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MATCH[ ]DD/MM/YY[ ]HOME TEAM v. AWAY TEAM[ ]RESULTS
EPL 18/08/12 Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland EPL 25/08/12 Stoke City 0-0 Arsenal
EPL 01/09/12 Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal | 31' L. Podolski (assist by Cazorla), 68' Cazorla (assist by L. Podolski) EPL 15/09/12 Arsenal 6-1 Southampton | J. Hooiveld (OG) 11' , L. Podolski 31' , Y. Gervinho 35' (assist by Arteta), N. Clyne (OG) 37', Y. Gervinho 71' , T. Walcott 88' (assist by Cazorla) UCL 19/09/12 Montpellier 1-2 Arsenal | 16' L. Podolski (assist by O. Giroud), 18' Y. Gervinho (assist by C. Jenkinson) EPL 22/09/12 Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal | 82' L. Koscielny COC 26/09/12 Arsenal 6-1 Coventry City | O. Giroud 39', A. Oxlade-Chamberlain 57', A. Arshavin 63', T. Walcott 74', Miquel 80', T. Walcott 90' EPL 29/09/12 Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea | Y. Gervinho 42' (assist by A. Oxlade-Chamberlain)
UCL 4/10/12 Arsenal 3-1 Olympiakos Piraeus | Y. Gervinho 42' (assist by Arteta), L. Podolski 56' (assist by Y. Gervinho), A. Ramsey 90'+4 (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 06/10/12 West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal | 41' O. Giroud (assist by L. Podolski), 77' T. Walcott (assist by O. Giroud), 83' Cazorla (assist by T. Walcott) EPL 20/10/12 Norwich City 1-0 Arsenal UCL 24/10/12 Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04 EPL 27/10/12 Arsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers | Arteta 84' COC 31/10/12 Reading 5-7 Arsenal (A.E.T) | 45'+2 T. Walcott, 64' O. Giroud, 89' L. Koscielny, 90'+6 T. Walcott, 103' M. Chamakh, 120'+1 T. Walcott, 120'+3 M. Chamakh
EPL 03/11/12 Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal | 90'+5 Cazorla UCL 07/11/12 Schalke 04 2-2 Arsenal | 18' T. Walcott, 26' O. Giroud (assist by L. Podolski) EPL 10/11/12 Arsenal 3-3 Fulham | O. Giroud 11' (assist by T. Walcott), L. Podolski 23' (assist by Arteta), O. Giroud 69' (assist by T. Walcott) EPL 17/11/12 Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur | P. Mertesacker 24' (assist by T. Walcott), L. Podolski 42', O. Giroud 45'+1 (assist by Cazorla), Cazorla 60' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 90'+1 (assist by A. Oxlade-Chamberlain) UCL 21/11/12 Arsenal 2-0 Montpellier | J. Wilshere 49' (assist by O. Giroud), L. Podolski 63' (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 24/11/12 Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal EPL 28/11/12 Everton 1-1 Arsenal | 1' T. Walcott (assist by A. Ramsey)
EPL 01/12/12 Arsenal 0-2 Swansea UCL 05/12/12 Olympiakos 2-1 Arsenal | 38' T. Rosický (assist by Gervinho) EPL 08/12/12 Arsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion | Arteta 26' (penalty), Arteta 64' (penalty) COC 12/12/12 Bradford City [ps]*1 - 1 Arsenal | 88' T. Vermaelen (assist by Cazorla) EPL 15/12/12 Reading v. Arsenal EPL 22/12/12 Wigan Athletic v. Arsenal EPL 26/12/12 Arsenal v. West Ham United EPL 29/12/12 Arsenal v. Newcastle United
EPL 01/01/13 Southampton v. Arsenal FA 05/01/13 COC 09/01/13 EPL 12/01/13 Arsenal v. Manchester City EPL 19/01/13 Chelsea v. Arsenal COC 23/01/13 FA 26/01/13 EPL 29/01/13 Arsenal v. Liverpool
EPL 02/02/13 Arsenal v. Stoke City EPL 09/02/13 Sunderland v. Arsenal UCL FA 16/02/13 EPL 23/02/13 Arsenal v. Aston Villa COC 24/02/13
EPL 02/03/13 Tottenham Hotspur v. Arsenal UCL EPL 09/03/13 Arsenal v. Everton EPL 16/03/13 Swansea v. Arsenal EPL 30/03/13 Arsenal v. Reading
UCL 02(03)/04/13 EPL 06/04/13 West Bromwich Albion v. Arsenal UCL 09(10)/04/13 EPL 13/04/13 Arsenal v. Norwich City EPL 20/04/13 Fulham v. Arsenal UCL 23(24)/04/13 EPL 27/04/13 Arsenal v. Manchester United UCL 30(01)/04/13
EPL 04/05/13 Queens Park Rangers v. Arsenal FA 11/05/13 EPL 12/05/13 Arsenal v. Wigan Athletic EPL 19/05/13 Newcastle United v. Arsenal UCL 25/05/13
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18/08/12 Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland 25/08/12 Stoke City 0-0 Arsenal
01/09/12 Liverpool v. Arsenal 15/09/12 Arsenal v. Southampton 22/09/12 Manchester City v. Arsenal 29/09/12 Arsenal v. Chelsea
06/10/12 West Ham United v. Arsenal 20/10/12 Norwich City v. Arsenal 27/10/12 Arsenal v. Queens Park Rangers
03/11/12 Manchester United v. Arsenal 10/11/12 Arsenal v. Fulham 17/11/12 Arsenal v. Tottenham Hotspur 24/11/12 Aston Villa v. Arsenal 28/11/12 Everton v. Arsenal
01/12/12 Arsenal v. Swansea 08/12/12 Arsenal v. West Bromwich Albion 15/12/12 Reading v. Arsenal 22/12/12 Wigan Athletic v. Arsenal 26/12/12 Arsenal v. West Ham United 29/12/12 Arsenal v. Newcastle United
01/01/13 Southampton v. Arsenal 12/01/13 Arsenal v. Manchester City 19/01/13 Chelsea v. Arsenal 29/01/13 Arsenal v. Liverpool
02/02/13 Arsenal v. Stoke City 09/02/13 Sunderland v. Arsenal 23/02/13 Arsenal v. Aston Villa
02/03/13 Tottenham Hotspur v. Arsenal 09/03/13 Arsenal v. Everton 16/03/13 Swansea v. Arsenal 30/03/13 Arsenal v. Reading
06/04/13 West Bromwich Albion v. Arsenal 13/04/13 Arsenal v. Norwich City 20/04/13 Fulham v. Arsenal 27/04/13 Arsenal v. Manchester United
04/05/13 Queens Park Rangers v. Arsenal 12/05/13 Arsenal v. Wigan Athletic 19/05/13 Newcastle United v. Arsenal
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'A meeting in coarse cotton, sixpence for leather and laces. Factory hardened arms mix oil and mud. A century and a quarter forward, Gunners together; battles ahead. From those first heavy steps; Men will become gods.'
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Arsenal Football Club was originally founded in 1886 by employees of the the Dial Square workshop at the Royal Arsenal, which was an armaments factory in South-East London, in a district named Woolwich. Consequently, they were first named ‘Dial Square’ A Scotsman, David Danskin is the man said to have bought the first football for the club. Among the first players for the club was former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, Fred Beardsley who would be the one to obtain a set of red kits, the colour the Arsenal still wear today. The first match for the new club took place on December 11, 1886 in an open field in the Isle of Dogs (another London district) against a club known as the Eastern Wanderers in which the club won 6-0. What is interesting is that other than the date of this match, everything else written so far may possibly be a myth.
By Christmas however, they had changed the name of their club to Royal Arsenal. They originally played on Plumstead Common before moving to Manor Ground in 1888. Royal Arsenal would move away and then return to Manor Ground as Invicta Ground proved too costly for them. Playing in the amateur leagues proved fruitful for Royal Arsenal as they won a couple of trophies and largely outclassed the other amateur clubs from London. But it wasn’t all rosy for them as the professional clubs attempted to sign their players and they were subsequently banned for amateur football for being too professional, which relegated them to only playing friendlies and in the FA Cup. So 1893 in a bid to gain access into the Football League, Royal Arsenal changed their name to Woolwich Arsenal and became a limited liability company, and attempted to buy the Manor Ground. This ended up working and Woolwich Arsenal began life in the Second Division, where they would spend eleven years, generally finishing mid-table every year. Under the guidance of manager Harry Bradshaw, Woolwich Arsenal would gain promotion to the First Division, where they would lose their manager before the season started to Fulham. They would never come close to challenging for the League title due to financial concerns. Their playing grounds were on the South side of London where most clubs in the division were on the North side, and so to stay afloat they were forced into selling their top players, which resulted in smaller attendances for home matches. In 1910 Woolwich Arsenal went into voluntary liquidation as they were on the verge of bankruptcy when Sir Henry Norris, the chairman of Fulham FC, and other businessmen bought the club. Norris was well aware of the financial difficulties of the location of Woolwich Arsenal and so attempted to merge the club with Fulham, and when that failed, attempted to have them play on alternating Saturdays, which also failed. And so Norris focused on finding a new location for the club, eventually setting his sights on Highbury, in North London, which was met with opposition from the fans and the residents of Highbury. Norris forced it through and spent 125,000 pounds on a new Stadium (9.5 million in 2010 prices) Having been relegated back to the Second Division, Woolwich Arsenal would move to Highbury in 1913, and change their name from ‘Woolwich Arsenal’ to ‘The Arsenal. After four years of no competitive football due to World War 1, The Arsenal would gain promotion into the First Division in a dubious way. In the final season of football in 1914, Arsenal had finished in 6th place, but the First Division was expanding from 20 clubs to 22 and two clubs were to be given the extra two places in the division. Chelsea was given the one place, despite being relegated in the previous season. The other club that had been relegated was none other than Tottenham Hotspur, and they were in the running for the extra place along with Barnsley and Wolves, who had finished ahead of Arsenal. Despite all this, Norris argued that The Arsenal should obtain promotion due to their “long service to league football” and the League board agreed, voting 18-8 to promote The Arsenal. It was alleged that they only managed this promotion due to bribery by Norris with his good friend and chairman of Liverpool, John McKenna, and has fueled the long-standing intense rivalry with Tottenham every since. It has also been argued that Norris was aware of match fixing before the war by Liverpool and Manchester United and used it as a tool to be promoted. Whatever the case, The Arsenal gained entrance into the First Division in 1919 and have never left since, holding the record for the longest unbroken stretch of top-flight football.
After some very poor showing and narrowly avoiding relegation, Norris had enough of his manager Leslie Knighton and hired Herbert Chapman in 1925. Chapman would put his stamp on The Arsenal, changing the way the club did things. Chapman changed the training philosophy and physiotherapy regimes and added numbers to the players shirts, a practice that is now common-place across the footballing world. He also altered the kit, adding white sleeves in 1933, and insisted The Arsenal be known as just ‘Arsenal’ so they would be the first club in alphabetical order every time. He even managed to change the name of the nearby tube station from Gillespie Road to Arsenal, which now has a 52 metre mural to commemorate the team’s move from Highbury in 2006. Chapman also changed the way the game was played on the pitch with the new formation now called ‘WM‘ which can also be described as a 3-2-5 or a 3-2-2-3. It proved so successful that by the late 1930s, most clubs had adopted this formation In Hebert Chapman’s first season in charge, Arsenal made their best finish ever in the league by placing second, but the next few seasons had them stay mid-table. Norris allowed Chapman to spend large sums of money however, and nearly won their first ever trip to the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Cardiff City. Three years later, and after buying Arsenal greats Cliff Bastin, David Jack and Alex James, Arsenal made the FA Cup final once more, this time defeating Chapman’s old club Huddersfield Town 2-0 and earning the clubs first ever major trophy. They then won the League title for the first time in 1931, recording their best ever win against Grimsby Town, 9-1, which still stands. In 1932 Arsenal lost the FA Cup Final to Newcastle 2-1 after they had a goal that was wrongly awarded as a goal kick. The 1932-33 season would see Arsenal win their 2nd league title. In January 1934, Herbert Chapman would suddenly pass away from pneumonia, but that would not stop the winning ways as they would win the League again that season, as well as 1934-35 and 1937-38 and another FA Cup in 1936. Arsenal were such a strong club that in 1934, England had seven Arsenal players start a match and defeated the then, World Champions Italy 3-2, and is still a record for most players from a single club starting a match for England. On March 9, 1935 Arsenal saw it’s largest ever attendance for a match versus Sunderland, counting 73,295 fans at Highbury. The Second World War would suspend all competitive football for the 1939-40 season, and Highbury was used as an ARP station (Air Raid Precautions), and had a bomb destroy the North Bank roof and setting fire to the terrace. With Highbury taken Arsenal played their home matches at White Hart Lane while football still continued, although the matches do not count in official statistics as star players would play as ‘guests’ for various clubs when not in the armed forces. The war claimed nine first team Arsenal players, the most of any club in the top flight. Arsenal were also afflicted with a heavy financial burden of repairing their war damaged stadium, and consequently struggled when regular club football began once again in 1946, finishing 13th. Tom Whittaker took over as manager and won the League title in the 1947-48 season. They would then win the FA Cup in 1949-50, a 2-0 win over Liverpool. After nearly winning the Double in the 51-52 season, but failing in both competitions, Arsenal won their 7th League title the following year in what was one
of the closest title races ever, narrowly beating Preston North End only on goal average. The title would ultimately prove to be Arsenal’s last trophy for seventeen long years. Tom Whittaker would pass away in 1956, and Arsenal would try and fail with Jack Crayston, George Swindin and Billy Wright as managers, generally finishing mid-table, and having to endure Tottenham winning the double in 1961. On May 5, 1966 Highbury would see it’s lowest ever attendance be recorded with 4,554 in the stands, and having only one player in England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, a far cry from the successful and prosperous times under Chapman and Whittaker. Wright, then the manager, was fired and the Arsenal board made the odd appointment of their club physiotherapist Bertie Mee to replace him. The appointment of Bertie Mee was so surprising that he himself requested to return to his old role if he proved unsuccessful after one year. Alongside assistant Dave Sexton, Mee promoted players from the youth team, boys who would become household names in Charlie George, John Radford, and Ray Kennedy. Alongside Frank McLintock and Peter Shorey, they reached the League Cup in 1968 and 1969, but losing each one. They managed to make it into Europe for the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup however, winning it and ending their long trophy drought. The 1970-71 campaign then came, in which Arsenal recorded their first double winning campaign where they won the FA Cup and the League title, winning the league by defeating Tottenham at White Hart Lane on the last day, and defeating Liverpool 2-1 in extra time at Wembley. (And *we* complain about six years. Try 17 and then let’s talk crisis) Sadly the double winning side was broken up shortly after this, and after finishing 16th and 17, Bertie Mee gave his resignation.
Terry Neill would be appointed manager, and his time at the helm witnessed the strong emergence of an Irish core of Liam Brady, Pat Rice, Frank Stapleton, Pat Jennings, and David O’Leary which gave Arsenal a still-strong following amongst the Irish. While Neill’s time at the club was in the midst of the Liverpool dominance, he still managed to direct the club to three FA Cup finals in 1978, 79, 80 but only winning it in 79, when Alan Sunderland won the match in injury time to record a now-famous win. The 1979-80 season saw Arsenal play a record breaking 70 matches and reaching two finals, the FA Cup loss to West Ham and losing the finals in Europe to Valencia on penalties. The summer of 1980 saw Liam Brady leave for Juventus and apart from 1982-83, Arsenal continued to make the top four, but never looked like winning anything. The lost both Cup semi-finals that year and and Terry Neill struggled to manage the club, arguing with key players as a drinking culture immersed itself at Arsenal. After losing to Third Division Walsall in the League Cup, Neill was fired in Decemeber 1983 and replaced with Don Howe, under whom Arsenal would fare no better. And when Howe heard the board had approached Terry Venables (then at Barcelona) he resigned and Steve Burtenshaw was named caretaker while the club searched for a replacement. Alex Ferguson, then at Aberdeen in Scotland, was approached, but he rejected Arsenal and six month later would find himself at Manchester United.
In May 1986 former Arsenal player, George Graham was appointed manager of Arsenal. Graham would slowly sell off older players and promote from the youth team and was able to dictate a stronger sense of discipline at the club, something the previous managers had attempted and failed at. In Graham’s debut season, Arsenal was able to with the League Cup, coming from behind in the final against Liverpool with a double by Charlie Nichols. This was in the midst of a UEFA English ban for European competitions in relation to the Heysel disaster, and so Arsenal missed out on the 87-88 UEFA Cup.
The 87-88 campaign saw Arsenal lose the League Cup final to Luton Town, but Graham was building a squad that would continue to improve with their young defense coming together under captain Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, Steve Bould and Nigel Winterburn. This, buoyed by the terrific midfield of David Rocastle, Michael Thomas and Paul Merson and goal-scoring sensation Alan Smith, in 1989 Arsenal would finally win their first League title since 1971, and would do so in stunning fashion. Arsenal led the league since Christmas, but allowed Liverpool, who were going for the Double, to overtake them by losing to Derby County and drawing at home to Wimbeldon. The final match of the season was at Anfield and Arsenal were required to win by two goals in order to win the title. With 90 minutes gone, Arsenal were up 1-0 when this happened:
And Arsenal were League Champions. Arsenal would have to wait until the 1990-91 season to find success again, and had to do so despite losing two points after a on-field brawl with Manchester United at Old Trafford, and losing Tony Adams for four months when he was sent to prison for drunk driving in December that year. However, they only lost one league match the entire year, and won the title by seven points. After signing Ian Wright from Crystal Palace in 1991 and losing David Rocastle to Leeds United the year after, Arsenal became known as ‘Boring, boring Arsenal’ depending on their stout defense and the goal-scoring prowess of Wright to win games. The FA Premier League was then created for the 1992-93 season, in which Arsenal were one of the founding members, and became the first club to win the FA Cup and League Cup double. The following year Arsenal won their second European trophy, defeating Parma 1-0 in the Cup Winner’s Cup final in Copenhagen.
Arsenal were forced to sack George Graham February 1995 when it was found he had taken an illegal payment of a player. Bruce Rioch took over at Arsenal, who guided Arsenal to the Cup Winner’s Cup Final, but lost to Real Zaragoza from a 40 yarder in the 120 minute; a howler by David Seaman. The summer of 1995 saw him Rioch sign Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, breaking the English transfer recorded at the time. He was sacked just before the 1996 season over a dispute about the transfer funds. Arsenal then made the audacious and obscure decision to hire Frenchman Arsene Wenger from Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan to manage their club. Wenger changed the club, completely eliminating the drinking culture that was prevalent at the time, changing the diets and training methods of the players, and brought about a change in tactics. Wenger brought in unknown players such as Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka, Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars in 1997 and with George Graham’s noturious defense, Wenger became the first foreign manager to win the 1997-98 League title. Arsenal won the Double that year, winning the FA Cup. Ian Wright left that summer, having broken Cliff Bastin’s goalscoring record, his tally at Arsenal ending at 185 goals. The next few years were trophy-barren at Arsenal, despite signing Freddie Ljungberg and Thierry Henry. The rivalry with Manchester United fired up 1998-99 however as Arsenal finished 2nd in the League to United, and lost the FA Cup semi-final replay in extra time to them as well. The next season Arsenal again finished second best to Manchester United, this time by 18 points, and lost the EUFA Cup final in 0-0 game that went to penalties in Copenhagen to Galatasaray. The 2000-01 season saw Arsenal finish 2nd yet again to Manchester United, and lost in the FA Cup to Liverpool; as well as losing on the ‘away goals rule’ in the Champions league quarter-finals to eventual finalist Valencia.
The 2001-02 season became memorable as Arsenal’s furious attacking side lead by Thierry Henry won the Double for a record-tying third time. Arsenal were the only club to score in every game of the League that season, and went unbeaten away from home. They defeated Manchester United in the FA Cup, before also beating Chelsea in the finals. The 2002-03 was notable when Arsenal became the first club in over 20 years to retain the FA Cup title when they defeated Southampton in the final, but lost out on the League title to United losing their final game of the season at home to Leeds. That Last match day defeat to Leeds would become Arsenal’s last loss for over a year, and the 2003-04 season saw the rise of the ‘Invincibles’ where they won 26 and drew 12 matches, finishing 11 points clear of Chelsea in second place. Preston North End in 1888-89 is the only other team to have ever completed such a feat.
The following season Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 49 consecutive League matches, an English league football record, when they finally lost to Manchester United. They failed to win the title that year as the newly cash rich Chelsea finished 12 points ahead, but managed to win the FA Cup for their 3rd time in four years. The 2005-06 season was largely disappointing, and Arsenal barely managed to obtain fourth place and their Champions League spot when St. Totteringham’s day came on the very last match day when Sp*rs lost to West Ham and Arsenal won their last ever match at Highbury stadium over Wigan. In the Champions League however, Arsenal made it the Finals against Barcelona, but a silly red card to keeper Jens Lehmann early in the match had Arsenal desperately defend a 1-0 lead for most of the game, before two late goals by Barca took the title away. Arsenal completed the move from historic Highbury to the Emirates stadium July 2006. Highbury was limited to only 38,500 seats after standing was banned in English football, and with the club unable to expand the stadium and needing to increase revenue streams to compete with money-giant clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United, a move down the road to Ashburton Grove was made. To facilitate the move in a manner that did not destroy the club financially, Arsene Wenger was forced to sell off highly paid stars and transition the club with youngsters, while still managing to be highly competitive and keep the fans into the massive 60,000+ stadium. Since the move Arsenal have stayed in the Champions League, qualifying for the competition for 14 years in a row, and have remained competitive in the Premier league, but ultimately collapsing the final months of the campaigns. December 11, 2011 saw Arsenal play at home and marked Arsenal’s 125 year in existence, and Arsenal celebrated the occasion the only way they know how; with style and class. The great-great-grandson of Fred Beardsley, the man who sourced the Arsenal original kit, assisted Vic Akers with the club’s kits and was brought onto the pitch in the pre-game ceremony. Supporters’ Stories were installed on benches outside the Armoury. A sixpence was thrown by referee Howard Webb at kick-off. Inside the players’ tunnel, celebrations of the 5-3 over Chelsea, and Henri Lansbury Sp*rs goal have been included on the walls. Arsenal had the Royal Artillery and Orchestra playing outside the stadium. The 1970s greats Bob Wilson, Charlie George, Frank McLintock, John Radford and Terry Neill were all introduced onto the Emirates pitch, followed by David O’Leary, Paul Davis, George Graham, Alan Smith, Anders Limpar and Ian Wright. Members of the Invincibles then took to the pitch, Ray Parlour, Robert Pires, Jens Lehmann, Lee Dixon, Lauren and Thierry Henry showed up. The great-grandchildren of founder David Danskin carried the matchball to begin the game. They even ensured there was a cannon alongside side the pitch.
Perhaps the best part of the weekend was the Friday prior, when Arsenal unveiled the statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry outside the Stadium. So many greats could have been chosen, but it’s difficult to argue with the man who revolutionized football in the 1930s, the winning-est club captain, and the Arsenal’s record goal-scorer.
May there be more greatness to come for the beloved and storied club.
FA Cup Winners (10) 1930 Beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 1936 Beat Sheffield United 1-0 1950 Beat Liverpool 2-0 1971 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1979 Beat Manchester United 3-2 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1998 Beat Newcastle United 2-0 2002 Beat Chelsea 2-0 2003 Beat Southampton 1-0 2005 Beat Manchester Utd 5-4 on penalties (after 0-0 draw)
League Cup Winners (2) 1987 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1
European Nights 1970 European Fairs Cup winners beating Anderlecht of Belgium 4-3 on aggregate. 1980 Cup Winners� Cup finalists losing on penalties to Valencia of Spain in Brussels. 1994 Cup Winners� Cup winners beating Parma of Italy 1-0 in the final in Copenhagen. 1995 Cup Winners� Cup finalists losing 2-1 to Real Zaragoza of Spain after extra time in Paris. 2000 UEFA Cup finalists losing 4-1 on penalties to Galatasaray after a 0-0 draw and extra time in Copenhagen. 2006 UEFA Champions League finalists losing 2-1 to Barcelona of Spain in Paris.
Arsenal Ladies' Honours
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UEFA Women' Cup Winners 2007
National Premier League 1992/93, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07
National League Cup 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007
WFA Cup 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007
FA Womens' Community Shield Winners (3+1 shared) 2000 (shared with Charlton Athletic), 2001, 2005, 2006
London County FA Women's Cup Winners (6) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007 Beat Millwall 2-0
National League South 1991/92
London Senior Cup 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004
Youth Honours
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FA Premier Youth League 1997/98
FA National Academy PLAY-OFF Final Under-17s: 1999/00 Under-19s: 2001/02
Come on Wenger, wake up, go get Kaka, Sneidjer....they will boos shirts and merchandise sales, board can still make money out of it
QUOTE(kae7 @ Jan 15 2013, 01:41 AM)
Sigh, I don't think those top players want to play for Arsenal
Even if we are willing to pay some hefty amount to get them, they still won't come to Arsenal.
Why? Arsenal isn't an attractive club anymore, Since we sell RVP(which is the top scorer of EPL last season), there are no influential player in Arsenal. Podolski? No, Giroud? No, Even Walcott and Wilshere also is not the players that can influence big names to play with Arsenal.
I believe those top player doesn't care much about money, they just want the good team with the good player...
We already lost in battle to get David Villa(Barca didn't want to release him)
Tbh, it is not 100% Arsene's fault that Fabregas, Thierry Henry, RVP, Nasri were being sold, those players just aren't so loyal to Arsenal. They didn't think Arsenal is a big club. If they think Arsenal is the big/best club they won't go for another team
Henry? Yes Henry... He is not as loyal Bergkamp, but the situation of Henry is much similar to RVP, Henry want to go to Barcelona, RVP go to Manchester United, Reason, to go for a better club
Still remember Ajax Amsterdam? We are exactly having problems like them, selling top players to'better and bigger' clubs
QUOTE(undentifyxd @ Jan 15 2013, 02:03 AM)
haish gervinho scored 2 goals.... another sign of arsene will not buy anyone this transfer window
QUOTE(kimhoong @ Jan 15 2013, 04:29 AM)
I remember we had similar discussion long time back.
Football is a sport, a form of entertainment that some ppl like us enjoy playing/watching/investing/getting attached to/etc... ultimately, it's a form of medium that one should enjoy.
When the time comes that one has 100% lost hope on the club he/she supports (and the club does not seem to react to his/her needs), it's time to move on.
Each individual has different preference, different objectives/ambitions, different level of patience, etc.
For me, I enjoy supporting Arsenal. I do admit that we are heading south way at the moment and the club does not react to this fact seriously and fast enough. Some may think I'm stupid to continue enjoying this bond with Arsenal blindly, but for me, this bond will only get stronger AFTER the ups and the downs. It's hard to explain it, just grab a Spencer Johnson book - "Peaks and Valleys" and read it Don't get me wrong. I'm not a saint. I do curse and swear when Arsenal plays badly. That's part of football! But I will leave this behind and move on because there are more important matches ahead. So guys,
Enjoy your game (whatever/however yours is)
QUOTE(aladdin @ Jan 15 2013, 06:06 AM)
If the clube (BOD/AW) have a real ambition, please do something. Financial is important, but fulfill fans' dream is important as well.
If our goal is finish 3rd/4th, and qualify for ECL, can BOD/AW stop shooting loud we will challenge for the title.
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The Sun reported QPR had signed both Loic Remy n MVilla for a reported 8m & 7m. Quite a good bargain price imo. Look like we had chances to see MVilla in action for EPL. But still wonder y we dint go for this guy especially at 7m is usually at our spending budget for a player.
i think the arsenal blog at espn soccernet is a good read for every gooner fan...the writers of that blog always write the correct problems or predicaments that the arsenal team needs to do or to get rid of....haiihh...really sad that the problems of the team are being laid bare to see but AW is not doing anything aggressively about it...ok..if he does not want to buy players...why the heck does he do not want to change tactics?? why is there no plan b?? why3??? really frustrated....i just hope AW would change some things about the team...if he does not buy then maybe he could change the tactics...or if do not want to change tactics then maybe can change the players under performing....or if that is also difficult...then why the heck does he not try and play Podolski in the center??????
AW always give us false hope, i am very sure his philosophy failed. Last year we had our savior RVP thats why we finished at 3rd place. The moment they let RVP go, I don't see any hope of winning trophies or even finish at top 4. Look at his recent transaction of players, all average players from average clubs. Please sack AW, we need a new man and fresh tactics. Is time to let the old man go. If not there will be plenty of dead wood in there.
wenger is a man with a huge (x2) ego. the more the people points out his mistake and tells him what to do, the more incline he is not to do it. let's see how long this form will continue.
AW always give us false hope, i am very sure his philosophy failed. Last year we had our savior RVP thats why we finished at 3rd place. The moment they let RVP go, I don't see any hope of winning trophies or even finish at top 4. Look at his recent transaction of players, all average players from average clubs. Please sack AW, we need a new man and fresh tactics. Is time to let the old man go. If not there will be plenty of dead wood in there.
he loses, we hate him..when he wins, he love him. AW has been with us 16 years and still going strong. if this season we dont finish 4th, things will change..THRUST me...hard
he loses, we hate him..when he wins, he love him. AW has been with us 16 years and still going strong. if this season we dont finish 4th, things will change..THRUST me...hard
If he not doing anything in this January transfer, trust me, we will finish below 4th.
he loses, we hate him..when he wins, he love him. AW has been with us 16 years and still going strong. if this season we dont finish 4th, things will change..THRUST me...hard
Who? Thrust? Maybe I can trust you.. But thrust? I don't even know where are you
Page 3 already, new thread, and maybe new hope for us
The Sun reported QPR had signed both Loic Remy n MVilla for a reported 8m & 7m. Quite a good bargain price imo. Look like we had chances to see MVilla in action for EPL. But still wonder y we dint go for this guy especially at 7m is usually at our spending budget for a player.
Well at the end of the season, QPR gets relegated, these player's release clause gets activated, arsene buys them for cheap
wenger is a man with a huge (x2) ego. the more the people points out his mistake and tells him what to do, the more incline he is not to do it. let's see how long this form will continue.
There must be a reason why AW wont sign Mvila. Heard that he got off-field problem. Hope Diame deal is true enough. As all we no we need decent DM..and again he is proven in EPL.
There must be a reason why AW wont sign Mvila. Heard that he got off-field problem. Hope Diame deal is true enough. As all we no we need decent DM..and again he is proven in EPL.
unsure bout Diame..he doesnt look world class for me. Tiote looks a better bet. but heck, anyone is better than Francis KuKulan
Diame scored a pretty good goal against us and against Chelsea but we are not looking for a goalscoring midfielder though. Hopefully we can find someone to safeguard the back four and let Wilshere carry the ball forward.
Fuk arsene.. why QPR can sign Remy and Mvila yet u lost everything to everyone, fuk u.. just leave plz... Useless and worthless old, stubborn, ignorant fuk
these two arent world class quality. wenger wants someone with an exceptional talent who can make an instant impact.
Fuk arsene.. why QPR can sign Remy and Mvila yet u lost everything to everyone, fuk u.. just leave plz... Useless and worthless old, stubborn, ignorant fuk
Calm down bro. As we discussed before, the reason is..we dont know what actually happen inside Arsenal itself.
why don't you fark yourself first. do you have any idea of what's going on behind the scene? if you don't, so shut the hell up.
now i ask you what is going on behind the scene ?? i know the words are harsh but inside every arsenal fan they feel the same... our transfer policy is disturbing.. the ticket rates are as high as himalayas and we could win even a single title..
Although bro ben could sound nicer, we cannot hide the fact that those 2 players are decent players. Whether it's a miss or not, it's still too early to tell. However, I'm sure these 2 are better than some of those in our squad such as the aging Arshavin, have-not-sign-da-thing Walcott and to some extent, our injury-prone Diaby and uncertain-future Coq
now i ask you what is going on behind the scene ?? i know the words are harsh but inside every arsenal fan they feel the same... our transfer policy is disturbing.. the ticket rates are as high as himalayas and we could win even a single title..
have you seen me ranting about the club's management? no, right? that means that I don't know and I don't feel the need to rant about it. you can rant all you want but here we are, fans from far away from the city of London who can do nothing to show our board how we feel. what I do know is that the building of Emirates Stadium cost a lot of money which we need several years to cope with the loss.
about M'Vila, Wenger never tolerates player who have off-field problem. the only troubled kid that he brought to Arsenal is that Dutch twat as far as I can remember. look at Mbaye Niang. he was at our training ground during pre-season but end up at AC Milan instead. why? because there's a report about him going to nightclubs during international duty.
i dont want to rant but now i just wanna see which so called exceptional talent will wenger bring in this transfer window, which i assume is better than remy or mvilla since he doesnt even attempt to sign them
here have some eye candy if it does not help, then it's just to bad.
those that have been a fan for years surely u have grown somewhat matured as fan to tell/feel when certain things are going to happen cant you? not being a smart ass, but am i the only one feeling this way? some of you guys totally can't tell if AW will sign or not?? seriously??
i may be dead wrong in wenger not signing at all, but like i said..when we are short wenger most of the time always sign. it may not be a 20-30m on a player, but will sign. Just wait for it, k thx bye
I understand that the patience is running thin now.
I'm sure that AW & everyone are feeling the pressure now. AW has just played another dangerous game by announcing 2 prospect signings.
1. If these 2 signings do not happen, there will be more bitter taste towards AW.
2. If these 2 signing are really coming in, their "exceptional" talents will be closely monitored and fingers crossed that we do not get another Squillaci or Chamarkh
i dont want to rant but now i just wanna see which so called exceptional talent will wenger bring in this transfer window, which i assume is better than remy or mvilla since he doesnt even attempt to sign them
Sometimes,this is the thing about fans. They always assume much.
How do you know he did not attempt to sign them? I do not know whether AW did try to sign them or not hence I keep quiet. Does AW need to tell the whole world who he attempt to sign? Look at Julio Cesar. When he signed with other team, fans over here rant about why we did not sign him. And what did Julio Cesar said? AW tried to sign him but he wants to go to a team that promise him a first 11.
This post has been edited by Corrupted Spirits: Jan 16 2013, 02:26 PM
here have some eye candy if it does not help, then it's just to bad.
those that have been a fan for years surely u have grown somewhat matured as fan to tell/feel when certain things are going to happen cant you? not being a smart ass, but am i the only one feeling this way? some of you guys totally can't tell if AW will sign or not?? seriously??
i may be dead wrong in wenger not signing at all, but like i said..when we are short wenger most of the time always sign. it may not be a 20-30m on a player, but will sign. Just wait for it, k thx bye
he will sign but when, we dont know.just hope its asap as its 2 weeks to the closure of the window.. n the walcott issue is overshadowing the transfers. even if theo signs, we still need a superb striker. (milito is in the spotlight now) and a DM and a proper LB
frustrating though to see a lowly team like qpr signing decent players in remy and mvilla..
-----------Giroud/*new*----------------------- Although we already have 2 LB but seeing Santos playing really pain in the eyes.
New DM so Arteta maybe can play more upfront a bit. His creativity is gone to waste these recent months.
And of course more prolific striker who can easily bang in 20-30 goals per season
And of course a backup for Giroud in case injury happens.
What? No Coquelin?! I'm worried that if we don't give him more playing time he will end up leaving the club. The kid is excellent.
I think AW wants to sign a DM not as a backup to Arteta but to free up Arteta to rotate with Wilshere and Cazorla. Both Wilshere and Cazorla need a break and can't be in the team week-in week-out. In fact, as Arteta gets older we can't rely on him to do so either.
And I'm hesistant to put Rosicky and Diaby into any lineup. You'll never know when they'll actually be fit to play.
Agree we need a striker, possibly a pacy one to provide an option instead of Giroud as well as able to play alongside him.
PS: I think Santos will leave the club by the end of this season. Maybe Sagna as well if rumours are to be believed.
i'm actually quite baffled how actually decent players like arshavin, chamakh and gervinho became terrible when playing with arsenal.. arsenal's style doesn't suite them perhaps? if yes, they why do wenger bought them?
Arsenal always buy decent player to hope for quality play, that is like gambling. Look at our past transfer, chammak, santos , per mert, Park and etc. I would rather take those money buy some quality player instead rather than having so much dead wood player.
Sometimes,this is the thing about fans. They always assume much.
How do you know he did not attempt to sign them? I do not know whether AW did try to sign them or not hence I keep quiet. Does AW need to tell the whole world who he attempt to sign? Look at Julio Cesar. When he signed with other team, fans over here rant about why we did not sign him. And what did Julio Cesar said? AW tried to sign him but he wants to go to a team that promise him a first 11.
either no attempt OR he did attempt but not serious enuff to lure them to emirates and choose a relegation threatened club as a destination instead..lol
either no attempt OR he did attempt but not serious enuff to lure them to emirates and choose a relegation threatened club as a destination instead..lol
Well, there might be more possibilities like higher wages or bonus, promises of first 11 and etc. In the end, it all falls basically on the player's preference.
Like when you go looking for a job. 2 company wants to hire you. One company gave you a market standardize salary offer while another gave you a high salary offer. In the end, it depends on you to choose either one. You can't just simply say the company that offered market standardize salary is not serious.
This post has been edited by Corrupted Spirits: Jan 16 2013, 05:04 PM
why dont AW give arshavin a fuxking chance as a No.10 roles? If he plays at his favourite roles, we shouldnt in this deep shit.
The importance of young players outweigh the importance of older players. Aka. Arshavin, Squillaci and new member Rosicky. I fear the worse for Arteta but he is still an important and integral team player, it will be a long time before Arsene call quits on him unless he is subjected to more injuries or error-prone in the future which i highly doubt so.
I will not regret if Arsenal is not qualified for CL as this should be the turning point for Arsenal.
aiyoo if arsenal does not qualified for CL, no one want to join arsenal and probably some players will leave
QUOTE(Corrupted Spirits @ Jan 16 2013, 04:03 PM)
Well, there might be more possibilities like higher wages or bonus, promises of first 11 and etc. In the end, it all falls basically on the player's preference.
Like when you go looking for a job. 2 company wants to hire you. One company gave you a market standardize salary offer while another gave you a high salary offer. In the end, it depends on you to choose either one. You can't just simply say the company that offered market standardize salary is not serious.
well said
QUOTE(Azurues @ Jan 16 2013, 07:22 PM)
lol @ people thinking mertesacker is bad
he save us equally a lot of time this season. maybe even more than vermy did
why dont AW give arshavin a fuxking chance as a No.10 roles? If he plays at his favourite roles, we shouldnt in this deep shit.
Arshavin best is position him behind striker. but what make him seem useless is bcoz he was given left winger role while its obviously he no more has pace to outpace fullback. In the match that both team play openly, if he could get deep on the left & given some spaces, he could cr8 dangerous passes.
Yes, i admit he did save a lot of times, but he also let a lot free goals for striker. He is horrible in 1 on 1 situation. and guess what we bought him for 10m is it? Lol I had watch last few match from arsenal, as a fan i feel very frustrated. Is a mistake to let Song go and RVP go. If they are still here, i think we are in the top 3 of EPL now.
Because arshavin can't defend. Look at santi or even jack.. they track back most of the time but arshavin lacks that discipline in his game.
well..if we r in all out for attacking where we r trailing to more than a goal & there not much time left, we dont need a No.10 that do the defending thing. If bolos..then its just 1 more goal margin conceded. In d end, its still a loss no matter its 0-1 or 0-5 or 1-2 especially in cup matches.
But I'm sure he'll come in and say till like he's correct. When Arsenal wins, he will say 'Can do better'. When Arsenal lose, 'according to my prediction'
But I'm sure he'll come in and say till like he's correct. When Arsenal wins, he will say 'Can do better'. When Arsenal lose, 'according to my prediction'
Great display during second half. Before anybody thinking it were Swansea letting Arsenal play, don't think that for even a second. Arsenal put them on pressure the whole 45 minutes. It's Arsenal who stop Swansea City from playing, not the other way around. Should've won with bigger margin if the player took their chances and with bit of luck.
kanasai, despite the win our final 3rd very kelong today feels like the team chemistry is not there, passing very off...reading of the ball and understanding macam gone haywire finishing were poor on some occasion, giro + walcott
anyways we won, and Chelsea slip up a 2 goal lead, i guess they really are vulnerable at home id fancy our chance in stealing some pts at the bridge COYG!
how can anyone said Santi was bad in this match beyond me. he moved around the pitch so much, having effect in a lot of good moves that we made tonight. really appreciate that about him tonight
we play with the correct attitude tonight, that's why we won. keep on pressing, trying, attacks after attacks and did not give up when could not score for large part of the match. of course, Swansea being impacted mentally by their semi final next week helped as well but who cares. you can only beat what in front of you anyway
Despite having only scored 1 goal, the squad had shown more than it was reflected in the scoreline - which is exactly what we have been missing in those matches where we dropped points.
We were hardworking. We were committed, We were positive.
Defensively, we pressed a lot as at a team. This is how ARSENAL defends!
Offensively, we swamped into opponent territory and in this match specifically, we could see some other varieties of attacking plans. We tried many different ways to get the balls into the opponent's penalty box. As some have already pointed out, I also believe it's due to Cazorla being everywhere in the final third and keep the ball in possession while attracting players out from their defensive positions.
I'm sure there are more that the current team can offer, provided that they do not lose their focus and always keep trying.
Did any of u realize that our form start to dip when Diaby is injured during the match against Chelsea in late September. Our earlier performance against Liverpool and Man City away games were superb with Diaby around. I am just hoping that he does not get injured anymore this season.
lol... this will be funny.. how she can fit into our squad?.. our players are winner but she is
if u noticed, players on Swansea before the game
Wilshere - we can win it Szczesny - it will be massive boost for us to win Vermaelen - FA Cup mean lots for us, we sure can make it
Casa - oh die liao, we going to roller and roll over and die.. relegation flood doomday anything coming we sure die... we better sell all players, change manager, change stadium, change club name and change everything... BUT keep her... CASA THE GREAT....
lol... this will be funny.. how she can fit into our squad?.. our players are winner but she is
if u noticed, players on Swansea before the game
Wilshere - we can win it Szczesny - it will be massive boost for us to win Vermaelen - FA Cup mean lots for us, we sure can make it
Casa - oh die liao, we going to roller and roll over and die.. relegation flood doomday anything coming we sure die... we better sell all players, change manager, change stadium, change club name and change everything... BUT keep her... CASA THE GREAT....
she can predict. make her predict before game and arsenal board bet on that.sure big win. more money for the club. can pay the stadium debt
Swansea 2 - 0 Arsenal (WRONG) Arsenal 0 - 2 Swansea (WRONG) Arsenal 2-2 Newcastle (WRONG) Wigan 1-0 Arsenal (WRONG) Reading 2-0 Arsenal(WRONG) Bradford 0-2 Arsenal(WRONG) Arsenal 1-3 W.B.A(WRONG) Olimpiacos 1-1 Arsenal(WRONG) Everton 1-0 Arsenal(WRONG) Villa 3-1 Arsenal(WRONG) ONLY this correct Arsenal 0-1 Swansea Arsenal 1-2 Man City (somemore if 11v11 will be different story)
lol... this will be funny.. how she can fit into our squad?.. our players are winner but she is
if u noticed, players on Swansea before the game
Wilshere - we can win it Szczesny - it will be massive boost for us to win Vermaelen - FA Cup mean lots for us, we sure can make it
Casa - oh die liao, we going to roller and roll over and die.. relegation flood doomday anything coming we sure die... we better sell all players, change manager, change stadium, change club name and change everything... BUT keep her... CASA THE GREAT....
Casa is proven as "she".. because,she talks politely,girls always talk politely. She is not beatiful la.. but at least she can predict.. She is a glory hunter too.. but sometimes troller too..
Rated at 1.7m pound, with maximum wage of 12k,i bet aAW will get her. She has no boob to bounce when running with the ball,so it wont distract other players.
Casa is proven as "she".. because,she talks politely,girls always talk politely. She is not beatiful la.. but at least she can predict.. She is a glory hunter too.. but sometimes troller too..
Rated at 1.7m pound, with maximum wage of 12k,i bet aAW will get her. She has no boob to bounce when running with the ball,so it wont distract other players.
went down with a fever and couldnt watch ytd's game. but am stoked wilshere won! n based on what i read here, santi played LW and wilshere played free roaming? jack for captain!
Casa is proven as "she".. because,she talks politely,girls always talk politely. She is not beatiful la.. but at least she can predict.. She is a glory hunter too.. but sometimes troller too..
Rated at 1.7m pound, with maximum wage of 12k,i bet aAW will get her. She has no boob to bounce when running with the ball,so it wont distract other players.
Casa is proven as "she".. because,she talks politely,girls always talk politely. She is not beatiful la.. but at least she can predict.. She is a glory hunter too.. but sometimes troller too..
Rated at 1.7m pound, with maximum wage of 12k,i bet aAW will get her. She has no boob to bounce when running with the ball,so it wont distract other players.
Seems like we created alot of chances and had a few good moment where it should have gone in . Really , we need a new finisher , 30m for Cavani please !
Seems like we created alot of chances and had a few good moment where it should have gone in . Really , we need a new finisher , 30m for Cavani please !
For the rest of players such as Gotze, Higuain and etc, they should be CL cup-tied right? I don't think Cavani is cup-tied.
So to make an offer of 30m to a player, I'd preferred the player to be not cup-tied right?
But meh, that's just what I think. Nobody can figure AW out
I dont think arsene this cheap old fuk will buy cavani. Becos of him now our club looks like a puny feeder club. Becos he don wan buy player and make club strong so fabregas and van pusy left.. becow he don wan give good salary.. never follow market price.. like chinamen fuk..
LOL... Relax guys. It’s a good win but not convincing enough as in this season, Arsenal hasn’t beat big teams like MU,MC & Chelsea.
There is a long way to go. Basically my predictions are based on the team’s strength & again I would like to emphasize that this team not capable of winning trophies this season. Nothing personal, it's just abt the game.
I dont think arsene this cheap old fuk will buy cavani. Becos of him now our club looks like a puny feeder club. Becos he don wan buy player and make club strong so fabregas and van pusy left.. becow he don wan give good salary.. never follow market price.. like chinamen fuk..
i dont like your language brother. can you use less-foul language to argue and criticised our Arsenal. always fuk there, fuk here.. no good man. chillax.. nanti sakit jantung~
i dont like your language brother. can you use less-foul language to argue and criticised our Arsenal. always fuk there, fuk here.. no good man. chillax.. nanti sakit jantung~
LOL... Relax guys. It’s a good win but not convincing enough as in this season, Arsenal hasn’t beat big teams like MU,MC & Chelsea.
There is a long way to go. Basically my predictions are based on the team’s strength & again I would like to emphasize that this team not capable of winning trophies this season. Nothing personal, it's just abt the game. Good luck everyone
LOL... Relax guys. It’s a good win but not convincing enough as in this season, Arsenal hasn’t beat big teams like MU,MC & Chelsea.
There is a long way to go. Basically my predictions are based on the team’s strength & again I would like to emphasize that this team not capable of winning trophies this season. Nothing personal, it's just abt the game.Good luck everyone
sign her?
just like her prediction, when right side Walcott clear to score goal.. she pass to left then goal kick..
QUOTE(Casanova88 @ Jan 17 2013, 03:29 PM)
LOL... Relax guys. It’s a good win but not convincing enough as in this season, Arsenal hasn’t beat big teams like MU,MC & Chelsea.
please tune your TV this Sunday 9.30pm... THIS SUNDAYTHIS SUNDAYTHIS SUNDAY
BTW, Chelsea last 3 home matches
Chelsea 0-1 QPR Chelsea 0-2 Swansea Chelsea 2-2 Southampton
I'm not saying Chelsea weak, but they are not on form at this moment.. is our best chance...
This post has been edited by rosicky_return: Jan 17 2013, 05:02 PM
just like her prediction, when right side Walcott clear to score goal.. she pass to left then goal kick.. please tune your TV this Sunday 9.30pm... THIS SUNDAYTHIS SUNDAYTHIS SUNDAY
BTW, Chelsea last 3 home matches
Chelsea 0-1 QPR Chelsea 0-2 Swansea Chelsea 2-2 Southampton
I'm not saying Chelsea weak, but they are not on form at this moment.. is our best chance...
Hope their off form continue. But it scary to remember when they trash Aston Villa at home 8-0
last nite was the perfect setup for our team and again, Diaby proved to be the missing link. He was good enough to let JAck and Cazorla venture forward. Also, Gibbs had his A game on.
geesh guys give casa a break. don't scatter flamebait.
Important win last night although none of our problems are solved.
We still don't know what's our best attacking formation.
Ollie up front? He'll give us an audacious assist every now and then but still isn't scoring enough.
Theo? He's not Henry, mate. Still better on the right than up front.
Poldi? Never really played as a centre forward in his career, and with Santi moved to the left to accomodate Jack as no.10, where will he play?
The midfield of Diaby-Coq offers more defensive cover. Diaby himself charges forward more than Arteta, but how long will he last before the next visit to the physio room?
Vermy-Per? Vermy-Kos? Kos-Per? Both Vermy and Kos are technically better then Per but somehow when the big German starts we fck up less.
The rumoured 30M bid? Fck me if it's real; but if something's too good to be true, it probably is.
neymar worth more than Lucas Moura..... El Shaarawy just recently signed a deal with Milan... Michu i dont think he worth more than 15 millions for now
He probably doesn't want to come back now that he is making his stand in the Barca starting XI. Barca will not let him leave, ffs they don't even want to release David Villa despite not wanting to use him.
wonder where all tgat rumors bout spending 30m on a player. Sound abit fairytale knowing AW's 16years Arsenal history, he nvr sign any player for more than 15m. (Arshavin still hold record transfer for 15m rite?) What change his mind & for most, his philosophy of spending that he laud for years. But if those rumors of 30m r for a combining total of a few players going to b sign, then i think its sound abit real. Honestly, if club could go for that amount for signing A PLAYER that is still EPL's unproven qty, y dont they increase RVP salary last time to keep that guy. Afterall, he is EPL proven player n this season statistic also proved it.
confirms interest saja, well for a start that's good i guess
direct words from le boss "Cavani is a player that I like. Will he cost a lot of money? That's for sure. Nobody would deny that. [But] our banker lives just next to me at the moment and he is ready if we find the right player."
confirms interest saja, well for a start that's good i guess
direct words from le boss "Cavani is a player that I like. Will he cost a lot of money? That's for sure. Nobody would deny that. [But] our banker lives just next to me at the moment and he is ready if we find the right player."
i like how he end the sentence on the banker lol
haha... AW usually nvr expose who is his target signing unless they alr in advance talk stage. I wonder if this AW tactics to make others big, rich clubs go after this player while his exact target, if ever had, remain uncovered. When those big club later had use their budgets n limit themselves for another signing, he will hv much better chances w/o worrying of being hijack. And he could get it lower price too since others alr reach/exceed budget limits.
you know all this talks about wenger interested in cavani i personally think if walcott does not sign and leave, wenger will go all out in bringing cavani in
so, in a way its kinda awkward if you know what i mean, but i hope i am dead wrong on this...and hope AW does the, y not both.jpg
"The prices go always up at the start of the transfer window and go down in the last week," he said.
"Sometimes as well they go up in the last week but it depends. Most of the time they go down. You know that 90% of transfer activity happens in the last week if not in the last 48 hours."
please try to BRAIN IT, at least some of it upgrade your brain as a fan a bit upgrade to RealWorld 1.5 ditch your VirtualFM 1.0
sekian selamat malam
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i thought cavani already signed new contract with napoli???
i like suarez, but he looks happy at liverpool , dont see him going to arsenal but his dribbling is fantastic,and its like he has a glue on his leg, got tackle many times but still the ball end up at his leg
i heard zaha was a childhood arsenal fan?man u only offer 6-8million
so wenger confirmed bringing someone in, or he just talk only i thought last time also he said there will be more signing but in the end none . i think it was after rvp and song departure ..
for all the bad rep he gets, we need someone like that in our team. someone that's willing to do anything to win. someone who leads the team in actually walking the talk. someone who riles up the fans, both supporters and opposition. the spark that we get nowadays are only from jack wilshere's driving runs, crunching challenges and maybe occasionally theo walcott's speedy runs to chase a beautiful through ball.
i like him as a footballer, and even back when he purposely handballed to save uruguay from losing to ghana i liked him. he'd do anything to ensure his team goes through. of course he's involved in a lot more after he joined EPL, i dont exactly rate him that highly in terms of fair play, but this squad lacks attitude. suarez has both attitude and aptitude.
and of course, i do realize he's not likely anyway to come to us. you dont sell off your top lone striker to a rival, unless you're arsenal.
Yups he's probably a better player than the player that left us few years ago, having developed further in milan with the likes of pirlo and seedorf. I would rather have Coquelin and Frimpong learning from a 29 year old Flamini, who will not have the legs to play week in and week out in a few years time, than learn from M'Vila who is only 22 and will be playing for a good 7 or 8 years, meaning they wont develop as well as they could. But knowing wenger he never re-sign his ex player,with the exception of henry and fabregas,
Mean while wenger strikes again with his latest comment. Wenger: "Listen, [with regards to] Cavani; Napoli are playing for the title and the Champions League in Italy. What is Napoli's interest in selling Cavani? None, unless you say, ‘OK, we will pay twice the price of what the player is worth'. "On top of that, all the players who can strengthen us are cup-tied in the Champions League."
Hope Ba doesn't become our bogeyman like how Drogba used to be...
dei, the last time toress played he scored 1 goal weh.. i remember that set piece goal where mata delivered but yeh i do agree that i am afraid of D.BA more
dei, the last time toress played he scored 1 goal weh.. i remember that set piece goal where mata delivered but yeh i do agree that i am afraid of D.BA more
And the last time Ba played against us, he scored 2, with neither Mata, Oscar nor Hazard playing behind him. Takut bang, takut
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QUOTE(haniez @ Jan 18 2013, 11:26 AM)
Yups he's probably a better player than the player that left us few years ago, having developed further in milan with the likes of pirlo and seedorf. I would rather have Coquelin and Frimpong learning from a 29 year old Flamini, who will not have the legs to play week in and week out in a few years time, than learn from M'Vila who is only 22 and will be playing for a good 7 or 8 years, meaning they wont develop as well as they could. But knowing wenger he never re-sign his ex player,with the exception of henry and fabregas,
resigning alex song sounds sort of interesting... hmmm
n yeah i really do feel ba could be as problematic as drogba, but maybe in a few season's time. he doesnt have the commanding air around him yet, esp in a new club. plus we have verma-per-kosc instead of freakin senderos-djourou, i'd think we'll be able to avoid another drogba. even still, he's scored a few goals against us already, so he's on the right track lol.
am i glad this game's gonna be the earlier game on super sunday!
Since 30m-rate Casa already give his prediction, i too want to give my prediction. But i wont directly predict who's gonna win or scoreline, just i predict the team that fully control the flanks will win this game.
Victor Valdes seem dont want to renew his contract with Barca. I wonder if its good addition to our club if we signed him, only if his price n salary is at our affordable standard. Might b a good backup or competition for Sczezny. At same time, he could learn somthg from experienced gk.
Victor Valdes seem dont want to renew his contract with Barca. I wonder if its good addition to our club if we signed him, only if his price n salary is at our affordable standard. Might b a good backup or competition for Sczezny. At same time, he could learn somthg from experienced gk.
Victor Valdes seem dont want to renew his contract with Barca. I wonder if its good addition to our club if we signed him, only if his price n salary is at our affordable standard. Might b a good backup or competition for Sczezny. At same time, he could learn somthg from experienced gk.
He's very comfortable with ball at his feet, more like a sweeper. But the problem is, he can be erratic at time with his shot stopping. That being said, i don't think he should be a backup GK for any club, he's too experienced and too good for that. Play at top level for years and achieve almost everything at rather young age.
Also, Barcelona was in limbo for that GK position before Valdes take over as the regular no. 1. Roberto Bonano, Richard Dutruel, Albert Jorquera Rustu Recber, the late Robert Enke, none of them were able to solve Barcelona backline problem for a rather long time. Victor Valdes for Barcelona is equal to Wojcieh for Arsenal, and van der Sar for Manchester United in term of his importance.
This post has been edited by Angel of Deth: Jan 18 2013, 08:41 PM
Victor Valdes seem dont want to renew his contract with Barca. I wonder if its good addition to our club if we signed him, only if his price n salary is at our affordable standard. Might b a good backup or competition for Sczezny. At same time, he could learn somthg from experienced gk.
my only concern is that Barca players will start flirting with Szczesny.
so is jack finally granted the proper No. 10 position? since lukas is lukewarm right now, and santi needs rest anyway, i think it's about time jack plays CAM, with lukas/santi rotating for LW. if giroud comes back walcott can rotate with AOC, and that'll put ramsey in his position, which is to rotate with diaby/arteta. now the team starts to look deeper.
been reading rave reviews of jack playing CAM against newcastle, so i thought maybe its time to introduce him as a CAM to the league. lol this feels like virtual pro, spending time playing at LCM before finally getting a crack at CAM position
Yeah we should be happy that he finally decided to sign da thing. After what happened to our club lately, we can't afford to losing another first team player, again!
This post has been edited by raizo7: Jan 19 2013, 01:07 AM
Not that I pointed him, I am just want to show how significant the money to today's football. Young, Milner earn a lot more than 100k than Theo and none of them are better. I am glad theo sign da contract, he's hand down our best forward this season. So he's deserved the 100k or more contract.
Cavani is unrealistic target for us, why not jovetic.he will cost less but he's as good as el sharaawy, young with several years first team experience, not yet fulfill his potential yet, definitely is arsenal type of player.
It's good to see Walcott has finally signED da thing. Just hope he can continue working hard as if every match is his last.
Meanwhile, I believe we won't be active in the January transfer market due to Walcott's signature. Although he has shown he has improved this season, getting somewhat top paid salary is not justified only for that. It's more the sake to retain him, as part of the team nucleus and jersey sales (?). Don't get me wrong, instead of opposing this, I am grateful that AW has finally given in. As a reputable club, Arsenal should be able to keep the players they want, to be able to pay more in order to stop losing good players every year!
This post has been edited by kimhoong: Jan 19 2013, 08:39 AM
3.5 years rather than 5 years is easier for arsenal to dump him if the fail to perform. if afther 1.5 years, he is getting worse, can still sell him with the market price.
One doesn't simply sign 5 years contract with Arsenal
I thought jack is 5 years??
Its 100k/w and only offer 3 years? What if arsenal didnt win in 3 years and walcott become henry that time? If5 years at least ,, still got resale value if he become much better, 3 years is a short time in football
But anyway im glad he signed. He did really well this season
3.5 years rather than 5 years is easier for arsenal to dump him if the fail to perform. if afther 1.5 years, he is getting worse, can still sell him with the market price.
If he perform then arsenal will get a big loss again , like rvp, nasri ..only fabregas have more than 1 year contract when he was sold
Funny comment from BFM radio's DJ during one of the football slots:
"Arsenal were 2 players too late before when they decided to break their banks to keep their players happy. They should've done it with Fabregas and RvP and when they finally be able to do it, they do it on THEO BLOODY WALCOTT!!!"
Funny comment from BFM radio's DJ during one of the football slots:
"Arsenal were 2 players too late before when they decided to break their banks to keep their players happy. They should've done it with Fabregas and RvP and when they finally be able to do it, they do it on THEO BLOODY WALCOTT!!!"
Fabregas and RVP doesnt leave arsenal for money reason alone. It is more for footballing reason. They left to won trophis after frustrated with arsenal chances for silverware.
This post has been edited by haniez: Jan 19 2013, 09:41 AM
Fabregas and RVP doesnt leave arsenal for money reason alone. It is more for footballing reason. They left to won trophis after frustrated with arsenal chances for silverware.
Part of it, yes.
But if Arsenal could show more ambition in investing on worldclass players, they might give it a second thought. Anyway, it's better late than never
Seriously.. had we caved in to Rvp wage demand... do u think we'd be paying Walcott 100k right now? Heck no.. probably sold Walcott now and we end up with rvp for another season before he hit another long term injury.
According to sources on Twitter.. the 30mil bid was for Goetz. Apparently there's a 30mil release clause in his contract which will expire in April. After April, clause increase.
Seriously.. had we caved in to Rvp wage demand... do u think we'd be paying Walcott 100k right now? Heck no.. probably sold Walcott now and we end up with rvp for another season before he hit another long term injury.
According to sources on Twitter.. the 30mil bid was for Goetz. Apparently there's a 30mil release clause in his contract which will expire in April. After April, clause increase.
So there u go
hopefully is true..if wenger finally want to spend 30m on a player, goetze is one of the top player in my list
Wenger already said that he took things 1 at a time.his priority is to seal walcott signature first. Now its done he'll be looking to sign 2 more plyers.its so common sense, keeping ur best playrs 1st before looking to buy new ones. I know we will be busy during the last week of february. I think walcott case is a bit differs from rvpussy na$ri n cesc. Walcott clearly wants to stay while rvp n nasri werent.
This post has been edited by rifasha: Jan 19 2013, 01:31 PM
Wenger already said that he took things 1 at a time.his priority is to seal walcott signature first. Now its done he'll be looking to sign 2 more plyers.its so common sense, keeping ur best playrs 1st before looking to buy new ones. I know we will be busy during the last week of february. I think walcott case is a bit differs from rvpussy na$ri n cesc. Walcott clearly wants to stay while rvp n nasri werent.
Why do you think we will be busy during last week of february?
We don't have match for the last week for February, if 23rd, it is BPL match against Aston Villa
prefer we get another quality defender than striker.we are too kind with opponent striker lately..we always in trouble when opponent start their counter attack..
prefer we get another quality defender than striker.we are too kind with opponent striker lately..we always in trouble when opponent start their counter attack..
I personally don't think the need of bring in more youth...they only bring wealthy but never title ...once they get famous and just go to other bigger club ...the quality of the team continue stay at the youth level ...i think we need more experience player to help the team
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Just finish watching barca-sociedad. Very great comeback from RC come from 2-0 behind to win 3-2 in last gasp winning goal.. phewww.. when the last time we had such comeback win? Vela also played very well.
Barca unbeaten run has ended. Makes us and juventus shared the same glorious 49 games unbeaten
heads up when you read article especially on quoted sentences it must always start with a " and end with a " otherwise those words most of them is manipulated they keep certain contain there and twist the rest
anyways Barcelona finally lost in La Liga, and they do it in fashion lead 2-0, got a red card and in the end lost 3-2 to Sociedad which i rate really strong at home David Villa is not even at the bench, and i don't think he is even injured, is he? surely its reasonable to let him go
Cesc is the first player to make way for Mascherano (hybrid CB) when Pique was sent off. Show you he's not really the fulcrum of the team. I know i should stop talking about him, but you can't blame me. He was "The Icon" for Arsenal.
30m for a 3year contract..that is only 3m more than what he got now. i dont think its enuf to change his mind if he alr planned to develop new british core at Arsenal. AW surely want to see result from his new plan n wont leave unless he is sacked or no contract renewal. Afterall that Qatari owner, unlike the more patient City's Sheikh, doesnt seem passionate with the manager he got now. Carlo isnt an ordinary lvl of manager. AW shld b thinking if the guy as good as Carlo cant convince the owner, there also could b happen to him coz owner cant w8 for a long term plan to result.
Cesc is the first player to make way for Mascherano (hybrid CB) when Pique was sent off. Show you he's not really the fulcrum of the team. I know i should stop talking about him, but you can't blame me. He was "The Icon" for Arsenal.
Take off an offensive player to stabilise the defence when the CB is sent off. Seems reasonable to me and surely that shouldn't be a sign of Cesc not being the fulcrum of the team. I'm happy that Cesc is doing well in his career (although not happy that he's doing it for Barca and not for us), but the worry that he will be overshadowed by Xavi and Iniesta is unnecessary as he seems to be making the attacking midfield role his very own.
QUOTE(mickeysew814 @ Jan 20 2013, 09:05 AM)
The 30 millions deal story, is psg attracting Arsene wenger! My god!
Wouldn't mind Ancelotti being our new boss, but will he (or anyone) be willing to play with the rich boys with one hand strapped behind his back? At the same time, would Arsene be happy not having full control of the club and be subjected to owners muddling in the team's on-pitch affairs? Not to say PSG's owners are doing it right now, but most rich owners eventually do.
This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jan 20 2013, 12:38 PM
Take off an offensive player to stabilise the defence when the CB is sent off. Seems reasonable to me and surely that shouldn't be a sign of Cesc not being the fulcrum of the team. I'm happy that Cesc is doing well in his career (although not happy that he's doing it for Barca and not for us), but the worry that he will be overshadowed by Xavi and Iniesta is resolved as he seems to be making the attacking midfield role his very own.
I understand if he was playing as the supporting striker or wide player. But he played at his favourite no.10 position with Iniesta occupying the left SS position. After the sending off, Barca reshuffle their shape with Iniesta drop back as the advance midfielder and Fabregas had to make way for that. For a no. 10 to be sacrificed for tactical reason while doing nothing wrong, it's either the player is not good enough or the team has wealth of talent to occupy / accommodate the role. In this case it's more about the latter, and unfortunately Cesc still behind the pecking order. But there's no shame, Barcelona is a phenomenal team with great squad. I'm just thinking the Barcelona Cesc isn't same as Arsenal Cesc, he's no longer shoulder the same burden and responsibility and his playing style also has changed quite significantly.
This post has been edited by Angel of Deth: Jan 20 2013, 12:59 PM
I understand if he was playing as the supporting striker or wide player. But he played at his favourite no.10 position with Iniesta occupying the left SS position. After the sending off, Barca reshuffle their shape with Iniesta drop back as the advance midfielder and Fabregas had to make way for that. For a no. 10 to be sacrificed for tactical reason while doing nothing wrong, it's either the player is not good enough or the team has wealth of talent to occupy / accommodate the role. In this case it's more about the latter, and unfortunately Cesc still behind the pecking order. But there's no shame, Barcelona is a phenomenal team with great squad. I'm just thinking the Barcelona Cesc isn't same as Arsenal Cesc, he's no longer shoulder the same burden and responsibility and his playing style also has changed quite significantly.
The beauty about Cesc is that you can pretty much track his development. Talented scorer in his younger days, then while he was with us as a teenager he started off deep as a playmaker, then as he honed his skills he moved further upfront as a full-fledged attacking midfielder. Who knows what else could he develop as he's only 25.
The closest we have in terms of similar development is Jack Wilshere although Jack is more hustle and bustle while Cesc is more graceful. Having said that Jack at the age of 21 is nowhere near Cesc at 21.
This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jan 20 2013, 01:05 PM
Jack at 21 might not b as good as Cesc at that age but dont forget he lost his 1 & half years development due to injury. He is now the main core of the 6 british core at ours. He is definitely our future Gunners in 5years time (if his heart still in Arsenal & the club dint being blind by money). In 5years time we could hv the most experienced EPL team with the other 5 British cores. That would leave another 5places for 1st 11. But, with Sczezny & Coq is also now enjoyed their 1st team/1st 11 experienced at same age of those British core, we alr had 7 out of 11 for next 5years. That 4 more spot to go, including both CBs. If Eisfield, Gnabry, Miquel, Miyachi & Frimpong could develop consistently or better and break tru 1st 11/1st team in 3years time, then in 5years time we gonna have bright prospect. But ofcoz those r only could b happen if the club manage to keep them altogether. We as fans ofcoz hardly to w8 for that to see the club back to where it were best b4. 7+1 & another 5 might b too long considering some oldies fans r might not b able to witness it again.
not sure what formation should AW field today if AW plans to go for the win, surely we have to play Giro and Walcott i have doubts for walcott as lone striker when they have players like Ashley Cole very close to him perhaps 4 5 1 with Giro up front, Walcott on the right is best for us we need that 5 midfielders to fight Chelsea superior midfielders
id like our Big German to play against DembaBa vermaelen or koscielny as his partner is fine
i don't think Gibbs or Sagna is going to venture up much today with mata and hazard lurking at respected sides their counter attack is really deadly if we commit to many men upfront am expecting Wenger to approach first half defensively and launch counter attacks so do expect a dominant of possession from Chelsea in the first half and hope our Counter attacks to be fruitful
we need an A game from both Gibbs and Sagna block the crosses, Ba is neutralized should the crosses comes in, we hope Big German to win it most of the time
not sure what formation should AW field today if AW plans to go for the win, surely we have to play Giro and Walcott i have doubts for walcott as lone striker when they have players like Ashley Cole very close to him perhaps 4 5 1 with Giro up front, Walcott on the right is best for us we need that 5 midfielders to fight Chelsea superior midfielders
id like our Big German to play against DembaBa vermaelen or koscielny as his partner is fine
i don't think Gibbs or Sagna is going to venture up much today with mata and hazard lurking at respected sides their counter attack is really deadly if we commit to many men upfront am expecting Wenger to approach first half defensively and launch counter attacks so do expect a dominant of possession from Chelsea in the first half and hope our Counter attacks to be fruitful
we need an A game from both Gibbs and Sagna block the crosses, Ba is neutralized should the crosses comes in, we hope Big German to win it most of the time
I got a feeling AW will use jenkinson tonight. Kos is red card right?
despite his slight dip of form no reason for wenger to drop sagna for jenkinson thou, i dont mind at all, but it would be really weird koscielny i think he served his 1 match ban vs Swansea (FA Cup) thus available already
QUOTE(Corrupted Spirits @ Jan 20 2013, 03:13 PM)
Arteta still injured if I'm not wrong
Godson kambing in then very rare to see podolski start over this past few weeks..dont know why hopefully he plays la Podolski Cazorla Diaby Wilshere Walcott
1 thing for sure, Abou will play if no late setback. and rightly so i think specifically due to the injury to Mikel. the only question is whether Coq will play and Santi roaming all over the pitch in the final third, or we play Abou-Jack-Santi trio in the middle and 3 out of Ox, Theo, Podolski and Giroud will play in the front 3
i'd go with the formation (and the way and the attitude) we played against Swansea. some may say Santi did not offer enough defensive protection to the full back, but f*ck defending this time. let's outscore them, plain and simple
This post has been edited by toshio14: Jan 20 2013, 03:32 PM
1 thing for sure, Abou will play if no late setback. and rightly so i think specifically due to the injury to Mikel. the only question is whether Coq will play and Santi roaming all over the pitch in the final third, or we play Abou-Jack-Santi trio in the middle and 3 out of Ox, Theo, Podolski and Giroud will play in the front 3
i'd go with the formation (and the way and the attitude) we played against Swansea. some may say Santi did not offer enough defensive protection to the full back, but f*ck defending this time. let's outscore them, plain and simple
i love goal party, cant forget arsenal reading game
The Sun reported QPR had signed both Loic Remy n MVilla for a reported 8m & 7m. Quite a good bargain price imo. Look like we had chances to see MVilla in action for EPL. But still wonder y we dint go for this guy especially at 7m is usually at our spending budget for a player.
QPR had signed for mvilla??adoi...i think they used the budget to increase walcott wages..or they have another plan of buying cavani...woooaahahh~~
we rarely get goal fests against big teams, except spurs. tho spurs isnt exactly a big team HAH
again, i'd like to see jack playing behind giroud. santi/lukas and theo to occupy the flanks, with lukas/santi and AOC as impact subs. diaby and arteta/ramsey to hold down the midfield. we can switch it around with 442 and have theo/giroud up, with santi/ramsey on the flanks, because ramsey is omnipotent like that. according to wenger anyway.
chelsea is reliant on mata, but hazard has been looking sharp these days, and we all know how potent baba is. either one of diaby/arteta should dedicate himself to guarding the 'hole' to cancel off mata's playmaking skills. gibbs might find it hard against a back in form hazard, so i guess lukas might start ahead of santi to help out. vermaelen should not make mistakes in defence, or baba's gonna go open sesame on szc's goal.
We're not coming back from this are we..I mean,this isn't spurs..Haih.takpelah,kalau kalah,wake up call to actually BUY some good players..not splash 100k/week to some dude.
Forget the referee, you get what you pay for. 10m Giroud .. presented a chance misses out w/o even hit the targere, Mata gets a good ball , makes a chance and scores it easily. Without arteta, our defence is exposed terribly by chelsea.
Because most of their play with their hearts out. I doubt all of our players does that..talk the talk..but walk the walk? Example Diaby screaming for better defense but screws up seconds later.heh...
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