good to see rvp back to his magical self

russgoonergibson · Post by **russgoonergibson** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:16 am

lets hope his little glass ankles can stay out of danger till the end of the season, great result tonight, half of me actually wants the scum to beat the mancs tommo or at worst a draw,

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:22 am

was quality was van persie. great performance from the midfield too. never stopped passing though

MM99 · Post by **MM99** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:25 am

For some reason there is this niggling feeling in the back of my mind that just as our true First XI start gaining some momentum and fluidity we are going to lose 2 or 3 key players and that this will happen just before our game with Barca.

I'm praying that i'm wrong as i really want to see what our first XI is made of and whether or not we can make a real game of it.

Arsenal 1991 · Post by **Arsenal 1991** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:45 am

Messi, Iniesta and Xavi are going to get a lesson in free flowing football from cesc, nasri and van persie.

Then they go up the other end and score.

MM99 · Post by **MM99** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:20 am

Arsenal 1991 wrote:Messi, Iniesta and Xavi are going to get a lesson in free flowing football from cesc, nasri and van persie.

Then they go up the other end and score.

Let's try and keep discussion sensible so this thread doesn't decend into yet another thread saying how our team is doomed for failure etc...

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:20 am

I have had well known personal antipathy about RvP in the past but he has improved as a person and as a player.

I think the striker position suits him much better than the number 10 role, as he can focus on quick shooting, rather than the build up with the deeper role where he has technical skills but can overplay it.

It is not a surprise he is sharp now, it has taken him a few games to get back to sharpness in the past when he has returned from injury.

1989 · Post by **1989** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:25 am

Top player. Wish he would stop getting injured though.

USMartin · Post by **USMartin** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:08 am

Arsenal 1991 wrote:Messi, Iniesta and Xavi are going to get a lesson in free flowing football from cesc, nasri and van persie.

Then they go up the other end and score.

class post

gotta run I hear MM99.....

russgoonergibson · Post by **russgoonergibson** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:02 am

MM99 wrote:For some reason there is this niggling feeling in the back of my mind that just as our true First XI start gaining some momentum and fluidity we are going to lose 2 or 3 key players and that this will happen just before our game with Barca.

I'm praying that i'm wrong as i really want to see what our first XI is made of and whether or not we can make a real game of it.

we desperatly need tommy v back for it to be close to our first team, any word for def on how long he is now out for,

Gunnersaurus · Post by **Gunnersaurus** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:04 am

This is his defining season at the club, he's been injured for the first part and not end like previous years, we are in a good position, can he fire us to the title?

If he gets injured again then Wenger needs to replace him and sell him to whoever is stupid enough to pay for him.

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:59 am

Hang on a minute while RVP was lying on the treatment table for 4 months(as usual) who was carrying our attack single-handed?.RVP has played a couple of decent games and its treated like a second coming but dont forget about Chamakh and all the hard work he did.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:29 am

donaldo wrote:Hang on a minute while RVP was lying on the treatment table for 4 months(as usual) who was carrying our attack single-handed?.RVP has played a couple of decent games and its treated like a second coming but dont forget about Chamakh and all the hard work he did.

True about Chamakh. I feel for him.
That said he looks knackered playing whilst both RVP and Bendtner were both our, nor is he used to playing over winter.
Okay he needs (or needed) the rest but he now he needs to get back to playing not Bendtner.

Remember all the penalties and the red cards he won....not to mention the goals.

Gunnersaurus · Post by **Gunnersaurus** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:35 am

Bendtner has had two huge chances to stake his claim against two Championship sides and looked woefull in both, if he starts against Leeds ahead of Chamakh it will once again prove how stubborn Wenger is to accept defeat on a player.

Arsenal 1991 · Post by **Arsenal 1991** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:41 am

MM99 wrote:
Arsenal 1991 wrote:Messi, Iniesta and Xavi are going to get a lesson in free flowing football from cesc, nasri and van persie.

Then they go up the other end and score.
Let's try and keep discussion sensible so this thread doesn't decend into yet another thread saying how our team is doomed for failure etc...

So sorry, I hope you'll forgive me in time for my misdemeanour.

russgoonergibson · Post by **russgoonergibson** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:45 pm

donaldo wrote:Hang on a minute while RVP was lying on the treatment table for 4 months(as usual) who was carrying our attack single-handed?.RVP has played a couple of decent games and its treated like a second coming but dont forget about Chamakh and all the hard work he did.

chamakh done brilliant for us, think he is the sort of player that needs to be playing to keep in form, hope we can find a way of playing the two of them together and the likes of nasri cutting in from behind,