Arsenal vs Napoli, 19:45, SS2 & Setanta Ireland

Awesomeness

Poor carragher is gonna have a hard time picking some to fault about that

Im sure he will though

maximoose

Dat Finish.

extra gravy

wandatowell

Ozil holding the finesse button while finishing that one

bad2dabone

#LaurenKnows

“@Lauren12arsenal: Tonight Ozil wil score his first goal for the club to lead the win. Come on Arsenal!!!”

Seaneh

Who's this Flamini lad mid midfield, looks the cut of the player at Milan for the last 5 seasons who pretty much only showed up about 4 times a season, but can actually play a bit...

bad2dabone

Flamini loves the Arsenal. its the love thats the difference.

cathalio11

The balance in our team tonight is perfect.

Seaneh

bad2dabone wrote: »

Flamini loves the Arsenal. its the love thats the difference.

Loves them so much he left them for higher wages and only came back after Milan offered him a fraction of his original contract?

bad2dabone

Seaneh wrote: »

Loves them so much he left them for higher wages and only came back after Milan offered him a fraction of his original contract?

the mans gotta get paid!

cson

Seaneh wrote: »

Loves them so much he left them for higher wages and only came back after Milan offered him a fraction of his original contract?

No doubt he's in it for the money but he shows something else in Arsenal shirt for some reason.

Marty McFly

Seaneh wrote: »

Loves them so much he left them for higher wages and only came back after Milan offered him a fraction of his original contract?

Didn't think this would have to be pointed out but that post was clearly a bit tongue in cheek .


Wenger obviously just get's the best out of him or maybe Arsenal's style of football suits him better.

cson

Aw Rosicky, you gotta get something on that.

wandatowell

Seaneh wrote: »

Loves them so much he left them for higher wages and only came back after Milan offered him a fraction of his original contract?

:rolleyes:


You don't have a clue

bad2dabone

dat football

klose

Too easy for arsenal

bad2dabone

scummy pandev

FearDark

Noo. Gonna miss the rest of the game Later fellas!

shano_88

Get the third and kill the game.

cson

bad2dabone wrote: »

scummy pandev

Hardly. Two players going for the ball. Hope Arteta's alright though. His hair is definitely going to need attention.

Seaneh

wandatowell wrote: »

:rolleyes:


You don't have a clue

Er, he left Arsenal 5 years ago on a free and signed for Milan on €120k a week, arsenal had offered him less than half that.

If he "loved" arsenal, surely he'd not have left for higher wages?

Also, he was, mostly, pants at Milan.

One paced, lazy, terrible positioning, played pants at right full, played meh at centre mid.
He has probably 2 half decent half seasons, the rest of the time he just phoned it in.

SweepTheLeg

Poor Artekkers His blood covering that towel then.

bad2dabone

pandev turned his back and the fall looked sore on arteta - but yeah maybe i posted too soon

bad2dabone

Seaneh wrote: »

He has probably 2 half decent half seasons, the rest of the time he just phoned it in.

then why's he playing like a beast for arsenal?

the love.

:cool:

Marty McFly

Seaneh wrote: »

Er, he left Arsenal 5 years ago on a free and signed for Milan on €120k a week, arsenal had offered him less than half that.

If he "loved" arsenal, surely he'd not have left for higher wages?

Also, he was, mostly, pants at Milan.

One paced, lazy, terrible positioning, played pants at right full, played meh at centre mid.
He has probably 2 half decent half seasons, the rest of the time he just phoned it in.

Jasus :rolleyes:

Insightful and all as you have been run along now were trying to watch some football.

EuropeanSon

Seaneh wrote: »

Loves them so much he left them for higher wages and only came back after Milan offered him a fraction of his original contract?

LOVES US SOOO MUCH. SHH YOU.

wandatowell

wandatowell wrote: »

:rolleyes:


You don't have a clue

Seaneh wrote: »

Er, he left Arsenal 5 years ago on a free and signed for Milan on €120k a week, arsenal had offered him less than half that.

If he "loved" arsenal, surely he'd not have left for higher wages?

Also, he was, mostly, pants at Milan.

One paced, lazy, terrible positioning, played pants at right full, played meh at centre mid.
He has probably 2 half decent half seasons, the rest of the time he just phoned it in.

Please refer to my previous post.

maximoose

Rosicky has been rather sloppy in possession, working his ass off to get it back though.

Seaneh

bad2dabone wrote: »

then why's he playing like a beast for arsenal?

the love.

:cool:

I honestly don't know, looks a totally different player though.
Looks like, er, Flamini of 5 years ago.

tayto lover

Rosicky is giving the ball away a lot tonight. Trying to be too clever maybe.

Seaneh

wandatowell wrote: »

Please refer to my previous post.

Quality analysis there, I sure was told!

shano_88

Wilshere for Rosicky soon

Game ain't over yet.

tayto lover

Imagine the Napoli faces if we were to bring on Cazorla and Theo now.:D:D

wandatowell

Seaneh wrote: »

Quality analysis there, I sure was told!

Sean, you don't have a clue. Whats the point in me trying to convince you otherwise. It'll just drag the match thread off course.

tayto lover

We need to step it up a bit again. They are getting into the game more.

Mickeroo

Seem to be making a habit of sitting back a bit when things are going our way in the second half this season.

Marty McFly

Wilshere on Rosicky off a change that needed to happen.

wandatowell

shano_88 wrote: »

Wilshere for Rosicky soon

You called it well

tony1kenobi

Arteta will be pissed when he sees all that white gick in his beautiful hair.

Seaneh

wandatowell wrote: »

Sean, you don't have a clue. Whats the point in me trying to convince you otherwise. It'll just drag the match thread off course.

So Flamini wasn't pants to middling for most of his 5 year at Milan?

Last season was probably his best season and even then he wasn't great, had a few very good games but mostly average at best.

How much of Flamini did you watch at Milan, out of curiosity?

He spent 5 years at the club, where besides his first and last season, he was mostly a sub and mostly "meh", even last season he was being kept out of the team by Ambrosini and Muntari.

He's been great since Arsenal since he signed for him and looks like the player who left them in 2008, but seriously, he wasn't even close to that level in 5 seasons at Milan.

tayto lover

Seaneh wrote: »

So Flamini wasn't pants to middling for most of his 5 year at Milan?

Last season was probably his best season and even then he wasn't great, had a few very good games but mostly average at best.

How much of Flamini did you watch at Milan, out of curiosity?

He spent 5 years at the club, where besides his first and last season, he was mostly a sub and mostly "meh", even last season he was being kept out of the team by Ambrosini and Muntari.

He's been great since Arsenal since he signed for him and looks like the player who left them in 2008, but seriously, he wasn't even close to that level in 5 seasons at Milan.

He was minding himself. He knew he'd be back. It's in his DNA.

tony1kenobi

He was probably bored off his tits at Milan.
Italian football is sh*t.
As we are currently seeing.

Seaneh

tayto lover wrote: »

He was minding himself. He knew he'd be back. It's in his DNA.

Did you lot start that craic as well?

I must have missed the interview with Arteta talking about his "Arsenal DNA".

:pac:

Seaneh

tony1kenobi wrote: »

He was probably bored off his tits at Milan.
Italian football is sh*t.
As we are currently seeing.

You do know Napoli destroyed Dortmund a few weeks ago?

Teams have bad nights, madness I know.

HazDanz

This is pedestrian stuff now. Not that I'm complaining, great to see us do it so comfortably.

klose

All insigne does is try work some tiny angle and shoot, awful stuff from an average team here. Surprised tbh

bad2dabone

super save from Reina.

Always liked him, glad to see him at a CL club.

Mickeroo

Seaneh wrote: »

Did you lot start that craic as well?

I must have missed the interview with Arteta talking about his "Arsenal DNA".

:pac:

Yeah you definitely did, I believe it's those particular strands of DNA that give him his lush thick shiny hair

cson

Seaneh wrote: »

I honestly don't know, looks a totally different player though.
Looks like, er, Flamini of 5 years ago.

Like I said, I don't doubt he's in the game for the money but something about an Arsenal shirt seems to stir something in him for some reason.

wandatowell wrote: »

Sean, you don't have a clue. Whats the point in me trying to convince you otherwise. It'll just drag the match thread off course.

In fairness what has he said that's deemed worthy of not having a clue?

That he left Arsenal for more money? He did.

That he was average for Milan? He was.

That he's now playing as well as he was when he was in his peak period of form? He is.

Now I will say while I take Seaneh's point about him moving for the money, you simply can't deny from what you can see on the pitch that he cares more for the red and white of Arsenal than he ever did in the red and black of Milan.

Also lads, be a bit more gracious to other fans having a reasonable difference of opinion to you; there's no need to be telling decent posters to run along etc - you'll only end up having us hated in here.

What a chance there btw.