Diving Arsenal Players - The Least Shocking Admission Ever

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Post by Gooner Girl » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:40 pm

thebish wrote:
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Gooner Girl wrote:Been trying to teach my son to say "robin van Persie" - at the moment he can only manage "brmm brmm" but I'll get there! :D
well... I got him to say Moo last week while he was finishing Jessie's banana - so his preferences are clear.... :wink:
Only cos The Moo is an ex gooner and we have a soft spot for most of them (Adebayor and Cashley excluded...)
you'll be pleased that Bendtner just scored for Sun'land then! :wink:
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Post by Annoyed Grunt » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:29 pm

Blimey!! Who would have thunk it.

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Post by thebish » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:33 pm

Annoyed Grunt wrote:Blimey!! Who would have thunk it.
my prediction of record before the game was 6-1 to arsenal...

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:35 pm

They've been superb. They'll do this I'm sure (well, I hope they do for GG) ACM don't seem to know what's hit them.
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Post by Annoyed Grunt » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:35 pm

Think their heads have gone...but they've bottled leads before though.

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Post by Annoyed Grunt » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:36 pm

Oh dear. Least they gave it a good go.

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Post by thebish » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:38 pm

Annoyed Grunt wrote:Oh dear. Least they gave it a good go.
you have to say that most people would have stopped believing when Chamakh was seen to be the answer....

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Post by Worthy4England » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:43 pm

Glad I'm in London, might catch the end of season party.

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Post by Gooner Girl » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:48 pm

thebish wrote:
Annoyed Grunt wrote:Oh dear. Least they gave it a good go.
you have to say that most people would have stopped believing when Chamakh was seen to be the answer....
I knew we would win 2 or 3 nil but that we wouldn't win by enough. Gutted. Still, at least it wasn't complete humiliation again...

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Post by thebish » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:50 pm

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Annoyed Grunt wrote:Oh dear. Least they gave it a good go.
you have to say that most people would have stopped believing when Chamakh was seen to be the answer....
I knew we would win 2 or 3 nil but that we wouldn't win by enough. Gutted. Still, at least it wasn't complete humiliation again...
3-0 at h/t - it was there for the taking.... I wonder if that might actually be damaging for morale...

had it been 1-0 at h/t and you scored 2 in the last 10mins - then a brave, close effort...

but to score 3 in the first half - and then go 45mins without finishing it off - I wonder...

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Post by Gooner Girl » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:58 pm

thebish wrote:
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thebish wrote:
Annoyed Grunt wrote:Oh dear. Least they gave it a good go.
you have to say that most people would have stopped believing when Chamakh was seen to be the answer....
I knew we would win 2 or 3 nil but that we wouldn't win by enough. Gutted. Still, at least it wasn't complete humiliation again...
3-0 at h/t - it was there for the taking.... I wonder if that might actually be damaging for morale...

had it been 1-0 at h/t and you scored 2 in the last 10mins - then a brave, close effort...

but to score 3 in the first half - and then go 45mins without finishing it off - I wonder...
Doom-monger...

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Post by mrpiccollo » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:23 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:
thebish wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:
thebish wrote:
Annoyed Grunt wrote:Oh dear. Least they gave it a good go.
you have to say that most people would have stopped believing when Chamakh was seen to be the answer....
I knew we would win 2 or 3 nil but that we wouldn't win by enough. Gutted. Still, at least it wasn't complete humiliation again...
3-0 at h/t - it was there for the taking.... I wonder if that might actually be damaging for morale...

had it been 1-0 at h/t and you scored 2 in the last 10mins - then a brave, close effort...

but to score 3 in the first half - and then go 45mins without finishing it off - I wonder...
Doom-monger...

clearly arsenal are doooommmmeeeeddd (you can have this bolton are done with it)
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Post by Gooner Girl » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:46 pm

mrpiccollo wrote: clearly arsenal are doooommmmeeeeddd (you can have this bolton are done with it)
have just assured a spuds fan that you are going to beat them in the next round of FA Cup so your season had better not be totally doomed...

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Post by thebish » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:49 pm

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mrpiccollo wrote: clearly arsenal are doooommmmeeeeddd (you can have this bolton are done with it)
have just assured a spuds fan that you are going to beat them in the next round of FA Cup so your season had better not be totally doomed...
well that's simply preposterous!!!

(have they beaten stevenage yet?)

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Post by thebish » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:13 pm

dunno if the BBC stats reflect the game - as I don't have Sky TV...

but they reckon...

possession - 54% AC Milan 46% Arsenal

shots (on target) 13 (5) Milan - 8 (6) Arsenal

corners 1 Milan - 5 Arsenal

fouls - 8 Milan - 21 Arsenal

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:42 am

Seen that double save again this morning - still can't work out if it was brilliant keeping or he just got lucky. I feel more of the former than the latter though.
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Post by Gooner Girl » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:10 am

Brilliant keeping of course!

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:20 am

Gooner Girl wrote:Brilliant keeping of course!
See, I like to think so, but could he have known that RVP was going to try and chip the rebound (his only real option and genius had it come off) or did he simply 'make himself big'?
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Post by Verbal » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:25 am

thebish wrote:dunno if the BBC stats reflect the game - as I don't have Sky TV...

but they reckon...

possession - 54% AC Milan 46% Arsenal

shots (on target) 13 (5) Milan - 8 (6) Arsenal

corners 1 Milan - 5 Arsenal

fouls - 8 Milan - 21 Arsenal
Probably about right. Most of them due to Ibrahimovic diving like a swan. Referee blew his whistle every time he went to ground.
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Post by Verbal » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:29 am

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Gooner Girl wrote:Brilliant keeping of course!
See, I like to think so, but could he have known that RVP was going to try and chip the rebound (his only real option and genius had it come off) or did he simply 'make himself big'?

Made himself big, and reacted brilliantly to scoop up the chipped ball.

Think a less confident RVP would have tried to bury the thing rather than chip it in. Probably would have scored too.
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