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when all fully fit we now have one of the best defences in the country

they was last all fit together in 1997 wasnt they

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Thanks for that Red.....just made a few little edits for you :barscarf:
Red Member wrote:since October we have accumulated about as many points as anyone else in the PL

...and then from March to May we'll accumulate the same amount as teams in the bottom six (de ja vu for 'x' number of years)

we have probably the world's leading striker playing for us

...and when he gets injured and the former world's leading scorer returns home our choice will be a man you dubbed Arsenal's worst ever striker and Super Quality Park

we have probably the club's greatest ever player with us for the next 2 months

...5 years past his peak and by his own admission here to play a bit part from the bench. Meanwhile £80m in cash reserves earns minimal interest in Kroenke's account

we have the most promising midfielder in England, Jack Wilshere returning from injury next month

agreed, some good news - if only the manager had the balls to bomb out Song and play him with Arteta and Ramsey

we have one of the most exciting young talents in England, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

a man who will no doubt play at least one FA Cup tie but won't get on the field during the PL and CL games, inexplicably finding himself below Arshavin, Walcott, Rosicky, Gervinho and Benayoun, in the pecking order for a wide midfield role

when all fully fit we now have one of the best defences in the country

a) not true b) they are never fully fit c) when they aren't our back-ups are never will be's or kids from Charlton

we are one of of only 2 clubs left in this country who are still in the Champions League

agreed. Lets enjoy it for this season as it'll be a while before we see us in the competition again

we are still in the FA Cup

..and I expect us to be until Round 5 which is played during the middle of CL games and important PL games at which point we'll be seeing Eastmond, Squillaci, Fabianski and Chamakh make a total pigs ear of it when we get drawn away to a PL game.


ANY MOANING AND CRITICISMS SHOULD NOW WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON - GET BEHIND THE TEAM LIKE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS

At which point goldfish brain mentality will kick in once more, there will be lots of planned protests and banners before everyone renews their season tickets and ensures Gazidis and Wenger remain protected yet again. Still I'm sure there will be a summer of selling RvP and signing super quality replacements to look forward to

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SteveO 35 wrote:
Red Member wrote:when all fully fit we now have one of the best defences in the country
a) not true b) they are never fully fit c) when they aren't our back-ups are never will be's or kids from Charlton
I fucking told you Vermaelen was the weak link. :wink: :lol:

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Number 5 wrote:
SteveO 35 wrote:
Red Member wrote:when all fully fit we now have one of the best defences in the country
a) not true b) they are never fully fit c) when they aren't our back-ups are never will be's or kids from Charlton
I fucking told you Vermaelen was the weak link. :wink: :lol:
Lol, very good mate, very good

How many goals was it again.....42 ? :D :wink:

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one last thing

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do we have a divine right to win the premier league like man utd? NO

should we be competitive and challlenge for top honours? ABSOLUTELY

have we been challenging over the last 5 years? NO.

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lowerwest wrote:do we have a divine right to win the premier league like man utd? NO

should we be competitive and challlenge for top honours? ABSOLUTELY

have we been challenging over the last 5 years? NO.
Will we ever start another match against anyone / anywhere without playing 1 striker up front on his own ?


I'll let someone else guess the answer

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SteveO 35 wrote:
lowerwest wrote:do we have a divine right to win the premier league like man utd? NO

should we be competitive and challlenge for top honours? ABSOLUTELY

have we been challenging over the last 5 years? NO.
Will we ever start another match against anyone / anywhere without playing 1 striker up front on his own ?


I'll let someone else guess the answer
Yes.

When VP is injured and we stick Arshavin in there again.

Then we will have no recognised strikers up front. :lol:

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Number 5 wrote:
SteveO 35 wrote:
lowerwest wrote:do we have a divine right to win the premier league like man utd? NO

should we be competitive and challlenge for top honours? ABSOLUTELY

have we been challenging over the last 5 years? NO.
Will we ever start another match against anyone / anywhere without playing 1 striker up front on his own ?


I'll let someone else guess the answer
Yes.

When VP is injured and we stick Arshavin in there again.

Then we will have no recognised strikers up front. :lol:
I say we try Almunia up there ... by the law of relativity, he just has to be good at something ... maybe that's it !

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SteveO 35 wrote:Thanks for that Red.....just made a few little edits for you :barscarf:
Red Member wrote:since October we have accumulated about as many points as anyone else in the PL

...and then from March to May we'll accumulate the same amount as teams in the bottom six (de ja vu for 'x' number of years)

we have probably the world's leading striker playing for us

...and when he gets injured and the former world's leading scorer returns home our choice will be a man you dubbed Arsenal's worst ever striker and Super Quality Park

we have probably the club's greatest ever player with us for the next 2 months

...5 years past his peak and by his own admission here to play a bit part from the bench. Meanwhile £80m in cash reserves earns minimal interest in Kroenke's account

we have the most promising midfielder in England, Jack Wilshere returning from injury next month

agreed, some good news - if only the manager had the balls to bomb out Song and play him with Arteta and Ramsey

we have one of the most exciting young talents in England, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

a man who will no doubt play at least one FA Cup tie but won't get on the field during the PL and CL games, inexplicably finding himself below Arshavin, Walcott, Rosicky, Gervinho and Benayoun, in the pecking order for a wide midfield role

when all fully fit we now have one of the best defences in the country

a) not true b) they are never fully fit c) when they aren't our back-ups are never will be's or kids from Charlton

we are one of of only 2 clubs left in this country who are still in the Champions League

agreed. Lets enjoy it for this season as it'll be a while before we see us in the competition again

we are still in the FA Cup

..and I expect us to be until Round 5 which is played during the middle of CL games and important PL games at which point we'll be seeing Eastmond, Squillaci, Fabianski and Chamakh make a total pigs ear of it when we get drawn away to a PL game.


ANY MOANING AND CRITICISMS SHOULD NOW WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON - GET BEHIND THE TEAM LIKE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS

At which point goldfish brain mentality will kick in once more, there will be lots of planned protests and banners before everyone renews their season tickets and ensures Gazidis and Wenger remain protected yet again. Still I'm sure there will be a summer of selling RvP and signing super quality replacements to look forward to
SteveO - I was just about to post that reply, nearly word for word. Thanks for saving me the trouble, mate. 8)

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No worries DB10

Miserable minds think alike :D

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Steveo

I agree with your last paragraph
IF we dont finish in the top 4 and everyone renews their season ticket then absolutely nothing will change

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Feed the troll and he will bore..................feed the troll and he will bore!!

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I thought I would join in with the new positive feeling on here by putting up a post I did last season predicting that things were not as bad as they seemed back then.

In particular I certainly did feel that the defence was heading in the right direction.

the problem I have this season is that I don't believe having sold our best player to one of our rivals that we stand a chance of improving on our 3rd place last season and Jack Wilshere has STILL not returned.
it appears this club can only go so far and we are always going to be 2 or 3 players away from challenging for the top honours.

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Red Member wrote:I thought I would join in with the new positive feeling on here by putting up a post I did last season predicting that things were not as bad as they seemed back then.

In particular I certainly did feel that the defence was heading in the right direction.

the problem I have this season is that I don't believe having sold our best player to one of our rivals that we stand a chance of improving on our 3rd place last season and Jack Wilshere has STILL not returned.
it appears this club can only go so far and we are always going to be 2 or 3 players away from challenging for the top honours.
And nice to see my predictions about Wenger allowing us to wimp out of the FA Cup early doors, replacing RvP with substandard shite and having a shitty March to May period come true too mate. Hardly takes fucking Sherlock does it ?

We'll blow out the cups again in our pursuit of the 4th placed trophy, we'll sell at least 2 more decent players at the end of the season, not sign anyone in January and then wonder why our 2nd rate backups (Djourou, Fabianski, Chamakh etc) let us down again at the business end of the season

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totally agree Steveo

see I have caught on this season!

although again I think we will do ok this season, but this time the defence will be stronger and the attack weaker.

Santi Cazorla looked at home at the Etihad today. No doubt he will be playing there before long. :banghead:
That is the problem now - it is difficult to believe in the team any more.

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