Spurs v Arsenal [Match Thread]

Spiritoftheseventies

^^^Yeah. Terrific save there.

flahavaj

Same again now against Chelsea please Spurs.:)

Minstrel27

Go on you Danish beauty

Quandary

game on!

leninbenjamin

The Chosen one, **** yeah, who else?

amacachi

Gomes just taking the piss tbh.

Still, 2-1, be a laugh now to get a draw and screw Spurs. :pac:

paul150

Rvp has been unreal since hes come on, gomes having one of them days

Peyton Manning

81% possession to Arsenal in the last 10 mins :eek:

amacachi

Goal kick? LOL.

OPENROAD

how is that not a corner FFS :mad::mad::mad::mad:

IvySlayer

RVP! Good save. Arsenal flowing.

Minstrel27

amacachi wrote: »

Goal kick? LOL.

OPENROAD wrote: »

how is that not a corner FFS :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Between that and the farce at Stamford Bridge last night nothing surprises me anymore.

quarryman

How awesome has van persie been in the 10 mins since he's been on?

You'd have to wonder how Arsenal would be doing if they'd had him the last 5 months.

SlickRic

RVP is phenomenal.

he stays fit all season, or even for an extra month, Arsenal are champions.

Peyton Manning

SlickRic wrote: »

RVP is phenomenal.

he stays fit all season, or even for an extra month, Arsenal are champions.

Same can be said for United and Rooney tbh.

Kev_ps3

Arsenal guaranteed to score.

amacachi

Archimedes wrote: »

Same can be said for United and Rooney tbh.

Yeah, I think they've been out for about the same amount of matches this season.

flahavaj

Surely Spurs can't f*ck a 2-0 lead up?

SlickRic

Archimedes wrote: »

Same can be said for United and Rooney tbh.

you've not missed Rooney for a fraction of the time Arsenal have missed VP though.

5 months versus, what, maybe a month in all?

amacachi

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Arsenal guaranteed to score.

No.

Headshot

sol still has it

thought he was brilliant tonight

amacachi

Headshot wrote: »

sol still has it

thought he was brilliant tonight

Aye, he's been one of our better players since he signed tbh.

Kev_ps3

amacachi wrote: »

No.

Your right, im wrong. Im glad to be wrong:D

JPA

SlickRic wrote: »

you've not missed Rooney for a fraction of the time Arsenal have missed Rooney though.

5 months versus, what, maybe a month in all?

The Two Rooneys, great guys.

leninbenjamin

****ing useless.

Spiritoftheseventies

Well done spurs.

Yakult

Arsenal were woeful. They really lacked the spark until RVP came on.

OPENROAD

Sol has done enough to get another a year imo

JPA

Arsenal fans, you had Silvestre and Campbell playing for most of the match, how much of an overhaul does your defence need? :eek:

Mitch Connor

SlickRic wrote: »

you've not missed Rooney for a fraction of the time Arsenal have missed VP though.

5 months versus, what, maybe a month in all?

and arsenal didn't have their entire defence out injured for a decent amount of time, and their first choice keeper.

United have had to deal with injuries as much, if not more so, than anyone else.

leninbenjamin

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Arsenal were woeful. They really lacked the spark until RVP came on.

Well, up until that point we were missing our 6 best players. Cesc, Arshavin, Gallas, Song, Vermaelen (well, maybe that's harsh on Clichy and Sagna). And most would have a fit Ramsey ahead of Denilson and Diaby these days days...

While I'm pissed off a the lack of effort and desire of those on the field, I was kind of expecting it to end up like this. We are running on empty really.

Peyton Manning

amacachi wrote: »

Yeah, I think they've been out for about the same amount of matches this season.

SlickRic wrote: »

you've not missed Rooney for a fraction of the time Arsenal have missed VP though.

5 months versus, what, maybe a month in all?

Arsenal were hardly setting the league ablaze when RVP was fit though? They have to cope with injuries much like everyone else.

FUNKY LOVER

Mitch Connor wrote: »

and arsenal didn't have their entire defence out injured for a decent amount of time, and their first choice keeper.

United have had to deal with injuries as much, if not more so, than anyone else.

not a chance,arsenal have had the worst injuries than any other team,the stats are there to see,at 1 stage arsenal had 14 players out while united had 12.

gallas has been out for 3 months,he is our top choice defender.united have much better depth in defence,all united really missed was rio.

Jigga

Archimedes wrote: »

Arsenal were hardly setting the league ablaze when RVP was fit though? They have to cope with injuries much like everyone else.

Arsenal have scored only 1.77 goals per league game since Van Persie got injured. They scored 3.26 before his injury.

Come back when you know what you are talking about.

FUNKY LOVER

Archimedes wrote: »

Arsenal were hardly setting the league ablaze when RVP was fit though? They have to cope with injuries much like everyone else.

ha ha they were 2nd when he got injured.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Archimedes wrote: »

Arsenal were hardly setting the league ablaze when RVP was fit though? They have to cope with injuries much like everyone else.

Van Persie had 7 goals and 7 assists in 11 games!

Think we've run out of steam at this stage, Spurs defended well. Oh how i missed RvP, pure class.

GLaDOS

In fairness, relying on RVP to stay fit for a whole season is a bit foolish

Johner

If's but's and maybe's. Bottom line is RVP has been injured for most of the season, no point saying where Arsenal would be if he was fit because he wasn't.

Le King

Ohhh only if RVP was fit........ :rolleyes:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Johner wrote: »

If's but's and maybe's. Bottom line is RVP has been injured for most of the season, no point saying where Arsenal would be if he was fit because he wasn't.

That's fair enough but comparing it to Rooney missing a game or two is absolutely ridiculous. And while Arsenal haven't had their entire defence missing at the same time, our first three left backs were all missing at one point and even just tonight the entire spine of the team was decimated.

leninbenjamin

Archimedes wrote: »

Arsenal were hardly setting the league ablaze when RVP was fit though? They have to cope with injuries much like everyone else.

eh... do you not remember the start of the season? Arsenal were playing the best football in the league my miles, the thrashing of Everton, Wolves, Portsmouth... heck we should have easily beaten ye at Old Trafford but for Diaby forgot what way he was playing. We were scoring goals for fun, a few of the usual defensive lapses cost us points like at United, City, WHU, but overall the team were playing much more fluid and much more cohesively than they are now. And scoring goals for fun, we were still top of league scoring charts til Chelsea's recently started thrashing teams themselves.

RVP has a very good goal scoring record (just under 1 goal in every 2 matches in the league) but he also contributes the same again in terms of assists... he'd be right up there with Cesc in the charts had he stayed fit for longer. He was what made the 4-3-3 work tbh, Bendtner is a good foward and will get you goals but his link up play isn't anywhere near RVP.

SlickRic

Mitch Connor wrote: »

and arsenal didn't have their entire defence out injured for a decent amount of time, and their first choice keeper.

United have had to deal with injuries as much, if not more so, than anyone else.

Archimedes wrote: »

Arsenal were hardly setting the league ablaze when RVP was fit though? They have to cope with injuries much like everyone else.

i'm pretty sure i didn't argue either of these points.

but merely that Arsenal with VP fit for longer this season would IMO be champions. it's a pointless hypothesis, but a harmless one nonetheless.

of course they have to cope with injuries, which they haven't done sufficiently it seems to win the league, so they don't deserve it, just like Utd and Chelsea won't if they don't win it.

i never said anything to the contrary; and never even thought about injury crises, the only purpose was to merely state how good, and important RVP is for Arsenal.

you guys should be delighted with that result; not waiting to pounce on pretty innocent comments.

Peyton Manning

playa3 wrote: »

That's fair enough but comparing it to Rooney missing a game or two is absolutely ridiculous. And while Arsenal haven't had their entire defence missing at the same time, our first three left backs were all missing at one point and even just tonight the entire spine of the team was decimated.

Oh ffs I wasn't comparing their injuries, I was comparing their respective team's reliance on them.

Frisbee

Was in work so could only catch glimpses of the game by running into the pub next door.

What happened Vermaelen that he had to be taken off?

RVP must still be wondering how he didn't score, some of those Gomes saves were unreal. The one from Campbell too.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Archimedes wrote: »

Oh ffs I wasn't comparing their injuries, I was comparing their respective team's reliance on them.

Ah alright so, that's fair enough.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Frisbee wrote: »

Was in work so could only catch glimpses of the game by running into the pub next door.

What happened Vermaelen that he had to be taken off?

RVP must still be wondering how he didn't score, some of those Gomes saves were unreal. The one from Campbell too.

Looked like another calf injury for Vermaelen, was just jogging and it went.

e-Mo0?

RVP was just great to watch, really shows what we are missing. Looks like we will be going for 3/2nd for man u. Just hope the players have the hope to beat them man u!!!!

Peyton Manning

leninbenjamin wrote: »

eh... do you not remember the start of the season? Arsenal were playing the best football in the league my miles, the thrashing of Everton, Wolves, Portsmouth... heck we should have easily beaten ye at Old Trafford but for Diaby forgot what way he was playing. We were scoring goals for fun, a few of the usual defensive lapses cost us points like at United, City, WHU, but overall the team were playing much more fluid and much more cohesively than they are now. And scoring goals for fun, we were still top of league scoring charts til Chelsea's recently started thrashing teams themselves.

RVP has a very good goal scoring record (just under 1 goal in every 2 matches in the league) but he also contributes the same again in terms of assists... he'd be right up there with Cesc in the charts had he stayed fit for longer. He was what made the 4-3-3 work tbh, Bendtner is a good foward and will get you goals but his link up play isn't anywhere near RVP.

Im not berating RVP, I love the guy. Fantastic striker. But everyone's saying Arsenal would have won the league had he stayed fit. Sure imagine Chelsea had Essien been fit. Imagine United had we some stability in a injury decimated backline. Yeah ye were performing better with him in the team, and he looked good again tonight but to say ye would have won the league is a bit optimistic. Arsenal havent won a Premier League with RVP in their team yet, to claim different this year is clutching at straws. There are far more obvious reasons than RVP's absence.

markesmith

As a Spurs fan, I think we were very lucky to get the win. Gomez was excellent, and Bale and Modric had a great game. Modric and Assou-Ekotto were very good, and the two centre-halves were excellent.

My only problem is, why can't we play like that away to Sunderland? We need to try to have the same type of fight in all games, that's what separates us from a lot of teams: the winning mentality.

Still, Come on you Spurs!

Peyton Manning

SlickRic wrote: »

i'm pretty sure i didn't argue either of these points.

but merely that Arsenal with VP fit for longer this season would IMO be champions. it's a pointless hypothesis, but a harmless one nonetheless.

of course they have to cope with injuries, which they haven't done sufficiently it seems to win the league, so they don't deserve it, just like Utd and Chelsea won't if they don't win it.

i never said anything to the contrary; and never even thought about injury crises, the only purpose was to merely state how good, and important RVP is for Arsenal.

you guys should be delighted with that result; not waiting to pounce on pretty innocent comments.

Calm down Ric, no need to play the victim card. Of course Im delighted with the result. Im just saying that to say Arsenal would have won the league if RVP were fit is incredibly naive. Like I said, there are far more obvious reasons other than his absence.