Arsenal

[Shawyboy]

It's ridiculous to suggest that he should stop tackling altogether or even be a man and say he maybe went in a bit strong, but he's 22 and has broken two players legs. Is it daft to think that he should reassess the way he plays? If he does it again does he still carry on playing the way it comes naturally?

Are you Wenger in disguise?....

[BlinkyBear]

Are you Wenger in disguise?....

[Shoes]

Are you Wenger in disguise?....

Yes - everyone who thinks that Shawcross should maybe play a little less recklessly is Arsene Wenger.

[Shawyboy]

Rooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrry

[BlinkyBear]

Rooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrry

"Rory, Rory where's your towel, Rory where's your towel?"

[carlito]

That Eboue shirt suits Kaka.

[Mars]

What a goal!

[toythatkills]

Brilliant ball, that

[Mars]

That Eboue shirt suits Kaka.

[Mars]

Theo!

[toythatkills]

Walcott has been pretty ace this second half.

[Eats hoops and leaves]

What is with Arshavin's hair?

[Baz]

Bendtner had a 'mare today but not sure he should've come off..

[a big boy]

From the Guardian minute by minute...

4.09pm: Bendtner misses another absoolute sitter! This was easier to score than the last. Clichy skins his marker and delivers a drifting cross to the backpost. Walcott cushions it down to Bendtner, this time five yards out, but he doesn't adjust his footing and hammers it over the bar. Dreadful! Dreadful!

4.07pm: Theo Walcott has just put in a beautiful cross from the right wing which Bendtner doesn't have to break stride to reach with his head four yards out, but he pulls his neck in and heads wide when it was - it really was - easier to score. Shambolic miss!

[Baz]

Well thank fuck for that. Walcott played a blinder today.

Also, although Bendtner missed a load of chances he's still so crucial to Arsenal's attack. Lucky he seems like a confident one - was laughing when he went off.

[toythatkills]

Indeed. The fact that he was constantly in exactly the right place to miss those sitters is excellent. The goals will come, easily.

[SeanR]

I'm scared.

I was watching ceebeebies(fv71) , with Alex, and every time I switched over to SSN (83 on freeview) there was a goal in that game.

except the last one, which happened when I turned over to Final Score on BBC1.

I missed the highlights on the MOTD repeat this morning, because his poopy-ness needed a change.

Swings and Roundabouts...

[Dude Ranch]

I missed the highlights on the MOTD repeat this morning

You missed Walcott looking like a footballer. I've slated him but fair play, that's the way to stick it up your critics. His goal was sweet as and he put in some cracking crosses. Bender just had one of those days, two of the misses were shockers. Nasri looked good, I really do prefer him in a more central role.

[Rev]

I for one still salute Bendtner. One day, I'll set up my own football team and he will be my only player.

I am not expecting Champions League football for my football team, but I'll enjoy the shoe shopping.

[hobo]

I love Bendtner's arrogance, he live's in his own world, a bit like this:

[mop]

[Arc'Tan'Gent]

I love Bendtner's arrogance, he live's in his own world, a bit like this:

[Rev]

Bendtner: Arsenal Legend.

[toythatkills]

I still like him though

[anders limpar]

That is fucking amazing.

[Daley]

I will tell you what pisses me off. Shit-rakers like Stan Collymore saying Bendtner was jeered off and Arsenal fans gave him stick on Saturday. I was there and even as the misses became more and more ridiculous (I half expected SuperNic to pick the ball up and carry it over the line rugby style) not a single person was booing. Sure there were groans and people were throwing their hands in the air as he missed for the 12th time but the crowd began singing his name as he left the pitch. As said above, he is getting in those positions and that is important. The goals will come.

Seriously though there were some shocking misses. I take half the blame. I put him in my dream team.

[carlito]

As much I would love to ram it down a few peoples throats what idiotic fairweather bullshit it is to slate a 20 year old boy for being "shit" after he has spent most of the last two seasons on the physio table - I think the performance owed much more to Burnley's woeful defending rather than any type of footballing epiphany for Walcott. It is still going to be some time before we can really determine the calibre of the boy.

I have had to do a lot of Bendtner defending at work today. There are times I really hate MoTD - especially when they only have 3 matches and have to make stories out of each to fill in time. We got "Walcott is amazing" and "Bendtner is useless" - neither of which are particularly accurate at the moment.

[anders limpar]

It's best not to pay any attention to the wife-beating sex pest. Last week he was suggesting that Wenger go and ply his trade abroad if he didn't like it over here, much like with Alan Green I find myself getting less wound up by simply not listening to TalkSport or Radio 5.

Bendtner actually had a pretty good game apart from the missed chances.

[Daley]

I have had to do a lot of Bendtner defending at work today. There are times I really hate MoTD - especially when they only have 3 matches and have to make stories out of each to fill in time. We got "Walcott is amazing" and "Bendtner is useless" - neither of which are particularly accurate at the moment.

As I said above the media can only sell "He is shit" or "He is amazing". Collymore was literaly asking on Saturday "Is Bendtner a 25 goal a season striker or a donkey?" Somewhere inbetween is probably the truth but that is a boring answer.

I rarely listen to talkshite. Now I remember why.

[Rev]

Bendtner actually had a pretty good game apart from the missed chances.

If he'd have done what he is (obviously) capable of doing with all of the chances it would have been the performance of the decade. Give him another 10 chances like that, a few of them will go in. Give Walcott 10 chances identical to the one he put away and I'd be surprised if any went in.It proves what I said a few pages ago though - Walcott should be on loan in the Championship this season. He just proved how well he'd do (sorry Burnley fans, but...y'know) and how much good it'd do his confidence.