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Ridiculous that he isn't involved today.

You could say the same about most of our youngsters at this point. I've still got high hopes for Campbell, personally.

Yeah well it's we fickle fans who create all the hype and expectations and double standards. I like Ben Arfa but he's a surplus to our requirements when we already have Sissoko and Gouffran and I don't see who we could drop from the team to accomodate him. Shola was playing well when we were on our winning streak and does offer us something different upfront. So it's either between Gouffran on the left or Sissoko on the right who have delivered in terms of goals and assists. http://25.media.tumblr.com/917005f12750cc7c3bed559704156de0/tumblr_mikjm2Ojpb1s6our6o1_500.gif

Hate this prick.

Looking forward to seeing him on our bench soon.

Same, definitely deserves to go imo.

GW20: Swansea 1-3 Man City Arsenal 3-0 Cardiff Crystal Palace 0-0 Norwich Fulham 1-1 West Ham Liverpool 2-0 Hull Southampton 1-2 Chelsea Stoke 1-2 Everton Sunderland 2-0 Aston Villa West Brom 1-1 Newcastle Man Utd 1-1 Tottenham

Sad but true. Hate how Pardew is failing to realise the potential of our best team in a decade. A bit hyperbolic, considering the results over the past two months. The fact he can't accommodate our most talented player should say a lot. Can't argue with the results at the moment, but our style of play is not befitting some of the talent we have at our disposal, and that will probably prevent us from really challenging like we should this season.

Sad but true. Hate how Pardew is failing to realise the potential of our best team in a decade.

I thought Colo was great today. Made some crucial blocks/interceptions in the first half in particular.

Not a wide player.

Outstanding performance. Love this guy . Think he's a little underrated defensively, too. Nothing got past him today and he wasn't caught out of position despite his forays forward.

Defensively we performed well and restricted their opportunities, but for most of the game it looked like they would score if anybody was going to, imo.

Not many sides pass & move like Arsenal tbf. I do wonder why people assume we'd come off best if we'd have gone gung ho attack vs attack. As if its clear we'd win that battle? True, but as had been said, we offered what a Championship team would in an attacking sense today. It isn't as simple as playing defensively vs gung ho attack, its about the style of play/ how the team are coached. Apart from a 10 minute spell in the first half where they had 3 pot shots from 25+yards which were nowhere near, what did they offer more than we did? They looked far more likely to score throughout the game than we did.

Not many sides pass & move like Arsenal tbf. I do wonder why people assume we'd come off best if we'd have gone gung ho attack vs attack. As if its clear we'd win that battle? True, but as had been said, we offered what a Championship team would in an attacking sense today. It isn't as simple as playing defensively vs gung ho attack, its about the style of play/ how the team are coached.

Compare the fluidity of Arsenal's attacks, passing and moving around the edge of our box (albeit in brief spells), to us either hopefully crossing into the box or finding Remy/Gouffran with the ball in the final third with nobody to pass to, thanks to a static setup which prevents us from attacking as a team.

Spot on. Our tactics going forward always amount to nothing more than hopeful crosses into the box. These players could be capable of a lot more.

Was apparently shopped. Guy next to him wasn't the comedian (next to Sakho) either. Pretty sure the Sakho one is real, he had to make an apology and claimed he was tricked into doing it or something.

http://www.ndf.fr/files/2013/11/quenelle-sakho.png

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71983000/jpg/_71983540_020456463-1.jpg :lol:

Has very good chance creation and assist stats given his limited playing time. Not a grafter though so won't find himself in a Pardew team anytime soon.

Marveaux is quality and will prove it somewhere else in the right setup.

Did Anelka make the Quenelle salute after scoring? Could be in trouble for that.