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Author:  DHD [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:18 pm ]
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long time gooner wrote:
According to Jermaine Jenas Portsmouth didn’t get the reward that they deserved in the first half hour


He can jog on.

Author:  TOP GUN [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:18 pm ]
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long time gooner wrote:
According to Jermaine Jenas Portsmouth didn’t get the reward that they deserved in the first half hour.

I would disagree. Given that they had zero shots on target they got exactly what they deserved.

Jermaine Penus is such a wally. You’d have thought Pompey were bombarding us the way he was carrying on

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:24 pm ]
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That was great from Saka

Author:  Gunfire [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:31 pm ]
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Thoughts on Mari? Looks composed and comfortable but it is Portsmouth.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:33 pm ]
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Gunfire wrote:
Thoughts on Mari? Looks composed and comfortable but it is Portsmouth.

A good start, as you say though not very demanding opposition.

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:34 pm ]
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Was there no other player available than Xhaka to come on. Maybe a young player for a few minutes. I shake my head

Author:  TOP GUN [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:35 pm ]
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Gaz from Oz wrote:
Was there no other player available than Xhaka to come on. Maybe a young player for a few minutes. I shake my head

Pépé ?

Author:  long time gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:36 pm ]
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Gunfire wrote:
Thoughts on Mari? Looks composed and comfortable but it is Portsmouth.

We’re all desperately hoping that there’s a quality centre back there. We sure need one.

Author:  TOP GUN [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:36 pm ]
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We just to miss that bit of guile to open up teams. That final ball

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:37 pm ]
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TOP GUN wrote:
Gaz from Oz wrote:
Was there no other player available than Xhaka to come on. Maybe a young player for a few minutes. I shake my head

Pépé ?

AMN either would do. But instead Xhaka gets another appearance bonus.

Author:  long time gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:38 pm ]
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TOP GUN wrote:
We just to miss that bit of guile to open up teams. That final ball

Well we do have official sponsors of Ovaltine and Mogodon.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:39 pm ]
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TOP GUN wrote:
We just to miss that bit of guile to open up teams. That final ball

Another goal or two would have been nice. We've passed them to death second half.

Author:  Gunfire [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:39 pm ]
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AMN on in the 90th minute. We are 2-0 up. What is the point?

Author:  long time gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:40 pm ]
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bromley gooner wrote:
TOP GUN wrote:
We just to miss that bit of guile to open up teams. That final ball

Another goal or two would have been nice. We've passed them to death second half.

74% possession.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:40 pm ]
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Gaz from Oz wrote:
TOP GUN wrote:
Pépé ?

AMN either would do. But instead Xhaka gets another appearance bonus.

Arteta doesn't fancy Ainsley much, does he.

Author:  TOP GUN [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:42 pm ]
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Decent result. We need to try and be more direct from central positions though

Author:  long time gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:44 pm ]
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Ha ha. Nice one Martin Keown. Just slipped in the fact that Arsenal went a whole league season unbeaten. What a star.

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:44 pm ]
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After a slow start some good performances from the younger or newer players. Some will say it was only Portsmouth but then again some well paid players at the club only had to play Olympiocas the other night and we were already leading 1-0 before we started. So not brilliant but a functional win and we repelled them pretty well.

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:45 pm ]
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bromley gooner wrote:
Gaz from Oz wrote:
AMN either would do. But instead Xhaka gets another appearance bonus.

Arteta doesn't fancy Ainsley much, does he.

I'm 63 and probably ahead of him in the pecking order at the club

Author:  Rich [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:46 pm ]
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long time gooner wrote:
According to Jermaine Jenas Portsmouth didn’t get the reward that they deserved in the first half hour.

I would disagree. Given that they had zero shots on target they got exactly what they deserved.

In fact they’ve still not had a shot on target.

Such biased commentary in potential giant killing cup sides is so annoying. I get that a lot of people will tune in hoping for the upset but commentate properly. Amongst other things it is patronising to the smaller team.

I see big teams dominate games and lose 1-0 and it is a totally deserved victory for the small team. If the roles were reversed and the same game played out it would be incredibly harsh on the minnow who deserved much more having dominated the game.

Author:  DHD [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:48 pm ]
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Job done. Relatively straightforward in the end. They never really laid a glove on us.

We still cry out for craft in mf - someone who can thread a pass to our young, fast and willing runners up front.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:54 pm ]
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Gaz from Oz wrote:
bromley gooner wrote:
Arteta doesn't fancy Ainsley much, does he.

I'm 63 and probably ahead of him in the pecking order at the club

:laughing7:

Author:  Bored [ Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:05 pm ]
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Rich wrote:
Such biased commentary in potential giant killing cup sides is so annoying. I get that a lot of people will tune in hoping for the upset but commentate properly. Amongst other things it is patronising to the smaller team.


I always want the underdog to win so I'm okay in principle if the commentary hopes for an upset, but I do object when it goes from light support to blatantly skewing the description of the game being played. Portsmouth did okay in the first half hour, but lets not pretend they were dominating the match.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:15 am ]
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Nice setting to enjoy the win.
3 or 4 other Gooners about the pub.

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Author:  gooner7 [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:51 am ]
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Good to see the future of Arsenal FC on display against Portsmouth. Eddie should start ahead of Lacazette from hereon. I prefer the directness of Reiss to Pépé's useless trickery.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:05 am ]
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We are going to win the FA cup and upset Liverpool's treble in the final with Aubameyang doing his impression of Thomas in '89 (I know that was a league match, beating pedants to the punch) and Man Utd fans will thank us on twitter. The Oracle of Arsenal has spoken.

Author:  Decaf [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:09 am ]
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DHD wrote:
Decaf wrote:
Actually Qarabag FK have dominated their league since 2013



You’ve clearly googled that, you old faker. No human would know that.

Actually I did know that lesser-known teams participating the UEFA are not necessarily 'also-rans' in their leagues. But, yes, I did google Qarabag FK to check. I'm glad I did because theirs is a rather an interesting story actually.

Author:  Rich [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:23 am ]
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Gunfire wrote:
Thoughts on Mari? Looks composed and comfortable but it is Portsmouth.

Arteta’s thoughts: he was comfortable, very vocal and he commands the back four. He looks like he’s played here for months.

One stat I saw was that Mari completed 13 of 17 long balls, no one else in the team even attempted more than 9.

Author:  gooner7 [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:16 am ]
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Rich wrote:
Gunfire wrote:
Thoughts on Mari? Looks composed and comfortable but it is Portsmouth.

Arteta’s thoughts: he was comfortable, very vocal and he commands the back four. He looks like he’s played here for months.

One stat I saw was that Mari completed 13 of 17 long balls, no one else in the team even attempted more than 9.


Hope his good form carries through

Author:  DHD [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:21 am ]
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Decaf wrote:
DHD wrote:


You’ve clearly googled that, you old faker. No human would know that.


But, yes, I did google Qarabag FK to check. I'm glad I did because theirs is a rather an interesting story actually.


Those long winter nights must fly by round your place.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:45 pm ]
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:42laughter:

Author:  Decaf [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:56 pm ]
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DHD wrote:
Decaf wrote:

But, yes, I did google Qarabag FK to check. I'm glad I did because theirs is a rather an interesting story actually.


Those long winter nights must fly by round your place.

More like mosquitos flying around my place. So a miserable night indeed, although not long by your standards.

And its going to 38C and humid tomorrow . :20hospitals:

Author:  DHD [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:35 pm ]
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Decaf wrote:
DHD wrote:

Those long winter nights must fly by round your place.

More like mosquitos flying around my place. So a miserable night indeed, although not long by your standards.

And its going to 38C and humid tomorrow . :20hospitals:


This time last year, Decaf I was in Franschhoek and Cape Town. Bugger the mossies - it was the power cuts that pissed me off. Are they still going on?

Author:  Decaf [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:21 pm ]
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DHD wrote:
Decaf wrote:
More like mosquitos flying around my place. So a miserable night indeed, although not long by your standards.

And its going to 38C and humid tomorrow . :20hospitals:


This time last year, Decaf I was in Franschhoek and Cape Town. Bugger the mossies - it was the power cuts that pissed me off. Are they still going on?

Yes indeed. Regular 'load shedding' plus in our town powerfailures all the time and water outages too. The country is in a sad state.

Author:  DHD [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 5:48 pm ]
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Decaf wrote:
DHD wrote:

This time last year, Decaf I was in Franschhoek and Cape Town. Bugger the mossies - it was the power cuts that pissed me off. Are they still going on?

Yes indeed. Regular 'load shedding' plus in our town power failures all the time and water outages too. The country is in a sad state.


I'd forgotten about running around in a shower trying to get wet - and collecting your shower water afterwards. Also having to ask at Reception for a bath plug, even in the poshest hotels - and getting frowned at for asking!

Having said that, you're very lucky to live in such a stunning country. I know you're eastern cape but Cape Town is a fantastic city while Franschhoek and its wineries are just a brilliant place to be. I'll be back.

Author:  Goonie [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 6:09 pm ]
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DHD wrote:
Decaf wrote:
Yes indeed. Regular 'load shedding' plus in our town power failures all the time and water outages too. The country is in a sad state.


I'd forgotten about running around in a shower trying to get wet - and collecting your shower water afterwards. Also having to ask at Reception for a bath plug, even in the poshest hotels - and getting frowned at for asking!

Having said that, you're very lucky to live in such a stunning country. I know you're eastern cape but Cape Town is a fantastic city while Franschhoek and its wineries are just a brilliant place to be. I'll be back.


I was at Cape Town for work 5 years ago. Can't remember the name of hotel but very near the convention centre. Had a great stay no problem whatsoever. The staff was very worried for my safety though when I wanted go out for dinner to a restaurant less than 500m away by walking. I went ahead anyway and thankfully nothing happened.

Author:  long time gooner [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 6:15 pm ]
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DHD wrote:
Decaf wrote:
More like mosquitos flying around my place. So a miserable night indeed, although not long by your standards.

And its going to 38C and humid tomorrow . :20hospitals:


This time last year, Decaf I was in Franschhoek and Cape Town. Bugger the mossies - it was the power cuts that pissed me off. Are they still going on?

I was there a couple of weeks ago. Yes the load shedding is still going on.

Every time that I go there I worry that it may be the last. The whole set up there has every possibility of imploding.

Author:  Goonie [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 6:29 pm ]
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gooner7 wrote:
Good to see the future of Arsenal FC on display against Portsmouth. Eddie should start ahead of Lacazette from hereon. I prefer the directness of Reiss to Pépé's useless trickery.


We have quite a good bunch of players below 25 including Pépé.

Martinelli, Nketiah, Pépé, Saka, Torreira, Guendouzi, Tierney, Holding, Bellerin, Nelson, Willock, Smith-Rowe... plus Saliba next season. The next couple of seasons could be exciting.

Ceballos too - wonder if he is part of Arteta's plan next season. And AMN - but he hasn't impressed lately.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:40 pm ]
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Goonie wrote:
gooner7 wrote:
Good to see the future of Arsenal FC on display against Portsmouth. Eddie should start ahead of Lacazette from hereon. I prefer the directness of Reiss to Pépé's useless trickery.


We have quite a good bunch of players below 25 including Pépé.

Martinelli, Nketiah, Pépé, Saka, Torreira, Guendouzi, Tierney, Holding, Bellerin, Nelson, Willock, Smith-Rowe... plus Saliba next season. The next couple of seasons could be exciting.

Ceballos too - wonder if he is part of Arteta's plan next season. And AMN - but he hasn't impressed lately.

A good crop of young players for sure. AMN hasn't played lately, so he's had no chance to impress. Can't help thinking he'd do a decent job instead of Bellerin though, who doesn't look to be properly over his injury yet.

Author:  Gunfire [ Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:53 pm ]
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The wheels coming of the Liverpool season. They look tired and lack the dynamism of earlier in the season.

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