Full Arsenal injury update – Wenger’s options improve yet again
Just a couple of weeks ago Arsene Wenger had a full team of players on the treatment table, but ahead of tonights game against Bolton the Arsenal injury list has reduced by half.
Bacary Sagna may have only played a few minutes on Sunday, but it was a relief to see him back after three months out. Wenger is not sure whether the full-back will be able to play the full 90 minutes just yet.
The French manager said yesterday: “He is in the squad. Sagna is a bit ahead of Kieran Gibbs training-wise. Sagna is a bit early still for tomorrow but you never know. I might consider it because I have to check all the recoveries of the players who played on Sunday.”
Thomas Vermaelen, Fabianski and Coquelin all returned to the starting line-up against Villa, and Wenger also revealed that Arteta and Henry, who both made short returns on Sunday, are ready to play now.
Defensively, Johann Djourou is also fully fit, and even Kieran Gibbs has returned to training and Wenger confirmed that he is close to fitness at last. “He had a normal training session yesterday,” he said.
“He is still short to play now but it is good news to have him back and I think one or two more weeks practice will get him back to being available again. That is very positive.”
Obviously the bad news about Wilshere’s new fracture won’t cheer everyone up, but other than him Arsenal now only have Andre Santos definitely out for the long term.
The two players with question marks against them are Abou Diaby, who returned yesterday from a long rehabilitation period and will now start training again, and Carl Jenkinson, who’s back problem seems to be taking much longer to heal than was first thought.
But, looking at the overall picture, Arsenal are looking much stronger now, especially defensively. They now have to play for each other to take all three points from Bolton tonight.
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Definitely happy,except for Wilshere of course.I would hav preferred Santos to be back than Djourou,if only it could happen
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thank God..i dont remember when did we play our best 11 last time..!? hoping for the best today against Bolon..!
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Good news. However, Jack’s case is pathetic; I really do feel sad about his plight. Wenger should have but a star player that can qualitatively stand in for Jack’s absence. As for Santos, I pray he bounces back very soon. I don’t know what to say about Diaby. Kieran should sit up this time around, thank God for Koscielny’s improvement.
Bolton shall be gunned down.
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EISSFELD !!!1! wengeer plz cant u see …… spurs are going to sign ‘experienced’ players…. no offence but if u keep signing these kinds of players u wont win anything…… id love to see hazard and rvp playing together thtll be a dream come true…..why not him ?
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@ soup remember kagawa was signed at about the same amount of money and now he is a star, plus dortmand have a shit load of youngsters and they won the league, yeah I wish wenger would sign players like kaka, gotze, hazard, etc but good players aren’t available in the January window…let’s be positive! Welcome to the emirates Eisfield and in wenger scouts I trust!!!
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@ soup I don’t think Luis saha is that good, he sucks
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Having heard about our player’s improvment, i got super exited. My heart broke again when i finaly known that diaby was inclusiv.
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Lets Hope we get results now….!!!! nothing else matters… We all knew it that Summer will see major signings not this window.. Fingers Crossed today onwards…any slips and we are gone..
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I hope Thomas Eisfeld becomes a ‘Kagawa’ for Arsenal…..
Sad new about Wilshere, but on a positive note our defence will be much stable now…
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I’ll pick afobe over l. Saha anyday. He’s a waste n dz shows that the spuds don’t know wat they’re doin’
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Good signing,not a big name,raw n unproven talent,i hp he shines like gotze or Ox the chambo.
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eisfeld is gonna rock the arsenal world!!!
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Tanks God for all of them that are bck nd i pray wishere nd santos wl be bck in peace.
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One thing I don’t understand…everyone keeps whining about trophies but on the other side everyone is like “In Wenger we trust”… ah, i’m tired… but full of hope that Arsenal wins tonight… GO GUNNERS!!!
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That’s nice. We must have to win tonight. I would like to see rosicky and arteta play together rambo droup back to bench. We realy need playmaker now now……. 3-1. Go arsenal
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I hope Jack doesn’t lose any Tekkers next season.
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Good news. This means we can push for top 4 or possibly the title? ,it seems our defensive woes are over.
Admin, have we sign any new player this window?
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Hopefully with the injuries easing up we can push on for fourth and give AC Milan hell in the CL. Go all out for the FA cup, strangely more enthusiastic about winning a trophy this year, maybe its the optimistic gunner talking.
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Good sign 4 arsenal and the team that are injuries nitemate is get over. Hope to welcome wilshere and santos back in the team. Another young talent to watch out 4 in arsenal shirt. Thamos Eisfeld we do well in emirate!
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ARSENAL!!!!!
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Djoruou should not be playing football. He should be selling lingeries.
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Truely John,
Thank God our boys are comming back with thunder bolts to regain our hope for big 4 and FA cup. I belive these boys will make wonder on the remaining matches, hopiign that God will rescue from getting further injuries that costed us alot.
I ‘m also delighted with the new youth sign whom i belive will be like Mr Ox. I am positive over because I always belive that have nothing to do than skills and managers techniques like that of our Prof Wenger.
I repeat to say, big names does not matter, look at mancity with its big big names. Yesterday they lost to Everton, Not Liverpool or Man U or Chel. oh if could be Gooners funs could demand or even chop managers head for mismanagement of funds that have been spent to purcahse un effective big names. Where is aguello, Dzeco, or nasri who left us for money and winning trophies!
I’m a heartly gooner fan whehter it rains or drought
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Y is Fabregas telling RVP 2 come 2 Barca 2 win trophies. Really hope he doesn’t move or Wilshere wil b our nex Batman
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At least we accquired one player in January,and that beats the total of points we got last month too!! who said the club isnt moving forward.
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WENGER OUT WENGER OUT
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Thank God for the guys dat are back I pray we do wel 2nite ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,
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So why isn,t Yossi ben Ayoun playing more regularly in the
Arsenal midfield and when do Park and Miyaichi get to show what they can do in an Arsenal strip if there are so many
injury problems ?
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i’m tired of this whole issue surrounding us..r.v.p don’est need to go now ..he is the only player that i trust in this team..hmmm
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Will be nice to see Miyachi play tonight if Wenger sticks to his word and lets our players play against us.
Good to hear the squad are back to health, hopefully push on after our rough patch again. Need to take advantage of the points Chelsea dropped last night.
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I dont think its about buying players this past jan I felt the best option is to play players we already have there that was not getting any play time eg, Ox and Park well Ox has shown now what he can do and has played more its time for the dragon to enter which is Park all he has had is 8 mins of epl time, I know everyone wanted this player or that player but the fact is every out side players you guys is calling for is gonna have to settle in to the team thats the real way to look at it I mean whats the chance there gonna hit the ground runnin 50/50,, where as we already have players who have been training months with us,know are style of play, but wasnt getting games eg, Ox and Park time to use these a whole lot more I know people going dislike like what I say here but park should be ahead of henry in the picking order Park has way more to prove than henry does. And would go out there with more energy and drive..
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Defensively stop talking about Djouro, i hate to see this guy in Arsenal shirt, he has loose us alot of points over n over, we shouldn’t be encourage by his return rather a calamity bcos Wenger always select him for crucial matches, i hope he wun be in the lineup tonight!
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why is everyone getting excited over a 19 year old kid signing for arsenal. when he lets another 19 year old kid. miyaichi. go on loan to bolton, it does not improve our chances of winning at bolton tonight, or winning the fa cup or. qualifying for the champions league, ok so lets get rid of arshavin, and chamahk. with rosicky, benayoun, djouro. then he will have extra 40-50 million to hoarde away with the 190 million already piled up, because if u believe they will buy experienced players in the summer, think again, we already been told thier not going to bue experienced premier league players, but stick to the youth policy , as yesterday proved, he could of signed samba , or made a bid for defoe, or darren bent, but they never. so plzz do not get to excited , tonights match at bolton is not a formality either. even with, sagna or any other defender coming back.
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Myachi won’t play tonight.
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Off topic but why did we get buy park if he was gonna loan him out. He’s only gonna be with us for another year
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@Suhuyini
No offence mate but u takin crap. Spurs do knw wat ther doin. It Pains to say but they r a better team than us at presn t mommnt . The reason being thy keep there best plyers n also buying Saha who has been let hel over the years. I bet u he scores at leas 8 goals for em till the season
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@rocky
It’s not Wenger’s decision to allow Ryo to play against us, the PL does not allow an on loan player to play against their parent club.
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@ Rocky & goonerswagg
A loaned player can play against their parent club as in the rules of the EPL. The decision lies with the parent club to stipulate in the loan contract whether or not the loanie can or cannot play against his parent club.
In this instance, Arsenal have stipulated that Ryo CANNOT play against his Parent club. In Bendtner’s case however, their s no such stipulation and when Arsenal face Sunderland he may play against us, the same goes for Frimpong.
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Just a message to ye people that keep calling for Arsene to stop signing ‘unproven kids’ plz sign the ‘finished article, the superstar’ Gotze and Hazard, Gotze is 19 and has only played 1 season. Hazard is 21 and has had 2 ok seasons (glimps of brilliance) and 1 poor season. Something tells me ye are the same people that were crying out for Arsenal to sign Adel Taabrat during the summer and are now calling for Wenger’s head…hmmmmm
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alex wrong player m8.
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LOand out miyachi
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waoooh dats great! but we want to see ox playin and arshavin stay back to reserves. de guy is too lacadesical
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i know who we signing for next season…
its a player called jack the lad wilshere. and his in budget(free) for ivan ooze and co.
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Its great aint
Wilshere injury is out only after the transfer window shuts
Brilliant At least Wenger and the lousy board have an excuse that they didnt know Jack would be injured
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That’s funny, Wenger came out and said a few days ago “whats the point in loaning out your players if they can’t play against you”, he’s so hypercritical fair play.
I suppose its for a reason though, he would destroy our fragile RB position, too quick for Djourou and Yannaris, Sagnas not 100%.
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Well done Mr Wenger you spent JACK in the transfer window.
You have done well by the Shareholders, and put TWO Fingers
up to the Fan’s. You keep going on about last Sunday’s win
at Villa but you know Arsenal were lucky.
We will see how we do against Bolton tonight. You Sir Should be Sacked along with the Board.
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@ Rocky
Lol indeed, intriguing isn’t it. I imagine he would have allowed Ryo to play had we played Bolton at a later date.
Not sure. I hope Bolton give him playing time, he really needs exposure to the EPL. He needs to toughen up and become used to the physical side of the EPL.
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Shame about Wilshere…must need calcium supplements or something. Here’s to hoping for a top four finish and an FA Cup!
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Lets hope that Eisfeld is the backbone for gotze..!!
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If Barca offer Arsenal 83m for RVP i would take that any day!
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This kid sounds like another amury bischoff
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OK…in the midfield….arsenal has produced some hits a fabregas,a hleb,a flamini,a nasri….and the same arsenal has produced some flops a denilson…uuuuuhhh…aaaah…ok a denilson….so lets allow this lad eisfield to showcase his talent and then make pre-meditated judgements…but at least give him a fair chance…! just bcoz someone comes cheap doesnt mean he is a flop,and vice versa(viz viz ask the chelsea and the liverpool supporters)!
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i know we’re gonna have a shit fight for 4th pace this year, but summer is looking very bright. We will have both Wilshere and Santos back, with Eisfeld and Ryo in the making. Suarez may have already signed with us already for next year, arshavin will go in a few weeks to free funds for summer transfers and this quiet winter could mean Arsenal could really strengthen the squad in 6 months time. Lets hope we buy more players which i suspect we will.
i’m always a believer in Arsenal!
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if wenger plays Djouro tonight it just proves he has no idea Djouro is useless but like Senderos and Cigan wenger just keeps on playing these fu–king useless players time and time again.how many games how many fu-k ups before he gets it.
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thank god for injury comes bark like new singning and i pray wishere and santos comes bark quekly,wishing my dear club sorsess against bolton to nigt
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Djoru and ramsy are useless player in arsenal,wenga should just stat rosicky and ateta this nigt,three point all the way.
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Gunner for life,
i will apreciate if we can invest on exprienced players from Spain/netherland, especially midfeilder.
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@tomma13
I wouldn’t coz that money ain’t gna b used to buy a replacement class striker. It’s gna b used for gazides new hous hill woods new golf course n kronkes plastic surgery
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Tomma13 You do Know that if Arsenal got 83m for RVP.
Not a penny of this money would go back into the team it would end up in the shareholders pockets. Where did all the
money go from the sale of Cesc and Nasri not on new players.
So you want 83m for the the shareholders and No RVP.
Think about it Tomma13.
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@max .power
We wernt ‘Lucky’ on Sunday, if anything we were unlucky to actually be in that position, first half was very even and we totally dominated the second, they were two blatent pens and ok Walcotts goal was slightly fortunate but he done really well to get into that position and im 100% we would have scored again anyway, theres no way that win was lucky.
Also theres no way Barca would pay that obviously but I dont think I would want it accepted for the exact same reason pointed out by others, theres no way it would get re-invested with Gazidis and Stan at the helm.
Onto tonight, I definately believe we can and should win with that line-up looks quite strong throughout, Ox to get a goal tonight
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Walcott is a sorry player how can you miss a goal like that plus the whole team is playing like they are suffering from dehydration…and its bolton, I hope things turn around in the 2nd half
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Infact Arsenal spent the 2nd or 3rd most last summer. something like 50million.
Ox – 15
artekkers – 10
park – 6
agrro santos – 4
merkersacker – 10
ruffly
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Wenger, hill-wood, gazidis, and kroenke
The four horsemen of Arsenal’s apocolypse.
(regardless of the result tonight)
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ac milan is gonna rape arsenal…today game was pathetic!!!
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Wenger out!! totally had enough of him! 7th in the table!
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wenger is once again an idiot for subbing chamberlain out instead of ramsey. we’re 6th now and not making any progress. we can forget about 4th place. our season is over, and we’ll crash out of the fa cup and champions league. we should just give up because we won’t even make the europa league.
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7th!! God help us now
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WENGER is a FUC-king joke
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Wenger lost it long time ago. It has been revealed, his incompetence will drag Arsenal to sorry state.
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some punks say where was Iz, when Arsenal went on ten games unbeaten. Well wakey wakey thats normal for Arsenal to do that, but losing 3 in row thats abnormal and needs to be viewed critically.
U Akbs always chat load of cobblers.
weakest link RAMSEy.
Aint gotta clue why AOC was off instead of RAM or even walcott.
again takin the pee with rosicky–cmon.
RVP CLASS_UNLUKI M8
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I wonder why people keep defending Wenger. This the man some seasons ago returning transfer funds back to the board.
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no chance 4th
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What are a joke these two guys are( walcott and ramsey)..missing one one with golkeeper..and wenger should have never substituted chambelain…for f*ck sake don’t play ramsey in nest game….7th place..hhhhhuuuuuuuggghhh frustration!
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I’ve noticed a great division amongst Arsenal fans – AKB’s and WO’s. We hear the AKB’s dribble on about how we will never get another manager like AW, who brought us the invincibles and silverware 7 seasons ago. We also hear them go on about how we have had a successive 10 game unbeaten run. On the other hand we have the WO’s (Wenger Outs) who are tired of this man and the board running our club into the ground. 7 seasons without a trophy and 7th place should be something to worry about for a club as great and prestigious as AFC.
Let me draw a line here which the AKB’s fail to see. It’s all fine and dandy when Arsenal are winning, sure we all want to see our club winning, but as soon as we lose they complain that that is the only time WO’s rear the heads and complain. Let me explain why. Most of the games we have lost have not been because of bad luck or just because the other team just played exceptionally well. If that was the case, the WO’s would be silent, knowing our manager and team have done their best…that includes a good starting team selection and formation, in game tactics and subs. This is where the AKB’s are completely blind. The games we have lost ARE because of bad managerial tactics and substitutions etc. Some of the players Wenger has decided to play,(and not play) of late have also cost us. So AKB’s you need to wake up and realize we are losing games not because the other teams are better, it’s because of our manager and his selections and lack of decent buys in the market that have caused our team to dwindle down the ladder. I mean really OX’s subsitution was the perfect example amongst others.
So I hope you all see why WO’s complain, it’s not at all that we are bad supporters, on the contrary if fans like us didn’t exist, the weaknesses in the club would not be exposed. (Something the manager is supposed to be doing last time I checked!?) Was it coincidence that half the stadium booed when Ox was taken off against United? Tonight, same story, I agree with D.Bergkamp. Ramsey is the weakest link.
Constructive criticism is only a good thing for the club.
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i am really sorry to say this we are heading the same way as liverpool and by wenger not buying and keeping shite it will take us years to recover.we will have a great stadium but middle table team unless we get shot of wenger and I mean NOW
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This is so efd up. Wenger OUT OUT OUT!
You, SOB, had whole month to sort it out and you didn’t. You say we have many players -yes, we do but most of them suck. We’ll be lucky to play in Europa league next season.
What will be your excuse now? Simply cant loose to teams like Bolton.
SOO frustrating that I want to cry… Seriously
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I disagree with all of you, they took out Ramsey and we never threatened anymore. Arsene got the subs wrong again, rosicky and th12 provided no spark. & arteta was too cautious as always! Never going forward, seriously he is our weakest midfielder. & song had a bad game as well. Giving the ball away too many times. The only positive was that sagna played good. Good to have him back. Does anyone know how that einsfield kid did in the reserves game today?
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Emery, Bolton 0 Arsenal 0 there you go where we unlucky again
I think not the Arsenal defenders were all over the place and
we got as far as the half way line and did’t know what to do.
Let face it Mr Wenger and the Board put 2 fingers up to the Fan’s by not bringing in a few Quality Players in the transfer window.But he done good by the shareholder’s.Well done MR W.
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walcott should be sold no ball skills what so ever
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Thank you BIG GUN–big up to ya m8.
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I am afraid ac Milan is gonna rape arsenal. Pathetic game today!
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@bolly,hav 2 agree with u.team was too casual in 1st half.but time of announcing wilshere injury is suspicious just after window closes.2 b honest,arsenal as a team has never been the same since carling cup final…walcott n ramsey esp walcott miss was bad while rvp was amazing as he has been this season(wow putting lot of work in training rvp ? ).and sagna is world class comin bak straight from a long injury and playing well…
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@Big Gun
Though I disagree with most of what you have said, I must admit that your points are logical and I can see why you believe what you do. I definitely take your point about us not losing because the opponents played well, but because we played badly. However, I disagree strongly when you say that we have not been unlucky…Fulham, Wolves and Swansea ring any bells?
Also, there are great mutterings about Van Persie considering his options for the Summer window. If this is true, then my opinion of him has diminished greatly. If our captain, talisman and consummate professional does not have his head fully in the game when we have 15 games left to play and being 5 points of fourth, then questions must be asked. To make that clear, thats 45 points left to play for, including Chelsea and Newcastle visiting the Emirates.
Though it was a disappointing result today, I beg you to recognise that the signs of recovery were there; for 60 mins, we played as well as we have done this season and were it not for some shocking finishing (thats a separate argument) we could have had this game in the bag. If we can keep playing as we did in the first 60 mins, I am very optimistic for the rest of the season.
Keep the faith Gooners.
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Sad very Sad for Arsenal fc once We were invincible today We hv become a laughing stock, even spuds are mocking us!!! We r stuck between an incompetent out touch dictator manager, Mr Professor of excuses and referees blamer & a pharisiens board willing to sacrificed the club’s glory for their own profit , selling all good players and replacing them with cheap no experience injuries prone youngesters, buying players just to loan them away, not giving a monkey about fans feeling and pride… A club without ambitions We v become out of touch with reality. my season ticket Will be sent back and I expect a reimbursement ***
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When is RVP going to get a rest…we have bigger games (better teams) coming up.
Why was no cover bought in last month…. he will be tired (more tired) by the end of the month, when we play those clowns….because of todays result, he will have to play on Saturday and must play against Milan…what is going to happen to this Club…Mr. AW
7th is were we are and 7th is were we will stay….thanks to him and the board
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Same old , same old. I might just wait until the end of the season to start watching Arsenal. In the beginning of the summer window we had so much optimism; Gotze/hazard, mata , cahill. High hopes ruined by the inability to spend money we earn from fans’ hard earned cash paying for season tickets extremely high even though we are mid table
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Arsenal starting with the best 11 we have today but yet only a draw. We almost lost at the end of the game. What a disappointment.
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IN THE SUMMER SELL:
ALMUNIA FREE TRANSFER
FABIANSKI
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I am sure there are some shareholders on this site sometimes, What has that banker got to do till those Wengerlites see,give big stan a nosh on the annual board meeting, its not pretty football any more its wet paint that dont dry, Has Wenger not made enough money of the back of fans he would put that mug rednapp to shame with what he has tucked away.
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