Awful, absolutely awful news. Devastated for Theo. Was surprisingly selected for the 2006 WC squad but never played, wasn't called up for 2010 and now misses 2014 through injury when it was looking like he was a guaranteed starter. We can still hope for a miracle I guess.
Anyhow, it opens doors...
Benteke is bad. The hype about him settled down, Aston Villa fans were calling him out for poor performances, then he got injured.
There's no top quality options we can realistically sign in January, so it's best not to waste a lot of money signing someone who's not the quality we really need...
Got to praise the Spanish press for the way they rejected Mourinho.
The media here in England worship him at every opportunity. He is so disrespectful. He controls the media like a puppet. He gives them headlines and they write it.
Giroud, Ramsey, Ozil, Ox, Diaby and Gibbs all injured whilst Wilshere, Walcott, Rosicky, Vermaelen and Monreal all doubtful.
Thanks a lot Newcastle for adding 5 more big players to our treatment table.
Liverpool have had the luxury of not playing in Europe. That's had a big impact on their position.
I don't think Liverpool will finish top 4. Just my prediction.
Home/Away doesn't really affect us, we have a balance.
We've won, lost and drew both home and away. Not to say we're invincible but we're just as good away as we are at home. We play the exact same way.
No Bendtner to the rescue I guess :P
Still, we drew, we didn't lose, and it probably hurts Chelsea just the same.
One correct penalty decision could've changed the game. It happens.
Wenger's the only manager ever to win the premier league unbeaten, how's he not good enough?
He has to compete with far fewer resources than the likes of City, Chelsea and manu.
Over the past few years the critics always thought we will fall out the top 4 and each year we finish in the top 4...
Every Chelsea game is boring so no surprise there.
I think Wenger didn't bring on subs because, well, he usually does in the 70th minute mark but from then until the end of the game we were on top (performance wise) and so any substitutions would've unsettled the team (defensively, offensively...
Superman - Ozil
Robocop - Szczesny
Woody - Flamini
Buzz Lightyear - Bendtner
Santa - Ju
Quarter back - OX
Super Mario - Santi
Zorro - Arteta
Bananas in stripy pyjamas - Walcott and Gibbs
Batman - Wilshere
Rambo - Ramsey
Commando - Sagna
Captain America - Giroud
Hulk - Podolski
Robin - Fabianski...
Do have to admit, I'm getting incredibly frustrated with Giroud, he shouldn't be in a slump like this is his second season he needs to step up. There's a lot more to this than 'bad form' I don't quite know what it is;
As for Ozil, I support him and he's world class, but he needs to start...
Arsenal should have had a penalty, a corner kick that should've been a goal kick lead to a City goal one minute later and an Arsenal offside that shouldn't have been offside lead to another City goal. Then there were 2 more Arsenal offsides that shouldn't have been offsides and that's not...
Right..... FT.
My verdict - City weren't better than us. We created many chances and were very unlucky. We made a lot of defensive mistakes but at the same time Atkinson and his assistant robbed us of a result. One of the City goals came shortly after a corner that should've been a goal kick as...