Morning all.
Back in 1998 and on this very day, Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-0 at Wembley in the FA Cup Final to seal the ‘Double’ for the second time. Marc Overmars opened the scoring and Nicolas Anleka finished the Geordies off for the first time in a Cup Final having lost both previous encounters in 1932 and 1952.
In just two weeks time we head off to Wembley again to face Aston Villa and victory would be our 12th in the clubs history, bettering Man Utd by one….
Before then though we have three matches to play and we need to win all of them to have a chance of 2nd spot, if City drop points before the season ends next weekend. Four points should be enough to secure 3rd.
First up tough is a trip to the old toilet and the manager believes the victory up there in the FA Cup did the players the world of good.
“It was a very positive factor for the development of the team to go there and win. We can be inspired by that victory because a repeat of that kind of performance could give us some very important points.” – Arsène Wenger
A repeat of the Swansea performance won’t! We had 68 per cent possession in that match, 23 shots compared to their eight, made more than double the number of passes they did, delivered close to four times as many crosses into the box – and yet we lost! It’s still hard to believe today how not one player could find a way past Fabianski.
Arsene Wenger remains upbeat though:
We want to learn from the defeat and bounce back, and overall the team is on a very positive trend. Let’s continue that.
They’ll have to have their shooting boots on tomorrow as De Gea is a much better goalkeeper and probably one the top 2/3 keepers in the world of football right now but with stories doing the rounds this morning which suggest he’s agreed personal terms with Real Madrid, I hope his head is elsewhere tomorrow and has an off day.
Rumour is that Wayne Rooney, Luke Shaw , Michael Carrick, Rafael, Robin van Persie and Marcus Rojo will all miss the game through injury – good, the more out for them, the merrier..
Staying with Utd, Arsene Wenger has been talking about transfers:
It looks to my like they are in the market because every player I am offered, I am told Man United are on the case as well.
I don’t know if he’s joking but if not, is that the way to do transfer business? You don’t sit around and wait to be offered a player, what and who we need to make the squad stronger should have been identified a long time ago and someone from Arsenal should have been knocking the relevant clubs door down trying to sort a deal out long before now. Hopefully that was just a sly dig at the Utd camp as they are tipped to spend big this summer and LvG goes sweet shopping with his shorts on….
One player it seems we won’t be signing is James Milner and despite the newspapers having suggested he was a key target for Arsene Wenger, the midfielder has reportedly agreed to go to Liverpool.
I bet you’re all gutted!
That’s enough of my ramblings, have a great Saturday…
Wakie wakie… lol
Calm down, calm down…..lol
Saturday Kitchen is on..
🙂 Bt.
I’m watch it, missing James Martin though….
Stevie G’s last game at Anfield today, in case anyone out there didn’t notice…
Pass the sick bag.
Morning Rico…
Good post.
Morning BT.
Looks like Rosicky is off then…?
You know Rico, I look at the transfer speculation every day.
It’s what you do, as a football fan.
We’re almost conditioned into doing it.
Even though we know that 99% of it is crap.
But I gotta say that I am becoming mightily bored with the whole transfer charade.
It used to be mildly entertaining, but now, with the proliferation of all these ‘click bait’ sites, it’s really quite insulting…
Morning Kev..
Thanks – Stevie who?
The Metro are the worst aren’t they Kev, they’ve even overtaken Caught Offside for drivel…
Bin dipping wanker, glad to see the back of the prick!
Dead on here so off for a while, catch up later…
You do have a way with words Lee… 😉
Just bored of the media blowing smoke up Gerard’s pipe….
Morning good people
Just had a look on News Now and unbelievably, Arsenal weren’t linked with CavanI…
Yeah, really!
Was there any chat about us signing Stevie G, Kev?……..LOL
BT 😀
Nah, but plenty of shite about Gundogan… Zzzzzzz
It’s all one big..Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz fest..
Kev, are you all settled in?
Yes BT, I am very comfortable mate…
Sir Stevie G is coming next christmas…
Afternoon Rico and all
BT, what’s the chances of you getting a cup final ticket?
Kev, no chance (legally), though myself and a couple of mates explored the idea of flying in for a jolly, watch at the Emms/pub..But wasn’t really a goer.
Have you a spare? lol
Morning all.
Remember, Wenger always plays by the rules on transfers…..shame others don’t follow suit, but he shouldn’t be judged harshly for doing the right thing.
Go Saints go!!!!!
Mane hatrick in four minutes!!!!
Damn….3-0 already?
Not me BT, sadly…
My lad applied for three, and got one.
Last year he got two from three.
So the guy who missed out last year, gets the ticket this year…
Me? I’m watching it on TV…
Hammy for Benteke be nice too….
We need to see Benteke do a thigh muscle…
4-0 after 26 mins!!
Southampton beating Villa 4-0….
Hello all..
Lee – you and me both!
Are Aston Villa on the beach?
Just put the radio on and now it’s 4-0…
Hahahahahahahahahaha the villa fans are already leaving 😀
Am loving this
Same here Kev, TV,couple of mates and lots of refreshments.
Now that’s how you playing football. Sanchez are you watching? You pass and move not hog the ball you square headed mug
I’ll be mainly watching the final in Ibiza!
Schnerling is always injury? a new Vermaelen?
Mane is intresting and we need a player like him
4-0 now… and another goal invalidated (bad dedcision).
Final tickets sat in club Wembley are over £700…..
Old Farm Derby 0-0
£700 to spend a day in Brent….
Brent???
Ibiza???
Difficult choice?!
Stan, harsh on Alexis, where would we be without him?
JM, being kept fit for transfer maybe..
Lee, are you partying in Ibiza?
Silly question really..lol
5-0, ha ha ha….
What a goal! 5-0
What a strike….
1-0 Norwich
Mane has scored more goals in 4 minutes than Balotelli & Soldado combined this season!
BT I may blow the froth off a few whilst out there….
🙂 Lee..
Brudder. Beware the demon drink. 🙂
1998, brought back some great memories, started the day at Highbury for a few pre-match drinks, then onto Farringdon Station to Terry Neills Pub in Holborn to watch the game, Ray Parlour should have made it 3 right at the death but fluffed his lines, Le Sulk was phenomenal, his brothers really messed with his head, still his transfer paid for Thierry and the rest is history.
That’s an interesting point about Anelka, you made Mick…
If not for his brothers, then how different could things have turned out?
Anelka might have stayed at Arsenal, Henry may have not been signed, Anelka might now be the top scorer in Arsenals history with a statue outside the ground…
Still, Nic can always enjoy getting his bank statements every month, as compo…
We’ll never know kev ! Couldn’t have been easy being treated like a dog !!!
Newcastle putting their fans through the mill, scum winning as well.
If we win the fa cup there’s an extra Europa place up for grabs, we’re too good to ’em.
I thought AW wanted Henry and Anelka in the same side? Could have happened but for ‘famiiilyy’…
Evening all..
Are the barcodes relegated yet? 😉
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if the Dippers lost tonight…..
Just in case you missed it…
Today is Stevie G’s last game at Anfield.
Yuk…
Just watching it Kev, pass the bucket……..
Turned off now..
We were seriously in for James Milner?..I don’t know if I should laugh or cry.
Don’t worry Rico or Adam and Lee, who I know are massive fans of Stevie G….
Because we can go through all this sycophanty (is that a word?) again next Sunday when we can celebrate SG4’s actual last game in the EPL…
That is, until he returns on loan to the Scousers and we can continue again and again and again, ad infinitum.
I doubt we were Kev, those days are long gone I think….
Ah, speaking of Old toilet clashes, FA Cup finals and the departure of a Scouse talisman, word is we’re going to score 12 goals in that game and Oezil will score 10 – that game being either tomorrow’s, the Cup final, or Mesut’s own testimonial, difficult to know for sure. But here’s a glimpse into the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVsxBrO-NmI
2-1 Palace lol
Tee hee, go Palace 🙂
Virg, say what?
No lie – proof is on youtube. And all those reality videos on the internet are real aren’t they?
You being serious virg?? Of course they are not…..
Record sales of tissues and bog roll, reported in the Looserpool area today….
3-1 Palace..lol
Love it Bt, just how he deserves to sent off….. 🙂
Incredible what Pardew has done at Palace… Can’t stand the guy but credit where it’s due….
Rico, great stuff, Palace played well, so sad, to bad now fcuk off Stevie Geerrad!!!!
True Rico, you can’t knock him for the job he’s done at Palace…..
Lol follow the link then you’ll see what I was getting at Rico. And I just caught the end of that pool game, managed to see the penalty haha, inter and juve kicked off half an hour before thought it would be better.
Spot on Bt, took off Stevie me, you cheat!
Think I’ll give that a miss virg….
As you wish. It’s just Ozil in a wierd comedy skit anyway quite funny, he’s quite the actor.
It was the goals predicted which kept me away…
Saturday night so I’m off to party..
Catch you folk tomorrow.. Night all….
Rico, you’ll raise a glass or two of ginger beer, to Stevie G later…..lol
Night Rico, have a good one…….
Good riddance, Stevie G.
Can’t stand him.
Morning all.
TalkSPORT says eight first-team players are set to leave, including Theo Walcott, Tomas Rosicky, Abou Diaby, Mathieu Flamini, Joel Campbell, Carl Jenkinson, Ryo Miyaichi and captain Mikel Arteta.
Morning all…
Morning Rico, i think you’d call that a cull……has AW ever been that ruthless?
Morning Rico, BT and all.
If eight are going, how many are coming in?
Morning Bt & Adam.
Can’t see AW letting 8 players go, out of that list I’d keep Jenkinson and Walcott unless the latter won’t sign a new contract.
Morning All
Morning Rico, great post… Or it will be 🙂
Morning Adam.
Morning BT
8 first teamers?
Depends on how you describe a first teamer I suppose.
Miyaichi has been a regular of course, as has Campbell…
Or they have been in the tiny minds of those morons at TalkRubbish…
Morning Adam, just a quickie, did the multiple file transfer work with the app?
If they all left, i’d say possible three…
3/4 I reckon Adam – Wenger doesn’t like to sign too many at once. lol
On a serious note though, we wouldn’t miss any of them from that list as they’ve either barely played or been elsewhere…
Morning Kev…
Talksport are an odd bunch but they are not far off the mark re who might be going though imo.
But no, most of who they list are far from being first team players.. Makes a good headline though… lol
Morning Sir Kev, Diaby is an apparition….
Hi BT. Yes, it did thank you.
Whoever stays or goes can you see Arsene buying a GK, CM, a couple of strikers and a wide man?
Couple of strikers? Nope.
Me neither.
Certainly don’t see a couple of strikers, as for a wide man, have we not got one out on loan, who might get a chance?
Don’t see Podolski on the list..
Wellington Bt – wonder if we’ll finally see him in Arsenal colours..
He should be.
Don’t diss the Diaby BT… 😉
Yeah Rico, an ‘odd bunch’ is a good description…
Btw, I’ve got some good news for you all…
Stevie G will be back at Anfield, training during the MLS ‘Off Season’….
But then you all guessed that that was the case…
The saga continues…
Does anyone now what’s happening with Martinez, he is shown to be out of contract next month on the transfer market website but just read he signed a new 4 year contract in October 2014.
Forget my last, just found the answer…
https://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/martinez-and-maitland-niles-sign-new-arsenal-contracts/
That’s great news Rico, that seems to passed us all by, including TransferMarket.com.
I’d be tempted to loan him out to a La Liga club.
Macey could move up to 3rd goalkeeper…
Vickers has done well on loan.
Rico, Wellington is the one, i know Adam has mentioned him and my mate has watched him a few times for Almeria and thought he had something about him, perhaps he could be worth a shot next season.
I’m really pleased too Kev, Szczesny must be concerned for his Arsenal future…..
I’d rather he went to a PL club if he goes on loan… Get him used to it..
BT, I think that Wellington had a lot of problems, initially settling at his first few loanee clubs…
Now he seems to have grown up and is getting regular football, but he’s not proved to be a prolific goalscorer at Almeria.
I’d like to see him get a chance at Arsenal next season.
And he likes Pizza Bt.. lol
Would be odd for AW to let him go now he’s finally got his passport. I guess if he didn’t have something about him, he’d be offloaded before now…
Kev, i did follow his early career in Europe but have not kept up with him lately, i always thought of him as more a winger with goal threat.
Rico, now he has a passport, he can be sold off a lot easier and for a bigger fee in Britain….lol
Could be the winger we need, wonder how many assists he’s notched up…
New post up now.