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dayokanu:
So are we expecting the league and CL trophies by May?

Are we expecting a Bundesliga trophy by May?

Hmmm, Nasri and Theo start, showing our hand early I see. Oya, we don ready, go on the pitch and show them lads. COYG.
Oh lord, watch over Samir's legs and give Theo some red bull.

mukina2:
wetin una fit do sef?

they know how to headbutt old men.

medjai:
So it's Walcott that wants to do what CR couldn't do? Chei! What is this world turning into?

And why can't he? didn't he score against them last year.

coded guy:
You spend most of your time on that thread these days.

i suspect you are having an affair with manmustwac

Muki only goes to that thread to drop some shite and the pervy manmustwack and co come to peep. Useless fifu.  

debosky:
See wetin dudu don cause now? The scummies even followed you here from their thread.

Y'all should reserve your bashing for the scum thread; you can't come and harass him in his own house.

Thank you joo Debo, I'll change that Bazooka to a .22mm pistol.

chamotex:
Egbon mi Pastor DUDU . . . I want play midweek lotto today . . . abeg you fit help me forecast the lotto numbers even if it's just 4 kpere make me sef I chop baba Ijebu. I know say you know all the numbers wey go comot.

My forecast be say no be for lotto yu go make am, that one na game of chance, the chance that you will win Lotto is the same chance that a volcano will erupt and kill you in Lagos. At arsenal we follow Le Prof and deal only with scientific predictive methods, taste and see that Arsenal is good 

tkb417:
i think someone needs to out Gattuso in check
why didnt he try it with Gallas or even Palacios who tried to injure him on the field?

He should go and try it with Diaby, I'm sure he'll make him cry like a baby.  

tkb417:
Dudu said he wont watch football again if this UTD team finish ahead of Arsenal

May cometh soon

@Dudu
cracks appearing in Man UTD?
no such thing in our club, when we see cracks, we buy decent players to measure up
you havent seen cracks in our team for many years , its now ure looking for stuff
u never holla

Exactly why Fergie is talking of buying in the summer, I've not said yu can't fix it now have I? only that cracks are appearing and recall I did say that even though I believe our present squad has more quality, your squad definitely has the know how. Lets see which one wins out at the end of the season.

chamotex:
Even his fellow gunner Debosky couldn't back him up . . . he's given up on him.
I won't give up on him though as a good Christian that I am . . . .I pray for him everyday.

I remember when you were schooling him that Abramovic could dive into his money pond and splash out if he wants to but OseDudu failed to see it from that angle.

Chamo, yu pray for me that would be the day Arsene would spend 70m on one player
have you forgotten so soon the day Maiguards pursued you from Bar Beach last week?

I never implied that Abramovic's money couldn't spend if he wanted to, afterall its his money and he has a right to throw it into the ocean if he wants to, the point is all his statements at that time pointed to his reluctance to spend, what has caused a change of mind is the simple fact that a UCL place was slipping from his grasp and this was the last time he could invest big before the FFP rules come into play. Besides, any club spending big now doesn't really affect Arsenal much anymore we're well into our youth project now and the teething period is over.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=567426.msg7738826#msg7738826 date=1297840620]The same old cliche 'Walcott is an impact player he is better from the bench' when the stats clearly show he is more productive when he starts! I don tire for this Duduspace guy making references to the Barca game away last season when the likes of Diaby and Denilson and our defence was meh! Thank Goodness those nimrods would be unavailable[/quote]Beef is when yu don't read people's post b4 yu reply to them. So far I have not mentioned Barcelona away last season, neither have I mentioned Denilson, the only reference I've made to Diaby is that Jack Wilshere deserves to start ahead of him.

@Chamo, coded guy, Cougar

You are not plenty enough for your mob action, go and get Sauron's hoodie gang in addition and I will Jackie Chan all of you. 

manmustwac:
Am not surprised we didn't lose to milan because they lost 2 0 to ajax in the group stages at home. It just goes to show how low the standard of serie a is since they lost to a team that is fourth in the EPL, Tottenham are defineatly improving and are on the way up. Nobody would seriously bet on us not making it to the last eight now. Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspurs.

Imagine if we had lost by one goal or even half a goal all the gunners will be here saying shiite this shiite that.

You tried, but yu still need to qualify for next season's competition.

dayokanu:
Does Miyaichi have any clout in Asia?

You are talking about Asian footballers Park, Shinji Kagawa,

How much penetration in the market did y'all have when Junichi Inamoto was playing

Did Park and any of those players you mentioned have any clout in Asia when they were 18? or did I for once say he would start selling shirts immediately? the objective is to have a quality asian player come through with us and help tap into the asian market.
How does that affect yur bankrupt DJ business?

[quote author=*Cougar* link=topic=567773.msg7737600#msg7737600 date=1297810550]duduface is hopelessly deluded. you just have to marvel at the level of his delusion. the plonker thinks arsenal have tapped into the asian market by signing miyaichi.[/quote]So where have we tapped? is Miyaichi from your village?

debosky:
Dudu is on his own on that one - na so so predictions all over the place.

I'd rather take a bazooka to my head than expect you to have my back Debo.  
Even T.B. Joshua doesn't have a 100% predictive success, but yu have got to accept I called Wilshere and Szczesny's emergence right from last season and Chelsea's slump too albeit a bit delayed so my predictive success shld be in the 4th percentile.
These Manure team's head is as tough as a coconut like the yoruba's say but then cracks are appearing, lets see if old red nose can turn it around in the summer.

sirwebs:
Thank God Diaby is out. Dude doesn't have a big game mentality. IMO Theo should start and give Maxwell a run for his money. But it's the Gaffer's call.
It will be interesting to see which team has more possession. Methinks that is key.

Even if Diaby is fit, Jackie boy deserves to start ahead of him, Diaby would have started from the bench if available.

@tkb

We sef dey await you for ojuolomooto, we owe you a decent spanking and yu lot have had it coming for a while.

Hmmm, now we have a good problem, if Arsene plays Nasri tomorrow and he breaks down again, people go still blame am despite everyone including Nasri himself claiming to be fit.
I sense Nasri will play a part tomorrow, all this noise is to prevent people descending on Arsene if he plays him tomorrow, I can't recall Nasri saying anything else on twitter before now.

Pastor AIO:
. . . but how many omo odos in nigeria are in actual fact just slaves? Is slavery not still embedded in our culture? That is why the pastor did not see anything wrong with what she was doing. Slavery, Cruelty, Lying and thieving- these things have just become a part of us and no amount of fake christianity is going to wash it away from us.

That is why my people need True religion.

True this. Until we try to address the glaring inequalities in our society, things like this will continue.

[quote author=Mr_TA link=topic=567773.msg7730884#msg7730884 date=1297713201]I hope you're talking about specific individuals and not all man utd fans in here.[/quote]Definitely I refer to specific individuals, people like Sauron tuck their tails in and run away like a very scared 'Bingo' anytime Manure loses.   

StarBoard:
@duduspace,
kindly stop mocking yourself with such silly posts.Disappear indeed.Just because this thread isnt inundated with laments,silly talk and all just as your thread is doesnt give you the right to foist your mostly silly&rubbish opinion on us.Like tkb said,how many of us were on here after the derby?Why follow debosky in being childish when United is concerned?You cant even think for yourself.

Stop raving like somebody about to enter oyingbo market starkers jare, were you not the one calling all Gooners jobless in a previous post? and that sounds very reasonable to yu? you lot can sling mud like anything in the name of banter but aren't willing to take any.

manmustwac:
harringey council runs the spurs part of north london and islington council run the arses part of north london

I hear Harringey council is now planning to revoke your tenancy after yu muddied the waters with yur olympic move whereas Islington council always honour us every year for our community contributions.
We always put money into islington but your mumu chairman Lord Sugar is asking yu to go cap in hand begging Harringey council for 250m, una nor dey shame? na council dey give club money abi club dey give council money? 
mumucious spuddites, una wan rob peter to pay paul.

fstranger3:
I tire for this guy o, Alhaji

If you dont stop them now, they might want to claim Borno too

If ezeagu was american, he would have claimed the moon by now.  

dayokanu:
Mukina2 is from Ogbomoso 

What do yu mean? she is an ekiti girl joo. Okun o Muki, bami ki ian ira ule o. kare momi atata.

debosky:
@ dudu

I tire for your yarns. . . .if A-40 shows up he can respond to you.

If yu want to see how our play can be when we don't have control of the MF and Theo is playin, look no further than Shaktar and Braga away, in both games Arshavin did not play but Theo started both and we got thrashed by people we smashed at home. Barca play yu on your turf like you are the away side that is all I can say.
Theo's pace is deadly and starting him against a Barca team waiting for him would reduce its impact.

StarBoard:
Ifedisky,
Your brain needs re-tooling.Read my post again.If you decide to argue,that's your problem
debosky,
When you decide to grow up instead of playing agbaya,we will discuss footie in a matured way with you.If you noticed,Cougar has been trying to tell you that we hardly are here. . . unlike the jobless lot who parade themselves as Gunner fans. Just because some of you decide to spend your monthly allowance on subscribing to MTN shouldn't infer that busy folks should hang around with students/unemployed graduates.
We don't need your respect.Someone who uses facts selectively to argue isn't worthy of any kind of notice.Go and read.
Pay attention to Barcelona instead of being the consumate muppet that you are on this page.

If this is true, then DK must be grabbing benefits from multiple european countries and hiding out in the US, he has got to be the most jobless individual there is, I'm sure he has more posts than I do on the Arsenal thread.
But its a fact, you lot vamoose quicker than Usain Bolt anytime Manure loses.

Magnificent player, unplayable at his peak

[quote author=*Cougar* link=topic=567426.msg7730059#msg7730059 date=1297702607]what exactly was eboue doing with those dubai ladies? [/quote]he was tappin some current as is expected of a full blooded man. I can't say the same for DK's lot who in similar circumstances would probably have been showing off their balls to the male photographers. 

debosky:
Too much Iya Nasiru's finest. I said CURRENT form - go read the post again and don't be in a ryori hurry to post.

How current? Arshavin has had a stinker so far all season yet leads the assists chart or can you recall anytime Arshavin has really been in his element this season?  

debosky:
Arshavin doesn't play in midfield per se so he will add little to controlling possession in midfield. Besides, who do you reckon is the worst player when it comes to retaining possession (after Clichy of course ) - Arshavin.

So yu're saying Theo keeps the ball better than Arshavin? is able to play other players in better than Arshavin or is able to combine in playing those triangles better than Arshavin? There is a new improved Theo but he is not what yu're making him out to be.

debosky:
Besides, if you don't pin back the LB, he will join with the midfield and then give them increased ability to overwhelm our midfield with one extra body. Theo's presence will effectively prevent that LB from joining in as much, as well as providing cover for Eboue. This will help us retain control in midfield.

If Nas is fit and plays RWF, he can pin the LB back better than Theo can and still help in keeping possesion. The question for me is who plays wide left, is it Arshavin or Nasri? we all know Nasri is better from the right, remember this is all based on Nasri's fitness? if Nas isn't fit then there is really no decision to be made.

debosky:
Were Newcastle's legs dragging in the 5th minute when Theo scored and assisted in quick succession? Oh I forgot - midfield domination.

Good thing you remembered, we won't have that kind of swagger against Barcelona's MF unless some miracle happens before then.

debosky:
Yet our attacks break down most often via Arshavin losing possession? This is a no brainer.

Theo breaks down our attacks more than Arshavin does, he has definitely improved in that regards this season but the only reason it hasn't shown as much is cos he is scoring and the team as a whole has gotten more defensively solid. Like Arsene would say, Arshavin is meant to provoke play, how many through passes exactly can yu remember Theo giving?
This is not a call on Theo's ability cos I know that is what y'all would turn it into, it is my judgement call on how I think he is better used against a team like Barca.

debosky:
Theo trumps him both on assists and goals scored on current form. Besides, Arshavin will likely still start with Nasri left on the bench as the impact player if required.

When last did you take a look at the stats table? Arshavin has the most assists this season even more than Cesc.

debosky:
Even if we set aside current form, Theo's pace ensures that Barca adopt a slightly more conservative approach which isn't likely to be the case compared to Arshavin playing on the right.

Theo's pace is useful when you have control of the MF and possession and he can time his runs to perfection or when the opponent is coming at you and yu can counter. Barcelona will come into this game believing they can trump us on possesion, they have some respect for us so won't go gung-ho immediately and play the waiting game.
CR9 is as fast as they come yet cldn't do anything against them in December.
Arshavin IMO is still a more tricky player you can start with and try to match them in the MF, if yu can't at least match them in MF, where will the balls to Theo come from?
Late on when legs are dragging (particularly if we play at a high tempo from the onset) Theo would be in his element.

debosky:
This isn't relevant since Theo's overall form merits a starting berth not a spot on the bench. To make an exaggerated but still relevant example, we know Fab4 can be fantastic from the bench - his goals against Villa, his performances in the FA cup when he came on twice serve as evidence.

However, would you now play Rozzi (if fit) ahead of him simply because Cesc makes a better impact than Rozzi from the bench? No chance.

Huge difference, despite Arshavin's form he still keeps making those assists and he is better at playing the MF possesion game than Theo is.

debosky:
^^ Forget game changer - the objective is winning and not 'changing' the game.
You go forward with your best side, and Theo occupies that position as far as the right wing is concerned.

I'm not so certain about that best side statement, Arshavin has found his form of late and his assists ratio is still insane.

debosky:
Besides, I have seen with my own two unclothed eyes how Arshavin came on against Everton at the Emirates and in a matter of minutes we had gone from 1-0 down to 2-1 so he can also change games if required.

Not like Theo.

ritchboy:
Heehe, you want Theo to come on when we are 4 goals down abi?

You dont really need and "impact player" unless you are chasing the game(maybe that's what you want)

Whether they are flagging or kiting, Theo would murder whoever Barca play at left back for pace, especially with their high line.

It's a no-brainer, Theo must start.

Hmmm, so Theo don better Arshavin now? Liverpool away 08/09 now seems so far away. o ga o. Anyway, Arsene might not have the option available anyway if Nas isn't fit. I would still go for Arshavin ahead of Theo and if Nas is fit, he must start. I would keep Theo on the bench because I would rather have him as a game changer than Arshavin.
The only position I'm undecided about is Wilshere/Diaby, my heart says Wilshere but my head says Diaby.

On another note, I'd forgotten Bac wasn't available sha, may the good lord be with Eboue on wednesday.

ritchboy:
You must be kidding. . . Walcott should be the first name on the team sheet!

Against any other team, maybe(though on current form i still wont start Arshavin), but against Barca, Theo is our most important player.

You want to play Arshavin ahead of Theo to pass Barca to death or what?

If you are wondering what our best chance of beating Barca is, look no further than the second goal against Wolves.

Thats exactly why I won't start him and look to bring him on later when Barca is flagging. I believe in not showing your hand too quickly. If we can match them or at the least come close in passing and pressing till about the 60th minute, then bring Theo on.
He is still a better impact player than Arshavin IMO.

slimshay:
@Dudu I think he was injured in the Barton tackle He should have strangled that forking midget.

If we cld plan for them to meet in a dark alley, I'm sure Abou will make the id*iot beg for mercy but the stupid guy cld come with a weapon like his younger brother who killed that black guy.

@Debosky
Seriously, the Eeredivisie might have gone down in quality but I would still put it above the Championship and OX is in Ligue 1 and not the championship. Honestly, I believe we have a massive talent albeit raw on our hands. OX is not as direct as Ryo.