol
i dont believe that A, that would make Diaby and Bendtner 6’6 and Van Persie 6’3
height stats on the web are usually bollocks
That pitch was shit, the ref was a cunt, we played ok, should do them at the Emirates.,
Good game.. Good Times, now lets go for 11 Everton red cards.
we will crush this lot at home anyway
that was a bit shit
vp and diaby are 6’2, bendtner 6’3, ade 6’4. i think
cunt team 1 more unneccesary game to a busy schedule. forget the magic of the FA cup. this team is shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
lol, heres to hoping.
everyone wants to play at the Emirates! it aint the fortress it used to be
yeah should be comfortable at the emirates. vela might start, so might arshavin!!
Not the best performance but we are still in the hat and I will take that given the performance.
What I will say and he deserves it is that in the 1st half song was awful, in the 2nd half I think he was our best player, I thought he had a great second half and bossed the midfield. And lets face it when you play Cardiff you should be bossing the Midfield.
I just hope the replacements arrive so we can get them blooded in the replay.
Yawn, I’m off to bed
yeah we will win at home there shit we should of got the win they were there for the taking replays are just hassle!!
Keyser, the game would be abondoned after a team goes down to 7men, so liverpool would just get a default 3-0 win i think. Wouldnt do us much good.
Not if there is 11 Everton players kicking the shit out of Steven Gerrard on the floor. He could still send them all off then Stu.
meh … forgetable game … blasted replay could screw us up!!
*BREAKIN NEWS*
The game was fixed!!!
Both Arsenal and Cardiff wants the revenue from the Emirates return game
And where the fuck is the Arshavin news today, i am surprised that Zenit have not gobbed off again to say something either way.
No news is good news me thinks
Even tho we played pretty poorly We shouldve won, but didnt, given that we are supposedly soooo crap, then thats just dandy! We’ll beat em at home, but slaop my legs for the optimism!
still can’t get over the miss by ade
adebayor…..one gift wrapped chance 5 yards out and ……..
Stu – Have you ever seen the ref send the subs off ?!
lol ptg.
I would take straight reds to Gerrard, Carrragher, Torres, Cahill, Lescott and someone else. The game would still go on so its all good.
I think we just overplayed again.
FFS start having some shots from outside the box, We would be lethal if we had someone that could bang them in from 30 yards
Post match interview:
-Arsene, any news about Arshavin?
-No.
LOL
That’s just the way it is.
Will Gerrard be wearing an ankle tag ?!
Eboue, Diaby, Song,Denilson vs De Rossi, Aquilani, Menez, Totti?Hm……
Why the fuck were the commentators STILL saying Cardiff shudve been 2 up in the 1st half? Did they even hit the target? Didnt we have a few chances of our own? Oh silly me! Facts getting in the way of their shite
wrong team selection today, felt sorry for ramsey, just a bit to much for him today.gibbs was our best all round player,sagna by his standards had a poor game. eboue is a right back and is a cheat. song was no better or worse than quite a lot of others. we live to fight another day, get the cheque book out please mr wenger.
I sure have Keyser but unless theirs a fight on the bench I cant see that happening.
Bothroyd is twice the cheat Eboue is, can’t believe how the ref allowed that, it’s fucking typical..
I’ve seen Dida get injured while sitting on the bench, these things happen..
When did Eboue cheat? When he was fouled?
I think Ramsey will have a blinder in the replay, and hopefully he will be playing in the same midfield as Nasri, Arshavin and a quality Defensive Midfielder.
I think Eboue did cheat but not on that 1st one, he was tackled there,
But the one two mins later was unforgiveable, sorry there was no reason for him to go down there,
Confident, Seb & Gambon
thanx for replying btw. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Song is world class or going to be the new ‘Viera’. However, I do think people on here do not necessarily assess the player based on the same parameter the use for the other players. I’ve always maintained that we need a world class DM even after Song’s performance today as i would like to see us win all the big trophies. The thing is Song has played better in a lot more than 2 matches this season and in the matches he has not played well it hasn’t been as bad as he’s been made out to be. One just gets the impression that the opinions expressed on the site are strongly influenced by the tone set by the authors. It is clear that Geoff does not like Song…I think some farmer guy on here last wknd described it as ‘herd mentality’. Its cool tho as this is characteristic of human behaviour rather just the blog, it still kinda of annoying when Waddle appears more objective than arsenal fans on an arsenal blogsite…
On a positive note I thought we finished really well and we are yet to lose in 8/9 matches now, we may yet grab a trophy this season eh! what ya think?
Song had a good game, Dibay was ripping through them towards the end, they just sat back like most teams do.
pat the second one wasnt a dive for a pen, it was a throwing yourself to the floor in frustration! I’ve done that loads of times, he didn’t appeal, and wouldnt go down with noone near him, it was jsut the mentally retarded commentators who tried to claim it was a dive, noone else did, not even the cardiff players
Well Song was indeed the best player on the pitch in the second half.
Diaby had some good touches. I like his surging runs. He just needs to work on his decision making. If he gets that right he will be an excellent CM/SS.
As Paulinho has said he gives something diff to Fabrgas because of those surging runs…he is decpetively fast because of those long strides he takes.
He just bursts out of a crowd and opens a wide gap its hard for ppl to track him when he bursts like that.
Gibbs was excellent the whole match.
He is much better going forward than Clichy.(crosses,shots etc)
Sagna really needs to work on his crossing, because teams just clog the middle because they know we will attack the byline that often and they know most of our crosses are poor so its easy to defend against us because we are forced back into the middle most of the time.
And Arsene needs to change his formation so that Nasri can play centre.
He is wasted on the left.
O ye of little faith.
You may have to start thinking about putting your “We hate Song” badges away boys!
That game was like waiting for a really good Sunday lunch with all the trimmings but when it arrives the beef is over cooked and the roast potatoes are soggy, very disappointing.
patthegooner – Did you watch it on a stream ?!
PTG; I really dont think he was cheatin there, just tryin to hide his poor play, he just fell over, there was no 1 near him!
The second one he lost his balance stretching for the ball, didn’t dive or appeal for anything.
The most shocking dive on the field and one of the worst you’ll ever see was Bothroyd, knowing Sagna was behind him, tried to wait for the contact and fell over, Sagna saw it and didn’t even touch him but the ref gave nothing.
Another game we should win but don’t …another game where our players confidence (and big egos) take a hit, another game where we see that half these players should never pull on an Arsenal shirt, another game where we know that even if we sign 5 players in this transfer winndow it’s not enough … and another game where Geoff might put pinky boots as le champ … and that says it all really when our supposedly best player is a player whose talents are no more than championship side material …. but he’s supposed to be Arsenal’s best player ……… have we really sunk that low.
Another game… We are unbeaten in 9 games, won the last 3 before today,m but why let facts get inn the way eh?
Wait a minute, as long as the replay sells out thats an extra £3.1m revenue…..thats the Arshavin deal sorted. No excuses now.
Jw should have come on a lot earlier,we lacked any pace…so aw gives him 3 mins…?
Ade was shocking & nikb’s first touch in 2nd half was terrible…&the passmaster?Well he was just…anyway,here’s a thought: Just imagine adding AA 2 this midfield, Eduardo 2 the attack& a real AFCfan,Richards,2 the DF. Aw will make him worldclass.&CescTheo&Rosicky (Please!)all 2 come back soon,we could beat anyone & we look to be able to finish the season with a strong run if all goes to plan. &no room 4 EE & AS(s)
He didnt know there was no one near him, I think it was a dive, just my opinion guys thats all.
Wathced it on Setanta.
Either way when you have just been booked for diving (Even though it wasnt) you fucking dont take risks by doing that even if it was out of frustration. You are asking for it especially with a tosser Ref like that.
Teams know we will not* attack the byline is what I meant to say.
Why doesnt Sagna try to attack the byline on some occasions and whip in low hard crosses, those types of crosses are often more dengerous that the aerial ones.
I mean its so predictable every time the ball goes down the right, Sagna either turns it back to the middle or puts in an atrocious cross.
Why doesnt Sagna try to drive to the box or to the byline and hiyt them low and hard since he cannot execute the aerial crosses.(Criticise Eboue all you want but at least he tries to drive into the box tho unsuccesfully lol)
I mean Gibbs put in some good aerial crosses on the left that caused serious problems and almost caused an own goal. It would have been nice if Sagna provided low hard ones on the right to mix it up and confuse the defence.
Ha Ha great point Gambon
gotta give half the matchday revenue to cardiff though remember
gambon – Would make sense, do we make 3.1 million profit each home game ?!
“Ok all you Song lovers, watch him today, see how many times he gives the ball away, how many tackles he misses and hoow many times he gets skinned.”
hoist with your own petard…
could all those in need of anger management please take professional advice…
pattheGooner – It’s kool, I think you’re 100% per cent wrong, but hey we can’t agree on everything, Heh..
blazon;
Come on guys Eboue did not dive, he simply failed to anticipate and lossed his balance, he did not appeal for anything.
He was simply fustrated with himself so stayed down and pouned the ground in anger. He knew he missed a really good opportunity.
Blazon
I fucking hate the fact that Song plays football for us with a passion. I think he is well out of his depth and was playing against similar quality players today
He was terrible in the 1st half, but I will always say what I see, and what I saw in the 2nd half was a player that bossed the midfield and passed a lot better, Fuck he was our best player in the 2nd half. I still want him nowhere near the 1st team on Wednesday but against a Championship Side he did ok for 45 mins.
Song is shit. He has no place at Arsenal. He could do well in the blue square league, at best. End of.
Angry loner … facts … we are 5th in the premiership ….. out of the Carling Cup …. struggling to stay in the FA cup and haven’t a hope in hell of winning the ECL …. (or any other trophy this season)
PATHETIC,PATHETIC,PATHETIC,How shit was that performance eboue seriously needs to fuck off he’s sooooooooooo shit
Cheers Keyser, Like I say it is just my opinion.
I think Eboue can be pretty stupid on a football field at times and maybe his previous gives me that viewpoint.
What frustrates me about him, is that he can actually make some really powerful runs, but he is Like Forest Gump, he does not know what to do with the ball when he is on his run. He is another player that I am happy to have in the squad but it is a sad reflection of the current state of affairs that he and Song get so many appearances for Arsenal.
Song’s a great player, it was a greta performance today.
Angry, I don’t think Arsene will be rubbing his hands together at teh fact we didn’t lose… he’ll probably be extremely annoyed there is another fixture in our busy schedule.
Drawing against poor opposition in the FA cup is never positive.
Patthegooner I like your honesty. I also feel he had a good 2nd half.
Is arteta going to miss our game?
pattheGooner – Are you still watching Setanta ?!
Anyone know how long Arteta’s going to be out for, did they say ?!
Also if Pedro is around. Some time ago Pedro asked where are the super productive full backs.
Well Dani Alves is one such full back.
He has 2 goals and 10 assists so far for Barca. This is what an excellent attacking full back can add to a team.
Also Maicon has 5 goals and 3 assists for Inter.
So there are productive fullbacks, but then again maybe is just a Brazilian thing.
I have watched Barca and apart from direct assists, there are many cases where he is the assister to the asisster or he may put in a dnagerous cross that leads to an own goal.
So there is no excuse Sagna needs to improve that side of his game.
Pat. With you on that one mate!
Mark.. we are 5th AT PRESENT, the season hasnt finished! Out of the Carling Cup…erm, and? Bothered! Barely in the FA Cup? Says who? No chance in the Champs League? Says who? You? Those aint facts they are OPINIONS, fella
But its obvious you’ve made your mind up, regardless, so whats the effin point?
to be fair, alves is the best right back in the world by a mile, glen johnson is the most productive in the prem though, i wouldn’t mind him tbh
In a game like todays I would have started Nasri in the middle. He would been our creativity that we lacked.
SONG LOOKED GOOD AGAINST A CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE ,END OFF !!!!!
he is/willalways be one of the worst Arsenal players of all time ,All of ng lovers watch him on weds night when arteta gives him the run around.
another laboured perfomance from the team well done boss , we are strugglig forget the run of eight games we lack invention ,
you must be blind if you think anything different….
I wish song and eboue would fuck off to africa early ready for the next african nations.
No they didnt, but they said he was borderline for today so I guess he will play on Wednesday..
good to see we had a keeper today even though he had little to do the defence looked calm. If eboue thinks he didn’t deserve to come off let’s hope he wants away. Jack must be so frustrated watching that cheating moron get a game. Wonder if the red would have booked the winked if it was him, no it would have been a pen. Are missed a sitter not in my opinion, the ball was in the air with keeper and defenders in front of him. There were equals bad chances that weren’t taken. Artera not in the Everton team today is he injured?
Hope we see more of JW now that aw should have clearly seen we lacked any speed or pace today.
Pedro;
I never said Wenger or anyone would be happy with a repla. We are unbeaten in 9 games, that for me is a bleedin positive, yet all we get is doom and negativity, fuck that shit, life’s too short!
wilshere is slower than nasri and eboue….
A; You’d rather Glen Johnson instead of Sagna?
Anyway a poor performance overall but we will bang them at the Emirates.
Arteta’s in London discussing a move to AFC!
song is shit he only started to come into the game when they got tired
Angry,
at the start of the day, i would have taken a replay.
I thought Cardiff would give us a lot more problems than they did, and maybe the early start helped as the crowd did not seem as intimidating as they usually are.
But given the game, I felt it was there to be won and it is a bit of a shame that we did not kill them off, but as you say, we are still on an unbeaten run, we have just had another clean sheet (Thought Fabianski did well and I would like to see him get a run) and at just after 6pm we can watch the cup draw with interest in who we will be playing next if we can rightfully thump Cardiff at the Emirates.
Fab and Gibbs were our best players by far.
In fact, i would replace Al with Fab now…
I thought Ramsay had had a very poor game. I would have put Nasri in the middle.
the occasion got to rambo badly hopefully it won’t affect him to much
Ha Ha
You want to be careful there Angry, a bit of chinese whispers around the blogs and that will be the exclusive in the Sun tomorrow.
Not overall loner, but against worse teams angry yeah, because although sagna defensively is one of the best in the world, he’s very average going forward, and johnson would give us something extra going forward. We don’t need sagna’s exceptional defensive abilities against teams just playing defensively against us. Against crap teams i’d almost like eboue to play right back, as he’s much better going forward than sagna
Angry Loner are you kidding or what?
Ja… 2 full backs in the world… one of which cost an absolute bomb, who is playing in one of the best teams ever assembled.
There are no super productive full backs in the Prem… and if Glen Johnson is… it doesn’t matter… because Pompey have a dire defensive record.
Sagna and Clichy could improve their crossing… but defending is more important for me.
Angry… it is a positive note, but you can’t blame people for being negative after watching that.
This season I would deff. have G. Johnsson over Sagna
Sagna is having a poor season, he can’t beat a man if his life depended on it and don’t talk about crosses….
When he gets the ball he always stops and pass side or backways
Sagna does need some crossing lessons doesn’t he.
I dont think we noticed it last year as he had Hleb ahead of him. Hopefully once Arshavin signs he can stick to what he is fucking awesome at.
you almost expected the crosses to be pants as soon as he lined one up.
Angry loner is smoking some gooooood shit. . .
Pattg; Agree with all that fella.
As for Arteta? Well, thats just me … I wanna be startin something…!
just wonder if Artea is on the move
G Johnson over Sagna,
Please no, as I mentioned in my previous post, Sagna is suffering as we never seem to play the same player at RM for more than two games on the bounce and even those who do are not natural gifted RM players.
Once Arshavin is here, Sagna will not have to cross so much.
Master P that STICKY ICKY!
Pat, I can’t believe you’d have taken a replay…
Rather sign Upson or Richards (if it is true) to replace Gallas/Toure I’d say AW signs Jagielka, he is fighter
i think coquelin will end up as our right back in a couple of years anyways, forgot about him
Pedro, I live in South Wales and this is the FA Cup.
Cardiff actually shocked me as I thought they were pretty poor today. apart from a spell in the 1st half, they did not trouble us at all. I expected the atmosphere and the work rate of Cardiff to be a lot higher.
I also knew we would play a weakened side that were not used to playing with each other, so yes I would have taken a replay this morning.
What Coquelin the CM?
What did Wenger say?
i think he’ll end up as a right back pat, been playing there alot for the reserves and he’s impressed me more and more there
And what I mean by the living in South Wales is that Football always seems to throw those results up, and if we had lost then going into work in Cardiff tomorrow would have been a nightmare.
Im tired of watching a team having to carry the likes of song or EE… even worse,both at the same time!!
Has he A? that would be a shame, he looked really solid at CM as well,
Pedro;
Ive seen far too many poor performances this season to think we are the finished article, mate, but I will stick to the way I’ve always been; positive, optimistic, always hoping for the best, otherwise i see no point in following a team. Maybe that shits not the done thing? I aint ignoring the flwas in the manager and squad, but I see no good in continually slating the team/manager/players regardless of whats gone on. It has been very frustratiung watching this team beat the chavs and mancs only to fail to turn up against supposedly weaker opposition, but I see no point in continually going on about it when we are playing into some sort of form and consistency. Obviously my mood may change after the Everton game!
Muchas apologias
PS; Eboue’s shit!
today song was our best player, having to carry ramsey….
El Tel – how are you my friend? Arteta has a rib injury & is also doubtful for the game against us on wednesday.
Can’t believe how much stick some of you are giving the team today. Cardiff are hardly s**t, I could be wrong but I think they have only lost once at home this season. It’s funny though how people’s memories become blurred over time, I saw a comment about how any of Wenger’s previous teams would have beat Cardiff, yet I remember one of Arsene’s teams going to Port Vale & having to beat them on penalties & they were really awful. These games aren’t half as easy as some seem to think. Chelsea couldn’t beat Southend at Home, Aston Villa couldn’t beat a team near the bottom of the championship yesterday.
At least we are still in with a chance & maybe that result will make up Wenger’s mind for him that we do need another player or two (as long as he has the finances for it).
yeah he has pat, played there every reserve game. I like it, something else that stoof out for me re-watching the game from weds, he’s fantastic defensively, quick, strong, loads of energy, and really offers an extra option going forward from right back. Growing into the position and i think he could be zambrotta or zanetti for us!!
Ramsey and Cesc centrally (though i’ve only considered the thought of those two together after wenger saying he expects ramsey to become like keane!)
Coquelin’s a quality player, hope he gets a chance at DM
i dunno loner, just because I think we’ll sign a dm, and coquelin could become the best right back in the world! Though he could also become an exceptional dm too, just because he’s not ready yet to play there, and we’re likely to sign someone, i can imagine him becoming a right back
GMR; Well put fella.
I remember us struggling on the way to the final in 98 too. Im sure we had a couple of replays that year.
I hope Coquelin becomes the long term DM. But with so many midfeilders in our team..he may have to break into the team through the right back position since we only have Sagna and possibly Eboue.
So he will probably break into the team as right back in the next 1-2 years and then I hope he will become our new DM mabe 3-4 years from now.
A; Maybe mate. He may well be a player thats top in a few positions; CM, DM, RB…GK!
Yeah well said GMR, we were far from fantastic today, but far from a disaster too. Playing in front of a hostile crowd, on a shitty bobbly, compact pitch, and took a big risk in putting a kid who had to try and dictate the play, and it didn’t pay off as the occasion was too much for him, which resulted in us practically playing with ten men. He’ll recover and become a fantastic player though. Was flat, but we were never going to lose, and could’ve won
yeah good shout loner, he could become our essien!
Yeah we did, we drew at home to West Ham and only ended up beating them on Pens at Their place
What annoys me is that of all the midfielders at the club our only DMs are Song and Coquelin. Granted Song played well today but that was against Championship opposition and even then it was only in the second half. The other one, Le Coq, is being moved to right back. He might be a good rightback but whats the point of buying him when he was a DM and not playing him there. FFS Randall plays DM for the reserves and is a prick there.
I could be going down the wrong path completely, but I do wonder if something has happened with regards the Arshavin deal now. Zenit & his agent have gone completely quiet having spent the whole month making threats. Arshavin was reportedly on his way to England yesterday (according to the radio) & SSN spoke directly with Zenit yesterday who said they hoped to complete the deal within 48 hours.
As I say I could be totally wrong but it does seem extremely unlikely that having issued a threat yesterday morning (or was it friday evening) that they have now shut up.
song did an excellent job today, he held that midfield together by himself when we were under the kosh for periods off the game.
how many more times do we have to see eboue in an arsenal shirt, hes got to be ready for the transfer list?????
The lack of a DM signing in the summer completely baffled me! Not good enough really.
Everton have scored
1-0 to the ‘ton
Everton winning
Would love to see Fabianski for our game against Everton , as they will relish set=pieces aginst us and Alumina has not been good at dealing with them.
Agree GMR, I said that earlier,
Surely it is a case of No News is Good News
I hope he comes, it will be a huge lift for the club
That was awful marking by the pool defence. Skrtel is useless!
song played well against championship opposition, yes he did, but he was good nonetheless, what about ade, sagna, ramsey, eboue???
should they not have played well against championship opposition too???
doesnt matter who the oppostion were, song did a job, he wasnt the problem today.
Bollocks! With my last Fantasy football transfer I chose carragher instead of lascott! Just like Lpool, my chances of winning the work league has gone tits up!
Lay off Song today, as he did his job well, albeit against a championship side as said above, shit as he is today is not the day to criticize Song, but to criticize Arsene and the team’s he keeps on sending out that simply can not cut it.
My ratings:
Fabianski 6
Little to do, but he came and collected crosses and looked assured had that late free kick sorted anyway.
Sagna 6
Solid, yet uninspiring… …considering he was playing both RB and RM for much of the match, because of Eboue pretending to be our striker.
Toure 5
Made an early error when we were under pressure.
Djourou 6
Decent against a side that couldn’t finish for shit.
Gibbs 7
Seriously, why did Wenger sign Silvestre? this kid had their RB in his pocket all day.
Eboue 2
What the fuck is he on? what the fuck is wenger on for playing this idiot… …spent most of the time getting in the way of RVP and Nikki’s shots, while having an open goal and falling over. Coupled with his usual diving. I really fucking hate this twunt and wish we just released his sorry arse.
Ramsey 4
Didn’t even see him much, perhaps he was covering for Song , more likely he just blows hot and cold. Deserved to be subbed but not before Eboue who seemed to want to be playing in his AM role.
Song 6
Pretty unspectacular and solid gave away some costly balls but was pretty solid as I am sure Geoff would have loved hearing that from the setanta commentator haha.
Nasri 8
Was at the center of everything we created and with RVP is our star right now.
van Persie 9
ALmost scored from a great free kick and like Nasri was the best creative outlet.
Bendtner 6
Average performance, but considering we played with 10 men for much of the game not awful.
Subs:
Diaby 4
What does he offer? I thought he might be a good player for us, but while his close control and dribbling is amazing his first touch is worse than Adebayor’s and his passing worse than Eboue’s, bringing Vela for Ramsey and moving Nasri central would have been a much better move.
Adebayor 5
Another huge miss, he had so much time and space to control that ball but smacked it off his shin and wasted our best chance of the game. Wilshere for Eboue wouls have been a better Sub.
Wilshire did not have any time to make an impact.
Manager:
Wenger 0
FFS this guy is just beccoming incompetent, any fool could pick his line-up and know they will at the least get a draw.
Who would ye play out wide against Everton? I dont see why Nasri right and Gibbs left wouldnt work. Gibbs, althought being moulded into a left back is a great attacker.
Thought Fabianski was solid today too and think he can be the number 1 sooner (like erm Wednesday!) rather than later
Mark & Patthegooner
You are bang on with your comments . 3.41 3.51 .
wake up arsenal people were turning into a fucking joke side . Get rid of shit , under average UNDERPAID WANKERS.
Sorry, Cardiff are 6th in the Championship, and people are talking about being ok with a draw?
That was a game that we needed to win… and there should be no excuse for not beating a Championship team. The pitch excuse is weak as well… if Cardiff can play on it, why can’t we? I thought the idea of being a top 4 player is that you can do a great job on any surface.
Now we go into the Everton game low on confidence… which is great, because I am going to that one. That will be one shit 5 hour journey home if we don’t do well there.
This is what happened last year with the FA Cup… we didn’t play well against ManU and it derailed the victory train… we should have played our first team today.
I think the reason Wenger defends Eboue & keeps hold of him is because he adds experience to the squad. You also have to remember that we have some immense talent coming through like Wilshere & Ramsey. If Eboue only plays half the games this season or next he won’t complain at all whereas we go sign another player to replace him they are going to want to play every game. If that happens then what is the future for Walcott, Wilshere & Co? I would be surprised if Wenger in his own head doesn’t know Eboue’s faults but he probably thinks he is solid enough to do a job when he is called upon & lets face it nobody expected him to play so many games this season, thats only happened due to an injury crisis.
fabianski impressed me today will the long and high balls, he came for the lot, time we gave him the no 1 jersey. almunia would of shit himself and left it for the defenders to deal with.
Pedro; No ones happy with an extra game to play, fella.
And low on confidence? Where do you get thatn from? You been drinking from that poisoned doomer chalice?
What did Wenger say after the game?
Pathegooner, you live in South Wales and were not at the game? Shame on you
Pedro, Arsenal based on last season where the 3rd best team in England so going by your theory there we should beat every team that finished below us because we are better than them. That never happens.
Of course we should beat a team like Cardiff, just like GG’s team should have beat Wrexham. These results happen all the time to every team, the fact is we didn’t lose & so we are still in the cup. I can’t see how not losing results in a loss of confidence.
i agree with pedro, theres no way that im happy about coming away with a draw and a replay from a championship side, especially when they outplayed us for the majority of the 1st half
we should be winning games like that if we class ourselves as a top side.
eboue needs to go, even with a full squad, eboue will get games because his wage isnt the lowest is it, its not like hes a 10k a week backup player, its a waste of money having him in the team.
I dont think they will take too much of a dent today Pedro
Sure we should have won it, but we are still in it, and should win comfortably at home and as someone said, that is the revenue for asrhavin sorted
I never take the FA Cup for granted, ever since we got knocked out by Wrexham. I know it is a Championship Side, but you often get a Championship side on Steroids, and we have got through to fight another day from a potential banana skin. I agree with you that you cant blame a surface though, everyone is playing on the same pitch.
There is no embarrasment with getting a draw away from home in the Cup. I was more pissed off to lose at home to Hull, and away to Fulham and Stoke than I was today.
Mark C;
He said he thanked everyone on Le grove for their unwavering support and paid particular praise for Gunner8s match analysis and player ratings.
GMR, i have to disagree. Althought Eboue is now 25 he doesnt have good experience. He hasnt really done anything for us. He has played a lot but hasnt achieved anything, just like most of our squad.
And again, at 25, he shouldnt be getting the basics wrong and should be wise enough to be able to stay on the right, rather than poppoin up left, centre and everywhere bar the right.
Also, didnt he start like 30+ prem games last season. Injuries or not Eboue is here to stay no matter how shit he is.
How about Lescott…doing the job on both ends of the field…
Gunner8,
I am on an gap year from paying any money into Arsenal (I hope it is only a year), but if you have been here a while you will know why. To be honest it could have been in Swansea where I live and I would not have gone. I also had to take a sizeable paycut as a result of the credit crunch so cant afford football anyway.
jagielka is the better overall defender i feel, lescotts is awesome in the air though, they make a good pairing.
Angry, that’s drinking from the chalice of reality. When you stutter against a weak team on the Sunday, it knocks you…
GMR, you’ve taken what I’ve said an manipulated it. I am saying that a team who are 21 places behind us should be beaten convincingly. I am saying that if your team isn’t looking like it is going to win any silverware again… you put out a team that can beat the lower sides.
This result against weaker opposition isn’t a shock is it… Hull, Stoke… Fulham.
Drawing a game against weak opposition is embarrassing… how can it not affect confidence?
Jagielka used to be a CM and utility player. He has been moved to defender and rightly so but……..nope, thats it really.
After Jagialka, then Lescott but Upson and Richards sounds very desperate to me!
stu eboue had a season where he was one of our best players en-route to the champs league final, and even got shortlisted for the european defender of the year award, i wouldn’t say he’s done nothing. He’s experienced compared the the rest of the squad, and is very versatile, but wouldn’t be near starting in a full strength team
Not winning any game will be confidence draining, unless you come from behind to draw.
yeah but eboue played alot last year gmt.
whats it gonna take for him to leave the club he gets in the box at speed and shits himself headless chicken we dont need this prick!!
why would we sign richards?! we have a problem with height when gallas and kolo are together, so we’d sign someone smaller?!
Pedro;
Its your version of reality (as my Psychiatrist would say!) I think the players will/should be frustrated they didnt do better, really dont see it knocking their confidence one bit. Shocks happen in the Cup, especially away from home, even with cardiff (who are on a good run of their own) playing labove themselves for most of the 1st half and us not at the races will STILL didnt lose and shouldve won.
How many times have these weaker teams caused upsets? Loads mate!
It might affect our confidence…but it wasnt as if we didnt create chances..we had alot of chances….but our strikers wasted em all….which comes into question…where is dudu..and Vela?? Its all about the team selection
Ramsey looks like a good ol waste of 5 million. He has NEVER impressed me. Only once in the CC against some team. He is much, much worse than Song as he shows time and time again.
He only played 1 or 2 games for Cardiff when we bought him. 1 or 2 games of professional football and we buy him?? If he pays 5 million for Ramsey, why not cough up the 17 million for Arshavin?
Calling someone versatile usually implies that they can play comfortably and effectively in a number of positions. Eboue is certainly not versatile, he just plays in a few positions. Not the same thing imo.
Also, Eboue being one of our best players that season was only in the CL. He also helped us to 4th in the prem. He WAS a great attacking fullback, that doesnt mean he should be a good attacker. He would do best as a wingback.
I hope we are watching how Everton our dangerous on these set pieces…..I like Kolo but he is absolutely dreadful in the air…(stoke city comes into mind) so expect JD and Gallas pairing…
We didnt win because we refused to take a shot…
david vela got ill in the warm up, and eduardo is a long way from being match fit, his finishing on weds was hardly great!
because pat, if we sign ramsey for 5 mil, we’ll sell him for more than that, if we sign arshavin for 17 mil well only get less than that if we sold him
Pat that is harsh
Ramsey has shown some fantastic potential this year. He is only 18 and and was playing at his former club which he had been at since he was 8. I think he just tried to hard.
The problem is that when you play these players, Ideally they should be in there with a strong experienced midfield, and Song and Eboue just dont fill that category.
He will come good.
Pathegooner, poor excuse, my wife got laid off and we are expecting a kid in may, but I still go to games as do many grovers (Pedro and Geoff for starters)!
Pat;
Now thats hilarious fella! Erm, you are joking right?
A
you cannot say eboue is a versitile player with experience cos he had one good season in a CL run, dont forget he had pires and henry in the same team as him, its easy to look good in that team,
now they gone and eboue is showing us what hes really about, hes a half decent wing back who shouldnt be in our first team no matter how many injuries we have, he doenst cut the mustard, how many more times does he have to play shit before ppl stop defending him.
one good season, 3 years ago, surrounded by worldclass players, so what. hes shit
Everybody was shite today to be honest except SONG.
Even Nasri that scored the his goal for us at Hull had the exact same chance and puffed it up…
Ramsey has had 1 good game. He could never hold on to the ball and I nearly shit my pants whenever he’s put under pressure. I just don’t like him, and I don’t see him becoming great. Should have stuck with Rugby.
ALL U WENGER LOVERS.
Did you love that shit today. ?????
Fuck wenger . leave and we will build proper sqaud and side to challenge mancs scouse villa. fuck chavski dey shit.
A; Eduardo’s finish for that very tight offside ‘goal’ was pretty clinical and it was lthe 90th minute too!
Well I dont want to go into it Gunner8, I have my reasons for not renewing in the Summer and it sounds like there are a lot more gooners out there thinking the same. Once the Club start showing the ambition in the transfer window to match the money I am putting into them, I will start going again. Until then I am not funding the Arsenal Stadium Mystery.
And seen as you ask, and I hope you are joking, I had a baby in December and as I am the sole money earner in the family, the kind of paycut I took especially at that time and after no funds coming in for a few months took its toll….End of
Also, even Gibert looked good in that team (even if it was only in the CC)—because he was surrounded by class. Doesnt make him a good player tho. He feed off their talent, exoerience, will to win etc etc.
AngryLoner, psychiatrist huh? explains a lot… …yeah Wenker and me are great chums
WHats the best the result in the liverpool Everton game?
A tie which would give Liverpool one extra game to play.
A Liverpool win which gives them potentially more games to play or A Liverpool loss which may hurt their confidence….but also on the downside they could concentrate on the league.
So whats the best result you guys?
Eboue is certainly no RM but its his diving antics that give us Van piersies free kicks…
Wenker?
He loves you too!
You and lambo are a couple of rays of sunshine on this oh so bleedin gloomy day!
oh yeah i forgot about that one loner! Though it wasn’t the 90th minute i don’t think…. His finishing before that was woeful though, and his touch in general wasn’t as good as i originally thought. He’s getting there, but not ready yet
everton to win, get liverpool out of this cup cos this is our best chance of a trophy. the less of the top 4 sides the better, except for us.
Pedro, I’m not manipulating your words & if anything you’ve reiterated exactly the point I already made. You say opposition like Hull, Stoke & Fulham is weak, why do you say that? You can only be basing it on the fact that those teams consistantly finish below us & therefore we should beat them. Well thats the same for all but 3 clubs Liverpool, Man Utd & Chelsea, so really whenever we play any team apart from one of those we should win.
You’ve been following football long enough to know that never happens.
A; Yeah IEduardo’s a few games away from the 1st team
How on earth can people be happy with a draw against a
championship team, the team looks in need of new blood
it was one of the worst displays iv seen from one of aw teams
no heart,drive,passion if aw fails to sign anyone in the window
he should resign and take the shit with him, angry and gutted
gooner
noone is happy reggie, they just realise it isn’t a disaster
Well I stopped short of calling him Arsene Wanker
It is a disaster, our manager is delusional FFS how can anything but a win be the right result?
Right I will leave you all to debate the wonders of the result and how we can remedy it
I dont think it is that anyone is happy with the draw,
If Cardiff had played out of their skins as I expected them to then i would be but I am not unhappy either
it could be worse, they could have nicked it and we would not be in the hat at 6PM
For me it is just another average performance and result in a forgetable season.
I dont feel down but I dont feel happy, I just feel flat. Its like we had not played today.
Do you think Arsene played for a replay to squeeze more money out of us?
Good result today.. Not a win, but not the end of the world.
It was a pants result, flat performance, but really is unimportant. We’re still in the competition, will win comfortably despite resting players back at the emirates, ramsey will probably have a blinder, could be a game for eduardo to play in, and maybe even vela or arshavin to start
its exactly what I thought he would say Gunner8.
Honestly I am numb to his words of wisdom now. But when you field a starting 11 like that, then it is the result I expected. The Fault lies in not strengthening not just last summer but in the windows before it as well. We are always two to three players short of being where we should be operating with the Resources available to us.
City are trying to temp De Rossi.
Unnamed source says Richards will be at Arsenal by the end of this week, for 8 million.
I say bullshit
How many times?
NO ONE’S happy with a draw, but we are looking at the result with some effin perspective!
Im sorry if thats upsetting for some, I will do more to fit in, honest
Wengers a cunt, see, if I put my mind to it, I can!
why does everyone want to blame wenger for the performance, was he playing???
was it wenger who made ade fluff that shot from 5 yards out????
was it wenger who made nasri come back onto his right foot and let the defenders back at him when he had a sight on goal and could of shot with his left???
was it wenger who told ramsey to keep giving the ball away and leaving us weak on the counter????
How the hell can people say that was a good result?
it was shit with a capital S
Oh I give up! FFS!
Sorry it was a Great result..
JonJon;
Were you listening to his team talk again!!!
lol reggie, i assume that was tongue in cheek?!
yes angry i was there .
do you know what i mean though fella, i know your with me on this one
Now its a great result are you on the gear or what
im laughing now
I actually Rate Richards alot…..i think he’s a solid buy…JD and RIchards in defense is a solid pairing…
JonJon;
Im with ya fella!
1-1
bullocks
Reggie it was a shit result but not quite the end of the world
Wenger is just as to blame as anyone else. He picked the team that played that poorly.
Gerrard is a fucking cunt. U hope thats the end of the scoring. Also howard is a knobface!
haha someone’s missing the point
That Torres-Gerrard partnership is superb.
A draw will do
Tim Howard is a shite keeper…wow…terrible keeping
Fucking Gerrard
I hate him, but come on you would love to have him in your team. Imagine that midfield
Arshavin, Cesc, Gerrard, Nasri
Wow, and that is the kind of player we are missing.
PatTG;
You’re joking mate! He’d get slated for not tracking back!
It was a good strike but it was a savable shot
A draw would be the best result for us.
It would be another game for those who we need to be tired. Everton behind us and Liverpool ahead of us. We can catch one and get away from the other.
Fuck me, if that had been Almunia this place would have been in meltdown.. Heh, what the fuck was Howard doing, Gerrard is one of the jammiest twats around..
A i think someones missing somethink?
Superb corner routine!
Cant wait til Gerrard gets sent to jail fr hopefully a few months. That would rule them out as contenders for good.
Heh, if we’d have taken that corner, this place would have been in meltdown..
If people react to a draw like they do on here, then I fear for the team if they dare lose a game to supposedly weaker opposition.
You only have to go through the comments today to see how many of our team/squad has been written off, Song, Eboue, Ramsey, Bendtner, Adebayor & even RVP got stick. I could name plenty of others that have suffered the same fate on here this season.
To please some the whole squad would have to be sold & started again with only supposed world class signings made.
scousers equalise. I would love steven gerrard in my team.
Gunner 8 those ratings are embarassing and a reflection of your dissapointment… Diaby came on and afterwards we controlled the midfield in the second half. We keep trying to walk the ball into the net and it’s annoying.. ramsey was poor, but he’s a kid and the occassion may have got to him..
Gibbs was good which is positive, but the first 20 minutes went to show that our defense as a unit is very poor..I’m actually not convinced by any of our centre backs.. Toure has lost it, Djourou switches off and always seems to get sucked wrong side, Silvestre is a joke and Gallas doesn’t want to be there.. We’re on a unbeaten run of 9 but after watching that how can one not be a bit pissed off?
Nasri should have started in the middle and wenger has to start taking some risks with wilshire and vela as eboue was again awful. Song for all the flak he get’s had a very good game, although beit against cardiff.. Wenger keeps playing players whose form does not warrant starts and really needs to adjust his selection as it’s quite clear there are favourites and the favourites are not good enough…
Onto arshavin, zenit have again rejected our faxed offer from friday and as we won’t be increasing it, according to our tight wad chairman, that deal is a busted flush….
But in this competition you have to battle to win and earn the right to play.. We just didn’t get the breaks today and will have to play better to go through in
Gerrards shot was woeful. Not that much power, at the keeper and low enough to save comfortably. The shot wasnt even across goal, what is what should have been expected of him. Completely Howards fault.
I agree Howard screwed up but the thing about Gerrard he gets into those positions to give him a chance to score. Great great player!
Mascherano is a fucking cunt aswell. I hate that card thing.He should have been sent off for that.
Who said Zenit had rejected our final offer? Sky sports spoke to their director yesterday & he was confident of a deal happening so I can’t see that they’ve rejected anything yet. I’m also sure they’d have been mouthing off all day had negotiations stopped as they want to get other clubs interested.
We’ll find out the truth in the next week.
that mascerano is a cheating cunt. we should have nuked them when he had an excuse
macherano is a diving cheating scum bag
cahill never touched him, it was obviuos what he was doing, he should of got a booking himself.
Itn is strange how Zenit have shut the f*ck up. They are all too quick to spout off in the media yet have said jack all day…curious and curiouser
We are very short at the moment and cannot rotate very much. I could rest a few players today but not as many as I had wanted. I had planned to take Robin van Persie off but it didn’t work that way.
Tis is what Wenger said after the game. Maybe this will convince him to bring 1 or 2 more in.
Mascherano should have been booked for diving and again for asking for the card. Great man marker and DM but a cunt like the rest of them.
What a Surprise, as predicted Micah Richards has rubbished the Arsenal stories
Column Inches to fill a shit newspaper…..NOTW=WANK PAPER
Lewyd;
There’s gotta be signings a foot!
You know these refs are not sticking to the rules. Mascerano was aking for the card. He should have been booked for that. Pisses meoff.
If cahill got sent off today, would he miss the game against us?
We an only hope so Angry. I think tere is a 7 day waiting period for that tho. So he might be elligable even if he does get sent off. Not sure tho.
Yep, I think he would,
That would be superb, come on Ref send the dirty toffee bastard off
Ta Stu
And you Pattg!
I think suspensions are instant now
28m for Kuyt! Thats having a fucking larf!
Kuyt is shite! £28 mill??? Haaaahaaahaa!
Lescott is good really good.
Dan Gosling is making Eboue look like shit and Gosling is only about 17.
eboue can make eboue look like shit.
Mascherano s an awful diver too.
These mersey side derbys are the best derbys to watch. Always entertaining.
Right time for the draw
Bet you Man Ure and Chavski get an easy Home Tie against lower league opposition
We will be drawn away at Liverpool or Everton.
Just got back from my first arsenal away match, we outsang cardiff city for most of the match so well done guys, i have no voice now.
Song had a fucking shocker today.. people seem to think that him occasionally doing the basics right means he had a good game. The reality is he should be doing the basics right as a bare MINIMUM.
Ramsey was quiet simply because he played too deep as did the whole team we showed them too much repsect and therefore didnt take our chances .
the rest of the team looked like they wer ejust going thru the motions … its very frustratiing to see a team with so much talent draged down by a mixture of a few pooe players and a lack of urgency
Eboue is complete shite and if after today Wenger cant see it then he never will the 3rd game in a row where he has been a complete liability. WENGER Knows how to fuck up my Sunday
guys, alex song was our best player today….. that just shows how shite we were!!!!!
Ramsey couldnt of had a worse game. Bendtner was back to his shite… i hate eboue…. i wish he wouldnt dive… why the hell didnt we sell him to athletico???
That fucking scouse fuck got man of the match. What do you expect with his mates in the studio. Micah richards is not what we need, lescott would be cracking player for us though.
@kenny smith – song was terrible, he did parts of his job well but that was his job its not lik ehe dd anything special, he gave the ball away the same amount as when he kept it
i agree about eboue tho he could have set up van persie or shot, but he fucking dived it was about 5 yards in fron of me i wanted to run on the pitch and slap him
Bendtner wasnt shite. Maybe he should have scored but so should so man others so its unfair to single him out.
Bendtner wasnt shite…hes improving. But he needs to learn to pass the facking ball isnt of tacking a shot at a bad angle
Wot the hell are you lot on about? Song was magnificent today….especially with how we are used to seein him play…He controlled the midfield. Period.
Even tho it was a bad touch there was little more he could do. It wasnt great pass by RvP and it pushed Nik wide. Eboue was also in a better position but wasnt passed to (i wonder why).
he controled the midfield lolllllllllll he only started doing it when cardiff got tired
I thought song had a decent 2nd half, but now i think about it, as thatarsenalguy correctly put it doing the basics doesn’t mean he had a magnifciant game. I think alot of us are so used to him having a shocker, if he raises his game slightly above that you think he’s having a great game. I think this team deserves more than that.
witht that performance today are you having a laugh today was piss poor
….because pink boots doesnt pass when he’s playing on the wing and is near goal….if he’s not crossing it from afar he’s not passing it.
And yes….Song controlled the midfield. Tracked back well…tackled efficiently….and Won a bloody footrace with an attacker….that alone should merrit Lechamp of the week
Its alarmingly clear we need wingers…..2..atm….and put Nasri in the middle….
here we gooooooooooooo
David, i know you hate Nik but thats a bit too biased even for you.
Bendtner put in the best cross of the game but Nasri and Van Persie were just standing around. He isnt a bad passer but isnt that good either. Considering his age he is half decent.
At least the chavs arent at home.
Another easy draw for united and we have ……………
Yes
Home to Westbrom or revenge against Burnley
we got west brom or burnley at home
west brom or burnley
WBA/Burnley at home,
Dont know who i’d prefer to face.
wenger said himself we are short, maybe that was a dig at the board to stop being so stingy
Will definately take that, another home tie so more money for the Arshavin fund.
West Brom Definately
Lets beat Cardiff first & then get some revenge on Burnley.
I want burnley, lets turn the fuckers over.
west brom or burnlet
oops forgot about cardiff
burnley
I wonder how many hours a day eboue practices at being that shit! Im in shock that athletico enquired about him, but even more in shock that wenger ignored it! It was a pathetic performance from most of the team today apart from van persie and gibbs who atleast showed a bit of desire. I miss the good old days when viera, pires and henry would destroy teams in the space of 15 minutes! Ah the good old days!
like i said….
If Bendtner isnt going to cross it…..he’s not passing it either….for instance…when he scored the 3rd goal at Hull….if we changed players on both sides….Bendtner wouldve taken the shot instead of passing it like van piersie did…
And thats what i mean…it was a good cross….but how many times infront of goal he opted to shoot it wide or at the keeper instead of passing it to a wide open RVP or Eboue?
Eboue and Song were shit again, Song gave the ball away all game and his positional sense was rubbish, he is the weak link, no fucker passes to him and Eboue is a liability.
What is Wenger looking at? Diaby made a big difference, he must be crawling up the wall when Song gets on ahead of him.
Every fan I know that supports someone else just giggle when they see Song and Eboue on the team sheet.
If any of you rate them two, you must be from Cameroon or the Ivory coast, because I can’t see it.
Btw i thot the pinkboots had a great game…..
Yeaah…we got a home game…great!!! wba or burnley
perfect draw, something less to worry about, bring on the quarters!
don’t believe cahill wasn’t sent off and suspended for weds, very annoying, dirty little prick
hummm…if we get past Cardiff that is hehe
*sigh* here we go again…Song is shite…but he wasnt shite today!
Eboue was shite tho
Hey at least those dives get us the RVP freekicks! One of those freekicks are going to drop in
If i could afford it i would buy an Arsenal shirt,and have Song/Eboue printed on the back,wear it to the Emirates and see what people say.
Geoff,
I think people have lower expectations of song so when he’s has an okay, averagey sort of game they think he’s done well. We should have higher expectations from this team. We were also playing against championship opposition as well, he only looked okay in the 2nd hald when cardiff were knackered.
Macca, the cunt, is actually trying to justify Masch diving to get Cahill sent off,. Fucking mug!
Have to say EE was shite today and cannot see how he contributed much of anything to the team. Song did a bit better, especially 2nd half and we need to remember he was playing with Rambo who was poor today. But Song twice played the ball blind across the midfield into the centre and it went straight to Cardiff allowing them to break.
Was not overly impressed with Diaby today; the boy really needs to start showing what AW thinks he can bring to this team, because he should be capable of more attacking wise than Denilson, who is being asked to perform like Mascherano.
Given so many porr player and poor performances, we got away with it a bit today and will be too strong at THOF, especially if we can get Edu available after another reserve match hopefully.
Plus, you never know, maybe AA will make his home debut and anyone else we may sign. Then again………..
When did RvP last score a free kick?
lol very smart comments from the scousers. They want Gerrard and Tores to play both of them-whatever that means and one woman thinks Cahill scored again tonight. Its not that hard to read the names on the scoreboard (unless she cant read of course)
Song was shite today but he was our best player!!!! evryone else was just as bad.
aybe rvp played well but thats about it. defense wasnt that great and gibbs did ok
Song played well today, not just average. He was probably our best player. It’s irrelevant who we were playing against, he was OUR best player, better than our players (who were also playing against championship opposition). Song was also very good against liverpool. Granted 2 games out of his arsenal career doesn’t make a player, but if he could replicate that in general then he’d be a decent player for us, at least as back up for whoever we get in as a dm. He’s improving and could be OK if he continues to improve.
(Obviously people who made up their mind he’s shit 6 months ago, and rather than change their opinion when he plays well, try and argue why their opinion is still right will probably say that i love song, and how can i say he’s the best player in the world etc)
stu, ages ago but i think it will be a case of when he gets one then a few will follow
great question…idk…he’s been hitting the bar…and going close way too many times…but you cant take away the fact that these set pieces are instigated by Eboue
A i am the first to critisise song and i dont think he deserves to be in our team but i thought he did ok today
And away we go yet again….
Song played well 2nd half, admit it!!! Or instead come up with excuses for his decent performance….
Dont get me wrong, I don#t rate the guy, jst am prepared to give credit where its due.
Well i dont see how anyone can watch todays game and Single out Song and Call him shite.
He gave away the ball….big deal…So did Ramsey….So did Diaby…And So did Eboue.
A
6 months ago i really rated him, i rated him as far back as his charlton days on loan. Unfortunately this season has changed my opinion of him. I thought he was woeful in the first half today along with ramsey. He got better in the second half but only due to cardiff fatigue. That’s just my opinon though.
But in all fairness i’d rather have a winger crossing the ball to strikers in the box than Eboue diving to win free licks that dont do anything really.
He was shit, it shows how low our expectations were, Paul you are quite correct.
I can barely watch him without cringing, anyone who thought he was good today must be watching a game that I wasn’t.
I don’t want to dislike any Arsenal player but fucking ada.
I used to rate SOng too. In fact he was my preference for the DM role at the start of the season. But poor performances couples with a poor attitude…and him fucking off to the Olympics instead of winning a starting role for us…that made me dislike him as a person and player. (although im sure hes a really nice guy)
I would rather play with 10 men.
stu
Id Rather have Arshavin on the left and Id Rather Have Ribery on the Right…Id rather have Nasri in the middle and I rather have Cesc playing without injuries…
Eboue will never be a winger that beats his man…..but what he does have gets us freekicks that we should be taking advantage off….
If the Mancs had Eboue they would win everything
i agree that song should be in our team kenny, because he isn’t good enough, but at the moment he’s the best we’ve got, so we’ve gotta have him!
It just really irritates me some people make their opinions up about a player, decide they either love or hate them, and if they love them, they refuse to acknowledge anything they do wrong, if they hate them they refuse to acknowledge anything they do right!
Geoff i think our whole midfield was pretty poor and that is probably what made song look to some of us like he had an ok game..
one good thing about it was that denilson was rested so he will probably start ahead of song in midweek
Ramsey was the worst player on the pitch today
No Kenney he actually had a good game! I know its a difficult concept to take in, but it happened!
Song was not our worst player today.
Song is shite…but not today….Lowering Expectations is beeing happy with a draw…and nobody is happy with that…
Watching a player and cringing? That just shows how deep the hatred for a player is….as much as i dislike pink boots i hope he becomes good everytime he touches the ball….thankfully hes been doing good….and i give him props for that.
Arsenal TV is showing Arsenal vs Man U at the moment if someone wants to be cheered up
Song wasn’t our worst player today, but i’ve read comments on here saying “he had a magnificant game”. In my opinion he was poor in the first half but good in the second, that must equal an average game. I think there’s just as many people willing to praise him unnecessarily as there is to knock him.
But with Denilsing back, who will play next to him?
Stu
I’d go for denilson and diaby.
As much as I hate to admit it I thought that Song had a decentish game, well in the 2nd half. Eboue was shit, Ramsey had a mare, Nasri, Bendtner were average, RVP didn’t have his goal scoring boots on. The passing in the 1st half was atrocious, and we only got better in the 2nd half because Cardiff tired.
On the brightside though, Fabianski looked solid when called upon and Gibbs fitted in pretty well.
We should have scored at least once from our chances in the 1st half, Cardiff did fuck all after about 30 mins, so, even tho we are the shittest team in the world, playing with 8 men we did OK to come away from Wales with a draw…
That’s exactly how i saw it benno. RVP didn’t have his shooting boots on but i liked his overall work rate. He also looked pissed as hell at the final whistle which is good to see.
IF the Watford Chav game’s on TV, it’ll be a chance to see Gav Hoyte up against Cashley and his fellow mercenaries
Bendner was ok today. His work rate was better than usual but I would have went with Ade & if it was still a draw the I would have brought on Bentdner. For he should only be used as a sub. He is one dimensional for me.
Will Simpson be allowed to play against us, if it is us and them of course
Thought overall RvP was very good today, although Id have rather he was rested, Vela getting injured/ill saw to that tho.
A, i agree Song was good for about 3 minutes today, but he wasnt in any way exceptional, and he will never be even close to world class.
If we want to be successful we need far better. Our competition have players of the calibre of Alonso, Marscerano, Essien. In europe our competition have Diarra (L & M), Gago, Toure and we have a second rate centre back as a DM.
All while 93m sits in the bank.
As for his good game (well 3 mins) today….if you put a chimp infront of a typewriter eventually he’ll write a novel. Alex wrote his novel today in his 39th Arsenal game. We cant afford a player that has 1 good game in 39.
iv just watched the whole game again demolished 14 bottles of magners
and still cant see how today was a great result, even thru piss hole in the
snow eyes, song was pony, eboue was shit and people say he had a good
game, if i do another 10 bottles my opinion might change dont hold your
breath we was pathetic
* meant 30 mins not 3
Funny fecker!!!!!
Hey JonJon, some top comments there mate.
Tricky pitch, tricky team, tricky ground, tricky tie. Not the best result but nothing to worry about.
A couple of stand outs. Song: best game to date. Diaby: starting to look commanding in the middle. Although, I suspect the thing that Wenger was most pleased about is that the unit is looking more and more powerful every week.
That’s it Gambon, small steps: Song was good for three minutes today. Now that didn’t hurt too much did it?
The Super Sunday Plus hosts here in the states are fucking idiots.
When Cardiff hit the bar off that free kick late in the 2nd half, they said “Fabianski was beaten all ends up”.
They are such idiots. Then one asked the other, “Didn’t Boythord(spelling) play for Arsenal?”
The other idiot replies, “No,I think he came from Italy”.
hahaha
Arshavin signs!!
http://thegoonerforum.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/arshavin-signs/
Haha Pat very funny. Im not faling for that one.
Pat I saw that Article. Look at the comments section & that will say it all.
Arshavin sings..
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3e7qMqj_eM
Lewyd, it got my hopes up. I had to do it.haha
Draw in full
Sheff Utd v Hull
Watford v Chelsea
West Ham v Middlesbrough
Sunderland or Blackburn v Coventry
Derby or Nottm Forest v Man Utd
Swansea v Fulham
Liverpool or Everton v Doncaster or Aston Villa
Cardiff or Arsenal v West Brom or Burnley
Ties to be played over the weekend of the 14/15th Feb
Pat it got me too.
Its just abit of fun ffs. Some people take it way too seriously. In all fairness, why would a blog be the first to know even if he did sign.
Geoff most of us here agree that Song is not good enough at this time.
However you must give credit when it is due …he did have a good second half.
But to say he was absolute shite today shows bias.
I dont find the that blog funny at all.
Ja so he had a reasonable second half, great, he gets paid shed loads to have an ok second half and people think that’s acceptable, well if that’s it I’m sure you’ll all enjoy watching us, I won’t.
How much does Song get (over)paid?
Ok lets put in another way
It was an OK result, it was not a poor result nor was it a great result, but we are still in it, and now have them back at our place and have been given a favourable draw should we win it.
It was a Poor Performance, it was not an ok or great performance. There were a couple of good individual performances, a few ok’s and some poor individual performances. There were maybe a couple of unnaceptable ones too.
Gibbs was stand out for me, I thought he had a good 90 mins. I also thought RVP looked quite sharp, and Fabianski impresses me more and more every time I see him. I just think he commands his area well and communicates with his back four.
Song had a good second half, although I do take on board the comments about Cardiff running out of Gas and I have actually said myself before that when Song actually does the minimum required it looks good as he is usually woeful. But I do think he did some good work in that last 30-40 mins. What I will say is I expected it and posted in prior to the game. He was playing against players of similar standard so he should stand out a bit more. Song should move to the Championship for the sake of his own career.
As for my mood, I just still feel flat, honestly I dont even feel like we have played today and neither have the misery of a loss or poor performance draw or the glee of a win. It was like watching a practice game.
What I will say though is that I thought the Away fans were excellent. For long periods the only thing I could hear were the Arsenal fans and for that to happen at Ninnian Park is unheard of especially when the big boys are in town. I think the early kick off did us a favour there.
We should sign Arshavin….and that 28 year old Argentine DM(Bataglia) from Boca …..that should be good enough to get us through the season to 4th place or better.
Bataglia would just be a 2 year stop gap until a guy like Coquelin or even Diaby matures into the role.
So Geoff, whose gonna be Le Champ? Song maybe for his amazing performance against a world class team.
Or maybe Eboue for not diving even once. Just generally falling around the place.
I also hope that the Club see sense and charge a little bit less for the Replay otherwise I can see a half empty stadium. They should maybe do an Adults pay kids go free.
And I hope we field as close to full strength as possible, the draw has been favourable so we should really go for the throat in the FA Cup.
Our entire team is paid shed loads. Every single week there is always a couple of them that does not earn their weekly wage but lets just say SONG played well today & leave it as that. They say you only as good as your last performance & Songs las t one was today & he did well. Lets wait & judge him on his next performance. If he is shite then we say he is shite but when he is good lets find it in us to say he was good.
Patthegooner
Top points about Gibbs, Fabianski and of course The boy wonder. (Love the commitment)
I think its more like Song was ok by his own standards but not by footballing standards. Thats how i see it.
I dont see how Fabianski can be dropped after such a commanding performance, especially in terms of comtrolling the area an coming for the ball.
Lewyd24
You obviously do not visit this site too often or you would ralise that what you have said is far too logical.
RVP has a lot of heart for Arsenal. It wasn’t noticeable in previous seasons. I really think he loves the club.
Songs passing by any standards was very good in the second half. Only an irrational dislike of him as a player would stop anyone admitting that.
Not sure how I feel about Fabianski. I’ve watched him a lot for Legia and I always wanted Arsenal to sign Kuszczak or Boruc as I rated them much higher than Fabianski. Possibly better than Almunia already though.
London I visit this site every day. I see the critiscism towards Song day in day out. Im one of those that Crtiscise aswell. All im sayin is that he had a better game than most of our players today.He was not shit. He is not the reason we drew today.
Songs passing in the second half is what is to be exoected of any half decent footballer. They were just the basics. Nothing special.
Fair point Lewyd24.
Pat, Boruc this season is having shocker after shocker. He is letting so many soft goals past him. He is making Almunia look good. As for Kuszczak if he isnt good enough for United then why shoudl be be accaptable for us.
There are much better keepers than those 2.
Stu if Songs passing today is what is expected of any footballer then what do we have to say about Ramseys passing? He was our worst player. Infact we could have lost the game today cos of his bad passing.
meh
Ramsey has shown what hes caable of numerous times. He was overawed by the occasion imo.
Ramsey has a mare and is forgiven, Song plays well and gets slated still!
Anyhoo, there must be sumfin else worth chewin the fat over???
It’ll probably be Denilson & Diaby in the centre on Wednesday anyways.
Stu well in that case all I can say Is thank goodness for Song. or we would be out of the FA cup.
Angry, who else is there. It has to be D&D.
Has Nasri played right mid for us yet because if he doesnt play there it will have to be Eboue again against Everton. Gibbs left then. Anyone except Eboue again.
Song obviously!
Have you seen Boruc as well, he is a right Fat fucker,
He has been piling in the Haggis and Mcewans. Looks like Bosnich now.
Lewyd24
You can’t imply that Song played a more important role than Ramsey on this site. Ha hhhaaaaa. I’m laughing my head of here. I should go before I get into trouble. Hasta mañana
Im hoping vela might get a chance playing left wing and nasri right side, but doubt it will happen
And what do you think of this.
If we dont sign anyone, then I fully expect the Stadium to be half full in the Replay next Wednesday night.
We are about 1m short of Arshavin now
If Arshavin was to be introduced to the crowd before kick off or even better if it was his debut then I would then expect a sell out, thus making the difference in about 1m of Revenue even after giving the Taffs half of it.
pattg; the game will be a sell out regardless IMO.
Cheers London.
i think the replay just earned us more money for the arshavin fund!!!
I wonder how willing Real would be to let Gago leave. Good DM.
I am hearing lots of talk that Martin O Neil had made a huge bid and is willing to break the clubs wage structure to lure our Van Persie.. . . hope there’s no truth in it.!!!!
If we sign AA I don’t see how he will be match fit for the replay, therefore I cannot see any chance of it being a sell out, other than the fact there will be 9k sheepshaggers there!
Do you think so Angry
We have had massive gaps in PL games,
Does this come under the Season Ticket or Club Level allocation?
I dont think the Taffs will sell their 9k, not on a School night.
Evening!
Evening Pedro
What do you think of the Draw?
Yes it is on the season ticket.
They will make the trip to THOF, we are still a huge draw for smaller clubs.
We should buyyyyyyyyy……………..Hedwides Maduro, Heiko Westermann or……..Toulalan.
Watsup Pedro
Well, after taking some time out to reflect… I am still mightlily hacked off about it.
Purely because I think we are on a nice little run at the moment and I felt playing a weak team… then drawing… could have knocked the stuffing out of us.
Could we not just have played our first team… especially considering Everton did at Liverpool?
Evening Pedro.
Im watching the real match with a pool fan and even he is agreeing about Eboue. He cant understand why he plays either and thinks we should sell him.
I don’t see why we won’t sell out or as near to it for the replay.
Goonerjohn; That rumours well left field fella!
I would have preferred it if we did, I am sure we would have won the game, it was there for the taking.
But given who we did start and the performance, I will take the replay,
Shame though as I didnt think Cardiff provided that much threat. It was one of those, I was comfortable throughout the match that we were not going to lose it, but likewise i did not feel that we were going to win it either.
I guess we will see angry, I think a lot will depend on the Transfer Window and it would not surprise me if people hold off until there is some movement.
The difference between us being week & strong is playing Ade ahead of Bentner & Denilson ahead of Ramsay. Clich was suspended so would that have made the difference?
Ade’s miss. No comment
Also we are at home on Saturday as well so it will be an expensive week
I guess it will also depend on if it is televised
Pedro, If we lack confidence because we could only draw 1 game then Everton must be on the floor having drawn two games in a row against their rivals.
For all those like myself that will clutch at any small straw in the hope that something points to Arshavin signing, well his official website is having an English translation added (although it’s not currently working at present). Lets keep our fingers crossed that we get some good news on this.
Angry… it will be sold out, just not full.
I wouldn’t just put that down to the team… but it’s a factor.
GMR, there is a difference between picking up a draw at Cardiff and getting a draw with Liverpool with a vastly depleted team….
I think the Arsh deal will go through… I’m not expecting a huge amount from him this season though…
Ade’s miss wasn’t that easy… but I agree, he should have got it on target.
Cardiff have been brilliant at home this season & Liverpool have been pretty average especially for a supposed big club, so I agree there is a big difference. Arsenal can take confidence & Everton must feel humiliated, they couldn’t even beat a team that drew at home to stoke.
If our team lose confidence from a goaless draw away from home in the FA Cup, then there’s something seriously wrong with em. They have good momentum in the league and should go into the game in good shape.
All this negativity over a draw is ridiculous. Everyone goes on about the old days with Pires, Vieira, Henry & Co, yet if they were so good why did they struggle to beat average european teams & never once won the european cup?
It remains to be seen if this current batch of players can do anything but constantly harping on about how great that team was when realistically they were nothing more than an excellent premier league side. Man Utd won more trophies than us whilst those players were wearing Arsenal shirts & in those days it was a two team league.
Haha, sure GMR… I bet that’s exactly how the Arsenal boys are feeling on the bus.
GMR, surely you are being sarcastic because Everton drew twice at their biggest rivals.
… and an excellent FA Cup team GMR.
Just been watching a few highlights from the 2001-2 season, we had a few dodgy results in that year! Seaman seemed to concede from the most insipid shots! Bless him!
Stu – So what if they are their biggest rivals, Rafa has already said he doesn’t give a toss about the FA cup this season (as he does every season) & yet Everton still couldn’t beat them, why should they gain confidence from that?
Pedro, how much does a bottle of Peroni cost?
Everton played their hearts out and we just waltzed about the pitch, we’ll have plenty in the tank, yay! Wenger masterstroke! WooHoo!!!!
Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Dossena; Mascherano, Alonso; Kuyt, Gerrard, Babel (Riera 74mins); Torres.
Pretty strong team for someone who doesn’t give a toss. Everton will be gutted…
About £3.20 in a bar Stu.
I could understand the negativity if we’d lost, but jeez Louise!
I really don’t get it?
What! Oh thats in a bar. No, i mean in an off licence. I dont drink in bars on a Sunday night, no matter how dull my day was.
12 bottles for £6 in tescos!
Stu;
Is that for religious reasons?
Sure isnt Angry. Just dont!
Too late, I just did!
Off to tesco so…
Laters
I think it is shut Stu
It is Sunday night
Or is it just in Wales that it is shut
This whole Arshavin thing has gone so so quiet
WTF is going on, Not even the Gutter Press are making up some bullshit about it, and the Ruskies themselves are in hiding after setting a deadline.
I reckon it is happening
It’s just wales pat… you know what the locals are like after dark
I just read that Real Madrid and Manure are after the 16 year old brazilian Wellington, the one we had on trial.
He seems very talented, now it seems we are letting him slip through our fingers.
It always seems we act fast to secure mediocre players but we always take too long to sign quality players.
I hope we try to tie him up since those clubs have started sniffing around.
patthegooner, have a good evening my friend. I’m off to have a drink.
This site has really changed.
I thought we played well today. We had to take care with the bobbly pitch and we slowly took over. The ball just wouldn’t fall for us.
Song was top class. He was decent on the ball but he physically he was a beast, dominated the midfield against a team including Joe Ledley in the engine room, a guy touted as the best player outside the premier league. Cardiff quality wise are very close to teams like Stoke so Song controlling the midfield in the fashion he did, with Ramsay playing awfully, was no mean feat.
The only player that concerned defensively was Toure. He still a panicky clown with or without Gallas.
Don’t go changin GMR!
Thats why it was a lunch time kick off Pedro, we are under Curfew now, not allowed out the house till the sun comes up. Its for our own safety
See you later GMR,
It was a performance and result that divided all of us. I think everyones Expectations today differed greatly but that is football.
Everytime Song plays, we struggle. Eboue is just embarrassing.
morning all. fairly boring performance hey?
i thought Gibbs could have been close to best on ground for us. Kolo was pretty good Also.
Personally… there has never been a time when I’d be satisfied with a draw against a championship, no matter how great their home record is/was.
Horses for courses I guess.
Evening all!
I’ll be honest here.
I can’t believe that I was worried about today’s game, but I was. I really saw it as a potential banana skin cup-tie for us and in a way I’m glad we came through unscathed.
In the past I’d have had Cardiff away in the cup all day long but I was worried because this squad has suffered so many shock results already this season.
I’m trying to take the positives. A clean sheet, continuing the unbeaten run and the fact our name is in the 5th round draw.
I feel depressed that I was worried but thats how I felt.
Morning Evo (That still seems weird as it is only 9:30 here)
Agree Gibbs was a major positive today. Thought Kolo was ok but thought Djourou again showed the more experienced defenders up with his performance.
also thought RVP looked sharp and I am not a fan of his really. Nasri did some good work as well. but I think there were a lot of averages and a fair few of them seemed to be just going through the motions. it was like a replay was pre-arranged.
Pedro;
Let it go fella! NO ONE said they were satisfied/happy/about to come coz of the result!!!
Just that, we’re still in the draw, have a home tie against them, and apart from a huge fuck up will have another home tie against teams we should beat too.
pattg;
You not a fan of RvP then mate? What is it you dont rate about him? For me, he’s an outstanding player, has all the talent in the world and is our main creative outlet at the moment, thankfully he’s been injury free for a good long while now too, which must help his form.
I think that is where the split is Pedro,
Are you talking on an Arsenal point of view or on a point of view after you heard the line up.
Arsenal wise I agree, we should have played full strength and then a win is the only acceptable result. But when you play a weakened side and one that has not really played together and when you play that poorly as a team then a draw seems ok.
I think Wengers continued team selection changes is what is not acceptable, and ok you can say well there are a lot of injuries and we play Wednesday, but that is what building a squad is all about.
It is just a personal one Angry, He is still winning me over
On his day he is fucking awesome dont get me wrong, but those days have always been few and far between. He just does not seem to have moved forwards in his time at the club. I still remember what I consider to be his best game against Blackburn in the Semi Final and that was four years ago. I feel that he is inconsitent but I do hope that is down to injuries.
This is his make or break season in my eyes. He can convince me and there are signs that this year could be nearly a injury free one (Touch Wood), and he is now one goal short of equaling his best season haul of 13 (In all Competitions) which is not great even for a support striker.
I hope he does Angry, as we need some geniune world class players for the kids to look up to.
So now apparently Chaz N’Zogbia fancies a move to Villa, after he was all gushing about wanting to join Arsenal! Oh and he hasnt shut the door on a move to Lyon or even, perish the thought! Stay at that horrible Newcastle who are such meanies to him!
Modern day footballers; dont you just love em?
Is it 6 games (CL or FA cup) included in the season ticket?
If it is, then Plymouth, Cardiff replay and WBA/Burnley (assuming we beat Cardiff) will take it to 6 which means the Roma game won’t be included.
Anyone?
Nzogbia what a fool
“Arsenal and Aston Villa are top teams in the English league, so I’d be happy to join them.
“I don’t have a priority. Both are good clubs, but I have a little preference for Aston Villa.
Might have something to do with the fact that Wenger said he is not interested in you.
Pat, I’m talking from an Arsenal point of view.
Thing is angry
I agree with you, but Arshavin was doing that all last summer and now we are all over him like a rash.
Top avatar chozzer!
PatTG;
I really think RvP has been held back by injuries and if was luckier with em, we’d have seen him come on a lot more. IF he can get this season under his belt injury free, he will, IMO, not only smash the 20 goal mark, but end the season as our main man! Blimey!
Then I am with you then Pedro.
And when I said I would take a draw it was based on the assumption that we would risk a weakened team against them.
i think both RVP and Ade should be looking at 20 goals in all competitions minimum
Pattg;
Yeah, BUT Arshavins a top player so its OK!
Goin back to RvP; I also love his interviews. he really does seem to love playing for the club.
BTW; How does one get an avatar?
Did anyone answer earlier, if we get through and play WBA
Will Simpson be playing against us?
I am not sure why everyone says Arsenal fielded a weak team. It is the best team we could field.
Cheers Pedro.
I didn’t see the game today, just listened on the radio.
I looked on here to see how we got on, but am more confused now than ever.
Polarised opinion or what.
The guy on Radio 5 said he’d seen blokes stagger out of the pub at closing time that had better balance than Eboue.
Rustum… check the bench we had, then tell me that was the strongest team.
Angry, totally agree with what you are saying. I really think RvP loves the club and he doesn’t get enough credit for that.
He started last year as our main man… and he’ll finish this season as our main man. I think we’ll lose Ade this summer… anyone else?
Chozzer, he really was bad today.
Ramsey was off the boil.
Fabianski cant kick as far as Almunia.
Kanu jnr scuffed his shot for the winner.
Nikki B couldnt weave any of his recent magic.
RVP was jinking around as per usual, but couldnt quite strike a winner either.
Eboue actually looked like the other guy who could glide across the turf, the others looked like they were getting bogged down. he totally deserved his yellow though.
Kolo did a good job of marshalling Djourou. he still needs guidance for where to stand to spring the offside trap.
Agree with that,
I guess the only problem is that one 20 goal season = Barca and Real making bids for him.
Simpson could play against us, it all depends on the loan deal, I think. He can’t in the league game tho.
I actually hope we do Pedro
Adebayor lost me in that ridiculous press conference in the summer. I had defended him all season and after that I just thought Fuck you
I hope we sell him and get a real North Bank Darling to play alongside RVP.
I think a lot will depend on the impact of Eduardo until the end of the season. I cant wait till he comes back, he was just getting the hang of things when that thug nigh on crippled him. And vela too, we have some bright striking prospects but I still think we could do with a now player.
Pedro;
If Ade goes, then so be it, not sure he will mind. But we have his replacement at WBA!
That could be interesting then.
Personally I want Burnley and I want to play a strong team and rip them apart.
……If we beat Cardiff of course.
I like Simpson but feel he will be another Kevin Campbell.
I dont think he will make it at Arsenal.
I can see him ending up at a West Ham or Pompey like team
Chimbonda’s goin back to the spuds then! Effin hilarious the spuds transfer shenanigans!
ptg….no…loanies can not play against their motherclub
they might score an own goal
we will beat them at the Emirates no worries, that pitch was a shite pile down in cardiff. they should be embarrassed turning out a pitch like that!
PatTG;
We’ll see mate. I rate him (then again, I always expect all the kids to come good!) and he looked out the door at the end of last season, but his performances pre-season and in the CC not to mention so far for WBA have been impressive.
I hope ramsey plays in the replay as well
and lets get behind him. I think the booing of him today got the desired effect but it lacked class.
BTW, when I say we played well, I mean by Arsenal’s spasticated standards this year.
Of course, it doesn’t compare on iota to the football that Hleb, Fabregas and Rosicky could serve up. We’re several levels below that.
Still, we’re more fluent than we were a few months ago and Nasri is coming along.
Pedro, i think Ade will go. I dont think Wemger wouldve minded cashing in this summer if he could get a) right price and b) right replacement but they didnt occur. I think we need to put a top class forward alongside RVP then we will have a great front pairing.
My GOD Wenger you blind man
PLAY NASRI IN THE MIDDLE YOU thick person
I dont know Evo, they know it is a leveller.
and they are not going to spend any cash on it, as they move into the new stadium next season.
Now Wigan’s pitch is embarrasing, that is a fucking allotment, I think one of our shots got stopped by a cabbage last season.
When it comes to the PL, I think Clubs should be fined if there pitch gets that bad, and they cant blame Rugby, I watch the Ospreys Rugby Team who share with Swansea and their pitch is like a carpet all season.
i think i might have said last season that Gibbs didnt look like he could make it, so i would like to rescind that now thanks!
he would have created some REAL chances in the second half…not that ABSOLUTE SHITE we played
It was so mind numbingly predictable and uncreative at times….
WHAT does he expect to get from the TALENTED Nasri all the way on the left, he DOES NOT have the pace to threaten from there…
He is wasting him out there..
Chimbonda…
Really, is there a link for that, fucking hilarious
Pattg; Just been on SSN. Seemed pretty nailed on and not your usual bullshizen!
Evo; Gibbs looks really good to me, Clichy’s understudy… the left back conveyor belt keeps on churning em out!
yep i concur, happy with Gibbs. he looks like he has bulked up a bit and he looks like a direct copy of clichy in the making!
Despite Cardiff having those couple of shots on goal in the first half, i actually got bored in the 2nd half cause it never looked like they would get down their end to try and score. we just needed to slot one to win it! the pitch didnt help, the ball just bobbled around like a cork in the ocean!
Well, well, well. Madrid and Manchester United are battling it out for Wellington. Didn’t we just have a chance to sign him?
Pat;
If we hadve signed him (still might) then I can imagine the responses to that! Oh FFS! Not another kid!!!!
So, N’Zoggbia prefers Villa over Arsenal now? Just a few weeks ago he said he wants to join Arsenal!
Sunderland full-back Pascal Chimbonda is set to move back to Tottenham, Sky Sports News understands.
The French full-back only moved to Wearside in July last summer, when Sunderland snapped him up along with fellow Spurs players Steed Maldbranque and Teemu Tainio.
However, it was not long before Chimbonda fell out with the then manger Roy Keane.
Following Keane’s departure he was used by new boss Ricky Sbragia – but he clearly feels he needs strength in other areas and has sanctioned the sale.
The two clubs have agreed terms and Sky Sports News understands that Chimbonda is now set to have a medical in North London.
The move comes just hours after Sbragia condemned Spurs for their ‘methods’ in attempting to land Kenwyne Jones.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has made no secret of his desire to bolster his squad during the transfer window and the capture of Chimbonda will mark the arrival of another former player, following Jermain Defoe’s switch back to White Hart Lane from Portsmouth.
And from what Ive seen, he’s yet another small lightweight player.
Angry… that’s what I’d say!
Night all!
Pedro;
Nighty night!
off the subjec and it might not be your bag, but was anyone watching the Orange Unsigned acts series on Channel 4.
A scottish lad called Tommy Reilly won it and fair play he is pretty good, listen to him on his myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/tommyreillymusic
I think it will be an acquired taste similar to the proclaimers as his accent does come out, but for some reason I am loving it and it is not my type of music at all
What was on SSN Angry, was it Arshavin?
Pattg; The Chimbonda to spuds story, fella! Sorry if you got a bit giddy thinking it was Arshavin!
You fucker Angry
I nearly got a shirt printed then
Hahaa!
I wish we signed De Jong.
“I like a tackle; that is true,” he said, after joining City’s training camp in Tenerife at the end of the week. “My role is to play in front of the back four, win the ball and give to the attacking players in the team. There is nothing special about it but it is an important role, a team role and my aim is to be part of a team that is going to be successful.
“That is the desire of everyone I have spoken to at City but I also understand clearly that success is not going to come overnight and that it might be hard going for the next couple of months or even a year as the side is built. There is clearly a plan in place here and we hope to execute it.
“I just want to be the best player that I can be. I have heard about the intensity of the work they do at City and I have spoken to Mark Hughes about it. I like that approach because I am a training animal.”
City paid more for de jong than we want to spend on arshavin so there was no chance of thar. I wouldn’t say no either
We were linked to that De Guzman defensive midfielder at Deportivo, he’s pretty decent. Have no idea about deJong tho? As Ive said before tho, a club couldve signed him this summer for a tenth of what City paid, so only new chav types like city would dream of spunking that.
Happy Australia Day to myself and all the Aussies!
good night hope tomorrow brings some good news about you no who (wont hold me breath)
Watching Arsenal at the moment is like getting caught in some recurring deja-vu situation which is always teetering on the edge of being a nightmare. I know that the quality of play in the PL this year is very poor but I have to wonder if Arsene is seeing what I am these days. Where is Vela? I liked the look of him giving some genuine width, releasing Nasri into the middle where he is much more effective as he hasn’t the pace or the directness to be a winger. Ade has missed so many comparatively easy goals in the last half dozen matches and the Eboue mystery deepens with every passing week. When I heard that we could have sold him to Athletico Madrid I believe it was, yet chose to keep him to offer a new contract I was truly dumfounded. As far as I can remember he has not had a decent game for us for about 2 years, just some games that were less bad than others. I am really unimpressed with Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea. Sure, Man Utd can play well every now and again but they have been average recently and our lack of ability to cash in is down to us just not having the quality in depth I think. One can propose a million in-depth scenarios to explain our general weakness but insufficient quality is at the root of it all. You will never win anything without a strong midfield and no width.
“We are very short at the moment and cannot rotate very much. I could rest a few players today but not as many as I had wanted. I had planned to take Robin van Persie off but it didn’t work that way.”
In other words, I WILL sign at least 2 players this week!
And on that positive note, Im outta here, well, those chimneys wont sweep themselves you know…
catch ya angry
Vela was taken ill and nasri’s been very good on the left IMO. Couldve scored today, probably should have. But he’s saving his goal scoring touch for Wednesday, you wait and see!
Seeya Evo!
yeah it was strange that there was no footage of Vela sitting on the bench, they just kept showing Gallas, Denilson and Almunia sitting and chatting.
Anyone else hear bout this Mohamed Diame story?
WHOOO
STOP PRESS!
Cardiff refuse request from Arsenal to take Eboue + 5 million pounds. They will agree to take the 5 million as long as Eboue isn’t part of the deal.
http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=1159
That was dreadful ! it was 8.30 my time and the fucking game sends me too sleep ! literately ..
Maybe its that i havent seen a game for like what it seems years compared to the December fixtures
,i was looking forward to it and as ever, by and large a disappointment to watch !
dont even get me started on the ade barn fuckin door ! WTF ..???
all class! shear ,class finishing again from the 80 k a week hero !
from the highlights alone Cardiff should feel pretty ripped off they didnt win !
And fabianski was a bit wobbly thru out the game ! I FELT uncomfortable for him ..
he did ok ! but im not sure he will be close too taking over any time soon !
i think i have lost some reality to my prespective recently half believing in
‘if we get arshavin’
we will be unstoppable ..
ill revise it after last night to, not as’ lame’ like last nights game …
ethan you live in the States?
Mornin all – my 2cents, after reading a few from yesterday…
1- Ade’s miss, though looked pretty bad, was not the easiest one to hit – though from a striker of his ability[and wages] you’d expect him to at least hit the target.
2- Nasri’s miss IMO was much worse – he was played in [by RvP?] with all the time in the world, probably too much time, and shoots straight at the keeper…shame he didn’t just hit it with his left again…
Then there were Bendtner’s misses before the half – all in all, we had the chances, albeit very few of them, and didn’t pull it off. Not a terrible game, just shite finishing by all.
Definitely not the end of the world – dissapointing we didn’t finish it off, but playing away at that pitch is always going to be a toughy, so in matches like that you have to take ur chances…we’ll just stuff em at the Grove and then await Burnley in the next round!!
The 3million we’re gonna get from the replay should go to the ” Buy Arshavin or we’re screwed ” fund .
WHY CLICHY’S FORM HAS DIPPED!!!!
http://goonertalk.com/2009/01/23/party-boy-clichy-pics/#more-3384
Quiet this morning!
bit harsh post expected
ffs….not another Song is shite article….just because Arsenal’s form is poor dont mean the blogs have to be as well…
Don’t read them then, go to Arsenal.com they like him.
but whats the logic of jackie boy coming at the dyibg moments of stalement game
lol well said geoff, if they dont want an honest blog then they can fuck off to arsenal.con and with their akb leader pedro they can just fuck off the rose tinted cunts.
keep writing the Song is shite articles…and like Arsenal you’ll lose your customers.
thanks god it wont be arshevin then
SONG IS SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amen norm
Geoff, it’ll be interesting to see how the club deals with season tickets and the Roma game.
The Cardiff replay must make it outside the original allocation. (assuming we win and play WBA/Burnley of course).
Usually the price is just in with the season ticket renewals, isn’t it?
Song might be shite…but he sure as piss wasnt shite yesterday.
We might as well but 4 new players…cuz these lot arent good enough.
David first of all I don’t have customers, I write this for free, for the love of it and that’s why I don’t need to listen to your shit after I take the trouble to write an article.
I suggest you go somewhere else where they appreciate that rudeness, I don’t.
Chozzer I get all the games even the replays so I don’t know how it works, sorry mate.
NEW POST!
geoff……is this david akb…..what i meant to said was todays post will b like result card u will get and u know u have screwed ur papers!!!!!
gunnerfever
Kindly take your tongue out of geoff’s arse please!
thanks anyway.
I don’t know how you tolerate such rudeness.
Just my opinion but I think there is more to the Wenger/Real Madrid links that people know. Thats why I think PHW decided to attack them, he never has previously so why now?
My opinion is actually based on the interview Wenger done with Arsenal TV online. When the interviewer asked him about the rumours Wenger just said “I’ve shown my commitment to Arsenal in the past so I don’t need to comment on that”, its hardly a denial is it & after what the fans went through with Adebayor refusing to deny things in the summer you’d have thought he would issue a strong denial like Cesc always does. Obviously he isn’t going to say “yes I’m off” & clearly if he has had discussions with Perez then it would depend on him winning the Real Madrid elections.
I do honestly believe there is more to this story than meets the eye.
angry loner kindly take your head off your own arse you spastic cunt
http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/Football/2009/1/26/Prem-Rosicky-back-at-training/gnid-37132/