Arsenal V Spurs

Frisbee · 29-10-2008 08:40PM #1

Almunia

Sagna
Clichy
Gallas
Silvestre

Nasri
Fab
Denilson
Theo

RVP
Ade

Strong enough team, might have preferred Diaby to start. Expect to see him in the last half hour

vincenzo1975 · 29-10-2008 08:49PM

fact of the day: garreth bale has never won a premier league match

Arsenal

01 Almunia
03 Sagna
18 Silvestre
10 Gallas
22 Clichy
14 Walcott
04 Fabregas
15 Denilson
08 Nasri
11 Van Persie
25 Adebayor

Substitutes

21 Fabianski,
02 Diaby,
05 Toure,
12 Vela,
17 Song Billong,
26 Bendtner,
27 Eboue

Tottenham

01 Gomes
02 Hutton
22 Corluka
39 Woodgate
32 Assou-Ekotto
05 Bentley
14 Modric
08 Jenas
06 Huddlestone
03 Bale
09 Pavlyuchenko

Substitutes

21 Cesar,
04 Zokora,
07 Lennon,
10 Bent,
16 Gunter,
18 Campbell,
24 O'Hara

vincenzo1975 · 29-10-2008 08:51PM

very surprised bent is not playing.

arsenal have a very good back line, they all will be very comfortable in this game I think, I see the sunners winning 2-0, with maybe Fabregas getting on the scoresheet and having a very big game.

OPENROAD · 29-10-2008 08:52PM

Interesting that Silvestre keeps his place, could Gallas and Silvestre be our number one pairing at cb.

Charlie · 29-10-2008 08:56PM

If the Spurs lads dig in, and get a result, would it be fair to say that they weren't doing it for Ramos?

shane86 · 29-10-2008 09:02PM

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

fact of the day: garreth bale has never won a premier league match

Does Mr Joe Soap still post here? :pac:

Fabregas claimed Spurs wouldnt beat Arsenal ladies, cheeky git

Dunno why but I feel a draw may be in order.

godtabh · 29-10-2008 09:06PM

charlie mchugh wrote: »

If the Spurs lads dig in, and get a result, would it be fair to say that they weren't doing it for Ramos?

You'd be amazed what a new manager can get under performing players to do in his first couple of games in charge

Frisbee · 29-10-2008 09:15PM

Bollox...

1-0 Spurs

Good goal Bentley

_blank_ · 29-10-2008 09:16PM

Frisbee wrote: »

Good goal Bentley

:eek:

Understatement of the season imo.

What a goal.

juvenal · 29-10-2008 09:16PM

Fantastic strike by Bentley tbh.

Is this the only live game on Sky/Setanta?

Royale with Cheese · 29-10-2008 09:17PM

Oh no. This is shaping up badly.

New manager syndrome. Cesc's apparent comments coming back to haunt him. Ex Arsenal player Bentley showing why they shouldn't have let him leave.

staker · 29-10-2008 09:18PM

great goal DB. looks like the only game on. a beaut!!!

Wreck · 29-10-2008 09:18PM

I vomited a little bit.

PHB · 29-10-2008 09:19PM

****ing hell, BBC's makes it sound amazing:

We've just seen the goal of the season. The ball is bouncing all over the place just inside the Arsenal half and David Bentley, a la Matt le Tissier against Blackburn in 1995, knees the ball up and volleys it over Manuel Almunia from fully 40 yards. We might have just seen Bentley's 'Beckham' moment.

vincenzo1975 · 29-10-2008 09:19PM

Night like this, glad I dont bet on football....

Royale with Cheese · 29-10-2008 09:20PM

Can't fault Bentley's technique but you'd have to fault Almunia for his positioning, and he still should have saved it.

vincenzo1975 · 29-10-2008 09:23PM

watching this on the BBc text service,

sounds Like van persie is in the game a lot more then adebayor.

Quazzie · 29-10-2008 09:29PM

I thought myself there was a foul in the buildup and shoud've been a free out, but spectacular vision by Bentley

Quazzie · 29-10-2008 09:37PM

There must surely be some yellow cards for the spuds pretty soon

Royale with Cheese · 29-10-2008 09:39PM

Arsenal finally looking like the better side in the last 10-15 minutes. Final ball isn't there though.

vincenzo1975 · 29-10-2008 09:39PM

sounds like denilson is getting kicked up and down the field, I count 5 fouls on him already.

juvenal · 29-10-2008 09:39PM

1-1 Silvestre header. Keeper got lost under the corner, decent flick.

Frisbee · 29-10-2008 09:39PM

WE LOVE YOU SILVESTRE!!!

Royale with Cheese · 29-10-2008 09:40PM

Silvestre scores for Arsenal. Is it just me or does that still feel a little strange?

Quazzie · 29-10-2008 09:40PM

EASY EASY EASY!! has Harry got the flu because he just looked fairly sick there

Charlie · 29-10-2008 09:40PM

Another stinker from Gomes. Seriously, when is reckless gonna fess up, and admit this chap is worse than blobbo?

vincenzo1975 · 29-10-2008 09:41PM

GET IN YOU BEAUTY......
Toure on the bench again at the weekend?

assist for van persie, he's my captain in the fantasy football whoohoo!!!

An Citeog · 29-10-2008 09:42PM

Night of the dodgy keepers!:D

PHB · 29-10-2008 09:43PM

Gomez will be gone in January I'd say. Spurs shoulda taken Foster instead of Campbell.

staker · 29-10-2008 09:47PM

'Arry better lace his boots to the goalposts til then.
But then there's nobody being stretchered off which is nice...

estebancambias · 29-10-2008 09:47PM

1.Bentley...take a bow son...take a bow...genius goal by a player i greatly dislike.
2.Gomes is horrible. Worse keeper in the league I'd say. Any top flight keeper is a good shot stopper, Gomes perhaps is better than most but still he's just so so bad.
3.I'd say Pav is awesome actually at a match, like Doyle.
4.Modric is so smart but his distrubution is woeful.
5.Is Walcott always this bad?

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