Arsenal Banter Archive March 09 2014

09 Mar 2014 23:32:36
yes you will win the fa cup this season but don't worry you will be watching spurs lift their 5th european competition in may ha ha

Do you not mean your 5th place trophy?

I'm sorry I didn't realise we'd transcended to a parallel universe in which people gave a monkeys toss about the europa league.

LOL CIG :O)

09 Mar 2014 22:18:58
Any Tottenham fans around tonight?

NO!?


Thought not!!!!


LMAO

Forever in our shadow

oh by the way. danny blanchflower. ray clemence. chas and dave. ossie ardiles. glenn hoddle . are you watching? glenn hoddle. your boys took a hell of a beating. a HELL of a beating!

:)

09 Mar 2014 20:49:04
IN REPLY TO BANBURY GOONER POST ABOUT WENGER TINKERING WITH FA CUP TEAM:

Banbury - don't think you should be telling him how to do HIS job - I'm sure he wouldn't be so rude as to try and tell you how to clean the toilets!

When I spend £100 every time to watch Arsenal I am entitled to, don't you think, when you also consider he has gone the longest period of time without a trophy in my time, I have a point, all I am saying is if he thinks he can play Sanogogogog, Jenkinson, Monreal and walk all over Wigan, forget . a full strength team please

I should also add he wouldn't know which end of thebrush to use so he could hardly instruct me :) LOL

09 Mar 2014 19:51:27
Banbury. Where was that mate?looks like Egyptian Appts on your photo.

09 Mar 2014 20:07:03
I'm so happy right now, lol.

(Not underestimating Wigan though)

Judging by today's game Dags, Wig-on do have a few Actors in their team,,
But whatever you do . Don't tell Dave whelan to " Break a leg "

Well if your happy I'll be sneezy

I'm sleepy!

Any nominations for dopey?

Definitely not Sizemick, I think it brought Wigan a bit of luck last year, lol.

There's definitely no shortage of Dopey's on this site, lol.

09 Mar 2014 19:03:40
Would rather play Wigan than City - pretty obvious

BUT

They beat city and deserve to be thru - we could not beat city away so we have to stay focused because we have a great chance to win a cup. I thought that against Birmingham and we screwed that up some how.

Lets be happy it's not City but don't get cocky and get bitten on the ass!

Let's go for the jugular on Tuesday night and see where we stand at halftime. I think we have a chance.

Lets bag some points in the league and worry about the FA cup when it's the next game.

Still a lot to play for this season

09 Mar 2014 18:36:49
CL rank outsides
Nothing to lose hey ho let's give it a go

PL long shots
Its been proved today yet again city are far from invincible, Chelski are the one to beat and again we go there with little to lose, so same as Bayern let's really have a go at them.

FA CUP, RED HOT FAVORITES NOW!
This is the pressure competition all of a sudden with out another big name in sight. We just can not afford not to win it now.

09 Mar 2014 18:21:55
Ok

So we are now favourites.

If Wenger tinkers with the team and we don't win the cup then I am finished with the man, Mr Wenger just shut your eyes and imagine we are playing first M City and then Chelsea and field your strongest team in first the semi and then the final, if you do that and we lose then the players need to be blamed, starting messing with the team and get beat, well you know where the door is. No excuses, we need this trophy . please. now how can I get a ticket

In every round wenger has tinkered with the squad a little, and each time we have won.
Let's have a little faith in wenger I'm sure he understands how big an oppurtunity it is for us.
Tbh it shouldn't matter too much who plays because many of the players are good enough to beat Wigan, but as proven by today nothing is given.
Just hope the players role up their sleeves and give it their all, this could be a first step, actually huge leap into what could be the start a new power house in football.

LOL
Waq you have just contradicted yourself,,,,,, it doesn't who plays and then you say after Wigan's result nothing is a given.

If Wigan can win at M City, where we got beat 6-3 then we need a strong side out. If he does that then he can't be criticised

Man city don't play a passing game like we do, we have more accurate passers and play more as a unit.

Yaya toure was isolated a bit today so couldn't drive foward like he usually does.

wigan play like that against us and I can see us winning it 3-1.
im sure rosler will be tactical enough to pose a threat though.

remember wigans premier league team isn't suted to the more physical and stamina intensive championship. link ozil in the championship. he thinks he's knackerd now!

It wasn't really a contradiction, by saying nothing is given merely means anything can happen, strong team or weak.
just because city beat us 6-3 doesn't mean they would beat us with the same score every time.

09 Mar 2014 18:14:13
Unbelievable. Just watched the whole game and couldn't be happier. 1, a humble team overcame moneyboys City due to pure fighting spirit and belief, which is great for football. and 2, we have an excellent chance of winning the FA cup now, which is of course great for us!

BUT - that was quite a performance from Wigan and we shouldn't take them lightly. That was one of the best defensive performances I've seen this season. Yes - they got lucky with City missing a few good chances, but there was some fantastic last-ditch challenging and they generally stayed very organised. Boyce and Crainey were particularly impressive. It will be a great game, you've got to tip us to take the last 2 though.

Wigan beat City because they had greater belief, even though their players are much worse. We've been up and down about the quality of our squad recently - it is looking like we may not have enough quality to win the League. but we undeniably have way more quality than any other teams left in the tournament. On top of that - our team has the spirit and belief that City lacked today, and more than enough of it to win this Cup.

So excited!

Good summary Oleg, belief is our biggest enemy in big games and we now have the safety net of a fantastic opportunity in the FA cup, so let's throw caution to the wind and really have a go at Bayern city and Chelski.
But like you say we must not under estimate the Wigan or even spurs come to that.
Wigan are the holders of the FA cup and spurs are? Well they were a half tidy side in the sixty's I'm told along with Hereford

Yes Spurs have won the old First Divsion title as many times as twice and as recently as 1961, the year they completed their 'hstoric double'. Whereas the Arsenal have won the top flight title 13 times and completed 3 doubles. Forever in our GIANT shadow.

09 Mar 2014 18:12:06
Ze majeec of ze cup :-)

09 Mar 2014 18:11:51
Does EMMERSON BOYCE for Wigan sound like CHRIS EUBANK or what? Or was it Chris Eubank being interviewed making out he is Emmerson Boyce. If you have ever heard them speak you would be excused if you thought it was the same person. Anyhow nice one Wigan you had a good run. Made the Semi Finals now move over and watch a real club take over . YES!

Lol golds

09 Mar 2014 18:06:27
i small shout to wigan. thanks for that lads.

09 Mar 2014 18:04:48
Get that big red bus ready mr gazidas

Beep-beep

You're back!

09 mar 2014 18:00:41
funny enough, i've always liked wigan . come on you gunners!

09 Mar 2014 17:12:48
Well done team! We need to keep winning because I believe the FA cup is our only chance at glory! Shout out at every one. A team = Squad + fans. Let's do our bit. Support whatever squad is out there on the day. We'll analyze at the end of days

09 Mar 2014 16:22:24
Message to Greeny
Best you hope for a Wigan win mate, it could cost you an arm and leg if we have to play city mate :-)

It's already cost me an appendix. Not sure I can give up my arm and leg!

Great news Greeny both arms and legs are well safe for another season!
What price Wigan? Its got to be worth a cheeky ear mate or at least a toe or three

Toe way! I nose that originally I suggested an appendix but it was only a bit of armless fun. I didn't want to hurt any-body.

09 Mar 2014 16:05:29
Ouch, just saw the FA cup draw, shouldn't be surprised really. Best of luck, lads.

Thanks simonpw. to be the best, you got to be the best

Wouldn't count your chickens yet Rue lol, Wigan were unbelievable today. What a tacle by Boyce mate. Delighted for them. I must admit they deserve to win the cup after that performance. I can honestly say now though that I have no preference, may the best team win it, or who knows the luckiest ha ha

Thanks Simon

09 Mar 2014 16:03:19
Oh ffs! Come on Wigan!

09 Mar 2014 14:35:12
I've got a sneaky feeling we will get the winners of the Hull v Sunderland match in the semi final, not sure why but can feel in my armpits

What is the betting we get M City

Well Banbury mate looks like we will have to agree to meet in the middle yet again:-)
Sheffield utd itis then

Well done Banbury mate spot on, 2/1in favour of a good draw but! Hey ho we've done spurs Liverpool Everton on the way so why stop there

Really????????

LOL

09 Mar 2014 11:57:28
Hi all, haven't posted in a long time but still addicted to this site. Read this morning that Manchester United will look to buy TV5 in the summer to replace vidic, price in the region of £12m.

My question is would anyone take a swap? RatVP for TV5?

I hope TV5 stays but I can't blame him if he wants to leave in search of first team football, he's a quality centre half and I'd hate it if he signed for the Manc's.

Personally I wouldn't want to see RVP back in an arsenal shirt, he's burnt his bridges at Arsenal and their can't be any turning back for him.

What do the rest of you think?

Let TV go, he isn't the player he was when he first came to the club, not playing hasn't helped, but he needs to go. look at his mistake yesterday which very nearly gifted Everton a 2nd goal.

Firstly response to 'Goldboy'. i'm an local boy to Arsenal, live round the back of Highbury.

Anyway, PeterC, I am also very intrigued in what's happening with RVP, Idefinitely think he is out of United in the summer, but interestingly to me is how its coming about. It looks to me as if both club and player know he is out the door. More interestingly to me anyway, I was told about RVP returning to Arsenal in November I think it was. I dismissed it at the time, but then later came the full blooded talk in January and Feb.

The things I look at are these, firstly was Wenger's reaction to being asked about us looking at resigning RVP, and he just sort of sat there with a smug look on his face and wouldn't be drawn into the question at all, then in the game RVP was absolutely terrible. He played like a man who didn't want to score. I have seen this type of play before in another ex Arsenal player. Does anyone remeber How Henry played on his return with Barca, he had no interest in playing against us at all.

Roll on a few weeks and RVP has continued to lay into United and the tactics, also United give Rooney ridiculous money, for a player who was almost out the door. to me it all looks very dodgy.

As for RVP back at Arsenal. I THINK IT COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN. That right I said it! The truth is as fans we hate anyone that turns their back on us. We treat them like a partner whose just cheated on us, won the lottery and taken a sh*t and posted it through our letterbox. BUT in football terms it actually makes good sense. We all agree if we had RVP this season we would be top of the league and clear. As much as I like Girouds effort, all of our current strikers put together are still not as good as RVP. We need a striker a top one at that, so who do you really see us signing? The top talents take top money and I doubt Wenger will spend over 30m for a striker. RVP will probably cost about 12m-15m he knows the system, knows the players, and will come in with minimal ego. Wenger will know doubt punish him in contractual terms for his actions, but if we are honest, Wenger does not hold grudges like we do. Flamini is a prime example, he was one of the first to start the leaving culture we are now used to, but look at him this season, can we honestly say that he wasnt a good signing? Even Bendtner! We get behind him and sing his name.

So with that in mind I for one wouldn't mind him back, but I won't go as far to say I will be getting a shirt with his name on it! But let him scpre a few goals and reluctantly we will get behind him again.

Anyway on to Bayern, I still firmly believe we do actually play better without Jack at the moment, we start with Chambo and Rosicky and we have every chance. Well done to TV5 aswell good to see him back and playing well enough.

The life of a football fan is a hard emotional one!.

RVP is 31 and still a bit of a risk with injuries. I think having him would mean less esprit de corps among the team as he is totally self centred, arrogant and greedy.
WE are where because we have a great team spirit, good policies and good team management. Why would we like to throw all that away- with still no guarantee success- we didn't exactly win a million trophies BECAUSE he played for us

I'm disgusted by myself, but, yes. I would have home back

RVP. back

WTF. not a cat in 'e'lls chance, the way he celebrated against us was disgusting. He has no respect for a club that stood by him. it isn't like Henry or Cesc who actually love us, bring them back any day of the week. RVP. will spend more time on the treatment table. he can sod off

09 Mar 2014 09:23:09
Great to see how much Per loves the FA Cup and Arsenal

Also great to see the support from the team for Ozil plus the joy from all for the way he aged

I love it when players genuinely care - they get paid a lot to do their JOB. So it's great to see the connection with club/ fans and their team mates

I like this team and it just needs 2 or 3 players to make it super special especially when you consider our injuries

SY4 totally agree mate
Ramsey back next week :-) Ozil smiling the Ox looking like he has really come of age and Sanogo able to share the load and give Giroud a breather as and when, might just be a good season after all mate

09 Mar 2014 07:16:49
with 10 games to go and 7 points behind the leaders it seems pretty gloomy. I wouldn't count the game in hand as 3 points in the bag (Swansea midweek, squished between Chelsea & City). to lead most of the season and bottle it again in Feb has got to be the AW trademark.

but enough of the doom mongering. we are in the FA semi finals and could be in the quarter finals of the CL.

even with Spurs Chelsea and City to play next & the postponed Swansea match being reschedule to effectively destroy the week long rest between Chelsea and city. we should really be able to get something from this season.

time for AW's second trademark move, Season Revival in march.

he needs to get past march with as little damage as possible. if we draw against Chelsea & City we can still have an outside chance.

COYG

Before the start of the season I thought if we could get third, and be a lot closer points wise to the eventual winners, and win the f.a cup, I'd have taken that.
Third is indeed frustrating when you have been top for large periods of the season, but the majority of us probably have been waiting for the annual apple crumble.

As far as the champions league is concerned. Getting knocked out over two legs against Bayer Munich is no humiliation. Not saying we go there with a weakened team. We should go there and give it all we got, but let's get this 9 years monkey of our back, and the best way of doing that is the f.a cup.
Flybo

09 Mar 2014 00:06:13
Question for the Eds (or anybody).

Have recently heard, that the winners of this years Europa League automatically qualify for entry into next season Champs League (qualifying stage).

So, if an English team win the Europa League, does that effect the team's who finish in top 4 this season?

(For example, Spurs win Europa this season, so only top 3 in English Prem qualify for CL next season)

{Ed003's Note - It's next years Europa league winners that gain a place in the champions league dg.}

Thank's 003, much obliged to you, sir.

{Ed003's Note - No probs dg.}