FA Cup Bolton v Arsenal Replay

Roddy23

V. good game, Arsenal winning 1-0 at half time.

Hopefully the chances can continue and Arsenal can take a few of them. Helb and Rosicky both playing excellently.

LundiMardi

I'm surprised at the amount of empty seats for an FA Cup clash.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Yep this has been a really good game so far, there seems to be loads of space and arsenal are playing great. Hleb has been amazing and if things start coming off for Baptista, or maybe Aliadiere come on, then they should win well

Roddy23

Not relevant to this game, but did anyone else see the highlights of the Boro Fa Cup game last night. When Soccer AM was on last weekend, they were saying Yakubu had the second best penalty record in the Premiership something like 18 out of 19, and last night he goes and misses two - classic (I do realise this is the FA Cup).

Roddy23

lovely save from Almunia.

Roddy23

Shades of Baggio there with that penalty miss from Gilberto.

Atlas_IRL

ROFL funniest thing i have ever seen in football by adebayor

HAHAHA!!

Roddy23

f*ckin hate bolton.
1-1

Pacifico

****ing idiots!

Pacifico

Full time.

What the hell are Arsenal playing at?!!

mike65

How "Bolton" was that?!

I'd kinda like to see them win now - just to punnish some shocking finishing by le Arse.

Mike.

Roddy23

What I wouldn't give for a Freddie winner tonight.

Pacifico

Denilson has been shocking, dunno why he's still on the pitch......

Roddy23

Arsenal gone extremely narrow now without Hleb and Rosicky on the pitch. One or two players look absolutely knackered.

Pacifico

Roddy23 wrote:

What I wouldn't give for a Freddie winner tonight.

Nice one

Roddy23

What I wouldn't give for a Freddie winner tonight.

Aliadiere ye beauty!!!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Roddy23 wrote:

What I wouldn't give for a Freddie winner tonight.

Hahaha, i was just about to say what an absolute waste of space he had been so far since coming on

Raskolnikov

Baptista was as awful for Arsenal tonight as Adebayor was magnificent. His first touch and finishing were absolutely woeful tonight. Send him back to Real and bring Reyes back.

Roddy23

Jesus if this game goes to peno's Arsenal are screwed, 2 missed peno's now.

Raskolnikov

Now he goes and misses a penalty! Shocking.

Roddy23

Great mtach, Arsenal extremely lucky to go through but a magnificent performance all the same.

super_furry

Great game. Delighted to see Bolton go out, I can't stomach their anti-football or their manager. I know it's often said, but Arsenal will have a truly stunning team in a couple of years once these young stars mature.

Mossy Monk

good performance for Arsenal tonight

Baptista was shocking though. couldnt shoot, couldnt pass :mad: i wouldnt say send him back to Real just yet though

PHB

I thought it was a really great open game from both sides. Harsh on Bolton in the end, but the game was always Arsenals to be honest. It's shaping up to be a nice little FA this year

leninbenjamin

I really don't know how Arsenal do it. I mean they were on top of the game for so long in the first half, they were practically strolling in the park. And then they buckle, don't pick up men in the box, don't win the 50-50s its like a whole different team at times. For a team that gets it so spectacularly right, how do they get it so bloody wrong 10 minutes later? I don't think it had anything to do with Bolton coming out guns a blazing like you could argue, they started just as bright too in the first half but Arsenal just smothered them.

I feel sorry for Baptista though, the final goal was all him until Adebayor popped up in the end.

mr_angry

In retrospect, that was pure comedy... so many missed chances. Nail-biting stuff at the time though. Thank God it didn't go to a shootout with that display of penalty-taking.

Glad to see the back of Bolton. Class won out tonight (but only just).

Pepe LeFrits

Pacifico wrote:

Denilson has been shocking, dunno why he's still on the pitch......

Thought he was rather good again tbh.

I don't think Adebayor was any great deal better than Baptista tonight to be honest. Delighted to see Freddie roll back the years, that was absolutely sublime.

I'm in bits after that though, I thought Arsenal had reached their lowest in the finishing stakes against CSKA. Obviously I was wrong.

I need to lie down.

jank

Hopefully this will shut fat sam up for a bit.

Royale with Cheese

Nothing will ever shut fat sam up. Absolutely nothing

super_furry

Royale with Cheese wrote:

Nothing will ever shut fat sam up. Absolutely nothing

A big pie might. For a few seconds.

Royale with Cheese

It'd have to be one damn big pie... and he'd be done eating it in about 3.456 seconds I reckon

AnCapaillMor

Not really pushed on the FA but to finually break our run against Bolton is great. Pissed that i was working for it.