Arsenal V Wigan *Premier League* Match Thread

SDTimeout

Tyler and Quinn are embarrassing themselves here.

That_Guy

DAVE WHELAN BROKE HIS LEG KLAXON!!!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Rekop dog wrote: »

First time a player has got 4 assists this season. Well played Santi easily the standout player out there tonight.

And someone (a Spurs supporter?) said he was playing muck earlier, ha!

SDTimeout

Rekop dog wrote: »

First time a player has got 4 assists this season. Well played Santi easily the standout player out there tonight.

and our last since Cesc vs Blackburn!

GT_TDI_150

are they down yet? are they down yet, oh please let them be down ...

gandalf

Rekop dog wrote: »

First time a player has got 4 assists this season. Well played Santi easily the standout player out there tonight.

Glad he's my FF captain so

bad2dabone

I am seriously relieved. we need to carry this firepower into the last game and boom its my favourite day of the year

That_Guy

bad2dabone wrote: »

I am seriously relieved. we need to carry this firepower into the last game and boom its my favourite day of the year

Newcastle will give all Arsenal players a ball each.

tayto lover

That_Guy wrote: »

Newcastle will give all Arsenal players a ball each.

Again Newcastle will be no push-overs for sure.
Remember West Ham v Man Utd the year Blackburn won the EPL.

keith16

It's a pity that the FA cup winners don't get a guard of honour. Would be hard on Arsenal - giving two in the same season!

GT_TDI_150

That_Guy wrote: »

Newcastle will give all Arsenal players a ball each.

Yup, we have nowt to play for and are delighted Arsenal send that lot down, ...:D

That_Guy

Usually I wouldn't really mind Wigan staying up but I'm kinda glad they're gone given the way they handled the McManaman tackle on Haidara earlier in the season.

Nuri Sahin

Woe is me.

gandalf

OK its still in our hands with an outside chance of third if Chelsea mess up

GT_TDI_150

That_Guy wrote: »

Usually I wouldn't really mind Wigan staying up but I'm kinda glad they're gone given the way they handled the McManaman tackle on Haidara earlier in the season.

Most of us feel that way, deffo after Whelans comments and Wigans refusal to aknowledge the natureof the challange on Haidara ... Good ridance!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Great stuff to get the win, and improve the goal difference too!:pac:


Feel sorry for Wigan. Would have liked them to stay up ideally. Still, I reckon they'll have a good squad to come back up soon.

Moneymaker

That_Guy wrote: »

Usually I wouldn't really mind Wigan staying up but I'm kinda glad they're gone given the way they handled the McManaman tackle on Haidara earlier in the season.

Delighted tbh. Been a thorn in our side and I don't want to see them back.

WoollyRedHat

Part 1 of job done, Part 2 to be done this weekend.

Have to beat Newscastle, and if Chelsea draw, then we can claim third by GD. Need a 2 goal advantage for that to happen, let's really go for it.

Soups123

That_Guy wrote: »

Usually I wouldn't really mind Wigan staying up but I'm kinda glad they're gone given the way they handled the McManaman tackle on Haidara earlier in the season.

Yeah because that tackle was deserving of relegation!

Unlucky Wigan will be a loss to the league

bad2dabone

That_Guy wrote: »

Usually I wouldn't really mind Wigan staying up but I'm kinda glad they're gone given the way they handled the McManaman tackle on Haidara earlier in the season.

was a dreadful tackle.

I wouldn't be taking Newcastle for granted, i'll be sh1tting a brick on Sunday. But I think we're capable of the win since we really need it!

Rekop dog

Di Santo has played two games for Argentina this year. This will always baffle me.

shamrock55

How are wigan gonna celebrate the fa cup win now?? Yea we won the cup ah crap we got relegated thats gonna be a strange party

iMuse

We won with Mike Dean as ref

WoollyRedHat

What's the situation with the 15:00 Arsenal kick off? PL website says they're all at 16:00, but Sky Sports just said Arsenal at 15:00?

GLaDOS

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

What's the situation with the 15:00 Arsenal kick off? PL website says they're all at 16:00, but Sky Sports just said Arsenal at 15:00?

Coverage starting at 3 maybe?

HazDanz

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

What's the situation with the 15:00 Arsenal kick off? PL website says they're all at 16:00, but Sky Sports just said Arsenal at 15:00?

It's all kicking off at 4. Sky bloating things that's all

YouTookMyName

How many Wigan fans would swap winning the FA Cup and playing in Europe for another season in the Premier League?

Neither of them

That_Guy

Not sure why Martinez gets so much praise? His team has spent one week out of the bottom three in the last two years.

Moneymaker

Soups123 wrote: »

Yeah because that tackle was deserving of relegation!

Unlucky Wigan will be a loss to the league

Their deplorable behaviour(McMannamam refusing to issue any kind of apology, Martinez acting like it wasn't a bad tackle then gettting tits up when one of his players was subjected to a similar tackle and then Dave Whealans ridiculous comments) didn't win my heart.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out Wigan.

GT_TDI_150

Soups123 wrote: »

Yeah because that tackle was deserving of relegation!

Unlucky Wigan will be a loss to the league

Moneymaker wrote: »

Their deplorable behaviour(McMannamam refusing to issue any kind of apology, Martinez acting like it wasn't a bad tackle then gettting tits up when one of his players was subjected to a similar tackle and then Dave Whealans ridiculous comments) didn't win my heart.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out Wigan.

That!

Green Hornet

I've always liked Martin Tyler. Not any more. Let himself down there tonight. Big time.

That_Guy

Green Hornet wrote: »

I've always liked Martin Tyler. Not any more. Let himself down there tonight. Big time.

Himself and Quinn were an embarrassment.

iMuse

Green Hornet wrote: »

I've always liked Martin Tyler. Not any more. Let himself down there tonight. Big time.

what did he say?

Green Hornet

Quite bitterly kept going on about how Wigan have spent 8 years in the premier league and have won a trophy, while Arsenal have won nothing. Numerous times he said it. Then started going on about Wengers 'Championship' win of 4th every year and snickering. That's just the jist of it really - he went in and on.

Very disappointing from a professional commentator.

HazDanz

Green Hornet wrote: »

Quite bitterly kept going on about how Wigan have spent 8 years in the premier league and have won a trophy, while Arsenal have won nothing. Numerous times he said it. Then started going on about Wengers 'Championship' win of 4th every year and snickering. That's just the jist of it really - he went in and on.

Very disappointing from a professional commentator.

What pissed me off was him saying how it's a shame Arsenal can't put a champions league top 4 spot on the cup strip in the stadium instead of actual cups.

Absolutely trolling.

Green Hornet

Yeah, very sarcastic from him. All the eulogising about Wigan as if they were an outstanding team was sickening.

They are relegated because they are a poor team. End of story. I'll shed no tears. Must admit that I'd prefer if it had been Stoke though....

Moneymaker

I wonder how many signatures it'd take to remove Niall Quinn from our TVs forever. He is a truly awful commentator who brings nothing of value to a broadcast.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Isn't martin Tyler an arsenal fan?

Green Hornet

Apparently so......but he definitely didn't show it tonight if he is.

inmyday

That_Guy wrote: »

Not sure why Martinez gets so much praise? His team has spent one week out of the bottom three in the last two years.

Well he did just win a cup with a very small club.

.jacksparrow.

inmyday wrote: »

Well he did just win a cup with a very small club.

So did Alex mcleish.

inmyday

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

So did Alex mcleish.

And he is a very good manager also. He has trophies with Bermingham n rangers.
Although the Villa job was madness, should have never went there, he never had a chance there.

Chucky the tree

inmyday wrote: »

And he is a very good manager also. He has trophies with Bermingham n rangers.
Although the Villa job was madness, should have never went there, he never had a chance there.

:pac:

inmyday

Chucky the tree wrote: »

:pac:

Great argument. Look it up and see what he has done in his managerial career.... Other than villa. He is good. Villa was a joke. And I still dont understand what happened at forest, 2months, wouldnt even count it...

But with footie fans they way they are, like you, a manager wont get a chance, sack em all!!!

.jacksparrow.

inmyday wrote: »

Great argument. Look it up and see what he has done in his managerial career.... Other than villa. He is good. Villa was a joke. And I still dont understand what happened at forest, 2months, wouldnt even count it...

But with footie fans they way they are, like you, a manager wont get a chance, sack em all!!!

Was he not manager of Birmingham when they got relegated?

Chucky the tree

inmyday wrote: »

Great argument. Look it up and see what he has done in his managerial career.... Other than villa. He is good. Villa was a joke. And I still dont understand what happened at forest, 2months, wouldnt even count it...

But with footie fans they way they are, like you, a manager wont get a chance, sack em all!!!

No, just sack the **** ones like McLeish. Well done he won a Carling cup and got his team relegated - for the second time. Brilliant manager. What he won in Scotland with Rangers is irrelevant. Even I would have won titles up there with Rangers back then.

inmyday

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Was he not manager of Birmingham when they got relegated?

Yeah. After the cup win, the next couple of months were awful... Still a good manager though, and he has trophies to prove it.

.jacksparrow.

inmyday wrote: »

Yeah. After the cup win, the next couple of months were awful... Still a good manager though, and he has trophies to prove it.

I see.