***The Official Arsenal Gunners" Thread***

[~LiverpoolRed~]

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Lineup for tonight at Elland Road:

• 53. Wojciech Szczesny
• 3. Bacary Sagna
• 6. Laurent Koscielny
• 20. Johan Djourou
• 28. Kieran Gibbs
• 52. Nicklas Bendtner
• 15. Neves Denilson
• 17. Alex Song
• 23. Andrey Arshavin
• 8. Samir Nasri
• 29. Marouane Chamakh

• SUBS
  
• 55. James Shea (GK)
• 4. Francesc Fabregas
• 10. Robin van Persie
• 14. Theo Walcott
• 19. Jack Wilshere
• 22. Gael Clichy
• 27. Emmanuel Eboue

Surprised he would risk leaving Fabregas out of the starting 11 again.

[Krebstar]

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Lineup for tonight at Elland Road:

• 53. Wojciech Szczesny
• 3. Bacary Sagna
• 6. Laurent Koscielny
• 20. Johan Djourou
• 28. Kieran Gibbs
• 52. Nicklas Bendtner
• 15. Neves Denilson
• 17. Alex Song
• 23. Andrey Arshavin
• 8. Samir Nasri
• 29. Marouane Chamakh

• SUBS
  
• 55. James Shea (GK)
• 4. Francesc Fabregas
• 10. Robin van Persie
• 14. Theo Walcott
• 19. Jack Wilshere
• 22. Gael Clichy
• 27. Emmanuel Eboue

Surprised he would risk leaving Fabregas out of the starting 11 again.

Hmmm. Not too surprised about Fabregas, as he can always come on. My thinking is Wenger would rather go down and bring him on, then have him out there and be up by several goals and then bring him off. So, only put him out if needed completely.

Sagna back will be a huge help for sure. Should be interesting to see. Hopefully Bendtner will drift inside as well as Chamakh.

Nasri in the CAM role should be dynamite.

[Krebstar]

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NASRI!

Let's do it again.

There's two! Sagna attempts to score an even better goal than he did earlier in the year against Everton. I think he did.

Then Leeds got one back with an even better strike. Damn! 2-1 at the half and I'm still feeling confident.

[striper_43]

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[Krebstar]

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RVP's goal today once again showed why he is so vital to this team. He has something that no other striker on our squad has. I will continue to point to his good form this year to show those who said last year that losing him is not equal to losing someone like Rooney or Drogba.

[Mo]

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Reports have it that the Goonies are coming to this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

[misterbroom12]

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RVP's goal today once again showed why he is so vital to this team. He has something that no other striker on our squad has. I will continue to point to his good form this year to show those who said last year that losing him is not equal to losing someone like Rooney or Drogba.

RvP is more vital for the Gunners IMO than Fabregas is. He's the one player in the squad who will be selfish and shoot when he feels the need. His distance strike against City was from a good 25 yards out and there is not a single person on the team other than RvP that would hit that. I have nothing against how we try to play through defenses but every once in a while we need someone to take on a shot and keep the defense honest, having RvP back is huge.

[Krebstar]

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RvP is more vital for the Gunners IMO than Fabregas is. He's the one player in the squad who will be selfish and shoot when he feels the need. His distance strike against City was from a good 25 yards out and there is not a single person on the team other than RvP that would hit that. I have nothing against how we try to play through defenses but every once in a while we need someone to take on a shot and keep the defense honest, having RvP back is huge.

While I still think Fabregas is more important, we're definitely not the same team when either are out. With them both, we're set.

I completely agree about him taking shots. He will definitely take a shot when needed and will not hesitate at all.

[ZM Punk]

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Reports have it that the Goonies are coming to this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Arsene has no interest on big money making tours and prefers the peacefullness of Austria. Apparently though a new sponsor really wants this tour to happen. If it does happen, the board will have indeed went over Arsene's head, which rarely happens.

[Krebstar]

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I'll believe it when I see it.

Arsene has no interest on big money making tours and prefers the peacefullness of Austria. Apparently though a new sponsor really wants this tour to happen. If it does happen, the board will have indeed went over Arsene's head, which rarely happens.

Yeah, I want it to happen because I'll travel to see them, but I'm not expecting it.

[rsnomar05]

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Hey guys, I created a website so i could post articles about Arsenal. If you want to check it out heres the link: http://theclockend.net/

Any feedback would be appreciated (I'm not trying to spam). I'm no web designer or anything so be easy on me.

I like it. If I were you I'd try and turn it into a site with daily posts like Arseblog, and I would have liked a match preview for the Leeds game. I'd also like to see more quotes from the players/managers from things such as the post-game pressers. But it's a great start.

[ZM Punk]

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While I still think Fabregas is more important, we're definitely not the same team when either are out. With them both, we're set.

I completely agree about him taking shots. He will definitely take a shot when needed and will not hesitate at all.

While I still believe Cesc and RVP are our two most important players. I think you can now throw both Nasri and Sagna into the discussion. Nasri does a little bit of everything and is all around great player while also staying relatively healthy. Its safe to stay it undebateable he is our player of the season so far and probably the front runner for EPL player of the year.

As for Sagna, he really makes our defense and is our best back 4 player even when Vermaelen is healthy. Without him this year our defense would be a lot more horrific than it is now.

[Krebstar]

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While I still believe Cesc and RVP are our two most important players. I think you can now throw both Nasri and Sagna into the discussion. Nasri does a little bit of everything and is all around great player while also staying relatively healthy. Its safe to stay it undebateable he is our player of the season so far and probably the front runner for EPL player of the year.

As for Sagna, he really makes our defense and is our best back 4 player even when Vermaelen is healthy. Without him this year our defense would be a lot more horrific than it is now.

Agree on both points. Nasri has really stepped up this season and is an utter joy to watch. His presence honestly makes me feel slightly better if/when Cesc leaves.

As for Sagna, Mr. Consistency himself. Always puts in beautiful crosses and hardly ever lets anyone behind him without recovering.

Also, isn't it great that so far this season our keeper hasn't been at fault for several losses? Szczesney has done one thing that is driving me crazy, though. He can not kick a moving ball. When he does, it goes about 30m into the air. Not even to the center circle. :/

[ZM Punk]

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Agree on both points. Nasri has really stepped up this season and is an utter joy to watch. His presence honestly makes me feel slightly better if/when Cesc leaves.

As for Sagna, Mr. Consistency himself. Always puts in beautiful crosses and hardly ever lets anyone behind him without recovering.

Also, isn't it great that so far this season our keeper hasn't been at fault for several losses? Szczesney has done one thing that is driving me crazy, though. He can not kick a moving ball. When he does, it goes about 30m into the air. Not even to the center circle. :/

Yup, Sneezy has been good. I agree with you that in order for him to really make him a cut above Fabs he has to work on his service. I've seen guys in League 2 with better service than him. I know in the Man U game he was barely making it to midfield on his goal kicks.

[Krebstar]

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Yup, Sneezy has been good. I agree with you that in order for him to really make him a cut above Fabs he has to work on his service. I've seen guys in League 2 with better service than him. I know in the Man U game he was barely making it to midfield on his goal kicks.

Nothing to do with Arsenal, but your avatar is uh-maze-ing.