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meridamullet wrote:

LilG wrote:

meridamullet wrote:

LilG wrote:

meridamullet wrote:hopefully man u, chelsea or liverpool, we seem to play better against the big teams dont we?

Well I have my money on Everton winnin today

really? i reckon cahill will need 2 if there gonna get up, liverpool has named full strength, and torres is due a goal

Yep he is.. I've bet that it will be 3-2 and Arteta, Lescott and Cahill will score

bet thats paying a bit
you realise ill now have to watch this game cos we've built it up now

Lmao sorry about that.. it's worth seeing Liverpool loose though

Inchpractice wrote:McManaman reckons that we could beat Cardiff at the Emirates with our Carling Cup team!
I wish I shared his confidence!

how can he say that after what we just watched, we were lucky to not go into half time with the game already lost

LilG wrote:

meridamullet wrote:

LilG wrote:

meridamullet wrote:

LilG wrote:

meridamullet wrote:hopefully man u, chelsea or liverpool, we seem to play better against the big teams dont we?

Well I have my money on Everton winnin today

really? i reckon cahill will need 2 if there gonna get up, liverpool has named full strength, and torres is due a goal

Yep he is.. I've bet that it will be 3-2 and Arteta, Lescott and Cahill will score

bet thats paying a bit
you realise ill now have to watch this game cos we've built it up now

Lmao sorry about that.. it's worth seeing Liverpool loose

all good, big cahill fan anyways, kinda always had a soft spot for everton, don't tell anyone

when is the replay played??

meridamullet wrote:all good, big cahill fan anyways, kinda always had a soft spot for everton, don't tell anyone

Can you two have this chat in the correct thread please?

Inchpractice wrote:McManaman reckons that we could beat Cardiff at the Emirates with our Carling Cup team!
I wish I shared his confidence!

Bearing in mind the CC teams 3 nil demolishing of a very good Wigan side at our place I have to agree!

Yes we're without Simpson but we have got everyone else and a certain Brazilian-Croation heading back...

meridamullet wrote:all good, big cahill fan anyways, kinda always had a soft spot for everton, don't tell anyone

Haha, don't worry your secrets safe with me, I only watch Everton so I can see Arteta play, but recently they have really impressed me

Inchpractice wrote:

meridamullet wrote:all good, big cahill fan anyways, kinda always had a soft spot for everton, don't tell anyone

Can you two have this chat in the correct thread please?

my bad

Inchpractice wrote:

meridamullet wrote:all good, big cahill fan anyways, kinda always had a soft spot for everton, don't tell anyone

Can you two have this chat in the correct thread please?

Sorry

Weird as it sounds, I reckon McManamanamanamanaman is right. Our Carling Cup squad are playing to further their careers. Alot of them will consider themselves to be in the shop window, so they're trying to impress. On top of that, they've played together for a while, so they have internal cohesion. The first team, on the other hand, haven't played together for that long, and probably aren't comfortable with relying on the likes of Song and Ramsey to do their jobs, which will affect them. I honestly believe our Carling Cup boys would give anyone a run for their money at the Grove. They probably wouldn't beat the Mancs, Dynamo or Liverpool, but I wouldn't bet on a huge defeat.

What complete dog shit

Yet again we prove that we couldn't hit the ground if we fell out of a plane.

I'm off to formulate a rant about this

InvincibleGunners wrote:

Inchpractice wrote:McManaman reckons that we could beat Cardiff at the Emirates with our Carling Cup team!
I wish I shared his confidence!

Bearing in mind the CC teams 3 nil demolishing of a very good Wigan side at our place I have to agree!

Yes we're without Simpson but we have got everyone else and a certain Brazilian-Croation heading back...

I'm not sure if Eduardo will be back by then.
Wenger said 2-3 weeks and the replay is in 2 weeks I believe so it's close.
I also don't think Wigan played too well that night but that's another matter.
If Cardiff play as well as they did in the first half today then a CC team will concede I'm sure.

SE13 wrote:

Fordy wrote:but every team could say the same you lot just think it only happens to arsenal

But you can watch Manure, Liverpoo and C$KA Fulham, and can you honestly say the same thing? Liverpoo play later and it's a local derby, so we can't read too much into that, but keep your eyes peeled on normal live games and see the bizarre decisions the above three teams win, and what gets turned down, then watch Arsenal again and tell me it's my imagination.....

it's your imagination

Inchpractice wrote:

InvincibleGunners wrote:

Inchpractice wrote:McManaman reckons that we could beat Cardiff at the Emirates with our Carling Cup team!
I wish I shared his confidence!

Bearing in mind the CC teams 3 nil demolishing of a very good Wigan side at our place I have to agree!

Yes we're without Simpson but we have got everyone else and a certain Brazilian-Croation heading back...

I'm not sure if Eduardo will be back by then.
Wenger said 2-3 weeks and the replay is in 2 weeks I believe so it's close.
I also don't think Wigan played too well that night but that's another matter.
If Cardiff play as well as they did in the first half today then a CC team will concede I'm sure.

The only thing that stopped our first team conceding in the first half today was poor finishing. But I don't believe that our CC team would play as poorly at the Grove as we did today. For one thing, I'd expect their passes to find their targets more often than not. If we had played our CC team at Ninian Park today, I don't doubt we'd have lost. You just need to look at the Burnley match to see how they'd react to playing in front of a hostile crowd. But the Grove is a completely different issue.

Inchpractice wrote:

InvincibleGunners wrote:

Inchpractice wrote:McManaman reckons that we could beat Cardiff at the Emirates with our Carling Cup team!
I wish I shared his confidence!

Bearing in mind the CC teams 3 nil demolishing of a very good Wigan side at our place I have to agree!

Yes we're without Simpson but we have got everyone else and a certain Brazilian-Croation heading back...

I'm not sure if Eduardo will be back by then.
Wenger said 2-3 weeks and the replay is in 2 weeks I believe so it's close.
I also don't think Wigan played too well that night but that's another matter.
If Cardiff play as well as they did in the first half today then a CC team will concede I'm sure.

Replay is in 9 days according to Arsenal.com

Oh well there goes that idea! Still fancy any (reasonable) arsenal side going through to the next round, bring on the draw!