Diving Arsenal Players - The Least Shocking Admission Ever

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Re: Diving Arsenal Players - The Least Shocking Admission Ev

Post by Zulus Thousand of em » Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:32 am

You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
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Post by Gooner Girl » Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:57 am

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
Haven't you forgotten about that yet?!

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Zulus Thousand of em wrote:You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
Haven't you forgotten about that yet?!
As if you would get off that lightly! :D
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Post by Annoyed Grunt » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:21 pm

Aaron Ramsey.

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Post by Gooner Girl » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:41 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
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Zulus Thousand of em wrote:You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
Haven't you forgotten about that yet?!
As if you would get off that lightly! :D
Long way to the end of the season yet!

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Post by Hoboh » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:53 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
Haven't you forgotten about that yet?!
As if you would get off that lightly! :D
Long way to the end of the season yet!

There had better be Pics and not blurred one either :mrgreen:

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Post by Gooner Girl » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:59 pm

Hoboh wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
Haven't you forgotten about that yet?!
As if you would get off that lightly! :D
Long way to the end of the season yet!

There had better be Pics and not blurred one either :mrgreen:
None of you live in Sussex sadly, so it will go undocumented. You'll just have to take my word for it! :D

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Post by bobo the clown » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:29 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:
Hoboh wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:You shouldn't be watching the telly. You should be undertaking intensive training prior to your streak around Sussex.
As if you would get off that lightly! :D
Long way to the end of the season yet!
There had better be Pics and not blurred one either :mrgreen:
None of you live in Sussex sadly, so it will go undocumented. You'll just have to take my word for it! :D
If you won't provide this evidence then we will have to make our own.

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Post by Annoyed Grunt » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:10 pm

Not looking good for the Arse in Europe.....yet again.

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Post by bobo the clown » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:15 pm

Annoyed Grunt wrote:Not looking good for the Arse in Europe.....yet again.
I thought the arse was due to be seen in Sussex ??
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Post by Annoyed Grunt » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:22 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Annoyed Grunt wrote:Not looking good for the Arse in Europe.....yet again.
I thought the arse was due to be seen in Sussex ??
It will be.

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Post by Jokers in White » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:39 pm

Felt sorry for them 5,000 Arsenal tonight, shocking performance. Why did he have Oxtail on the bench? Bizarre decision.
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Post by Worthy4England » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:48 pm

Jokers in White wrote:Felt sorry for them 5,000 Arsenal tonight, shocking performance. Why did he have Oxtail on the bench? Bizarre decision.
Not seen it, but did he go with a 4-4-2?

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Post by Verbal » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:57 pm

Hardly surprising. Arsenal aren't a very good team. AC Milan are.
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Post by Jokers in White » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:08 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Jokers in White wrote:Felt sorry for them 5,000 Arsenal tonight, shocking performance. Why did he have Oxtail on the bench? Bizarre decision.
Not seen it, but did he go with a 4-4-2?
He went 4-3-3/4-5-1 Van Persie in the middle with Walcott and Rosicky miles away from him so didn't get any service 1st half and Milan kept there full backs tight on them so were fcuking useless. They took Walcott of at half time and brought on Henry to go 4-4-2 which backfired because Milan scored again 4 mins into the 2nd half shite defending yet again cost them dear. Oxtail came on for the last 25 mins and did really well but the game was over to be honest but he had the beating off both full backs for pace so why Wenger didn't start the lad is a mystery. 2 players that stood out like boils what needed to be drained were Ramsey and Arteta who loves slowing the game down to a snail's pace, 4-0 to Milan was a fair result.
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Post by Worthy4England » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:21 pm

Jokers in White wrote:
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Jokers in White wrote:Felt sorry for them 5,000 Arsenal tonight, shocking performance. Why did he have Oxtail on the bench? Bizarre decision.
Not seen it, but did he go with a 4-4-2?
He went 4-3-3/4-5-1 Van Persie in the middle with Walcott and Rosicky miles away from him so didn't get any service 1st half and Milan kept there full backs tight on them so were fcuking useless. They took Walcott of at half time and brought on Henry to go 4-4-2 which backfired because Milan scored again 4 mins into the 2nd half shite defending yet again cost them dear. Oxtail came on for the last 25 mins and did really well but the game was over to be honest but he had the beating off both full backs for pace so why Wenger didn't start the lad is a mystery. 2 players that stood out like boils what needed to be drained were Ramsey and Arteta who loves slowing the game down to a snail's pace, 4-0 to Milan was a fair result.
That was his mistake, right there. Plain as the nose on yer face. If he hadn't sold Muamba, he'd have been reet with a 4-5-1. :-)

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Post by Jokers in White » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:29 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Jokers in White wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Jokers in White wrote:Felt sorry for them 5,000 Arsenal tonight, shocking performance. Why did he have Oxtail on the bench? Bizarre decision.
Not seen it, but did he go with a 4-4-2?
He went 4-3-3/4-5-1 Van Persie in the middle with Walcott and Rosicky miles away from him so didn't get any service 1st half and Milan kept there full backs tight on them so were fcuking useless. They took Walcott of at half time and brought on Henry to go 4-4-2 which backfired because Milan scored again 4 mins into the 2nd half shite defending yet again cost them dear. Oxtail came on for the last 25 mins and did really well but the game was over to be honest but he had the beating off both full backs for pace so why Wenger didn't start the lad is a mystery. 2 players that stood out like boils what needed to be drained were Ramsey and Arteta who loves slowing the game down to a snail's pace, 4-0 to Milan was a fair result.
That was his mistake, right there. Plain as the nose on yer face. If he hadn't sold Muamba, he'd have been reet with a 4-5-1. :-)
Indeed how he must be torturing himself now! :)
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Post by Ianmooreslovechild » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:15 am

Worthy4England wrote:
Jokers in White wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Jokers in White wrote:Felt sorry for them 5,000 Arsenal tonight, shocking performance. Why did he have Oxtail on the bench? Bizarre decision.
Not seen it, but did he go with a 4-4-2?
He went 4-3-3/4-5-1 Van Persie in the middle with Walcott and Rosicky miles away from him so didn't get any service 1st half and Milan kept there full backs tight on them so were fcuking useless. They took Walcott of at half time and brought on Henry to go 4-4-2 which backfired because Milan scored again 4 mins into the 2nd half shite defending yet again cost them dear. Oxtail came on for the last 25 mins and did really well but the game was over to be honest but he had the beating off both full backs for pace so why Wenger didn't start the lad is a mystery. 2 players that stood out like boils what needed to be drained were Ramsey and Arteta who loves slowing the game down to a snail's pace, 4-0 to Milan was a fair result.
That was his mistake, right there. Plain as the nose on yer face. If he hadn't sold Muamba, he'd have been reet with a 4-5-1. :-)
Although you speak in jest there were plenty parallels to recent bolton failures in arsenals game.They played a high line with slow defenders who couldnt match the pace and mobility of their opponents and had a midfield capable of maintaining possession but without any real ball winners(half a parallel I know). Arsenal tapped it backwards and forwards across the front of a deep lying bank of eight with no penetration and when they eventually lost it milan where always two quick passes away from being in on goal.It wasnt really about formations but was about personel.A poor defence with no real protection in midfield.They stuck to their principles but tactically were totally out thought oh and they brought on an aging but rather immobile hero for half the game in the hope he had some magic beans hidden in his shorts.

They also have a stubborn principled manager who fails to address the importance of the less pretty side of the game and has lost the key players who made his previous approach work and failed to replace them or adapt his approach to compensate for the loss. So there are plenty parallels albeit on a totally different level.His post match rantings about failure to perform were painfully familier as was his failure to admit that tactically he had been totally out thought.

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Post by Sponge » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:15 pm

Made me giggle:

What do you call a man who carries ten mugs but no cups?
Robin van Persie

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Post by seanworth » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:44 pm

Sponge wrote:Made me giggle:

What do you call a man who carries ten mugs but no cups?
Robin van Persie
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