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srigooner wrote:So who are the defenders we will have on the bench in Dortmund, again?

Bellerin & Monreal, probably.

"Welcome to the Arsenal back four. How long will you be staying?"

Wenger said, “On the whole I am very satisfied. We might be able to do a little more, people say that we lack a physical presence in midfield, one profile at a Vieira or Petit, it’s true that this is what we need.”

So he knows but still doesn't do anything about it?

Raptorgunner wrote:Wenger said, “On the whole I am very satisfied. We might be able to do a little more, people say that we lack a physical presence in midfield, one profile at a Vieira or Petit, it’s true that this is what we need.”

So he knows but still doesn't do anything about it?

it was clear in the summer that he was trying dude, there was nobody good available.

william? too expensive and is in bad form atm. khedira? not what we need. gustavo? not available.

wenger tried.

Off to the Arsenal training ground today, as part of an event run by some people on twitter and an Arsenal sponsor!

Villa-Arsenal preview up tomorrow.

SamuelJayC wrote:Off to the Arsenal training ground today, as part of an event run by some people on twitter and an Arsenal sponsor!

Villa-Arsenal preview up tomorrow.

Preview up in next hour!

Arsenal.com running for Sport Website of the Year. You can vote here:

http://websiteoftheyear.co.uk/arsenal/

GoonerJay29 wrote:Arsenal.com running for Sport Website of the Year. You can vote here:

http://websiteoftheyear.co.uk/arsenal/

Don't we win that most years? At least the club ones.

Oh Wow!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2014/09/29/5142007/sanchez-disrupting-arsenals-style?ICID=TP_HN_1

The Gunners boss believes the Chilean slows down his team's passing game by lingering on the ball and preferred Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Aston Villa and Tottenham

Kwame2u wrote:Oh Wow!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2014/09/29/5142007/sanchez-disrupting-arsenals-style?ICID=TP_HN_1

The Gunners boss believes the Chilean slows down his team's passing game by lingering on the ball and preferred Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Aston Villa and Tottenham

Goal is a joke and Wayne Veysey is the biggest joke.

You know how I know Wayne has no idea what he is talking about because if Wenger could read the game this good we would be winning trophy after trophy.

Wayne is giving Wenger too much credit, Sanchez didn't start because he payed in the midweek.

Stan Kroenke's recent purchases of new Arsenal shares

RG - You doing preview?

Using this thread as the preview since good amount of discussion is already going on for the match

http://www.goallegacy.net/t36685-arsenal-vs-chelsea-how-do-we-protect-flamini

Rio Ferdinand: "Do you want to swap shirts after the game? Bergkamp: "I don’t swap shirts." Rio Ferdinand: "I hated him ..after that."

RealGunner wrote:Using this thread as the preview since good amount of discussion is already going on for the match

http://www.goallegacy.net/t36685-arsenal-vs-chelsea-how-do-we-protect-flamini

Was a good idea. I'll be back with Hull one after int break. Hopefully 3 points!!

Arsenal do not have a ‘Plan B’
The Arsenal chief added: ‘That’s an old, ridiculous debate - I honestly never understand what is Plan A and Plan B and C. It’s a debate of another age.
‘I’ve watched the Chelsea game again and we were guilty of not taking the first chances which were there for us and guilty of making a defensive mistake on their goal, but there was very little between the two teams on the day.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2794307/mesut-ozil-heard-crack-left-knee-against-chelsea-reveals-arsene-wenger.html#ixzz3GGzWI5Bd
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For anyone interested, Arsenal Ladies play Man City Ladies in their fourth consecutive Continental Cup final tonight at 7:45.

Arsenal-Hull preview will be online this afternoon.

Has Everybody Had Enough Of Mesut Özil?

http://blog.umaxit.com/2014/10/17/has-everybody-had-enough-of-mesut-ozil/

An extract from a new book, "Invincible" by Amy Lawrence. Some really good stuff here:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsenal-invincible-season-arsene-wenger-inside-story?CMP=twt_gu

Also, from the same book, Wenger describing his players:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsene-wenger-regret-career-arsenal-ashley-cole?CMP=twt_gu

MJ wrote:Has Everybody Had Enough Of Mesut Özil?

http://blog.umaxit.com/2014/10/17/has-everybody-had-enough-of-mesut-ozil/

That is a poor article.

Kick wrote:

MJ wrote:Has Everybody Had Enough Of Mesut Özil?

http://blog.umaxit.com/2014/10/17/has-everybody-had-enough-of-mesut-ozil/

That is a poor article.

I agree, very poor article, I thought it was joke tbh.
Not Ozil bashing but football is about what you see with your own eyes on the pitch. You watch the game and come to your own conclusion.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The only thing I love more than satire is when it flies over peoples heads.

GoonerJay29 wrote:An extract from a new book, "Invincible" by Amy Lawrence. Some really good stuff here:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsenal-invincible-season-arsene-wenger-inside-story?CMP=twt_gu

Also, from the same book, Wenger describing his players:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsene-wenger-regret-career-arsenal-ashley-cole?CMP=twt_gu

"When you talk about getting the maximum from your team over a season, although you did in the league, did you feel that didn’t happen in the other competitions? Yes, because that year we could have won the Champions League. Three days before we played Chelsea in the Champions League we played Man United in the FA Cup. I did not want to sacrifice the FA Cup, so I thought I would play a team I thought could beat Man United. The game was at Villa Park and I remember Man United on the day kicked us. Reyes got kicked, we lost some players, we lost some mental strength, and three days later we lost against Chelsea in the final minutes of the game. I could see we were jaded. So I think if I made a mistake that season, that was not to sacrifice the game against Man United. Many times the Champions League conflicts with the FA Cup and you sit there and think, What do I do? [He exhales deeply] That season we could have won everything. I tried to do it. We had the squad to do it. We had 16 or 17 players of top, top level "

Interesting, perhaps this explains why he always favoured the Champions league over the FA Cup during our trophy drought years

Arsenal have their own stats company, it seems:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsenal-place-trust-arsene-wenger-army-statdna-data-analysts?CMP=twt_gu