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Reply 9460

antonfigo

morning shift for me next saturday.... guess i'll be catching the game :smile:

Reply 9461

L-x

Original post by nosaer

I'd agree the santos at the beginning of the season was a great attacking threat, but I've just not been convinced by him in recent matches, possibly due to coming back from injury. I might have to watch the wigan game again, but he just refused to go wide from what I remember, instead opting to come in all the time. I like him too - he's got great technique and looks so comfortable on the ball - but I'm just not particularly convinced tbh and I reckon gibbs is in better form atm if not injured.

I thought he had a pretty bad game against wigan, but he certainly wasn't the only one. Definitely not going to write him off based on this season.

Reply 9462

jilebinator

Original post by L-x

I thought he had a pretty bad game against wigan, but he certainly wasn't the only one. Definitely not going to write him off based on this season.

exactly, you could argue that RVP played worse than him.

I'm not going to lie but I'm a big fan of Santos and Le Coq.

Reply 9463

jit987

Drogba out for tomorrow.

Reply 9464

G550NDH

Original post by jilebinator

Santos provides a much bigger attacking threat.

Gibbs has been saved by Gervinho and Benayoun a lot of times when he has been out of position. Both aren't the greatest defenders, but Santos imo adds more to the team.

Santos also has got the a lot of the fans on his side by his tweets. the pictures he posts are always funny!!

Santos is hilarious. He looks like a chef sometimes. I remember his tweet : 'Good Win Gays!!' had me ROFL

Reply 9465

jilebinator

Original post by marcusmerehay

Coquelin may be fit enough to make the bench, in that case.

Diaby isn't injured, and both Le Coq and diaby are back in the squad.

Wenger's press conference:

TEAM NEWS: Koscielny is back from suspension, Diaby is back in the squad and Coquelin also returns

Wenger: 'It was a shock to lose on Monday... I feel it was under very special circumstances'

Wenger: 'Chelsea were very good at what they decided to do against Barcelona. They chose to defend'

Wenger: 'Chelsea used the weakness of Barcelona on the counter-attacks. They are 50:50 to go through'

Wenger: 'I expect Robin van Persie to be Player of the Year'

Wenger: 'We know what is at stake tomorrow. We want to transform our frustration into energy'

Wenger: 'We want more than third place but, from where we are at the moment, we would be happy with it'

Read the headlines here: http://www.arsenal.com/digest

Reply 9466

Hantheman

No Drogba. That's a bonus.

Reply 9467

Zerforax

Original post by Hantheman

No Drogba. That's a bonus.

Think Torres was always going to play since Drogba had played 2 games in 4 days?

But your right, think your defence will be able to cope better with Torres than Drogba's theatrics.

Reply 9468

Hantheman

Although knowing our luck, Torres will score.

Reply 9469

zxh800

Original post by Hantheman

Although knowing our luck, Torres will score.

Yes, goals or no goals, he's a tricky customer.

Reply 9470

Darth Vader 7

You know there is something wrong when the opponents celebrate the prospect of Torres starting against them.

Reply 9471

jilebinator

I think it's time to bring this out again.

Reply 9472

T.Adams VI

Hopefully we never play against Drogba again. :yy:

Reply 9473

gunit123

Original post by jilebinator

I think it's time to bring this out again.

LOL

Reply 9474

jilebinator

How glad/upset are you guys that we didn't get Gary Cahill?

Reply 9475

zxh800

Original post by jilebinator

How glad/upset are you guys that we didn't get Gary Cahill?

Neither upset or glad really.

Reply 9476

Abbadon27

Original post by jilebinator

How glad/upset are you guys that we didn't get Gary Cahill?

Meh, we brought Mertesacker instead who I think is a better defender. Then again, with Cahill we probably wouldn't of had to deal with 2-3 months of him getting used to the league. :dontknow:

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Reply 9477

jilebinator

Original post by zxh800

Neither upset or glad really.

Okay, I'll rephrase the question are you happy with Mertesacker or would you swap him with Gary Cahill?

Reply 9478

Darth Vader 7

Original post by jilebinator

How glad/upset are you guys that we didn't get Gary Cahill?

Quite glad personally. He's good but is massively overrated (as are all English players). Because Koscielny and Vermaelan are similar to his play-style, I prefer Mertesacker. Plus the media have overly exaggerated any blunders or average performances. He needed a year to settle in and I feel the lanky German will come good next season.