Before I start the post, I just want to say the thoughts of everyone at Le Grove are with Aaron Ramsey. Get well soon…
I had a pre-match post dedicated to explaining my finance post the other day. I don’t feel it necessary to post now, all I want to say is that I apologise for the regrettable Gazidis headline. It was a heat of the moment opinion that upon reflection was unfair, irresponsible and clouded the point I was trying to make. I’ll explain my concerns another day…
Saturday kicked off in spectacular fashion. Chelsea dropped 3 points at home to Manchester City and lost ground with their superior goal difference. The Chav’s attacked with little intent and defended shambolically. I’ve been saying all week that I think we can win the league and I’ve been saying all week that Hilario is a keeper of questionable ability. If Arsenal could capitalise on Chelsea’s slip, there would be 3 points between the top 3. This is the closest we’ve been at the end of February since we last won the league.
What a mad season eh?
Almunia
Sagna Campbell Vermaelen Clichy
Fabregas Song Ramsey
Eboue Bendtner Nasri
The notable Absentee from the starting line up was Theo Walcott. Preferred in his place was our answer to Lionel Messi, Emmanuel Eboue. The team looked strong, the results earlier were encouraging, the only missing ingredient was a rampant Arsenal victory. Stoke had become something of a bogey team for us, Arsenal Addict made the point to me on twitter… we couldn’t let the Potters become the new trotters!
Clichy started the game with a mistake, running past the ball allowing stoke to create a move which saw fuller fizz a ball across the goal. Song lost the ball sloppily shortly after, the through ball was marshalled by Sagna, Almunia took and age to come, then crunched Sagna. A worrying start from Arsenal.
It didn’t take long for Stoke to take the lead. 7 minutes to be precise. A Delap throw, nodded on for Pugh to head in. It’s just so depressing that firstly, Song preferred to play it out for a throw instead of leaving it for the corner or dealing with it more effectively and secondly that we are getting beaten to second balls in our box, what was the greatest right back in Europe doing at the back stick (What he does best, switching off)? Shocking defending.
Individual errors were stopping Arsenal getting into any kind of rhythm, we hadn’t turned up for the biggest game of our season.
Clichy’s tiny throw made me laugh after he took the ball off Delap. The stoke players throw in prep was starting to grate.
Song continued to have a shocker after failing to push up with the defence allowing Shawcross to tee up Fuller.
After 30 minutes we began to find our feet.
Cesc picked the ball up out wide, whipped in a cross, Bendtner squeezed between two defenders and buried a header back across Sorensons goal into the top corner. Superb header, finally, Nik had delivered his first bit of true class this year.
Eboue wasn’t imposing himself on the same way as he was the week before but he was playing for freekicks and winning them, which can be a touch irritating. He has the skill to skin people, he should have the confidence to use it when his chips are down.
Only two question needed answering in the second half. Were Stoke too tired to make an impact? Were Arsenal hungry enough to dig out a result?
Eboue launched a rasping shot that was tipped over by Sorenson.
Then came the saddest moment of 2010, Shawcross flew into a high challenge and snapped Rambo’s leg. Yep, once again, a disgusting high challenge from a so called physical team has ruined 18 months of a young mans life. How many times do we have to see this happen to our boys? Diaby against Sunderland, Eduardo against Birmingham and now Rambo at Stoke. It’s a disgrace… I don’t care what Shawcross intentions were… he tackled half way up a fellow professionals leg, disgraceful. More disgraceful than the challenge? Stoke fans chanting, ‘your f**ked and you know you are’ and ‘he’s only got one leg’ to a 19 year old boy verged on criminal. Words can’t describe how sickened I was by that. It sums up the attitude of certain clubs though… the fans knew what their player had done, but didn’t care… it was part of their make up and Arsenal needed to be man enough to accept that.
The game kicked off again but the players were shell shocked. I was praying this wouldn’t become another Birmingham 2008 moment. Cesc fired a freekick into the box, Sol Campbell failed to get on the end it and the ball flashed narrowly wide.
Shortly afterwards, Eduardo found himself through on goal after Song played him in, he hooked the ball just past the near post.
Then our moment came, Nik B was searching for an opening on the edge of the box, his flick through was handled, the penalty given. Cesc stepped up against a keeper who had saved his last 3 penalties. He glanced at the goal, ran towards the goal and buried the ball just past Sorenson’s hand. His celebration was a dedication to Rambo. Touching.
We were playing for the third goal, Nik Bendtner was denied a clear penalty after being shoved over blatantly in the box. Ref’s find it tough to give two penalties in ten minutes though. The Rosicky controlled the ball on the edge of the box and low and powerfully, Cesc anticipated the spill, intelligently cut it back to Vemaelen, bang! 3-1… dead and buried!
The team huddle called by Sol Campbell after the game reminded me of the unity and spirit after Bobby Pires busted his knee incident a few years back. Lets hope that spirit brings us a trophy we can dedicate to Rambo… he deserves as much.
Cesc was fiery after the game, he pointed out that he appreciates the English game is rough, but it goes too far sometimes. Today it went to far. It was disappointing to listen to the sky interviewer trying to get Wenger to look like he was a whinger after the game, his message was the same as Cescs, the jist was -
1) There are no coincidences in football
2) The treatment meted out to Arsenal is unacceptable
Andy Gray can talk about players not wanting to injure fellow pros, but that’s b*llocks. Most of us know what people are like in Sunday league, so to think Pro’s have a different mind set is fantasy talk. He might not have intended to break his leg, but the intention was there to hurt.
However, talk that Shawcross is the only person to blame here is unfair. He made a hideous mistake, but be fair, he’s playing in a country where that type of challenge is lauded and he’s at a club where ‘physicality’ even brutality is demanded. When you’re raised in a culture of vindicated thuggery, things like this will happen.
Though it must be noted he has previous and I’m pretty sure he was let go by United because of his disciplinary record in the reserves… I’m open to correction there. I’m pretty certain he smashed Adebayor in the sidelines last year. It’s interesting to note that this type of thing only happens in away games. Even more interesting is the whereabouts of Shawcross tomorrow… According to a Diamond Club member he’ll be at Arsenal’s training ground reporting in for England this week (*I was told last night before I just saw it in the NoTW). I’d like to a be a fly on a wall there…
This is an issue that must be addressed with balance and intelligence. I want to see all players protected, but I don’t want to see the league lose it’s edge. Maybe the introduction of foreign refs would do the trick, perhaps we need proper retrospective punishments for challenges that are blatantly reckless or perhaps fairer analysis of thuggery in the main stream media. I don’t care what happens… something needs to be put forward now because at the moment, Premier League football seems to throw up more nasty injuries than motor sport or rugby.
Just a thought, how would the press react if Rooney was in hospital with a snapped leg?
Back to the team, I couldn’t be prouder to say I support Arsenal right now. Screw the balance sheet, this is what supporting your football team is all about… watching your team battle against the odds to turn in a fantastic result, give the fans the opportunity to connect with them. We showed grit, professionalism and maturity to win that match today. They’ve delivered an inspirational come back which could go down in folklore if we can deliver the league.
We’re in a title race, we’ve got more motivation than ever and as fans, we should all unite… this feels like its about more than just football now. Lets all put our differences behind us and all get behind the team… in ten games time, we could witness the most unlikely of trophy lifts… wouldn’t that be glorious?
Have a great day Grovers!
Ratings
Almunia: I thought he played well today. He made a couple of decent saves and there wasn’t much he could do for the goal. 7
Clichy: Still looking a liability to me. He was better going forward as the game wore on, defensively a little worrying. 6
Vermaelen: Top scoring defender in the league this year, played like a warrior, looked an emotional wreck after the goal. He brushed himself down and popped up as our fox in the box in the second half. 8
Sol: Again, took the challenge to heart and looked the most frustrated. Performed with gusto and helped lead the team through a painful incident. Probably one of those days where you’d prefer Sol in there to Gallas. Good defensive performance from our rock in reserve. 8
Sagna: I thought he played well bar some suspect attacking play 7
Cesc: It didn’t click for him in the first half but he still whipped an amazing cross to loan striker Nik B. He scored a penalty and set up the third. There is no denying Cesc is one of the best midfielders on the planet at the moment, today he delivered on the big stage in an important game. 9
Song: A very up and down game from him. He gave the ball away a lot in the first half and was part responsible for the first goal because he went out of his way to concede a throw. He grew in the second half and put himself about a bit more. 6
Rambo: Was having a blinder. He was winning balls in the air, driving forward with intent and he was doing his bit in the middle to mix it with the rough boys. I’m angry just writing about the challenge, but it was sickening to see the best talent in British football lose a year of his career. 8
Nik B: He was sloppy with his control in the first half, but he was a physical presence. His header was nothing short of world class in a big game where perhaps you wouldn’t expect many strikers to score a header. That set the ball rolling and in the second half he played very well. His deft flick led to the handball and the second goal. 8
Nasri: He tried really hard today but not much fell for him. 7
Eboue: Not his best game and more typical of the type of performance I’d associate with him up top. He did let off a rasping shot and his runs occasionally caused bother. Preferable to Theo. 6.5
ethan yes they scored early but we scored we all over them and the team stood up there style extremly well at the first half arsenal had them and in second half sorry but arsenal were starting dominate stoke and they way i see it at this point in time its not hwo well you play its about getting result and we did and that all that matters and showed alot stronger mentaly
&aprayer .
yes i think the game is getting a bit to quick for poor old bobby in that clip and perfectly ear marks what im implying …
you have less time for decision making in a fast paced league like the EPL…
and if any of them fluffs happened in the EPL
(from the above clips) it would be in the tabloids for weeks ( like dudu’s one)
which i thought was crap , he was just avoiding contact .. and given his recent injury …
SO WOULD I !
an instant knee jerk reaction of self preservation in fast paced game to avoid a collision ….
But the above CLIP happens every week in Europe !
yet somehow we have the best divers in the world
leon
we did well V’s villa also then slumped V’s the chev’s and man U …
i dont know what your trying to imply but i think the table is an accurate reflection of form in the EPL …
1-2-3-4 are all were they should be …
its now up to Arsenal to lift it a knotch ..
can they do it >?>
time will tell …
the Ramsey thing wont help …..
give the players a few days to reflect ,TO DREAM ABOUT IT , its exactly the same as post dramatic stress syndrome .
i hope wenger doesn’t make a fuss and just gets down and professional , we will get a more sympathetic view from the media if wenger doesn’t cry like a baby about it ….
ethan how do you expect wenger to react to such a reckless chalenge mean ramsey is out at least 6 months if he is realy lucky wenger extremly angry and he has a right to be and as for media wenger could not acre less about that he has alway s been very protective of his players no matter what the media as has to say,i think players deminstrated there mental toughness and the fact they have player slike sole around has been huge help.the fact is with fixtures we have left is laot easier than both manu and chelsea this best ever chance of winning the prem
sure leon in private wenger should be using it as motivation ..
but to create a media circus about it only piles pressure on our players on the pitch …
———–the fact is with fixtures we have left is laot easier than both manu and chelsea this best ever chance of winning the prem
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yes and if we still dont end up winning what will that tell you ?
because your not listening to me now
Leon im a great believer in the law of averages .
and may the best man win !
in our back to back year the best men won …
pretty much in most seasons the EPL winner is deservedly so ..
points accumulation cannot lie ..
i do think the chev’s will choke and Man U will skip past AGAIN … like usual …
OR
the law of averages
and sure we always have a chance like you said
if we take it game by game and dont let outside influences affect the team .. we ALWAYS have a shot …
im worried V’s the manc’s mkII and the spuds …
they are both teams with a point to prove and if wenger goes in light , it will be carnage ..
those 2 games could wreck us …
the engraver is far from penciling in any name on that cup currently …
and only a fool would predict an outcome ..
but its clearly a 3 horse race now ,
so the odds are looking far better than usual ill give you that
if wenger should be stating anything it should be that , its a 3 horse race and we are hungry !
dedicate each game to Rambo … and focus …
if wenger de-rails over this tackling business
he could be the catalysis for defeat
ethan i dont think wenger will wont to make a big circus over it he said just down the fa and he should leave at that i thought after the tackle and the way the palyers shaken up by it i though they would choke i think this best chance of winning prem however weather manu winns will depend on rooney if gets injured that huge dent for them i feel also if we can keep aa diaby song cesc edwardo fit great chance chelsea will not drop many more points though
ethan i ahve agree chelsea have choked several times this season realy with squad of players thwy have they should at least 15 point sahead of arsenal, and i feel arsenal real threat is manu
Leon
the fixtures do favor us , but by no means is the spuds or man shitty a cake walk , once those games are done and over im sure our fate will be all but revealed ..
until then its going to be good football ..
and its always good football whilst your still in with a shout …
thats why i cant abide by dropping out of 2 cups every season … half the fun to be had ..
at the end of the day …
and a bit of a cop out if you were led to believe all the TOP FLIGHT CLUB banter our management describe us as …
top flight clubs by definition are clubs who could easily do cup doubles, trebles ..
sorry i dont feel it with this team even if we
jag it this season .. plenty of tinkering still needs to be done
FUCKIN PLENTY ……
startin with Alumina !
ethan i can kind of understand wenger policy because for if this were to win carling cup and finish in 5th place i would not be to happy with that for the fa cup game i realy cant blame wenger for on this season against stoke we injuries all over the place plus champeons legue game as well and he still put on his big guns as well in the second half however this team need to win something bad and having bigger squad would have helped manu have been lucky roony has stayed injury free
so then ethan, even should we prove to have been the most consistent team over a grueling 38 week campaign, punctuated by horrible refereeing, media witch hunting the likes of which would not be uncommon to eccentric young women in salem circa 1600, and a season ending injury to the best player on our team in November, we will have “jag[ed]” it (sic)? my god man, you are something special!
yes but if you considered yourself ‘TOP FLIGHT’ (as management does)
you wouldnt finish 5th would you ?
EVER
so thats not an option , when i considered us top flight we were NEVER OUT OF THE TOP 2 !
and if we did ever finish 5th it might jolt our board to start crackin out the money clips .
if we dont win this season id rather finish 5th
we might buy some REAL players
winning the double …
REMEMBER THAT ANYONE ?!?!?!
how can you say the FA cup is shite when in the same breath us as fans fondly remember winning the EPL and FA cup double as almost the pinnacle of Arsenal all time achievements …
its our main highlights under wengers reign .
Ever in fact … well in the modern terms .
too right cups off like the FA ,is doing yourself a disservice to the fans ..
what sort of message does it send about the clubs ambition ?!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1254454/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Now-Aaron-Ramsey–broken-legs-chance.html
Great article by Martin Samuel
leon, if we won the FA cup and League cup double and came in 5th place we would lose tens of millions of dollars. Fair or just? hell no. True, though
Ethan,
We’re not in the shoes of Wenger, so we’ll never know why certain decisions he’s made WERE made. But if anything’s clear, the weight of the BPL trophy outweighs that of the FA cup. He probably understands that he’ll risk contention for the BPL title if he’s to go all guns blazing for the FA Cup. You’ve already said our squad strength isn’t all that impressive; so what makes you think Wenger’s confident that we’ll pull off a double?
He’s probably trying to increase our chances of lifting the BPL trophy than end up with neither the FA cup, or the BPL title and ending up in positions lower than 4th. But as it stands, I say we get behind our team and let is show when we play the remainder of the games this season. The game against Stoke is no-doubt an eye opener for the lads.
Jonathan
take each game as it comes and play your best players , not have them on the bench until needed .
rather start them , get them to do the job ,then sub em off …
if we did that they would be chasing us now !
Good morning all.
Ethan
None of the next 10 games are going to be easy ones. Our team is edgy and nervous in the first 20 minutes of game.
Well Ethan, I’m guessing that everyone prefers it that way, including myself. Like mentioned earlier, we’ll never know exactly what Wenger has in mind but he’s made some pretty strange calls; that I agree.
Football has always been subjective; nothing’s definite or absolute. If Wenger did play the best teams for the Cup contentions, who knows where we’ll be standing now. In the running for a treble, a double or in the worst case, out of the title race altogether, we’ll never know.
All I DO know, is that following our last premier league game, I’m gonna get behind the boys because they’ve put up with so much rubbish, it’s hard to imagine them NOT winning the league this season. We’ve need to have a SAY this season, wouldn’t you agree mate?
Kushagra
From the link you pointed out:
The bad news is that Sven Goran Eriksson will not be going to the World Cup as coach of Nigeria after all. The good news is that a Nigerian chief still wants to give him £500,000 and all he has to do is email back his bank details. So things are looking up
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1254454/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Now-Aaron-Ramsey–broken-legs-chance.html#ixzz0gtljhjTY
Jonathan
He’s probably trying to increase our chances of lifting the BPL trophy than end up with neither the FA cup
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odds are we will end up with neither anyhow ..
whilst we are in with a shout we are hardly odds on certainties .
I dont like wengers mindset , its very defeatist … it makes me feel the same …
negitivity breeds , and id prefer wenger to take each game seriously .. from scratch matches to C.L finals …
bnsb Says:
None of the next 10 games are going to be easy ones. Our team is edgy and nervous in the first 20 minutes of game.
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Agreed …
but on paper we ‘Should’ be favorites ..
i suppose what im saying wenger HAS the ability to choose a strong team for each of the remaining games ..
If he does so or not …. well thats the gray area isnt it …
Eg eboue back to right wing ..
enuf said …
We absolutely must win every home game.The away games will always be tough.And you can be sure of the fact phil brown,allardyce,alex mcleish all will do their fucking best to stop us from winning it.
I just hope we come out all guns blazing.I just hate this waiting for the opposition to get tired tatic.Also goal difference might play a big part.
bnsb
Yep there are some very funny kinda clowns that make most of the world’s population
Jonathan
he has fielded far better ‘squads’ since Christmas i admit,but at the start he made some poor team selections and they were due to being reluctant to over use his regulars for fear of injury …
very apparent ..
Ethan-In case if we get into latter stages of UCL it might affect his selection in the league games.At most we have 16 more games to play this season.I am pretty sure all our players can handle that.And they all must be relatively fresh.Except for vermaelen and song every other player in our team has missed a few games with injuries.
Nishanth
Happy Holi
Ethan,
It’s apparent indeed. I completely detest the mindset of a defeatist as well, but what’s in the past is in the past. We’re all at some level “unamused” with Wenger’s selections at times, but now is where he needs to make the vital and right calls for us to lift silverware this season.
And there’s only one clear way in doing that. Playing our best team for each and every game remaining. It’s just as you’ve said and I concur to that much on your end.
Happy holi kushagra!!!..where you from?
Also does anyone think we should continue with campbell as our CB?He has been excellent and gives us the strength that gallas can’t offer.I think wenger should rotate between those 3 and keep them fresh.Vermaelen could do with a rest.
Nishanth,
Sol has been integral for us! Aside from him being a former gooner, to see him boost our team morale and to bring about the ol’ Gunner spirit is a joy to watch. I agree with you there. Rotation between them sounds bloody fantastic.
And where are you guys from by the way, Sabeel, Nishanth and Kushagara? I fly to India quite frequently due to work.
Nishanth
Bhopal M.p India
nd u ??
did you saw the hockey match pulsating
Cesc is some player who will be consistent each effing year. The maturity of this young man is unbelievable.
jonathan which part of the country u deal with most often
I am from kerala.Hockey somehow doesn’t seem to interest me.We won 4-1 right?
Nishanth
Gallas and Campbell against Burnley will be good
yeah but watch it will get you interested if Asian free flow hockey is maintained it is right up there
Next Match Tuesday 8:30 vs Australia
Nishanth and Kushagara,
I fly to Dhaka, Colombo, New Delhi and Madras to name a few.
Campbell is adding the much needed steel at the right time. He is still a monster of a player and monster of a personality.
Looking at the remaining fixtures now and there is such a mass of contemptible, marginally talented, bottom-of-the-barrel, scum bag, ‘were going to kick you off the park teams left.
Its at times like this that I actually wish we played in Spain.
Nishanth
Am also from kerala ,Calicut……….
ikon
Ikon its more like much needed organisation in the back. Seen Campbell keep shouting his throat hoarse. Earlier the best i remember is the look Gallas gave to Almoonya.
I am from tip of kerala, work in Mangalapuram
bnsb
Mancheswaram aano?
Kg
Aanu, Interstate journey everyday. Pet ka mamla!
nish
At most we have 16 more games to play this season.I am pretty sure all our players can handle that.
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no doubt they can handle it fitness wise .
just result wise is my concern
we must start scoring 1st …
despite what people said about our grit when
facing stoke and what happened to rambo , i cant help but think if we put the game to bed before the 1st half rambo might still be walking now …
and that wont happen when players like eboue are back at RM and rosicky is on the bench ….
shuffle it and play your best 11 …
Our conceding silly goal has been the concern from day 1, when we thumped Everton. But offensively we are a team very much capable of coming from behind and winning games.
Evening all
Re the Big Sol comments, his experience seems to cover for his lack of pace, & yes he has added something. I can’t help but think about Geoffs idea of Vermy between the backs & midfielders when Billy G comes back. We only need to win 1-0 to get 3 points.
Imagine Ashburton Grove chocka block as The Arsenal clinch The Title, with a deafening sound of “one nil to The Arsenal”. That would be the ultimate dagger in the heart of any opo fan
gg9
We win 1-0 against Porto, we are through. If Porto score we must win by margin of two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fjvHQ1tUw8
Obviously put together by a former clockender
bnsb
Cripes if we win the CL as well, it will be like M16′s bullets through the heart for the opo sods
Morning All
Whats cooking..
Sabeel
Ok I admit he’s the best one day batsmen ever
I’ve just worked out how Clichy can get his form/mungrel back. Well, when he was @ his best he had a skinhead. Just an observation
Chelsea have to loose one more, Manu draw one more than us. Of course goal difference could come into play.
Yeah bsnb.I hope we are able to put several goals past burnley
Its quite some time since we did that.
Martin Sameul’s article was excellent.
Alan Hansen the worst. No I wont post a link.
I don’t mean to sound distasteful but one of the first things that went through my mind when Rambo went down was…Now…more of Denilson
a draw against one of chelsea manu would have been fantastic
My Derby County mate has just been around (he has a soft spot for Charlie George for obvious reasons) & he begrudgingly admitted that we might win the league. Ha Ha Ha!!!
GG
TV as DM is Geoff’s idea ???
hmmmmmm
icy
I have requested that Denilson be taken into the Yorkshire moors & left there till the season end. So lets hope it happens.
ethan
was it yours old boy. well it is a good idea IMO
Isn’t diaby available for the burnley game?Arshavin will definitely be back.I think he is select for the russian team.
The Royal Prince of Tasmania banishes DENILSON to york shire for the rest of the Season …
great headline
Has something happened to Geoff
Ain’t seen him about since the Stoke thrashing.
yes i said it when we were all debating who was going to take over from song during the ANC ..
but glad Geoff took it on board , as its a epic idea ..
and one that would work well …
he loves a shot and he has a clinical edge too him … great at CD ,a real defender to cover the back 4 .. but could be so much as a DM …
and whilst sol wants a game , once gallas comes back … why not …
Morning
Let s take move top of the league at the
Spuds’s game!
ethan
Apparently, once you go into the moors, you never get out. A bit like asbestos. So that is the most obvious place to banish him to.
Has something happened to Geoff
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Drunk and passed out?
plus a class defender is usually cheaper than a top shelf midfield player so wenger could elevate TV , save some cash and get 2 new CD’s in during the summer and 1 striker …
get shay given away from that crappy outfit up north ..
banish almunia to the bench ….
job done
If all that has happened doesn’t inspire denilson to put a decent performance then nothing will.
bnsb
Its ironic that gooby says move to the top of the table @ spuds, then you say Geoff drunk & passed out. Spuville is the place he threw down 50 pints or so when we clinched the Title in the invincibles year.
I’d drink to that mate
Just to play is “back breaking” for Denilson now. While everyone wishes Ramsey well, I have not seen a single soul wish Denilson recovery from back problems, on the contrary…
*spudville
Tevez is brilliant.I wish we had signed him
Tevez is like a terrier, he just chases the ball, he wants it so bad.
Gotta say this. When Shitty went 1-4 up John Terry looked like the biggest dickhead. The bloke has single handedly,
no he is batfuck & cashley is robin in the fight to stuff the chavs chances 
Some kind soul posted a run_in.pdf here, Bless him. I have downloaded it. Never fails to bring a smile on my face whenever i open and read it
Where is Geoff I miss him as much as Rambo
Again that run_in.pdf tells me we could have a strong chance to be top of the table on 3rd April, touch wood.
I’d heard it was 70 pints, gg9.
Back from a long meeting
GG9,r u mentioting sachin there
yes..where is Geoff
Sabeel
Are you tying to rub it in
Yes I mean sachin 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2872125/Forget-Ramsey-hell-Ryan.html
Geoff’s in the woods.
gg9
i say Ricky is also 85% as good as sachin..only issue is would he have dealt as well as sachin in dealing with unrealistic screaming 1 billion fans..
and by the way
Geoff shares his name with a cricketing legend “geoffrey boycott”
Maybe Geoff “IS” geoffrey boycott
Morning all, I was writing todays post! I think TV would be a great DM, Gallas and Campbell in the middle.
I agree that Tendulker is great but I think Bradman has to be the best, what was his average 99.9?
Geoff,
You dont read all the posts do you?
I was indeed in the woods, but don’t confuse me with Boycott, he was a northern monkey, me I’m a London boy!
The Liverpool captain blew his top when he felt Nikola Kalinic had dived and ex-Reds star Diouf stepped in to stir things up.
Gerrard getting upset at some playing diving..hilarious!!!
bnsb I write 6 a week unless there are two match reports, if there’s a post you don’t like, it’s probably Pedro’s!
Geoff
Where the bloody hell have you been? It was actually 99.94 Geoff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7VspOs3Qt0
I Like both, yours, Pedro. I meant comments
Bnsb…
Pedro: Most Angry Responses to a post award winner
1)Bradman didnt tour all countries,
2)Bradman didnt play Non-Stop ODI and test,t20 cricket like todays age for that much fatigue
3)Bradman didnt have un-realistic 1 billion screaming fans Pressure..dont know how he would have performed to “That” scale of expectations…
BUT..BUT…BUT..BUT…Importantly,We cannot blame Bradman for that..it was not his mistake..He just did his best…
Hence,Bradman is the Best,No doubt about that..because of average 99.9..awesome one..
Why is it that players who are usually terrible,don’t get any oppurtunities and never score always manages to play well and score against us?
pedro,
How dare you slag our accounts
bnsb
can u explain the award u just got…what was it about?
Bradman was a poof, now Grace, he was the best.
Bradman is the best, a thorough gentleman-rarity amongst Australians
Bradman a poof,never knew that..interesting
more name sharing
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Ha, ha, I like it!
bnsb
Gentlemen australians are NOT a rarity dude,i have many australian friends..
Bradman didn’t play on batsmens paradises, Bradman played on wickets that weren’t covered overnight or when it rained, bradman didn’t play against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh or india much coz they weren’t up & about in those daze. If he did play against them he would have had an average of 199.94
gg9
Bradman would have had his head turned on Indian “spinning pitches”
gg9
Your points are also imp..but doesnt mean my points are void..
personally Bradman is the best..period..(except i just dont know how he would be able to handle 1 billion expectations)..
Cricket is so yesterday here in Oz, we are hoping to host a World Cup of football. The only people who give a XXXX about cricket are indians. Well our country does stop when we play the Poms but thats about it these daze.
Did they have leg pad, arm pad and the pads to cover bollocks in those days.
Its the well over the used by date food that would have fucked The Don bnsb
In Australia we like to eat fresh. Have you lot heard of that type of eating up there. Oh currys
I guess not 
NEW POST!
gg9 yes fresh and un-cooked flesh
Scotch Egg, you can’t sue for an opinion… I apologised off my own back.
walcott for striker.