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Waits with bated breath for Arthur to condemn Bales blatant cheating, if he was fouled, which he was not then why wasn't the keeper booked or even sent off. :mad:

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I don't dispute his talent...but I would say same for anyone who dives without any contact. if I had my way..i would use video evidence, and ban him for 5 games...that would stop diving

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Players dive and people have a go at the ref for giving it. I don't understand why on earth the ref didn't give a card, he should have if he thought it was a penalty but whatever happened he needs help from the players. Everyone probably thought that was a pen at first glance.

YESSS!! 2 - 2!

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Fantastic goal by VP :D

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Well what a magnificent goal from RVP:clap:

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I want him for Man city,..arsenal can use the fee to buy a whole team :D

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Chamberlain for Walcott please Wenger.

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And Arsenal must get RVP to sign a new contract as how many times has this great forward done it for Arsenal when they have needed it most.

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Still not confident of getting points here. We'll see. Walcott has wasted too many chances today, crosses landing no where, Chamberlain will be up for this.

Anyway like I said. People can have a go at Dean all he likes. Bale knew what he was doing and did it well. How on earth can the ref spot that?

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Great spirit being shown by Arsenal here as Rosicky gives them the lead.

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This game is looking to be a classic, so nice to see a game live up to expectation :D

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Time to bring on oxo..oxade..you know...him :D

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You were saying Damien.:D

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Still think Chamberlain should come on.

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Ok. Now I admit to being wrong.

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What a game..5-2..and i wanted oxade on for walcott :D

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Well Walcott is like a London bus as you wait for one for a while and now two come along at once:D.

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lol..I heard them say that on the tv too...great minds etc :D

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Ryan Giggs you absoloute beauty! - Legend :D

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:(:td:

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Brilliant. Utterly Excellent. Spurs went 2 - 0 ahead. They finished 3 goals down and 1 man off.

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Glad with that result hope we can do the same against Milan this week

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Go Giggsy :tu: :D

Denphone, you do realise that this thread is open to all football teams? ;)

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To top off a great weekend of Welsh victories over England, I'm going for a Cardiff win although I'll need to bleach myself down later :D

Although I'm pretty sure the scousers will take the game.

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From the biggest to the smallest Mal.:)

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How to make Denphone cry... Tell him that Cardiff are 1-0 up

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Shocking full back defending.:bigcry::bigcry::bigcry:

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posting from my phone excuse the mistakes.

today proved the tactic saidx to aid our players actually suffocates them.

some form of 4-4-2 was played and it bloody worked how i thought it would. it worked in the past too even if we narrowly lost against city. ive argued this on arsenal land no1 listens!!

rosicky shut me up today.. with freedom and vibe from others waking up we see the squad unite and show their talent albeit even if its a little. theo, i said he was being mismanaged and ive been proven right. 4-3-3 the formation suppose to aid thesr players doesnt actually work! anyway weve all seen it.

arteta sat.. he can improve. song annoyed me going wondering.. i know arsene promotes talent but he needs to master his trade before wondering elsewhere.. we'll be a lot more solid but i think thats formation. a 4-4-2 means more work which will cure a lot of our issues, i believe thats the case have done for a while.

sagna done well. tommy and kosh need to put their heads together in time that will improve.

van persie.. need i say more!

whats incredibily important is we continue on this full on. we cant play 4-4-2 every game, some require change but that doesnt mean throwing 4-4-2 out.. anything but that.

right im tired. have it! :2up:

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Whos that team we call the Arsenal?

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whos that team we all adore?

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Man City??? ;)

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I agree, man city :D

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Come on you reds.:cleader::cleader::cleader:

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:no: we'll get banned if we finish that little number

i wanna smash saurez in the face!

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He does have that effect on people ;)

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No different to Mr Wayne Rooney then.:D

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Lot of difference ;) No victim complex ;)

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But should we not forgive people for past mistakes as forgiveness is a important quality to have in my mind.:)

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You mean like you did with Rooney? ;)

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sort his teeth out

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Does that include The Sun?

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There are limits to everything :D

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well atleast it was Kuyt.

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At last we are in the lead.:D

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or :D

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:LOL:

penoooooosssssss

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unlucky Cardiff. conspiracy.. Liverpool supporting cousin of Steven Gerrard misses the 5 peno :erm:

great entertainment after Tottenham being put in their place! :D

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At last:cleader::cleader::cleader::hyper::hyper:

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lucky lucky red gits.........................bet kenny's smile is more relief than anything

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Spurs have released another DVD...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/02/7.jpg

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You should title it "The 51 minutes that Tottenham want to forget".:)

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But then it would be a horror video ;)

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Then it would join that other famous video this season and l am not sure Damien wants to see that one as by memory one of the teams scored 8 goals.:)

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Interesting half year financial figures by Arsenal released today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17180296

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To he honest Arsenal did a great performance aganst Tottenham, but ny the looks of things Man U or City will get 1st or 2nd place, Spurs will gain 3rd place and Arenal and Chelsea will fight for 4th and 5th!

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I was at my mum's yesterday afternoon (got invited as my stepdad has buggered off on a skiing holiday)and we had the Arsenal game on. Me, my mum and brother all cheering on Arsenal, and my sister sits there cheering Spurs on!

Well, let's just say that she can dish out the insults when Spurs are winning, but when losing she lost her temper and started screeching and hitting me and my brother! We had the last laugh though, up the Gooners!!

Those financial results are good as well, and I think that many people fail to realise that clubs need to keep money in reserve to pay salaries, taxes, all those sort of things which does have an effect on transfer money for Wenger to spend.

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the figures are bang on what the ast said. dont get toi excited by them though.. theres a lot that still needs to be done to make the books look good. at the moment the results dont mean a lot. im being harsh because i want perfection.

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The results are similar, they were expected. AST were wrong about the context around those figures (i.e missing FFP etc).

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Well if ever there was a manager who is a dead man walking then AVB is it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17185843

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Podolski has agreed terms with Arsenal according to reports in Germany..

good stuff if true that business is being done early this time around.

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Not a bad signing if true.

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He flopped for the last big club he played for so I have my doubts to as whether he's another Arshavin or will make something of it.

Seems like the whole Demba Ba is available for £7m died down then.. If he was available for that Arsenal wouldn't be buying Podolski.

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It would not surprise me if Demba Ba ups sticks at end of the season.

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Scott Parker will be captaining England.

Not really too fussed about the whole armband thing as that's all it is, an armband.

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like all the other screw ups? Parkers a good choice, safe choice.

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Yes l am quite happy with Parker as captain.:tu:

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Strong line up for the dutch their nearly full a team the only person i don't know is pieters at right back

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England are drawing me back into watching International football.. say it ain't so!!! no really England are the reason I lost interest because of the boring static crap. I hope they keep it going building on this :tu:

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Parker looked good first half...and overall, I agree with thenry, England looked more comfortable and easier on the eye (though i hate saying it)

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Yes l have to say l was quite happy with the first half performance.

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1st was good for England but i prefer the 2nd so far just hope that smalling and huntelaar are alright

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Yes l am glad those two players are alright and as for England they have got worse and worse as the second half wore on and again some poor defending for the two dutch goals l am afraid.:td::(

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They've only played together today so wont be quick to criticise but what if it's just the usual case of same old crap.

Say what you want about the old guard but they were better all over the pitch.

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Nice goal of cahill and have to say the English are playing better than the dutch
nice goal of young as well

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Great comeback by England but then a little bit of magic from Arjen Robben wins the game for Holland.

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Pearce OUT!!!!

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with Cahills goal offside I think 3-2 is fair. that said England deffo need to build on this... well done. ive been finally entertained watching an International!

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Oh come on damien give the guy a chance to be honest if it was capelo it would have been a worse result to be honest it should have been a draw England out played the dutch quite often

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I believe he intended it to be a joke...

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Hmm, my feeling was that there wasn't enough urgency in the Dutch game, they were just waiting for the chances, which came sure enough. The first half was dire, and things only sprung into life after Holland scored. First England goal was off-side, and by that time Sneijder and Huntelaar there had been a rut of substitutions which swung the game in England's favour. I wouldn't quite say Holland were outplayed, though Holland definitely weren't on top of their game.

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Yeah. I saw joking.

That said I don't think he is the right manager for England. I thought that before the game and continue to do so, and would have done so regardless of the result. Friendlies mean nothing as far as I am concerned and are not great barometers of future success. Spain, won today, lose a lot of friendlies and yet are the World and European Champions....

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I honestly don't think anyone here will disagree with you on Stuart Pearce. I want Mourinho and that's as far as that goes.

Not too fussed at all about Redknapp but if by some miracle Mourinho becomes the next England manager I doubt anyone would be displeased.

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I'd rather go for Roy Hodgson than Harry.

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Redknapp is good because the players seem to like him, he seems to be able to motivate them. That's really what you want in a England manager, someone who can unite the players they are given for a short period of time and get to them to play like a team. The rest of it is really out of their hands. Even advanced tactical plans are difficult to implement because they require time and a settled team.

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France beat Germany 2-1.

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What already.

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No.:nono:

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His days are numbed, after losing the Champions League game!

The trouble with Chelseas owner is that he keeps sacking managers!

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I would rather Peace managed England until the end of Euro 2012, also England did a good performace, but they need to improve!

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Problem was that they only had what 2 days playing together as soon as the season is over you get what 2 weeks of friendlies to gel together

personally i think this England team shows more than the likes of lamps, terry and shrek.

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Yes we have to give the young players a chance as we did sod all with the old guard.

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Disagree. Proven manager at club and international level, English, vastly experienced. He has done a good job at almost every job he has had - Switzerland were a top 10 side under his management, Fulham reached the Europa League final.

There was only Liverpool, but I still find that questionable, given time for his changes to settle down he would have made them into a top team.

Redknapp is clearly a class act as a manager but other than making West Ham and Pompey punch above their weight for a few years and a couple of good seasons at Spurs really does not have any experience at managing a top club or at international level, which is completely different to club level.

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Robbie Fowler to sign for Blackpool? :erm:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17221794

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Bit desperate if you ask me as he is well past it.:shocked:

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Deal for selling his homes through Oystons? hmmm

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how come this didnt appear on here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoBm...e_gdata_player

having spent days listening and debating whether Mike Dean is a Spurs fan.. I personally dont think he is but a lot of people do. I think his mind frames purely on the game and with that has come a cringe worthy with poor defending.. scruffy goal if that makes sense :no:

Before the game Arsenal won none of the last 11 games Mike Dean officiated while Spurs won 13 out of 15.

Bale diving getting a peno while Gibbs isn't awarded a pen up the other end.

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I knew about Mike deans and the 11 games..they mentioned it on talksport before the match I think

But, you have the win now...and it was a good one :D

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17223783

Anyone fancy applying for the England job.:)

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Im a Spurs fan, All week I have been abused by other fans, oh look it 5-2 :)

I got my own back by saying it at every opportunity, and it killed their thunder, the Arsnal fan is ready to kill the person who says it next.

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do you believe hes a spurs fan?

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I'm 100% yid army.

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Because its idiotic.

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He was jumping to get a clear view....

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Colo and Krul sign new deals at Newcastle, Colo looks to be at Newcastle as long as he's getting played and with Krul it means he wont go anywhere anytime soon unless its for good money.

Naturally I believe Krul would have received a substantial wage rise. Now we just await Demba Ba to recontract with a monstrous rise.