Villa match thread

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highburyJD wrote:If we have our normal few international duty injuries
we're gonna struggle to provide a full bench
Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?

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swimmer1 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:If we have our normal few international duty injuries
we're gonna struggle to provide a full bench
Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?
:rubchin:

Because he's a mentalist? :|

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DB10GOONER wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:If we have our normal few international duty injuries
we're gonna struggle to provide a full bench
Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?
:rubchin:

Because he's a mentalist? :|
I agree but why had he not been thrown away into a padded cell ?

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swimmer1 wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:If we have our normal few international duty injuries
we're gonna struggle to provide a full bench
Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?
:rubchin:

Because he's a mentalist? :|
I agree but why had he not been thrown away into a padded cell ?
Because Ivan and Stan are mentalists too :| - It's the Cuckoo's Nest over there :roll:

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g88ner wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:If we have our normal few international duty injuries
we're gonna struggle to provide a full bench
Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?
:rubchin:

Because he's a mentalist? :|
I agree but why had he not been thrown away into a padded cell ?
Because Ivan and Stan are mentalists too :| - It's the Cuckoo's Nest over there :roll:
And a money nest

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GK: Szczesny, Fabianski
Def: Sagna, Merte, Kos, Monreal, Jenks, Gibbs
Mid: Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Oxlade
Fwd: Podolski, Giroud,

14 regular first teamers availible providing no further injuries are picked up in the midweek internationals (god forbid)


Cazorla playing for spain in ecuador on wednesday night (i doubt he will be back in time to have friday training)
Ramsey Out
Sanogo Out
Walcott Out
Vermaelen Out

Wenger WTF?

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g88ner wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
highburyJD wrote: Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?
:rubchin:

Because he's a mentalist? :|
I agree but why had he not been thrown away into a padded cell ?
Because Ivan and Stan are mentalists too :| - It's the Cuckoo's Nest over there :roll:
And a money nest
you know the padding? you know what its made out of dont you :roll:

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Den10kamp wrote:
you know the padding? you know what its made out of dont you :roll:
empty promises? :cry: :cry: :lol:

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Den10kamp wrote:GK: Szczesny, Fabianski
Def: Sagna, Merte, Kos, Monreal, Jenks, Gibbs
Mid: Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Oxlade
Fwd: Podolski, Giroud,

14 regular first teamers availible providing no further injuries are picked up in the midweek internationals (god forbid)


Cazorla playing for spain in ecuador on wednesday night (i doubt he will be back in time to have friday training)
Ramsey Out
Sanogo Out
Walcott Out
Vermaelen Out

Wenger WTF?
Gibbs, Wlshere and Rosicky will all get injured within 2-3 weeks of the start. Bound to. :roll: :(

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Spain are playing in Ecuador? What a fucking joke. Completely pointless to have international friendlies four days after the start of the French and German leagues and three days before the start of the English league, especially given that there's a highly inconveniently-placed international break after 3 or 4 every games to ensure that the start of every season is incredibly disjointed.

Until they limit the number of international games played by introducing pre-qualifying tournaments then international football will continue to be viewed as nothing more than a pain in the arse by football clubs. Particularly when you have the likes of Spain playing on the other side of the world in midweek, and no compensation available if your players get bad injuries.

Really, what is the point in San Marino playing Holland, or Luxembourg playing Spain, or Liechtenstein playing Germany? Unfortunately UEFA are going the other way by extending the Euros to 24 teams meaning that half of the football teams in the federation are going to qualify and 75% of the teams at the "major tournament" will be making up the numbers.

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[Really, what is the point in San Marino playing Holland, or Luxembourg playing Spain, or Liechtenstein playing Germany? Unfortunately UEFA are going the other way by extending the Euros to 24 teams meaning that half of the football teams in the federation are going to qualify and 75% of the teams at the "major tournament" will be making up the numbers.[/quote]

Yes, but there's so much more money to line the pockets of UEFA if they do this......................

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g88ner wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
swimmer1 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:If we have our normal few international duty injuries
we're gonna struggle to provide a full bench
Has anyone got a clue what Wenger is playing at leaving us so short ?
:rubchin:

Because he's a mentalist? :|
I agree but why had he not been thrown away into a padded cell ?
Because Ivan and Stan are mentalists too :| - It's the F uck yoo's Nest over there :roll:

slight adjustment

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DB10GOONER wrote:
Den10kamp wrote:GK: Szczesny, Fabianski
Def: Sagna, Merte, Kos, Monreal, Jenks, Gibbs
Mid: Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Oxlade
Fwd: Podolski, Giroud,

14 regular first teamers availible providing no further injuries are picked up in the midweek internationals (god forbid)


Cazorla playing for spain in ecuador on wednesday night (i doubt he will be back in time to have friday training)
Ramsey Out
Sanogo Out
Walcott Out
Vermaelen Out

Wenger WTF?
You forgot to add Bendtner to your list :lol:

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Den10kamp wrote:GK: Szczesny, Fabianski
Def: Sagna, Merte, Kos, Monreal, Jenks, Gibbs
Mid: Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Oxlade
Fwd: Podolski, Giroud,

14 regular first teamers availible providing no further injuries are picked up in the midweek internationals (god forbid)


Cazorla playing for spain in ecuador on wednesday night (i doubt he will be back in time to have friday training)
Ramsey Out
Sanogo Out
Walcott Out
Vermaelen Out

Wenger WTF?

If only that last line also read Wenger Out!

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SPARKSY wrote:[Really, what is the point in San Marino playing Holland, or Luxembourg playing Spain, or Liechtenstein playing Germany? Unfortunately UEFA are going the other way by extending the Euros to 24 teams meaning that half of the football teams in the federation are going to qualify and 75% of the teams at the "major tournament" will be making up the numbers.


Yes, but there's so much more money to line the pockets of UEFA if they do this......................[/quote]

Exactly - as long as they can still pilfer half of the tickets for the CL final and exploit the fans they don't care. Although to be fair all they're doing is bringing their premier international competition in line with their premier continental competition by making it even more bloated and packed full of no-hopers.

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