Team News: Van Persie and Sagna to start as Arsenal play to win against Villa
It seems that things are looking a bit brighter for Arsene Wenger with news that a few Arsenal players are back in contention after recovering from injury.
Kieran Gibbs is not back yet, but Wenger is very happy to know that Bacary Sagna’s return will mean that the Gunners have at least one true full-back in the team. Wenger said a couple of days ago: “He is back in full training. Many players who are not specialist right backs have been playing in this position so we are relieved to have Bacary back.”
On the left, we can expect to see Thomas Vermaelen back as well, with Mertesacker and Koscielny in the middle. Djourou has a “small” hamstring problem but would only be on the bench (at best!) for emergencies. Miquel will also be hoping to make an appearance at some point. Francis Coquelin is also fit again and will give Wenger an added option, making the Arsenal defence looking a bit more solid right now.
Wenger intends to go all out for the win after losing three games in a row, which means captain Van Persie will be on the pitch from the start. Wenger said: “I gave him a week holiday before the last FA Cup game but now we are at a moment when, for the confidence of the team, it is important we come back and win.”
Wenger believes that the returning players will up Arsenal’s performance, and will give them hope of going all the way in this competition. He said: “If you qualify of course there are openings there,”
“That’s why it is important that we keep the focus on qualifying on Sunday. Then, you never know, sometimes you can have runs later in the competition which can be easier than those at the start. But you can’t choose them, that is the charm of the cup.
“For us, a win is important. We were on a strong run and suddenly we have hit three disappointments. What is difficult to take is that all the three games we could have won. That makes me think that giving just a fraction more will get us back on track and we will go on a run again.”
Wenger is also expecting Mikel Arteta and Thierry Henry to rejoin the squad after late tests to give Arsenal a boost, but he is fully aware that Aston Villa will not be pushovers. He warned: “They are a good side if you look at the names they have on the team-sheet,”
“Any team in the Premier League is difficult to beat, whether it is for qualification in the Cup or points in the League, and you always have a tough job with Aston Villa.
“They are a side with young, talented players and they are always dangerous going forward. The pace they have up front, with the likes of Agbonlahor and Albrighton, is dangerous. And you see that Robbie Keane has come back and scored goals straight away. That shows you the quality of their players.
“The most important thing is that we are ready for it and come out of the blocks with full power. We did not do that against Manchester United. I feel in the second half we put in a very good performance but in the first we were a bit jaded.”
Arsenal are today looking much, much stronger than they have in previous weeks, and today is a MUST-WIN.
There are no excuses to be given with such a strong squad available…….
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welcome back sagna, best right back , in the country , we missed you , hopefully djourou will dissappear into thin air. lets face it we have been bloody unlucky with injuries to our back line so lets get everyone back cause when all our defenders are fit we have one of the stronest backlines in the pl. So kick on boys and get that top four and hope some of our rivals can suffer the same bad luck we have , we can do it .
Our squad is begining to look strong again..
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i reckon arsenals got a really good chance of winning this tournament now that both manchester clubs are out and its nice to see Wenger is really going for this cup because before we have been dissapointed with seeing a team full of reserves.
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Great news to hear the injuries are dissipating gradually it is time to consign the mediocre players to the bench and hope the team shall start get back to winning ways. COYG!!!!!
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Does anyone know how much longer wilshere is out due to his new setback
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Arsenophilic me thinks arsenal wil finish top 2 int epl trust me!
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Sagna!!!!!!!!!!
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@Alex I think I read somewhere another 3 weeks to a month.
Just kidding, but it would be great if Wenger bid a bit higher now for Podolski and we acquired his services. Does anyone know how much his current club want for him?
Glad to see Sagna, Coquelin are back, and I’m most happy about Wenger deciding to go for the F.A Cup now. Maybe he was reading our comments? In that case Hazard and Samba should be on the way
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Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Mertesacker Vermaelen
Song Arteta
Oxlade Rosiscky Ryo
Robin van persie
Hope to see this line up
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ohhh sagna… I missed your hair..
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To be honest im torn between mertesacker at centre back and tv at left back or tv at centre back and coquelin at left back. just think that with villas mobili front mertesacler is more likely to struggle. i would even consider miquel in the middle with kos and tv at left.back put per on the.bench
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I still would love to see Eden hazard come to AFC then my starting lineup would be like this
Szcesney
Sagna kocienly vermalen santos
Ramsey song arteta
Hazard RVP Gervinho/Ox
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We need our best legs.d cup is good having a go at.glad they are gradually coming back.we are almost choked already.
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Nuri Sahin is not getting enough games at Madrid. Barrios is frozen out at Dortmund. I think we should bid for the duo. That would be awesome!
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Big Gun,
he’s valued @ 16.5m. let’s keep our fingers crossed & hope he joins us.
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Wen is wilshere back?
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Sack the captain of Russia, Wales , Israel
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What a welcome news! Happy to see you fit Bacary, hope u’l pick immediately from where u unfortunately forced to stopped. “Stay fit for the rest of the season and there after” AMEEEN!!
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will be surprised if arsenal maintain all their key players fit 4 a lengthy time.one should be insane to think that these injuries are plain bad luck,it could lie in training regime.or maybe am reading 2 much into it owing to lack of depth in squad…why is that players like terry,drogba,lampard stay absolutely fit.apparently theres now a ‘gene test’ which can predict a persons ‘fitness levels’.but scientists think it will be unfair 2 use this dashing hopes of ppl whose injury prone ….
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He was our most under rated player before injury now he returns as one of our defensive saviours.. WELCOME BACK BACARY SAGNA!! THE DARK KNIGHT!! We missed u.
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I read a lot about Podolski… dont forget that he is NOT a star player (look at his unglorious stay in Bayern). His problem is the same as Arshavin (low willpower). We need fighters
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podolski is injured for at least a month so it s hardly going to happen
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Hey all you gooner’s suppoprters…. Go Arsenal!!! Love you all from Brisbane , Australia
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Good luck tonight boys!!
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Team in full: Fabianski, Coquelin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Song, Ramsey, Rosicky, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Van Persie.
Substitutes: Szczesny, Sagna, Arteta, Benayoun, Arshavin, Park, Henry.
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RYO Y U NO PLAY? Anyway hope to see Henry pair up with RVP again
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Mc Leish u will never win against Arsenl with strong defence like that. Treat it as bad luck to play Arsenal this everning.
NB.I missed you Sagna. And how is your young brother Jenkinson Doing??
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The ox is gonna do his magic, one goal and one assist… Good luck Gunners!!!
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sagna is not starting
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please do not suffer anymore injuries sagna.. we have missed you at RB..
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Jeez 1-0 down…………..
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afc 7 corners and nothing villa get 1 and score
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WENGER PLEASE IF YOU DON T WANT TO BUY PLAYERS PLEASE LEAVE ARSENAL WE ALL ARE TIRED….
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f**k wenger he needs to leave
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As far as wenger is charge, expect no trophies. He opened his mouth and praised a player like Arshavin. SMH
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2 nil to villa at half time well done wenger
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you fans will agree that this man wenger need to farcate his post as arsenal coach b’cos he has nothing to offer this club anymore. 1st half of 4th round of fa 0-2 in favour of aston villa. Wenger as you dont give the fans happiness you will never be happy again unless you sign the right type of player for arsenal. I rest my case!
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WTF is going on with Arsenal??? Is this gonna be fourth defeat in a row??? And those Arsenal players on the pitch… why does it seem to me as if they have no desire of winning nor playing at all… so slow and sloppy… is this Arsenal??? What the f**k!
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play to win lol, hahhahaha, shit if he played to win he would buy some decent players, ie, darren bent from villa, he always scores against arsenal its about time he started scoring for arsenal 2-0 down at h-t, kiss our season goodbye once again plzzz go wneger MOW !
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you know whats whats wrong with Arsenal! that old coot Wenger relies too much on van Persie!
4-4-2! get Ramsey off the damn team!
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where is the fans?? hip hip horay! serve u right again mr.wenger, the board n dellusioned fans. we are a low club. boo boo boo!
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This is NOT my Arsenal team, This is NOT the fans Arsenal team, this is that old cenile shit Wengers Arsenal team! it may be his team, BUT ITS OUR CLUB. Nobody can change my love for Arsenal not even a mediocre team.
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fkn yeeeaahh
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cmon arsenal cmon arsenal cmon arsenal
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its pathetic 4 a manager 2 not strengthen d squad and then say we r d only team acually vying 4 all the 4 trophies.wenger is fooling himself and d fans.nobodys asking him 2 spend 40mill on a player…
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2-2 Van Persie and Walcott
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scored*
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what a comeback
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another penalty!!!! scored!! for us 2–3!!!
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What a comeback!!! Come on Arsenal kill them off now!
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apologese go go gooners , wneger still needs to go though
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in the face of adversity , great half time team talk arsene , the lads needed a serious kick in the hole
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Too aaaaaaall u negetive fans hu had horrible things to say about Arsene Wenger at half time, u can kiss his, the team’s and my a$$!!
Arsenal for lyf!
Machine Gunner!!
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aston villa should play volleyball considering their fans are great at it
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RVP…keeps your job safe again, AW
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all u muppets who criticise wenger open ur mouth now u fake fans get off this website u disgusting inbreds
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@Anon
No need to be proud dude. two penalty,jst one win. and yet rvp the one who only cn score.pathetic fans. jst by that they fall inlove back with wenger. well done to the team for the comeback anyway. bt boo mr.wenger,board,dellusioned fans.
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we won… Yeah u know what that mean?? Wenger will think the squad is strong enough to win the fa cup n there will be no signing.. Hoorayy… Now i know what is ramsey speciallity.. He can give us penalty.. Yeahh
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@Anon , firstly mate dont want a slagging match . So are you saying if the team lose its only wenger s fault , and if the team win its only down to the team .
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An0n, thank u very much! I’d thought like that…those fans who criticise Wenger they aren’t real fan of afc!
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@Anon apologies last post meant for @ArsenaLova
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@arsenalova yes kudos to the team. bt who gave them the half time team talk.
Also, i think it is right 4 wenger to defend all his players in public. During training, however, he can slam them all he wants
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Very interesting to see the drastic change in comments during the time of the game. From hating wenger to loving him.
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Congrats Gunners, we won! I hope we will go all the way and win this competion. But the million dollar question is: Are we consistant enough to do so?
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Great team performance and spirit in the 2nd half but once again wenger is papering over cracks,he’s been doing this for 6yrs or so..bit of a crisis and pressure followed by some impressive results and performances and then back to losing games again..we can’t keep giving him a stay of execution wen he grabs good results,the only result that matters this year is a trophy on the table
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it makes me laugh as some fans were stating get wenger out at half time today but it appeared we showed great spirit and now these fans are praising arsenal..your either behind the manager and the players or your not one thing is for sure arsene doesnt have my full backing at the minute but the board certainly do not have any backing from me..the critics who say ramsey isnt good enough will hopefully of been silenced today, he’s still learning his game and played amazing today. Today has shown that when we have that spirit in which was shown in the second half, how much it lifts the fans and the club as a whole. I think were two or three signings away from competing again whether wenger will buy who knows? one tihng is for sure arsenal till i die…f.a cup 2012? who knows!!!
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Good comeback gunners! Thought we were toast half time. Why can’t we play like we did second half in every game? we showed a real urgency and we were more direct. First half we fannied about outside the box as usual. I still think Wenger needs to make some serious changes, but it was our lads who brought us through he second half.
Kossie and RvP were fantastic. Ramsey had a decent game for a change. Ox and Walcott looked much better second half. Coquelin unfortunately didn’t have the best of games. Was beaten several times in RB, but he didn’t give up and trying his hardest…that shows good character.
I really have no idea what Wenger said to them half-time. What I did notice was the lack of space making up front in the first half. Our midfielders would get the ball and there would be no one forward to pass to. The ball just kept getting passed around the outer box. Second half, all our attackers were making space and pulling their defense apart in doing so. We took good advantage of the gaps, runs by Ox, Walcott, Rosicky, Ramsey even Kossie were brilliant. We definately need more football like that. Our wingers also hung wide, so our attacking style was mixed up all the time, wing play then down the middle then wing play etc. Villa didn’t know what hit them
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I love wenger don’t get me wrong I just think he has had numerous chances to make the slightest changes and is too stubborn to do it wen the whole world knows you have to move with the times..I wouldn’t mind if he admitted the issues but he doesn’t so this is my last loyal year..no trophies then he should perhaps seek a new challenge in Spain or France and maybe we shud blood a new coach with new ideas..I wouldn’t say no to mourinho if it meant a couple of years of trophies
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some people are pathetic, ive been behind Wenger all along and at HT I thought we were extremly unlucky and were outdone by some good tatics (defend then quick counter) but the second half performence was excellent and was largly down to Wenger and his team talk, no matter what way you look at it. Also I felt he made some very decent subs at the right times, which is something which should be highlighted based on the recent criticism. I firmly believe the F.A Cup is winnable this year and I hope we continue to take it very seriously. IN WENGER I TRUST!
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Reading through some posts and it seems like some fans seem to think that anyone who does not agree with AW is not a true gooner.
Well that would mean that you have only supported Arsenal for 15 years so I need to inform you that believe it or not we have been around for a lot longer.
If you pay for a ticket, buy the merchandise, sign on to Arsenal tv or support the club in the ground or financially from miles away you are entitled to your opinion.
Yes the team performed well even in the first half when we went 0-2 down but come back down to earth and see that once again our left flank was exposed, we cannot defend crosses, and Fabianski should not be paid to play in goal for anyone.
Yes it’s great to continue in the FA cup and we would all love winning it but I refuse to get carried away and make like everything is hunky dory because we managed to win at home to a team that is average at best.
We have already lost eight games in the PL this season and that is terrible for a team that wants to play in Europe (board and managers target, not the fans) so one win in the FA cup will not make us stand up and proclaim any faith in the shareholders, board and manager.
just because the aforementioned do not have any ambition other than playing in the CL does not mean that us fans need to go mental just because we are in the fifth round.
When we win it that’s when we will make a fuss.
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@reddb10
can you still not admit that it was a very good turnaround and a good win, surely as a fan you celebrate every victory whether its againt shrewsbury or barcelona, im happy when we win any game and theres no denying we done very well to turn it around.
I understand your point of view but it doesnt mean people cant celebrate a win, espicially when we were 2-0 down at HT. I suppose some people are never happy :/
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@machine gunner
oh come on dude, kiss ur ass because we won by one fluke goal and 2 penalties? lol get real man
anybody who thinks that our win today was enough to forgive Wenger, our crap players or the board, are delusional and YOU MUST NOT HAVE WATCHED THE GAME.
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Give Cologne £8 million plus Mertesacker and Arshavin in return for Podolski.
Give Lille £25 million plus Squillaci, Diaby, Park and Chamakh in return for Hazard.
Give Ajax £10 million for Vertonghen.
Give Blackburn £10 million for Samba.
SELL ALL THE DEADWOOD!!!
SZCZESNY
SAGNA
KOSCIELNY
VERMAELEN
VERTONGHEN
WILSHERE
SONG
HAZARD
GERVINHO
VAN PERSIE
PODOLSKI
SUBS:
Fabianki
Santos
Samba
Arteta
Ramsey
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Walcott
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come on guys, most of you will comment without knowing how the goals went in, heres the rundown.
Villa=
Dunne- Brilliant header
Bent- Brilliant goal from a horrible angl
Arsenal=
Van Persie- Penalty
Walcott- Fluke deflection
Van Persie- Penalty
how does that justify forgiving Wenger?
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@ P.P your being pessimistic mate..we won today we showed great spirit. We havnt had anything positive come out of arsenal for months and look how we came back today. fair play we have a lot of issues e.g the board wengers tatics deadwood players but lets just celebrate the teams comeback today. everyone is quick to come out and have a go when we lose so when we win , like today lets celebrate !!
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@Leonarsenal yeah man i get that part of it, i celebrated
BUT
i dont want to be that fan that gets so cheerful now with that win against Villa but then a month later we would still have deadwood in our team taking on Mila
I would rather be the fan that admits that we have junk on the team, and still call for a change at Arsenal. A change that would bring in brilliant players in the next few days to HAMMER Milan.
So all the fans that think everything is “fine and dandy” today will be the same fans that would be to sad to post on
this site the day Milan destroy us IF Wenger does not bring in new faces within the newt few days.
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@ P.P i dont know what the outcome of the milan match will be, i do know that to beat them we will need our strongest 11 over the two legs, it’s just a breathe of fresh air when we actually come from behind to win a game instead of taking the early lead, i.e fulham and swansea then chucking it away, do you think wenger will buy in the next two days? and how big a setback is jack wilshere! gutted!
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@P.P. I dont think any afc fan thinks everything is fine and dandy ,
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Luck of the ManU…for once….We need more of that luck to help us get into the top 4. We really needed that!!!
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@Leon well he put a 8mil bid for Podolski didnt he? that means he wants to buy. Lol strongest 11? do we even have 11 strong players? i think the last time we had 11 strong players is when we still had Clichy, Gallas, Toure, Fabregas, Adebayor and Nasri.
@anxious if thats the case, then theres no point celebrating a measly victory over Villa, its like covering a stab wound with a band-aid….in other words, this win doesmt fix anything
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@ P.P your forgetting that we won today, it’s almost like your upset we won! lol. why is there no point in celebrating a win??? isnt that what you do when your team wins? we have a lot of problems but as fans we celebrate when ou team wins. And yes, he did put a bid in for podolski, he’s injured for a month now too! maybe a summer signing! i’d love eden hazard to join us and realistically chris samba.
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@P.P I ll celebrate any win , im as pissed of as you are this season if arsenal dont win at the weekend it fuhks up my week but i just dont see wenger leaving as the answer i think if that happens we will turn into a midtable team , and i think that board of muppets would get in a shit manager , id cry if wenger left cause i have nightmares of steve bruce or claudio raneiri taking over cause mate that is the shit the board will get in
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@Leon sorry mate, but this is Arsenal, a team that is meant to be feared, not a team that must scrape a win. A team that must dominate both halves, not one half. Dont let the mediocrity of the last few seasons change your standards man.
Like i said, i celebrated, but a win does blind me from the reality of the situation, and that situation is that our 1st team is not not good enough qualify for next seasons champions league.
Tomorrow, it will dawn upon you cheering fans that todays win means nothing in the big picture. For some of you, it will only dawn on you with our next loss.
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@ P.P your missing the point mate as arsenal fans we all share the same views about how things could be so much better , how we are arsenal , a team that is dominant throughout europe..i’m merely stating that it was great to win in the manner in which we won today. On the other hand I agree with you that we must be feared and get back to the glory days. I hope we kick on from this and get the 3 points at bolton midweek!
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@anxious true, but Wenger is too comfortable, he looks at a loss as just a loss while we, the fans, have terrible weeks because of a loss. Wenger needs to feel the heat to wake up and take the fans seriously, we are Arsenal, we should be fighting for a TITLE, not a top 4 finish.
being overjoyed with todays win means that you accept Arsenal as being a mediocre Europa League team
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@P.P ok
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@Leon i agree but i disagree with your few that todays win was “great”
if we won 3-0 then i would say it was “great”
the manner in which the game was won was far from “great”
if we versed Barcelona and got a win like that i would feel far better, but against Villa, its laughable.
same with our win against Leeds
what i am trying to get at is: there is no proof that we are making any progress as a club, we play HOPING to win
we must have HOPE even against Bolten
but we would EXPECT a victory last season and the seasons before that
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we have won it 10 times. this is our 11th, and we will be joint highest with manu.
P.S.Wenger has won it 4 times, JUST 1 behind fergie. so he knws d fa cup.
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ppl r gettin over d top with this win.1st goal dunne makes bad judgement,2nd goal deflected from walcott’s body,d kosc penalty wasnt a fluke though.anyway d team looked determined in 2nd half…only wen chamberlain and wilshere gets into 1st team action,d team looks really strong….
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was it a good win? how the players respond from now onwards will determine that not what we say or think.
i think back to how the players celebrated the goals and then the final whistle at stamford bridge, and the run we went on after which was great. Then i think about the game against fulham and how we ended that run.
for what its worth i think its all in the mind with this lot, all teams loose games but we seem to loose a game then loose belief which leads to more defeats, i dont think its the quality thats lacking i think its belief and confidence, coming back from 2-0 down will help, players coming back from injury will help too. The season is not lost for this team, still in the cup and cl and a top 4 spot reachable, we may well all look back at this game in 4 months as the one that saved our season, its totally upto the players what happens now! but thank god sagna is back and coquelin too, them two at full back and verm and kosh back in the middle if you dont mind please thankyou ta! its verminator not mertinator!!!
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@P.P I agree with you. What I noticed the most is that we are not the Invincibles anymore. That days of lass and pin point accuracy passing are gone. We still have shimmer of it, but what will us games from now on are sheer determination and hard work. That is why we came back second half. We were hell bent on winning, you could see it in the players. Where as when we had the Invincibles, they made it look sooo easy. We just don’t have those sort of caliber players anymore, and the board or Wenger will not fork out for those types of players. So if we expect to win the F.A cup and actually any of our games, we will need the same fight and spirit we had today second half.
But you have to ask yourself, why is it now that we have to struggle to win games, where a few years ago we completely munched every other team? Lack of quality signings? Bad management? I honestly think it is a case of both. Sorry Wenger but as P.P said just fighting for 4th place isn’t good enough concerning what AFC has achieved in the past. We have the resources to buy players. Why will they not be bought? Is it Wenger’s policy or the board clutching the coin purses a bit too tight?
Anyway a victory is a victory and I’m proud of our boys today. Let’s take it one game at a time. And keep playing the Ox please.
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@reddb10
You is on point, especially in regards to what you say re: pro wenger fans who did not exist pre 1998.
Yeah plucky win today but can hardly be called a masterful display. Will not get carried away as the squad as a whole is quite dire and gazidis and wenger remain two of the biggest liars/spin doctors in football.
Want AFC to do well but to do so competently. Current squad far from competent.
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