Wenger praises Albion (From The Argus)

Nice to hear this from Wenger, who I have admired for a long time as a Manager, and who really appreciate the technical skills of football.
Never liked the Gooners though. Funny isn't it, how you take against some teams. Don't like Chealski either.

Very well summed up Arsene

Yes, it was that little bit of extra quality that got the result but only marginal.

I thought that was the best game of the whole round in terms of entertainment and attractive football.

Hope the injuries are not too bad but once again it looks like hamstrings.
Am I alone in thinking we seem to have a serial problem with this?

Anyway I was proud of the boys yesterday and hope they can build on this in the weeks to come.
Very impressed with Ulloa once he got going and should live up to expectations once he finds his feet.

Hope you all had a great day out,atmosphere sounded amazing.
UTA.................
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To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

Amaizing game of football, much improved from Liverpool last year, just 2 or 3 addtional quality playes to add in the right positions and i would be confident of staying up when we get promoted. Ulloa, what a signing, holds the ball up- well, he is strong, good on the ball and knows where to be, he is going to be a legend, we need that dutch defender, cant wait ti the next game, bring it on!

Great post SMF 20. It will be difficult for the players to get in the mood mentally for sats clash. in reality though its far more important then yesterdays, guess
thats what Gus will be working on.

Twas a great show and although a draw and a trip to the Emirates may have been what many wanted in the end, I am glad that we do not have to fit in a replay to our schedule. If we had beaten them yesterday, then great, we could enjoy the next round, but a replay, no way would that be good for us.

I don’t buy the Casper being at fault and I understand why he had to be played, we may need him if Kuz get’s injured and for all intents and purposes he did a good job. Barnes also displayed what Gus is coaching him to do and the why his is chosen for this versatile role.

Agreed excellent post SMF.
Really enjoyable afternoons football.
It's amazing Arsenal had to bring on 2 Internationals to bring us down.
Well done YOU BLUES as we used to sing at the Goldstone!

Thank you Arsene . Now time for us to kick on in the league and face these top sides week in week out..

Was it not 'come on you blues' sung in a deep voice always starting from the west stand. Probably reflecting the west stand average age then and not many ladies in those days either,reflecting a major change in the crowd composition these days.

Far Gull, yes it was "come on you blues".
I was in the north stand behind the goal-such great days with the thumping of the back of the stand having great effect too.Yes good to see more ladies-what puzzles me at the Amex is that the loo's are named "men" & the ladies are "women"...why not ladies? Obviously this is coming from a "female"! Just think it's odd - if we enjoy football are we not ladies?

Quite agree SMF, spot on review. You can understand why they let Van P go with Giroud in the background. Still it shows we can compete at Prem league level and our performance yesterday would have been good enough to beat many other Prem sides.
Also supports Gus's view of the need of 2 central defenders. Let's hope we can bridge that gap in the league and replace either Mboro, CP or Hull in that top 6.

hannover seagull wrote:
Very well summed up Arsene

Yes, it was that little bit of extra quality that got the result but only marginal.

I thought that was the best game of the whole round in terms of entertainment and attractive football.

Hope the injuries are not too bad but once again it looks like hamstrings.
Am I alone in thinking we seem to have a serial problem with this?

Anyway I was proud of the boys yesterday and hope they can build on this in the weeks to come.
Very impressed with Ulloa once he got going and should live up to expectations once he finds his feet.

Hope you all had a great day out,atmosphere sounded amazing.
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did you manage to stream it?? or did you realise it was on sport1 and watch with the deutch comenatry hehe my missus told me at half time it was on the tv i was quite peeved that i didnt look beforehand

SMF20 wrote:
To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

Good post SMF20.
I really enjoyed the game (other than the result) and thought there was a great atmosphere created by both sets of supporters which the players responded to.
Two things swung the tie Arsenal's way. The first being the injuries to Buckley and Greer, especially GG's which not only unbalanced the defence but also meant that Hammond played deeper thereby lessening our midfield presence.
The second was of course the introduction of Wiltshire who took control of midfield and Walton
I thought the Albion played well although my only slightly negative comment I have to say is that I wasn't convinced by Ankergren. On another day he might have 'got more on' the punch that led to Walcott's deflected winning goal.
Particulary impressed by Barnes (well taken goal and great cross for Ulloa's) and Hammond both of whom played better than I have seen recently. Not for the first time Bridcutt showed his class. Ulloa had some nice touches and looked useful - even his height when defending helped.
Worried by the injuries and particulary by Greer's since we now (in the short term) have a CB crisis. Lets hope Poyet gets a CB in before the Window closes.
Yesterday showed we are going in the right direction. UTA.

Not much went right for the Albion. The injuries killed us. Or at least disrupted our plans somewhat.

Need a centre back urgently, Casper gorks from reading or clint hill from Qpr on a months loan, if we can't do quick business with the Dutch guy, missed the game as I came back from holiday.

ballantrrae wrote:

SMF20 wrote:
To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

Good post SMF20.
I really enjoyed the game (other than the result) and thought there was a great atmosphere created by both sets of supporters which the players responded to.
Two things swung the tie Arsenal's way. The first being the injuries to Buckley and Greer, especially GG's which not only unbalanced the defence but also meant that Hammond played deeper thereby lessening our midfield presence.
The second was of course the introduction of Wiltshire who took control of midfield and Walton
I thought the Albion played well although my only slightly negative comment I have to say is that I wasn't convinced by Ankergren. On another day he might have 'got more on' the punch that led to Walcott's deflected winning goal.
Particulary impressed by Barnes (well taken goal and great cross for Ulloa's) and Hammond both of whom played better than I have seen recently. Not for the first time Bridcutt showed his class. Ulloa had some nice touches and looked useful - even his height when defending helped.
Worried by the injuries and particulary by Greer's since we now (in the short term) have a CB crisis. Lets hope Poyet gets a CB in before the Window closes.
Yesterday showed we are going in the right direction. UTA.

A lazy 'this', as i agree in full. A word for Barnes, my MOM and also El Abd played to his strengths and showed want an excellent player he is and how to cope with pace. Big Len looked the business. Palace in the play off final please...

mark by the sea wrote:
Need a centre back urgently, Casper gorks from reading or clint hill from Qpr on a months loan, if we can't do quick business with the Dutch guy, missed the game as I came back from holiday.

A real pity you missed the game MBTS since it was a cracking cup tie and the best of those played yesterday in the cup.
While we had our starting 11 on the pitch we were more than a match with Arsenal's 'one & a half' team. Any bottom half premiership team would have been hard pressed against us.
The most pleasing thing was the Albion twice coming back to equalise.

albionfan33 wrote:

hannover seagull wrote:
Very well summed up Arsene

Yes, it was that little bit of extra quality that got the result but only marginal.

I thought that was the best game of the whole round in terms of entertainment and attractive football.

Hope the injuries are not too bad but once again it looks like hamstrings.
Am I alone in thinking we seem to have a serial problem with this?

Anyway I was proud of the boys yesterday and hope they can build on this in the weeks to come.
Very impressed with Ulloa once he got going and should live up to expectations once he finds his feet.

Hope you all had a great day out,atmosphere sounded amazing.
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did you manage to stream it?? or did you realise it was on sport1 and watch with the deutch comenatry hehe my missus told me at half time it was on the tv i was quite peeved that i didnt look beforehand

Yep, I was quite surprised to find it on
Sport 1 they cover a lot of F.A Cup games and will do so right up to final.

In my opinion that was the best game at the Amex so far, in terms of quality from both sides. When you consider Arsenal fielded 9 internationals who are first choice for their respective countries, we coped brilliantly. We really should be proud of the boys and the way they dug in. I am in two minds about the replay, as on one hand I would have loved a trip to the Emirates, but on the other I am glad we don't have that extra game. Lets hope the lads build on that performance and crush Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

I bet Wenger wouldn't be praising the catering if he was in the west stand lower ! What an absolute joke ! For the 3rd game in a row there are no pies and no beer again??? How hard can it be !?!?

Dijk has been valued at around 5 million by his club, Brighton and Sunderland both want to sign him but neither think that the price is realistic. There is also the small matter of his club not wanting him to go right now. If we really want him, firstly we will have to make a offer that his club will accept and secondly, it will have to be a price that Sunderland won't pay.

Bridcutt has to be drawing admiring glances from others and yesterday, well yesterday he showed a world wide audience that he is quality. I am very worried about a late bid coming in for the lad.

Barnes added to his price tag yesterday, I had him down as man of the match for Brighton.

Ulloa took just 20 mintues or so to get into the game but once he did he showed why Gus has been wanting him for so long. More to come from him.

David gets better with every game he plays, I hope we give him a new contract very soon.

Hammond stepped up yesterday so much so that I think Crofts is going to have to rely on squad rotation to get on the team sheet to start matches.

Pity we did not do it but we held our own and the early substitutions probably were the difference.

I can see Dean Hammond staying ( quite happy with that) Poor old El Abd seems to get stuck in and sometimes pays things just don't drop for him

Good to see Arsene being positive and complimentary ( not a fan of The Gunners either though)

Now let us build on this and get into the top 2 for the end of the season

Gaviotas Espana wrote:
Far Gull, yes it was "come on you blues".
I was in the north stand behind the goal-such great days with the thumping of the back of the stand having great effect too.Yes good to see more ladies-what puzzles me at the Amex is that the loo's are named "men" & the ladies are "women"...why not ladies? Obviously this is coming from a "female"! Just think it's odd - if we enjoy football are we not ladies?

Gentlemen & Ladies.
Men & Women.
Male & Female.

I would suggest those are the terms that go together.

Lads & Lasses would be more fitting

Stallions and Mares

Guys and Broads

Cowboys and Cowgirls

Shirts and Blouses.

Just a few I have seen around town here.

So proud of thelads. Proves how far we have come from last season(Liverpool). Ulloa great addition he IS the striker we need.Took his goal well. And is comftable on the ball.Now lets get on with getting a play off spot. Proud Albion supporter along with all fellow Seagulls. U.T.A.

All the newspapers have rightly been very complimentary about our terrifice performance yesterday. Just as an aside, Ryan Harley features in three action pictures in the Sunday Telegraph today!

ballantrrae wrote:

SMF20 wrote:
To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

Good post SMF20.
I really enjoyed the game (other than the result) and thought there was a great atmosphere created by both sets of supporters which the players responded to.
Two things swung the tie Arsenal's way. The first being the injuries to Buckley and Greer, especially GG's which not only unbalanced the defence but also meant that Hammond played deeper thereby lessening our midfield presence.
The second was of course the introduction of Wiltshire who took control of midfield and Walton
I thought the Albion played well although my only slightly negative comment I have to say is that I wasn't convinced by Ankergren. On another day he might have 'got more on' the punch that led to Walcott's deflected winning goal.
Particulary impressed by Barnes (well taken goal and great cross for Ulloa's) and Hammond both of whom played better than I have seen recently. Not for the first time Bridcutt showed his class. Ulloa had some nice touches and looked useful - even his height when defending helped.
Worried by the injuries and particulary by Greer's since we now (in the short term) have a CB crisis. Lets hope Poyet gets a CB in before the Window closes.
Yesterday showed we are going in the right direction. UTA.

Good post mate but I can assure you it wasn't me playing it was Jack Wilshere, lol. I thought it was a cracking game of football and although we lost it is good to hear AW's comments as he paid Brighton the ultimate compliment by bringing on the Big Guns to try & force a result. Was surprised by the MOM, Adam played well but the man for me was Liam Bridcutt, what a lovely footballer he is, considering his height, IMHO The crowd in the NS were brilliant and I was surprised that the stewards let so many stand for most of the game?? All in all a great day out and good to get a view from the NS, only my second so far. onwards and hopefully upwards to the play-offs...UTA

could the hamstring injuries be anything to do with watering the pitch? why do they do that in the middle of winter.

Really proud of the lads. Just a shame we couldn't have had that bit of luck with Walcott's lucky punt at the end. Did anyone get a good view CMS' penalty shout at the end? Was it?

re: the papers - nearly all the reports have praised us, but the Sun was typically lazy, sadly. Buckley, apparently, was subbed because he was ineffectual. Idiots.

UTA

wiltshire seagull wrote:

ballantrrae wrote:

SMF20 wrote:
To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

Good post SMF20.
I really enjoyed the game (other than the result) and thought there was a great atmosphere created by both sets of supporters which the players responded to.
Two things swung the tie Arsenal's way. The first being the injuries to Buckley and Greer, especially GG's which not only unbalanced the defence but also meant that Hammond played deeper thereby lessening our midfield presence.
The second was of course the introduction of Wiltshire who took control of midfield and Walton
I thought the Albion played well although my only slightly negative comment I have to say is that I wasn't convinced by Ankergren. On another day he might have 'got more on' the punch that led to Walcott's deflected winning goal.
Particulary impressed by Barnes (well taken goal and great cross for Ulloa's) and Hammond both of whom played better than I have seen recently. Not for the first time Bridcutt showed his class. Ulloa had some nice touches and looked useful - even his height when defending helped.
Worried by the injuries and particulary by Greer's since we now (in the short term) have a CB crisis. Lets hope Poyet gets a CB in before the Window closes.
Yesterday showed we are going in the right direction. UTA.

Good post mate but I can assure you it wasn't me playing it was Jack Wilshere, lol. I thought it was a cracking game of football and although we lost it is good to hear AW's comments as he paid Brighton the ultimate compliment by bringing on the Big Guns to try & force a result. Was surprised by the MOM, Adam played well but the man for me was Liam Bridcutt, what a lovely footballer he is, considering his height, IMHO The crowd in the NS were brilliant and I was surprised that the stewards let so many stand for most of the game?? All in all a great day out and good to get a view from the NS, only my second so far. onwards and hopefully upwards to the play-offs...UTA

Thanks for pointing out the typo Wiltshire Seagull !

eastlondonseagull wrote:
Really proud of the lads. Just a shame we couldn't have had that bit of luck with Walcott's lucky punt at the end. Did anyone get a good view CMS' penalty shout at the end? Was it?

re: the papers - nearly all the reports have praised us, but the Sun was typically lazy, sadly. Buckley, apparently, was subbed because he was ineffectual. Idiots.

UTA

Are you sure it didn't say 'influential'?!

Hovite wrote:
Twas a great show and although a draw and a trip to the Emirates may have been what many wanted in the end, I am glad that we do not have to fit in a replay to our schedule. If we had beaten them yesterday, then great, we could enjoy the next round, but a replay, no way would that be good for us.

I don’t buy the Casper being at fault and I understand why he had to be played, we may need him if Kuz get’s injured and for all intents and purposes he did a good job. Barnes also displayed what Gus is coaching him to do and the why his is chosen for this versatile role.

Except he was to blame... Seriously, he doesn't have to play Casper for the practice. Does it really build his or the team's confidence letting in three goals including the howler at the end? Much better off playing our top quality keeper and hoping/praying he doesn't ever get injured!

cheese rolls ! wrote:
I bet Wenger wouldn't be praising the catering if he was in the west stand lower ! What an absolute joke ! For the 3rd game in a row there are no pies and no beer again??? How hard can it be !?!?

Yes!!!! WSU too! I queued for 20 minutes or more after the game,for a much awaited pint of Harveys, my wife wated a glass of vino, and my son wanted a pie, we had friends who wanted Harveys.........
We finally got to the front : No Harveys, No Food, ... the group we were in walked out, and round to the East Stand Reception. Queued for 20 minutes, ... it was like the Monty Python Cheese Shop Sketch when we go served... " No Harveys, No other Ales, No Pies, No Crisps, No red wine, DREGS of White wine, "....

I was furious! We are talking 30 minutes to an hour after the game!! It was lager or nothing..... and I dont want lager unless its hot and sunny!

How hard can it be!?

me and women??? It offends you??? Get back in the kitchen lol :)

tooncgull wrote:

cheese rolls ! wrote:
I bet Wenger wouldn't be praising the catering if he was in the west stand lower ! What an absolute joke ! For the 3rd game in a row there are no pies and no beer again??? How hard can it be !?!?

Yes!!!! WSU too! I queued for 20 minutes or more after the game,for a much awaited pint of Harveys, my wife wated a glass of vino, and my son wanted a pie, we had friends who wanted Harveys.........
We finally got to the front : No Harveys, No Food, ... the group we were in walked out, and round to the East Stand Reception. Queued for 20 minutes, ... it was like the Monty Python Cheese Shop Sketch when we go served... " No Harveys, No other Ales, No Pies, No Crisps, No red wine, DREGS of White wine, "....

I was furious! We are talking 30 minutes to an hour after the game!! It was lager or nothing..... and I dont want lager unless its hot and sunny!

How hard can it be!?

Seriously, what can we do about this?
WSL ran out of pies too at half time with 100+ people still cueing who were all going to miss the beginning of the second half. They know exactly how many pints, pies, packets of crisps etc. they have sold at every game since we got our fantastic stadium, how come everyone in the queues can work it out but the people who's job it is can't? Why have they not poured 50+ pints 10 mins before half time is a total mystery to me, it's a joke, but no longer funny. Rant over, game was fantastic apart from score, very pleased for ulloa to score on his debut.

I think a chorus of " you don't know what you're doing" might be in order if no improvement at the next match, perhaps the argus could run a story so we can all comment in the hope the right person reads the thread.?

SMF20 wrote:
To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

Agree with all this SMF20, except when you say "In my mind we have now had our special day for the season..." Surely that will come in May, but I know what you mean

SMF20 wrote:
To put yesterday's game to bed so I can move on.

What a terrific cup tie... End to end stuff and 2 great footballing teams fully committed to winning a football match. A fantastic advert for British football and indeed what the FA cup is all about.
I appreciate Mr Wengers comments, he is right to compliment us and coming from him, the comment carries a little prestige and a whole heap of pride. It was also nice to hear the Itv commentator on the highlights show saying that for the neutral, this was the tie of the round.
So there we were slugging it out with one of Europes finest teams and yet we held our own and arguably deserved a replay.
My hat is off to Giroud, he scored not 1 but 2 wonder goals and you have to ask if he will score any better than the 2 he put past us in his career. His 1st was a strike of absolute quality and is one not likely to replicated by him or indeed many other strikers again this season. The 2nd... Well, what can you say about the touch to bring the ball down as it arrived from over his shoulder? Not a lot... It was a moment of sheer class and as mentioned probably won't be replicated in a long time.
So 2 wonder strikes and a very lucky deflected goal to win a match against us. Would I have taken this before kick off? "Yes" do I feel a little disappointed it happened to us "yes".
Congratulations to Arsenal though, I wish them well as they progress through the rounds.
In my mind we have now had our special day for the season and its now time to get back to the grind and for the guys to knuckle down in preparation for our next Championship match. They have earnt their plaudits and a little more adoration from us fans but lets now put this to bed and concentrate on playing well enough for the remainder of the season so we can play the likes of Arsenal every week.
A quick thought goes out to both Buckley and Greer. I hope they make a speedy recovery. They are key to us pushing on for the play offs.

Well done again lads, you did us proud.

Uta

My sentiments exactly.

One thing to add, I heard on the way down to the game on Saturday that Wenger twice wrote personal letters of support for our stadium application (at different stages). What a top man! Thank you, Arsene.