Today we go back to our ground zero, the scene of our devastation two years ago, the game that had we won, would have sent us 8 points clear in the EPL, then we got the bad breaks, Eduardo was one and the penalty that wasn’t, the other.
Gallas showed us why he wasn’t a good captain and Arsene showed us why he lacked judgement by leaving him as captain for the rest of the season.
I think we just collapsed from that point on and the season ended, and with it any chance of silverware.
Two years on and the same thing happens at Stoke, another poor boy who picks wild flowers for his mother, goes to church every Sunday and wears a hair shirt if he thinks about naked girls is the victim, this time his name was Ryan Shawcross, the Brittania beast.
Only this time they faced a different Arsenal, this time no sulky brat for a captain, this time we had a monster of our own at the back, this time we had Sol Campbell, his reaction was not just one of horror, but one of anger, this was the reaction this team needed, this time the captain was a lion (Cesc Fabregas) not a pussy, this time we fought back and have been fighting ever since.
Now we return to where it all started, to where the world said Arsenal can be bullied, this time though it will be different, this time it’s personal.
I now want to spend sometime talking about Arsenal legends, this last 40 years has thrown out a few, Charlie George, Frank McLintock, George Graham, Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, Steve Bould, Martin Keown, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Paddy Vieira and more recently Cesc Fabregas, I would now like to nominate Sol Campbell.
He joined us from the Spuds at Shite Hart Lane where he was their captain, he joined a team where he was neither captain nor vice captain, he won the league, the FA cup and did something that only one team in football has ever done, went a season unbeaten, he went on to score against Barcelona in the Champions league final when we only had 10 men, and shortly after that he left, he was seemingly finished.
Then, when we were 11 points behind the leaders and he was 35 years old, he came back, one of only 4 players ever to return, Keown was another, he came back and now we are within two points of the summit, much of that is down to him, not only for his ability, but for the grit, determination and experience he is bringing to this young team, he’s not first choice but up he steps, I would like to elevate him to legendary status. Sol in my eyes you will always be a gooner!
I left out Ian Wright for all the crap he spouts about us on Talk Shite, for me he lost that privilege.
I’m expecting a win today and a good one, for 3 reasons, one to up our goal difference, two to send a message and finally three to avenge our fallen, and he will put the cherry on the cake, yes I’m backing Eduardo to show us what he still is, a goalscorer, and at the scene of his worst day in football.
Today from now will be known as ‘Eduardo’s revenge at St Andrews day’ today will be our day.
On a personal note much has been written about the different styles of writing you see here on Le Grove, occasionally you’ll see the vibrant penmanship of the modern man Pedro, (who buys his love with T shirts) mostly you will see the guile and wit of the stylish ME. I think I should be awarded the Pulitzer prize for journalism at the coal face, for bringing you the facts day in, day out, but I can’t nominate myself, that would be a little conceited, a little up myself and enough blogs think I am that already, though I can’t see why.
So if you all agree that my writing style and bravery deserves a Pulitzer prize, please write into Mr Pulitzer, and tell him, but don’t say I asked you too or it won’t happen, seriously, do it discretely.
Mr Pulitzer, The Daily Planet, Metropolis, America.
Finally my team for today, if fit.
Almunia
Eboue Campbell Song Clichy
Nasri Cesc Diaby
Walcott Bendtner Eduardo
Subs Rosicky Arshavin Denilson Silvestre Fabianski
Enjoy it Grovers, I have a feeling we’ll see a sign of the week to come, next up Barca.
reggie
he could of still won something if he cut off worrying about the C.L and focused on the EPL fixtures ..
take each game as it comes ..
(like the wanker said last week after we won!)
we some how wound up with 10 easy’ish games to go and in with a real chance ..
if he couldnt see it , that the EPL is the best gamble to rationalize on this season out of the 2 …
then there is no hope for either wenger or almunia
Its team selections…its the fact that he waited till the 70 min mark…and then it the tranfer market
Dont fool yourself ethan…Bendtner is useless period.
What creative partner? Walcott and Arshavin get slated because they dont create tapins for him to score?
And even that one isnt promised for fuk sake
Its a hammer blow for The Arsenal
Gooby Says:
March 27, 2010 at 22:39
that was a stupid goal to concede only almunia lets those in
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hahaha!
if i was big Al id drop myself
surely there is only so much embarrassment 1 man can take
oh thats not true , ive been to legendaire
GG
we had a nice month of delusional talk ..
i was inspired by the easy fixtures , but when you play an easy team and rest all your good IN FORM players your only just sabotaging yourself !
You hit the nail on the head there Ethan. Nothing else to add to that.
GG
clearly what i was banging on about last week has come to fruition
again
do i know wenger or what 
?
sacrifice a REAL shot at the EPL for a PUNT at the C.L !
I tried to stay positive for the last few months but time and time again this team fails to deliver which is the fault of the managers reluctance to play his strongest team at every available opportunity……
Hence endith the lesson play your strongest team and take one game at a time!!
What pisses me off is the blaming the pitch thing.
reggie
i think when we got a sniff, we all felt more positive!! , not necessarily that this team can take on ANYONE , but with the fixtures left the opponents we faced were all beatable ,wenger would rather arm wrestle barca and fall out of our league in the process !
such a crap tactic ..
we were primed to give the EPL tree a shakin !
Just watched the game I dunno if hansen was loving it or not but that was sickening we ground out the victory and while we could have better defensively fucking freak goal that should have been offside the only reason sagna tried to get to the ball was because there was a birminham player behind him and what the fuck was wrong with diaby’s goal
motherfucking webb and fucking mckleish going on like Birmingham were victims 2 years ago and the only thing they had to play for today was to fuck us up if anything this seasons I hoe for once we fuck someone elses chances up of something
fucking gutted still though six games to go one or both of the cunts above us has to drop points
It wasnt really a bad game until the 92nd minute.
Seriously im not upset. Heck…Wenger has been fucking us over with the team selections for a long long time.
How many FA cups…and now that the FA cup is not available he did it in a League game.
Almunia couldve waited another 2 minutes before he fucked up tho
Just no fucking luck he must tip them over the bar all the fucking time in training because he always goes for that, the things that’s the most frustrating is that we’re only a coulple of steps away from being where we need to be.
But everytime we’re about to get there we get slapped back down I think they need to cross that finishing line just once to start getting things going in their favour and make their own luck.
We done everything right today for those 92 minutes we dondnt give up weren’t intimidated kept it going got our goal and then got kicked in the teeth again at the end.
Hopefully we pick ourselves up again like we’ve done all season before Wednesday.
Keyser Says:
March 27, 2010 at 23:11
Just watched the game I dunno if hansen was loving it or not but that was sickening we ground out the victory
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WHAT ??
we ground out the victory …
what game were you watching ?!
i told you AKB’s see different games than us
You are a cad and a bounder ethan
1 nil was never a safe score line away !
NEVER !
unacceptable to fold so easily , and your mate wenger is to blame on that count key ..
play your best forget the rest ..
wenger was caught skimping !
i knew wenger would sacrifice the EPL to throw the kitchen sink at the C.L !
unrealistic with this mob , can you imagine us winning the C.L with Almunia in goal
fucking delusion knows no bounds
For me i would love to see some step of improvement. Thats all.
Forget Wengerball. We need to figure out wtf is going on with our set pieces. We also need to figure out wtf is going on with this crossing business that we kept doing till Diaby and Nasri decided to take a shot.
There are so many aspects to our game that needs work and year after year no improvement. I havent even mentioned the defending.
im an AUTO cad
sorry private joke
Ethan I hope you were trying to be funny and not a complete cunt..
Today was just fucked up..
dave
wenger ball is only as effective as the personnel he uses ! take out the creativity of the team like we saw just before and we look flat and never look like getting into a position to score .
add AA23 – nasri to cesc and you dominate possession ..
if people cant see the difference between that then .. delusional you will remain
If we beat barca is all forgiven?
I dont think so.
it’s fucked …
but not done yet …
that’s all I say
gutted like hell though
Today was really fucked up. But be honest…are you surprised?
keyser
Today was just fucked up..
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yes but it could have been avoided dont you think?
play your best , do the job , then give em a rest.. after 45 even ..
all this player mizing lowers the quality of our already stretched team !
and wenger clearly prioritized the C.L fixture over a chance of winning the EPL ..
im fuckin livid !
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Kreshnik Says:
March 27, 2010 at 23:50
it’s fucked …
but not done yet …
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yeah your right its not done ,
but if we were to put a % on it our chances went from 40 % too 20 % …
Ethan Youre delusional!
Dont you read the news!?
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-birmingham-is-my-absolute-priority
David Says:
March 27, 2010 at 23:49
If we beat barca is all forgiven?
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YES , it would be ..
but do you really realistically rate our chances ?
the EPL was more than do-able wasnt it ?
it was a great chance …
the best for many years ..
a year or 2 ago we were out of everything within the week , i wonder if this is the week ?
Yep I’d say that sums up my thoughts kreshnik!
Absolutely devastating result, and at 1-0 it really felt comfortable, they didn’t get near to even having an attempt on target until their fluke goal.
It’s the sort of result that can happen, and has happened to utd and chelsea this season enough times, not to mention the fact that brum havn’t lost at home since september, and both utd and chelsea failed to beat them.
Having said that, the only reason we’re still in this title race is because those results havn’t happened to us as much as they have Chelsea and Utd, we have been, and have to continue to be better than them in these sorts of games, and today’s result, as well as the nature of it, really took away the momentum that we had, not to mention utd and chelsea both winning.
I really don’t care about the champs league, I just want to win the league, and it’s gonna be tough now. Just a case of waiting for the Spuds game for the next meaningful game, as the wolves match is a gimme, and utd and chelsea playing each other means we’re guaranteed to pick up points on at least one of them.
id love to read it david
but i need my PC screen working
not out the window
That was the week that was
Dude I see it as something they just have to get past it’s like a mental block and the only way that it will stop is that they keep getting slapped in the face until they learn.
That goal on it’s own was completely freaky but add other instances into it and they mount up.
I don’t think it matters what the selection was they just have to go through it until they break the cycle.
We need to keep this team together and not sell anyone at least for this season.
I think we could safely sell coco Keyser
Absolutely devastating result, and at 1-0 it really felt comfortable, they didn’t get near to even having an attempt on target until their fluke goal.
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oh yeah so the one off the post wasnt close ?
FUCKKK ! blinkered and naive .
1 nil WAS never comfortable A ! , these lesser teams always put us under pressure in the final minutes …
from the time i saw the line up i knew we were in trouble ! without the class subs we would have got nothing from this game ..
they needed to play for 90 minutes . and you just knew with the C.L around the corner that would NEVER happen !
Now I know we are all feeling rather batey @ present so I thought a bit of anger management may help a bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmv3WlKa6U8&feature=related
They hit the post before we were 1-0 ethan.
at 1-0 they didn’t have an attempt on target, until the ball was kicked into phillips. Does that even count as an attempt?!
That was supposed to be the turning point A…when UTd and Chelsea played each other…that was suppsoed to be when we leap frogged them…
AFter Chelsea i cant say that i see Utd dropping points after that.
With that its over and out for me
Till the next time!!
they didn’t get near to even having an attempt on target until their fluke goal.
???
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did you just say that or am i ignoring my anger management class
they rattled Big Al’s feathers Prior to this FLUKE goal which wasnt a fluke !AND it was a FLUKE because Alumina is crap and weve known this since pre- season .
Not sure about that David, Blackburn away, City away certainly, Spuds home, and Sunderland away are all potential points droppers, but things really do seem to be falling Utd’s way.
Today was just unbelievable, they didn’t look like they could create a single half chance, then a ridiculous own goal, and clanger from Jaaskalainan just hands it to them, along with Bolton missing chances to go ahead, and to equalise when 1-0.
Things have just gone their way all season, despite their being really not very good for a significant part of it, and that could well keep happening!
It’s a push now, momentum gone, nature of the draw will have taken a fair bit out of the players, and our results aren’t that much easier than utd and chelsea’s anymore
standing 3 foot in front of goal with no keeper in front of you and getting over the bar isnt close ?
Yeah ethan, at 1-0 they didn’t get close to having an attempt on target though.
At 0-0 they hit the post, and Dann missed that sitter. Couple of long range shots too that were pretty comfortable, but once we went ahead they never looked like equalising
Today was just unbelievable, they didn’t look like they could create a single half chance
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yes back to the way we normally play ..
prior to the eboue porto game ..
lacking the clinical edge ..
and thats due to lack of quality/ movement / creativity ..
everything we lack when denilson/song even diaby is on the pitch nik is trying hard but needs someone like AA feeding him chances or you might as well be down to 10 men !
but once we went ahead they never looked like equalising
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they did thou, didnt they !!!:)
and whether its goal keeper fuck up or a defensive slip , its all perfectly viable when you put yourself in front with only a narrow lead ,away from home .. and have lacked the quality on the pitch for the 1st 70 minutes !.
yep.too many key players leave every year and are replaced with not readys
you put yourself into an almost un-backable position …
Sell no-one add someone better the only way we’ll win things is by being consistently better wherever we need improvement, no matter where you look we haven’t been able to build up the understandings we need.
Van Persie was beginning to hit his stride he got injured gallas and vermalen looked good they’re both out, we just can’t win anything like that until either we can play them together or they learn from the mistakes all players will make.
The worst thing is that this was the key game even if we lost in the champions league for me with Chelsea playing united next week we had to keep the pressure up.
They’ll bill next weekends game as the title decider now.
If we do anything in the summer it’s add to the squad soo many players hsve stepped up when we needed them this year that I think even one key addition could be enough.
Fuck this depressing shit though there’s still games left this season.
i mean you have TV and gallas both out !
RVP sidelined for an eternity !
then wenger decides to rest NARSI and AA ..
can you see where im going with this ?
if not you probably NEVER will …
how wenger can call almunia experienced i will never know
Yes keyser agreed !
The worst thing is that this was the key game even if we lost in the champions league for me with Chelsea playing united next week we had to keep the pressure up.
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but its all a matter of priority ..
most AKB’s types will side with wengers principals on the C.L glory ..
im more of a beggars cant be choosers type of guy ! i make no secret im in it for the EPL ..
thought we’d got a free meal ticket with the fixtures , wenger was in with a REAL chance .
this C.L crap is just a glorified round robin to me ,
with a big pay check at the end of it ..
and a bigger stage than the other 2 cups wenger throws by the way side each season .
what means something to me and most fans is doing over our arch rivals as a priority in the EPL ..
choy Says:
March 28, 2010 at 00:25
how wenger can call almunia experienced i will never know
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choy he’s is experienced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
……. experienced at screwing the pooch
Like wenger most of the players were busy dreaming about barca
Ethan – so go all out for this game and field what mid-week ? You look at everyones fitness and do shat you can.
Arshavins been struggling lately he worked his ass off last week though it didn’t come off for him, nasri looked down and out at one point last week.
Fabregas got clattered today you can look at it either way, you don’t sacrifice everything you do what you can considering everything.
Last week united rested Rooney against wolves or he had slight knee strain they scraped through and wolves could easily have drawn or more we drew today from a freak goal against a team who had nothing to lose it’s just how it works out sometimes.
Wenger’s delusions will be over by next Wednesday,not that I want those Catalan cunts to win,but Wenger has set a dangerous precedent,in terms of our ambitions.
Also in the space of a week if Webb had seen a couple of things differently we could be sitting to of the league.
What does that mean ? Obviously that webbs a massive dick.
Keyser mate.We should infer that,there is something wrong with our team selection,if something works wrong against us,every single time.
Ofcourse,I know,it would be hard for some people who have a blinkered view as that of the hypocrite at the helm.
Keyser Says:
March 28, 2010 at 00:38
Ethan – so go all out for this game and field what mid-week ? You look at everyones fitness and do shat you can.
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are you saying 45 minutes would have killed them ?
they played 20 minutes + time as it was ..
put the game to bed , win and give the players a day off !
if our players cant play the rigors of C.L football as well as the League comp . then what your telling me is we dont have world class players ???
its not like we sprung the C.L on wenger , he’s known several years about it
What does that mean ? Obviously that webbs a massive dick.
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no arguments there from me !
Lol I am hurt s well….I just feel that one of the players should have started a time wasting routine as soon as we were in stoppage time..
Wenger should have instructed his players to kill the game in this way…
INstead the players scuffed one time shots and were performing flicks instead of killing the game……
I just feel that Arsenal are like Asafa Powell…
I rate Asafa but I have to admit….he wasted his chances when he was the best in the world..because he choked multiple times…
This Arsenal team can be the best but they always find a way to choke……
BUt the thing is if they dont get over this hurdle soon….then some Tyson Gays and Usain Bolts will rise and limit their chances of greatness
wat can i say that hasnt been said already
our best chance to win the league gone, and gone because when we needed one of our players (almunia) to do his job he couldnt YET AGAIN
more to the point, how the fuck do we allow them to create that oppurtunity in stoppage time
it hurts like it hasnt hurt for many years
Bad result today. Almunia at fault again but some bad choices made by a lot of players.
winning every game was always going to be a tall order though.
We have to move on.
I bet we win on wednesday
So we’re pretty much fucked eh!
Yeah yea all that bit about the fat lady and how we’ve been written of twice and may come back AGAIN yet, but no denying our chances took a major dent today. Tbh its sort of more depressing since I half expected dropping points here, it would have been a phenominal ask to go 13 wins and storm the title.
So where now from here?? Simply put we have to win 6 on the trot AND hope for favors from the other teams. If Utd win at OT they remain ahead 4, if Chavs do it then the margin is 3 from the top. A draw would be ideal though but we are still relying on a massive favor now.
PLayer review:
Song, Diaby, Sol, Nasri, Rosicky, Clichy had a good game for me.
Cesc was anonymous (though injured and gets credit for staying out there), Arshavin missed a sitter, Denilson was so so, and Bendtner lacked much service. Walcott threatened at times and I think suffered with Cesc having an off game. Sagna was reliable and unlucky for the mixup in the end. Almunia is a muppet.
I reckon Almunia alone has cost us about 10 points.
2 today. 2 At Everton. 3 against Utd home and away.
David
He’s complete shit.
Surely even the players are sick of him now? even if he’s a top bloke, how could you respect someone as shit at their job as he is?
So much for doing it for Ramsey
AA23..
The funny thing is that Arshavin says he’s the hardest worker on the team. Fuck me…if you have to work this hard to be this shit…what the fuck are you like normally?
David
Doesnt matter how hard he works, he’s total shit.
Fucking cunt.
Wojciech Szczesny kept a clean sheet for Brentford, who beat Leyton Orient 1-0 thanks to a Lewis Grabban strike. Szczesny made several superb stops, denying Adam Chambers as he hared down on goal and also pushing Sean Thornton’s effort wide in injury time to preserve the win.
We have szczesny and wilshere who are on loan playing excellently and keep theo and clown who are costing us big time
I know almunia and us not finishing our chances cost us the game but there were too many terrible performances yesterday.
Clichy-He really was terrible.Nearly gifted a chance in the first half and also was responsible for the shot that hit the post when he should have easily dealt with it.And how was his crossing yesterday.What is really the point in having a CF like Bendtner and when our fullbacks can’t put one decent cross in.
Denilson-JUST SELL HIM!!!
Almunia-JUST SELL HIM!!!!!
Bendtner-I thought he too was really poor yesterday.He really needs to work on his touch.Looked really slow at times and needs to get the rid of the ball little faster.He needs to hold the ball a lot better
Theo-He really pisses me off.He created that chance for himself earlier on in the game but you could he was too worried joe hart clattering into him.We can’t afford to play boys like him at this stage.
Cesc also had an awful game but considering what he has done this season its okay for him to have a bad game.Inspite of that created our best chance in the game
Good morning (or is it?)
nishanth, Our forwards let us down yet again. manu scored four, berbatov 2, chelsea scored 7 when it all mattered.
That pitch was terrible, so is Chelsea.
How Astonvilla crumpled is a mystery to me.
Bsnb-We have only 1 forward right now.Eduardo isn’t the same player he used to be.Vela never even gets a chance.Walcott plays well when the whole team is playing.Otherwise he is just a liability.Arshavin is not a forward either and scuff every fucking shot.
Birmingham havn’t lost their last 11 home games.And with us having the likes of almunia,denilson and theo in the lineup it was always going to be a really tough ask.And cesc having a shocker didn’t help either.Oh and also do i really need to mention webb’s contribution??
Also if guys like almunia,denilson are not sold at the end of this season then there is a huge reason to be worried.If almunia had been united’s keeper they would have lost that game 3-0.The defence have absolutely no faith in him.And it really makes it difficult for our defenders that they have a useless clown behind them.
Look at mancs defending when they have VDS as their keeper.They looked really shaky at the beginning of the season when foster was keeping
i AM GETTING fed up of our team making the same mistakes over and over again…
As soon as we fix one problem…another develops…then we solve that…and then we lapse go bvack to our old ways…
I would not mind if Arshavin leaves…he is capable of magic..but he is not consistent enough…he is overly casual…
Also I can understand if Cesc decides to leave because why should he stay in the prem and kicked?
He could go home and get much more protection…
The english will never win the World cup again unless they start emphasizing technique over thuggery….
And the refs in England condone it by not disciplining players for dangerous play.
Howard Webb waved fucking play on..only to call the play back when the ball was in the back of the net….What a motherfucker…after he gifted Manure a pen last week for a foul outside the fucking box…
Might as well I watch fucking La Liga cuz I cant enjoy this anymore….watching thieving cunts being celebrated as if they are gods..
i expected nothing less than a win !
we had dudu with a boiling point to prove , im sure he would of liked the chance to extract some revenge , we didnt even play that angle !
an Ace up our sleeve wasted !
but once the subs came in we got a goal , but then if AA and nasri was on the whole game it wouldnt have mattered ….
you dont need to blame almunia we know he’s good for a goal a game
OUR GOAL 
so we needed to score more than almunia
and birmingham .. we needed 2 or 3 min.
besides you have to be either cocky or delusional to play sol and song , then warrant AA and nasri to be rested …
your doing the best to sabotage yourself as much as humanly possible !
i thought the line up was going to be close tooo
bummm
sagna – sol- song-clichy
nasri cesc song rosicky
AA – DUDU
sure i do expect to drop points but not V’s these mugs !
the spuds or Man shitty yes i think we will be lucky to get 1 point from those 2 ..
so this was paramount !
opps cant have 2 songs
but im sure alot of you wish we could
Geoff being one of them
ok you can whack theo in the midfeild , he would of at least linked a run or 2 together with AA and nasri on for 90 minutes ..
nasri next to cesc is the best anyhow .. ALL ATTACK
thats what would have rolled these pricks , attacking football from the word go !
ok that was a fuck up !
ill take diaby
bummm
sagna – sol- song-clichy
nasri cesc diaby rosicky
AA – DUDU
we went into the game last night too negatively .
poor selections ..
he never wanted a result from his actions …
wengers game plan was snatch a 1-0 win .. after 70 minutes .
yeah … well that worked didnt it .
Enough is enough..Wenger needs to make the necessary tweaks for this team to win something….
In the summer he needs to work on a way of lessening the amount of goals we concede..and also try to cut out these stupid concessions…Manure and Chelsea dont let in so many circus act goals…How the fuck can we concede so many freak goals in one fucking season?
In the summer I would sell fabianski…
He will not get the playing time necessary to become our goal keeper….if he plays next season..we will go through another transitional year of him adjusting…
So sell fabianski..let him join a team where he will get playing time and develop…
I would buy a keeper like Sorenson from stoke and give fucking Almunia some real competetion….
So I would have Sorenson..with Almunia as backup…..
We will be getting Chamakh so i guess we have another stiker..Then I would get a utility DM/CB or get a DM and a CB….
Denilson imo can only play the box-box role…he cant be our back up DM at all…….he just cant handle the physicality of the prem..he needs help….
So we need another DM to compete/backup Song…..
1. Sell Fabianski
2. Buy Sorenson
3. Loan Vela to a prem team so he can actually play and develop
4. Let Szenzney continue learning his trade on loan…and maybe even try to get him to a prem team
5. Work on team defense
6. Work on set pieces
7. Buy a utlity CB/DM
8. Failing number 7..Buy 1 CB and 1 DM
The thing is we need to work on this team defense badly..
We cant even use the excuse anymore that we score alot goals…therefore we must concede a a few more….
Because Chelsea have now scored 82 fucking goals….they seem to be on their way to 100 but they still concede less than us…Manure has also overtaken us and they concede much less as well….
We must make clean sheets just as important as goals
Vermaelen already has the attitude but he needs the rest of the team to help out…
Also even though Bendy scored a hattrick against porto….he is still not good enough to lead a side gunning for the league….Wenger;s failure to even loan a striker has hurt us….Bendtner is slow and he cant create something out of nothing like Torres can….
I am not sying RVP is injury prone but Wenger really gambled by going into the season with a striker that has never completed a season…….most of us could have seen his injury coming…..
Ja_gunner-Surely we should be trying to sign someone better than sorenson.
1.Get someone like keown who will teach us how to defend as a unit.
2.Almunia and fabianski have to go.Almunia definitely has to go and maybe send fabianski on loan.Get a new keeper and make szczesney the second choice keeper.If he is as talented as everyone thinks he is he should be ready for the backup keeper role.
3.Sell denilson and the likes of randall and all who we all know won’t make it with us.
4.Vela needs to go on loan.
5.A new young CB someone like sakho or kjaer.
6.An experienced backup DM.
7.Also wenger needs to get tough with these players.Too many players are not getting awa with shit performances.Play the best team possible and don’t throw domestic cup away.
8.Also getting a proper winger will be appreciated
I get back from a long flight and this is what I see. I draw. And from what little I’ve heard, it’s all thanks to horrendous goalkeeping, conceding an injury time equaliser!
I suppose nothing more needs to be said. We’re putting ourselves in a difficult position. If we’re not winning anything again this season, I’m taking of my rosetinting glasses.
Jon-Almunia fucked it up again.It should have been an easy for a normal keeper.But our own special one somehow managed to put the ball in the back of the net.Also there was typcial arsenal missing chances just before they scored and howard webb being the refree didn;t help much either
Devastated! That side we put out was good enough to comfortably win that game. Too many players had one eye on the Barca game and we paid the price.No leaders, It was as simple as that!!! It’s no suprise that almunia a contributed to a sloppy goal either. I would drop Theo until he can stop hiding aswell. midfield looked so off the pace. passing was laboured, movement was rubbish. I can accept that not every result will go our way but I can’t handle a very poor performance in terms of effort at this stage in the season. We need more winners in the team!! Main offenders for me were Denilson, theo and Diaby, there were far too many spaces in front of our back four yesterday. Some of the tackles from our midfield were so half hearted that no team will ever fear us. Premier league? We’re having a laugh!!!!
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devasted is the only word to describe how every arsenal fan and player must feel this morning
the title was there for the taking and we blew it, how the fuck do they get a chance like that in stoppage time
why do we always miss chances to kill games off
and finally why why why do we have to put up with that CUNT almunia, every defender in our squad has no faith in him, every fan around the world has no faith in him, but the most important man (wenger) does
denilson as a dm was always gona be a bad move
you realise what little presence that guy has compared to Song
wednesday is our season now, league is well and truly finished (goal difference being another point)
Just seen the Brum goal for the 1st time. My god……….
GET.ALMUNIA.OUT.
NOW.
MarkG: If Chavs and Utd draw next week, would the league be back on?
Only listened to game on radio, but it has always struck me that more often than not, two goals are need to win an away game. From what I’ve heard/read, Almunia was again at fault for the goal, but it sounded as though our front three again lacked power. How many chances did Ros/Theo create for themselves or for Bendy?
All Almunia had to do was atleast push it out in front of him. Even I could have stopped it ffs. but that’s not saying much since I really am fucking brilliant.
micky
i dont think it would mate, that would leave us 2 points and 1 point behind but with goal diff it would be 3 and 2 points meaning we would need utd to draw 2 more games or lose another
if we only had 1 team above us id say we still have a shoit as its 2 teams, we need a miracle
I don’t care if Walcott if English, I’d swap him for Eden Hazard faster than you can say Theo.
rohan did u see when almunia tried to punch the ball 10 mins before the goal, he nearly assised lee bowyer with a goal
hes just not good emough, he has NO authority in the box, he is usless at claiming crosses and a decent at best shot stopper
he has lost us more games then he has won us
and any keeper who you can say that about needs to be replaced
I don’t care if we lose against Barca, let’s play Mannone. Atleast the lad looked like he cared…
Rohan: I have banged on about Hazard, so like you, I too am brilliant!
theo is a pussy, he hasnt the balls to man up and play as a winger in the premier league, which is one of the key aspects you need as a winger
he’s chance in the 1st half summed it up perfectly, more worried about getting clattered then scoring a goal
do you remember marc overmars’s goal in fa cup final, would theo ever score that goal, NO CHANCE, he would have jumped over the keeper before kicking the ball
its a mentality u cant change
Rohan – I’ve said numerous times that I felt most relaxed when Mannone was in goal!!
NEW POST!
Mark Gooner – Theo isn’t a winger. He doesn’t want to be a winger. He probably knows he is crap as a winger. But dick head Arsene Wenger would rather put square pegs in round holes than buy the round peg in the mould of Hazard or alike. Wenger said that Theo needs to learn to play with his back to goal before he can play as a striker. WTF!! How can he do that on the fucking wing??
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Guys, to avoid bursting a vessel, relax about this title thing. It was not part of Wengers targets for the year. if we get 3rd, then he has overachieved and the bonus will come!
For this match, we lost at the bench. This was a game that theo should not have started. We play 10 men with Theo starting these games. Should have been
Al
Sagna—Sol—Song—Clichy
—–Daiby—Dennison—
—–Cesc———-
Eboue—Bendtner—Rosicky
Apparently the board have decided to cash in on Cesc, Wenger was fuming and thats why he hasnt signed a fresh contract…yet.
We need quality players to come in, not fucking leave to those cunts Barca.
Barca are such cocky bastards they are willing to pay 35-40m on 28year old Villa but dont want to pay a penny over 30m for Fabregas..shows how much they want him doesnt it. They think they are entitled to him just because he is from there.