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I thought it was a penalty

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Really Colin put your glasses on.:nono:

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So did I :)


Thought you'd be away fantasising about Delia's bun warming:shocked: Now Nigella there's a fantasy:D

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Nigella wouldn't be in the kitchen :)

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l hope your partner is not reading your post.:naughty::nono:

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Pretty sure she'd let you use both ovens:angel:

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:eek:

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Good result. De Gea was excellent yet again, and i thought we did very well at keeping Ronaldo quiet in the second half. Looking forward to the second leg.

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excellent result for you. i honestly thought Utd would get done over.

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No they played pretty well a deserved a draw at the very least.

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I thought United would win and had a 9/1 bet on a United win with a Van Persie goal. Grrrrr....so close....

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Yes if only Van Persie had his shooting boots on last night but there's always next week against the mighty Bayern if you think its a risk worth taking.:)

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I don't normally bet against Arsenal and betting on them is just throwing money away.

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England up to fourth in FIFA rankings after 2-1 win over Brazil.

http://www.itv.com/sport/football/ar...n-over-brazil/

Not sure l agree with England's high ranking.

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Radamel Falcao Signed In December by Chelsea?.

http://www.ftbpro.com/posts/barney.l...t&team=Chelsea

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I watched the highlights of last nights match again...is there a bigger **** in football than Sergio Ramos? He got two of our players booked for absoloutely nothing. Rolling around on the floor as if he had been shot, it was patheitic. Also the De Gea save early on is probably one of the best i've ever seen, i don't know how he managed to see the ball.

I'm waiting to hear today whether i got tickets in the ballot for the second leg. Fingers crossed :)

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How does that work then? At Arsenal there are membership levels. Gold means season ticket which means every home game and the first 7 cup games (excluding Carling Cup) then for other home games you get a few weeks to 'buy' your seat for it before they'll offering to the next level down which is Silver.

Silver means you can book any games, other than seats already taken by season tickets, on a first-come, first-served basis two months before the game in question. This gives them a one month head start on Red members who can book 1 month in advance.

So no ballots required apart from cup finals. Instead it's a tiered membership scheme (anyone can be red, Silver is limited and the longest serving red members get promoted when one of the Silver members doesn't renew).

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The United one is a lot more simple. If you are a member you apply for tickets, if the game is over subscribed a ballot is held and its completely random. It could be the first game you apply for and you have the same chance as everyone else. Its only the big games that you have to apply though, against lesser teams you can choose your seats. There are executives and season ticket holders who obviously have their seats already.

I think most of the time you have to be an exec to stand a chance of getting an away ticket. Normal members can't even apply for aways. I would love to go to an away game but the only chance i would have is buying from a tout or going to a european away in the early stages, which i nearly did this season against Cluj but decided against it. The only away i have been to was against City in the community shield, if that can be classed as an away.

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Yeah away games are hard. I went to one, at Old Trafford incidentally, because it was an FA Cup game so our allocation was higher. Great fun. Arsenal have an away scheme which is closed for new members as they're trying to phase it out in favour of the Gold/Silver/Red scheme.

So do you not get to choose the seat for the big games? You could end up in the top corner of the stadium or right on the halfway line in the upper tier?

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You choose 2 price bands, so i tend to choose the price bands where i know the most non season ticket seats are and you're put anywhere in those price bands if you're successful.

Back in the day of postal applications i just use to write 'any' where it asked you where you wanted to sit, which was pretty cool because i've sat in every stand and tier in the ground now.

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Manchester United profits rise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21458845

Footballers may trial wearing microchips to monitor health.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21460038

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Samuel Umtiti
http://i.minus.com/ibwGlB8yaTthEj.gif

:clap:

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that was flagged? lineo started running with play too :erm: i read on the BBC site i think or twitter that Cisse should have had a hat trick?

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Inside David's stunning £15,000-a-night Parisian hotel suite

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...tel-suite.html

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£15k a night!?!?!

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More money then sense.

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Yeah. Giving his wages to charity and all that.

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id want something more high tech tbh. that suites too old fashion. Grey Balls.

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l cannot dispute his kind charity donation but why stay in a £15k hotel when a £100 a night place would be perfectly adequate.

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You wouldn't get several bedrooms and dining etc., and a £100 a night hotel woud quickly become very boring, so I'd shoot a little higher than that. but yeah £15k per night is excessive. He could easily rent a house with servants for a fraction of that.

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that wouldnt do his image any good Den. the money isnt the problem its that suite. BORING!

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I suppose it could do with a few prossies.

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Drogba scores 5 minutes into debut for Galatasaray. 8pts clear of Besiktas & face Schalke on Wednesday.

m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JNVcTIbtZFE&deskto p_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DJ NVcTIbtZFE&gl=GB

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Sportmediaset claim Inter Milan are considering offering a contract to free agent Ruud Van Nistelrooy to cover for the injured Diego Milito.

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Bayern 1 up playing right now vs Wolfsburg. cheers FA dont bother helping us will you!

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Bayern won 2nil.

AC won 2-1 vs Parma. Balotelli scored from a free kick.

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Don't worry about playing a day late. It's a home game and so is tomorrows game, plus we can rest players tomorrow. We're not really in a position to beat Bayern regardless anyway.

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good point Wenger will most probably rest players but Bayern still play early. and you need to be upbeat. we'll beat them :D

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pointless stat this..

Bayern now won last 11 games keeping 10 clean sheets

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Just been watching the Chilean Primera division game between O'Higgins and Palestino. That young lad Cuevas who Chelsea are after was sent off after being on the pitch for 15 minutes as he tried to boot the ball from under one of their defenders (and ended up kicking him in the ribs)... hmmmmm

No ball boys were harmed in the course of this experiment.

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Was some really dubious refereeing on the night and fans made it known they were annoyed by raining down toilet rolls and flares and smoke bombs which you couldn't see on TV, idiotic behavior nonetheless when the majority of flares were hitting fellow supporters.

The game itself was just poor all around, Wigan vs Stoke would have been a better watch. 2 goals ruled incorrectly offside but they were no excuse for Pa**** Cisse missing time after time. He spent the majority of the night offside and when the rare occasion popped up that he was onside, he simply didn't make a run or an effort to get through on goal. Plenty of diving going on throughout the night mainly from the Ukrainian opposition but a notable shout to Shola Ameobi for his attempt to win a penalty late on, going down via a tap on the shoulder.

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Uefa lifts Steven Caulker's ban but upholds Tom Ince's suspension.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21479516

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Arsenal: Szczesny, Coquelin, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Monreal, Diaby, Rosicky, Arteta, Gervinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud.
Subs: Mannone, Sagna, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Walcott, Podolski.

Blackburn: Kean, Orr, Dann, Hanley, Martin Olsson, Pedersen, Williamson, Lowe, Markus Olsson, Kazim-Richards, Rhodes.
Subs: Usai, Givet, Fabio Nunes, Rekik, Nuno Gomes, Goodwillie, Bentley.

Players rested for Bayern.

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Man Utd winger Nani unhurt after police car crashed into his Bentley.

http://www.itv.com/sport/football/ar...o-his-bentley/

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Arsenals possible double swoop for Valdes and Villa in the summer

http://www.mundodeportivo.com/201302...366792063.html

Fabianski gone in the summer. Valdes would make a real decent backup keeper.

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Blackburn fans singing "Venkys selling horsemeat, Venkys selling horsemeat"

:LOL:

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Both players are ageing though as Villa is 31 and Valdes is the same age as well.

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yup, fees paid for services would no doubt be low with no sell on value but theres no questioning the quality they have

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Why not Valdes as No.1, or are you getting another keeper in that I haven't read about?

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From what l hear they want £17 million for Villa so thats not cheap.

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Szczesny wouldn't be dropped

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1/2 that to 8.5mil and its a deal ;) not sure tbh, we'll have to wait and see what happens. Villa 'apparently' wants a move in the summer but that could mean anything

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Poor first half performance from Arsenal given the poor opposition today buddy.

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ye same old tippy tappy around the box :banghead: we 'should' be a few goals up

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SuperSubs..

Gervinho off - Jack on
Rosicky - Theo on
Ox off - Santi on

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:mad: Blackburn 1 up Richards

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:omg::shocked:

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you might have a point. poor mistake by Szczesny led to the Blackburn goal

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oh dear Giroud heads straight at the keeper. this is poor conviction to actually score a goal

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Arsenal performance today is very foreboding with Bayern up next.

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http://media.bundesliga.com/media/im...ynckes_628.jpg

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Arsenal out the FA Cup. I blame Damien, he's at the Emirates. Jokes aside my stomachs turning

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A truly shocking performance and l thought the Bradford result was bad enough.

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If only you could find a proper team to play in it...

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fans at the stadium going nuts

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Blackburn were crap. they had 5 players on the goal line including the keeper. poor poor result

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Brilliant :)

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Whats the odds on a Man Utd treble.

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Albert Einstein to Arsene Wenger, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

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im not sure whether Wenger can be blamed here anyway. the squad set to play was good enough to win the game

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What can l say Buddy expect perhaps its time for you to get a prescription of Prozac from your doc as it can't get more depressing then this.:group:

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He still has Tuesday to get through :)

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what a let down that asteroid DA14 was yesterday. seriously how many times can a team screw up. Arsenal need to pull something out the bag in the CL. knock out Bayern, no excuses

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Another year without a trophy, surely Wenger should step down at the end of the season otherwise hes going to have to be pushed.

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full capacity at the emirates apparently too according to the announcer. funny stuff, loads of empty seats is what i saw

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oh dear :LOL:

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ESPN, Dortmund v Frankfurt

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money short at Oldham

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...02/9.jpg:large

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Dortmund, proper team.

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BBC: Arsenal players kept in dressing room for 50 minutes after the game. Wenger hairdyer

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‘Arrogant’ Arsene to blame.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2L5bJhVds

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as much as i like Ian because he does speak out, stupid or genius but what hes on about here is nonsense and stupid. Fergie changed his plans vs Everton late on due to City being defeated at Southampton or he would have put out a second string so the others are fresh for Real Madrid. the squad put out was strong enough minus Gervinho...

Szczesny,
Coquelin, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Monreal,
Diaby, Rosicky, Arteta,
Gervinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain,
Giroud

thats not a bad line up

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Barca were doing an Arsenal first half btw. SS1

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Oldham equalise in the final seconds, well done them...

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301 goals now for Messi. Barca pull out of Arsenal mode going 2-1 up

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:shocked: Totti just scored a power drive, screamer for Roma vs Juve. Roma 1 nil up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7z7UJPya0U



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What are the odds of Wenger being out of a job by May? I think he's been good for the club, but today was a joke. Time for someone who is willing to spend money on new players to come in.

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I think now its a case of looking deeper than Wenger Mark. I'm actually coming round to supporting him, he does need to change methods in training and deploying the squad but the board are an issue too. Tim Payton tweeted this half hour ago..

I reckon its time the dinosaur Peter Hill-Wood left and Stan too allowing Usmanov and The Deins in. The Russian, the Deins and Wenger would form a deadly team imo.

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Just got back in from the game, I was the winning bidder in an auction for our local hospice. Two tickets inc hospitality. Free parking, 3 course meal, other goodies and two seats in the main stand, great game, fantastic atmosphere. Plenty of Everton supporters sat behind us, good banter, no trouble at all.:cool:

The last minute equaliser was the icing on the cake, need to kick on in the league now.

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congrats :tu: the extra cash will come in handy from the replay :)

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Paul Ince set to be named Blackpool manager on Monday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21458051

His team talks to his son should be interesting.

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And replace him with who? I think it's quite clear that the lack of spending is from the board. Wenger has previously spent money on players, like Arshavin, when the team was much better that the team we have today. Why would he suddenly stop spending when the team isn't as good and there is more money in the bank? Why did the type of players we go for change after the club was taken over. I don't believe the board when they say he has money to spend because I don't believe he suddenly become more resistant to spending than ever just now.

Maybe he does have money to spend but he doesn't get to decide how much. So when he wants Villa the board can't get it done.

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l am sure if Wenger does go and thats a big if there will be quite a queue of fine European managers who would love to get their opportunity to sit in the Arsenal hot seat to see if they can do better.

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You will get a queue, but who would you want?

Any job is going to have suitors, it is a buyers market for most.

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l think Jürgen Klopp would be the ideal man to take over.

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What does Klopp say about it? He might clip clop away

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Depends on the circumstances of the offer. If all the money is there and Wenger has simply decided to stop spending it then maybe it wouldn't be hard to find a top-class manager who would. I don't think the issue is at his level however.

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I heard the same about Guardiola. The presumption that a manager would go to an english club . (read all the speculation in this thread)

Nothing wrong with wishing, but not convinced he would choose Arsenal, wholly depends on what other clubs want him at the time.

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Oh Sir Colin your puns are getting better by the day.:D

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Arsene Wenger says Arsenal's season is not over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21485114

Oh really Arsene Who Do You Think You are Kidding.

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Arsenal's season isn't over. We need to get top four again. We're not a cup team like Liverpool ;), we want to be in the Champions League next year so the season goes on.

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Come on Damien l think you have to be realistic as Arsenal's chance of getting in the top 4 this season are hanging by a thread and many people think getting in the Europa League is the most likely end of season scenario and as regards to Liverpool we know where we are at the moment and its going to take some considerable time to challenge for the title again but at least we are on that road wherever Arsenal's road seems to be a road increasingly affected by potholes and they are becoming bigger and more perilous by the week judging by the Bradford and Blackburn results.

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I have to agree (except point about liverpool being on the raod to recovery :) )

No team has done well this season, and apart from Man Utd, no place in the league standings is safe (including man City).

Partly that is about not buying players.

Arsenal it was about initial quality of players (trying to buy cheap, and not choosing well).

Man City, not strengthing when they should, and not getting rid of others (and ballo is in that).

Tottenham, issue is a striker, they were needing one, and for strange reason it has been ignored. that team would be not bad with a good striker (eg imagine Demba Ba and bale combo)

Chelsea is the puzzler, they have good players, it seems that they are playing below their potential. maybe things will change, particularly if they don't insist on torres playing, but make Ba main striker. I would sell Torres as soon as (had too many chances), and get another striker

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I notice Ba has his name on his mask. He is probably afraid to pick up the Torres mask, in case his luck at scoring rubs off :D.

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Arsenal to convert trophy cabinet into corporate box



LOL

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Shocking body check by Luiz

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Sending off in my humble opinion.:redcard:

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Arsenal are only 4 points off the top 4. I hardly think that counts as the season being over. Even if many people think Europa League is most likely, we still have to actually play the games.

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Goals:

Mainz 2-2 Schalke
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=1343577&cc=5739

Roma 1-0 Juventus
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=1343475&cc=5739

Milan 2-1 Parma
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=1342135&cc=5739

Marseille 1-0 Valenciennes
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=1343499&cc=5739

Dortmund 3-0 Frankfurt
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=1343374&cc=5739

some real decent goals in the mix above

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Well at least the dreamboy Colin's happy today.;)

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and you, 3 nil up vs Swansea. Coutinho scores the 2nd

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4-0 now and l wonder how Russ is feeling.:D

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Quite happy knowing we've given Rogers the highlight of his season. It was either a case of fielding a full-strength team and beating Liverpool or resting key players for next week's final and still be in with the potential of beating Liverpool. I'm not too worried though, only 1 team in the Premiership will be playing at Wembley next week :)

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Yes l do see your point to a certain extent.:bigcry:

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Why rest players? Is a week not enough of a rest?

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good point that, Laudrups screwed up. I hope Bradford win the Cup!

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A full-strength side would have beaten Liverpool today but why risk that result (and possible injuries) in a game that won't make much of a difference to the season?

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a win for Swansea today would have put you on 40pts. Do League Cup winners go into the Europa league?

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And pigs might fly.:nono::rofl:

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Yes League Cup winners do get into Europe buddy.