**SPOILERS** The Football League Cup 2010/2011 Final

[Purdy]

Yeah I deliberately made them like that.

Good lad.

 

[Weebull]

Arsenal could come full circle if they win this. They won the cup with the kids and now they have a chance to win it as adults

Except we didn't, but yeah, good analogy otherwise.

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Except we didn't, but yeah, good analogy otherwise.

I thought they did it a few years ago, failed analogy

 

[BaZ87]

Nope. They went ahead but Chelsea came back to beat them.

 

[HangTime]

^Yeah that game was really annoying as I felt genuinely robbed, my memory isn't what it used to be but I think Drogba scored an offside (or otherwise infringed goal) and then Adebayor got sent off because Eboue slapped someone.

My prefered lineup for today:

...................Szeczny
Sagna....Djourou....Koscielny....Clichy
......Nasri......Song....Wilshere
.....Rosicky...Van Persie...Arshavin

Obviously in terms of positions Nasri and Rosicky may switch around a bit. Against a team like Birmingham I can potentially see Wenger opting for Diaby over Rosicky as he has more of a physical presence. Finally I think originally he had Squillaci above Djourou in the pecking order but based on performances this season I'd say the Swiss just about shades it due to his extra pace.

 

[TheOtherOption]

So glad this is on BBC One HD - had resigned myself to listening by radio yesterday then saw the match preview and got all excited

C'mon lads do it for Cesc!

 

[Caseh]

I booked work off today to watch this match!

 

[Tombstone]

Hoping for a Birmingham win here, then someone unexpected winning the FA cup, so that Liverpool can move above Chelsea and leave Chelsea with no european football at all next year. So as much as I'd like to see Arsenal win a trophy, I want Birmingham to win this.

 

[Azza]

Fowler just said he is still good enough to play in the PL...

 

[Tombstone]

He probably is to be honest, when you look at some of the strikers currently in the premiership he is certainly not massively worse than some of them.

 

[One More Solo]

He probably is to be honest, when you look at some of the strikers currently in the premiership he is certainly not massively worse than some of them.

Have you ever watched the A-League show on Sky Sports? He would never cut it in the Premiership now, and hasn't been at that level for about 10 years!

 

[Greenlizard0]

Na, him are Owen are very similar. Once they become injured and very wealthy they lost that drive and motivation. Don't blame them really.

 

[Tombstone]

Have you ever watched the A-League show on Sky Sports? He would never cut it in the Premiership now, and hasn't been at that level for about 10 years!

I still maintain that he is better than some of the current premiership forwards , Benni mccarthy for instance hasn't scored a goal this season and is a forward in the premiership, so if I judged whether or not fowler could play in the premiership by that then I'd say yes.

 

[One More Solo]

I still maintain that he is better than some of the current premiership forwards , Benni mccarthy for instance hasn't scored a goal this season and is a forward in the premiership, so if I judged whether or not fowler could play in the premiership by that then I'd say yes.

That's hardly a ringing endorsement though.

 

[Tombstone]

That's hardly a ringing endorsement though.

Doesn't have to be a ringing endorsement, never said he could score a glut of goals , simply said that given some of the strikers in the league he is right to say he could play in the premiership.

 

[Greenlizard0]

Guy Mobrey and Mark Lawrenson ....or Sky's lot.

 

[Weebull]

I only have two beers. Crisis.

 

[Greenlizard0]

You're in N Ireland, that is highly unusual.

 

[explicit4u]

Beer famine?

 

[CliffyBiro]

Arsenal already showed up by Birmingham. Tracksuits!?