Arsenal v Newcastle United (FA Cup), 17:30 GMT (09/01, BBC1)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'd quite like to win this again to be honest.

However expecting what should be mostly the second XI in this one.

Martinelli at least. :bow:

[Mac76]

yeah we should go for a 15th FA cup and draw even further away from all the other muppets

plus it would be the perfect antidote if spuds somehow win the Nothing Cup

[Marc Overmars]

Although it doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore, it’s our cup and I will always want to win it

Plus it could be our only salvation again this season. Let’s bring home number 15.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, Cedric, David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Tierney, Elneny, Willock, Pepe, Willian, Martinelli, Aubameyang.
Subs: Runarsson, Chambers, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Saka, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Lacazette.

Newcastle: Dubravka, Krafth, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett. Hayden, S Longstaff, Hendrick, Almiron, Joelinton, Carroll.
Subs: Gillespie, M Longstaff, Ritchie, Gayle, Yedlin, Murphy, Anderson.

[Gooner23]

No Balogun in squad, would assume that means he's :wave:

[Gooner23]

Martinelli injured in the warm up, hope it's not too serious.

Chance for Nelson!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shearer and Wright pitchside.

Both dressed up in Peaky Blinders cosplay.

[Mac76]

COYG :scarf:

[Mac76]

Shearer and Wright pitchside.

Both dressed up in Peaky Blinders cosplay.

:lol:

[Mac76]

Martinelli injured in warmup... :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli. :(

Fearing ankle ligaments.

[Letters]

COYG :scarf:

Agreed.

[Mac76]

Got to say Pepe, Willian, Nelson and Auba is a pretty dodgy attack...

[Mac76]

Danny murphy :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelson shot saved.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe shot, saved. :faint:

[Mac76]

Willian :rolleyes:

Pepe should have taken that

[Mac76]

Luiz charging up the field to commit a foul

[dazthegooner]

Willian's free kick's worse than his corners...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why is that not a red? Blatant foul, no attempt to get the ball.

Lascelles only booked as the Xhaka Rule is once again not used.

[Mac76]

Bad foul on Nelson by Lascelles

[Letters]

Lascelles. What a scrote.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor touch from Nelson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sexy control from Pepe there. :haha:

[Letters]

Pepe’s ball control is worse than mine.

[Mac76]

Willock... this really is the B team...

[Letters]

Pepe’s ball control is worse than mine.

I retract that. Couple of good things from him just now.

[Mac76]

Carroll totally unmarked in the box then...

[Gooner23]

I retract that. Couple of good things from him just now.

That's Pepe, so hit and miss!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe with a lovely idea but his execution is shit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Why are you posting here?

[Mac76]

Willian :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba shot saved.

Willian. :haha:

Way over.

[Marc Overmars]

Do one Willian.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good point. :haha:

[Letters]

Good hit from Auba.
Less good follow up from Will.I.An.

[Mac76]

Carroll booked for attacking Willck

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I had a shocker.

Didn't realise I hadn't closed the FA Cup thread down. :doh:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Willian is remarkably shit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I had a shocker.

Didn't realise I hadn't closed the FA Cup thread down. :doh:

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hit it Nelson!

[Mac76]

Nelson...

Should've hit it first time

[Marc Overmars]

Great work from Tierney.

Shit kickers in the box couldn’t do anything.

[dazthegooner]

Willian is remarkably shit.

He's not that good.

[Mac76]

Joelinton :pal:

[Xhaka Can’t]

He's not that good.

That's me - always exaggerating.

[Mac76]

Dithering by Pepe

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck sake Pepe, use your right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :doh:

At least we're making attacking combinations though.

[Letters]

William delivered a non terrible corner.
Ah, second one reverts to type.

[Letters]

That's me - always exaggerating.

I’ve told you a million times :sulk:

[Mac76]

If Martinelli had played I think we'd have scored by now

[GP]

Longstaff was my nickname in college.

[Mac76]

Nelson's having a terrible game

[Mac76]

Short (for which read sh*t) corners from Pepe

[Mac76]

Almiron's FK goes out of play :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cedric booked.

[Letters]

Short (for which read sh*t) corners from Pepe

First one ended with a decent cross from Willian tbf.

Bit of a nothing performance all round so far. Looking like 0-0 HT.

[Mac76]

That's a soft yellow for Cedric

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT Bit shit.

ESR and Saka need to save us.

Also need to know Martinelli isn't dead too.

[Marc Overmars]

Boring.

[Bumble]

First one ended with a decent cross from Willian tbf.

Bit of a nothing performance all round so far. Looking like 0-0 HT.

thats cause willian is playing we are toilet with him

[Mac76]

Pretty lame first half, created some chances but that lot couldn't score for toffee

Newcastle must be truly sh*t to give so much possession to our side

[Bumble]

Pretty lame first half, created some chances but that lot couldn't score for toffee

Newcastle must be truly sh*t to give so much possession to our side

newcastle are terrible at cup football.... they have carroll and joelinton up front... as long as we dont concede corners they wont score

[Gooner23]

Willian and Pepe are firmly 2nd choice now. Not even close to Smith Rowe and Saka.

[Letters]

as long as we dont concede corners they wont score

:blink:

(Edit: Soz. I missed the word “corners” :lol:

:getcoat: )

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tierney is great.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba has lost all finesse in his finishing, tries to Defoe it in at every opportunity now.

[Mac76]

Chorley beat Derby :haha:

Rooney :pal:

[Mac76]

Shearer :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lascelles off, Ritchie on.

[Mac76]

Tierney :lol:

We'll let him off though...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Big Andy header, wide.

[Mac76]

Of that team out there now, only Tierney and Leno are up to it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe puts it wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Big Andy with the attempt at a wondergoal, deflects and Leno clutches it.

ESR coming on. :bow:

[Mac76]

Willock's going to be red-carded soon if he's not subbed

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Big Andy. :lol:

[Mac76]

Carroll :haha:

[Letters]

Caroll :haha: :sick:

[Marc Overmars]

Should be losing 0-1. Big let off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelson hauled off.

Nelson just never takes his chance.

ESR on.

[Marc Overmars]

Go away Willian.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba, Auba, Auba...

[Mac76]

Auba :doh:

[Marc Overmars]

Auba would have used his left foot there last season.

He’s trash now.

[Mac76]

Go away Willian.

Even for him he's having a shocker, so is Willock

[Mac76]

Willian does well to break up another Arsenal attack

[Marc Overmars]

Even for him he's having a shocker, so is Willock

It’s the flimsy, under-hit passes that just get me.

Fucking crap.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock with a header on target. :faint:

[Mac76]

We need Lac on soon

[Marc Overmars]

ESR already the best player on the pitch.

[Marc Overmars]

Saka coming on for Willian, finally.

[Mac76]

Xhaka coming on to pick up his yellow card

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian and Willock hauled off, Xhaka and Saka on.

[Mac76]

So is that all our subs?

No Laca then...??

[Gooner23]

Willian has been a shocking signing.

[Bumble]

Willian has been a shocking signing.

thats polite

[Gooner23]

So is that all our subs?

No Laca then...??

Looks like it. Willock has really struggled so not surprised he's been hooked.

[Mac76]

Looks like it. .

So we've no forwards on the pitch who can score at the moment and we need to win the game - good work Mikel :rolleyes:

[dazthegooner]

Thought we were allowed 5 subs in the FA cup :unsure:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe puts it wide again.

[Marc Overmars]

You don’t have to try and comb it every single time Pepe. Good play though.

[Mac76]

Well wide from Pepe

[Mac76]

Thought we were allowed 5 subs in the FA cup :unsure:

Well in that case he should get Laca on now

[Gooner23]

Hopefully this at least confirms to Arteta who his best players are. There can be no temptation to fall back on the older players in the league any more.

[dazthegooner]

Well in that case he should get Laca on now

Commentator said something about 3 period's no idea what it meant though he didn't explain it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Saka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Almiron and Joelinton off, Yedlin and someone else on.

[Mac76]

Commentator said something about 3 period's no idea what it meant though he didn't explain it.

Maybe we get another sub of it goes to ET

[Xhaka Can’t]

Auba's decline has been Torres like.

Just right off a cliff and into a crater.

[RomfordPele]

Never has a game had Andy Carroll winner written on it more than this one.

[Globalgunner]

Willian is just about ahead in the race to be worst Arsenal signing this decade. Sanogo at least scored 4 goals in 1 game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three added minutes.

[Mac76]

Never has a game had Andy Carroll winner written on it more than this one.

Yes, my thoughts exactly

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hayden and Clark booked.

[Slacker]

Willian is just about ahead in the race to be worst Arsenal signing this decade. Sanogo at least scored 4 goals in 1 game.

Arteta comes close.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz header, easy for Dubravka.

Amazing save from Leno!

[Marc Overmars]

Leno saves our sorry arses.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ESR sent off. :doh:

[Marc Overmars]

ESR sent off

[Mac76]

Really poor team and game management from Arteta - he should've brought Laca on with at least 25 mins to go - we were already creating chances but had no-one good enough to put them away

[Xhaka Can’t]

You have got to be kidding me.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Never a red.

[Marc Overmars]

Never a red!

[Mac76]

That's a yellow FFS

[Slacker]

Ref clearly is a prick.

[Mac76]

Phew

[Marc Overmars]

Yellow

VAR :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Still a yellow. :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

That wasn't a yellow - just the ref trying to save some face.

[GP]

Wasn't even worth a yellow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 FT. On to ET!

[dazthegooner]

Who was the player that scream like a bitch?

[Xhaka Can’t]

It is pretty depressing stuff that we were the ones holding on by our fingernails for extra time.

[Marc Overmars]

Seems like we had a Christmas miracle.

Back to the regular shit now.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Who was the player that scream like a bitch?


GP

[Slacker]

Should have booked the fairy for screaming like a girl.

[Letters]

That wasn't a yellow - just the ref trying to save some face.

:gp:

Exactly what I thought.

We got away with this a bit - getting to ET at 0-0.
Come on, boys.

[Gooner23]

Think the ref heard the player scream and panicked, glad VAR intervened on that

[GP]

Who was the player that scream like a bitch?

Marcellus Wallace

[Mac76]

Really poor team and game management from Arteta - he should've brought Laca on with at least 25 mins to go - we were already creating chances but had no-one good enough to put them away

Saying this again cos it got drowned out by the ESR incident

This is a mess, we should've had it won in the first half

We're lucky Carroll's a donkey

[Letters]

Marcellus Wallace

What?

[Globalgunner]

ESR didnt help himself by looking like he just committed an axe murder. We need to learn the guiles of the game. Protest your innocence till the end.

[Mac76]

That wasn't a yellow - just the ref trying to save some face.

Yeah, agree, I thought was yellow at first but it wasn't even that

[RomfordPele]

Straight out of the Wenger playbook: change a winning team, kill the momentum then find you have to bring on the players you’d dropped anyway to try and salvage it. Awful awful management.

[Marc Overmars]

Should go straight to penalties.

[Xhaka Can’t]

ESR didnt help himself by looking like he just committed an axe murder. We need to learn the guiles of the game. Protest your innocence till the end.

Agree, but to be fair, the ref had the red out before Longstaff even landed.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Should go straight to penalties.


I'd be happy if it went straight to the 5th penalty

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Smith Rowe deflects away, off Saka. :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Nice by Smith-Rowe

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka, what a volley!

Dubravka saves.

[Marc Overmars]

Great effort from Xhaka

[Letters]

What a hit from Xhaka!
Good save.

[Xhaka Can’t]

For those of you wondering, NQ has been posting prolifically in this thread but we have been censoring him.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Say what you like about Xhaka, but he can hit them.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny, not quite such a good volley. :lol:

[Mac76]

Elneny :haha:

[Letters]

Slightly less good volley from Elneny

[Letters]

Elneny, not quite such a good volley. :lol:

Dammit!

[Mac76]

Say what you like about Xhaka, but he can hit them.

Ok i will - he's a c**t - but you're right :lol:

[Letters]

For those of you wondering, NQ has been posting prolifically in this thread but we have been censoring him.

:haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Ok i will - he's a c**t - but you're right :lol:

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pel surely?

[Mac76]

Pel?

[Globalgunner]

Seems at Arsensl. The more we pay a player, the worse on the pitch you will be. Studies need to be made about this.

[dazthegooner]

VAR wasn't going to give us two decision's in one game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo Mari covers for Elneny's mess.

Saka shot saved by Dubravka.

[Letters]

Weak from Saka.

[Mac76]

Poor shot from Saka

[Mac76]

Thy TF won't he bring on Laca ffs?!?!?!

[Letters]

Awful cross from Saka.
Commentator: “Unlucky”.
How was that unlucky?! :lol:

[Globalgunner]

Poor shot from Saka

This time he will claim it was a cross.

[Mac76]

FUCK OFF murphy of course Saka meant it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe, nearly.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Thy TF won't he bring on Laca ffs?!?!?!

A month ago, this would be quite a surprising post.

[dazthegooner]

FUCK OFF murphy of course Saka meant it

Yeah heard that as well?

[Marc Overmars]

Pepe does the hard work in getting the ball down but because he’s so stupidly left footed it makes him easy to defend against.

[Mac76]

A month ago, this would be quite a surprising post.

IKR, but he's scored in our last four games

What's Arteta doing?

[Xhaka Can’t]

This playing it from the back is stupid. Especially as all those bad habits in possession and lack of potency up front have come flooding back.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT in ET.

[Mac76]

Poor FK

What a shitshow

[dazthegooner]

Go on Wrighty give Shearer a slap.

[Mac76]

I do think that was a pel, if the ref had given it VAR wouldn't have overruled it

[Mac76]

Finally he brings Laca on, with 15 minutes to go... :rolleyes:

[Mac76]

Tierney turns a corner for us into a GK for newcastle

[Letters]

This playing it from the back is stupid. Especially as all those bad habits in possession and lack of potency up front have come flooding back.

I hate it. We try to thread the needle and have conceded a few chances this year by misplacing passes.

[Letters]

I do think that was a pel, if the ref had given it VAR wouldn't have overruled it

I’ll put that in the “I’ve seen them given” category.

[Letters]

Why can’t Auba play football any more? :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SMITH ROWE!!! YEEES!!!

[Letters]

SMITH-ROWE!!

[Marc Overmars]

SMITH ROWE!!

[Mac76]

ESR!!!!!!!!!

[dazthegooner]

JUSTICE!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Why can’t Auba play football any more? :(

He’s awful. Every touch, pass and shot just not nowhere near sharp enough.

[Letters]

VAR :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Struck on the half volley. :bow:

[dazthegooner]

VAR :bow:

:gp:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

JUSTICE!!!

Sid Justice scored? :unsure:

[dazthegooner]

Sid Justice scored? :unsure:

Yes, Yes he did :)

[Letters]

“1-0 to the Arsenal” from the “crowd” :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!! He's back!

Maybe.

[dazthegooner]

ESR Man of the match :)

[Marc Overmars]

Auba!!

Tap in but hopefully does him good.

[Letters]

AUBA!!!!

Deadly from 1 yard.

[Letters]

Tierney :bow:
He is brilliant

[Xhaka Can’t]

Tierney is unlucky not to be MOTM

[Mac76]

Great goal - hate to say it but a very good ball from Xhaka there

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cedric might be dead.

[LDG]

Subs made it.

Completely obvious that Willian should piss off at the very earliest opportunity.

Shout out to Mari though. Really looked good today.

[Mac76]

Tierney is unlucky not to be MOTM

He would've been if they didn't award it before the end of the game, no idea why they insist on doing that

[Slacker]

Send him off ref ��

[Xhaka Can’t]

Laca, you bum!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Laca still taking trips to the pub now and again.

[Marc Overmars]

Lacashite is back

[Letters]

Might want to hit the target there, Laca.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Still pissed off about Henchoz handballing it off the line.

[Letters]

FT :cool:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle, FT!

Bruce. :lol:

Big Andy. :lol:

Shearer. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

We’re through!

Marine next please.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Still pissed off about Henchoz handballing it off the line.

It was the worst I've felt after a game.

I had to stick on the Dumb and Dumber DVD after that one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It was the worst I've felt after a game.

I had to stick on the Dumb and Dumber DVD after that one.

That surely must have helped.

[Mac76]

Yes, Yes he did :)

:lol:

[Mac76]

Subs made it.

Completely obvious that Willian should piss off at the very earliest opportunity.



Which is in 3 years' time unfortunately... :(

[Mac76]

We’re through!

Marine next please.

:gp: