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[maxxi]

Home draw for Irons against Man Utd in FA Cup - can I make my prediction now RD?* B)

Wenger won't be looking forward to the Swansea trip.

*It's a 3-1 home win of course!

[Alan Medic]

How the hell can the BBC website say it's at OT?

[Alan Medic]

They've changed it now.

[red devil]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Home draw for Irons against Man Utd in FA Cup -

> can I make my prediction now RD?* B)

>

> Wenger won't be looking forward to the Swansea

> trip.

>

>

>

> *It's a 3-1 home win of course!

Should be a cracker, big away support, might have to break my embargo...

[Parkdrive]

Well done Swansea, outplayed the Arsenal in every department, only the keeper can hold his head high. Massive chnage needed and not I'm not just talking about the board. The players have no passion or spirit in their performances, so it's not just the manager or the board. The players need to take a huge portion of the blame for the current malaise. Almost as bad the nightmare reign of Terry Neil. I'm not sure it's fair to say that chucking at money at it (buying players), is the be and end all. Ah well.

[Jah Lush]

You can imagine the joy at Lush Towers when the results were coming in on Saturday. I think I may have been the only one here to predict a Swansea win. Is that correct? I've thought that a result like that has been a long time coming. No disrespect to Swansea. I thought they were superb. What Arsenal seem to be lacking is leadership on the pitch. Too many individuals not pulling in the same direction. Wenger has a tough job on his hands to get things right. Do you think he's up to it or is it time to bade him au revoir?

[Otta]

Nice of you to be so pleased for The Irons too They're your second team really aren't they ;-)

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> You can imagine the joy at Lush Towers when the

> results were coming in on Saturday. I think I may

> have been the only one here to predict a Swansea

> win. Is that correct? I've thought that a result

> like that has been a long time coming. No

> disrespect to Swansea. I thought they were superb.

> What Arsenal seem to be lacking is leadership on

> the pitch. Too many individuals not pulling in the

> same direction. Wenger has a tough job on his

> hands to get things right. Do you think he's up to

> it or is it time to bade him au revoir?

I think Wenger has become a mouthpiece for the board and I don't think even he believes the lines he trots out anymore. While I accept he's been a fantastic manager for us, I think a fresh approach is required. Not sure who the club could get to come in and turn things around. But as I said in my previous post, it's not just Wenger and the board, and there many who believe it is, I think the players have a lot to answer for. Until they start delivering, the question of a new manager is almost a side issue. I think things will get better, but Champions League is not a given anymore. That in itself is a huge issue for a club that is still in debt as a result of the new stadium, and continues to publish attendance figures which seem to be at odds with number of bums on seats. Love the club with a vengance which makes the current situation all the harder to take!!!!!

[Jah Lush]

Otta Wrote:

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> Nice of you to be so pleased for The Irons too

> They're your second team really aren't they ;-)

Well I've always appreciated that they've always tried to play a passing game but Saturday's result against Chelski is all the more surprising because they were so poor at White Hart Lane the week before.

[red devil]

Weekend scores, very average, pull your socks up...

AM - 3 Correct Results + 2 Correct Scores = 9 pts

DR - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

?? - 3 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 6 pts

SC - 3 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 6 pts

EP - 2 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 5 pts

OT - 5 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 5 pts

RC - 5 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 5 pts

JL - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

MM - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

Mx - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

PD - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

RD - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

LG - 2 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 2 pts

Apart from SC swapping places with LG, no positional changes in the table...

[Otta]

From the BBC Website

" 1039 FOOTBALL

Paris St Germain have begun talks with former

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola in the hope of

bringing him to the French capital next

summer, says French sport newspaper

L'Equipe.

Current coach Carlo Ancelloti has apologised

for the club's recent run of bad form which

has left them fourth in Ligue 1."

Please let this be true, just to disappoint Chelsea!

[Mick Mac]

The bonus for correct scores is all wrong. I had more correct results than AM. He knows nothing about football. Travesty.

[red devil]

Meds actually had more correct results than you Mick (5 against 4), it's just that 2 of them happened to be perfect scores... ;-)

[????]

As Mick Mac's chairman can I just say that that we, the Board, are a 100% behind him and his determination to turn things round and pull out of this current barren patch.......

[Alan Medic]

Given you support Celtic I guess you don't know anything about football either Mick!

[maxxi]

Mick is just suffering the understandable rage that surfaces when one realises one's score is less than one would get by doing a maxxi.

[Alan Medic]

So is 4 points like a 'mini maxxi' or perhaps a 'mick'?

[maxxi]

More like a mickey-taking Mick Mack maxxi

...or a Mick Mack minus (wasn't he a wrestler?)

[Parkdrive]

I'm struggling to understand what Wenger was trying to prove last night. We had a real opportunity to top the group but in his wisdom he put out a side of second stringers and unknowns. Not that we are likely to progress much beyond the next round anyway in our current malaise, but we are lacking any commitment from a host of players, combined with the boards compulsion with finance at the expense of all else. If this continues and we fail to qualify for Europe, the board may face a huge financial problem by missing out on the revenue that generates.

[StraferJack]

Given that topping the group guarantees no favourable draw, and given the weekends must win game against WBA, and given how leggy senior players have looked, I don't have a problem with Wenger's tactics last night. Also a chance for some second-stringers to show how they can (or can't) step up

But there is a much wider issue at Arsenal, much of which remains unknown and is yet to be played out I reckon

On the plus side, the rest of the PL is almost as kerazy this season so I reckon those top 4 places will remain open for quite a while yet

[Parkdrive]

Wonderful documentary on TV lasting featuring Fabrice Muamba. What a lovely positive guy, he's breath of freash air in an otherwise egotistical, greedy, self centred environment. I wish the guy all the best for the future. It was lovely to see others in the game of football, including Paddy Vieira, talking about him in such glowing terms. The quote from the cardiologist that helped save his life was especially touching. When Muamba came out of his coma, the doc went to his bedside held his hand, whispered into his ear "I hear you're a good footballer" to which Muamba replied "I try". Doc said it brought atear to his eye.

[Mick Mac]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Mick is just suffering the understandable rage

> that surfaces when one realises one's score is

> less than one would get by doing a maxxi.

Egg sactly

[Mick Mac]

maxxi Wrote:

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> ...or a Mick Mack minus (wasn't he a wrestler?)

:)

[Mick Mac]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> So is 4 points like a 'mini maxxi' or perhaps a

> 'mick'?

No Declan. It's not.

[maxxi]

StraferJack Wrote:

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I don't have a problem with

> Wenger's tactics last night. Also a chance for

> some second-stringers to show how they can (or

> can't) step up

And Chamakh! Wow, who knew he was still there? And still with that hair. Bless.