[batistuta9]

Originally Posted by tayto lover

Maybe I am a bit harsh but that's how I feel about him. I find him very cowardly too. He really does infuriate me at times especially when he does something very stupid and blames other players.

I don't know too much about his personality or anything other than seeing him play football but with the blaming other players(jenkinson at OT the one that stands out) i kinda get the impression that he's a narky enough chap that goes on a bit like a spoilt child. even a bit of a bitch

and i'm not trying to defend him too much either here as i said earlier he should score far more but i think he's people's favourite scapegoat in the arsenal team too, like when bendtner got a load of stick/abuse for missing that chance against barca at the nou camp but cesc not nearly as much for back heeling it to xavi(i think); straight before he scored

[batistuta9]

sunderland 2-1 up in ET

[batistuta9]

sunderland in the FA cup, tough enough draw

[kronsington]

sunderland away twice in a row.. it'll be some result to get two wins out of this

[jmayo]

Originally Posted by Dercola

Don't think arry is that big a bastard, unfortunately.. Stuart Pierce will take the reigns for the Euro's, or until the end of the season at the soonest.. All the talk surrounding there manager could affect the spuds tho. Fingers crossed

I would say he will take it part time.
Sure there are only friendlies between now and end of season.

Originally Posted by gnfnrhead

Got to love the English FA. A man with more relegations than cups is the odds on favourite to be the next manager of the national team

If you limit yourself to say PL, who else is there ?
All the better managers now in PL are Scottish, Northern Irish with the odd Frenchman and Portugese thrown in.
The only other experienced English manager Ican think of is Roy Hodgson or McLaren.
I must be forgetting someone ???

Originally Posted by gnfnrhead

We all knew spurs would find a reason to choke, guess this is going to be it. Just hope ourselves along with Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle all take advantage and pass them in the table

I actually don't think they will choke, IMHO they are more of a complete team than all of the above.

Originally Posted by kronsington

sunderland away twice in a row.. it'll be some result to get two wins out of this

Their defense wasn't great for the goal they gave away so not so sure about them.

[kronsington]

Their defense wasn't great for the goal they gave away so not so sure about them.[/QUOTE]

that notwithstanding, they've been the form team in the league since o'neill took over and have played very well. I didnt see the game midweek so cant comment on the goal. i remain hopeful. the team should be full of confidence after the blackburn rout

[djan]

If arsenal are to beserious about 4th place, the question of will we or wont we beat Sunderland shouldnt even be raised. Must win game.

[amiable]

Originally Posted by djan

If arsenal are to beserious about 4th place, the question of will we or wont we beat Sunderland shouldnt even be raised. Must win game.

Sunderland are probably the form team in the league at the moment.

It would be dangerous to see them as a gimme.

I sincerely doubt Wenger will

[cson]

They're possibly the worst mid table team we could be facing at this point in the season. They're in form, they've still got the new manager buzz, O'Neill has a good record against us; we've historically struggled to get results in the Stadium of Light.

I'll genuinely be amazed if we win both those games.

Our next 7 games are absolutely pivotal. We could quite conceiveably be out of every competition including 4th if results don't go our way but equally we could be in everything.

Sunderland [A]
Milan [A]
Sunderland [A]
Spurs [H]
Liverpool [A]
Milan [H]
Newcastle [H]

Toughest run of games the club has had in quite some time. And we need results in every one of those.

I'm very pessimistic about it tbh, we've typically gone to ****e at this stage of the season for the last 3/4 years.

[Kirby]

If you form a mini league, since O'Neill took over Sunderland are top of the table out of the 20 premier league teams.

To say they are the form team is an understatement. A win against them would be a great result and they shouldn't be taken lightly.

[keano_afc]

Yeah I think a win on Saturday would be massive. Will be interesting to see which Arsenal team turn up, the spineless shower from the Swansea game or the free flowing football version form last week.

[liamygunner29]

think a result on Sat would be massive

[djan]

yes they are a form team, but what I was talking about is, look at our quality vs ours. If we are unable to beat them then we have a problem.

[gnfnrhead]

Sunderland have been a bogey team for us in recent years, three points is by no means a formality.

[Noo]

Wenger saying there's no reason not to have Gibbs in the squad this weekend. Be great to have a left back to play left back. Im Verms biggest fan but he needs to be moved back to CB asap, he isn't a LB anymore and it shows in his positioning.