Woolwich Gooners versus Tottenham Hotspur OMT

When all said and donne Vis you might be correct

Shell I check my sauce ?

same team that played newcastle.
i will not be happy if vdv walks back into the team like we kno he will.

watch harry play 1 up front even though ade saha worked so well. the make shift goon defence wont be able to handle both of them but 1 guy up front they might.

lennon on thr right bale on the left thats how we roll
brad
walker kaboul king ekotto
lennon modric/nico parker bale
saha ade

but hes been poor for ages plus not played in a month. bring him on second half aganst a tired defence.

is "stella" gonna be there vis

thought so

From our very own Nic's Goon forum ..
The miserable Goons are shatting themselves




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DJ ,,,the sh*t emotion dont work for me ...is there a problem with it ? lol

last time he was rubbish and scored a handball goal

it was not untill he went off and sandro came on that we played well.
hes been out for ages and not got match fitness and you want him to start lol

its crazy. play saha and ade. why play well togeather then get droped.

i see harry once again is worried about there threat. he wants to let them onto us and hit them on the break. does he never ever learn.

teams like the goons and man you are not the teams they where. get at them. dont give there defence an easy ride.

they only have rvp to be scared off
we have bale modric ade saha lennon. play our own game harry and stop thinking to much.

Loughtonlegend wrote:last time he was rubbish and scored a handball goal

it was not untill he went off and sandro came on that we played well.
hes been out for ages and not got match fitness and you want him to start lol

its crazy. play saha and ade. why play well togeather then get droped.

i see harry once again is worried about there threat. he wants to let them onto us and hit them on the break. does he never ever learn.

teams like the goons and man you are not the teams they where. get at them. dont give there defence an easy ride.

they only have rvp to be scared off
we have bale modric ade saha lennon. play our own game harry and stop thinking to much.

Who you replying to?

Learn to use the quote lol

And it were never handball ....Shocking thing to say on the eve of a NLD .....

im saying harry always plays the same way aganst them away from home and we always get raped first half and he has to change things.

go at them from the start and try and get a lead then second half play more cautious.

kranker saha ade and lennon all deserve to start.
maybe just maybe defoe might score a goal sometime aganst them

ArnieArdiles wrote:

DJ ,,,the sh*t emotion dont work for me ...is there a problem with it ? lol

Its probably because the word is censored, so the code is messed up i'll try and fix it.

EDIT: Sorted

A gleaming day at Kings X and plenty of red and white on show - plenty of lost Scousers wandering around too !

From my Goons Forum ? Never heard of it Arnie but I'll be hanging a few by their black snoods before the Sun sets

TEAM NEWS

Arsenal defenders Laurent Koscielny and Kieran Gibbs face fitness tests on respective knee and groin injuries ahead of Sunday's north London derby.

Defender Carl Jenkinson is the only long-term absentee close to a comeback after recovering from a back problem.

Tottenham forward Emmanuel Adebayor is expected to recover from a knee injury to play against his former club.

Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modric and Benoit Assou-Ekotto should all be fit to return, but Ledley King is a doubt.
MATCH PREVIEW

Arsenal's decline from the impressively indomitable to the vulnerable vanquished has happened overnight. Tracing a form-line through north London derbies shows that it's been coming.

The 5-1 defeat in the 2008 League Cup semi-final shifted the North London balance of power. Three times in the last five meetings, careless Arsenal have thrown away a two-goal lead. Tottenham have the upper hand now.
After going 20 Premier League meetings unbeaten against Spurs, Arsenal haven't won in the last four. They've conceded as many goals against them in the last five years as they did in the previous decade.

The shambolic defeats in Milan and Sunderland bore the stigma of a team entering the end of an era. Another defeat would bring more protest from those disgruntled fans who are questioning Arsene Wenger. His glorious brand of football is now being perfected by the most attractive team in the country this season - Tottenham.

If Spurs play as well as they did against Newcastle a fortnight ago and Arsenal are as dishevelled at the back as they were at the Stadium of Light, Tottenham will move 13 points ahead of the auld enemy. Spurs are enjoying their longest run in the top three since 1984/85. Bale and Modric are vying for Footballer of the Year. They'll have four scorers in double figures this season.

Arsenal are a one-man team in comparison. Without the points gained by Robin van Persie goals, they'd be three points outside the relegation positions! But while the Dutchman is still flying there is hope and Arsenal will remember how they dominated possession at the Lane in October before losing 2-1. They can still qualify for the Champions League and rescue a traumatic season.

Speculation is increasing over the future of Arsene Wenger. But wouldn't it be just like football to see him still in charge at the start of next season while Tottenham look for a new manager after Harry Redknapp takes the England job, as surely he must. Will Arsenal's day come again?
MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Tottenham are unbeaten in the last four league meetings between the sides, including a first win in 17 years on Arsenal soil last season.
Spurs last did the double over Arsenal in 1992-93, when they won 1-0 at home and 3-1 away.
Arsenal have only won one of their last seven league meetings with their north London rivals.
This is the 168th meeting between the sides. Arsenal have won 69 times, Tottenham 53 and there have been 45 draws.
There has been only one goalless draw in their last 32 league and cup encounters.
Tottenham have fallen two goals behind in all three visits to the Emirates under Harry Redknapp, but have twice recovered to win or draw.

Arsenal

Arsenal have won back-to-back league games after starting the year with a four-match winless streak.
They have gained 10 points from losing positions, a feat bettered only by Wolves and Aston Villa.
However, the Gunners have lost three matches from winning positions - only West Brom had fared worse prior to this weekend's fixtures.
Robin van Persie has scored 22 league goals this season, including 21 in his last 20 appearances.
According to Opta Sports, Theo Walcott has found a team-mate with just 14 of his 103 crosses from open play in the league this season.

Tottenham

Spurs have only won one of their last five away matches in the league, taking five points from a possible 15.
Harry Redknapp's side are unbeaten in London derbies in the league this season with three wins and a draw from four matches.
They have mustered fewer headers on target than any other Premier League team this season (6).
Luka Modric has attempted an unrivalled 1,691 passes or crosses in the league.
Emmanuel Adebayor will play at Arsenal for the first time in a Tottenham shirt and on his 28th birthday. He scored eight goals in nine games for Arsenal in this derby. Jimmy Robertson is the only player to score for both Spurs and Arsenal in a north London derby.
Michael Dawson could make his 250th career league start, while Kyle Walker is set for his 100th career league appearance.

Arsenal-Tottenham derby 'the most crucial' in Arsene Wenger's reign

On the face of it, there is no reason why Tottenham's trip to Arsenal on Sunday should carry more significance than previous north London derbies.

Two fierce local rivals, three keenly contested Premier League points and one much-coveted set of bragging rights - so far, so familiar.

But scratch beneath the surface and an entirely different picture emerges.

"This is the most important derby in Arsene Wenger's 16 years as Arsenal manager," former Gunners right-back Lee Dixon tells BBC Sport.

"It comes at a very poignant time in the club's history."
Out of contention for every domestic trophy and facing likely Champions League elimination, Arsenal are staring at a seventh consecutive trophy-less season.

Defeat by Tottenham, who have never finished above their neighbours during Wenger's tenure, would leave the Gunners 13 points behind third-placed Spurs in the Premier League with 12 games remaining.

Unless Arsenal then won a probable four-way scrap with Chelsea, Newcastle and Liverpool for fourth place, their 15-year run in the Champions League would be over.

"If they don't get Champions League football next season it's going to be a nightmare," says ex-Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit.

"To get back to where they were, Arsenal need to sign big players in the summer and you can't do that if you don't play Champions League."

Following devastating defeats by Sunderland and AC Milan in their last two matches, Arsenal will be desperate to reignite their season against Spurs.

It is a league fixture that Wenger lost only once in his first 14 years at the club, but all evidence suggests the tide is turning.
Arsenal have won just one of their last seven top-flight meetings and go into the game below Tottenham in the table for only the fourth time in Wenger's 32 derbies.

"Spurs are a better team than Arsenal," Petit admits, while Dixon adds: "There has definitely been a gradual shift of power over the last few seasons."

Football analyst and author Alex Fynn wrote a book in 2000 entitled The Great Divide, which sought to explain Arsenal's dominance over Tottenham.

"Certainly there is no great divide now," says Fynn. "If anything, it may be role reversal."

This has not gone down well with the crowd at Emirates Stadium, where rumblings of discontent have been audible for some time.

Tim Payton, spokesman for the Arsenal Supporters Trust (AST), describes it a "a culture shock, a wake-up call for Arsenal fans who have been used to enjoying St Totteringham's Day".

That is the name Arsenal followers jokingly give to the date each season when Spurs cannot mathematically finish above Arsenal.

Unfortunately for them, that holiday looks like it will not be celebrated in 2012 and many of those fans are questioning how it has come to this.
Wenger lifted seven trophies in his first nine years at Arsenal, but now looks set to endure the longest barren spell of any manager in the club's history.

"Wenger needed a challenge from his backroom staff and the board," Fynn argues. "This is the most significant problem he has failed to deal with.

"The other major clubs have arguably had better backroom staff and refreshed them on several occasions. Just look at Manchester United.

"Wenger has never had this and, as other clubs have moved on, Arsenal have stood still and maybe even gone backwards.

"Why has he not surrounded himself with men of quality? What on earth is [retired former Arsenal captain] Patrick Vieira doing at Manchester City?"

Fynn also blames the 2007 departure of chief executive David Dein, who remains Wenger's best friend, for Arsenal slipping behind their rivals in the transfer market.

This is one of many areas in which Tottenham have excelled since chairman Daniel Levy appointed Harry Redknapp as manager in 2008.

"Spurs were branded a team without ambition for almost a decade," Petit explains. "But in the last two years they have signed so many good players and big characters that this team seems far more competitive than Arsenal.

"All of a sudden the politics changed and they started to spend a lot of money. Big wages, bringing in many international players with big experience, big characters - mixing the likes of Rafael van der Vaart and Emmanuel Adebayor with very good players already in the team like Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe.

"Now the quality is there and they have the mentality too. It will be very interesting to see how Arsenal react to this, especially at home. It's a massive test after what's happened during the last week."
Dixon adds: "Going into a north London derby, as fans you'll read lots of stuff. As players you put that all out of the way, you forget it, because it is ultimately about what happens on the day.

"The thing to pay more attention to is recent results and Arsenal's form is poor.

"That in itself is demoralising. But when I was at the club, if we ever had a bad series of results the next game you want to be a big one because it gets your mind focused on what's coming rather than feeling sorry for yourself.

"And there's no bigger one than the north London derby at this stage of the season with so much at stake. So roll your sleeves up and get stuck in."

The AST estimates that missing out on the Champions League could cost Arsenal £45m and that is why Payton thinks Sunday is "much more than a north London derby".

Victory would bring fresh hope but, for Arsenal and Wenger, defeat does not bear thinking about.

"That would be the third body shot in quick succession," says Fynn. "It may be the knockout blow."


The Redknapp effect

Arsenal have won only one of their last eight Premier League games against Harry Redknapp's Tottenham

Defended like schoolboys.

why the 2 subs straight after halftime ? it was pretty even up till he changed it, and in my opinion adebayor should have been subbed he offered nothing today. no width at all so why wasnt lennon on for kranky. all in all going 2 nil up put us in a false position thinking we were cruising it, then we found out otherwise. poor day at the office by all.