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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/3983681624_1b2ebcd9d4_m.jpg What have you done?

If cisse continues where he left off last season, we're odds on for CL football

same thing is said every year ... they will click and bounce back. There is an abundance of quality in that squad. Far more than in our own. Wenger is a very good tactician, he will assess his squad and configure a game plan that works for them. I'm a big fan of Wenger, I love the style he gets them to play and I think he develops talent superbly well. However, I really don't think he's an excellent tactician. He gets good movement and has so many fast players with good technique that going forward, they're a great side. However, his spending in the market and the amount of times he buys 17 year olds when he should be buying full professionals makes me wonder what's going through his head. Really don't think the dynamics of their team have been balanced for about 7 years and last season they were incredibly fortunate to finish where they did. Take out RVP and replace him with an ok striker, they'd have finished 7th/8th

Beardsley in his talk in said he thinks Marv is just as good as Ben Arfa. In training hard to split them, both have their days. Nice to hear but they're very different players. Ben Arfa is just a tank at running at people and moving forward with the ball. Marv releases it much earlier but with really precise passes, his movement is superb and he has incredible touch. while he doesn't have the pace and dribble technique of Ben Arfa he probably has the best technique after Ben Arfa in our squad

How's it terrible? It's was Skrtel being a clown. If ben arfa nipped in front of galas, took the ball away and gallas has swiped his legs when attempting a pass, i'd be screaming a pen and expecting a pen as well. Doesn't matter if you actually going to pass the ball and kick the players heels it's still a foul surely? Long was in possession and in a dangerous position and he gets brought down. Stonewall for me. Perhaps I need to see it again but for me, it looked like there was barely any contact. I'm not someone who says - contact = pen. But like I said, I'll need to see it again

They were more up for/ready for the game for the first 45 no question. Don't think we'll find many teams pressing as hard as they did in that first 45, they chased everything. Was surprised by how lacklustre we were at that when it was one of our best attributes last season. Sure it was just first game lull

Personally don't think he's ready yet

Perch is class, his ability to both pick a pass and deliver it over short distance or range is massively underrated

Van Der Vaart curly the ball beautifully and scores some cracking goals but it papers over the cracks of him not actually being a well-rounded player. certainly don't think he ever controls games. Them losing Modric is a nightmare. Sandro is an excellent player in my opinion and will show it this season. Sigurdsson strikes the ball better than most in the league and can move with it but he's certainly not going to be dictating the play or controlling games

Champions League every time??? The stench of delusion from that site is appalling. I honestly think they'd struggle to understand they're not a top four club anymore if they ended up in the bottom half

should never have sacked the great King Kenny - not only a man, an icon, a winner, a twat

I'd be deeply offended if I was a Villa fan and someone accused me of not giving McLeish a chance. People are generally decent when new managers come in and despite what's happened before, they'll put it aside if the football/results come right. Neither did and proper fans can tell how dangerous the situation is when they see shit football. See our Soundess/Allardyce eras

He's not injured. Should be starting. I'd also be giving game time to Campbell, at least 30 mins

He's not a one trick pony and even if he was, his left foot is so good at striking the ball it'd be a damn good trick. He is excellent at cutting in, very fast, can beat his man and deliver decent crosses. Really think as soon as he gets out of Man City he'll get a lot more respect You've just highlighted his only trick, all he ever does is cut in. Whenever I've seen him on the left he's been poor because he doesn't/can't make driving runs past his man, he's not a byline winger at all, he's certainly not very fast either. It's always the same story with him, receive ball on the right, move forward a bit, do a step over or seven, cut back inside, cross or shoot. It might be somewhat effective but only good enough for the bench with our current team and he would be an awfully expensive benchwarmer. I don't want him because we don't need him. I'm not advocating we buy him, but he will be a really good player for other teams. I don't think you can call him a one trick pony when his trick is beating his man/crossing the ball in well or scoring regularly. He doesn't make driving runs but he plays on the wing - he does most if not all the things you'd ask of a winger to good effect

Really excited by this lad, it's fantastic to have someone with his pace playing in the middle of the park. Think he could go a long way to transforming us into a much more fluid, attacking team. Very happy with our midfield these days, think it's up there with the top four

will need an update on this like

I wouldn't say he's overrated at all. I'd say he was more instrumental than RvP last season and is a far bigger loss to Arsenal. How many of RvP's goals were tap-ins? Giroud would have easily been able to fill RvP's boot had Song stayed. Absolute drivel. I considered posting something about RVP ensuring them more than 20 points single-handedly. Didn't bother

He's not a one trick pony and even if he was, his left foot is so good at striking the ball it'd be a damn good trick. He is excellent at cutting in, very fast, can beat his man and deliver decent crosses. Really think as soon as he gets out of Man City he'll get a lot more respect

Horrible attitude for such a talented player, absolutely pathetic

that's absolutely disgusting

That first w brom pen was fine, the second was a terrible decision

He definitely would be one of their best ever players. Don't know how they can make the point 'flatters to deceive' when he gets such little game time but often has a big impact. Not only did he score goals and create several assists last season but they often really important and were the difference between points if I remember correctly

Aye, they probably will like they cut some wank graphics from the first couple of weeks last year.

Think about 60% of Lampard's goals this season will be pens. Don't think he's going to be on target like in the last eight or nine seasons

http://i.imgur.com/t9kzu.gif Perfect gif, didn't mean it. Just like cisse didn't mean his 12 flukes last season