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WHAT A BEAST! Sturridge!

Fuck Bardsley. Hopefully he'll get suspended like Song.

We certainly have more options now with Torres, Sturridge, Mata and Lukaku, and if Torres bounces back, we may have the scariest forward line in all of Europe.

You know what Gunners call other Gunners who hate on Wenger? Trophy whores. Bad results never piss them off as long as they play beautiful football, and you've gotta say that Arsenal have created some of the best moments in the PL so far this season.

'However' should never be used to start a sentence, unless it's used like how 'whenever' or 'whichever' is used. 'Accountant' shouldn't have a capital A unless the last name of the person referred to is Accountant. 'A lot,' 'lots,' 'a lot of,' and 'lots of' are not synonymous with 'many' and 'much'. ^ Worthless bullcrap. Perfect grammar won't make this place better. What would make it better is less Facebook talk. i cnt tak ppl srsly if they typ lik they dun evn giv a fk. And, yeah, less patronizing.

He's a much better marker and tackler than Ramires, or any other midfielder we have (except maybe Essien although he is horrible at slide tackling), but I agree with you that he is awfully slow and think he shouldn't play in that DM role when Andre looks to press forward all the time. But does that make him a flop? True, his concentration level is questionable at times and he's not that great with his head. Nonetheless, he has most other qualities a defensive midfielder needs. He's disciplined, composed, strong, technically talented in terms of ball control and passing, and most importantly, consistent. The role he plays is a difficult (there is a reason why they call it the Makelele position when there's no Maradona position or Pele position) and the most important one. Pointing out and analyzing a player's weaknesses is understandable and encouraged, but there's no need to pick on a player, exaggerate his flaws and call him a lasting flop, unless he plays for Arsenal.

Mikel is a better passer than Lampard and McEachran. Lampard used to be our best passer, but after that injury, his passing hasn't been half as good as it had been. McEachran, on the other hand, has great vision, but I think his passing accuracy isn't quite as good as Mikel's yet. I just wish he would play in a more advanced position where he can launch more forward passes.

Winning the PL will be difficult this season, but I don't see why we should write ourselves off already and settle for a top 4 finish. A goal is supposed to be challenging, and although we don't look as good as United or City at the moment we have lots of time to improve. But having said that, I won't be too disappointed if we don't win this season as long as we complete our transition by next year, and Andre keeps his job.

Why doesn't he just say 'because God loves United'?

Hmm I wonder how they'd know the exact number unless he wrote it down somewhere. If it's true though, he's a legend. 42 times in less than 8 hours (I assume) is biologically impossible.

-----------------------Torres------------------------ Mata--------------------------------------Sturridge ------------Meireles----------Mikel---------------- ----------------------Ramires----------------------- Cole-------Terry--------------Luiz------Bosingwa ------------------------Cech------------------------- I'd like to see Mikel play in a more advanced position and someone speedy take on his role. Mikel's just too slow if we are to play high. Also, Mikel passes and shoots the ball very well, and was impressive during preseason when he played higher up the pitch, so I say why not give it a go.

My name is Kurt, and I'm 17. I live in Vancouver, Canada, and I'm hoping to study engineering in university.

Mertesacker went 31 games without a booking in Bundesliga, which makes him a perfect signing for Arsenal. That's depressing.

Our new signings are not the only good thing that happened to us this summer. We also saw some positive changes in the staff set-up, and the board seems to be giving Andre more power than they had given to Carlo, Jose, or Felipe. It's too bad we didn't sign Modric or sell Anelkalouda+Ferreira, but there's only so much you can expect in a couple of months. I just hope that we can keep this up.

All this is really hard to understand, but what I really really don't get is why they would try ruin my fun watching Arsenal fail.

Well, not the player fans were looking for, but at least we got a new midfielder and Meireles is not a bad choice especially since Andre seemed to want him. The only thing that annoys me is that we probably paid LIVERPOOL a little too much for him. But I can't really complain with how things went this summer, and I'm really looking forward to our new team under Andre. Welcome to Chelsea, Raul.

I made a little tribute for Arsene. http://youtu.be/EQdNdWldgvo Btw, can anyone tell me how to embed a youtube video here?

Wasn't this one of Wenger's ideas along with eliminating throw-ins from football because Arsenal can't cope with Delap? Anyways, I hate the idea. It just encourages polarization, and I can't see how it will work. And this isn't baseball. It's gonna get pretty boring if we start playing United 4-6 times every year.

Another kid in Wenger's bedroom.

Welcome, Ulises! I am absolutely delighted with this summer's transfer window.

Did the 'Go to page ___' thing disappear? It was handy when reading a long thread.

Dammit, why do they have to suck so much? They're supposed to suck only so much so that Arsene can keep his job. I'm gonna hate Djourou if he gets Arsene fired.

Which is why Arsenal should stick with Wenger. On a more serious note, though, there's no need to make a fuss about what's happening with Chelsea now. So far we've been disappointing, but we've got 7 out of possible 9 points and had a pretty good summer transfer window, so there's not much to complain about. And I can't help but feel that our frustrating performance against Stoke and West Brom spurred the board to act quickly to get Mata, so maybe it was for the better. But I hope we get things sorted out quickly before we visit Old Trafford because they're looking incredibly sharp.

I think the problem we have now with defense has to do with AVB's high defense line than anything. Our defenders are generally slow, and Mikel, who's supposed to aid the centre-halfs, is one of the slowest players we have. And with Hilario, who isn't as good at rushing out of the box as Cech, the opposition can exploit the huge gap behind our defenders by using counterattack. There is absolutely no way our high line will work with Terry, Hilario, and Mikel guarding our goal, and AVB should know that. What I'm really concerned about is that the whole team looks disjointed. In Carlo's first season, we played some great football, our players looked like cogs in a machine, and it was as if everyone knew where his teammates were. We don't have that anymore. It disappeared last season, and when that disappears the team plays shit. I hope we'll get that back soon.

Maybe Mata can replace Lampard and play a little more forward and wider. He can certainly provide the creativity we need, and he has an eye for goal as well, and I think he can play well in the middle as well. And after watching him today, I think Mata-Ramires combo can be very effective. --------------Torres------------- ------------Mata-------Sturridge Perreira--------Ramires------- ---------------Mikel-------------- But I guess it all depends on who we get next week. If we get Moutinho or Modric, Mata will stay on the left wing, and if we get Perreira, Mata may play in the middle or on the right.