Lex wrote:Ffs people, both sides played with completely different teams to their usual starting 11 in the league cup. Utd had some guy named Cotton and Tunnelcliffe, while we had Miquel and Djourou as well as an unfit Frimpong in midfield and a 20 year old in goal.

Stop mourning over "the death of the art of defence" It's getting ridiculous

+1 two reserve teams get slaughtered and suddenly the art of defence is dead and we're going to concede 6 with our starting XI when we have the best defence in the league.

Calm down United fans.

8-7 to Arsenal

Lex wrote:Ffs people, both sides played with completely different teams to their usual starting 11 in the league cup. Utd had some guy named Cotton and Tunnelcliffe, while we had Miquel and Djourou as well as an unfit Frimpong in midfield and a 20 year old in goal.

Stop mourning over "the death of the art of defence" It's getting ridiculous

I'm shocked that I actually agree with Piers Morgan lite.

+1

Despite Arsenal not being title contenders in the last few years, Arsenal-United is one heck of a fixture.

I get the feeling the referee would take centre-stage in this match instead of the players, I hope I'm wrong though.

I hope so too. Hopefully the referee goes unnoticed

MJGunner wrote:

Forza Rossoneri wrote:42-36
The art of defending is lost. It's either park the bus or play Zeman-style these days.

Looks like someone else read that shite goal.com article or is looking at the past through rose-tinted glasses

Lex wrote:Stop mourning over "the death of the art of defence" It's getting ridiculous

Hello stereotypically sensitive Arsenal fans,

1. I don't read goal.com editorial articles for obvious reasons so I'm not even aware of the article you are referring to MJ.

2. Obviously cup games are not indicative of the respective teams' best defences.

3. <-- What in hell does this look like to you? Does this look like Piers Morgan? No.

I don't put this emoticon at the end of my post for nothing. Believe it or not, it was a conscious decision when I opened the emoticon menu and chose to put that at the end of my comment. Yes, it is a laughing guy, placed there because I was clearly making a joke.

But hold on... I should consider your point of view, which as far as I can see is that you genuinely think that I believe nobody can defend any more and a total of 78 goals are going to be scored in the game.

The art of conversation is dead.

Was i talking exclusively to you, though? No, i wasn't

Oh, and the emoticon you were looking for to indicate a joke is "" not ""

Lex wrote:Was i talking exclusively to you, though? No, i wasn't

Oh, and the emoticon you were looking for to indicate a joke is "" not ""

Now you're just trying to save face after the overreaction.