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won the ball back once or twice but i see what you mean. In comparison with Jonas who basically played left week and left back, worked his bollocks off did jonas!

haha taylor man could not look more uncomfortable

yep showed plenty of nice touchs. 1 Glorious back heel that nearly created a goal for Cabaye

Id be delighted with our team if we had no more out (first team members i mean, smith etc can go) and we get a left back and striker id actually be feelling positive again!

gettin very nervous now

Shame about Marveaux but he really didnt have a solid pre-season so is going to need longer than others i imagine. Shame also that arguably our 2 players with the most amount of Flair arn't fit for the start but fuck it lets just bulldoze them with big Shola an Demba!!!!

shame haris couldnt get a slot on the bench

Garth Crooks and Mark Bright on the same sofa being "experts" Fuck me thats tragic

f***ing shola man cnt believe first day of season and he is starting! if it was injuries and or fatigue later on then i could understand it.

haha exactly!

That Espn "barclays premier league world" Intro with the animated logos is quality!

please no

More worried about Walcott playing. Always seems to rape our defence with his pace whenever he plays against us

Watching Jonas' comical attempts at tackling would be pretty funny

Didn't Marveaux play left back in his early days? could be a better option out of pure desperation than perch etc simply because he is left footed

Said this before. I reckon hes done some damage where the original injury was - could cause all sorts of problems

Confusing that? So 1 or 2 before arsenal and then maybe another couple before makems but then says 1 or 2 before window shuts, so was that ment to say 2-4 before the window shuts?

Don't like all this talk he's doing at the moment about being upset in the next window as well because we "can't compete" sounds very much like Tiote, Coloccini Ben Arfa, anyone decent could go in january if they play well and bids come in. Sad times

Agree although it could also mean in terms of squad numbers as there was no room for another player in the squad with routledge here. But hopefully it doesnt mean there was no money at all

5 years

Caulkin - "Believe Pardew still has to persuade board to free cash for striker though. Meetings this week." Would be nice to know what this means exactly. It implies either that all these weeks the hierarchy have not actually been willing to back the manager's call for a 2nd striker, or that they've reached the end of Carr's list and need persuading to back Pardew's judgement on one. http://i.thelocalpeople.co.uk/275796/Article/images/12855039/2987534.png

the tube "Erik Pieters poort Figo (Pieters tricks Figo)" mmmm josetastic

Does anybody else HATE Geoff Shreeves? edit* Im sorry did that guy on SSN just say Gael Clichy was arsenals best player last season? :mackems:

Yep that ball was defiantly clichy's. Feel sorry for Kompany. Oh and i thought Cleverley looked very good in my opinion

any explanation why Bent and Sturridge arn't in ahead of Crouch and Welbeck?