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How we did not get at least one of those penalty shouts is bizarre ? :?
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because we're same old arsenal

what happened to retroactive bans? taylor needs at least 3 for his treatment of fabregas! cunt :evil:
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Not the easiest place in the world to go and with a new manager too, im pleased with the result :barscarf:
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Post by Yankee_Gooner_Dandee »

Great result in a tough game that we would have lost points in last year.


Ref was shocking.
Eastmond was shocking.

Fabregas, simply brilliant.
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Yankee_Gooner_Dandee wrote:Great result in a tough game that we would have lost points in last year.


Ref was shocking.
Eastmond was shocking.

Fabregas, simply brilliant.
Eastmond didnt play well but it was his first league start.What excuse do Traore and Diaby have?
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I'm sorry but I cannot go along with this constant slating of arshavin - if you are asking is he on top of his game at the mo then I would say no but I thought today that he showed up far more often having been released from the "target man" position. At times his passing was erratic but on other occasions he linked the game well and is one of a very small number of players that we have that has the intelligence to read cesc's game and link up with him. Some of our fans that are slating the guy are also the one's that are defending diaby and that just goes way beyond the ridiculous to me :roll:

At the end of the day, even when arshavin is not on his game, he attracts a lot of attention from opposition players cos they know that he can produce that special piece of magic and dropping him would allow their players to provide more of their resources to focus on cesc, nasri etc
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Eastmond didn't do too badly considering it was his debut. Arshavin always plays the same way... he's not a Fabregas player who's constantly involved, he's more like Bergkamp where he can appear to play badly then have a moment of genius and turn the game. It's a bit odd to have a "luxury" player as your main striker, but we're down to barebones.
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digger wrote:Eastmond didn't do too badly considering it was his debut. Arshavin always plays the same way... he's not a Fabregas player who's constantly involved, he's more like Bergkamp where he can appear to play badly then have a moment of genius and turn the game. It's a bit odd to have a "luxury" player as your main striker, but we're down to barebones.
Yeah! I thought Eastmond was alright! yes a few shaky moments agreed but he carried the ball and gave more of an option then Denilson ever would! :roll:

Regarding AA23 we have to remember that he's still carrying the foot injury. I think he needs the rest to recover.

Also this is his first season. Last year he hit the ground running having his pre-season in the winter. Must be a bit odd for him having pre-season, moving to England, playing half a season and having another pre-season! :lol:
I not going to moan about professional constantly playing games but it wouldn't surprise me if he's starting to suffer from fatigue.
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I don't get the Eastmond bashing, he gave the ball away twice, far less than Arshavin and Diaby in the first half. He nearly scored and in general did his job. I like him.

The result is important, and in the last 2 games where we've maybe not been at our fluent best we've managed to get some points on the table.

Credit to the team for now being within a chance of going top, and to all those saying our squad isn't good enough, i'ld ask what other team could cope with our injuries and be up there?
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rigsby wrote:I don't get the Eastmond bashing, he gave the ball away twice, far less than Arshavin and Diaby in the first half. He nearly scored and in general did his job. I like him.

The result is important, and in the last 2 games where we've maybe not been at our fluent best we've managed to get some points on the table.

Credit to the team for now being within a chance of going top, and to all those saying our squad isn't good enough, i'ld ask what other team could cope with our injuries and be up there?

So you are saying that this squad is good enough ?? :shock: :shock: :shock: I would suggest that the manc defence has been badly depleted to the point that it has been worse than any one area of our team. If we are honest we are up there cos all our "rivals" drop cheap points too :o
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augie wrote: So you are saying that this squad is good enough ?? :shock: :shock: :shock: I would suggest that the manc defence has been badly depleted to the point that it has been worse than any one area of our team.If we are honest we are up there cos all our "rivals" drop cheap points too :o
Yes, but we're still averaging well over 2pts a game and, at this rate, we're on course to finish with 81pts, which considering how bad many think this team is (and taking into account the injuries we've had + the obvious financial constraints) I think what we're doing is actually quite impressive, isn't it??

So, yes we're fortunate that our rivals have dropped points, but in a league where many think the overall quality of teams is improving, I would suggest that being on course for 80pts+ isn't bad at all.
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augie wrote: So you are saying that this squad is good enough ?? :shock: :shock: :shock: I would suggest that the manc defence has been badly depleted to the point that it has been worse than any one area of our team.If we are honest we are up there cos all our "rivals" drop cheap points too :o
Yes, but we're still averaging well over 2pts a game and, at this rate, we're on course to finish with 81pts, which considering how bad many think this team is (and taking into account the injuries we've had + the obvious financial constraints) I think what we're doing is actually quite impressive, isn't it??

So, yes we're fortunate that our rivals have dropped points, but in a league where many think the overall quality of teams is improving, I would suggest that being on course for 80pts+ isn't bad at all.
exactly, g88ner. even though it seems this team is clearly worse than the ones between 2001 and 2005, i still think the league is a LOT tougher now, instead of being the "manure vs arsenal" premiership it was before. if we do manage to get over 80 points, we can't complain.
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So you are saying that this squad is good enough ?? I would suggest that the manc defence has been badly depleted to the point that it has been worse than any one area of our team. If we are honest we are up there cos all our "rivals" drop cheap points too
Quite right our squad is crap look where we could be now if we had cover for Fabregas, RVP, Nasri, Rosicky, Walcott, Ramsey, Clichy, Denilson, Bendtner, Wilshere, Gibbs, Djourou, song and Eboue.

If we had players to come in when they were out injured or away at the ACN we would be top of the league or somewhere near it by now.
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The truth with injuries is that we have been quite lucky in the areas where they've happened. Mostly in midfield and the wide positions where we have ample cover. Had we had the same issues at centre back we would have been in total shit. Some bits of the squad have very good depth, namely attacking midfield and the full back positions, but centre forward and centre back need more cover.
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stg wrote:
So you are saying that this squad is good enough ?? I would suggest that the manc defence has been badly depleted to the point that it has been worse than any one area of our team. If we are honest we are up there cos all our "rivals" drop cheap points too
Quite right our squad is crap look where we could be now if we had cover for Fabregas, RVP, Nasri, Rosicky, Walcott, Ramsey, Clichy, Denilson, Bendtner, Wilshere, Gibbs, Djourou, song and Eboue.

If we had players to come in when they were out injured or away at the ACN we would be top of the league or somewhere near it by now.
Not looking to pick a fight here but that is a load of bollocks!
We are 'somewhere near it' at the moment and may well be 'top of the league' come Wednesday night. :roll: :roll: :roll:
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