Comments on: Not Really A Shock As Arsenal’s FA Cup Run Ends

by: MickTheGunner

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:06:08 +0000

Another thing, can someone please tell me why we are packing senderos’s bags and keeping silvestre??? I know senderos aint the best put he has proven he can come in when asked and do a decent job on occasion which is a damn sight more than silvestre has ever done. A perfect example is when we went all the way to the CL final setting a Champions League record for 10 clean sheets on the trot in which senderos played in 7 of them games, how many clean sheets have we kept with that man u reject

by: cezan1_afc

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:58:13 +0000

errmmm tosspot who said that we dont have the best youth academy just coz we lost 1 f*****g game against thugs really… and btw remeber that we have like 10 players injured…. and 2 in africa!
diaby,rvp,sagna,song,eboue,djourou, and some others who ive forgottwen but still playin fab was uneccessary!

by: MickTheGunner

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:56:44 +0000

This was another example of how much we need some new quality signings and to get rid of the deadwood we have (Silvestre, fabianski, denilson, eboue, clichy, traore and gallas being the deadwood). I’d just love for us to sign dzeko, yaya toure and a good left-back (as gibbs is injured) but don’t think its gunna happen. Please arsene sign somebody good, we need more players as the squad is well stretched at the mo and there is certainly no sign of the injuries letting up which aint good news considering the fixture lineup that is ahead

by: RoyVasey

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:01:00 +0000

I’d have said opportunity missed there, BUT if Mr Wenger learns from
this game that Fabianski and Silvestre have no future at AFC I’ll be happy.
I’m pissed off that in the news all yesterday and today Stoke were quoted saying they’ll kick us off the ball, and when the commentator interviewed the prick at the end he goes “we got in there faces right from the start and stopped them playing”
The spirit of fair play in the FA cup lives on….

by: Mike E

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:54:54 +0000

I am an old fart and us old farts still think of the fa cup as important and it is difficult to appreciate that it isn’t these days. fact.

good to see uncle sol again. not bad given that he hasn’t played this season. not bad at all.

keep is poor (sorry!) and i don’t really rate denilson either. and haven’t seen mucvh from vela either.

let’s hope aw brings in a few more before d day. but i doubt he will.

one bit of good news: arsenal do have a truly brilliant young keeper. he’s on loan at brentford. 6′4″, top class and doesn’t panic.

by: Anon

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:42:57 +0000

Fabregas can dictatevthe tempo in the middle of the park; Ramsey’s can’t (not there yet).

It makes a huge difference, especially considering we had a relatively inexperienced midfield.

Not including Fabregas would’ve signalled to the vultures (British press) an intent to throw the game.

by: Ubergooner

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:38:38 +0000

What a waste of time!! If Wenger was seriously interested in throwing the game, why bother with the subs at all? Start a side with an average height of 5′10 made up of youngsters, chronic underachievers, and a couple of fossils and this is what we can expect. I agree that Fabregas and Denilson should never have been risked. This is just the kind of game to have one of them break his leg and there goes our season. Kudos to Stoke, they did what you would expect and they ever took their chance on the counter. I see this as a win for Wenger; at least now the kids know what it’s like to have to fight and the baggage like Vela and Walcott can’t moan about their lack of playtime. Beyond this, our depth is stretched to the breaking point with no relief on the horizon. Sell Walcott and buy ASAP!

by: The Rock

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:22:58 +0000

ITV are a bunch of wankers. They moaned about Arsenal’s freekick (whatever happened to still having to defend the set-piece?) and yet made light of Delap taking fucking ages on EVERY throw in! And the tackles were a disgrace. Fabregas could have been severely injured by Shawcunt and Delaps late, late challenge on Silvestre was a joke. The number of times their players fly into tackles (and very late too) was shocking. The referee was shite.

The kids didn’t stand a chance. Too many changes and the team loses its flow. You can’t blame them at all for thrown into a patched up side.

I thought the two old timers at the back had really good games, but were let down by the two full backs.

Stoke are just a rougher, dirtier version of Wimbledon and won’t get far. But with Peter Reid involved what else would you expect.

by: GoonerForLife

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:07:00 +0000

Old Gun I agree, but lets not start blaming the reff…we won’t good, THE END!

by: old gun

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:04:05 +0000

I think the ref of the game is horrible, there was at least 6 seconds D14 dry his ball, how can he allowed? Stock played phycisc games, and ref should protect the player after the ball was released.