How are we doin?

@Dr Kit

The recent past history of the team and the antecedents and position of the team with respect to the Manchester clubs at the moment does not give anyone the confidence to hold out for the Championship.
Holding out for a top 4 finish is not the same as saying there won't be any trophies this season. Injuries permitting and if Arsene gets his tactics right, the FA cup isn't out of reach, I'll pass on the UCL for now and take it stage by stage.
Finishing outside the top 4 however no matter what colour or size of cup we win, I personally would call that failure (Only winning the UCL would be enough to atone for such a failure).

Nigel Winterburn just confirmed it on Sky Sports News. Thank you Santa.

Didn't even get to watch this, totally knackered and slept through the day. 2 points dropped ko? nothing spoil top 4 is still attainable.

Transfer window soon to open, and here is what I want in descending order of importance (if Santa is still hanging around).

1. Yohan Gourcuff (the one who dealt with DK's rabble in the 09/10 season and not the one feeling sorry for himself at Lyon presently and yes I'm not on the Gotze train).
2. Thierry Henry on loan.
3. Short term LB defensive cover.

And yes, Merry Christmas in arrears to all.

hannie:

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Arsenal-2011-review-Cesc-Fabregas-Samir-Nasri-Carling-Cup-final-trauma-and-the-fall-and-rise-of-Arsene-Wenger-by-John-Cross-article844824.html

True, Le Prof is looking more relaxed these days unlike last season when atimes he looked close to opting for euthanasia. 
I think he invested a bit too much emotionally into the set of Cesc Fabregas and really believed that team could win something as I also did last year.

Talking about Cesc whom most here love to hate, there is a special report on Christmas day on the entire Barcelona Brouhaha featuring the one and only Cesc so you can hear from the boi himself (The media loves the Arsenal and Cesc story so much, it still endures and got a Christmas spot 12.30 am with a repeat at 5:30pm on Skysports news  ). If yu'll be in church or out, you might wanna re-introduce yourself to your Sky+ manual and its recording features as Cesc obviously still believes there is a need to set the records straight with Arsenal.

Sagna as Arsene says is ahead of schedule and should be back by late January, hopefully he won't suffer a setback like Gibbs.

Am I the only one here not really interested in a new LFB in January? I think the CBs have filled in admirably and as long as Santos is back in time for the knockout stages of the UCL, I don't consider it necessary. 3 LBs in a PL squad of 25 doesn't really make much sense IMO. I'd actually look forward to us buying a striker than an LFB, short term loan option asides.

dipo+:

This may sound knee-jerk, but we would have salvaged a point at Etihad if Wenger had removed Ramshit for Benayoun.  Benayoun has all the rights to a starting shirt

The only reason Ramsey is starting ahead of Yossi is just because he is ours and the future. There is no other reason. Hope Jack comes back soon.

naijababe:

If this Ramsey no be British, the press for don slam am to oblivion   Jack, abeg get well quick o

Did you finally get a stream? I'm making do with chinese whispers.  

Wetin do us with records and milestones sef
on the same day RVP equalled Henry's record, we went ahead to conceed the 20,000th goal in the PL?

blank:

Ageless wonders gunned down at the last minute. Now, who is next?

My defenders did me real proud. All these superstar strikers are just wasting space on my team. Will soon boot them out.

DAMN, how did this happen?
anyways, if I slip then I'm sleepin, time to wake up 

debosky:

Ol boy even if na cripple, half bread is better than puff puff.

We can always loan Kilishi back, I'm sure Mancini aint happy with him.

Team list out:

Pingpong and Coquelin in. I'd expect Le Coq to play RB and Pingpong to fill in for Song.
3 points for the lads today.

dayokanu:

How market

Let him that hath not been beaten 1-0 by Dortmund at the Allianz cast the first stone.

"Power corrupts, and absolute power does so absolutely". That is what you get when you start calling a person who extorts you your Papa.
I understand a little bit about stupidity but some stupidity is beyond understanding. Nigerian pentecostalism is one of those I class as beyond understanding.

Not over analysing this. It is no longer a shame to lose 1 - 0 to city at the Etihad. This team is not likely to go the rest of the season unbeaten so this is as good a time as any to lose.
I can forgive Theo for reverting to old habits today as long as he turns up against Villa next week and learns that Arsenal players do not throw strops when subbed and I hope he gets a good talking to by the older players.
Arshavin however must be on his way out at the end of the season. The time he wastes on the pitch would be better given to young uns like Ox.

Go on boys

I dispute the initial assertion. Its an urban myth.
Having said that, emotional intelligence is very different from logical dexterity and accumulated knowledge.
Wisdom and knowledge aint exactly the same.
You might know that fire burns yet still be silly enough to stick your finger in it.

edoyad:

Nna, if Arsenal beat City and put us back in the race eh, i will never doubt or criticize Wenger again in my life, or after life.

Na today? yu'll soon go back to type.

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Non-repudiately yours,
Duduspace.

There is still only one invincibles. 

Santos expected to be out for 3 months? why oh why? 
may the spirit of fitness that changed RVP's seasonal story also come into operation in Gibbs.

AVB gives the pundits another jab.

Wetin happen? so this thread can be this peaceful? 
seems the post mortem type analysis has shifted to Manure's thread and long may it continue.
should one start praying for a loss to see some activity on this thread? 
Okay, Debosky I don compile some financial statistics for you o, my "B2" is enroute to bomb that Hiroshima where yu're hiding.   
Meanwhile Happy 125th birthday everyone.

Time to give some Toffees a lickin.
I hope all these small pikins are motivated by seeing how we treat legends at Arsenal.

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Son: Daddy, Daddy Barca beat Manchester United Last night

Dad: It wasn't Barca, it was Basel, they only wore Barca Jerseys just to scare Manchester United.

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DJ DK on the deck, by special request from duduspace, can you please play o fokasibe.  

proudly9ja:

Why didn't we start Miguel at LB?

Possibly trying to head off accusations of disrespecting the competition by playing too many youth players, the way we started more than did that though.

Thank God Marseille took their future into their own hands jare, our boys were a major letdown today.

Thank you jare Benayoun and Ignasi, at least some people know what it means to play for Arsenal.

Chei, we can't afford to lose Santos for long o.

I actually feel a bit sorry for Mannone, he just completely lost his bearing and didn't know he was back in his box.
He was brave to come out initially.

This is horrible, a side of Arsenal I never wanted to see again. Haba.
Are some of these players interested in the first team at all?
very unprofessional performance.

But why is this club so anti progress? not moving forward and trying to block others from moving forward?
first Arsenal, now West Ham. Are you specialists in putting sand in other people's Garri?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16030829

[Quote]Tottenham and accountants "stonewalled" West Ham's vice-chairman when she tried to find out how her phone records were obtained, a High Court judge has said.

In his judgment Mr Justice Coulson said letters sent to Karren Brady were "long on words but short on information".

In November accountancy firm PKF, engaged by Tottenham, agreed to provide information about her phone records.

PKF had copies of her records while bidding for use of the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games was taking place.
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Oya make una release phone record jare and lets know who else will likely serve jail time apart from Dirty Harry.

@jjcd

Theo is steadily proving the critics wrong o, he is totally worthy of his starting shirt. Shows what a manager's trust can do to a player, and that Arsene usually knows what he is doing when he sticks with a particular player. In my opinion though, Arsene still has to find space and time to play OX in the PL, it would be counter productive to hold that boy back.

proudly9ja:

I don't believe Arsenal is a one man team, Ive said as much before.
I just dont think we should be excited because 4 different players scored today because RVP contributed one way or another to three of those goals.

Ild like to see us go on a winning run of at least 2 games without RVP (even if its against poorer opposition) before getting excited.

Okay o, no wahala. I was beginning to think Szczesny had to score before we are able to discard the media foisted one man team tag. 

@Proudly

So you do believe Arsenal is a one man team? 
It's the system we play that puts certain players in such influential positions. We are not excessively dependent on RVP no matter what anyone says.
Give Chamakh as long a rope as Torres has been given and I'm sure he'll get back to the level he was at when he first arrived.