Arsenal 4 West Brom 1

[Letters]

IMO, the second half was an obvious consequence of the team being 4-0 up and players with their minds on next week's match.

Of course.
It was always going to be a duller 2nd half, it was job done and we've got the Cup Final.
Great first half, play like that next week and we'll thump Villa.


We won't, of course. It's going to be another horrible afternoon

[AFC Leveller]

I think the manager deserves credit for changing things around ND freshening things ip. Theo and Jack gave us a spark that we lacked recently and their contribution was telling. West Bromwich are a tough side and have beaten some of the big team s recently as well. Good to see that cunt fletcher and tony the chav getting hammered for once
That is his 6th straight loss t arsenal.i.beleieve.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Theo better be staying. No excuses Wenger.

Anyone got video of the lap of appreciation at the end? My stream cut to the Hull match once the whistle was blown.

Theo was just smiling with his socks down walking around his or Kieran Gibbs' baby son....not quite sure, I'd guess it was Walcott's. Nothing really to see here....

AW: "With or without the hat-trick, we want Theo to stay. We have started negotiations."

AW: "Theo is the right age to play through the middle. I hope he stays free of injuries now."

AW: "I always said Theo can play through the middle because he has good movement and good finishing."



Hope he actually means it this time.

That's an interesting thing to say. He has committed himself to doing that now and will probably be called out on it if he doesn't.

Also if the 'playing through the middle' angle to the contract negotiations of a few years ago was the total rubbish every pundit and blogger has had us believe.....why is Wenger mentioning it at ALL now?

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey and Wilshere showed moments of absolute class, top level stuff. I'm convinced we have the best squad in the league in terms of talent. We need somebody to unlock it and coordinate it. Giroud will start in the final, so it was pretty shit of Wenger to haul Theo off. Why not give him the 90 minutes and a chance to knock another goal or two in?

[Kano]

Theo was just smiling with his socks down walking around his or Kieran Gibbs' baby son....not quite sure, I'd guess it was Walcott's. Nothing really to see here....

That's an interesting thing to say. He has committed himself to doing that now and will probably be called out on it if he doesn't.

Also if the 'playing through the middle' angle to the contract negotiations of a few years ago was the total rubbish every pundit and blogger has had us believe.....why is Wenger mentioning it at ALL now?

Pressurising Walcott through praise and expectation whilst contract talks are talking place. Wenger probably thrives on being called out on stuff, driving him to prove people wrong, he won't care about these comments if he acts otherwise. Remember, he has said similar before now about his position. I just can't see him picking Fio ahead of Bif for most games. Although, I think a key part of Walcott staying is going to be about being played as a striker. If he doesn't believe that will happen, he'll be off. To be fair he has a point too. The stat thrown up at the end of the game was he has scored the last three prem hat tricks for us. The boy can score goals, he is only so effective on the wings because he'll never be a guy that can beat a man with skill and composure.

[Niall_Quinn]

The stat thrown up at the end of the game was he has scored the last three prem hat tricks for us.

Last two, RvC got three prior to that.

[Kano]

Show-off

And RVC's goals have been struck from the record, so no longer count.

[Munchies]

WHo starts in the fa cup final as striker then?

Got to be Feo

[Kano]

Which means it'll be the opposite.

Ospina

[Niall_Quinn]

Show-off

And RVC's goals have been struck from the record, so no longer count.

Fair point.

Theo (unless he leaves)