As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
SteveO 35 wrote:Just looking at the BBC thread for the match and came up with this statistic
"Arsenal have qualified for the last eight of the League Cup for the 10th successive season."
I'm just waiting for Lord Wenger to trip out this statistic citing our "remarkable consistency" when we somehow manage to fuck it up between now and the final
Jesus given that it's hardly taken seriously by every club the fact that we've only made 2 finals in those 10 years is piss poor.
Although saying that we invariably play piss-easy teams in the first two or three games and sometimes beyond that.
SteveO 35 wrote:Just looking at the BBC thread for the match and came up with this statistic
"Arsenal have qualified for the last eight of the League Cup for the 10th successive season."
I'm just waiting for Lord Wenger to trip out this statistic citing our "remarkable consistency" when we somehow manage to fuck it up between now and the final
SteveO 35 wrote:Just looking at the BBC thread for the match and came up with this statistic
"Arsenal have qualified for the last eight of the League Cup for the 10th successive season."
I'm just waiting for Lord Wenger to trip out this statistic citing our "remarkable consistency" when we somehow manage to fuck it up between now and the final
SteveO 35 wrote:Just looking at the BBC thread for the match and came up with this statistic
"Arsenal have qualified for the last eight of the League Cup for the 10th successive season."
I'm just waiting for Lord Wenger to trip out this statistic citing our "remarkable consistency" when we somehow manage to fuck it up between now and the final
Did we get a trophy for that?
The Virtual Double
Next to the FA Cup 2005 at the Grove we'll soon see ''League Cup Quarter Final Consistency 02-present''
seen no squad list yet but theo and giroud are out along with yennaris and miguel. probably gonna mean squillaci and djourou as centre backs chamakh and arshavin will save the day
With no game until the following Monday there's no reason why we shouldn't have a strong-ish side out. If players have played loads (Arteta, Cazorla, etc) then leave them out but other than that there's no need to risk it. Giving youngsters a chance is a bonus but let's be fair, this is a cup quarter-final and about our only chance of a trophy this year, let's fucking make sure we win the tie.
northbank123 wrote:With no game until the following Monday there's no reason why we shouldn't have a strong-ish side out. If players have played loads (Arteta, Cazorla, etc) then leave them out but other than that there's no need to risk it. Giving youngsters a chance is a bonus but let's be fair, this is a cup quarter-final and about our only chance of a trophy this year, let's fucking make sure we win the tie.
i reckon the team tomorrow will be vito-jenks-djo-squa-meade-ramsey-coq-rosicky-ox-arshavin-chams hopefully he will put some experience on the bench just in case, i imagine eisfeld will get some playing time too, looked good when he came on against reading.
northbank123 wrote:With no game until the following Monday there's no reason why we shouldn't have a strong-ish side out. If players have played loads (Arteta, Cazorla, etc) then leave them out but other than that there's no need to risk it. Giving youngsters a chance is a bonus but let's be fair, this is a cup quarter-final and about our only chance of a trophy this year, let's fucking make sure we win the tie.
i reckon the team tomorrow will be vito-jenks-djo-squa-meade-ramsey-coq-rosicky-ox-arshavin-chams hopefully he will put some experience on the bench just in case, i imagine eisfeld will get some playing time too, looked good when he came on against reading.
Tbh all jokes aside that's a pretty strong side particularly when you consider the opposition. Although the defence is crap. Presuming that Rosicky will start I guess that means Eisfeld will get 30+ mins off the bench. I personally don't see the point in starting Ramsey but realistically Wenger obviously still rates him in some capacity so reality is he's probably going to be involved. Not sure he'll play the Ox from the off but guess we'll see...
northbank123 wrote:With no game until the following Monday there's no reason why we shouldn't have a strong-ish side out. If players have played loads (Arteta, Cazorla, etc) then leave them out but other than that there's no need to risk it. Giving youngsters a chance is a bonus but let's be fair, this is a cup quarter-final and about our only chance of a trophy this year, let's fucking make sure we win the tie.
i reckon the team tomorrow will be vito-jenks-djo-squa-meade-ramsey-coq-rosicky-ox-arshavin-chams hopefully he will put some experience on the bench just in case, i imagine eisfeld will get some playing time too, looked good when he came on against reading.
Tbh all jokes aside that's a pretty strong side particularly when you consider the opposition. Although the defence is crap. Presuming that Rosicky will start I guess that means Eisfeld will get 30+ mins off the bench. I personally don't see the point in starting Ramsey but realistically Wenger obviously still rates him in some capacity so reality is he's probably going to be involved. Not sure he'll play the Ox from the off but guess we'll see...
even with the weak defence you'd like to think we'd be too strong for them, part of the problem i feel is that the squad players are either bereft of confidence or playing time, chamakh is our only other recognised centre forward and he has started what 2-3 games. i know he is piss poor but cant really expect anything from them when they aint getting any game time. the midfield 3 is nailed on i think. i wasent too sure over the ox but i couldnt stand the prospect of chamakh and forehead together again
northbank123 wrote:With no game until the following Monday there's no reason why we shouldn't have a strong-ish side out. If players have played loads (Arteta, Cazorla, etc) then leave them out but other than that there's no need to risk it. Giving youngsters a chance is a bonus but let's be fair, this is a cup quarter-final and about our only chance of a trophy this year, let's fucking make sure we win the tie.
i reckon the team tomorrow will be vito-jenks-djo-squa-meade-ramsey-coq-rosicky-ox-arshavin-chams hopefully he will put some experience on the bench just in case, i imagine eisfeld will get some playing time too, looked good when he came on against reading.
Tbh all jokes aside that's a pretty strong side particularly when you consider the opposition. Although the defence is crap. Presuming that Rosicky will start I guess that means Eisfeld will get 30+ mins off the bench. I personally don't see the point in starting Ramsey but realistically Wenger obviously still rates him in some capacity so reality is he's probably going to be involved. Not sure he'll play the Ox from the off but guess we'll see...
even with the weak defence you'd like to think we'd be too strong for them, part of the problem i feel is that the squad players are either bereft of confidence or playing time, chamakh is our only other recognised centre forward and he has started what 2-3 games. i know he is piss poor but cant really expect anything from them when they aint getting any game time. the midfield 3 is nailed on i think. i wasent too sure over the ox but i couldnt stand the prospect of chamakh and forehead together again
Yep most of our fringe players are clearly too shit to be sold for decent fee's and nobody wants them anyway, so we are left with them hanging around with little motivation as they will not force their way into the first team and are just seeing out their contracts till they depart to the likes of Watford a la Almunia.
on the team news…
“The only new player who is not available is Olivier Giroud. He got a kick on his back on Saturday. He has not recovered and he will be out."
Looking forward to the game even more now - bring on the Chamster, our Capital One hero !
I'm not surprised Giroud's back is fucked the amount of time he spends arching it looking skywards
We will piss all over them tomoro nite and I am predicting a 5-1 victory - I don't want to seem disrespectful to the bantams but there is a 3 division gap there that I would expect to tell. I know in days game by you could talk about the romance of cup shocks but those days are rare nowadays and factors that used to be great levellers like dodgy pitches are now no longer evident.
Personally I would like to see eisfeld get a start tomorrow night
) to tell in extra time 
