Sort of agree and disagree on your opinion, tho the goalkeeper department do have it problem, but as long we put a strong back four infront of Almunia, it actually pretty safe. Another reason is because it hard to find a good goalkeeper, most good goalkeeper that I know of and like are in the status of NOT FOR SALE by their respective club, unless AW willing to pay like 15m for goalkeeper like Given or that bold guy who last time play for Blackburn, which I seriously doubt AW will do. To get goalkeeper like Buffon or Cech standard would need more than 20m.

the position of the indirect freekick given correct or not ? thats the question for ref to answer....

yes, i do agree good goalkeeper costs a lot. but then we should ask ourselves, does it worth it? for me, goalkeeper is not a position to be played / tested / experimented around hence i think that spending money to get a good goalkeeper(s) is worth it

but of course we all would like Arsene to pull another Mad Jens again 

Ya, but then, even if we are willing to spend like 20m on Buffon or some other goalkeeper that is near his standard and his price which can confirm near 100% to perform, their club most likely wont sell them. Buying goalkeeper of Given class which cost less and are easier to find don't guarantee a bullet proof performance. I believe if Given was playing for us, or that bold guy ( really cant remember his name, but I know he is good) that last time play for Blackburn, they would still perform like Almunia, because our back four do have a little bit problem, it a bit unbalance, both are too similar, we need a younger version of Campbell in the defense to balance it all off.

that bald guy is Brad Friedel, now playing for Aston Villa

yes, we can never be sure a bullet proof performances by spending to get a good goalkeeper. heck, we get a world class goalkeeper in the form of Jens Lehman for a mere 1.5 million

but my point still remain, something need to be done for our GK position. whether it's to buy a more proven GK or to fast track Vito and Chesney (i honestly given up on trying to spell his name correctly  ) is up to Arsene to decide. my worry is he decided to do nothing and stick with Manny and Lukasz for next season

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Added on February 18, 2010, 6:25 amand for the record, i am definitely willing to spend 20 million for Buffon

My god, one word for this performance, utter disgrace to the Arsenal badge, shirt and club.

What I don't like is how the players play, they pass around and run around like they treating this as an exhibition or something, like they already guaranteed a place in the next round or going to win big during the home leg   No heart to play to put it simple. AW really need to knock some sense into the players, they should treat every single match with respect, in football there nothing guarantee, there no guarantee that we can 100% win by 2 goal or 3 in the 2nd leg game, somehow the players don't see that.

Anyway, on the plus side, Campbell is my Arsenal MOTM, it been a long long long time since I see an Arsenal defender that I have confident in, Campbell is the major reason we haven't conceded more, the Porto player that he is marking is totally silent out.

And the negative side, what the hell is Fabianski doing in tht match? If he always perform like that, I rather let Mannone play than him. Come on, most of his mistake is like among the worse mistake a goalkeeper can make.

there are two school boys error at d back!! wat laa. aiyoyo.. both of d goals are free gift wei! aiyoyoyo... @_@

cant blame fabregas tho.. he's been very great.. all move involving him. but sadly he suffered more than 10 times foul by porto players.. i think they wan to break cecs's leg.. aiyo shameful la.. >.<"

Calm down guys, 2-1 still a good scoreline even we lost. 

i always thought the worse keeper in epl is ben foster of manchester united, but after watching fabianski play   

But seriously, Campbell still a good defender although he is old, he remind me the days where the Arsenal back four is a far less scarier place for us Arsenal fans to see. Honestly for the past few season, whenever an opponent attack, it always give me a heart attack seeing how our defender defended, a lot of last ditch defending   What Campbell is doing is actually preventing situation that needed last ditch defending from happening in the first place. Too bad Keown cant play anymore tho

you forget about wallcot? I seriously think this guy know to run only. No skill at all. I rate his as passenger for last nite.

overhype. maybe can challenge usain bolt only.