I have to agree with Debs and Berth here. (not that I don’t at anytime)

We’re falling into the media hype. It seems they love to see Arsenal loose…because look at it…when man-u, chelsea and even liverpool loose, they’re having a blip or a bad patch according to the media. However when we loose the media says “Arsenal’s title hopes are over”

I don’t know about you guys, but I saw something different against city. I saw a very very nervous team in blue until they were 2-0 up and even then some looked nervous. And that was their full team playing our kids.

That made me smile slyly…thinking who says we don’t strike fear in other teams?? I’m sure we did…I think the guys have to just realise that and work it.

Also good to see Mr. Seaman on Sky…

Okay, guys… it’s time… are you ready for the World Cup draw!

PS, Berth, still waiting for your email!

Nice stuff Berth

Continuation: Wenger is equally good but his team, may not be good enough but can still compete. If people think his lost his manners what will they say of Mourinho or Fergie that swears for fun.

For me the real deal is not in buying playeres but making players disciplined in every position and maintain composure when threatned by physical players or teams. Wenger should also be flexible with formation, style and understanding of situations. You dont have to play song in every match or use 4 3 3 when you can play a 5 4 1.
These things mentioned are alot easier with experienced players. currently Wenger is working in a dictionary of talent and youth better than experience. We will see how the story ends.

Am actually laughing at Arsenal haters. I know we messed up pretty bad against Chelsea at home, but it should be known dat manu lost to liverpool followed by a loss in Fulham in feb or match – they still won the league. So why do people think its Chelseas to loose. A coach that lost against villa and Wigan; winnable matches for us, and a coach that made three substitute in a second half of a match dat could get to extra time. Am not exactly saying we should ignore our problems but these things are worth looking at. No team is perfect or has a perfect manager maybe Fergie is a class above all, but Wenger is equally good.

in the space of three weeks our promising season is on the verge of totally imploding. Last night was shameful, but not because of what happened on the pitch. At the end of the day we made nine changes and brought in the babies, and asked them to play against a full house and a full strength City who have already hit four against our so-called first team. They never really stood a chance, and in the end 3-0 flattered us, as it did on Sunday against the Chavs.

His refusal to shake the opposing manager’s hand is frankly shameful, and again, his post match comments read: “I have nothing to say. I am free to shake hands with whom I want after the game.”

He continued on to completely disregard the Carling Cup as a competition saying, “I do not consider that if you win the Carling Cup you will be going on a trophy parade,” said Wenger. “It is a competition for our younger players. If I don’t play them here where would I play them? We played in the quarter-final of the Champions League last season against top teams. Playing in those matches is ten times harder than playing in the Carling Cup.”

He has finally openly admitted what we always knew. He is a very sore loser. No shame in being a bad loser, but you have to be dignified, and Arsene clearly isn’t. The less said about his tactics of late the better. Again he refused to put any real experience on the bench last night, so the youngsters were left to fend for themselves.

So another REAL chance of silverware is gone, and we are left with the FA Cup. Anything but victory on Saturday will not go down well, with fans and media alike, and with Liverpool and Burnley away fast approaching, things may start to get very uncomfortable for Arsene.

I think we should stop talking about buying players
in January – it’s incredibly negative and it’s the talk
of Chelsea fans not Arsenal fans!

By the way…. it’s the World Cup draw tonight at 7pm…

Pots for Friday’s draw: eight groups of four countries to be drawn, each group containing one country from each pot.

Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Honduras

Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay

Pot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia

Kodjo, yes, the Djourou injury was probably unexpected. But in reality, when players get long term injuries they need to be replaced… Arsene please sign Haageland… please?

That racist rag The Daily Telegraph has suggested that “it’s no surprise that Wenger didn’t shake hands.. he’s French and the French have other uses for their hands”. I find that quite appalling.A number of other sites have suggested that jumped-up pratt of a manager Hughes, was in Wenger’s face all night, swearing, infringing into his area and even giving him the finger. If nothing else, Wenger is an honest, educated, man of integrity – he would not have refused without reason. Another occasion was when that irritating gnat, Alan Partridge virtually jumped into his face at West Ham a few seasons ago, so Wenger quite rightly shoved him away. What a field day the press had then! I’m not surprised that we’re so hated by one and all when we have this lopsided, jingoistic hatred of anything Arsenal, French, black etc. No wonder Vieira and now Henry, is so vilified. We all admire the British bulldogs, don’t we? Well, I despise Hughes a pretender at management- he was an oaf as a player and thug as manager of that odious Blackburn team and is now out of his depth at City. It was obvious that nearing half time he could see his job on the line as our reserve team was still drawing with his clan of mercenaries- hence the verbals (see Arseblog for confirmation). Now onto more important matters. I expected nothing less from last night- if Wenger does not value the competition, how can we expect our players to? Additionally, we cannot expect our kindergarten, away from home, to compete with many seasoned internationals and a first choice City team. What is worrying, however, are our frailties throughout the club. We are imbalanced, have no stomach for a fight, have several players injured perpetually (Walcott again!) crap goalkeepers and a liking for five-a-side football on a full pitch. We have no defensive depth, no tacklers, muscle,leadership and no-one who seems to care. Why?