I whole-heartedly agree about Tainio - he did a fantastic job and deserves all the praise he gets.



Berbs also hit the woodwork matey, so perhaps "luck was against us" as well? C'mon, you'll have to do better than that.

1. Good post specnur, you should post more often.

2. Does anyone else think Robbo not celebrating with the team is worse than Ghaly and the shirt last season? After all the support the fans have given him right to the end. He wouldnt even halp Cerny warm up like hes supposed to, just started whacking balls into the crowd.

That miss was complete justice. He was a good yard offsides.

we cannot really complain that luck was on Spurs side , it could and probably should have been 6 or 7-1 as Berbatov hit the post and a few Spurs players shot wide when in a good position to score . Also you could say Adebayor was fortunate to get away with no action after his little hand in the face of Lee ..the right decision though i thought .

As for Robbie Keane ..he is a superb player and how he used to be ignored by Martin Jol for a place in the team is a mystery really , he tormented our players all through the game , i think the difference since Ramos arrived is the fitness of Spurs players ....last year they would not have been able to keep up that level of football the whole game ...that is why we overcame them at the emirates ...tiredness set in and we were able to take advantage .

All this will be for nothing though if they lose in the final ...nobody remembers losers .

exactly.. he's always been boasting about the second string youngsters.. which i think show less respect towards the team they play against with..

i mean.. all teams consider every game is important and they won't underestimate or not being serious by putting most youngsters in the team.. maybe only some of the starting line-up players are youngsters.. or the youngsters are probably played as subs..

hope the match can teach him a lesson not to be so annoying.. and all his comments like i don't know anything is just showing how irresponsible he is for his team.. a good coach is supposed to know what's happening in his team.. and i believe the case isn't such a coincidence to occur.. the problem's already there before the match..

but still it's an embarassing for such a big football team.. because seems like it's better to concede a few goals like other teams in several matches than to never lose in a while but then concede tons of goals in a sudden.. what a shame.. lol..

weembleey.. here we [Spurs] come.. lol [been shouted by the espn reporter just now]

Oh how wrong you are, everyone will remember this match.

especially Spurs and united supporters.. of course.. and maybe chelski fans too.. lol..

i disagree wholeheartedly with this point.

how can you say its 'none of your business'!? it was on Live TV in front of millions of people! of course its our business. if it went on in the changing room or some other private area then any talk of it would be hearsay and speculation. the fact is we all see it and as such will discuss it! you condemn teams for playing 'rugby-like' football and then in the same breath almost suggest it is ok for a professional footballer and grown man to headbut a team mate!? warped logic methinks.

ever since wenger took over there has been countless disciplinary incidents that only seem to increase in regularity over the years, its not even just when they lose anymore. they are simply undisciplined spoilt little chavs led by a man who blames all and sundry for his teams faults

Sounded like a superb game, i personally was watching Sudan Vs Zambia. No Joke.

I don't want to make a deal of it, or a debate about the game as we were rightly hammered on the night.

But nobody expected that result and Wenger hardly bottled it. He put in Gallas because Senderos, Djourou, Touré and Song were all injured or in Ghana They are the centre backs. That's why our third choice right back [if you consider Eboué as our second strongest behind Sagna] was playing alongside Gallas in the middle.

Wenger always tends to use a First team player or two in these sort of ties. But he started with three in Hleb, Sagna and Gallas.

- Gallas started as we had nobody else [as explained above].
- Sagna started as Hoyte [the fullback] started at centre back and Diarra left for Pompey, whilst Eboué is in Ghana - who else could have played right back?
- Hleb started because again, we didn't have Eboué and Walcott was playing striker.

Cesc came into the game because Denílson went off injured, so Wenger hardly stuck him in because he "bottled it". Adebayor and Eduardo came on later in the game when the deed was done really. We were hammered and Spurs had the game wrapped up really. He hardly "bottled it" with bringing them on.

I totally bow down to the Spurs performance and admit that we were absolutely tripe - but Wenger did not bottle it by starting those three First XI players.

As for Gilberto, he is a Reserve. Cesc and Flamini are the First XI central Midfielders, whilst Denílson and Diaby are on par with Gilberto in terms of squad status now really - seeing as Gilberto has been awful this season and the two youngsters have basically surpassed him.

Wenger has a right to be proud of his backup, Reserve and youth players who have taken part in this competition. In the past two seasons we've reached a final and a semi-final, whilst we have mostly fielded non-First team players and it's been a good learning experience for all of them. Some have grown and some have shown their inability to make the step up. Getting hammered in that manner will also be a hard but very good lesson for all the players as well, so there are some positives if only a couple.

Spurs can be proud of their performance and their campaign. I can understand why all the Yids are chuffed and gloating, as it'd be the exact same the other way around. But I can't stand it when the gloating turns into b-sh*tting. Wenger fielded a fair selection out of what he had available - by giving all the available youngsters their chance in a big game - he didn't bottle it.

Do you honestly believe he doesn't know what happened? Of course he knew what happened. It's called damage control. You're not going to air out your dirty laundry for the media to make a gigantic fuss over it and make it a bigger deal than it already is. It's basically him saying, "no comment" on the issue.

The best thing is, we didnt do it how Bolton or Blackburn would by kicking them off the park.

We out-Arsenal'd Arsenal, and we demolished them doing it.

yeah.. if he already knew what happened.. and he still decided to put them in the team.. it should've been called damage uncontrolled.

Oh yes, Wenger shouldn't have brought on Adebayor in that situation because he doesn't get on with Bendtner?



Wenger hardly knew that he would headbutt his own team-mate. And I hope Wenger deals with that firmly.

lol.. nah.. i mean.. he could've either let adebayor in and taken bendtner off or otherwise.. you know what happens when guys lose their heads.. it must be something related to physical touch..

huh? Wenger isn't a mind reader or a traveler of the future. How could he have known what would happen on the pitch till it happens?

Damage control is what he's doing now by not allowing it to excelate even further by the media. We all know, if Wenger says anything, (even if it's oh, they just had a disagreement on the pitch), the media will pull that statement into millions of different directions.

This is one of those instances, that it's better to stay quiet and keep it behind closed doors instead of letting the media get a hold of it and start pinning one player against the other and so forth. That's when the chances of the team falling apart with increase. And that's what Wenger is trying to avoid by keeping his mouth shut about it and keeping it in house.

as these were 2 reserve ,b squad,kids Arsenal players where's the story? I mean these are not two Arsenal regulars now are they??







watching the fall out from this game is the funniest thing this season! .... Arsenal fans rubbishing their own squad ... Arsenal players punching each other ... And the excuses just keep coming.... its 10, no 9 no 8 years since we last beat Arsenal ....depending on which Arsenal idiot is rubbishing our record against them .... .... But never Have Arsenal beaten us as well as we beat them Last night! .

With that I would just like to add that if you actually look into this Arsenal have had one of the best disciplinary records in the Prem over the last few years.

Now run along with your tail between your legs while you investigate that.

In the meantime of course our younger players might be a little bit less disciplined to the senior ones because they are still learning the game.

Have a read of this mate, ive linked you to the page where the 3rd goes in, been reading thru most of it and its a good laugh

You might want to go do some research on that. Cause you're definitely not right on it. Both clubs have smashed the other in the past.