so it's a knee injury. maybe we did overused Johan during these past month after all

hopefully he'll not be out for long as Seba did not impress 1 bit so far, more so when partnering Laurent

also, Abou will only miss 1 match thru suspension right? Seba only got 1 match for his red card during the FA Cup match

Just saw the MOTD highlights. Let's not be too biased here, their first was a definite penalty. The second penalty was soft. But scratch that goal away, and they still scored 4 perfectly legit goals, one of which was incorrectly ruled offside. So no matter what jersey Phil Down was wearing underneath, no matter we were down to 10 men, the fact is that we capitulated on our own accord. Simple as that. How many of you actually thought, right after Diaby was sent off, that we would go on to draw or lose the game? No one. Sure, it may have made the game more difficult, yes, we probably would find it hard to score another, but to be incapable of defending a 4-goal lead? Rubbish. That alone says enough of performance.

So lay off Diaby. I'm not his biggest fan. I, like many others, wanted him out 2 seasons ago, but I can understand his reaction to that horrible tackle from barton, especially for someone who has had his leg broken by one of those "tackles" before. Meh, I'm more inclined at pointing the finger at the 10 remaining men on the pitch. And at Wenger.

+1 for my Quick buddy
saw the highlights, i have no comment after all. just one of those fakap days
UCL is around the corner, though every match is different i hope we can get a win against wolves b4 the game against Barcelona

should be 3 matches because it's a red card for violent conduct.

Squillaci's red is for professional foul(denying clear goalscoring opportunity)

This post has been edited by c_calvin: Feb 6 2011, 01:30 PM

@quickfire the second penalty was soft and also the free kick that lead to the fourth goal was even softer. Down to 10 men + ref help with 2. Arsenal fans should be proud our team can go away and get a point with 10 v 12.

Some of us here are letting frustration getting the better of us. I guess when things doesn't go right, we always try to blame someone, and in this context, Diaby is made the escape goat.

Let me be clear on this, Barton is a thug who don't deserve to play football. Hence, football doesn't need player's like him, the only place he deserve to be in is Prison. I cannot understand why managers and even refs are protecting him.
He's very much "lucky?" not to be carded at all with challenges like that. I can understand the frustration Diaby had, but being a professional footballer, he should have kept his emotion and reacted in a manner which would not getting him send off.

Albeit that, i believe we started the second half too complacent, giving balls away, laid back, and did not seemed to be having the possession well. It went worst with Diaby went off. I thought Rosicky's substitution was a bad one tactically. This is where a leader should have played a big part of collectively bringing everyone togather when they are about to self destruct. Honestly, Fabregas can be inspiring, time like this we would need a midfield general, i don't see that in him, after Viera left.

Lets move on, we are playing Wolves next, i hope we can put this result in the past like how we did on Spurs and Sunderland. Still think we sit in the best position to win the title, ( At one point i really had lost hope yesterday) 4 points is not that far, but remind you, City and Chelsea are catching up on us. United ain't the only one to watch out for.

I wouldn't proud of my team when I see one idiot getting himself sent off like that yesterday.

some of NU supporters who goes home after 4-0 must really facepalmping..remember that dude in blue shirt? haha



this, dog has a good view. just FU

This post has been edited by leymar7: Feb 6 2011, 02:04 PM

Mahai Barton...spoilt the game...

Yeah like I said their second penalty was soft as poof, but they also scored a legit goal that was ruled offside. The foul that lead to the freekick that lead to the last goal was probably soft too... couldn't really get a good look at it but it seemed like only a small nudge from Rosicky.

I know the rules say otherwise, but personally I think a little pushing and shoving never hurt anyone. I mean, it wasn't like Diaby punched Barton in the face. But that's for another discussion.

Lots of idiots saying that was a perfectly good tackle from Barton. "Robust" is what gets thrown around a lot. They think as long as you get the ball it doesn't matter what happens after. Kinda like saying the police can deal as much collateral damage to innocent people nearby as long as they manage to take down the sole bad guy. Crock of shit!

i think Koscielny did really good yesterday. He certainly improved, his facial expression was priceless when the referee gave the 2nd penalty to NU.

i just notice joey barton did not get a single yellow card for all his challenges
perhaps he would have gotten a red as well, if and only if. but hey i got a point
now i understand why diaby and wenger is furious.
blaming on ridiculous reasons is bad, please blame it on something that has some valid point
aiyoyo, lupakan saja la
they thank us that we draw, we thank them that they lost
balance out this GW results i guess

heres to hope chelsea - liverpool game would end up 5-5
i am definitely going to watch the torres-saga-effect, gonna be epic!

i cant imagine how did the ref gave freekick against rvp for this 1

The link appears to be broken

wanna requote whoever said on previous thread,

whoever hit/fight/punch joey barton is an hero lulz

there are so much football fans can learn from yesterday event, especially in our manner and behaviour.

oh yeah i clicked the spoiler and my frustation flew away ~

both of you didn't watch the full match?

Diaby is DM/CM/holding midfielder. His dismissal yesterday play a big part in that self destruct.

me elek, thats why can only comment from the highlights
was busy gambling
i guess i missed out a lot