Match Reaction Vs Stoke

[Marc Overmars]

Hardly in the Balance were 7 points clear tonight 3rd is still in our hands don't see the problem beat Norwich 3rd is ours more or less.

Yes it's in our hands.

Seeing as we have butterfingers though, I'm not convinced yet.

[hobson's choice]

The thing that bothers is the small amount of real chances this team creates. Honestly outside of the spell after Stoke scored, we didn't create anything.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Yes it's in our hands.

Seeing as we have butterfingers though, I'm not convinced yet.

Lets hope Blackburn or bolton can do us a favour.

Hopefully we beat Norwich too and seal it.

[RomfordPele]

Hmm, point gained on balance, but we're not playing at all well at the moment - miss Arteta badly and RVP looks completely burnt out. Add to that the nutty professor with his crazy substitutions and it could well be squeaky bum time come May 13.

[Joker]

Decent point but a mediocre performance. Some people saying RVP was cack but I though he did alright up front on his own, with very little support at times especially in the second half. It's difficult to hold the ball up against physically stronger opponents and when support is taking an eternity to arrive. Great movement for the goal and a fantastic cross by Rosicky.

However, there's a serious lack of quality in this squad. In the first team there are only a few players who can really create a goal for us at the moment, and on the bench the only player who you think can do something (Oxlade) wasn't bought on. It's as if Wenger is deliberately wumming just to see our reaction. Either that or he's tactically a poor manager.

[Marc Overmars]

Lets hope Blackburn or bolton can do us a favour.

Hopefully we beat Norwich too and seal it.

Well we need a favour now to breathe easier.

I'm banking on Bolton and Chelsea getting results in midweek.

[Niall_Quinn]

The thing that bothers is the small amount of real chances this team creates. Honestly outside of the spell after Stoke scored, we didn't create anything.

Hard to create anything in a game like that. 11 apes orchestrated by a monkey with a whistle scurrying all over the place, thrashing around, barging, hair pulling, biting and gouging, tumbling about the place and fucking around with towels for a third of the match. Not much chance of stringing even a few passes. Made enough to get 3 or 4 though, and missed them as usual.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Foy's family tree can be traced back to the first raw meat diet, walking on all four limbs, cave dwelling nocturnal sub-mammal species that foundered the hole known as Stoke and can still be found unsurprisingly enough populating the same areas in droves.

[hobson's choice]

Hard to create anything in a game like that. 11 apes orchestrated by a monkey with a whistle scurrying all over the place, thrashing around, barging, hair pulling, biting and gouging, tumbling about the place and fucking around with towels for a third of the match. Not much chance of stringing even a few passes. Made enough to get 3 or 4 though, and missed them as usual.

Stoke didn't resort to their usual stuff today(they didn't have to), other than a few tackles from them it was just straight forward sitting back and waiting to hit us with the long ball.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Rosicky our best. . .Gibbs played well too