Arsenal

[Steve007]

That was probably the best half volley I've ever seen. Such exquisite technique to pull that off!

[El Pibe]

Wow. What a goal that was.

[Steve007]

Podolski

[mop]

[SeanR]

COWABUNGA!!!

[LyonJacques]

The trouble is, we all know that spending ~£30m extra (even adjusted for inflation) at pretty much any point in the last decade..

Absolutely, a less provocative bid last year for Suarez - say an extra £3,999,999 - would have won us the league with room to spare. But it's daft that it always comes down to such rarefied financial margins - if the thing that always separates Arse from the top euro elite is obscene injections of of ill-gotten cash and volatile ownership scrambles then I'd rather have a higher horse in fourtth

[LyonJacques]

Edit: I messed up quoting rev there I think his whole text was closer to mine

[Jonathan_Kerr]

Good result against a bad team. Good to see Rambo back in the goals too - I thought that might happen after last week's goal.

The draw with Anderlecht means we'll prob draw the team that goes on to win the competition. Again.

[toythatkills]

Absolutely, a less provocative bid last year for Suarez - say an extra £3,999,999 - would have won us the league with room to spare. But it's daft that it always comes down to such rarefied financial margins - if the thing that always separates Arse from the top euro elite is obscene injections of of ill-gotten cash and volatile ownership scrambles then I'd rather have a higher horse in fourtth

Fucking hell, not this again. Liverpool didn't sell us Suarez because they wanted to keep him. The amount of our bid had nothing to do with it, they didn't keep hold of him out of principle, they kept hold of him because they didn't need to sell him for any amount.

I've no doubt that the bid annoyed Liverpool, but it annoying them had literally nothing to do with their acceptance or non-acceptance of it.

[Gotters]

Ramsey's screamer raises the old chesnut of what is a half volley ?

I've always used the term to describe a shot where the contact with the ball is at the point it bounces with the ground coming down from the air, others describe a half volley as the ball being in the air but having already bounced.

A full volley is clearly when you kick it in the air without a bounce, don't think that's up for debate.

But which is it for a half volley ?

[Guest]

I thought it was the latter.

[feltmonkey]

a half-volley is when you hit the ball just as it touches the ground. a volley is when it's in the air, whether it's bounced or not. however you describe Ramsey's goal, it was an absolute peach.

[Gotters]

a half-volley is when you hit the ball just as it touches the ground. a volley is when it's in the air, whether it's bounced or not. however you describe Ramsey's goal, it was an absolute peach.

I always a think a full volley is without a bounce, if its bounced thats cheating (as far as volleys go)

[Timmo]

The Ramsey goal was frankly absurd. He was an idiot for thinking he could control a ball that was so far out, had just bounced and that he was hitting with his weak foot.

[The Fox]

Hope he gets fined two weeks' wages tbh, stupid prick.

[Takizawa]

The Sanogo reaction is priceless

https://vine.co/v/OrxHlIbx5Q1

[feltmonkey]

it's not surprise or admiration, he looks terrified. he looks like he's suddenly been forced to reevaluate his entire life. it's like he's thinking, "if that's possible, then how am i making a living at the same sport when i can't even make the ball stop roughly where i want it to?"

[g wings]

He didn't know that the ball is meant to end up in the goal

[Rev]

it's not surprise or admiration, he looks terrified. he looks like he's suddenly been forced to reevaluate his entire life. it's like he's thinking, "if that's possible, then how am i making a living at the same sport when i can't even make the ball stop roughly where i want it to?"

That's exactly what I thought too. A kind of "pick it up and run with it" moment, but resulting in him reconsidering his life rather than the fat kids having a sport to do when it turns out they're too shit for proper football.

[The Fox]

Hahahaha, Monreal, Koscielny and Ramsey all injured for Newcastle, plus Wilshere and Arteta obviously, and Chambers is suspended.

No idea who we're gonna play at CB. Hayden maybe if he's fit? Dunno. And I guess CM will be Flamini and Cazorla?

[hercules]

Bring your boots lads

[JDubYes]

I'm 6'5 with bad knees and have gotten an early start on putting on my Christmas weight for the year. I will start in defence with Per to form the tallest, slowest central defensive partnership imaginable.

No one will beat us in the air.

No one will have to.

[pinholestar]

When's Theo back?

[Gotters]

Wenger today 'if everybody is fit in jan I dont need to sign anybody'

Is he really taking the piss and trying to wind us up ?

What about in feb mate when they are all inevitably crocked again for months ?

[Silent Runner]

So a back four selected from Bellerin/Mertascaker/Gibbs/Debuchy/Gunnersaurus/Steve Bould

Ox/Flamini CM?

Cazorla/Welbeck on the wings

Alexis marauding about the place and Giroud lashing them in. Is Rosicky still at the club?

[pinholestar]

Ramsey out for 4 weeks.

[Rev]

Back to his best. Sad face.

[Jonathan_Kerr]

Coquelin brought back on loan, apparently?

[The Fox]

[toythatkills]

Debuchy is back tonight, our defence is almost at full strength now so there'll probably be no need for Wenger to splash the cash in the January window.

I love that he almost literally said this