Match Reaction - Arsenal vs Stoke

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Looking forward to Chelsea now, with a bit of confidence in a bag you never know.

And no Drogba

[milla]

And no Drogba

Why?

[up the arse]

Why?

sent off - straight red

[milla]

lol No Drogba, Mata and Bosingwa.

[milla]

And no Drogba

on Van Persie's fitness for the Chelsea game…
He was not injured, he was just tight muscularly. He will be fit.

LOL RVP out until March.

[Cripps_orig]

Just got home and seen the score and the starting 11.

Chamakh

Starts and we score 3

Must Start every game tbh

[Letters]

Totally right, it's a joke to leave your best striker out when the rest are utterly sh*t, it would be more understandable if we had adequate cover from players who can score goals and are quality, we don't so shocking decision by Mr Clueless...he's just lucky his star man got him out of jail.

It's funny how much you hate it when Arsenal win.

[GP]

Shake harder, boy!

[Letters]

I thought we were good today. RvP is made of balse wood, we can't play him twice a week so I think sometimes we have to rest him but he's so important to us we need him on the bench and he was excellent agian today during this cameo.

Overall it felt more like watching Arsenal today, even when it went back to 1-1 I was reasonably confident if we kept playing like we were we'd win it. They looked more confident today and the passing at 3-1 was getting closer to 'the Arsenal way' as we've played under Wenger. Not like in the real glory days of course but we have to accept we're not at that level any more but it was a lot better than I've seen for most of thos season.

Job done. Top 3 is as good as sewn up but we're more established in the chasing pack now.

[hobson's choice]

I had no problem with resting RVP today, he came on when we needed him to, and did his job. Him being fit is our only shot at 4th, and honestly I felt Wenger didn't want him playing against Stoke at all, with those meat heads they have as defenders.