Assist again for Giroud

Always feel so satisfying stuffing a loss down Pulis' throat.

Great to see Tomas is back. No coincidence we scored a second after his introduction. Lovely to see the one touch give and go with Cazorla,

No one said he wasn't good but you can't deny the fact he was ineffective first half. Palace sitting deep nullified his pace. The first goal he scored was due to Palace falling asleep but kudos for the second goal.

With Jack and Aaron fit Alex wouldn't get a sniff at that CM spot IMO. While pacey and direct still lacks the graft and penetration Jack or Aaron offers. Not to mention Jack and Aaron are both better when defending.

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Key word is future. Not now. So you want to win the BPL in future and not now?

I stand by Arsene's decision of playing Arteta and Flamini in the Southamption match.

Right now I still don't see the OX as central midfielder for the crucial games. We can slowly nurture him in that position against the lesser teams (Arsene has shown that vs Coventry and today) for the future but at the moment I'd put him as a CM option behind everybody else.

As a winger? Hell yes, but not a CM at present.

Let me ask you a simple question. With Rosicky, Wilshere, Ramsey and Kallstrom all fully fit right now would you pick the OX to start ahead of ALL of them in that CM position?

I left out Flamini and Arteta because either one will for sure be played as DM with Ozil behind the striker so that leaves only one CM spot.

Doesn't matter though, Arsene's team selection in future big games will tell you whether the OX really is ready to start every week as a CM.

With all fit the OX wouldn't get a sniff at that CM position. Not to say he is crap there but we have better options at CM when all are fit.

The same as Walcott for striker. I'd prefer both on the wings at present.

Some Arsenal matches are shown on 812 and 813 as well if I'm not wrong?

I've seen quite a number of their games this season and it was a snooze fest. No evidence at all of what you just mentioned. Then again I don't watch all their games.

Not watching the game but as expected from that lineup we can see the objective of Jose from the start, is to soak the pressure and then counter with the pace of Willian and Hazard on the wings with Ramires supporting from midfield.

Sorry but I don't see any difference than what West Ham did against them. Obviously though they counter attack better than West Ham because if not they might as well not cost those millions and play for the Russian Mafia.

#19thcenturyfootball

We will beat them at The Emirates

Records are meant to be broken you noob. Otherwise, why even have records in the first place?

You must be new here

Not easy to wind Casa up. Each time we manage to make him retaliate an argument in anger we win

How many records have been broken already this year? Do the maths!

No reason why another record can't be broken.

Thats right we will know on the 22nd of March.

99% of the time he predicts a loss we will win. Its a good sign.

We wouldn't be top if his predictions were accurate in the first place.

You should be more worried if he predicts a win.

Leave them la, been dealing with mediocrity in the UEFA cup and mid table for such a long time couldn't have been easy.

Agree they have been more than annoying. Even in FB.

Little did they know with so little to play for yet their still in a dog fight with the Spuds and Man U who have European commitments as well. Nothing to shout about in my books. I actually expected them to be higher up the table given their easy schedule with so few games. They were knocked out so early in the League Cup also. Probably I overestimated them too much at the beginning of the season.

Let them finish fifth la this season and when you add on UEFA Cup to their responsibilities next season watch them struggle again with the weight of more competitions.

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Johnson, Sakho and Agger out. I hear Lucas is out as well.

If Per and Kos play to their best SAS wouldn't get a sniff.

I hope Gibbs plays instead of Monreal. As solid as Monreal is he tends to get exposed by pace from time to time.

With Lucas out we should dominate their midfield IMO.

Hope the lads will be as fired up as we are.

Hahaha don't know man not watching the game. Cny have to Lou sang.

But heard the refs are against us it seems.

Can't do anything if that is the case.

Yea let the trolls come. I ain't even mad. Just a bad day in the office but this is a blow to our title bid.

Kudos to Liverpool.

But it's not the end for arsenal yet.

We lose 10-0 or 1-0 its still 3 points. Remember the responses we got from the team after we lost against Villa and City.

Man U got thrashed 6-1 by City in one season and everyone wrote them off but in the end still only lost the league to City on that last minute Aguero goal.

Chin up guys.

Still 2nd and just 1 point behind.

Even in their title winning seasons, Man Utd has had some heavy losses to City, Chelsea and even Liverpool over the years.

Do you think they even cared at the end of the day?

Agree we haven't been convincing at all in most our games in 2014 though. Can't really recall a game in which we really played well, dominated and put the opponents to the sword. They were mostly games in which we were sluggish for most part + bits and pieces of brilliance in which we scored.

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