Guess he wants to give Eduardo a little rest. He has been playing a lot the last few weeks. And also trying to see how long Van Persie can last before getting tired. He has been in full practice since coming back, just has had that little muscle problem that has kept him out of games.

He returned too quickly in the Chelsea game and left the ground with another problem or two.

Players like this who are constantly crocked should not be rushed back into tough match-ups. I know he will perform as he's just a class act, injured or not. Just fear he'll not be physically 100% and pick up a recurring injury.

15 minute delay on the kickoff. Which is good for me. That means I can watch at least half of the second half.

Spurs lead 1-0

Offsides? The guys on the radio are saying there's been a good 3 offsides that haven't been called by the linesman. And the last one burned us for the goal.?.

Come on you Spurs!!

I'm watching the game and it did look offside to me.

Another offsides not called? Has the assistant ref been paid off?

Half time 1-0 for Tottenham.

It was NEVER offside in a million years

hey guys check this out..this is linesman's favourite song TIME AFTER TIME I'M GOING IN BLIND...ooooooops another mistake so let them play i just want to listen my mp3 player... TIME AFTER TIME....

but to be honest Spurs were better in the first half, our defense were absolutely horrible..those senderos's errors were funny
I hope he is ijured and will be substituted because his performance is a one big nightmare
so we need to improve in second half or I will eat my dust

It's not been that much of a bother really.

The goal was fair in my eyes. It was tight, but if in doubt the attacking player should get the go-ahead.

It was a nice goal, terrible defending from Senderos though and quite weak from Djourou.

As I said, this is a weakened Arsenal side and that is highly evident. Gilberto has been poor as well, whilst Diaby tries too much. Nobody really going to stamp down any class in Midfield like Cesc does, to help control the game. We've played some decent stuff and made some good opportunities but Spurs have been marginally better.

I expect us to improve second half, but this is Spurs' tie. They'll go through to the final as they look sure and strong, whilst our weakened sections on the pitch are struggling to combine.

I think the ref has been spot on so far.... Can't wait for the second half.

Yeah, Ref has been sound. It's been a decent game.

1-1. Theo Walcott!

A draw, as predicted.

Surprised at the lack of urgency from Spurs. They had the edge over us and could have won the game. They seemed to hesitate too much for me. But they did miss some sitters. Defoe's being the funniest.

Poor performance from Arsenal. All over the place at the back. As I said pre-game, evidently weakened. Senderos should have stayed at home, Djourou wasn't up to it tonight, Traoré had his moments and Hoyte was average. The subs changed the game for us and that's how that is a "weakened" Arsenal side. Look at the difference Sagna and Eduardo made. Sagna's physical presence, great defending and superb wing play brought us back into the game. Walcott was able to go inside more and look at the goal - Eduardo (sub) slides Walcott through and it's 1-1.

Spurs should be disappointed, we were lucky.

Senderos needs to go; Gilberto can't play part-time football; Djourou needs to step it back up a level; Traoré needs to play it simple; Diaby needs to stop overdoing it.

The only starting player I can really credit is Bendtner. He was excellent.

Yet again the Yids are unable to beat our kids! They deserved more but of course this was a second string side and for a team that claimed to be playing CL next season at the start of this season should be turning over young defenders like Senderos and Djourou. Will be interesting at White Fart Lane.. I hope Wenger puts out a better side just because it's Spurs... but he wont... still might beat them with kids like last season.

Got home in time to watch it from about the 55th minute on. Walcott's goal was great. Brilliant run and great pass from Eduardo.

Tottenham looked a bit shell shocked after Walcott's goal. Wasted a bit of time and settled for the draw.

Hope Walcott's ankle is ok.

poor match
we need to win on White Hart Lane...no problem
final again CFC vs. AFC?
how boring...and what about other teams?

They don't respect the competition enough and only put out sh!t players....oh!......hold on a minute?