Arsenal vs Wolves - Now on 27th December.

[Flavs]

could be off http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16256698.stm

L (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16256698.stm)etters will be happy

[LDG]

Well that's just fucking dandy. I'm off on a plane to Estonia on 27th, so if they move it, I can't go.

No doubt Arsenal will refund me the full ticket price :rolleyes:

[Marc Overmars]

Oh FFS. Can't beat a bit of Boxing Day footie, me and my dad always go. Hope it's not called off.

[Cripps_orig]

Supposed to go to this

FFS

[Xhaka Can’t]

You get all the glamour ties.

[Cripps_orig]

Its a bit annoying but then I only paid for I think 30% of the season ticket so I get one big game a season. Last year it was Spuds and the first 45 mins were great. This year its Chelsea. Anyway Arsenal said they'd make an announcement today on this game. Any word yet? Goal has nothin yet and I don't trust Arsenal.com

[Syn]

Boxing day is usually always dominated by a load of other stuff. From my perspective, 27th would be better. Hope they factor that in.

[Master Splinter]

Szczesny

Koscielny
Mertesacker
Vermaelen
Miquel (if he's not injured)

Song
Arteta
Rosicky

OAC
RVP
Benayoun.

Do it Wenger.

[Cripps_orig]

Sdjfhskfjhny

Kos Metermaelen Miquel

Song Arteta Rosicky

Theo RVP Oxface

Im going to this so want a performance and a win.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I hope we score more goals than them.

[Syn]

Rosicky and Benayoun deserve to start ahead of Ramsey and Gervinho.

I actually think they will too. Wenger usually makes lots of changes at this time of the season - though usually forced through injury.

[Master Splinter]

There's no better time to start OAC against a couple of sub-pub-teams at home and when players need a rest.

[Syn]

We mustn't compromise the defensive work ethic. Breaching that constraint is the first step back to mediocrity.

With Oxlade, we must observe the waiting period.

[Syn]

With Arshavin, we must observe the weight in burial.

[Joker]

==================Chesney==================

Coquelin======Koscielny======Mertesacker====Vermae len==

===================Song=========================

============Arteta==========Benayoun==============

Walcott===================================Oxlade-Chamberlain=

===================van Persie==============================

[Marc Overmars]

Looking forward to the 2 Christmas pub team bankers.

I'm guessing we'll rotate a fair bit.

[Cripps_orig]

RVP has to play in both

[dazthegooner]

Now being played on the 27th 1500hrs http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/important-wolves-game-postponed-by-24-hours

[Marc Overmars]

Tube workers. :rolleyes:

[LDG]

Gutted.

Was supposed to be going to this.

Now I'm not :(

Of course, Arsenal are going to help me out and do all they can to make sure that I get full value for the money I paid, by either refunding me, or switching the tickets to another match.

Erm....yeah right.

Tube cunts :angry:

[GP]

Tube workers should be taken outside and shot in front of their families.

:clarkson:

[Marc Overmars]

I guess I won't be attending this hungover now at least.

[Syn]

Unlucky LDG.

Lucky for those who weren't going to the game though I think.

[LDG]

Unlucky LDG.

Lucky for those who weren't going to the game though I think.

I don't mind so much. Was taking the missus to her first game though :(

Actually. Fuck it. Women shouldn't be at football anyway.

Alls well that ends well.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I don't mind so much. Was taking the missus to her first game though :(

Actually. Fuck it. Women shouldn't be at football anyway. Alls well that ends well.

Yeah just give her some money and send her up the harrods sale that day she'll enjoy that more lol.

but seriously can't you take her a day later?

[Cripps_orig]

Will be my first ever festive fixture I attend. Hoping there's a feel good factor around the stadium. Hoping the team get the result and more importantly produce an entertaining performance. Also my first look at the Chapman and Adam statues :bow: Might also piss on the Barca scum one as well

[LDG]

Yeah just give her some money and send her up the harrods sale that day she'll enjoy that more lol.

but seriously can't you take her a day later?

Unless we're playing an Estonia XII away, I doubt it :(

[Master Splinter]

Also my first look at the Chapman and Adam statues :bow:

Charlie Adam statue?

For services to aiding Arsenal in getting fourth place?



Might also piss on the Barca scum one as well

:gp:

[LDG]

schcbhkhsuhl.dmmmmamerrychristmas

Kos Merts Verms Miquel


AOC Rosicky Song Arteta Feo

Wobin

[GP]

Rest BSR, stick Feo up front and put Oxtail on the right.

[Coney]

I don't mind so much. Was taking the missus to her first game though :(

Actually. Fuck it. Women shouldn't be at football anyway.

Alls well that ends well.

So you have a spare ticket... ??

[tigerthesmurf85]

Gervinho, RVP and Theo are in need of a rest but worryingly I can't see us doing too well with them on the bench.

[fakeyank]

Gervinho, RVP and Theo are in need of a rest but worryingly I can't see us doing too well with them on the bench.

We could rest them one at a time. Have Gervinho/Walcott rested with OAC in his place and the next one we could have Park play up front instead of RVP till at least half time unless we are losing or in a draw.

[Kano]

get them all out on the pitch for the next game, rest some against qpr and back on for the match at fulham, as most of em can get a rest in the home match to leeds.

[Dog Toffee]

Dont think RVP needs a rest.

[Marc Overmars]

Great results for us today.

This is now a must win of epic proportions.

[Coney]

Great results for us today.

This is now a must win of epic proportions.

Well, if Norwich beat spuds and we hammer Wolves 4-0, we go third!

[Sirjackofwilshere]

Have a bad feeling abt this one. Must, MUST win.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

No bad feeling over!
just seen that th TV schedule has been updated and the game is live :dance:

We need to bury Wolves, we have a run of games up to the Utd game that realistically we could very easily take max points from. . .such form can see us cement a position at the top of the table above the scum and closer to the Msncs if more teams dig their heels in like WBA last nigjt. . .also there is no reason why we cant beat the nothern scum too when they come to town

[Cripps_orig]

Really cba going to this but too late to back out now

[Syn]

We're going to slip up here.

I can feel it.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Bet you my last bit of sushi we dont

[Xhaka Can’t]

Have a bad feeling abt this one. Must, MUST win.

Don't worry, if we score more goals than them, we'll probably win the game.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Letting in fewer should see us safely home too :wink:

[Xhaka Can’t]

I had forgotten about that.

We can't lose!

[Japan Shaking All Over]

sorted. . .dont know what all the fuss was about tbh!

[Marc Overmars]

We're going to slip up here.

I can feel it.

Nah, if we're going to slip up soon it will be against QPR or Fulham. The games are only seperated by 24 hours which means we're certain to rotate for at least one of them. Our 2nd string pub team can never seem to find any cohesion when called upon.

[Cripps_orig]

At the Emirates as I type this. Got here an hour early. Don't know why. Good music on tbh. Place is a bit dead but to be expected. Not that cold. Pitch looks quality as well. Anyone got the team news?

[Mr. Lahey]

what time is the kickoff?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benayoun starts, Theo presumably on the bench.

[Syn]

what time is the kickoff? 45 mins :)Team as expected but with benayoun in for walcott and rosicky in for ramsey. No Walcott in the squad. Oxlade, Ramsey on the bench.

[Cripps_orig]

3pm. Sfdfjrfny, Djo, Kos, Mert, Verm, Song, Arteta, Ros, Ben, Ger, RVPRamsey dropped. Theo rested ffs

[Mr. Lahey]

thanks gents.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal players out warming up. Poor Almunia. Looks lonely out there. Some kid out there as well getting photos taken with RVP, Mert and then I think Ox. Rosicky looks like one sexy motherfucker. Pat Rice :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Szczesny, Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Benayoun, Gervinho, van Persie.
Subs: Almunia, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Arshavin, Chamakh, Coquelin, Miquel.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Zubar, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Jarvis, Henry, Forde, Hunt, Milijas, Fletcher.
Subs: De Vries, Elokobi, Stearman, Ebanks-Blake, Hammill, Doyle, Guedioura.

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

well played arsene.

exactly what I would have done with the team.

loving benayoun being given a chance.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

we'll probably see ox come on for gervinho in the latter stages too, wengers slowly gonna feed him into the first team over the next month with gerv leaving for africa.

excellent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vermoolen is in defence for us according to David Pleat. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

Theos ill. Should be ok for sat

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Probably hungover tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good block by Mertesacker to deny Jarvis. :bow:

Djourou messed up, again.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Like the look of line up, Rambo needed the day off tbh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GERVINHO!!!!

[GP]

GERVINHOOOOO!!!!

[GP]

Wolves are in for a paddlin

[WengerISaLizard]

Benayoun repaying the faith immensely, made the right pass

[Syn]

The class of Rosicky and Benayoun showed in that goal. Lovely work by Rosicky. Gerv needed that goal!

[Dennis Bendtner]

Yes. We need more of that from him (and Theo when he plays).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Johnson blocks to deny Vermaelen. Sounded like another good move.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chance for RVP, puts it wide.

[WengerISaLizard]

rosicky setting up the counter yet again

come on you gooners

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Something strange here, you guys are about 5 mins ahead of what I'm watching, read goal celebrations before the goal. . . .s'pose that means I gotta go

Just watched Beni fall over in the area, how many mins back wad that?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Song. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zubar is down injured.

[WengerISaLizard]

Something strange here, you guys are about 5 mins ahead of what I'm watching, read goal celebrations before the goal. . . .s'pose that means I gotta go

Just watched Beni fall over in the area, how many mins back wad that?

maybe more than 5 minutes, change stream mate

wolves still have 11 men behind ball, oh well they aren't creating much

[fakeyank]

Fucking shit! I messed up the time of this game. Thought I was still in Eastern Standard and thought match starts at 10am. I am in Central standard, an hour behind! I scheduled a meeting and thought I'd be done just in time to head back and watch kick off.. FML! Oh well, as long as we dont fuck it up and I can watch the second half!

[Japan Shaking All Over]

maybe more than 5 minutes, change stream mate

wolves still have 11 men behind ball, oh well they aren't creating much

Not using a stream, Japanese TV!
bit strange not usually like this, may have something to do with the rescheduling of the match

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What was Henry doing? :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great effort by RVP, well saved.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Johnson booked, cynical hack at RVP.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Comfortable for Hennessey from Arteta's freekick.

[WengerISaLizard]

I've yet to see a decent freekick taken by Arteta, only side of his game i dislike

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1. :doh:

[Dennis Bendtner]

What a bobbling annoyance of a goal.

[WengerISaLizard]

ah fucking crap, bullshit goal out of nowhere

hopefully we dont take long to reply, and then have to rely on fat arshavin to get us out it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT. :rolleyes:

[Dog Toffee]

We're playing so slowly, shows how much we miss our full backs and walcott.

[WengerISaLizard]

I think RVP is fatiguing already, which is trouble for us

not much movement from him today or sharpness, hopefully he manages 1 more clinical moment

I'd like to see Oxlade off the bench first instead of the utter shite arshavin and chamakh

PS Djourou is fucking rubbish, how jarvis isn't ripping him apart is a mystery

[WengerISaLizard]

We're playing so slowly, shows how much we miss our full backs and walcott.

we need another outlet of pace, between gervinho and walcott, RVP didnt need to do much work apart from finishing

gervinho alone is not enough to unsettle wolves, time for oxo or a different formation perhaps

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Missing width option on the right, DJ isnt a viable choice although I disagree he is rubbish today. . .had a few decent defensive moments

RvP finding it difficult cos the whole Wolves team plus McCarthy are marking him. . .that fucking Berra is all over him

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Was hoping that the tv would catch up with the game but not to be. . .already seen the goals on here before the telly

[milla]

Cheap goal to give away, their goal scorer was standing 2-3 yards from our defenders. Poor marking and organisation IMO. :coffee:

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Players just coming out. . .same?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zubar is down, again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zubar eventually goes off, Stearman on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vermaelen booked. :unsure:

[GP]

Clear handball there.

[Syn]

Gervinho is turning into this season's Chamakh. Great start but tailing off very badly. Can't do much right atm.

Get Oxlade on.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Gervais is a bit of a clown in the final third, sometimes.

[fakeyank]

No creativity! Stupid cunts

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Oxo kid good shout!

[mkkreuk]

Ref not doing us any favours, we need to be careful not to pick up a suspension.

[Dennis Bendtner]

The fat one is coming on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arshavin coming on. :rolleyes:

[mkkreuk]

arshavin coming on instead of oxo

[Dennis Bendtner]

Gervinho ffs! Grow some balls.

[fakeyank]

Is park on the bench?

[WengerISaLizard]

The fat one is coming on.

fuck, it's going to be one of those results isnt it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benayoun off for Arshavin.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Arshavin has a bit longer this time

[Dennis Bendtner]

Gervais wins a freekick. Good position. Come on.

[WengerISaLizard]

dont let arteta take it FFS

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great effort from RVP, Hennessey tips the freekick over.

[mkkreuk]

close from RVP from the FK

referee is so dumb getting in the way

[Dennis Bendtner]

FFS. Mertesacker header off the line.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vermaelen denied and then RVP denied. FFS.

Ah it was mertesacker? Bloody idiot commentators.

[mkkreuk]

Great cross from rosicky, merts almost scores.

Merts has had a good game - been in the right place virtually always and distribution has been good.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Song booked.

[mkkreuk]

referee is going to cost us.

song deserved the booking, but should have had a foul before that.

[GP]

Hunt is a fanny

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Hshaha Song takes out 2. . .and couldnt be to a nicer cunt than Hunt

[fakeyank]

That was a red for Song.. lucky

[Dennis Bendtner]

Ramsey on for Song.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Song off, Ramsey on.

Ford off, Guedioura on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guedioura booked. :lol:

[fakeyank]

Rosicky is a POS

[Dennis Bendtner]

Milijas sent off. Woot.

[GP]

Cheerio!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Milijas sent off. :haha:

[mkkreuk]

Milijas sent off.

[GP]

Shocking challenge that.

Wolves are so fucking dirty.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Don't know why they're complaining. Even if not a straight red, it was the most obvious yellow of all time. And he was on one.

[WengerISaLizard]

it's shocking how many times, arteta hits a wall

come on arsenal!

[Dennis Bendtner]

Djourou. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Djourou. :doh:

[mkkreuk]

rvp looks tired.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What an effort from Arshavin!

[Dennis Bendtner]

Solid technique from the fat one. Only just over.

[mkkreuk]

if arhsavin scored that it would have been the goal of the MONTH!

so close.

[fakeyank]

RVP is a dumbass.. fucking missed a 1 on 1!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nice Starfish from Djourou.

[mkkreuk]

hennessy having a great game.

[WengerISaLizard]

Nice Starfish from Djourou.

embarassing, the sooner we get sagna back the better

[WengerISaLizard]

hennessy having a great game.

just another goalkeeper having a career moment at the emirates, FFS

let's twat these twats, come on arsenal

[Dennis Bendtner]

Our right-hand side is a disaster.

At least Djourou's gone off. But Chamakh...

[mkkreuk]

can someone tell djorout to stay back - he keeps stopping attacks.

Forget that, he's been subbed for marwan

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Of course Oxocube doesn't get a game. Why would he?

[fakeyank]

Arsenal down to 10 men- Chamakh on

[mkkreuk]

chamakh injured van persie!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And Chakma takes out RVP.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Chamakh has killed RVP. Excellent.

[WengerISaLizard]

Arsenal down to 10 men- Chamakh on

9, the pleb just took out rvp

[Power n Glory]

This is for the Top 4! Come on!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bloody hell.

[Alias]

does anyone have a stream?

[Dennis Bendtner]

6 minutes to be added, apparently.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Six added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hennessey booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT. Bollocks.

[Dennis Bendtner]

full time. gahhhhhh

[fakeyank]

FFS

[Dog Toffee]

Fuck.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger is a stubborn bastard, always Arshavin and Chamakh no matter how badly they play. Chamakh manages to dig through the bottom of the barrel today, contributes even less than zero by laying out RvP. Awful shit player but he keeps getting the call.

[Power n Glory]

Chance for the top four blown. An early goal and and men sent off but we still manage to drop points. At home as well. Rubbish.

[Dennis Bendtner]

RVP looked pretty much dead in the second half. Can't imagine the Chamakh headbutt helped. But this is what we feared, second to him getting injured. Gervinho was dire, so basically we had very little in the way of a front-line.

[fakeyank]

RVP wasted a glorious 1 on 1 with some shit turn! FFS you cunts!

[Syn]

I had a feeling we'd drop points in this. We could've taken them in the second half but the subs were as typical and as ridiculous as usual.

[fakeyank]

I had a feeling we'd drop points in this. We could've taken them in the second half but the subs were as typical and as ridiculous as usual.

AW :bow:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Chance for the top four blown. An early goal and and men sent off but we still manage to drop points. At home as well. Rubbish.

Its lucky pool and chavs messed up to as they are our rivals. Wenger needs to spend in Jan If this team is to have any hope of getting 4th.

[Dennis Bendtner]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-park-s-adaptation-time-is-now-over

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-oxlade-chamberlain-is-ready-to-play

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-ryo-needs-to-play-matches-now


All on Arsenal.com today. I mean seriously, come on. What a farce.

[Kaiser]

Syn predicted this as well.

RVP didn't make the right decisions today. Could've played in Song to make it 2-0 but went on his own, going after the record. The goal conceded was a freak deflection and a great improvised header. Could've done nothing about it. These things happen.

We created enough, but just couldn't convert. Their keeper was epic. I don't understand why Chamakh makes the bench ahead of park, surely if you want another striker in there you get one who can ghost in past the last defender or get on the end of a rebound. Park has shown signs of that in his 4 appearances since arriving. Tbf, RVP getting injured would've been his own fault, but surely strikers know where the other is gonna make a run to?

I'm guessing RVP will be on the bench vs. QPR, which is likely to see more dropped points, because Chamakh will start.