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Great for some but pure misery for others.:bigcry::bigcry::bigcry:

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He scores when he wants....



:)

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I hate to say it but can the league finish now. Would be a great table. Swansea and West Brom in top 3 and Liverpool relegated.

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I do agree Southampton were the better team and deserved better, i am a fair man

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Southampton being beat 3-2 twice by the manchester clubs..got to feel sorry for them

But enjoyed the game

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he sells who he wants :p:

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I'm still trying to get my head round Adkins' subs.

Winning 2-1 with 10-15 mins left.

Take off all three forwards and replace them with three other forwards.

What's all that about?

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:nworthy: Scholes

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So we're back to how we were with Ronnie, an above-average team with one world-class player who gets us out of trouble.

Nice I suppose and I guess he's fast on his way to repaying the £24m but what happens when he gets injured? We turn in to a team like Liverpool?

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Or Swansea.;)

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No, I mean a team of has-beens, never-have-beens and never-will-bes languishing at the relegation zone.

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Such words of eloquence that even Fergie would be proud of.:)

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Slight over reaction :shocked:

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Really? Where would we have been without him today? And against Fulham? I know SAF likes to start the season off slowly but teams like them and Everton we should be beating comfortably.

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Relying on one of your main strikers to score goals! Whatever next...

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Well it's more than that isn't it? Remember with Ronnie we'd be outplayed by lesser teams then he'd pop up out of nowhere and pull us out of the brown-stuff? That's not how it should be for teams like United.

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Your point might be valid if we weren't only 3 games into the season.

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It still is valid. We should be beating such lesser teams a lot more comfortably than scraping by like that.

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Well, perhaps the 'elite' teams in the Premiership shouldn't have the attitude that they're guaranteed to beat 'lesser' teams. Arrogance is one reason a lot of people dislike United...

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Nobody has mentioned any 'guarantees'. But United are a better team than Everton, Fulham and Southampton but hardly played like it.

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They are still trying to find the right team , let's not forget against Everton they had two midfielders playing in defence due to injuries , Rooney and RVP played one game together then we lost Rooney through injury , I'm sure Fergie is trying to find the best player combinations.

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The better teams are the ones who play better on the day; reputation & money spent have nothing to do with it.

Southampton were the better team today...

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Carlo Garganese (Pundit) had this to say about a certain Cristiano Ronaldo.

Definitely no bias there. :rolleyes:

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Side-by-side, United are a better team than them however on the day Southampton played better.

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According to my son, there are rumours on Twitter that Spurs are trying to talk with Harry Rednapp - how true these are, l have no ideas as l don't have twitter.

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LOL. No, that is clearly just people making stuff up on Twitter. We're only three games in!

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We may be three games in but don't forget the media today have been stating what Harry was saying on MOTD about AVB.

I will give AVB till Xmas, and IF we are in the bottom half of the table, l can see Levy looking for a new boss, especially after all the money he has spent.

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If Spurs do end up firing their manager their replacement still won't be 'arry...

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Zenit St Petersburg spend £64m to sign Hulk and Witsel.:shocked:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19471132

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i wish they would bid a 1/4 of that for Arshavin!

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Frankly he is probably worth only £4 million one suspects now.

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hes worth a bit more and I reckon Zenit would of bid a decent amount had it not been for his stunt after the euros. still theres time... and hope :erm:

Raul Meireles moves to Fenerbahce. Was you pleased to see him leave Liverpool Den?

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No l was actually disappointed Liverpool let him go but alas that was one in a catalogue of transfer errors in the last couple of seasons.:td::(

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Well atleast you recouped money spent on his transfer

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Not now I don't. Can't bring anyone in.

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Rosicky should be back soon followed by Jack then it'll be literally January. Wenger did say if he can't do further signings window just gone he'll do it in December :erm: January :dozey:

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No surprise here as Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has admitted the club "can't compete" in the transfer market with their Barclays Premier League top-four rivals.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football...medium=twitter

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heres the source/full write up - http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...s-8104267.html

firstly PHW and Arsenal are yet again missing the point. i as well as many other fans personally have never said sign 50odd mil each players. apart from Falcao who is a dream signing realistically we have always said add players of under 20mil into the mix but that was hampered because Wenger instead banged out mega contracts to youth and players who dont deserve an increase. judgement has declined in that area. i understand by handing youth a decent deal they should man up and develope but players like Bendtner who just take the pee then act as a bad apple among the good apples screws things. furthermore when management rarely put players in their place doesnt help matters.. past! present is Bould wont take it so change is certainly underway. the payroll needs sorting out, Ivan said there is change on the way in that area and this summer window just gone proves Arsenal are changing still theres more work to be done.

it annoys me when i hear PHW speak or anyone at Arsenal about not being able to sign 50mil players. this isnt required but adding decent quality is. theres 2 things wrong. Arsenal do not see that players out in the world better than we have and secondly Arsenal is clearly about having a few quality signings surrounded by upcomers. not all those upcomers are good enough or will be and should be swapped for players that would cost under 15-20mil that would really add something to our fight. when we brought Nasri I was begging for Arsenal to coupe Ben Arfa too but his attitude was always spoken of.. this when Arsenal backed Bendtner throughout his foolish behaviour. work that one out! window just gone.. I wish we could have done a double swoop at Malaga.. Cazorla and Isco.

I do think now things will change with Bould in. if Bould manages to talk Wenger into adding that 1 or 2 player(s) to get us lifting silverware then clearly Wengers been left to wonder heedlessly while everyone else just sits back, watches then have the nerve to slate fans.. Peter Hill-Wood!!! Peter clearly says as we know that the board dont say anything to Wenger. he goes on to say Deins departure hasnt impacted anything.. is he having a laugh! whats interesting though is PHW speaks of Stan now as the main man which he is ofcourse. before it wasnt like that.

anyway we can compete but like PHW says we have to do it in another way. its possible not impossible! it just takes vision and bottle. this doesnt mean going into debt!!

theres a good amount spoken about by PHW in the above link and just confirms what us fans have come to know and debate about.

Theo wants 100oddk. Arsenal wont give it. and rightly so.

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He is worth a lot less than that, apparently

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...mo-Moscow.html

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It seems more and more players seem unhappy with life at the Emirates as Sagna's vents his Arsenal frustration following on from other players who vented their frustration before him.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8056384/

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Saw this great fact on twitter...

Two. Arsenal have won as many Premier League games in 2012 at Anfield as Liverpool

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Yes ok, it's not a stat we at Arsenal are proud of. We're trying our best. No need to compare us to Liverpool. :(

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Very true but alas Arsenal are still trophyless for the last seven years wherever we have won a tinpot cup but its still a cup at the end of the day.;):D

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We'll make do with the Champions League qualification. :)

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Yep they'd swap all the champions league football and cash for that I'm sure...

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his contracts up at the end of this season, i dont see sense in the story.

here we go, yet another contract problem.

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2011/2012/2012(summer)

Arsenal
Transfer revenue: 110.387.200 £
Transfer expenditures: 94.798.000 £
Transfer Net: +15.589.200 £

Liverpool
Transfer revenue: 29.405.200 £
Transfer expenditures: 94.974.000 £
Transfer Net: -65.568.800 £

Liverpool have spent pretty much the same amount as Arsenal and have the Carling Cup to show for except your in debt. Arsenal have had possibly the worse team under Wenger and still managed top 4 within budget. May I add the worse team under Wenger whom beat the best Tottenham side in all those years.

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Although Liverpool are short of strikers. Could they get a seasons loan? from these nice managers Sir Alex Ferguson, and Mr Mancini he has oodles of strikers. Or is the window closed?

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The transfer window is closed till the 1st of January and l think the only loans allowed are emergency loans if the situation is deemed to be a emergency by the authorities.

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Liverpool can't get a emergency loan. They don't have a lack of strikers, they have a lack of good strikers, and it's hard for them to argue it's an emergency when they were happy to enter the season in this condition.

The only times emergency loans are sanctioned is usually for goalkeepers.

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we had to use Arshavin as a striker for a while.

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If we get any injuries to our forwards then we are up the creek without a paddle.

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You could always go for heskey, he's still without a club for some reason....

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You shouldn't be so cruel to Den :D

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Last time l heard he was looking for a house in the Manchester area.;):D

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Looks like we have been successful in our bid for the stadium, be sad to leave but the price of progress is a massive new stadium, all our debts cleared and a brand new billionaire investor its a price worth paying imo

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Yes l think it is the right move and perhaps my club need to consider the unthinkable and move away from Anfield as planning permission to extend seems light years away.

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This could be a cricket score here today. We are all over the place.

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Yes its not looking good for the saints.

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Outplayed and outclassed. This is NOTHING like the team that played against utd.

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It seems that good old Man Utd are missing the donkey though.;):D

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And its getting worse Julian.

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You might not be far wrong now with 38 minutes played.

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I'm sat here watching this in disbelief. 2 own goals and the team is in disarray.
Can't take anything away from Arsenal though.
We are paying the price for having Championship players in the Prem.

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Well the Arsenal lads will be happy today after this goal fest.

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Is it too early to start drinking?

Cazorla has been outstanding for Arsenal.

Very nice touch at the end with Theo and Ox walking up to the Saints fans and applauding them.... Respect.

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wonder if Den ready to see his team get beat tonight ;)

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Mancini has some peculiar substitutes. I would have kept tevez on, dzeko on earlier for ballotelli

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Here's a couple of pints on me Julian.:beer::beer:

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Make sure you have your whisky bottle at the ready Dave.;):D

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Paul Scholes has scored on his 1st , 100th, 200th (an OG), 300th, 400th, 500th and now 700th appearance. Shame he missed 600th! :)

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Yes a great player but they are going to miss him when he retires.:)

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That goal by sunderland has got to hurt

And, I put Fletcher into my team :D

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as captain :D

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First attack by them as well.:(

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:cleader::cleader:

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It is a shame but he is a great player for us and he will be missed when he retires at end of seaosn

Indeed he will be missed. He is a legend. Scholes, Giggs and Nevile (Gary) are how players should be. Loyal to the club, never complain when they dont play and play for the club and because they want to and not for the money.

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How your beloved got a draw Dave god only knows as they had one chance and scored.:D;)

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Anyone taking bets for Liverpool to be in a relegation battle this season? :D

You shall walk alone :D:D

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You silly boy or as Del would say you plonker..;):D

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Im no Rodney. I'm just trying to make some money on the side :p:

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we didn't deserve to win that's for sure Den only good part for us was another goal for super Fletch 3 in 2 games for him now both defences for the goals were shocking

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No, never walk alone, as 3 go down, so they would have company :D

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Nicked this from twitter last night...
:D

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Quaility, 100% quaility

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On the game itself, I was disappointed in Sunderland. They gave the ball away an awful lot. Liverpool should have taken advantage. So it doesn't auger well when Liverpool can't beat a sunderland team playing poor. I thought McClean especially was poor. Seen him play a lot better

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Perhaps you need to have a word with Roberto and explains to him the intricacies of playing basketball in the penalty area.;):D

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l read this on many websites yesterday and it read Aston Villa 2 Swansea 0.;):D and Berbatov 2 West Brom 0.:D

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Yeah, and I also saw United 4 Wigan nil...

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Yes very impressive when you have a team of divers.;)

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Obvious dive.

And I like Garcia..he can head a ball

As to the handball, I'm sympathetic to ref missing it. i always thought crouch looks like a giraffe on roller skates :)

And elbow on balotelli should have been red

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Alan Parrys commentary after Anichebes goal tonight....oh dear!

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why what happened? was it a good game?

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Yes it was a very enjoyable game but whats going to happen tonight Le God.:)

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I knew I should have made time to watch it :mad:

Tonight Den Giroud will score :D

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Yes l just hope all our clubs do well in Europe and it would be nice if Giroud could score against his old side.

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Usmanov's sitting next to Platini.. the man attends more games than Stan. Come on The Arsenal.

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Yes lets hope for a gunners victory.

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Cheeky peno

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Not what you wanted is it.:(

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nice play. 1-1 Poldi

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Gervinho 2-1 :D

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Podolski is a excellent signing it seems.

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The team as it is playing seems to suit Gervinho. Might be an argument that playing everything through or to RVP held rest back (confidence)

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indeed still Gervinho needs to up his game. hopefully this season will see him progress. his play has been and still is childs play.

hows City getting on at RM?

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0-0 at the moment.

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City leading one nil at the mighty Bernabeu.:cleader:

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Diaby needs to come off, risking a red here. It's a bit of a meh performance. Can't work it out but something isn't clicking. Sloppiness I guess and we're dealing with their wingers effectively.

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I hate watching Arsenal when they're like this. I don't know what's going on but they're not keeping the ball, affording them too much space, and just sitting back. Very edgy right now.

Montpellier deserve a lot of credit. Seems like they've been waiting for this game at the expense of their league campaign. Full of energy even 85 minutes in.

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Wow what a game at the Bernabeu.

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Ronaldooooo!!!!