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You just said it yourself

 

s'like how most of those with the big mouths also vanished on the weekend and all? Only turned up late on sunday with nothing better to do

 

They should be ashamed of themselves. The man has given everything to arsenal, no matter what they think he will go down as a club legend. Booing is a disgrace no matter when you do it, to isolate him like that is nothing short of an embarrassment!

 

yes but they are not really much of an example as fans. I am sure 90% of arsenal fans are different to this.

 

That's the best they've got to do with their time over the weekend. Hanging around at a train station waiting to hurl abuse at a pensioner.

 

FA Cup 3rd round draw
7pm tonight BBC Two

1. AFC Bournemouth 2. Arsenal 3. Aston Villa 4. Birmingham City 5. Blackburn Rovers 6. Blackpool 7. Bolton Wanderers 8. Brentford 9. Brighton & Hove Albion 10. Burnley 11. Cardiff City 12. Charlton Athletic 13. Chelsea 14. Crystal Palace 15. Derby County 16. Everton 17. Fulham 18. Huddersfield Town 19. Hull City 20. Ipswich Town 21. Leeds United 22. Leicester City 23. Liverpool 24. Manchester City 25. Manchester United 26. Middlesbrough 27. Millwall 28. Newcastle United 29. Norwich City 30. Nottingham Forest 31. Queens Park Rangers 32. Reading 33. Rotherham United 34. Sheffield Wednesday 35. Southampton 36. Stoke City 37. Sunderland 38. Swansea City 39. Tottenham Hotspur 40. Watford 41. West Bromwich Albion 42. West Ham United 43. Wigan Athletic 44. Wolverhampton Wanderers 45. Oxford United or Tranmere Rovers 46. Bury or Luton Town 47. Wrexham 48. Scunthorpe United or Worcester City 49. Colchester United 50. AFC Wimbledon 51. Accrington Stanley or Yeovil Town 52. Blyth Spartans 53. Chesterfield 54. Southport 55. Gateshead 56. Doncaster Rovers 57. Preston North End 58. Barnsley or Chester 59. Bradford City 60. Sheffield United 61. Dover Athletic 62. Cambridge United or Mansfield Town 63. Bristol City 64. Aldershot Town or Rochdale

#vangaalslasthopeforsilverware

 

My work colleague has predicted 30 vs 23

Yes, he's a Forest fan.

PS...you could have at least listed them Astro

 

Are the ones in bold the clubs you're obsessed with?

 

I was going to say they are the ones most likely to win it (plus us) but Everton are highlighted

 

Hope / bet we get Oldham again

 

Thank fck MK Dons aren't there

Got a horrible feeling we'll get Leeds.

 

interesting that 23,24,25 just fall that way alphabetically.

23 is Carragher's number... is that some sort of good luck omen just for the draw?

13 v 25 you heard it here first

 

He played 20 minutes against Hull when the game was already won (3-0). Then he only replaced Wilson for the last 12 minutes when the game was still in the balance. Now he's still not in a position to play a full game but Van Gaal has no choice?

I don't get it. Was he being subbed on when still injured? That makes no sense, it must just have been about getting him game time and sharpness. So why did his minutes against Stoke decrease? And why is he still 3 games later still not considered really suitable for a game?

True #worldclass players like Suarez play the second they are physically available and still dominate the game (WC knee injury return).

Just seems like he's crocked to me but obviously Van Gaal can't say that.

 

good call there


it did have to be said.

 

The top 4 (Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal) plus the teams I know read this thread (Everton, Man Utd)

#helpful

 

I've known/know quite a few Arsenal fans and they are decent peeps on the whole. Bit up themselves but a rival fan could say that about any other rival fan, unless they're league 2 / conference or whatever

 

Its not in alphabetical order though, Bradford at number 59 for example.

 

The ones who want to say "crap performance but that's football" aren't going to track down the team train and have their mobile filming

Most Arsenal fans are famously quiet

 

The article isn't saying he can only ever play 20 mins and LVG refers to it as match fitness, BUT I think you make a very valid point there Why not start to increase his game time more? I can only guess the damage to his cruciate ligament must have been severe as it kept him out for 9 months, as a result he's picked up niggles when played earlier this season and therefore is now being brought in slowly to account for that?

 

Just easier to warm those balls I reckon