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This serious,
When we were winning, all dem mancs were here spewing all sorts,
Now we are a point behind and they are  here discussing match strategies,4-5-1,5-5-0, and all sorts,
Is it only Arsenal vs Everton on Saturday, Please go and discuss West Ham vs Mancs, or Chelski vs Whoever,
As if it's not the mancs desire for Arsenal to lose all its matches starting from Saturday ,
One crazy manc started dancing when he saw Billy in pain yesterday and was shouting that Senderos should come in (As if Senderos was dressed for the match),
So please, quit analysing arsenal's formation, don't be hypocritical, You wish us bad, So shush all

@ I-man,
Did u have to refer to me as 'blind',
Why can't u, in the spirit of the season, be at least Civil?
You can gloat all u like, but u know, when u are alone in your room, that this ain't no gunner team like the previous two seasons, and we'll see whether the mancs will still be singing in May 2008,

@ Coded guy,
Guess u are just a comedian
Whoever told u Ade was our best player, Even on nairaland, he's not particularly liked by the Gooners,
I will remind u again of today, when next the manc do a 'bolton' or a 'manc city' .
Hope u will be around, and not crawl back into a hole

@ Debosky,
You are right,
Ade is a much better player compared to last season,
and the truth is that he can't do more than he is able to ,
He never said he was Th14,Raul or Etoo,
I remember when Fulham wanted more from Man utd before Saha could be sold, The dude declared that he was no Ronaldo, that why would Fulham want a big pay check for him ,
People should lay off Ade jo,

Does anyone know what's wrong with RVPersie, Heard about the thigh strain before the Spurs game,wonder what is still wrong,

@ Coded Guy,
Cut the beef man, What prediction?
That we will be 1 point off the mark by Xmas day, sorry oops boxing day , oops, whatever, .
Everyone who has watched the EPL since inception will know, that the race has just begun,
It will be premature for the mancs to be gloating over a 1 point lead and to also write off Arsenal because of some prediction,that Arsenal won't be top by Boxing day, sorry Xmas day ,
The race has just started, WEst Ham comes next for u guys on Saturday and we've got another trip to Merceyside.
We could be the one laughing by New Year's eve

I can't help but agree, we cannot afford a 4-4-2 against Everton, They are not gonna sit down and defend all nite like Portsmouth did,
I just felt when it was obvious that Portsmouth was gonna play 10 men behind the ball after just 20-25 minutes, Bendtner should have come in earlier, While agreeing that Ade isn't  ' IT ' (I have said it a lotta times),making him play alone upfront brings out the 'worst' in him,
I am a fan and I am optimistic, When we are in our stride, we can take any team and rip them apart ,
Redknapp played safe yesterday, because he admitted that if he had attempted to come out and play, they would have been ripped apart by Arsenal, There were chances to bury the game  yesterday, but we didn't take them, The race is still on!!!

coded guy:
it was predicted that u would relinquish top spot at xmas and it has come to pass.

humble pie is really healthy, munch on

man u 4 life

@ Coded guy
Who made that prediction??
The guy failed woefully and his crystal ball must have been full of mud!!!!
The Arsenal was on top at Xmas, except maybe ,in that part of the world, that the Prophet made the predictions,Xmas is usually Celebrated on December 26, ,
Good, the mancs are quietly crawling out of their holes,now that they are finally, one point clear,

ugepboy:
Where have all the shattered goners run to? I told you all that it won't be long before we claim our rightful position on the league table. What was that Kranjcar did to sagna? Eboue's sudden conversion to a priest on the field yielded no result at all. I have always said it, it won't be long before this hurriedly collection of high school boys would be exposed. That exactly happened yesterday. Bravo pompey! True blues.

The real test of character comes up on saturday with Everton. I wonder how the goners would fare with a fit again Arteta.

and how many goals did Krancjar score after he did'what he did' to Sagna?'It won't be long before the hurriedly collection of high school boys would be exposed', LOL, The high school boys are 2nd in the league by a single point after 19 games!!!!,
Its expected from your type though! Celebrating like the trophy had been handed over to you, We are still in DEcember, it's not even January 1 yet!!!

Life's funny, Ain't it?
Arsenal has been leading the table since God knows when and we have always been reminded that em, The league is not won in September, em, the league is not won in November, em, If you are top at Xmas, it doesn't mean you have won the league ,
Now, we are in second place and the same guys who were telling us to stop gloating, , are celebrating like the league came to an end at 22.00 GMT, Dec 26, 2007, You should have seen the Mancs punching the air yesterday night after the final whistle between Pompey and Arsenal, ,
The season is just warming up, Events will unfold,

Well Gatusso played the 90 minutes against rivals Inter yesterday and it wasn't one of his fantastic days.They lost 1-2
I really don't comment when it comes to pairing up players but one thing I know is that good players also have their off days,
Hoping Gatusso,Pirlo,Seeedorf,Kaka etc would have their off days when they play Arsenal and our players play their best games, That's what the Champs league is all about!!!

Really, I would not like a massive injection of players, We certainly need a cover at Centre Back for Toure when he heads to the A.N.C and maybe,a natural left winger.The team spirit is high.They have certainly surpassed all expectations and they can only get better.
LOL, Who would have thot we would be on top at Christmas?, Even the pundits at BBC who tipped Spurs to edge us out in the race for the 4th position are singing new songs, I listened to them saying we had a bright chance of defeating AC Milan!!!!!.
Then, what's with Ade and scoring against Spurs, I am sure that dude can't walk alone at Tottenham ,
Thanks,Bendtner for that all important goal, which could speak volumes later,
I am loving the Arsenal everyday,
Best Wishes at Xmas to all gooners here and of course to our rivals .
The Red and White Army matches on!

This same time 2 years ago, we were drawn against Real Madrid(The King of footie in Spain and 9 times Euro Champs), I had a friend who swore to  'dance naked in public' if the Arsenal should win, In fact he said he won't watch football again,
Don't bet against the Arsenal, 2 years ago, we were even struggling in the premiership.

@ Akolawole
You may permit Lehman and Gilberto over their complaints.They were in the first team before they were dropped.
Just like Chuckdee4 said,Flamini too, took a long time, before he started complaining, but this guy, has barely spent how long,, 3-4 months and he keeps complaining. ,
Just like he said, he ain't no ZIzou or Dinho or Kaka, so what's his problem?

Let's face it, Diarra's attitude stinks!!!
Sentiments aside(am a gooner), AW will play you, if you do well, but you must justify it.
This is the 2nd time, he's reminding us that he plays regularly for France(where, at right back) and that he didn't come to Arsenal to sit on the bench.
Who does he think he isZizou or Makalele(in his prime ) .
Did he not see the guys in Central midfield before putting pen on paper, or he didnt see competition for right-back slot?? .
I think he should shut up, concentrate on his game, and try to break into the team, If not, the Spuds are there at White heart lane, and he can battle it out with Zokora,Malbranque,Jenas and Huddlestone.Or contest right-back with Chimbonda

Yep, the second(reserve) team will file out today, Though I think RVPersie may play(still not 100% match fit), and Gilberto too should play, The likes of Armand Traore,Justin Hoyte,Phillipe Senderos,Denilson,Bendtner, Theo,Diaby,Eduardo etc, should start

The Great one(Pele) was in tears yesterday as his award was being presented to him ,
We were shown some of his matches and you have to agree that footie back then was delightful,
No diving, No serial cheats,No gang of players surrounding the referee like they were gonna kill him, Just football, the way the founding fathers wanted it played,
Something worthy of mention though, if a defender wanted to end your career he will, not all this 'small' tackles we see now, and u hear he's out for 2 weeks, Then, you go out for good , After the injury,u think of another sport, not football

See the effect of cheap drugs on the human body!

@tkb417
I had a headache after the match.The last 15 minutes was awesome,
First I think, it was SWP's miss, I could have sworn it would be a goal when the ball fell on his feet, then at the other end, I was celebrating Van Persie's goal when I looked at the linesman and saw his flag up ,
Then I thought Ade had scored and next thing the ref said no, at the other end Mikel, yes Mikel released a fantastic shot,goal, I thought until I saw Almunia save it,
Injury time and we conceeded a free kick,I thought, oh mine, Alex's shot would be unstoppable, as soon as I saw Shevy(No 1 Pensioner) take the shot(ferocious), I thought it was all over, until Almunia saved the day again(He was my Arsenal man of the match) ,
Then Bendtner released Fab4 to score the backbreaking goal deep into injury time, Fab decided to swerve and as soon as he hit it,Cashley did what he had always done at arsenal(saving the ball on the line), Fab, frustrated lunged at him with a bad tackle,Cashley retaliated, and I thought yes,finally a fight will break out. ,
Good enough,they both pretended to be injured, and the ref decided he's had enough, What a match,

My opinion,
It's not FIFA giving out these awards,
It's the result of votes by Captain and Coaches of Countries all over the world.
For example, I heard JOhn Terry Voted for both Didier Drogba and Peter Cech, So I see no reason why FIFA should really be blamed.
I always laugh at some of these awards.
Thierry Henry was among the top 50.Tell me what Henry did in the year 2007, He's been injured since March!!! and has only played few games for Barca, Ok, he has surpassed Platini's record as France's highest goal scorer and like someone theorised here, Maybe he was in top 50 because of the last minute winner he scored against Man utd at the Emirates , Or could it be the equaliser against Boro earlier in the year .
Some players keep appearing every year and u wonder what they did except that they were past 'greats',

@ A-40
Yeah, Rosicky was outstanding, he really 'upped' his game yesterday.Clichy played like,he wanted to remind everyone that his name is still Gael 'can't remember we ever had Cashley ' Clichy,
The Spuds are next this Saturday, but before then Blackeye Rovers in the Carling Cup.

For all of Ronaldo's good play,skills et al, His constant diving makes everyone sick, including his own fans(If they are true to themselves), Many players try to con the referee this days, but let's be frank,Ronaldo's own is outrageous

A spectacular game, Probably the best game so far, Captain fantastique, Gallas rose up to the occassion again and Almunia was my MAN OF THE MATCH for Arsenal, Those saves were top class and kept us in the match.
I am still at a loss on those disallowed goals,
While the offsidse decision could be accepted(though it seems so marginal), What the heck was wrong with Ade's goal. , I have seen the likes of Yak,Drogba and Heskey score those type of goals where a big Centre-forward shrugs off a 'weak' centre-half off the ball and puts the ball in the net,

And talk of 'near fights' all thru the Grand Slam Sunday, Torres vs Rio, Mascherano vs Evra,Cashley vs Fab,JT vs Fab,
All of them must have watched the Mayweather fight last weekend

An interesting statistic concerning Adebayor,
We have never lost a match in which he has scored
So, if Adebayor scores on sunday, we can begin to sing victory songs, Going by statistic,the worst that can happen is a draw!!!!!
But then, its a derby , strange things do happen, God Forbid!

Good news,
The golden quartet all trained this morning, Messrs Fabregas,Flamini,Hleb and Van Persie,
All Guns blazing, I can't wait for 16 hours GMT on Sunday,

@Akolawole
SWPhilips dives, because he likes to take on players a lot, he often runs into difficult situations and the next thing is to 'DIVE' .Learnt well from the Legend diver/actor, Robben, Can't forget that incident with him(Robben) and Pepe Reina.Hollywood actors would be proud of that performance,

Akolawole:
Jibe No 2

I hope sunday's referee will watch the two Emmanuels.

Very good prospects for "Diver of the year"

While I agree that Eboue does dive at times,Ade doesn't. ,
Maybe we should tell the referee to watch out for J Cole and SWPhilips ,
The master diver himself,Drogba won't be available to showcase his diving talents while the legend diver has crossed over to spain, U know who I am talking about

Don Fabio has started on the right note by saying the mentality must change.
You have got to have a winning mentality,
I am afraid the Media in England do more harm than good to their national team,
One good performance from a football player doesn';t make him 'World class', and also one or two bad performances by a good player doesn't mean he is finished,
Also, English players should focus more on their game instead of what the media says about them.
Lastly, like West ham's goalie,Robert Green said, the english kids should throw away the Playstations, the video games etc and get on the soccer pitch. , Very Few youngsters playing footie in England nowadays!!!

Just looking at the stats now and realised we have not beaten Chelsea since 18th Oct, 2003 when Edu and Henry scored(both have left now).There can't be a better time to beat Chelski than now,
In numerous meetings since 2003,Drogba has been the match winner and essien came up with 2 goals both home and away to save them(Chelsea), Am not sure Essien scored more than those 2 goals in the league last season
Drogba and Essien are both not available,
I am looking forward to the return of Cashley, Though I fear he may develop a 'mystery' virus that won't allow him play,
The taunts and boos will also add to the  excitement,
Finally I want Diarra to play this one, Former players always have a point to prove!

@Chuckdee4
NOt much is known about him except that he is a bulgarian u-21 international and plays for Levski Sofia, He's coming on trials at Arsenal just like Tresor Mputu,
Meanwhile, did anyone see RVPersie's dribble yesterday,that leg twist that Ronaldinho is famous for
Enjoyed seeing that,

darfur:
i think you need to take some fansidar. three tablets 500mg each. at a go.
then take paracetamol two tablets, 500mg each, three times a day, for 5 days,
then take some follic acid, 5mg per day,
then iron tablets, two tablets, three times a day for 5 days

because you definitely have malaria

, My ribs are sore, Funniest I 've read in a long time!

Can this be considered as good news?
Jens Lehmann says he doesn't want to quit Arsenal!!!
While I respect what Jens has done in the past, I think its time for him to move on,
Any more high profile blunder could lead to fans invading the pitch