Crystal Palace V Arsenal, 26 October KO 12:45

[Globalgunner]

Our mentality in these situations is always suspect. As long as we don't panic. We should be able to see this one out. Need to watch out for the soft pen tho. The ref is just looking for an excuse to give it

[Penguin]

Not sure Arteta could have done much else. Had to take one for the team IMO

:gp:

[cricketsi]

Not sure Arteta could have done much else. Had to take one for the team IMO
Also, actually quite hard to avoid the foul, especially when you have someone like Chamakh who is looking primarily to make contact with you to try and get a free kick and only if that fails, reluctantly to go in on goal.

I'm not convinced if the situation was reversed a Crystal Palace player would have been shown red.

[Maestro]

Not sure Arteta could have done much else. Had to take one for the team IMO

don't like arteta at all as a player, but he had no choice but to take the man out

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good header from BFG.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Also, actually quite hard to avoid the foul, especially when you have someone like Chamakh who is looking primarily to make contact with you to try and get a free kick and only if that fails, reluctantly to go in on goal.

I'm not convinced if the situation was reversed a Crystal Palace player would have been shown red.

Seriously, stop crying about it.

It is a foul and a red.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Wasn't even a foul, if anything Chamakh fouled Arteta.

[fakeyank]

We have played better than this with 10 men before! The fuck are we doing!?

[Marc Overmars]

Aimless hoofing towards Bif now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a run from Monreal! :haha:

[Maestro]

nacho man

[Xhaka Can’t]

Nice work by Monreal.

Someone should have helped there.

[JonasTC]

Monreal, new messi :bow:

[Penguin]

Also, actually quite hard to avoid the foul, especially when you have someone like Chamakh who is looking primarily to make contact with you to try and get a free kick and only if that fails, reluctantly to go in on goal.

I'm not convinced if the situation was reversed a Crystal Palace player would have been shown red.

It's easy, don't touch him and it's not a foul. But if he did that Chamakh would have been through on goal and we would have probably been back level at 1-1.

Right decision from Arteta to take the red, and also right decision from the ref to send him off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil ball across goal.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Big shout out to Wenger for the early tactical move in selling Chamakh to Palace for this one.

[Penguin]

Big shout out to Wenger for the early tactical move in selling Chamakh to Palace for this one.

:lol:

[Newguy]

Giroud has been poor, needs to be more aggressive....need another option upfront as I dont think giroud has scored for 6 weeks now. At some stage the goals from midfield dry up...

[Maestro]

we've been really shit today, fucking desperately poor performance. given that, 3 points would be fantastic

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil on the volley. :lol:

[fakeyank]

Ozil :doh:

[Maestro]

you had time Oz

[JonasTC]

WHAT THE FUCK.... Seriously we cant do anything right today :s

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud has been poor, needs to be more aggressive....need another option upfront as I dont think giroud has scored for 6 weeks now. At some stage the goals from midfield dry up...

GIROUD!!!!

[Letters]

Bif!

[fakeyank]

OLIVER!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Get in!!!!!!!

[Penguin]

GIROUD

[JonasTC]

BIG FUCKING SEXY

[Munchies]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Letters]

We've pub teamed the shit out of this game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aaron Ramessi. :cloud9:

[Maestro]

Giroud has been poor, needs to be more aggressive....need another option upfront as I dont think giroud has scored for 6 weeks now. At some stage the goals from midfield dry up...

make it zero weeks

[Newguy]

Giroud has been poor, needs to be more aggressive....need another option upfront as I dont think giroud has scored for 6 weeks now. At some stage the goals from midfield dry up...

I love it when this happens....:satan:

[cricketsi]

Brilliant, needed that, now let the others chase.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:patrice:

[Globalgunner]

Game set and match. Thank God

[Xhaka Can’t]

Giroud has been poor, needs to be more aggressive....need another option upfront as I dont think giroud has scored for 6 weeks now. At some stage the goals from midfield dry up...

If only you posted that half an hour ago - you'd have saved us all this stress.

[JonasTC]

Newguy pls say its been awhile since we've seen a hat-trick from someone >_<

[Newguy]

make it zero weeks

I swear I was gonna post about ramsey and giroud needing a rest......looool

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What has happened to Monreal?

Also, Ches gets MotM.

[Maestro]

most fantastic 3 points of the season

utter shit, down to 10 men ....still won it

[Munchies]

Monreal has been pretty good

[Xhaka Can’t]

I love it when this happens....:satan:

Well played - I'm voting for you in the MOTM thread.

[Letters]

most fantastic 3 points of the season

utter shit, down to 10 men ....still won it

Stuff of champions, tbh

[Maestro]

I swear I was gonna post about ramsey and giroud needing a rest......looool

lol, typical though

we need you on every match thread now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil. :cloud9:

Giroud. :haha:

[Penguin]

Ozil :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Palace 0-2 Arsenal, FT! Top of the league and five points ahead. :bow:

[Newguy]

Get in!!!!!!

Still looking down at the rest

Ozil needs a rest

[Syn]

Sadly, it is a one match ban.

What? Why would you want him banned for more?

[Penguin]

Get in!!!!!!

Still looking down at the rest

Ozil needs a rest

So does Giroud.

The poor guy fell to the ground in exhaustion at FT. Seriously this is becoming a joke now, there aren't even any games we can afford to rest him in. Fuck it, start Bendtner in the COC.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Wenger swallowed the contents of a helium balloon!

[Marc Overmars]

Özil doesn't need a rest.

He just needs to realise he won't be able to breathe quite as easily on the ball here as he did in La Liga.

[cricketsi]

So does Giroud.

The poor guy fell to the ground in exhaustion at FT. Seriously this is becoming a joke now, there aren't even any games we can afford to rest him in. Fuck it, start Bendtner in the COC.
Definitely rest Giroud, if we break him we're screwed.

Also, Owen Hargreaves' accent is really weird and off-putting.

[GP]

Also, Owen Hargreaves is really weird and off-putting.

Fixed it for you.

[Özim]

Yes, great win!!!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Crystal Palace are absolute filth at the moment. Anything less than 5 goals against them should be considered a failure.

:getcoat::getcoat: