Brighton vs CUP HOLDERS. Sunday 25th January. 4pm. FA cup.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I've been waiting to write that as a thread title for years.

Brighton have installed Chris Hughton recently and I understand their form has been good. I think Ozil will start and maybe Theo. Can we defend our cup?



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[Dein-machine]

Cant see any major cup shock here. 2-1 to Brighton

[Marc Overmars]

The mythical Ozil/Theo partnership may finally be seen.

1-3

[Niall_Quinn]

We're on a high and there are definite signs of progress.

So we'll struggle badly in this one.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

We're on a high and there are definite signs of progress.

So we'll struggle badly in this one.

Lampard senior :bow:

Wilshere :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Pretty decent facilities for a club like Brighton. But where's the dart board and pool table?

[AFC Leveller]

Id go with

-------Smokey-------

Chambers---Per---Kos---Gibbs

Rosicky----Flams---Ozil

Theo-----Giroud-----Ox.

1-4.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Cambridge proving lower teams up for it.......Coq stays in Arse (line up)

[Injury Time]

We're on a high and there are definite signs of progress.

So we'll struggle badly in this one.
This. 1-0 loss. Wenger out! :sulk:

[Master Splinter]

It's coming home. Again.

The players will definitely heed the massive warning this weekend so far and do a professional job.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Fuhk me, Brighton's stadium ain't bad!

[A Gunner]

Fuhk me, Brighton's stadium ain't bad!

Yeah, it looks like a mini Emirates.

[WMUG]

Fuhk me, Brighton's stadium ain't bad!

Slight improvement over this place (https://xenophonsalbion.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dscn2524.jpg), yeah.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

There's a week between games so I'd be inclined to not rest too many from that point of view. It just so happens though, that a few first teamers are being outplayed by their counterparts so in those 'first teamers' come I guess. It's a shame Gnabry can't play.

---------------Drinky------------

Chambo---Per-----Kos----Gibbs

---------Ramsey----Coq---------

Theo---------MOzil----------OxO

---------Olivier Giroud----------

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Kos deffo needs a rest. He's been limping the past few games.

[Niall_Quinn]

Kos deffo needs a rest. He's been limping the past few games.

Trouble is, when he's out our defence reverts to being 95th tier. Would be terrible to lose this game and steal the chavs and gypos thunder.

[adzzzbatch]

We better not fuck this up after yesterdays amazing results!

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Trouble is, when he's out our defence reverts to being 95th tier. Would be terrible to lose this game and steal the chavs and gypos thunder.

That was my thinking yes. If yesterday didn't send alarm bells ringing we need biatch slapping. Ideally you'd want to rest Kos but there is a week till the next game and if we fail to win this, the season is pretty much over.

[AFC Leveller]

Trouble is, when he's out our defence reverts to being 95th tier. Would be terrible to lose this game and steal the chavs and gypos thunder.

Anything can happen as we saw yesterday but our record under wenger against lower league opposition is really good so that should give us the upper hand.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hope he leaves Ospina in goal. The guy needs to get a run of games so we can see the good the bad and the Hartish and make a proper comparison with Ches.

[Marc Overmars]

A nice and professional job here please Arsenal. No nasty surprises.

[Munchies]

Feo/Mesut apparently to start

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brighton: Stockdale, Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bennett; Holla, Ince, Calderon, Forster-Caskey, Baldock, O'Grady.
Subs: Walton, Hughes, Rea, Chicksen, McCourt, Colunga, March.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Chambers, Koscielny, Monreal, Gibbs, Flamini, Walcott, Ramsey, Özil, Rosicky, Giroud.
Subs: Martinez, Mertesacker, Bellerin, Coquelin, Cazorla, Alexis, Akpom.

Akpom. :bow:

[Gooner23]

Should be strong enough.

[Niall_Quinn]

Typical Wenger. Guy never learns.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chicksen. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We are playing at the American Express Community Stadium.

That is horrific. No wonder they say AMEX.

[Marc Overmars]

Chesney the cup keeper. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Chesney the cup keeper. :lol:

It's a stupid decision in every way. Breaks up Ospina's momentum, pisses off Ches. Typical Wenger.

And why drop Coq? Dumb. Bellerin? Let him play.

I can maybe agree with giving Santi a rest, but with a week between games that's a marginal decision too.

WUMger :doh:

[Munchies]

HD BT stream

http://sportzhd.tv/

[Munchies]

when did Savage join BT Sport?

[Master Splinter]

Back to midfield overload and little speed up front. And Chambers back to RB.

WUMger just hates momentum.

It should be OK today though.

Hope Feo converts one of his 52 sitters today.

[adzzzbatch]

Chesney number 2 now :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

what a shit commentary line up :sick:

[Niall_Quinn]

when did Savage join BT Sport?

You haven't heard of the (in)famous Fletch and Sav show? Lucky you.

Apparently he's in demand. Probably because everyone hates his guts so people tune in just to scream at the screen. They soon tune out again when Owen starts commentating though.

[Munchies]

Mesut hitting the gym

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Come on you Gunners!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

THEO!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY

[A Gunner]

0 - 1 Walcott

[Marc Overmars]

He's back!

[adzzzbatch]

"foul him do anything"

Fuck off you cunt

[Niall_Quinn]

Now let's not sit back :pray:

Savage "Foul him, take him out, do a professional foul!" - What a great commentator.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers' role in the goal. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil anonymous so far.

[adzzzbatch]

COME ON ARSENAL!!!

[Munchies]

fuck off Savage

'do a foul'

[adzzzbatch]

Savage gutted :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey shoots, deflects for a corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Savage gutted :lol:

Literally? :pray:

[Niall_Quinn]

Let's make the pressure count by getting a few goals.

[adzzzbatch]

Arsenal fans :scarf:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I have the dreamteam commentary dream of Drury and Ashton (Dean that is). :wacko:

[Niall_Quinn]

I have the dreamteam commentary dream of Drury and Ashton (Dean that is). :wacko:

A huge upgrade on Savage nonetheless.

[adzzzbatch]

lets fuck these twats good and hard!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif fighting, corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers deflected shot this time.

[adzzzbatch]

are they singing "he smokes when he wants"? :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Savage obviously wishes he could be out there himself - kicking our players.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The Calderon. :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

we've eased off :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

savage really urging his team on :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

really late tackle on kos there ref waves it away

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosicky cross with the outside boot. Bit odd.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pretty shit by Rosicky really.

[adzzzbatch]

Walcott :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rusty Theo forgot to do something with the ball.

[adzzzbatch]

shit from rosicky

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo :doh:

Just do the simple stuff FFS!

[Master Splinter]

Some real pubbery in the final third.

Sanchez would have five by now.

[Niall_Quinn]

We had this under control now we're breaking up our own game by doing stupid shit.

[adzzzbatch]

brighton such a pub team

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ÖZIL!!!!!

[A Gunner]

0 - 2 Ozil

[Master Splinter]

OZIL!!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil!

0-2

2 more to go for Ozil hattrick!

[adzzzbatch]

savage about to slit his wrists :haha:

[A Gunner]

Don't do a Chelsea now!!!

[Master Splinter]

Get Akpom on tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nobody scores! The invisible man :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosicky with the Messi pass. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

hughton hears a who :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Don't do a Chelsea now!!!

We can't. We aren't at home.

Mourinho. :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

who the fuck is darkie? :unsure:

[Niall_Quinn]

Rochdale vs Stoke :haha:

The kebab and vomit special.

[adzzzbatch]

FINISH 'EM OFF!

[adzzzbatch]

Defence asleep :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Baldock somehow misses.

[Marc Overmars]

Ozil. :bow:

He's back!

[Niall_Quinn]

Baldrick fucks it up big time :haha:

Was a certain foul on Giroud before that though.

[AFC Leveller]

Playing well and look like scoring more.

however a goal for them and its a different game so lets not fuck about plz.

[adzzzbatch]

brighton are so shit!

[Niall_Quinn]

Think we might see Savage suited and booted and on for Brighton in the second half. He's getting really frustrated.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Forster-Caskey skies it.

Arsenal fan apparently.

[Niall_Quinn]

We've treated ourselves to a breather. Brighton are poor, good chance for us to rack up a few goals. Not sure why we are always so reluctant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Could today be the day we give a side a good tonking?

No.

[adzzzbatch]

ref letting everything go.

[Niall_Quinn]

Shot of a Brighton fan grinning from ear to ear - Savage mindlessly comments that Brighton fans not looking happy. #stealingaliving

[AFC Leveller]

He had his post match report ready to print hoping there'd be a shock.

[Niall_Quinn]

Savage is such an expert you have to wonder why he's not managing Barca.

[adzzzbatch]

they are there for the taking ffs we're strolling around now.

[adzzzbatch]

ref give brighton a fk for fuck all

[Niall_Quinn]

Phantom FK to Brighton.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis', Santi's and Ox's industry all conspicuously missing.

[Niall_Quinn]

Rosicky refuses to do anything simple today. Is he auditioning for a film or something?

[Niall_Quinn]

Such a frustrating team. Stupid fucking tippy tappy in the final third. Can't they just push on and build a bit of momentum? We're up against zero here, chance to chuck a bit of entertainment into the mix rather than sit on a lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 HT.

Arsenal. :bow:

Brighton too scared to do anything really.

[Injury Time]

ref letting everything go.

He's "Frozen" by Chelsea conspiracy thoughts?

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-2

2 good goals. But dull after that. Rosicky has been a joke.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Savage is such an expert you have to wonder why he's not managing Barca.

Savage trying to manage Messi. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Savage is even in the ads :doh:

Shit rises.

[Niall_Quinn]

Savage trying to manage Messi. :haha:

Kick him! Foul him! do a professional foul!

[adzzzbatch]

Not the first half BT wanted.

[Injury Time]

Not the first half BT wanted.

My YouView box is dead<_<

[adzzzbatch]

more condoning of fouling arsenal players :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

My YouView box is dead<_<

At least you don't have to listen so savage commentate :sick:

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Ehrrrrzilllllll hahahahah what a nob magma an a man an a man is

[Master Splinter]

Hughton is an awlful manager.

He'll probably bring on 3 defenders in the second half.

[Edinburgh Gooner]

At least you don't have to listen so savage commentate :sick:

He's fucking brutal!!!! Humphries hoping for a bradfordesque come back.

[AFC Leveller]

Giroud has been anonymous.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

looks like half the crowd have fucked off :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Savage :haha: Impartial commentator.

[adzzzbatch]

giroud :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Couple of chances for Giroud to wake up. Snoozes through them.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif bundled over.

[adzzzbatch]

savage enjoyed ince's fouling

[Niall_Quinn]

Woeful FK from Eeeeeeeerziiiiiil.

[adzzzbatch]

oooooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Smack it Theo!

[AFC Leveller]

volley it forst time feooooo

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 O'Grady. :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

FUCK OFF ARSENAL!

[AFC Leveller]

fuck

[Master Splinter]

WTF?

:doh:

[adzzzbatch]

savage is delighted!

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking obvious. 2-0 up. Start strolling. Rosicky on drugs. Concede the goal and game on.

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off brighton

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Sav spunking his breeks now

[adzzzbatch]

we're fucking ridiculous

[Marc Overmars]

Oh FFS.

Come on Arsenal.

[Niall_Quinn]

You have a great performance the week before, so rip Ox, Santi, Coq and Alexis out of the team. Obviously.

WUMger :doh: He hates continuity, he loathes momentum.

We'll still struggle through and he'll use it to vindicate his idiocy.

[adzzzbatch]

never mind that chambers was fouled in the build up to their shitty goal :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

so many doubts now, when there needed to be none. Wake the fuck up Arsenal!

[adzzzbatch]

COME ON ARSENAL!

[adzzzbatch]

giroud :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Calderon dive.

[Niall_Quinn]

That was a pen. Giroud's shirt was 15 yards wide it was being pulled so much.

[adzzzbatch]

we've really spurred these cunts on now FFS!

[Niall_Quinn]

Poor dive by Calderon. Artistically very weak and technically very poor.

[adzzzbatch]

"a muscular challenge"

nope it's a foul

[adzzzbatch]

chambers isn't progressing as a defender as much as he should be.

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[A Gunner]

1 - 3 Rosicky

[Master Splinter]

ROSICKY!!!!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ROSICKY!!! WHAT A GOAL!!!

[AFC Leveller]

rozzzzaaaaa

[Niall_Quinn]

Nice goal by Rosicky. Finally one of his tricks came off.

1-3

[Marc Overmars]

Super Tom. :bow:

[AFC Leveller]

nial quin gutted

[adzzzbatch]

savage :haha:

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Rosicky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

ramsey :doh:

[Maestro]

can someone gif the goals pliz

PS* savage lolest haha

[adzzzbatch]

FFS don't dick around get a 4th!

[A Gunner]

can someone gif the goals pliz

PS* savage lolest haha

goto arsenalist

[Niall_Quinn]

5 mins of the worst pubbery you'll ever see. Against a team that doesn't even want to be here.

[adzzzbatch]

can someone gif the goals pliz

PS* savage lolest haha

www.arsenalist.com

[adzzzbatch]

where's savage gone? :unsure:

[Maestro]

www.arsenalist.com

Thanks

[Niall_Quinn]

where's savage gone? :unsure:

Getting his hobnail boots on.

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good strike from Theo, Stockdale down to his nearpost.

Bif with the Hollywood pass to set Theo up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good effort by Theo. Finally somebody does something.

[adzzzbatch]

Getting his hobnail boots on.

Well there's not been enough assaults for him today

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was schoolboy defending, four of our players running back to the guy with the ball. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

good subs!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud and Theo off, Akpom and Alexis on.

Meaningful minutes for Chuba. :faint:

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis and Akpom - thank fuck.

Giroud and Theo off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Come on Alexis, fill yer boots.

[GP]

Chuba Chups

[adzzzbatch]

it's funny watching brighton trying to play football, bless 'em :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Baldock booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yellow for Baldrick for cynical foul on Rosicky

[adzzzbatch]

there was a fucking hand on his shoulder you blind prick

[adzzzbatch]

FFS!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-3 Baldock. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Baldrick makes it 2-3 - Straight through the defence, which Wenger changed for no reason.

[Master Splinter]

Easy 0-4 now a nervy pub thriller.

[adzzzbatch]

Another shit goal to concede. the fuckers.

[Marc Overmars]

Oh dear god.

[AFC Leveller]

fucking liberties

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off savage!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MO's bet. :rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis fouled 15 times in 3 seconds.

[Marc Overmars]

MO's bet. :rose:

Should have known WUMger was the biggest obstacle.

[adzzzbatch]

Alexis fouled 15 times in 3 seconds.

the bt lot were just laughing at that the cunts

[Niall_Quinn]

Can't figure who's playing where in Wenger's little fantasy hash job. Is Ozil behind Akpom or central, or where?

[adzzzbatch]

we do it to ourselves everyt fucking time!

[adzzzbatch]

3-3 coming up....

[adzzzbatch]

"it's a good foul"

cunt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Scrote.

[Niall_Quinn]

"very very good foul!"

Savage :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil off, Coquelin on.

[adzzzbatch]

alexis fouled again nothing given

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil off, Coq on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Akpom with a shot. :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Wenget trying to close a game out. :sick:

[Master Splinter]

Flamini playing and Chambers at RB completely ruins our fluency.

Self-harming anti-football from WUMger.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis hacked down.

[adzzzbatch]

that's a yellow card not given

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis, gets a touch, hits the bar, corner.

[Master Splinter]

This must be the most boring 3-2 ever.

Brighton have scored from their only two chances and we have been so sloppy and wasteful in the final third.

[adzzzbatch]

where's our shape gone?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kicked it straight at his hand from a yard away!

[Niall_Quinn]

where's our shape gone?

It's been Wengerised

[adzzzbatch]

dirty cunts these brighton players

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Akpom hacked down. All three should be booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

"Good foul, good foul!" on Akpom. He was through.

[adzzzbatch]

nervous kittens now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off ref!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another player hacked down.

[Niall_Quinn]

4 mins added time.

[Niall_Quinn]

No yellow for that foul on Akpom?

[adzzzbatch]

oooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stockdale saves from Alexis' freekick.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good effort Alexis, decent save though.

[adzzzbatch]

brighton fans the cunts :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dunk was bound to use his hands.

[adzzzbatch]

it's not unlucky it's handball.

[Niall_Quinn]

Brighton basically hanging on with a catalogue of fouls.

[adzzzbatch]

ramsey :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brighton 2-3 Arsenal, FT!

:bow:

Drinks are on MO.

[adzzzbatch]

brighton cloggers :wave:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey :doh:

[Marc Overmars]

Get in!!

[GP]

Never in doubt.

It's coming home again.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 2-3

We're through but trust Wenger to turn a stroll into a fight.

Great start. Awful after that. Last week was a light at the end of the tunnel. This week Wenger hires a bricklayer.

Hopeless manager, he really is.

[Marc Overmars]

Never in doubt.

It's coming home again.

Outright record holders. :pray:

Make it happen Wenget.

[Master Splinter]

If Oliver was refereeing correctly, Brighton would have had 12 yellows and at least 2 reds.

[Niall_Quinn]

If Oliver was refereeing correctly, Brighton would have had 12 yellows and at least 2 reds.

If Oliver was referring correctly it would be a global incident.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brighton basically elected for the caveman tactics in the second half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Brighton basically elected for the caveman tactics in the second half.

How else were they going to get Savage shouting "Good foul!"?

[A Gunner]

Ospina, no goals, Szecny 2 goals, problem lies with Szec.