Back to the drawing board.

[jpr60]

A really good match at The Vetch this afternoon - not particularly good result if you're a Gooner but a good game nonetheless. Two teams playing good football - didn't see any cheating or players waving yellow cards at the ref - just a good game refereed by a pretty ordinary ref (but hey, you can't ask the impossible, eh? Good refs - where are they?).
I suspect we deserved a point - we certainly didn't deserve two - and we got nowt.
Can't wait for the return of full-backs at Arsenal - how we've missed Sagna, Jenkinson, Gibbs and Santos. That's not to say that the blokes who've stepped in over recent times haven't put a shift in - e.g. I thought Djourou had a very good game today - but full-back is a specialist position, you don't realise it until you haven't got one in the squad!
ManU next, maybe Vermaelen will be back (but he's not a full-back either) - we need to get a grip now and start turning the screw a bit - I believe we're a better team than recent results have shown - come on Arsenal!

[jpr60]

OK, it was played at The Liberty Stadium - I was in a time warp - oh yes, totally crap pitch, ball bobbling about, people (both teams) loosing their footing - they play rugby there don't they?

[FrenchSpur]

Maybe thats why you lost you went to the wrong ground..... I believe they do play thugby there

[villanfromluton]

Excellent game to watch, Swansea are a great addition to the premiership, wish Villa could play like that. The German centre back was awful.

[ADRIAN_1976]

Jpr any thoughts to who might finish top four besides the two cast iron guarantees that are Man U and Arsenal

[QBVILLA]

Why weren't Arsenal in for Gary Cahill?? I think that signing will be the difference between 4th and 5th this season.

[villanfromluton]

Just heard George Graham on the radio saying they should go in for Samba. They look awful defensively. Still top 2 material though

[jpr60]

Titter you may
Have to admit the last three matches (Fulham, Leeds, Swansea) have been a big challenge to my sense of reasoning yet I cannot believe that this Arsenal team are as weak as they've looked recently. We clearly missed Arteta against Swansea (aside from a proper full-back) and even our keeper got stuff badly wrong for the third goal but, I dunno - I just
think we'll turn it around (again). Look, if we don't do ManU this coming weekend I might have to have a re-think - right now it's The Arsenal, ManU and two others Top Four (in any order) - honest, trust me.

[FrenchSpur]

Seems like Mr Wenger has had a bit of that laser eye surgery lately... he seems to be seeing a lot more on the pitch these days...

[villanfromluton]

Titter you may
Have to admit the last three matches (Fulham, Leeds, Swansea) have been a big challenge to my sense of reasoning yet I cannot believe that this Arsenal team are as weak as they've looked recently. We clearly missed Arteta against Swansea (aside from a proper full-back) and even our keeper got stuff badly wrong for the third goal but, I dunno - I just
think we'll turn it around (again). Look, if we don't do ManU this coming weekend I might have to have a re-think - right now it's The Arsenal, ManU and two others Top Four (in any order) - honest, trust me.

You are on ths piss early JPR

[jak]

We've got, at least, 10 players missing from our first team squad, including ALL of our full backs.
That amount of players out, many long term, is gonna effect any teams performance.
We've had a terrible run of injuries.
Last time we played Man U, we also had ten out. Our hard luck, their good fortune but that's football.

[jpr60]

We've got, at least, 10 players missing from our first team squad, including ALL of our full backs.
That amount of players out, many long term, is gonna effect any teams performance.
We've had a terrible run of injuries.
Last time we played Man U, we also had ten out. Our hard luck, their good fortune but that's football.

It's not been a "Lucky Arsenal" season has it (in fact I don't remember when we last got lucky)? Even players out on loan get injured - see Frimpong trying to break Petrov's foot with his diving header? - he's gonna be out for 3 months now!
Still, that's football. Who's to say we can't turn ManU over later today and set ourselves up for another run of form which will (hopefully) see a return to action of Wilshere, Sagna and Gibbs? Come on Arsenal!

[FrenchSpur]

I 8-2 mention it but this is probably a season saving game for you lot today..... do you think you will manage to halve their last score ??

[jpr60]

Think you can say both Tottingham and Arsenal got better results than their earlier ones against the Manchester teams yesterday, eh?

[FrenchSpur]

Think you can say both Tottingham and Arsenal got better results than their earlier ones against the Manchester teams yesterday, eh?

Sure did and I dont think either of us should have lost...

[jpr60]

Think you can say both Tottingham and Arsenal got better results than their earlier ones against the Manchester teams yesterday, eh?

Sure did and I dont think either of us should have lost...

Certainly both could have won but hey, that's football, eh

[FrenchSpur]

Think you can say both Tottingham and Arsenal got better results than their earlier ones against the Manchester teams yesterday, eh?

Sure did and I dont think either of us should have lost...

Certainly both could have won but hey, that's football, eh

Yep its football... hey ho life goes on

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