Arsenal v Chelsea Saturday 21st April 12.45pm

[Syn]

This seniority shit is very annoying. The only reason we keep going down the right - not just in this match, in any match - is because Theo and Sagna are bigger names than Gibbs/Santos and Oxlade/Benayoun.

Get Oxlade involved - he is clearly on another level. Every time he's going forward with the ball you expect something. The same can't be said when anyone else has the ball atm. I don't know what's up with Van Persie but he needs to start putting chances away.

[Master Splinter]

We need Benayoun tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Didn't like the nasty bit of cheating from Bertram when he dived.

[Power n Glory]

We go down the right because it's the only way we can get the ball forwards. It breakdowns on the left.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's time for Diaby.

[Niall_Quinn]

We go down the right because it's the only way we can get the ball forwards. It breakdowns on the left.

Gibbs and Ox have been fine, it's Theo again, he can't beat that rookie.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's time for Diaby.

We should be able to get a couple of minutes out of him between injuries.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Boswinger getting pummelled by Literally.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Diaby, Gervinho, Chamakh triple sub IMO.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

RVP needs to lift the lads now.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

alright half.

had the better chances, should be 2-0 up. worrying thing is rvp looks knackered and we lack a bit of creativity in the final 3rd yet we have noone on the bench to ignite something.

their tactics clearly are to get as close to ox as possible and stop him turning/running with the ball, he's been marked by 2 players everytime he's got the ball.

theo taking free kicks? must be a training ground routine.

if we nick a first goal they'll be all out attack and we can get some more. this game calls out for a cesc/jack to play that killer ball.

:gp:

They seem to come here for a draw, get the 1st goal then we'll have em where we wat them tbh.

[Power n Glory]

Gibbs and Ox have been fine, it's Theo again, he can't beat that rookie.

I didn't say they were the cause move breaking down. They're just not getting the ball and I suspect Theo and Sagna get more joy because Song works between Theo and Sagna.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

having said that i completely forgot gervinho's on the bench.

get him on ffs.

his direct running will murder bosingwa and leave him on his ass.

gervinho on for ramsey
ox in ramsey's position

:pray:

[Niall_Quinn]

I didn't say they were the cause move breaking down. They're just not getting the ball and I suspect Theo and Sagna get more joy because Song works between Theo and Sagna.

Yep, fair enough. Rosicky isn't getting any usefull support from Ramsey, has to do everything on his own. Hard to know why Ramsey has such a pivotal role when he's playing so poorly. He's half asleep.

[Niall_Quinn]

RVP needs to lift the lads now.

Should be possible now Arshavin has gone.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Second half on now.

:rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

having said that i completely forgot gervinho's on the bench.

get him on ffs.

his direct running will murder bosingwa and leave him on his ass.

gervinho on for ramsey
ox in ramsey's position

:pray:

Gervinho is a joke at the moment. Don't see how he'd add anything.

[Niall_Quinn]

Second half on now.

:rose:

We'll do them 0-0

[Dennis Bendtner]

Gervinho is a joke at the moment. Don't see how he'd add anything.

Humour?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Malouda booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP booked. Stupid challenge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great tackle from Vermaelen.

Us. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cahill booked.

[Xhaka Can’t]

We need to keep possession.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dear god.

[Niall_Quinn]

Giving the bloody ball away. Careless.

[Master Splinter]

This is dreadful.

Just get Chamakh on and hoof it up to him.

[Maestro]

the headmaster is coming on?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

yay Gerv coming on. . .or maybe not

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pub team football. :bow:

[Maestro]

any kind of wi today lads please

[Niall_Quinn]

Nobody supporting RvP when he gets the ball in advanced areas.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just awful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Whatever Wenger said at half-time, they weren't the right words.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo off injured, Gervinho coming on.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Sre I dont think fibreGibbs has played too badly since coming back from injury #536678931788

[fakeyank]

Theo down! :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Whatever Wenger said at half-time, they weren't the right words.

Or in the right order.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo dead. The golden boot is coming on to miss a few more.

Sounds like Wenger was going to pull Ox until theo went down. What a master WUM.

[fakeyank]

Hope he is out of the Euros

[Power n Glory]

What fuckin advise to they give Walcott? Has a hamstring injury and they tell him to run it off. Has that made the injury worse? Sucky medical staff.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to us, dangerous area. Well, probably not actually.

[Niall_Quinn]

Malouda should be off. First time dean has made up new rules today.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Theo off injured, Gervinho coming on.

Time for our super docs to do there job. . .if you ask me, might as well let the groundstaff have a go. . .Voted best pitch in PL apparently!

Aresnal pitches :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

What a waste.

[fakeyank]

RVP :doh:

[Master Splinter]

RVP :lol:.

Alwful player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosicky off, Diaby on.

Good Diaby. :pray:

[Newguy]

What a shocking sub....rosicky off???? are you kidding me????

[Niall_Quinn]

Ballooned over, bit pubbish from us today.rosicky off, insane, Diaby on, hmmmmm

[fakeyank]

Allah wakbar.. Diaby coming on!

[Power n Glory]

What an idiot! Rosicky off for Diaby?!

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Diaby on. . .warm up the last sub, should be coming off soonish

[Niall_Quinn]

Mikel coming on. They must be happy with the 0-0

[Syn]

Mikel coming on. They must be happy with the 0-0

They know they'll get chances.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP goes for the wondergoal, shinned it this time. :lol:

[Ralpheroo72]

this is poor

[Master Splinter]

RVP :haha:.

[Niall_Quinn]

With Ramsey and Diaby in the middle chances of us being able to vary the tempo have pretty much gone. Will have to try and tip tap through their 11 behind the ball now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sturridge goes for goal, chance wasted for Chelsea.

[Niall_Quinn]

Lol santos coming on. Wtf? Gibbs injured again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oxocube off for Santos.

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Lol, that's fucking pathetic, santos for Ox. Fucking unbelievable.

[fakeyank]

WUMger at his best today

[Xhaka Can’t]

And that is the end of what little chance we had of winning.

[Power n Glory]

But our keeper could be injured and we've made all 3 subs now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Horrendous subs. Senseless like vandalism.

[Newguy]

How has ramsey managed to avoid being subbed???

[cricketsi]

Seemingly strange substitutions, but hopefully inspired unsuspected genius...?!

[Niall_Quinn]

Gervinho is so shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Seemingly strange substitutions, but hopefully inspired unsuspected genius...?!

You mean we might fluke a win here? Hope so.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bosingwa booked.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Seemingly strange substitutions, but hopefully inspired unsuspected genius...?!

Based on past performance, I'm going to have to say, 'no'.

[Niall_Quinn]

Mata coming on.

[cricketsi]

Gervinho is so shit. Wish Chamakh was on the pitch.Sorry, Wenger's let you down.

[Niall_Quinn]

Lol, Gervinho is so shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kalou off, Mata on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sorry, Wenger's let you down.

Bit uncalled for that thing about Chamakh, not nice.

[Master Splinter]

Still time for Diaby to make an impact.

On Big Man's face.

[cricketsi]

Based on past performance, I'm going to have to say, 'no'. The signs indeed are not good. Don't mind Gibbs and Santos down left, but AOC should have stayed on.

[Ralpheroo72]

mike dean is a cock

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Mata.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diaby takes Essien out. Booked.

[cricketsi]

Bit uncalled for that thing about Chamakh, not nice. Neither's your face. Or Chamakh's haircut.

[Niall_Quinn]

Dean has only got a few more to go then he has the whole set for yellows.

[selassie]

id take a point now tbh. we've been dreadful today.

[Niall_Quinn]

Disallowed goal for Mata.

Yep, RvP sent off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Poor performance at home against their B team.

[Niall_Quinn]

Dive or a pen? Strange for RvP to go down there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cashley booked. :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Dive or a pen? Strange for RvP to go down there.

Meh they all do it these days

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Their first attack of note in ages comes from, Ramsey. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Yeah, considering what gets given these days it was a pen. Poor finish by RvP there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP's chocolate leg. :doh:

He could've taken his time with it.

[Ralpheroo72]

howd he miss that? Jebus wept!!

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Wrong choice

[Master Splinter]

RVP has turned into Torres.

[fakeyank]

RVP having a shocker recently

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Yeah, considering what gets given these days it was a pen. Poor finish by RvP there.

Yup

[Niall_Quinn]

1 from 6 at home, better get a fucking goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Aaaaargh, RvP should have hit it early.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Fucking use your right

[Ralpheroo72]

Too many touches rvp!

[fakeyank]

RVP FFS!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant stuff from Koscielny.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck me, song trying to win it for the chavs

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Well defended. . .including Gerv

[Master Splinter]

Song has been playing for Chelsea today.

Woeful.

[fakeyank]

Kos is a beast :bow:

[Ralpheroo72]

Kos is a legend!

[Niall_Quinn]

Gervinho, fucking awful.

[Niall_Quinn]

Lucky dip now, could win, could throw it away. 0-0 it is.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[Niall_Quinn]

4 mins to get a goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just very poor today all round.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This is a better result for Chelsea than us apparently.

:wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diaby. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Classic Diaby, waste of space.

[Ralpheroo72]

piss off diaby!

[Xhaka Can’t]

Rubbish!

[Master Splinter]

Song :haha:.

An absolutely shocking day for him.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is a better result for Chelsea than us apparently.

:wacko:

Yep chavs go top with this.

[Xhaka Can’t]

What a waste of a Saturday afternoon.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 FT. What a terrible game.

[Master Splinter]

Worst.

Game.

Ever.

[Niall_Quinn]

Gervinho and Ramsey are fucking shit and pretty much fucked our last chance.

0-0 absolutely fucking hopeless shit against their reserves.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Worst London Derby Ever.

[fakeyank]

What a waste of a Saturday afternoon.

I woke up at 6:45am to watch this.. I dont wake up at that time on weekdays! At least we didnt lose..

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Gervinho is a joke at the moment. Don't see how he'd add anything.

so's theo. so the worst that happened was they cancelled each other out.

which is what they did.

[Ralpheroo72]

What a waste of 7 seasons

I agree

[Olivier's xmas twist]

so's theo. so the worst that happened was they cancelled each other out.

which is what they did.

:gp: Both are as bad at the other tbh. OX must be a deffo starter over both.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

why was ox subbed?!

[Olivier's xmas twist]

why was ox subbed?!

Not sure i found it odd but in all honesty could not see him changing the game tbh. even the crowd clapped him off so it was not really a bad sub.

[Niall_Quinn]

why was ox subbed?!

To nullify his threat and cement a fuck arse boring draw.

[Master Splinter]

Ox was rubbish too.

Benayoun has been missed.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

To nullify his threat and cement a fuck arse boring draw.Nah Ox was quite Poor today in truth.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Nah Ox was quite Poor today in truth.

yeah but so was theo against spurs at home yet he still managed 2 goals out of nothing.

keeping him on the pitch was far more sensible than taking him off. it totally killed our creativity and deflated our already completely deflated team.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

yeah but so was theo against spurs at home yet he still managed 2 goals out of nothing.

keeping him on the pitch was far more sensible than taking him off. it totally killed our creativity and deflated our already completely deflated team.

Had he taken Ox on at HT then you could be right, but i just could not see him doing much, chavs knew how to get to him.

Id have prefred ramsey to go ox, but i don't think OX going of was as costly as when he was taken off against the Mancs.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

i couldnt see theo stringing two passes together against spurs but he scored twice. see my point?

you cant take off your most promising player this season and the one guy who can spark something together. what was needed was ramsey to be taken off and shifting ox to the middle. it wasn't working out wide for ox but changing tactics and his role may have changed that.

what we did not need was wenger taking him off. it gave chelsea some confidence and invited pressure.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nah Ox was quite Poor today in truth.

Don't agree at all. He wasn't spectacular but he retained the all and managed to find the odd teammate with his passing, more than can be said for quite a few others. If everyone could have played to at least this basic standard we might have got 3 points today.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

i couldnt see theo stringing two passes together against spurs but he scored twice. see my point?

you cant take off your most promising player this season and the one guy who can spark something together. what was needed was ramsey to be taken off and shifting ox to the middle. it wasn't working out wide for ox but changing tactics and his role may have changed that.

what we did not need was wenger taking him off. it gave chelsea some confidence and invited pressure.

Chelsea had the beating of him, he was not going to make a diffrence in the last 20 mins anyway, Theo going off was more damaging because we missed his pace in the last 20 mins more. But you have a point with theo gone, Ox should have stayed on. I just don't see him going off as costing us, as we had a few chanced to win game once he went of anyways.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chelsea had the beating of him, he was not going to make a diffrence in the last 20 mins anyway, Theo going off was more damaging because we missed his pace in the last 20 mins more. But you have a point with theo gone, Ox should have stayed on. I just don't see him going off as costing us, as we had a few chanced to win game once he went of anyways.

Santos coming on hardly helped though.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Santos coming on hardly helped though.

Well no, but he game them a few problems though. This is the problem when you have no qulaity on the Bench as GB said in thread.

[Cripps_orig]

why was ox subbed?!He was shit

[Xhaka Can’t]

He was shit

If he was shit, we'll have to make up a new word to describe Ramsey.

[Cripps_orig]

If he was shit, we'll have to make up a new word to describe Ramsey.Welsh?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Shwelsh?

there we have it

[Cripps_orig]

Read the whole thread.

So it was as boring on tv as it was in the stadium?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

He was shit

Did him coming off change the game. I thought Theo Coming off was worse for us.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Read the whole thread.

So it was as boring on tv as it was in the stadium?

I genuinely felt sorry for anyone that shelled out for a Category A fixture.

Got to give Lauro his due, he should get bonus points because his main prediction (boring game) was as spot on as a 9 darter.