The Official Arsenal - 14 x FA Cup winners thread - Vol 4

[Solitude]

We are on a bad run and it could get worse tomorrow if we lose to lower league opposition !!!

[g7jhp]

TEKNOPUG said:

g7jhp said:

How ex-Spur Fazio dealt with Costa's hand-off!

Ex-Spurs??? Pretty sure he's still with us. If only for the Chelsea games....

Yep, forgot he didn't go to WBA!

[Glassman]

Gabriel off the hook.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150922/...

[Cupramax]

Who rattled Fungus faces cage? Has he got a book out?

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premie...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Glassman said:

Gabriel off the hook.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150922/...

Utterly bonkers. No complaints re Costa's ban but Gabriel kicked out in frustration. How can that not be a red card?

[Glassman]

Hardly a kick, was it.

It's clear he knew what he was doing but a long way from being a kick. Mike Dean needs kicking.

[Cheib]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Glassman said:

Gabriel off the hook.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150922/...

Utterly bonkers. No complaints re Costa's ban but Gabriel kicked out in frustration. How can that not be a red card?

Look at the link I put up a couple of days ago, apparently that was the footage Arsenal used to show he didn't even make contact.

[Glassman]

[jbswagger]

Diego Costa: Chelsea striker banned for three matches

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34331311

[Cheib]

jbswagger said:

Diego Costa: Chelsea striker banned for three matches

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34331311

And Sky will have a camera on him every second of every game from now on. He's very clever how he most of what he does is way off the ball...unlikely to get away with it now.

[RacingPete]

Cheib said:

And Sky will have a camera on him every second of every game from now on. He's very clever how he most of what he does is way off the ball...unlikely to get away with it now.

You say that, but he got banned in the same way for a stamp last year off the ball and yet a year later we are in the same position - I reckon he will keep out of the spotlight for a while until it dies down and then start doing his usual again - either way, Diego will become a little less effective for a while because of this.

[bobo]

i do hope we stuff these upstarts, however as a big fan of HK im a little wary of what a decent striker can do and he is that if given the right supply....

do we know the Arsenal line up yet ?

[Cheib]

Full on rotation, hopefully the full backs in particular do a fk of a lot better than in the CL. Big chance for Joel Campbell.

[HarryW]

Thanks fk we had that world class striker on..... A win is a win but we did try our best to let the totters look good.

[NordicCrankShaft]

Goooooooooalllllllaziiiiooooooo. Whe need's a striker when we've got Flaminho, second goal was fantastic!!

[Cheib]

Second half they were all over us until Sanchez came on. What a performance from Flamini! Second team put the Spuds out, a lot worse nights than this!

[bobo]

Cheib said:

Second half they were all over us until Sanchez came on. What a performance from Flamini! Second team put the Spuds out, a lot worse nights than this!

good result, not sure that was the 2nd team but still! how average did giroud look again lol

absolutely love flamini ... top boy, always has been for afc, no stupid haircut or facial hair just pure ... committment ! nice guy too....

[mylesmcd]

we should never have let him go the first time.

[Cheib]

One thing you can say about Flamini is that he's certainly made more of his ability than a long line of distinguished clowns we've had. That game has defined his season....if he'd been off the mark that might have been the end of his Arsenal career. Instead he came in having had not a single minute on the pitch this season and played a blinder. What's funny about it is how he excelled as a box to box player when he's always been seen as a limited DM. If le Coq isn't fit tomorrow be interesting to see who starts, presumably Ramsey will play centrally with Santi injured.

[Allyc85]

So, two decent away wins in a row this week. Great to see Sanchez back in the goals again