Cheer up fellow Gooners. I understand how you all feel. I am still in absolute shock about Saturday’s result. I woke up thinking about it and I have just finished watching the re-run on Football First. It wasn’t an enjoyable watch. But we have to forget about it, because if you are all totally honest with yourselves, Arsenal Football club are in a better position on this Monday morning than any of us expected going into the weekend fixtures.
You may argue that we should be only 2 points off of United, which would of course be a much better place to be, but Man United looked a tad lethargic against Wolves and this may have been caused by the fact that they felt much less pressure to win the game.
Had we won our game 4-0, I think Man Utd would have played with much more urgency and we could still well be 5 points adrift.
But this side is for the majority of the time, looking like a great team, and I still believe with the slightly easier fixture list (in theory) than United’s, our players have got it in them to challenge right until the end, and possible win the Premier League.
Going forward, for the first time in a long time, we have a fit and firing Robin Van Persie. The lad is world-class, and makes such a difference to our play (do you remember when he came on against Spurs away last season?) His combination play with Fabregas and Nasri is second to none (well maybe Xavi, Messi, Iniesta!). Walcott is always a threat, he continues to frustrate me with his final ball, but this is improving, as we saw on Saturday. Arshavin looks like he is returning to form, and at the end of the day you can’t argue with the 9 assists he has provided in the league this season (only behind Nani and Rooney with 10, Cesc has 8).
In the middle I expect to see Song back next week. His partnership with Wilshere is excellent and they have both been a revelation. Defensively we have also improved, Sagna is without doubt the best right back in the league (world?) and Clichy is looking back to the player we know he can be (though still didn’t do enough for Newcastle’s second goal). Djourou has also been outstanding and Koscielny improving. Szczesny also looks like he has cemented the No1 jersey and has looked dominating and confident.
Next weekend we play Wolves at home. We should win that game. Man United face City at home. Anything could happen there. We may well be only a point adrift of United come this time next week. We still have to play United at home (which is gonna be a cracker) and if we beat them ( I acknowledge this will not easy but if we are up for it as much as we were for Chelsea at the Grove we can definitely do it) we are 2 points in front, all else being equal . We do have other difficult games in our run in, notably Tottenham (a), Liverpool (h), Bolton (a) and Stoke (a), but United have Chelsea (h), Chelsea (a), Liverpool (a), City (h). They look like more slippery fixtures to me.
I know football doesn’t exactly work like this, hence Saturday’s results. I also acknowledge we have problems, especially if Djourou’s knee injury is bad. Squillaci is a liability and for me just doesn’t seem to give a shit. He doesn’t throw himself into challenges/ headers etc. Diaby being banned is a shame because despite giving the ball away more than his ability warrants, he is a good passer/ retainer of the ball and had a good first half yesterday, and we could do with him around to let Cesc have a rest in games like next week and Orient in the Cup. I also feel RVP needs a rest and Chamakh needs to play more to keep RVP fresh for the games that we really need him.
This is the other problem – with the amount of players out on loan the second string have proved unable to hold their own in cup games where we need to rest the big boys. Wenger knows that we have to go full throttle in the FA Cup, just in case we don’t win the Prem/CL, which leaves us having to play Cesc, Fabs, Nasri in every game – this is how Nasri got injured.
Overall, it has been an excellent season, we have a fantastic First XI and there appears to be an excellent team spirit and belief that they can achieve something great. Yes, they messed up on Saturday but they (and Wenger I hope?) will learn from it. If Arsenal can go on and win the next 4 PL games (Stoke -h, Sunderland -h, West Brom –a, Blackburn h) we will still be right up there and the Newcastle game will be a distant memory.
P.S. United’s next 4 games are City -h, Wigan -a, Chelsea -a and Liverpool –a.
Written by James
Morning all
Thank you for the post James, a good positive read and welcome to Highbury House, I hope the post is the first of many.
Having read it you are right, things don’t look quite so bad and yes, maybe the mancs would have put more effort in and come out with a win had we got three points too, we’ll never know now 😉
I hope Wenger starts pulling our players out of these stupid friendlies – the england players are dropping like flies!
Good post James, the glass is definitely half full now and the quicker TV is back the better!Any good news on JD??
Morning Lee
I guess we fans have two choices, look forward on dwell on what happened….
When we look at the mancs fixtures they are a lot tougher than ours and having seen liverpool beat chelsea yesterday they could end up being our ‘friend’ if they beat the mancs ….
just fingers crossed no injuries get picked up this week in the stupid friednlies…
Yeah Rico all water under the bridge now!These friendlies really are a waste of time…..
Still angry. Sorry but for the second week in a row we were cheated and every report i have read has been more about Dowd than the game and that isn’t right. No ref should be the centre of attention like that.
I am still waiting for an explanation as to way Diaby was sent off and Nolan wasn’t.
I am still waiting for an explanation as to why Wenger didn’t strengthen the defence when it was obvious we were short there.
yep, sorry but I am still angry.
Ahhh….perspective! I needed that…thx!
Morning Will
I have been reading Graham Polls opinion on the game, he says the barton tackle was legal, the first penalty was soft but correct, the second was totally wrong and Nolan should have been sent off….
Hi RvP, sometimes that is just what we need, yes i am still very angry about saturday but we have to look ahead… This season is far from being over…
We are in all four competitions and this side would not shock me if they went and knocked out barca – tough yes, but impossible, no ….
Praying the JD injury news is wrong….
I have no idea how anyone sane can say the Barton tackle was ok. There is a word called intent and I think we can all see what Barton intended with that tackle.
Just because you get the ball, does not make it a fair tackle.
And the challenge on Arshavin was terrible…barton is a total disgrace, up there with diouf in my book!!
I’m with you Will, i thought it was shocking, and as Lee says so was the one on AA…..
Nowt legal about either of them….
And then we have Barton mouthing off saying our players should take up netball. I want someone to end his career. Oh for a Keown right now.
Morning guys hope you are all good. RVP pulls out of the international because of Flu via @youngoonblog and we have to move on from saturday
Rumour has it that JD is out for a month not yet confirmed
Will, Wenger had the chance to get one of those in Jan…or at least an improvement on squill
If JD is out, the board needs to have a strong word with Wenger. Everyone it seems could see this happening except him.
Why make a huge profit every year if you are not going to use it?
To be honest Squillaci is not good enough but the realiy is he’s all we got 🙂
Will true but Aw said we have options am waiting to see if they will work and pass judgement. Saturday option number one failed
Will
😆 re Keown….
Howdy Erick
I wonder what Wenger has up his sleeve? Maybe a return for Bartley or Miguel…
Good news if rvp has pulled out, need a few more to follow….
was just reading about rvp….what result!!!
need theo and jack to pull out too Lee…
Squillaci needs a call up 🙂
Could you imagine Barton doing what he does against us if Keown was playing? I would give Barton 15 minutes.
I hope Wenger has something up his sleeve or we can see another almost season happening.
I wouldn’t give him that long, nor if Paddy had been on the pitch….
I cannot see hwere AW can go though, he cannot play Song back there as that would break up our midfield and make us vulnerable, is he permitted to loan a defender?
nb52 cb???
Hi Rico may be Bartley he aint that bad but we are already short on numbers
Lee no thanks we don’t need own goals
This is why I was holding Wenger accountable during the game. It was his short-sightedness that left us having to put Squil on the pitch.
was tongue in cheek…lol
Its not the 1st time Will I don’t understand why he does that 🙁
Lee 😆
Erick, at least he is playing footie i guess, surely Miquel won’t be readky, not for Barca 😮
All because of one mans stubborness not to buy just one player….
Morning all,
Yes Saturday was a bad day, four goals up and we draw, but look at it this way, two dodgy penalties, a sending off, and we get a point back closer to red nose, we know the standard of refereeing is appauling and it always seems worse for our matches, but were into the second half of the season and were in second place clawring back a point at a time, they can cheat us but they wont beat us, as usual we’ll be there at the end,and they definitely wont forget us.
Gibbs out too
Van Persie, Gibbs out of national squads
Robin van Persie and Kieran Gibbs will not be on international duty this week after withdrawing from their respective national squads.
Van Persie is suffering from ‘flu and has been replaced in the Holland squad by Luuk de Jong ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Austria.
Gibbs has dropped out of England Under-21s’ friendly with Italy with a minor injury
I am still waiting to hear back from the FA.
Hi Steve – it’s all a fix….
I doubt you will hear anything Will….
Nor will squilli be ready….I was reading that Messi has scored 40 goals in 34 appearances this season…wow!!!
Squilli v Messi makes me feel quite ill…..
Good news guys Cesc with draws from International Get in
Fifa should cancel all this games just disrupting the league
When do we play Barca?
We have to stop bitching about not buying in the transfer window, Chelsea spent bundles and lost, it means absolutely nothing. We have what we have and i think if we dont lose to many for to long, we will still be up there for everything.
please say that kos has pulled out too….
That is great new Erick..
16th Feb and the 8th March we play Barca…
But Steve, AW was crazy, we needed one CH before JD got injured now we are in dire straights, it’s tough to stomach that just one purchase could be between us winning something and losing…
but yes, we cannot change anything now, what we need is TV back fit and pretty sharpish…
Sorry guys Clichy,Sagna, Diaby and Kos have all travelled but again yet to be confirmed all this is via younggunzblog on twitter
rico, we have only got RVP back after sitting on his arse for ever, and you want to rest him, when TV comes back and plays three games, dont tell me he needs a rest as well. If all our players start working for a living they can all rest at the end of the season and have a holiday in the sun and stay on a sun lounger till the season starts again.
3 of those worry me Erick, Diaby needs games so no probs with him going…
I don’t want RvP rested Steve just don’t want him playing in a pointless international game!
Once TV comes back he should be able to play for the rest of the season…..
I’m one who believes in always start the strongest eleven, thats their job but over the last couple of months our fixtures have been heavy, that should ease off now…
This in the business end of the season and this crop need to fight until they drop….
Rico Kos is the most vital any injury on him would hurt us big time
Rico, good girl were talking the same language, no wonder i like you x
Steve we have had the highest number of fixtures in one month in the history of Afc
I know Erick, I’m keeping fingers crossed he’ll pull out but its his first national call up, i can’t see him not wanting to wear the shirt of his home….
Cheeky Steve 😉
True Rico Its his dream to play for France after rejecting Poland so many times
Hi Eric, i apreciate that, and have admiration for the team to still be challengeing as they are, but they get paid fairly well, and i expect them to earn that money, by entertaining us with scintilating football and lots of trophies. I am expecting both in this second half of the season.
Hi Mr Steve I wouldn’t argue with that especially at this time of the season where our we have must win Matches and yes the amount of money they are paid is crazy
Erick – I don’t expect any manager to play players for 90 minutes this week,hope Kos just comes off the bench for ten mins at the end 😉
What has made it worse for us is having to play the replay against Leeds – just that one game was something we could have done without…
Steve – they are doing well, however, having to use players like Nasri, Cesc, JD, Kos etc for some of the games shows that despite having a lasrge squad, some are not good enough to use when the going gets tough….
Steve Barcelona play the same eleven in all ther matches with a maximum of three changes but the Pl is a tough league
I don’t think they have all the cup matches either do they Erick adn don’t they get a winter break – where as in the PL they pile up the fixtures during the Christmas period…
But it proves that playing the same 11 – 15 players each week, works…..
You have to laugh at this, even though its just horrid…
The new Arsenal Hotline Telephone Number –
0800 40 41 42 43 44
morning all…good post, what is done is done from saturday. now we have to hold our breath and hope the news is not too bad on jd…
this is a situation where i would prefer a quick turnaround and midweek game…something to rapidly focus us and the players, and prevent us from sitting around and stewing on this…
morning oliver,
its funny how we all wanted the team to have a bit of a break from the manic fixture list but now it’s here its not so good. The worst thing is all the players going their seperate ways when they really need to be together and sorting out what went wrong….
I wish afc.com would speak about JD’s injury…
we’ll have to see what happens. at least cesc and robin are not playing for their national sides this week. i am very concerned about jd…if he is out an extended period of time, we have a lot of problems, as shown on saturday…if he is seriously hurt, then our worst fears will have been realized and we’ll have to live with his gamble of not strengthening the position.
What annoys me so much is that only a couple of months ago Wenger said that JD could not be relied on to play too many matches back to back as it’s his first season back after such a long time out…
So what happens, he plays him in nearly every match because he has had too, he had the chance to prevent that happening in january….
we’ll just have to see how it goes…i don’t like it any more than you do – i felt not strengthening this particular position in january was a huge risk, so if it blows up in our faces, it will be on arsene’s shoulders…but the window closed a week ago, so there is nothing we can do about it…
all we can do is hope wenger has a rabbit in his hat….
he doesn’t rico…we both know that…if jd is out, we persist with squillaci, while considering rotating song into that particular position, or promoting miguel. all the “solutions” already exist within the organization. tv will not be match fit for a while yet, so he cannot be added to the mix immediately.
One of the things i noticed on Saturday, was nearly all of our attacking players pull out of nearly all fifty fifty tackles Arshavin in particular never gets involved, and the rest jump to head, but very seldom do they actually head the ball, have we got to many small players, or is this the policy Wenger adopts, personally i like to see the players challengeing for everything
TV is three weeks away oliver… I’d get Bartley back before throwing Miquel in…
He’s just sat on the Rangers bench at the moment….
I am still angry.
Steve – we have more midgets than the Wizzard of Oz 😉
Will, so am I!
We had three fit fit centre backs, now we have one and a half.
Will, put it behind you, just imagine being a newky supporter at half time do you stay or do you go, there day could only get better, i beleived we had it in the bag, but bad refs can spoil your day, their fans must have prayed realy hard, while we were smirking, o sod it, its made me mad now
I am angry Steve at the ref and the fact that he gets no punishment for deciding how he wanted the game to finish.
I am angry at Wenger as everyone else could see we needed a CB and he did nothing.
Ramsey has pulled out of the international game now, thats five…. good…
As we stand right now with the injuries/suspension.
We have 14 fit and available players for Wolves, and that includes those with ‘flu’…
We all slate Squilli but did you know that we have not lost or drawn a PL game when he and JD play in defence….
JD and Kos have not lost either but have drawn two matches…
The big problem is Kos and Squilli together…..
Although i agree with you about the center back,but looking at it from his point of view, he had JD Kosi Squill maybe Song or Diarby,he has great beleif in his players, and he would probably want to give them the chance to prove themselves of at least a full season, and of course the wages. After all who would buy any of these players on what they have seen so far. i beleive if they dont cut the mustard by the end of the season, he will make changes for next year. afterall he has never been badgered into buying for the sake of it. He has an uncanny way of getting out of tight situations.
How many seasons now have we come close but injuries and lack of class players cost us?
Anyone here think the reason they have not done Jack is because they know their official messed up and by doing Jack, they are opening a huge can of worms?
Steve, Diaby and Song are not defenders, we should not be thinking that they are….
Yes Will, I do – like i said earlier, Graham Poll though the second pen was a shocking decision and that nolan should have seen red…
BUT, we must move on, no matter how much we knock Dowd it will not change the result, we have to look forward the Wolves now for our own sanity….
Fantastic read.we need to move on for our own sanity.i heard interpol are investigating rosicky as they too can’t believe he is getting paid to do jack all…
man u drop points against citeh we beat wolves….simple!!
Here is a question….
Should Chesney have done better for 4th Newcastle goal???
Hi KT, jj mentioned the interpol investigation last night, nothing has been mentioned again today anywhere so maybe it was just a spoof…
He could have done better with all of them, if he had saved all of them i would be the first to praise him but in the circumstances he still let four in, not top quality in my book
Has he saved a penalty yet
No Steve….
Boo! Hello, all. A new author! 🙂 A great, positive piece, which, in all this doom and gloom, is most welcome.
Glad to see our players are opting out of the silly internationals. 🙂
Enough said
How can a player have 40 goals at this stage of the season?messi must be extraordinarily good or the league is piss poor.
After watching ronaldo’s goals i have just realised i miss nasri so much.the feint,drop the shoulder and then aim for the corner technique is just class and nasri does it effortlessly.
Hi KT,
We’ll soon know
If he dosn’t score against our defence he’s shit
I must admit, some of our players have some lovely touches, but they are not that resilient
Steve, are you for real?
Will the collapse aside,you must have been impressed by our clinical finishing in the 1st half.it was a throwback to the invincibles days.i want to see that week in week out.
Impressed? Yes but why get to 4 and stop?
Boo agag, just a shame james hasn’t been here 🙁
Steve, how can you say that??
cracking post..
once more into the breach my friends once more…
any news on JD???
Our first half was awesome, but we buckled after we lost two influential players on the day, our best Ch and Diaby – that was in effect like going down to nine men… actually, make that eight for Dowd!!
hi jj, no news yet…. well, not confirmed by afc.com
Hi jj.i meant to ask you about pool’s tactics yesterday.i think Dalglish was very smart yesterday.he played 3-5-2 yesterday which ensured he had a spare man at the back when facing torres and drogba with lucas picking up anelka.with the chavs playing a narrow diamond there was lots of space on the flanks.bosingwa/cole had to make lung busting runs to receive the ball in decent positions which allowed pool’s wingbacks to get back and cover.in attack kelly and johnson were ready to receive passes as they were already in advanced positions.this meant pool won the battle in defence,flanks and in the middle where they had 4 players with meireles dropping deep.any thoughts?
Chesney has been called up for the big Poles 🙂
Sorry Will have i upset you
KT, the Spanish league is nowhere near as demanding as the PL – no-one can question Ronaldo’s ability though, look what he did in his last season for the mancs….
KT, i thought the chavs were poor yesterday, the game was all about Torres and that backfired…
Rico ronaldo has and will always be quality.
I know KT and just think, he was nearly ours 😉
Aren’t they always….
Who faces Real in the CL??
ktr
i thought the game was incredibly dull…
kenny had his tactics spot on but i think chelsea played into their hands with the shape and players they had..
their forward line was square pegs in round holes, torres cant play wide in a 3 neither can drogba and anelka just does what he wants in any case..
it was like playing with 3 strikers who all had a free role..they just got in eachothers way and made it easy for liverpool to defend..
chelsea had one shot all game…they had no playmaker and no width and 3 lead strikers??
it will take anchovi time to integrate torres but it may mean dropping both drog and sulk..but will he do that??
hi rico
it seems like afc are delaying the inevitable…
i see rvp has pulled out of the national team with a rico 😉
would like to see more of them follow suit
jj, i know he’s injured but i’m just praying the news is delayed because of the international game… just to be safe…
jj, they have, cesc has followed rvp with a rico injury 😉
just for jj 😉
Five out
Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Kieran Gibbs, Johan Djourou and Aaron Ramsey will not be on international duty this week after withdrawing from their respective national squads.
Anyone see the Peterborough v Southampton goals/game??
Dowds brother must have been the ref…..
that’ll do 😉
about bloody time we started telling them to do one..
JJ what do you reckon will be our tactics in the barca game?
Wish Kos, Clichy and Song would follow…
Oh and of course, jack and theo… but the latter is out to shove it up capello’s doo dah, after the world cup….
Got to go get dinner and stuff, late one for me and i’m hungry 🙁
Later all
damage limitation ktr.. 😉
no seriously wenger doesnt change tactics he just plays the same every game
we saw the effect of this in the cups when we changed the personell..
same system same style, didnt work cos of the players
if we are missing 3-4 players v barca we are fucked pretty much
they wont ponce about like ipswich did they well destroy us..
again
seeya rico
NOt at all Steve, I just find it incredible that you can lay any blame on Chesney’s doorstep.
Two penalties GIVEN to the opposition
A player sent off when their player did worse and wasn’t even spoken to.
The blame for this lays directly at the feet of Dowd. He cheated us.
JJ would you like us to play a high line against them?
yeah ktr
nothing else will work
id rather risk trying to close messi down before he has chance to run than stand off and let him..
will
i agree
ches cannot be blamed he was fantastic even if he conceeded 4
i made this point yesterday but newcastle had about 19 shots about 12 on target..im pretty much sure all those came in the second half bombardment
ches was making save after save theres nothing he can do about the pens it a lotto…
but he kept the rest but two out and one of them couldnt have been stopped by anyone
We were cheated and no one will ever convince otherwise.
I agree JonJon, there’s no way Chesney was at fault or could have done any better for any of the goals. Good news about the likes of Cesc and RVP pulling out of the midweek nonsense, lets just keep our fingers crossed about Johann.
I am now going to say something very controversial. In the eyes of the law Diaby did have to go. And both pens are pens. The first is a silly tackle who goes through the legs of the player from behind and doesn’t win the ball. The second, if you look at through the eyes of the lino, is also a pen, as Rosicky does appear to push the player in the back as he goes to head the ball.
The problem is that most referees lack any common sense. He should have realised the reason’s behind Diaby’s frustrations (in that he was lucky not to have broken a leg, again)had a very strong word with him, given him a booking and got on with the game. As for the penners, is that on most occasions once a ref has given the first, he rarely gives the second. Likewise, if he doesn’t give the first, you feel less incensed that he gives the second. It looked like this Ref could feel the heat and the atmosphere being built up by the home fans, and bought into it, seeming to revel in the fact that he was playing a part in making something amazing happen. Which he did. The bastard.
james..your post???
superb mate…
a true calming but convincing rallying cry…just what we need right nowe..if you were my captain i would follow you into battle…
diaby had to go james
but it was for two pushes..the first on barton and the second on nolan..
but nolan shoved him..so he should have seen yellow too..and then another after decking ches
their was no consistency the decisions were shocking..
someone found a stat on another site where dowd got only 19% of the decisions right in the whole game
19 fucking %
thats sackable in itself..
Yes, tis indeed me! Thank you! It is my first post, I read a lot of the stuff that gets blogged and something compelled me to write after watching the Newcastle game.
I was truly devastated, my wife absolutely hates it when we lose cause I just don’t speak! I do however refuse to get dragged into this blaming, Wenger hating mob.
My initial thoughts after we lost was “Season over” but after the United defeat, the result doesn’t matter too much.
We’ll see what happens at the end of the season but for now, I am truly loving this Premiership campaign and do believe we’ve got great chance of winning it.
James your post was excellent.we needed that for our own sanity.
Agreed. That he had sent Diaby off meant he should have sent Nolan off too.
I feel sorry for Diaby. Have you seen the slo-mo of the Barton tackle? If Diaby hadn’t had pulled his leg out from under Barton it would have been broken. So you can understand his frustration.
As for the poor standard of refereeing, What are your thoughts on the use of TV replays? For me it’s a no-brainer. Use the tennis model. 3 challenges, referred to a 4th official, watching a TV screen. Decision in 10 seconds in most cases. No disruption as the ball is usually out of play anyway. Obviously there are flaws, and you’d have to look at every single eventuality/ possibility but it would add another dimension of excitement and more fairness. It would also truly show up those referrees who consistently make bad decisions. Will never happen though. The slaves will continue to be repressed!
much the same as my feelings james..
was annoyed and felt sick..but wolves and pool sorted it out and the manc derby next week means more dropped points for somebody, hopefully both 😉
i hate motd simply because they hate us and they didnt show the various angles..they only show the angles that backs up their points but they are anti arsenal…on the espn stream i had it showed diabys tackle from the side..his leg was almost shattered the commentators said barton should have gone..
as for the kos penalty..they also showed a reverse angle that showed kos didnt make any contact and best dived through the air…the commentators even said from that angle it wasnt one..
replays are a no brainer..it woulndt slow the game down too much ( not as much as fergie time 😉 ) but maybe allowing teams 3 calls like they do in nfl/tennis/cricket..would help clarify decisions..
Thanks K-TR7.
I just love being an Arsenal fan. Sod the lack of trophies and sod the lack of spending. Wenger has built a team that continues to play the best football in England, and only surpassed (in recent times) by Barcelona. Without having to succumbe to spending stupid amounts of money that doesn’t (or does in our case) exist, and believing in the ability of players he does have.
Come on the arse!
speaking of sanity ktr
whats going on with JD??????
im going nuts, keep checking arse.com but no avail
i have some info ktr
JD has apparantly tweeted saying he got a kick on his knee and hes feeling better..afc will comment soon
i think he maybe ok..the sub was a precaution and wenger is waiting until the switerland game is over to say hes ok… 😉
Boo, what’s occurring 🙂
Hey james, good to see you on board and thanks for the post, good upbeat positive one too – the weekend still gripes but we definately have the better run in – all we need now is a side strong enough to meet and beat whats in front of us on the day…
Starting with battering Wolves….
Reports are coming in that JD is out for the season….
jj, you heard anymore about the Dowd/Rosicky ‘story’ ?
I gave up on MOTD as soon as I stumbled across football first on Sky – either extended highlights or in this case a complete re-run. The only pundits I can tolerate on the Beeb are Dixon and Keown (this is not biased – they are the only ones that aren’t blinkered and talk some degree of sense).
As posted earlier, JD has tweeted to say that he “got a knock”. Hope that’s all. As for the Rosicky story -couldn’t believe my ears when i heard it, though the Mail (ugh)is saying that we’re gonna sue.
rico
the reports were a prank..
a well respected french news reporter made a statement this morning saying it was bollox..
the problem is that before the report was leaked in england last night TWO french tv stations, one covering the chav game and another covering the toulouse game gave it a mention in their shows…
then the report was released..
arsenal could indeed sue..
Hope thats true James, just what we need to hear….
Interesting about that from the Mail, very unlike afc to respond so quickly… 🙂
footy first is my option too..
motd went out of the window when i discovered i could pick my own game and watch the arsenal game over and over again and not be subjected to an hour of chelsea or the mancs….
Good evening everyone. Been out of the loop for a few days [ work ]. Who is suing who???
Have you seen the Champions League Squad? 36 players named, about dozen have yet to play in the first team!
Right I’m off to bed now, all this positivity makes me sleepy! Plus the Wife’s looking at me scornfully! good to chat with you folks. Look forward to more of the same soon.
bonjour kev
a french mag released a report last night that interpol were investigating the newcastle game after strange betting was going on
dowd and rosicky were both named but it turned out to be shit…
see ya james
kev i aint seen it u got a link
Hiya Jonno, does that mean Arse are suing the French mag? Did you go to St James’..?
It’s on Jeorge Bird’s Arsenal Youth, a very good read hombre
‘Ere Jon, i bet Le Grove was a ‘war zone’ as 4-0 became 4-1 then 4-2 etc last week, lol, the thought of that lot exploding is the only thing i can smile about from that debarcle.
nah mate…i see my little one weekends i have to work round her…i could have gone but it was too short notice in the end..
glad i didnt 😉
plenty of wrist slitting going on mate
Great artice in The Gooner about ‘our mate’ Eboue, have you seen it?
gotta go off for the day all… catch up tomorrow…
don’t forget – no being naughty about other sites here… the way i felt, i would have joined LG on saturday 🙁
Nighty night….
Night Rico, not being naughty ere girl, it’s just LG can be a bit scary, but it’s a great read, pleasant dreams.
😆 thanks kev, just checking me old mucker 😉
i hope to dream of a fit JD 😉
nighty night….
night rico
ive just been checking the sites kev..
eboues always good for a luagh..if nothing else..
gooner read it 😉
Yeah mate, i always have a chuckle when i think of our comments about him chasing us home after the game. I just can’t take him seriously anymore.
Was listening to Talk Shite earlier. That muppet Durham was having a go at us as usual. He was slagging off an Arsenal site that had ‘The cheek’ to suggest that there’s a conspiracy against us [Arsenal Arsenal], but i read the blog and agreed totally.
btw, good post on here today by James.
Ok, that’s me. Good night
night kev
u serious about arsenal arsenal..
i know (we know) some of those guys we used to blog together they will be well chuffed.. 😉
Morning all
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