Dat Boy Inside Him...

For a player of RVP's class, being 29, it is more than deserved for him to win his first EPL title. It is almost a crime that he hadn't won this title before. Arsenal fans must form a ground of honour for this man for what he did for Arsenal this weekend.

Dat boy inside RVP

Congratulations to Manchester United. They clearly were the most consistent team, even though they weren't the best team in EPL on their day (imo).

danyjr wrote:

Congratulations to Manchester United. They clearly were the most consistent team, even though they weren't the best team in EPL on their day (imo).

Who would you say are?

on a one off? id say chelsea

Naah, City bettered Chelsea.

actually yeah i dont know what i was thinking. no its man utd, they are the best. they even proved it vs rm aswell.

the little boy inside rvp
congratulations to man u and rvp . i would have loved him to have stayed at arsenal but im glad hes stayed in the epl and a player of his quality deserves to win major trophies... or trophies of any kind

danyjr wrote:For a player of RVP's class, being 29, it is more than deserved for him to win his first EPL title. It is almost a crime that he hadn't won this title before. Arsenal fans must form a ground of honour for this man for what he did for Arsenal this weekend.

Why would we thank him for forcing us to sell him and then guiding one of our biggest rivals to glory while we struggled all season to cope with his loss? Why would we thank him for throwing us into a fight to barely make a CL spot while making our club look obsolete and more broken than it's been in a long time? If him and Song had never left, we would have competed for the title ffs.

Congrats for proving himself right in terms of winning trophies, but it doesn't make his actions any more forgivable.

Eman wrote:

danyjr wrote:For a player of RVP's class, being 29, it is more than deserved for him to win his first EPL title. It is almost a crime that he hadn't won this title before. Arsenal fans must form a ground of honour for this man for what he did for Arsenal this weekend.

Why would we thank him for forcing us to sell him and then guiding one of our biggest rivals to glory while we struggled all season to cope with his loss? Why would we thank him for throwing us into a fight to barely make a CL spot while making our club look obsolete and more broken than it's been in a long time? If him and Song had never left, we would have competed for the title ffs.

Congrats for proving himself right in terms of winning trophies, but it doesn't make his actions any more forgivable.

Woah, I don't think so.

WE WILL NOT BE MOVEDDDDD!

CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND! CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND!

izzy wrote:

Eman wrote:

danyjr wrote:For a player of RVP's class, being 29, it is more than deserved for him to win his first EPL title. It is almost a crime that he hadn't won this title before. Arsenal fans must form a ground of honour for this man for what he did for Arsenal this weekend.

Why would we thank him for forcing us to sell him and then guiding one of our biggest rivals to glory while we struggled all season to cope with his loss? Why would we thank him for throwing us into a fight to barely make a CL spot while making our club look obsolete and more broken than it's been in a long time? If him and Song had never left, we would have competed for the title ffs.

Congrats for proving himself right in terms of winning trophies, but it doesn't make his actions any more forgivable.

Woah, I don't think so.

People kept trying to shove Chelsea down our throats as legit contenders before the season started, so why is it so ludicrous to assume we could be too with our current squad + Song and RVP?

If him and Song had never left, we would have competed for the title ffs.

I know this is a touchy subject, and I don't necessarily disagree with the statement, but we can't blame our failures on them. Players leave all the time and the best players will go to clubs that have the best chances of winning silverware. Our club needs to accept that fact and replace them with the right players.

I'm sure Arsenal will form a guard of honour this weekend, but for the whole of Manchester United, not just for van Persie. Congratulations to him for finally winning a league title, but it's time to move on, if we already haven't.

Lex wrote:

izzy wrote:

Eman wrote:
Why would we thank him for forcing us to sell him and then guiding one of our biggest rivals to glory while we struggled all season to cope with his loss? Why would we thank him for throwing us into a fight to barely make a CL spot while making our club look obsolete and more broken than it's been in a long time? If him and Song had never left, we would have competed for the title ffs.

Congrats for proving himself right in terms of winning trophies, but it doesn't make his actions any more forgivable.

Woah, I don't think so.

People kept trying to shove Chelsea down our throats as legit contenders before the season started, so why is it so ludicrous to assume we could be too with our current squad + Song and RVP?

Well, I never considered Chelsea contenders once this season as Di Matteo was a really limited coach.

However, are you trying to tell that had Wenger known that RVP and Song were staying, he would have went after Cazorla, Giroud and Podolski?

I don't think he would and quite honestly, the only visable improvements I see from Arsenal this season is, Koscielney, Walcott, Wilshere, Gibbs to an extent and maybe Arteta.

Forgive me for not thinking that would be enough to compete for the title. I'm not buying it.

izzy wrote:

Eman wrote:

danyjr wrote:For a player of RVP's class, being 29, it is more than deserved for him to win his first EPL title. It is almost a crime that he hadn't won this title before. Arsenal fans must form a ground of honour for this man for what he did for Arsenal this weekend.

Why would we thank him for forcing us to sell him and then guiding one of our biggest rivals to glory while we struggled all season to cope with his loss? Why would we thank him for throwing us into a fight to barely make a CL spot while making our club look obsolete and more broken than it's been in a long time? If him and Song had never left, we would have competed for the title ffs.

Congrats for proving himself right in terms of winning trophies, but it doesn't make his actions any more forgivable.

Woah, I don't think so.

All season, our issues have been not having a prolific and consistent scorer while our midfield has been all fecked up by no DM being present. Even as talented as they are, our current batch of CMs haven't been able to cope physically with most EPL teams for the majority of the season when Diaby wasn't playing until recently when Arsene figured out that the Arteta-Ramsey combination can handle it. Those same problems have been the reason we have lost just about every single game we have lost this season, outside of maybe at LB when we had to play Santos earlier in the year, but Wenger fixed that in January by signing Monreal.

Some people will blame our GKs or CBs for being poor in spells and say that those are positions we're poor too, but honestly even then it was 90% our midfield giving them no protection whatsoever. In recent games when Koscielny, Mertesacker, and a confident GK have been playing with a proper midfield in front of them, our defensive play has been outstanding. We could maybe use another CB for variety but we are still decent at the back.

Losing RvP was a kick right in the nuts, and losing Song was a death blow. Bring them back in and you can't really point at any position in the team where we'd have been that bad. We actually would have had a complete team for the first time since we last won a trophy, and Man Utd would not have had RvP of course, so we definitely would have been at least in the mix.

Congrats to United

The little boy was right in the end

Congrats to Van Persie.

Eman wrote:
All season, our issues have been not having a prolific and consistent scorer while our midfield has been all fecked up by no DM being present. Even as talented as they are, our current batch of CMs haven't been able to cope physically with most EPL teams for the majority of the season when Diaby wasn't playing until recently when Arsene figured out that the Arteta-Ramsey combination can handle it. Those same problems have been the reason we have lost just about every single game we have lost this season, outside of maybe at LB when we had to play Santos earlier in the year, but Wenger fixed that in January by signing Monreal.

Some people will blame our GKs or CBs for being poor in spells and say that those are positions we're poor too, but honestly even then it was 90% our midfield giving them no protection whatsoever. In recent games when Koscielny, Mertesacker, and a confident GK have been playing with a proper midfield in front of them, our defensive play has been outstanding.

Losing RvP was a kick right in the nuts, and losing Song was a death blow. Bring them back in and you can't really point at any position in the team where we'd have been that bad. We actually would have had a complete team for the first time since we last won a trophy, and Man Utd would not have had RvP of course, so we definitely would have been at least in the mix.

Right there, that bit in red ends the discussion for me. If Wenger can't see that then what else can you say. This is all ifs and buts, but really, was Wenger going to buy Cazorla, Giroud and Podolski had RVP and Song stayed?

Was Song and RVP going to play at a consitant level to compete for the title?
Why was a proper DM not bought when Diaby is injury prone?
Why not know who your best CBs are before at least Christmas?
Why not bring in a better CF if you needed goals?

All those questions about this team and so much more. I'm not buying, 'Arsenal would have been contenders if.....' It's been 5 years since Arsenal have really been contenders, enough of ifs and buts, produce on the field and maybe your in the discussion.

Congrats United, best team in the country and deserved it.

Giggs has now won more titles than 90 of the 92 football league clubs.

I can understand Arsenal fans grudge, but RVP was right to leave? At his age, it was his last chance contract to be in a team who had all the chance to win.

He wasn't as young as Nasri and Fabregas and did not leave for the money.

Dat intelligent boy inside of him

RG told me on the chat he's going to stand up and clap for RvP when he walks out of the Emirates tunnel.

OLpower wrote:I can understand Arsenal fans grudge, but RVP was right to leave? At his age, it was his last chance contract to be in a team who had all the chance to win.

He wasn't as young as Nasri and Fabregas and did not leave for the money.

I'm happy for RVP and I think he made the right decision but come on money definitely influenced his decision.

He deserves it.

There was nothing wrong with him moving to Man Utd either. I agree, he's almost 30 and he didn't really win anything. Now he's helped Man Utd win the title and I'm sure he's ecstatic currently.

Yohan Modric wrote:He deserves it.

There was nothing wrong with him moving to Man Utd either. I agree, he's almost 30 and he didn't really win anything. Now he's helped Man Utd win the title and I'm sure he's ecstatic currently.

Yes there was. Their rivals ffs.

However, Arsenal really need to look at themselves in the summer because United fans I talk to are viewing them as relevant as Leeds Utd.

It's pathetic, something needs to be done.

Oh the price I would pay for the chance to throw a cinder block through his windshield

izzy wrote:

Yohan Modric wrote:He deserves it.

There was nothing wrong with him moving to Man Utd either. I agree, he's almost 30 and he didn't really win anything. Now he's helped Man Utd win the title and I'm sure he's ecstatic currently.

Yes there was. Their rivals ffs.

However, Arsenal really need to look at themselves in the summer because United fans I talk to are viewing them as relevant as Leeds Utd.

It's pathetic, something needs to be done.

Then you need to talk to some new intelligent Utd fans.