Same old story just can't finish the chances. 22 shots at goal but only scored twice, shocking. I'll leave it there before going off on another rant, like you say it's 3 points in the bag which is more than can be said for Liverpool

 

he is not getting a hooray from me until he wins another trophy - 4 seasons is too long He needs to get his wallet out and stop playing 4-5-1 as it's a useless formation.

 

Those are the times I expect Arsenal to be back to (and to have never left) and when we are then I will be happy once again with Wenger. For me going from those times to where we are now simply isn't acceptable and Wenger and the Board are to blame for that as they have never replaced Henry, Bergkamp, Pires or the Vieira/Gilberto partnership. That is why we are no longer up there with Utd at the end of every season and have no silverware in the last 4 years. I don't care about the pretty football it's got us no where.

 

you haven't got a bloody clue The fact you think RVP is a suitable replacement for Dennis Bergkamp, the greatest player that has ever played for Arsenal is hilarious. RVP is a waste of space, we had 22 shots at goal the other night with that idiot up front and we scored only 2 goals. Eduardo and Vela are far better prospects than that self important over rated ****. The same goes for Bendtner, utter rubbish. We do not have a Torres, Drogba or Rooney and haven't had since Henry was sold for a pittance - less than Darren Bent went to Spurs for

You think Song is the best defensive midfielder in the Premiership? Again completely deluded as is thinking Song is a like for like replacement for Vieira. He is much improved this season but not a patch on the Vieira and Gilberto days.

Arshavin is a midfield player if you hadn't noticed so not a replacement for Henry although his creativity and goals go some way to replace that lost when Bergkamp retired. Arshavin is quite possibly a replacement at last for the lost talents of Bergkamp.

Is there a better midfield in the Premiership? Yes, Ballack and Essien at Chelsea just for starters. Two massively experienced and highly successful international players.

Vermaelen and Arshavin have been our best players and it proves my argument that buying experienced and successfull players is the way forward as those two are the latest and only purchases for a while and are by far and away better than any of the youngsters in the squad.

Your statement above completely ignores what an amazing squad we had at the beginning of this decade and how successful we were. Those are the times we should never have declined from and when players left or retired they should have been replaced with equal quality and experience. They weren't and Wenger persited with youth and in doing so we have not won a single trophy under that policy. Only now when he has finally conceded he had to buy experienced players in Arshavin and Vermaelen are we seeing some strength coming back into the side. However the addition of 2 experienced players is not enough and he needs to buy more. This isn't just my opinion but one also expressed by tv pundits on MOD or on Sky Sports when commenting on Arsenal games.

What Wenger did up to 2004 was superb and I will always remember the team we had winning those trophies as at the time I think it was one of the best teams in World football. Until he gets the current team back to that same quality I wont be happy with his policies of youth over buying experience.

 

Funkii is on the money again

 

Fabregas played out of his skin today, best i've seen him play in a very long time. Vermaelen is something else, what a superb goal. All 6 goals were good today and I even had to eat my words when Bendtner scored after saying when he came on he couldn't hit a barn door

Good to see Theo come back and have an immediate impact and Rosicky is starting to show flashes of his previous brilliance, some good passing from him today and a few shots that were very close and just lacked the curl he used to put on them.

They need consistency though as the 2 Manchester games were shocking in comparison and we need to be beating those who are going to be at the top come the end of the season.

Shame Henry was only watching today - get your ar$e back to The Emirates Thierry!

 

yeah of course just like the first 2 goals they scored stopped us/changed the game

 

Well someone will be coming in January as we lose Song to the Africa Cup of Nations or what ever it is called. Vieira is a distinct possibility as it will be for the short term until Song comes back.