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mark st1

Plastic Manc
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Leafy Berkshire

Yep fair play (or not as volleyball shouldn't be at Wembley) the cup is yours. Enjoy getting knocked out of the last 16 of the Europe league next season instead of the champions league!
 
I'm pleased for Wenger.

One thing that annoys me is teams that run the ball to the corner when they are in a strong attacking position near the end of a game. They invariably lose it almost straight away and allow the opposition to surge forward, Arsenal were caught like that a couple of times this evening. On both occasions they had men in the box and plenty of space.
 

mark st1

Plastic Manc
Location
Leafy Berkshire
I wonder if big Sam resigned in anticipation of the United manager job being vacant after they lose tonight?

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Ahem
 

MarkF

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
I enjoyed both cup finals today ,particularly the 1st till Aberdeen ran out of puff, how they will rue that miss, it's lot easier to hang on to a lead.........enjoyed the English one too, was better than most in recent memory.
 
I enjoyed both cup finals today ,particularly the 1st till Aberdeen ran out of puff, how they will rue that miss, it's lot easier to hang on to a lead.........enjoyed the English one too, was better than most in recent memory.
I miss the old Wembly. OK, it was out of date and a bit of a dump but it had character and you could recognise it straight away. Watching on TV now all modern stadiums look alike, you could be anywhere.
 

MarkF

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
I miss the old Wembly. OK, it was out of date and a bit of a dump but it had character and you could recognise it straight away. Watching on TV now all modern stadiums look alike, you could be anywhere.

I went last week, been 6 times, amazingly to see Bradford City 3 times in 4 years, it is a depressing arena compared to the old ground. Should we ever get there again, I'll give it a miss and watch on TV.
 

ozboz

Guru
Location
Richmond ,Surrey
City looking at getting Ederson , Benficas Keeper , he looks pretty good , , a Brazilian Lad ,
 

ozboz

Guru
Location
Richmond ,Surrey
South Americans don't have a great record in transferring to the English game, IIRC.

He's gotta be better than Bravo ,
There have been some top strikers from S Amerca , not sure about goalies though , I think there are a a couple of others in Peps sights , also , but I checked him out on some portugese sites ,
6'2 switched on and agile ,
 

ozboz

Guru
Location
Richmond ,Surrey
van der Sar rates him , and Mourino shown interest as a replacement for de Gea ,
So , a young player , loads of potential ,, has Champions League experience ,I am optimistic ,
But we will see , this time next year
Could be interesting ,
 
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Poor old Arsenal fans. 60,000 seat state of the art stadium, financially stable, they've finished fifth in the richest football league on the planet, having had a mere twenty years qualifying for a European cup competition that earned them even more money (and, funnily enough, they'll just have to earn a bit less extra money next year), still have a chance to win one of the great cup competitions for the umpteenth time, and they're moaning. Yes, it was such a total disaster, wasn't it? Not for them the perils of relegation, of dodgy owners, of decrepit stadiums, of always making do with 'could be worse'. On behalf of the lower orders of British football (you know, people who see a few years in the bright lights as a blessing or just a dream), our heart bleeds for you. MTFU you big jessies.

Hey, don't tar all of us Gooners with the same brush...

No one has a God-given right to win or to do well. We've been very, very fortunate for the last two decades. I'm over the moon we've won a third FA cup in four years. Am savouring every minute. And I want to whack the moaning twonks over the head with something big and heavy because they don't know a good thing when they see it. They do my head in too.

Love the fact that the club *is* financially stable, because let's face it, the over-spending of the clubs around us on players and wages just isn't sustainable in the long term. That bubble will burst.

P.S. Am Gooner born and bred, not a "plastic fan" xxx
 
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