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We might as well play the Women's team, at least they know how to win games.
UEFA Champions League/Europa League 16/17/18 August *** Spoilers ***
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Ridiculous decision, they should have looked at it after the game and realised it was a really poor call. If RVP was in the wrong I wouldn't stand up for him, but it was 1 second after the whistle blew and the Nou Camp was pretty much full as well, no way he could have heard the ref or seen that play had stopped without turning around.
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Yep, can't do anything about it. Chamakh on his own up front tomorrow, you watch. :'(
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That's a silly rule, you should be able to appeal against the yellow and if successful the ban should be lifted.
Hey look on the bright side, we still have Bendtner, the greatest striker that ever lived.
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Will RVP be back for the home leg?
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Just a one game ban. Gervinho will probably play up front.
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Arsenal really don't have much options upfront. Really worrying times.
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I'm more worried about another creative midfielder to replace Fabregas. Ramsey and Wilshere are good players, but we need depth.
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Ramsey was pretty awful against Newcastle, got caught wanting too long on the ball, timid passing, lots of interceptions made as he was too slow, made mistakes. Thing is he looked pretty awesome against Utd, and pretty god damned terrible in the games before and after that last season. In preseason he was the same, zero consistancy and more importantly I think Wilshire having a not that great game looked better than Ramsey in his best game.
ALl the injury, I don't know, Wilshire looks like a REAL prospect, Ramsey I hope can get back on track but I certainly don't trust him in Cesc's role in his current form.
Bendtner wasn't even named in the squad for the Udinese game was he(while Cesc was..... seriously why was Wenger pretending the Cesc deal wasn't going to happen last week, pure delusion?).
I have no idea, Udinese lost one player, they weren't doing as well as they were last season only because of Sanchez, the top scorer in Serie A for two seasons is still there as are most of the team. Arsenal are getting weaker, and weaker and weaker. Wenger really is a complete pratt for not getting a replacement 6 weeks ago. We all knew Cesc was going, we could have spent 40mil before he left, it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference.
We don't have backup for Wilshire, or Ramsey, and our DM's are abysmal, we need a first team DM and back up to wilshire, urgently. Rosicky isn't anywhere near good enough. Maybe we should be looking to jam Arshavin into a central position?
Which would mean starting Theo most likely........ hell give AOC a shot, he really can't be worse or less involved than Theo can he? A midfield of Ramsey, Song, Arshavin, with Gervinho/Theo(or AOC if he really does look good) on the wings I think is the best we can do. Rosicky is just pointless, random fouls for no reason, I like his attitude in that he almost always tried to pass forwards and get on the attack quickly, but his passing was pretty awful when he did that and nothing came of it.
ALl the injury, I don't know, Wilshire looks like a REAL prospect, Ramsey I hope can get back on track but I certainly don't trust him in Cesc's role in his current form.
Bendtner wasn't even named in the squad for the Udinese game was he(while Cesc was..... seriously why was Wenger pretending the Cesc deal wasn't going to happen last week, pure delusion?).
I have no idea, Udinese lost one player, they weren't doing as well as they were last season only because of Sanchez, the top scorer in Serie A for two seasons is still there as are most of the team. Arsenal are getting weaker, and weaker and weaker. Wenger really is a complete pratt for not getting a replacement 6 weeks ago. We all knew Cesc was going, we could have spent 40mil before he left, it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference.
We don't have backup for Wilshire, or Ramsey, and our DM's are abysmal, we need a first team DM and back up to wilshire, urgently. Rosicky isn't anywhere near good enough. Maybe we should be looking to jam Arshavin into a central position?
Which would mean starting Theo most likely........ hell give AOC a shot, he really can't be worse or less involved than Theo can he? A midfield of Ramsey, Song, Arshavin, with Gervinho/Theo(or AOC if he really does look good) on the wings I think is the best we can do. Rosicky is just pointless, random fouls for no reason, I like his attitude in that he almost always tried to pass forwards and get on the attack quickly, but his passing was pretty awful when he did that and nothing came of it.
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Udinese lost Sanchez, Inler and Zapatta, but they're still a decent side who will have far more confidence than some of our lot are displaying atm. Got players like Di Natalie.
I doubt Wilshere will even play at the weekend, he hasn't even started training again yet. Also Rosicky got a knock against Newcastle and will have a late fitness test. If he doesn't play... lol, I don't even know what team we'll put out.
I doubt Wilshere will even play at the weekend, he hasn't even started training again yet. Also Rosicky got a knock against Newcastle and will have a late fitness test. If he doesn't play... lol, I don't even know what team we'll put out.
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Also Traore injured himself against United's reserves so if Gibbs takes a knock we'll have to put Verm out on the left and one of the useless guys on.
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Subs: Fabianski - Oxlade-Chamberlain - Djourou - Arshavin - Frimpong - Jenkinson - Bendtner
Decent team, really wish we could just play arshavin behind two strikers! Would have preferred to see Bendtner over Chamakh.
Udinese: Handanovic, Isla, Larangeira, Agyemang-Badu, Di Natale, Neuton, Benatia, Asamoah, Ekstrand, Armero, Pinzi
Subs: Belardi, Denis, Vydra, Abdi, Pasquale, Doubai, Fabbrini
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That opening clip was epic. Really well made.
Wasn't aware Inler had left as well, he always looked a good quality central midfielder. Gone to Napoli as well, they could be quite a good team in the CL this year, looking forward to seeing them play.
Di Natale, Asamoah, Isla and Handanovic is a handy keeper. Certainly a tricky tie, even without the drama surrounding Arsenal at the moment!
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Now on earth, even just in case, haven't we fired the whole staff and started using a different set of doctors. Wilshire was "supposed" to be out for 3 days MAX, a slight knock, now he's supposedly walking around in one of those huge boot things to protect it.
Traore, honest to god, his few performance have been terrible, he didn't look good for Pompie, I have no idea why Juve took him on loan, they didn't seem to want him back or want to buy him.
We buy Silvestre, for 750k, Sunderland get Wes Brown for 1mil,
He's still not the kind of target I'd go for, and Brown might well have refused to join Arsenal, but considering our left/right/cb situation Brown is better than everyone except Vermaelen.Decent team? If everyone was fit, only the back four and the keeper should start, and thats only because we don't have any better fullbacks.
