The Arsenal Thread

[Zechariah]

Had a slow start but came back with amazing force! 3rd in the Premiership we are in form! NO big team has beaten us. In the knockout stages of Champion's League with PSV - ready to take any team on! Carling cup final with Chelsea - the young guns gunning! IN the Fa Cup moving on! The goals keep flowing the gunners keep gunning.

Welcome to the Arsenal Thread

"Here is Henry getting clear though.. Here is Hennryyyyyyy..he scooress! He scoressss for Arsenal at the Bernebue! Arsenal have been the thrusting force in this tie, Thierryyy Henryy, the galagalactico, Its Real Madrid Nil Arsenal One...!"

[Medic]

Originally Posted by Brilliant 3rd in the Premiership

calm down brill, were not there yet

[Jimmy two-times]

Even though I support rovers I have to say arsenal are best team to watch because of the style of football wenger team plays.

The future is bright for them and they will give chelsea and man utd a serious challenge with or without henry next season.

Arsenal have got two gems in cesc and denilson.

[Zechariah]

^^ saturday will be a good game.

Yes Arsenal have a bright future and next season we will be ready 100% however we are not done with this season yet.

We are in contention for all competitions which other than Chelsea right now doesnt have in England

[Jimmy two-times]

Yes I think Saturday will be a good game because we will not sit back 11 men behind the ball like what most teams do when they go to the emirates.

I just hope its not 6-2 like last time.

I had a ticket for the game but sadly I can't go so I had to pass it on.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

Cant wait for Saturday, i booked my tickets at lunch time behind the goal right next to the away fans !!

[Gooner]

The style of football they play just takes my breath away, most talented side around. Maybe with a couple of signing's arsenal prob be fighting for the title.

[Amjid Javed]

Arsenal players meet the queen

link:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6364251.stm

[TAK]

was that a private meeting with the queen - i mean just for the arsenal players?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by TAK was that a private meeting with the queen - i mean just for the arsenal players?

yeah - accordin to the comments below the pics its cos she didnt make the opening for the emirates staidum

[TAK]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed yeah - accordin to the comments below the pics its cos she didnt make the opening for the emirates staidum

thats good of the old girl

most elderly ladies would be terrified of having so many black men in there house

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by TAK thats good of the old girl most elderly ladies would be terrified of having so many black men in there house

[Amir]

Originally Posted by TAK was that a private meeting with the queen - i mean just for the arsenal players?

WHAT?!?!! YOU DONT KNOW IF IT IS A PRIVATE MEETING? But I thought you were the footballing God who was suppose to know EVERYTHING! The very foundation of my life has now crumbled.

[Medic]

FA Cup round 5 match between Arsenal and Blackburn tomorrow at 1230 on BBC1. This should be quite a exciting match; Arsenal's great run of form ( unbeaten in 2007) will be put up against Blackburn's desire to get revenge on Arsenal for the 6-2 drubbing they received in late December. Dont miss it

[Amjid Javed]

AN important next 11/12 days for arsenal.

PSV in CL, chelsea in CC and Blackburn in F.A cup replay.

sqaud rotation likely and 3 big performances needed!

[Medic]

Arsenal lose to PSV 1-0, Sad day

[adi 101]

Arsenal had a few good chances and psv caught them off guard with a wicked strike. I think Arsenal still stand a good chance.

[Straight Bat]

What happened last night boys?? (I can laugh up to now because we haven't played Barca yet)

[Zechariah]

Very proud of Gunners.. only 21 of age today and played the champions chelsea with some class.. and stylee.. luved the game from both sides.. unfortunate end though..

I sense a mouth watering Arsenal-Man UTD type of rivalry to begin between Arsenal and Chelsea...for the next fwe years... chelsea remain the only team we have not beaten but have outclassed..

Next stop.. blackburn... FA CUP!

[Amir]

Originally Posted by Brilliant Very proud of Gunners.. only 21 of age today and played the champions chelsea with some class.. and stylee.. luved the game from both sides.. unfortunate end though.. I sense a mouth watering Arsenal-Man UTD type of rivalry to begin between Arsenal and Chelsea...for the next fwe years... chelsea remain the only team we have not beaten but have outclassed.. Next stop.. blackburn... FA CUP!

You don't win the game by outclassing someone

[Zechariah]

Originally Posted by Amir You don't win the game by outclassing someone

Sure you can.. Wayne Ronney hits the post 14 times in the whole match - the ball just wont go in and out of the blue... Lampard scores in the 90th minute

anyhow, howare u bro been a while we havent talked football

[Amir]

Originally Posted by Brilliant Sure you can.. Wayne Ronney hits the post 14 times in the whole match - the ball just wont go in and out of the blue... Lampard scores in the 90th minute anyhow, howare u bro been a while we havent talked football

Its been a rough week with the recent events but I enjoyed todays game. Upto the point where I saw Fabregras get hit int he face 5 times becuase my stream kept resetting.

[Zechariah]

I didnt even watch the game.. i was at uni dunoo which channel aired it though.. TSA or super sports or itv

[Amjid Javed]

2 defeats in last 2 games, we need a performance and win v blackburn on weds.

[Medic]

Arsenal play Blackburn tonight at Ewood Park, 8pm kick off. Many players are doubtful for this contest from our POV:

Toure & Adebayor - Suspended (definatly out)
Henry - Foot
Rosicky - Groin
Hoyte - Hamstring
Clichy - Foot
Walcott - Shoulder
Diaby - Ankle

How ironic that Diaby is likely to be injured for two weeks when it was him who accidently kicked Terry.

[Amir]

Originally Posted by Medic Arsenal play Blackburn tonight at Ewood Park, 8pm kick off. Many players are doubtful for this contest from our POV: Toure & Adebayor - Suspended (definatly out) Henry - Foot Rosicky - Groin Hoyte - Hamstring Clichy - Foot Walcott - Shoulder Diaby - Ankle How ironic that Diaby is likely to be injured for two weeks when it was him who accidently kicked Terry.

Maybe Terry has a face of steel?

[Amjid Javed]

A tough game tonite v Blackburn. Arsenal need to perform and most importantly get a win!

[Medic]

last 4 games

wins: 0
draws: 1
losses: 3

losing to blackburn was not pretty

[Zechariah]

Now we can focus on two important things - league and Europe.

[Oxy]

Whats with the whinging from Wenger - calling a linesman a lier! Unaaceptable. Graceless.

[Uzi]

Originally Posted by Oxy Whats with the whinging from Wenger - calling a linesman a lier! Unaaceptable. Graceless.

Well thats nothing new.

Wenger is the serial whinger.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Oxy Whats with the whinging from Wenger - calling a linesman a lier! Unaaceptable. Graceless.

actually i agree with him - Adebayor may have been aggressive and was childish in not leaving the field BUT he didnt punch nor aim a punch towards Lampard . . . . so yeah the linesman is a liar

[Zechariah]

Originally Posted by Oxy Whats with the whinging from Wenger - calling a linesman a lier! Unaaceptable. Graceless.

Injustice by the refrees. Replays are clear.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

one arsene wenger, theres only one arsene wenger, one arsenal wenger, theres only one arsene wenger...

[Zechariah]

We need a big performance tomorrow against Reading!

[KaSaNoVa_G]

Im more praying we dont pick up any more injurys ahead of our biggest game of the season so far !!

[Zechariah]

It is kinda good that we got kicked out.. less games more focus on important things.. but damn yaaar all of our team is injured

[Medic]

diaby returns for game tomorrow

[Zechariah]

need Persie

[Medic]

^^ i think you shoud change your sig, its been a while since arsenal won 1-0, nearly 20 games

[Zechariah]

No its ok whenever I see my nick I imagine a breathtaking goal scored by Arsenal at the emirates

['Pindi Express]

3-1 tomorrow.

I can see err..hmmm..Gallas scoring Come on The Arsenal.

And Diaby should try and ease Gilberto out of the team now.

[Zechariah]

Dont worry man, someone will get the wrath of Arsenal anytime soon now anger keeps building up..

[KaSaNoVa_G]

Oh yesss, Arsenal had some 300-400 tickets left which they put on sale last night for
Arsenal v PSV and i managed to get tickets behind the Arseal bench on the half way line this time

[Zechariah]

Good one yaar do let us know how was your trip to the Emirates and hope we win! Good morale boosting win today...!

[Amjid Javed]

Its ended up been a pretty quite season with such a poor 10 days in cups. Basically weve had chance to win 30 games and lost out in 3.

in seasons gone by likes of pires, Ljungberg would score 10-12 goals a season from midfield and we need similar returns form players in sqaud now.. and in future.

[Zechariah]

Van persie out, Henry out, players suspended, Gallas just came back. Mixed season, let's hope we end the season by winning everyone single game from now on.. and come back with a bang next year..

[Zechariah]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns...b3pos1&cc=5901

[w4s1m786]

so is the Arsenal end of season Party this Thursday lads ??

[Zechariah]

Originally Posted by w4s1m786 so is the Arsenal end of season Party this Thursday lads ??

Actually yaar the Arsenal party starts when we visit white hart lane, u coming?

[Amir]

hah you don't see that every day. A cocky Tottenham fan taking the mickey out of Arsenal!

[TAK]

Originally Posted by Amir hah you don't see that every day. A cocky Tottenham fan taking the mickey out of Arsenal!

that just about sums up your complete and utter lack of knowedge about the culture of football

[Amir]

Originally Posted by TAK that just about sums up your complete and utter lack of knowedge about the culture of football

Oh yes footballing god, we forgot...you know everything.

Sorry I missed a part in my post, I meant on this board. wasim is the only Tottenham fan here and its the first time (in maybe a long time) I seen him get a bit cocky

BTW, don't you have some corner to go cry in? Or do you enjoy following me around?

[Medic]

39,000 came to watch Arsenal youth team beat Man U youth team at Emirates, quite amazing. Btw, Arsenal won the match 1-0.

[ali hussein]

Originally Posted by Medic 39,000 came to watch Arsenal youth team beat Man U youth team at Emirates, quite amazing. Btw, Arsenal won the match 1-0.

when did this match take place

[Medic]

Originally Posted by ali hussein when did this match take place

when arsenal beat villa, 14th March

Originally Posted by straight bat hey guys wheres that screaming lady who used to be at highbury?? can she still be heard at emirates?

i know who you are taking about, i dont know if she heard amongst 60,000, but she was sure loud at highbury

[Straight Bat]

hey guys wheres that screaming lady who used to be at highbury?? can she still be heard at emirates?

[KaSaNoVa_G]

I been to about 7 Arsenal home games this season.. i aint heard any lady stand out the
crowd by screaming.. then again i didnt know about any lady screaming lol !

[sufyan786]

chill outtttttttttttttt

[Medic]

Originally Posted by sufyan786 chill outtttttttttttttt

what r u on?

[Amir]

Well he is surely "chilling out"

[Medic]

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[Zechariah]

Diaby makes a debut for France!

[Medic]

Originally Posted by Brilliant Diaby makes a debut for France!

YES!! one whole minute of joy

[KaSaNoVa_G]

I booked tickets for my last game of the season today.. Arsenal v Man City... i hope
we bloody win that my last 3 games all been draws !

[Zechariah]

lol I hope we win all the games from now on..

[Medic]

Arsenal deal close for Marseille ace Ribery

Arsenal are close to sealing a deal for Olympique Marseille winger Franck Ribery.

France Football says Gunners boss Arsene Wenger already has a verbal commitment from the Frenchman, who is a huge fan of Arsenal captain Thierry Henry.

Ribery said: "I don't want to experience the same situation as last summer.

"My main objective remains to qualify for the Champions League with l'OM, and then we will see what happens.

"The clubs that were interested in me after the World Cup continue to contact me."

Liverpool and Manchester United remain keen on the sparky midfielder.

tribalfooball.com - March 27, 2007

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Interesting. It would be great to land Ribery, who really impressed me in WC. He would be a excellent replacement for Ljungberg. Reports also today that Rosicky might leave us, for Inter Milan in the region of £10m. Hopefully not true.

[Amir]

If Arsenal get Ribery he is athe perfect guy to fit their style of fast offensive and entertaining play. Dare I say they will be championship contenders next season if they land this one.

Ribrery is one of my fav players outside prem, I was hoping he would come to United.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

real madrid would be the other side after ribery, depends on who is managing them next season

[Medic]

Reports today that Flamini will leave us at the end of the season.

http://www.footballexpo.com/arsenal-...eave-in-summer

I dont think its a big deal. We already have Gilberto, Diaby, Denilson & Cesc. Flamini never really stood out as a player for me, I've havent rated him from the beginning.

[Zechariah]

I have a question - What's Arsenal smoking nowdays?

[Amir]

Originally Posted by Brilliant I have a question - What's Arsenal smoking nowdays?

Possibly the same thing as United.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

Originally Posted by Amir Possibly the same thing as United.

and riijkard for that matter aswell!!

[Zechariah]

3 teams smoking the same ****, they should investigate

[Zechariah]

Chelsea's Ashley Cole is determined to go one better than he did with former club Arsenal and lift the Champions League crown this season.


Cole reached the final of the competition with the Gunners last season but ended up losing out to Barcelona.


Now the defender is within sight of another final appearance as Chelsea look to reach the last four of the competition at the expense of Valencia tonight.

Cole said: 'Arsenal got through to the final last year, it takes a lot of guts and determination.

'We are in the quarter-finals and if we have a good game tonight then hopefully we can progress and play against Liverpool.

'I have been there before in the final and was disappointed to lose. Hopefully this year could be my year to pick it up.'

David Silva's vital away goal in the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge means Chelsea have to score, but that will not be easy in the intimidating Mestalla where Cole has tasted defeat with Arsenal once before.

Cole added: 'We need to score goals. We have that within our players and we are confident we can do that and keep a clean sheet.

'The main thing for us is to attack and get as many goals as we can.

'It is going to be a physical, hard game. We don't mind putting it about ourselves and if that's the game we have to play, then we'll have to play it.

'I came here with Arsenal and lost 1-0. It is a great ground and they have passionate fans here.

'It is going to be hostile but I have played in a lot of games now under the same circumstances and a lot of the other players have as well. We know what is expected of us.

'Hopefully, we can blot all that out, be professional and get a result.'

Meanwhile, coach Jose Mourinho hopes Manchester United will reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and boost Chelsea's title hopes at the same time.

Chelsea cut United's lead at the top of the Premiership to three points at the weekend and Mourinho wants Sir Alex Ferguson's men to triumph over Roma in order to put more strain on their resources.

Mourinho said: 'I have two big matches to play before I go back to the Premiership, Valencia in the Champions League and Blackburn in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

'So I don't want to spend my time, energy and focus on the Premiership. The only thing I can say is that tonight, and it is with no disrespect to Roma, but I would love Manchester United to win.

'I would love them to progress to the semi-finals. Why? Because I want them to play in the semi-finals - it is two more matches for them.'

[Amjid Javed]

Arsenal have a tough game against bolton on saturday and a win is a must.

with games against spurs (away) and chelsea (home) to come as well we defo need 3 points"

sadly the season has nose dived!

[Zechariah]

We were looking at atleast 3 trophies and withing 11 days we lost all of them - talk about a nose dive !

Not only that we threw a kitchen sink at the Emirates the other day and lost the match and gone now the Emirates Record.

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by Brilliant We were looking at atleast 3 trophies and withing 11 days we lost all of them - talk about a nose dive ! Not only that we threw a kitchen sink at the Emirates the other day and lost the match and gone now the Emirates Record.

weve not scored many goals from midfield this season, we plain and simply havent replaced the 20-25 goals pires/ljungberg scored between them...

Ljungberg is past it now and should be sold, we need a 4th striker and a goal scoring midfielder (maybe ribery)

[Zechariah]

Yeap and even Rocisky hasnt fired yet, he is a goal scorer. Hopefully Wenger can get someone,maybe Ribery, let's see.

[Daoud]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed weve not scored many goals from midfield this season, we plain and simply havent replaced the 20-25 goals pires/ljungberg scored between them... Ljungberg is past it now and should be sold, we need a 4th striker and a goal scoring midfielder (maybe ribery)

That problem was masked when Van Persie and Henry were firing but since RVP's injury goals have stopped coming from strikers and that compounded the lack of goals from the midfield. Then when Henry got injured, everything just fell apart