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Alan hasen's take on this whole shindig

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6189639.stm

hmmmmmmm!!

Yeah deal , like i mentioned to Oga kit, it would be hilarious if we all could hook up over the xmas, everyone should get their "Bash Ali Boxing gloves" ready " have a safe trip, hope they don't play "snakes on a plane" as the in flight movie

GOONER 89

Jackal i love you

I keep saying it, You guys feel you are doing well as long as you are 14 - 10 or what ever points ahead of Arsenal, 2004 you were 3rd, 2005 you were 2nd, 2006

Jackal after Pompey's 2nd goal and with the introduction of adebayor, how many teams were on show from the 50th Minute to the end of the game at the Emirates, why is Football a CRAZY game only when it bites United in the A@@

You were saying that Arsenal were breaking I, Kituan and other Gooners hearts, well i see how you all have mellowed down, its commendable when reality settles in that one might not be as good as one claims. Jackal; Barca lost over the weekend and their players were gutted not so much at the lost, but at the fact that this was the second time this was happening to them in a cup final and F Rikkard realises that when you let something become a habit, it becomes contagious (the same way we can't stop drawing at Home ) A little reality on your part that your squad will not be good enough to last the Marathon would also do you all some good. (well at least you guys are planning to buy over the the Jan window, just imagine how we gooners feel )

Oga B says he is not a fanatic, but Jackal i know that you must have been so pissed off, (leave all this retrospective analysis of how well the boys played for the OPERA!!!), Arsenal played beautiful with 40 minutes to go, but we could only muster a point, we played brilliantly against chelsea but we could only muster a point, United played brilliantly against the Hammers, but they lost and dropped 3 points, the lead is now 2 points, lets see by january what the points ratio is by then.

As long as you are 20 points above Arsenal, i guess its all good, like you say "the League table doesn't lie!!"

I will just be quiet and watch what happens at the end of the day.

Jackal i am talking Bollocks anyway what i love about you is the fact that eventually you will always call a spade a spade, cause a Fan[b](atic)[/b] can't help but be real and say when "S@*t is S@*T " so i will leave the cussing of your team at the end of the season to you

Enjoy the xmas fixtures and lets all hope for the best, i will keep mum on the United Board till January "pls God no more freak results!!! cause One United chaps have all started to go all Defensive on us all"

GOONER 89

Oga Dido;

Nice result, even as a Gooner i will give credit where due; as they say, Form is temporary, but Class is Permanent!!

Oga Wormy please do not predict for us again oh!! I will run away from your predictions like i avoid Tunde Bakare's predictions

Anyway the real test starts now as we face the Xmas rush and home stretch, Good luck to all teams, May will show where we all have come and where we are heading to

But Arsenal will still finish above the SPUDS That much is certain

GOONER 89

4 Play ,

Now you don't finish below the top 3 , wow thats an achievement. I guess being better than Arsenal is a way of compensation for you guys at the end of the season (We Gooners do the same thing with Spurs, so its common, Pool are happy when they finish above Everton, so 4 Play you are not saying anything new there!!)

Like i said no biggy, I accept the lose was a freak result, Thank God we beat you guys, or else we Gooners would have not rested with you pointing that out anytime one of us has an opinion on your team, just enjoy the xmas fixture and pray for less freak results

By May if all you are left with is the fact that you finished 20 points ahead of Arsenal so it must be a good season!! Then we are happy in advance for you all!!

GOONER 89

OGA B

Who is runnig , every body is proud of their squad, so did West Ham play any different than how they played against arsenal where they won 1 nil. BOLA no team plays to lose, Everton were 2-1 up agaisnt the blues but Chelsea won, thats footie, we drew and you all came on the gooner board to make stupid comments ( please just pop in and read what some of your Man United colleagues were saying on Sat, feeling that sunday was a forgone conclusion )

The point Bola, is that i am not expecting you to dump your team or to feel less proud of your boys even if you do not win the Prem. even if Arsenal were relegated i would still be a GOONER ( i supported the club under and under Bruce Rioach, so whether under Wenger or not i am still a GOONER)

I did say we are all heading in the right direction, with just a few adjustments needed, but Oga Bola its nice to look back in retrospect and say how you are proud of your boys win or lose, but be honest and say that it hurt to lose to West ham, cause believe me Not even Loyal hammers would have expexted to Draw talkless of win that game. But what happened. Like i say, when we lose to the same team, its Ars[b]enal are this and arsenal are that[/b], but when you lose, its "a Freak result" well guess " Celtic, FC Copenhagen , and Southend are freak results as well".

Well i hope you guys underestimate Lille as well, so we can come back here in March and join you all to say how proud we are of your boys;

http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200607/story/0,,1974055,00.html

what makes us all laugh Bola, is the fact that Gunners know that our team are not reaching the Heights they are capable off , and we accept the laspes evident in our team (even the Chelsea folks still feel their team has not got into the grove), but you United guys keep letting us know you are playing the best footie, yet even with that the season might end in heart break for you, bola you of all folks should realise that its not the begining of something that matters but the end, (look at the Politics in the country, could anyone really claim he saw this scenario coming to pass ) we said the league was a "Marathon", we were slated, we said that "footie depends on the day", we were slated, anyway, you all should deny the fact that your squad won't be good enough to last the race, and concentrate on LOYIKA!! and other esteemed Gooners on NL, If that soothes the pain then ENJOY Maties

Even with the additions In january, No team can compete right now with the squad the Blues have at their disposal, and that is the Key right now to winning the Prem, cause even Jackal accepted that the bench was a problem.

Anyway B, like i said " No Gooner is running, we are still here!!!"

Remember i said i would recite "Your Not singing Anymore!!" by the end of the season in May. Well i can't wait for May, maybe by January i will start early renditions .

Abeg guy just enjoy your xmas   I will just keep quiet and watch what happens (more importantly i will watch you ONE United Chaps )

GOONER 89

Wormy

You said 1-1, so you got the draw right, but the scoreline was wrong, don't miss out on that part , besides read one of my posts on "DRAWTILITIES"

Oga Wole, how is a draw luck Chelsea came back from 2-1 to win, Man United lost, we drew, so how is that luck, a game of football is 90 mins + extra time, the game does not end after a goal has been scored.  

Anyway guys we droped 2 points due to Wenger's madness, i for one would like him to be banned to the stand for 3 games so he would see what the fans see. He needs a holiday, and should quickly take one, let pat rice handle the squad over Xmas, cause Prof has forgotten his balls at home

Here;

[b]Arsenal 2 Portsmouth 2 just isn't good enough, I'm afraid
By Myles Palmer

ARSENAL are  not good enough to rest Adebayor.

The attack isn't good enough, the defence isn't good enough, the midfield isn't good enough, and the partnerships aren't good enough.

If something's happening in your team (and you always hope something is happening), go with it. Don't bench it. Don't snuff it out.

By the time Adebayor, the man of the moment, came on, Arsenal were 2-0 down. He soon scored. Then he had a hand in the equaliser by Gilberto. His impact was immediate and huge

But both goals were assists by Walcott on the right flank.And Walcott came on for Ljungberg , who did a hamstring, a bad blow for Arsemal after only five minutes.

ARSENE WENGER apparently believes that all the best athletes come from the same gene pool in West Africa, which was dispersed by the slave trade.

Believing that, he  inexplicably "rests" an in-form young powerhouse from Togo in order to start the lightweight Aliadiere, who was pitiful. He was hopeless. To say Aliadiere was anonymous is to exaggerate. He wasn't that good.

Picking Aliadiere was the worst selection decision since Song came in for Fabregas at Fulham, where Arsenal lost 2-1. You can't drop a player as good as Fabregas and replace him with a player as bad as Song. And you can't drop a striker as powerful as Adebayor and replace him with one as feeble as Aliadiere.

Arsenal 2 Portsmouth 2 ?

They needed  a win. But the manager picked the wrong team. A shame, but they all do it.

But what a ball from Walcott for Adebayor's goal ! What a ball that was ! He raced onto Hleb's pass inside the left back, looked up, and measured a very inviting low cross which gave his centre forward a great chance from ten yards. Cafu could not have done it better.

Then Walcott hooked back an awkward ball on the right side, first time, and Gilberto, anticipating beautifully, started to move for the chance before it was a chance, before the ball even started to go there, and hit his shot low into the far side of the goal.

In the photos Gilberto's body position was textbook, well balanced, leaning forward, head down, just like Pele. If he had not anticipated so well, Gilberto could have never have got there in time to shoot correctly.

Great goal, skipper.You are giving this team a lot at a time when it needs a lot.

At the moment Arsenal's league campaign is not being interrupted by internationals or Champions League games but they are still struggling. They have drawn three of their last four games in all competitions.[/b]

http://www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=447&cntnt01origid=30&cntnt01returnid=42

The manager says we ain't buying in january, and just hear this that we will be selling , Well if its to sell Song and Alierdre Then i am all for it, As much as i like Eboue, Lauren should please be put back in the squad, and for CHRISTSAKES why rest Baptista, has he played anything whatwhile, Thank God Freddie is out, at least Theo can get a good run out. The Manager is solely to blame for our position on the table and for us not being in contention, he has a good squad but his team selection and rotation policy are s"*t!! He only should take the blame, cause the buck stops with him.

I would suggest we let Nuhu Ribadu do some checks on him, cause the board keep saying they have money available for him, ok if he is not spending it on players, where is the money What is he spending on Why is he so stingy

stop being a major C*"T Wenger!!! Thank God the fans booed the team, more of that We should not settle for rubbish even if its from the Gaffer

GOONER 89

Comon on people , how did an arguement about Drogba and henry become one about Kanu and Davids

We all have facts , and its all good, but stick to the thread

Cheers Guys

GOONER 89

What you United guys do not seem to understand is the notion that it would be a bigger disgrace if you guys do not win this Prem with all the noise you have been making. Arsenal are not expected to do anything, so we are basically living up to what you all have been expecting, But i will just say, the end will justify things, cause apart from the Prem we are still within shout of 3 more Trophies. You guys are out of The Milk Cup, so you have 3 to contend with.

When you lose, you decieve yourselves that its a freak result, well get prepared for more freak results. No one can stand Chelsea with their financial strenght (did any one watch the Bloomberg Documentry/Programme on Foreign take over of Prem clubs, and discussion of Chelsea's financial situation and how it affects World Club footie!! Quite scary )

But the fact that with all the noise, Chelsea WILL still be Prem Champs by the end of the season, only goes to show that as much as clubs are going in the right direction (even Man United) we are still a long way from the depth of resources Chelsea can muster both at home and in Europe.

One thing about life thats funny, it shows you that anything can happen like i always say "footie is about the day" did we not see Barca with all their beautiful footie lose a second trophy to Inter of Brasil (after their loss to sevilla), so guys its the day that counts, nothing else.

You are top of the table, but the question you guys should honestly ask yourselves is, do you have the squad to out pace Chelsea , remember its a[b] MARATHON[/b], Lets all just shut up and enjoy the footie .

The Xmas rush beckons, good luck to all teams concerned

GOONER 89

All you United peeps are just a buch of sorry hoodlums!!

Imagine all thew noise you keep making over the weekend, then when you lose, instaed of seeing that your so called advantage is gone, and concentrate on how to consolidate over the xmas season, all you keep talking about is how many points your are above the Gunners.

Ok Jackal and Oga Bola, was this not the same West Ham that Arsenal lostb tyo by the same scoreline and you all were making so much noise, now you lose and we draw, yet you all cannot call a spade a spade, now its a "freak result"!!!

PLZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

Oga debo abeg leave Oga Christino

Anyway Whooppie

http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=435579&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Lauren+plays+first+game+after+11+months+out

and so interesting stuff on Sol by the gaffer;

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1973501,00.html

Really Arsene tell us something we don't know

Anyway, hopefully we shoud score like 4 against Pompey Sol or no Sol

GOONER 89

Benitez doesn't need Jose for sh#*t Remember he is spainish (and used to play for real madrid ) and was coach of Valencia, so he will know how to beat Barca, FFS he has won the UCL with liverpool remember, coming back from 3 goals to beat Milan inthe final Enough said. All he needs is a good result at the Nou Camp, Anfield stadium will do the rest (that is to me the most intimidating stadium ever, well besides Galatasaray )

Read these;

http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200607/story/0,,1973496,00.html

and

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/12/16/barcelona_pose_test_for_benite.html

Anyway here is another analysis on the Prem teams chances done by David Pleat;

http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1973470,00.html

Quite interesting, anyway its back to the Gunner's thread i go. Later amigoes

GOONER 89

Some times it amazes me when Intellectuals discuss like children , Generally i don't really like discussing POLITICS (which is quite strange since i am a Pol sci Graduate ) cause of its dirty nature be it Nigeria; africa and the world. Its all the same thrash .

But we all act in Nigeria as if we can not read the writings on the wall, and look so surprised at events, Nigeria's case always reminds me of what a certain Prof always use to warn us about as students, he said we should never take politics at face value and always read btw the lines, its only by doing that will one find the true answer to what you are looking for!!

1, Everyone needs to realise that all these happenings are at the instance of our President OBJ; who is trying to kill many birds with one stone.

A, Yaradua is a means to finally kill off Atiku's chances, as definately Atiku's claim to the PDM machinery has just been wrenched from under him, so he really has no foundation to stand on, even if he choses to run under a different platform.

B. OBJ/PDP had to zone this thing back to the north as a means to control the way the elections were heading, with ANPP/AC getting ready to pick a Northern candidate, it would have made the battle a fight btw the North/South divide, and believe me the South wouldn't have won, cause all the Northern cadidate had to do was pick a South Eastern VP and that would have changed the scale of the balance to favour the opposition, cause even if PDP had picked a Northern VP, (which of those estemmed northern aspirants would have wanted to be VP ) they would not have carried the day.

Basically Duke did the right thing, since it is quite clear that he respects the President, and so if the President asks him to step down, his obedience will only make way for him to be compensated with the VP slot, which in the longrun keeps him in power and makes room for him to become President when power comes back to the south in about 8 years time . My friends patience is a true virtue, the children of Isreal had to be sent on a merry go round in the sinai dessert for 40 years before God let them enter the Promised land, so lets just ride it out. Remember it would have been impossible to pick Duke as the VP if he had run for the ticket and lost, cause it would not be ethical to pick a fellow opponent as a running mate.

The important thing is for us to have a successful Civilian to Civilian transition, and for democracy to be the norm rather than the exception. Pray tell how many years did it take for an Irish american to become president in america , as they say Rome wasn't built in a day.

As for the zoning principle, please people live with it, nigeria wass formed with the amalgamation of different zones, and so that will be the only way for power to really be shared in a country the dances btw true federalism and semi federalism that the country practices. (There is no need to really expansiate on this zoning principle stuff, cause its quite boring )

As far as i am concerned Yaradua is an ok candidate, and since OBJ has used his will power to save us from IBB and others like a certain south south candidate, who was professing to be a saviour (part 2), not forgeting Atiku We should just pray that Duke is picked as the VP,  and we will eventual get our desire, God keeping us healthy to see that day. We need to weed out the present political class, and its happening (slowly but surely)

As for the issue of Okotie , all i can say is that even in Biblical times, God never ususally picked a Prophet to be king, cause he knew that this would cause a conflict of interest, so why now would Nigeria pick okotie as president, even in america, many Christian of the right didn't even vote for Pat Roberston when he ran for President some time back, all they do is vote for individuals that have a strong religious background, not someone that is the religious background . doesn't work that way, and never will. Do you see any Rabbi being voted Prime minister in Isreal, Look at Haiti under a so called "Father" Aristide, what happened under his regieme This okotie issue as far as i am concerned is a no brainer!!!

Oh well let me get back to the footie forum all this talk of zonings, Dukes and God anointed leaders is really doing my head in

WE ARE NOT AT A PDP RALLY

Wormy

"BLOOD OF JESUS!!"

That prediction has been halted and cast in the lake of Prem Fire

We will score 4 now

GOONER 89

Guys here some Vids for you all


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br5fIuCFsxo&NR

Damn we have come a long way


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyrybuNOvI&NR

Poor old Cashley


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuOUu3SfGcM&NR

Still makes me Scream this does Why can't every game be like this

Yeah Chelsea "WHO ARE YA!! WHO ARE YA!!"

Pompey tomorrow, Hmmmm hope we don't get "Drawtilitis"

Prof should play the first available 11, and 4-4-2 please.

D James will be a problem , as he reserves his best for tough teams, and his nemesis TH is out of this game BUMMER!!

Anyway depending on how we approach it, it will fall btw Reading or Wigan , Definately not Villa pls (Damn those Wigan/Reading games were away )

Anyway hopefully we should bag the 3 points at home. Cesc we need more magic

Have a lovely weekend ya'll

GOONER 89

errr

How many goals did we give the Spuddies again 3

Was that not the last home game we played, so just concentrate on catching the Scum and leave us alone with Sol, Kanu and Tony Adams

GOONER 89

Well make we leave this bobo alone, as i searched around and couldn't find any recent Pool thread.

Besides i guess the poor bugger is on his own, hardly know nigerians that support the Pool

Don't worry mate "You'll Never Walk Alone!! "

Or so your Anthem says

GOONER 89

However Mr. Niceuzor

Not to show any discrimination, but for the interest of orderliness, you should have just asked this question under the various Arsenal threads available, as we are trying to limit the number of issues that can be readily dealt with under threads already created by various Forum members.

Please i hope you do not take this as a slight on your person, far from it. We are just (as i earlier pointed out) trying to set some guidelines to make this particular forum organised and better for the forum memebers (which you are a part of )

I hope you join our team, as you will not regret it, it can be frustrating at times, no doubt, but thats how life is, full of ups and downs. Believe me with Arsenal there are more ups than downs

Cheers mate

GOONER 89

Well Bro

I could write a whole book on why i support Arsenal FC , but that won't be necessary.

Anyway just check these out for the passion


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYsb7W9pNlQ

and


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuOUu3SfGcM&mode=related&search=

Well i know that Chelsea equalised and other fans celebrate goals, but you just have to feel something which i can't explain. Like Oga V said just watch other teams, and then follow your heart

But if you love football in its purist form, then Arsenal are the team to watch (If its in the Prem, or you could just support a La liga team)

A team of youngsters went to the belly of the beast that is stamford Bridge and came out with their head high.

Essiens goal was Individual brilliance , Flamini's goal was team brilliance

Enough said

GOONER 89

PSV

Tricky one , i would have wanted someone harder, thereby forcing us to play at our best

Anyway return leg is at the Grove, so "No diggity!!"

But wait does that mean if we win, we will get to play the winner of Lille/Manscum

Hey if we beat PSV, i trully hope we get the Scummites, as i am sure we will beat them both home and away. EASYYYYYY!!!

Crackers:

Roma v Lyon
Barcelona v LIVERPOOL
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich
Inter Milan v Valencia

Amasement

Could Chelsea not get an easier route, i mean Porto Comon

Oh well, A chelsea vs AC Milan Quarters should be cool (You didn't think Celtic would beat AC did you Comon now Ain't no miracles there )

GOONER 89

P.S. Oga Kola , wetin dey?

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article04

More on the Guy

Well if these allegations are true, then Andy Uba should not only be baaned from any political office, but should be arrested. Thank god the EFCC has shown that winning a Primary does not give you immunity (the recent arrest of Rotimi A in Rivers state)

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article04

Andy Uba as VP will be a slap on the face of all nigerians.

As for the general trend , concerning folks like Duke. All i will say is that the ball has not stopped running, Nigerians are in for a big surprise come May 2007. We will be shocked who we will see as President.

Although the PDP convention should just take place already!! So that we can end all the speculations from their side and concentrate on the other Parties.

Well you could say we were absolutely rubbish last night.

No desire, No passion, No footballing skills, the first half was absolutely atrociuos, the second half was ok, and thank God for Cesc or else we would have come out with a boring Nil-Nil draw.

This game is one of those games i want to quickly remove from my memory, believe me!! don't expect to find a DVD of this game out any time soon.

Verdict; HORRIBLE Performance Good result

Humourous match analysis here:

http://www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=442&cntnt01origid=30&cntnt01returnid=42

Hope saturday is a better showpiece than the thrash we were served at the JJB

GOONER 89

MR. PENNINSULA

Now that you have blown off steam, welcome to NL

1st things 1st, no one is/was insulting you, Folks are only trying to organise the place for the benefit of all including yourself. So as one member would put it "don't take s*@t personal"

Secondly, drop the cry baby approach , that won't wash here, just get in the mix of things and if you want to start a thread feel free to, but just take time and see if there are also similar threads (there are no awards given on NL for the number of threads a member starts )

Thirdly you are a Gooner and we are proud members of this board, so cut out the whining, (the gaffer does enough of that for us, we now don't need supporters that follow suit )

Anyways Mr. Lekkimania, just get involved, ain't no discrimination, sooner than you think you will be a full fledged member after you pass one or 2 tests

A, Survive a confrontation with the Wolfman (you will know him soonest)
B, Get on the Man United thread and playa hate without being bullied
C, Learn how to ignore the Chelsea members, who like their manager, really have noting worthwhile to say. Yeah and if you laugh at the Pics Grizzly puts up, then you know you have arrived "
D, By the time fellow Gooners like Mr Kit, Oga Viera, Miss Muki and Co acknowledge you, then you are surely home free.

So please no more "My Statements!!" Like i always say "We are not at a PDP rally!! "

Just watch and go with the flow, you will surely blend in.

Once again Mr. Lekki Welcome to NL Sports board (i sound like a Bloody waiter )

GOONER 89

One United ChapS

Your gaffer gives his views of Maureen here

"Ferguson is certain that his team will stay the course. They will start by ignoring Jose Mourinho's attempt at distraction following Sunday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal, when he said United "would be in trouble" if they thought the league was won.
"We will only be in trouble if we listen to Jose too much," said Ferguson."

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1970132,00.html

So stop bothering yourselves about that mediterranian gezzer

Adios

GOONER 89

Well when we lose to Sh"**y teams like West Ham and Bolton and then draw with Villa and Newcastle, don't expect to be at the top

GOONER 89

CHELSKI ARE A BORING TEAM

there you go Oga Kola , i have said it

Where have you been Man

GOONER 89

And who the hell are you

Listen Mr Lekki Peninsula, i will be very candid with you, Stop this Bullsh@# when you come on a forum, there are usually laid down rules of engagement. It is advisable that as a new member you look at the trend of how things happen here before you get keyboard happy.

NL members are trying their best to make the forum as lively and entertaining as possible, but in an organised comprehensive manner.

Now if every A hole came on board and started a new thread everytime they had a hard on, this place would be thrash.

No one has a problem with your opinions and there are no restrictions on what you can or cannot say on the board (i am not the moderator). But please stop embarrashing yourself with this attitude of your, take time and notice that there are ready made threads for you to post whatever you like. Waking up in the morning and starting a nonsensical thread is not only annoying but is an insult to every other member.

Mr Lekki , please try and follow what you see here, so that we can all gain from your knowledge, or lack of it as the case maybe. You are welcomed to the NL sports section (I am only doing this because you are a fellow GOONER ) But please grow up, and quickly to!!, before that welcome is revoked by all members on the board.

Cheers mate

GOONER 89

@ Jackal and co

You all make me laugh. firstly you know this thread was started off by either someone wanting to start trouble on NL (as most of you guys are into the multiple id stuff), or by a new member who hasn't taken time to see the trend of stuff hear, but is doing an OBJ (talking before thinking) on us.

Instaed of correcting the poor bloke, you all humour yourselves by replying him or posting in the thread. If he believes Maureen will be wiping Arsene's ass after sunday, then so be it. This is not the place to discuss this, and you elders of NL should have enough sense to carryon on this thread as if it will buttress your points or biases for or against both teams.

Jackal enjoy your derby, lets see how you do against the true manchester club (as they say if it ain't Panadol, )

Pls fellow NL Gooners, don't waste any time posting in this nonsensical thread, even if it was started by Wenger's long lost son

LOCK DOWN THIS THREAD NOW

GOONER 89

Will give my opinions on the game with the russians on saturday, but what i will say for now is that i am not feeling this game I have this uneasy feeling, maybe its the friday blues, but i have not felt like this about an Arsenal fixture in a while. Maybe watching highlights like this makes me wish for the past;

http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=433764&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=FREE+VIDEO+CLIP+-+The+ATVO+Friday+Goal

Notice the squad; Cole, Pires, Bergkamp, Viera, Edu All gone

Now we don't even have Henry, Gallas, Rosicky, Lauren, Kolo

I am not really looking forward to sunday, cause the squad is an excuse waiting to happen. This is one of those games where anything crazy can happen (afterall we went to Scum land and pulled off a terrific result)

Maybe i will feel confident as the game approaches, but i have butterflies in my tummy just thinking about the game.

Maybe if Wenger chose this midfield i would feel much better

Hleb Fabregas Gilberto Wallcot

Do we need the Beast in this , i think we need speed of game and thought to trouble lamps, maka, M Bollocks and the biscen.

However i think Le Prof will prefer experience and play Lungberg. FFS don't be too cautious and play the Flamster in midfield .

Defence should be Eboue Johan D, Senderos Clicy

Then attack would be RVP and Ade, but that depends on Wenger adopting a real 4-4-2 formation (what do we have to lose) But i think he will do the 4-5-1 and wait till half time, or we concede before he tinkers with formations.

Please Wenger give theo a chance against tweedy, i believe he will eat him raw

Anyways will look at our realistic chances better tomorrow

Have a lovely weekend my fellow Gooners

GOONER 89

This thread will be locked if you all would just stop posting in it , don't you think

Now i have caught the fever and have started to post in it as well

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GOONER 89

Jackal: YOU LOST TO FC COPENHAGEN Dude what are you saying.

Arsenal toped our group, even if its by Goal difference. You keep saying Arsenal is this and that, but thank God your coach and others recognisethat this Arsenal team are class waiting to be unleashed. Maureen might not like Arsene Wenger, but he never fails to mention Arsenal as a top team that can give them problems.

Jackal we beat you at home/ So your team must be rubbish to have been beaten by a rubbish team. You are top of the league table, lets see where you are by the end of the season.

We lost Henry, Gallas, Rosicky and some other players. Manscum lose Rooney, Vidic or either giggs or carrick, will they be the same. Buty like Kit says, you all tend to be unrealistic all the time, and shift the goal post when ever it suits you.

Oh well the end will determine everything, then we will see who is class and who is rubbish.

GOONER 89

"Sunday will be an enormously important match for us," said Michael Ballack of the Arsenal match. "You only have to look at the league table."

The German midfielder draws comfort from the extra day's rest afforded Chelsea, who were at home in their Champions League match while Arsenal had to travel back from Oporto. Nevertheless, he does not underestimate last season's Champions League finalists.

"I'm a little surprised they are that far behind in the league in terms of points so early on," he said. "Last year they were in the Champions League final and they have a young and very good team. At times they've failed to pick up the points and lacked a bit of consistency. But when they come up against the big teams, they show their class. We need to be careful."

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1966312,00.html

See what Ballack says Grizz, Even your players know that Arsenal are class, just to bad they have supporters like you

See ya on sunday matie

GOONER 89