Re: Pre-season 2012-13 Thread

[Sri]

Anyone else pumped up to see Arsenal play again?

Me me!! Finally a game to watch before I lost all sanity! I tried watching PSG Chelshit but some crap oil clash can't even come close to an Arsenal game!!

[Lagged]

Anyone else pumped up to see Arsenal play again?

Me too... I'm actually heading there soon to watch the game.

Here on a business trip which happens to be same week they play, what a co-incidence hey?

Also got a training admission pass to watch them train before the game.

Hopefully I'll be able to get close enough for some good photos.

[Sri]

Please share the photographs!!

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Benik Afobe admits he is “loving every minute” of his stay in the Far East - and hopes to use the time to stake a claim for first-team football.

The 19-year-old is with Arsène Wenger’s squad in Malaysia as part of Arsenal’s 2012 Tour, presented by Emirates, and has been overwhelmed by the reaction of the fans.

Now he wants to show them what he can do on the pitch when the visitors take on a Malaysia XI.

“I'm loving every minute of it, coming out to the Far East is not an everyday thing,” Afobe told Arsenal.com.

“It is my first time in the Far East and the boys were telling me beforehand that the fans are unbelievable and so loud.

“I thought, 'Nah, it can't be anything I haven't heard before' but it is amazing. It makes you realise how huge Arsenal Football Club is when you come out to somewhere like Asia and the fans all love you.

“There are only two out-and-out recognised centre forwards on the trip [himself and Marouane Chamakh] so it is an opportunity for me. I will just train hard and do my best, and hopefully this will be a good experience for me.”

Source: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-i-am-loving-every-minute-of-the-tour-

[Sri]

http://player.arsenal.com/player/2266-batu-caves-visit

Happy moment for me, being a Hindu myself by religion.

[MJ]

When's this fecking game gonna start? It says 12:45 PM UTC on goal.com and it's 1:10 PM UTC right now and the streams on rojadirecta aren't showing the match.

[Sina]

Arsenal.com ‏@Arsenal

Arsenal: Mannone, Jenkinson, Vermaelen (c), Djourou, Gibbs, Diaby, Arteta, Coquelin, Santos, Gervinho, Chamakh. #MALvAFC

Substitutes: Szczesny, Fabianski, Bartley, Miquel, Yennaris, Eastmond, Song, Eisfeld, Aneke, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ryo, Afobe.

game start in almost half an hour

[Sri]

Game in 30 minutes.

[RealGunner]

I woke up early just for this

Seeing Diaby start has made my day

[Raptorgunner]

Diaby starting?

[Raptorgunner]

I woke up early just for this

Seeing Diaby start has made my day

Woke up early? whats the time there?

[RealGunner]

2:38pm

don't judge

[Raptorgunner]

2:38pm

don't judge

On a Tuesday?

[MJ]

Those away kits are looking sharp

[RealGunner]

2:38pm

don't judge

On a Tuesday?

Holidays

[Raptorgunner]

Is Vermaelen the captain?

[Raptorgunner]

Gervinho. :

[RealGunner]

Diaby looking good

[Amar]

Seeing Diaby play does feel good.

And our kit from the back looks like something you would see in Ligue 1 lol

[Emaharg]

The pitch

[Emaharg]

Beautiful goal from Malaysia nothing could be done.

[RealGunner]

Great goal

[REWB]

i want to see afobe play, hopefully he comes on

[MJ]

Aint that a b-tch :/

Diaby looking very good, smooth and composed, just needs to tweak his final ball which will come with time and match fitness. Mannone was playing great and I like having Santos as an attacking option but he should have buried those chances, and Chamakh should have taken that shot instead of feeding Santos.

Literally everytime Chamakh gets the ball his back is to the goal and he just gives a back pass. Frustrating.

[urbaNRoots]

Hey guys how was everyone in the first half? I missed it

I see Santos, Gervinho and Gibbs are in the formation, how are they fielded?

Anyone got a link?

[abirking]

The goal from malaysia was a thunderbolt. But where was the closing in by an arsenal player. The malaysian player azni was under no pressure.

[REWB]

everyone was decent, chamakh has been poor as usual though, hopefully afobe comes on to replace him.

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