Match reaction: Sunderland v Arsenal - FA Cup

[Niall_Quinn]

PS. have we EVER won a amtch with that mong Webb in charge. He booked Djorou for a tug on a player for the 1st goal while a sunderland player did exactly the same thing earlier and got a ticking off.

Dreadful ref, but we still wouldn't have won if he was impartial today. I believe there must e some directive in place that prevents teams like Sunderland turning the game into a farce by aving five players red carded in the first half for relentless fouling. The refs turn a blind eye for long enough to ensure the game ends after 90 minutes rather than 25. Lots of money at stake, pretences need to be maintained.

[Joker]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...d-that-matters

[alexander]

I'm keen to see how the website are going to dress this one up & where the positive spin will come from.

We all took ths piss out of that Iraqi PR guy 10 years ago, but the website speaks just as much shit.

looking forward to the specially chosen twitter comments.

[Gubby Allen]

I missed the beginning - what happened with Coquelin's injury, was it in any contact?

[Niall_Quinn]

This game was another example of how mediocre Arteta actually is. He needed to control the midfield for us, but instead put in another insipid display devoid of any imagination. He plays hospital passes a lot of the time, and even when his pass is accurate, the timing and weight of the pass is wrong. A lot of people were claiming he's been a good signing who "keeps things ticking over". That may be good enough when playing against Wigan at home, but against a decent, competitive side this guy's been shown up completely.

He does keep things ticking when the others around him are taking away the responsibilities of him having to do anything but the most basic stuff. When the others go missing, Arteta is exposed. He's no worse than any of the others. He was useless today though.

[Niall_Quinn]

I missed the beginning - what happened with Coquelin's injury, was it in any contact?

No, it was most likely the pitch if anything. But it amazes me how fragile our players are. They can't even run without getting injured.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I hope Wenger has enough in the bank to be able to tell the truth if he goes. If the board get away with this, and Wenger leaving could give them the perfect opportunity to slink away and leave it to Stan, it will be the biggest scandal of all. They need to be hounded for what they have done.

And they will, we'll finish 4th and they will have their profit, More cigars for PHW who will be happy as pie at another succesful season.

[Joker]

We've got to start some sort of protests now. Yes, you may say it won't make a difference, but we can't simply sit around and see the same thing happen season after season.

[gunnerrrrr]

Charlie the Gooner - It looks like you have finally taken the red pill and woken up to the bullshit that is going on at our football club.

What a shocking performance from all accounts, we truly look like a shell of a team....a team made in the new Wengers image, spineless, weak, error prone, defeatist.

[Niall_Quinn]

We've got to start some sort of protests now. Yes, you may say it won't make a difference, but we can't simply sit around and see the same thing happen season after season.

If you start it you have to mean it. It can only stop when the guilty parties are purged, not when they throw a bone and sign a stop gap star. You don't protest to get them to do something, you protest to get them out. It is hard to shift vermin of this type though, they have a powerful weapon. They can punish you by accelerating the destruction of the things you loved all your life. And they ave the media, they can blame you for their crimes and get away with it. So real protest with an end goal is potentially a bloody affair. I have little faith in the denizens of the library to pull off anything significant, except maybe Kroenke's dick when he chucks a loss leader at them.