STOKE CITY THREAD

MEDINABOY · Post by **MEDINABOY** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:20 pm

See you all in Gunners

3-1

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:36 pm

Bring your whistles!

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:53 pm

LOOK AT THE SMUG *word censored*

i think i might get a bit angry tonight...

skipper · Post by **skipper** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:11 pm

flash gunner wrote:When Stoke get a throw in we should leave 3 or 4 players up front this will put those c**ts on the back foot as they cant send all the big defenders up and it might even give Chesny more room to come and collect the ball

That's genius

kg1794 · Post by **kg1794** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:19 pm

Interesting tidbit...

And so it comes to pass that on the anniversary of Martin Taylor breaking Eduardoâ€™s leg, Arsenal face Stoke City for the first time since Ryan Shawcross broke Aaron Ramseyâ€™s leg. Piling on the coincidence, the referee for todayâ€™s game is Peter Walton, yes, the same Peter Walton who refereed the infamous Stoke match last year. And if that werenâ€™t strange enough Arsenal face Birmingham City in the Carling Cup final on the 27th, which is the anniversary of Ryan Shawcross breaking Aaron Ramseyâ€™s leg. Oh, and the referee is the same Mike Dean who was in charge of the match in which Martin Taylor broke Eduardoâ€™s leg.

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:24 pm

skipper wrote:
flash gunner wrote:When Stoke get a throw in we should leave 3 or 4 players up front this will put those c**ts on the back foot as they cant send all the big defenders up and it might even give Chesny more room to come and collect the ball

That's genius

given the stature of most of our players, it's not like we'd be missing them against the giant neanderthals in the box anyway

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:36 pm

kg1794 wrote:Interesting tidbit...

And so it comes to pass that on the anniversary of Martin Taylor breaking Eduardoâ€™s leg, Arsenal face Stoke City for the first time since Ryan Shawcross broke Aaron Ramseyâ€™s leg. Piling on the coincidence, the referee for todayâ€™s game is Peter Walton, yes, the same Peter Walton who refereed the infamous Stoke match last year. And if that werenâ€™t strange enough Arsenal face Birmingham City in the Carling Cup final on the 27th, which is the anniversary of Ryan Shawcross breaking Aaron Ramseyâ€™s leg. Oh, and the referee is the same Mike Dean who was in charge of the match in which Martin Taylor broke Eduardoâ€™s leg.

Good job Kos and RVP's been dropped then. Fear for Nas, Jack and Cesc.

Inciddently it might be Shawcross's return why there missing tonight. As like with Ade's return Robins the type of player to seak retribution.
Any red card tonight would miss the final.

Just wonder if anyone else will remind Shawcross. Not break his legs but a to stick the boot in? Jack and Cesc have it in them.

Wouldn't mind missing Diaby or Denilson in the 90th at 3-0.

Captain Fabregas · Post by **Captain Fabregas** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:42 pm

Denilson comes on, 89th min, we winning 5-0, breaks both of Shawcross's legs and gets sent off so we won't see him in the Final

gunner_ace · Post by **gunner_ace** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:55 pm

God all this hatred directed towards shawcross. You need to remember that he is the real victim in all of this, as after his careful but unlucky tackle on Ramsey which he was so unfairly red carded for, he left the pitch crying donâ€™t you know donâ€™t you know. This all happened just before his Engerland call up too, so having to deal with all of that mental anguish ahead of playing for the 3 lionz just doesnâ€™t bear thinking about does it. And Tony poolis has said time and time again that â€œhe is not that sort of playerâ€

Deise Gooner · Post by **Deise Gooner** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:50 pm

One stat that tells you all you need to know about Stoke.

Top Scorer: Robert Huth 7 goals

bergkamp10 · Post by **bergkamp10** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:10 pm

kg1794 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:when I see Shawcross I feel the bile rise in my throat
and it tastes like Satans bile
I saw Frankenstein on Saturday! The opening first 10 minutes was an analogy for how Stoke City FC came to be founded.

There damn forums make great reading......

NOT!!!

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:17 pm

Any good streams for this game tonight

Bradywasking · Post by **Bradywasking** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:34 pm

Maybe I am alone in not wanting any Stoke players injured tonight...I want them bewildered, humiliated, booed, and running for their bus at full time, but without injuries...When Jack got sent off against Birmingham , McLeish and the hacks tried to compare it to Tiny Taylor's assault on Eduardo..If a Stoke thug gets injured tonight they and the media will have a field day... I hate them as much as anyone but we are Arsenal, we need to win , we don't need controversy leading up to Sunday and we need to put Stoke and their vile game and disgusting supporters in their place.

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:10 pm

Arsenal v Stoke line-ups
Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Squillaci, Djourou, Clichy, Fabregas, Song, Wilshere, Walcott, Bendtner, Nasri. Subs: Almunia, Rosicky, Denilson, Arshavin, Eboue, Gibbs, Chamakh.

Big_G · Post by **Big_G** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:13 pm

Arsenal v Stoke line-ups
Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Squillaci, Djourou, Clichy, Fabregas, Song, Wilshere, Walcott, Bendtner, Nasri. Subs: Almunia, Rosicky, Denilson, Arshavin, Eboue, Gibbs, Chamakh.

Stoke: Begovic, Wilson, Shawcross, Huth, Pugh, Pennant, Whitehead, Delap, Whelan, Walters, Carew. Subs: Sorensen, Higginbotham, Collins, Jones, Fuller, Diao, Wilkinson.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

the crunt starts