Ten Bonus Questions

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He was decent today, but once again his passing was woeful. Only last year he was the rock of this team, now, I worry every time he plays.

3) Often wondered about van Persie, always seems more average a player to me as a neutral that the press he often gets.
7) After his dazzling run last week I was surprised not to see Walcott, maybe he will come to a club that appreciates young English talent (Villa)!

J - I can't sometimes see the logic of not letting Theo suffer from burnout, but he hasn't played too much this season and with only a few games to go he should be starting. Plus how Eboue is allowed near a football pitch is beyond me. Awful awful player.

I can't believe there aren't any questions about JT. I'm truly shocked!!! ;)

lehmann was good today. sadly couldnt do anything with the freekick.

A bit of a knee-jerker there, obvious by two no. 1 questions. Here's some answers: 1a. No. He is a good RB with some attitude problems playing his 1st yr in midfield. 1b. Two reasons: tiredness (loss of concentration) and lack of fortune. 2. The leap in class that Adebayor has made this year is a fact. Arsenal's form slumped when Ade lost his form, which poses the question what have the other forwards/midfielders done to support him (in terms of goals) 3. Again, he is just unlucky. Damn internationals. 4. Gilberto featured so little this year so it is a bit difficult to judge him based on a handful of appearances. He had a solid game today, a bit of a stupid challenge on Evra. 6. The offside rule clearly applies to him at any time, even when he is onside (Boro), while for the rest (Drogba, Aliadiere) it has a different meaning. 7. Theo will be a star. 9. Who cares. 10. It's been a helluva ride and we came up short at the final hurdles. I am proud of our effort though. Chin up. It's always good to be a Gooner.

Gilberto was good today, Rocky. Except for that challenge for which I'm yet to see a replay.

HY - How many years since you won anything other than the league cup? Oh wait, I bet you can't count that far!!

Cheers Rocky7. It was a great game, Arsenal played very well. You guys had a good season, if you had more depth, you might've even won the league. Good luck next season.

Hey-ho indeed. With a couple of new faces we will be back nexy season.

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Fab's legs are about to fall anytime. Hopefully we'll be back next year. Witha few signings of course.

That is actually a reassurance JD.......With regards to Adebayor, if he were to play second fiddle to a more potent striker we would have a magical combination. Adebayor is a great player, just not good enough to be our main striker. Torres he aint.

Its not all gloom. Eboue should be a squad player at best. Ade is no Toures and if Wenger is to buy this summer, we need to significant players. One big mobile defender and one Eto. RVP is a great player , just had a rough season. Theo needs to add bulk. Jens will lose more of his hair in retirement. Hoyte, Phil and Nic will be sold. Denilson will be back. The Flamster could leave as will Bert. I would sell Tomas though Wenger wont. I would buy Mordic, Wenger wont. I will be happy when the season ends as I an burnt out with the rest of all the true Gooners. We were punching above our weight with a small squad and need to add experience for next year.

Actually im REALLY looking forward to next season i dont think there will be any team that will be able to stop us next season. Hopefully Wenger does decide to spend a few quid in the summer and with Vela coming back from loan. The future is looking bright for us GUNNERS!!!

10) Well, I'm still looking forward to the rest of the season. We have quite a few easy games now and I want us to win them. It's not because of the title or anything but at least we can then end the season on a slightly higher note.

Arsenal played well today and there is a lot to be proud of as an Arsenal fan, I think we were the better team. Regarding Eboue, i do not like him in mid field as he does not have the skill to play there but i could not blame today on him. I would go as far to say that i do not even blame Gallas or Gilberto. As much as i hate to say it Ade cost us the game today, he was garbage as far as shooting and when u look at that miss in midweek it makes u wonder what he is thinking - he gets paid way too much to not even trouble the goalkeeper with these great chances of his. He needs to stop watching Henry highlights and do his own thing. The miss midweek and the one from Hlebs pass was as if he trying to be just like Henry trying to open his body and side foot it in however he does not know where he or the GK is on the pitch like Henry did know. Someone said he would be better as a second and not the main striker, though i do agree he still might not be able to score these easy chances, Ade needs to practice ball control and field awareness. He has the potential be menacing but must get control and know where the hell he is, especially in regards to the GK. Oh! to have Eduardo back with his great composure and awareness! I'm pretty distured by what Ade did today as im sure u can see. Next year, great things will happen! God Bless!!!

Despite it being little consolation, I think we've won many friends for our performances this season, and in particular the last two games. Even Fergie's reaction to Wenger at the end, and his post-match interview, I detected some respect and admiration for what we have produced. Obviously I'm gutted about the results, but I am SO proud of the team (bar Eboue). Cesc's energy, spirit and quality the last two games has been absolutely brilliant and amazing and we are SO lucky to have him. He's a fighter and a winner. Hleb was brilliant the last two games too. We DEFINITELY need a centreback, centre midfielder (to give Cesc a breather) and a goalscorer (unless Eduardo comes back the same player). Oh, and Almunia isn't good enough for Arsenal IMO.

To be honest boys I think that you may be a little unfair here... next season if he invests in teh right players you will be world beaters. To my mind you need a centre back, centre mid and centre forward (Can you imagine a Torres in your team FFS!?!?!??!)........Theo now looks like a player and you have to back Wenger ( I know its frustrating as we speak but the guy knows his stuff end of)..... Top team, top manager and top fans......Time to keep the faith boys.. Liverpool fan

5 Times - If we'd have had Torres we would have won the league by Janurary, easily the best striker in the league, if not europe. I am really looking forward to next season, I think we will really be a force .... be the rest of this season will be very painful watching you, Chelsea and United compete for trophies!!

So, hows your season going then mes amis? LOOOL!! :))

funnily nuff this article and most of the comments have cheered me up. respect due to 5 times.. very decent of you to throw us some words of praise in one of our darker hours and if its worth anything i hope the pool go on to win the champs league this season, got a good sqd, a decent manager and decent fans from my experience. :)

half what he cost ye would still be too expensive!

The worrying thing about next year, is that Arsene may not buy a striker. I've heard that from next season Theo will be an out and out striker. Arsene might be tempted to have Ade, Theo, Eduardo and Bendy as our strikers. I think the "experience" he'll bring in, is a centreback as Senderos' days seem numbered.

it sounds like the player you all crave is ronaldinho. why not? hes experienced and looks set to leave barcelona. i wonder what you make of ronaldinho in your team? ps - is the carlos vela good enogh to be in your first xi next season, or will he be a sub liek bendtner?

No Berbatov. He is good McGooner but he isn't prolific and his attitude stinks. Seriously. Wenger thought about buying him when he was at Leverkusen but decided against it. Wise decision I think. He is disgustingly good but with an awful awful attitude,

I interupt this post to ask for a minutes silence ........................ ................................................................. after a long, and couragous battle with competitions, Arenals season has finaly passed away, I'm sure we all at the MIGHTY SPURS, hope they rest in pieces. Please wear a blue and white armband, as a mark of respect for at least until their next humiating defeat. RIP the goons.

I actually do believe that Gallas is a Spurs fan, and I'm starting to like the guy.

There should be another question. 11. Shouldnt we all be worried that Spurs are going to overtake us?

Paxton53 the 12. question should be ............................. drum roll ................................................................ should they enter the Inter-toto just in case.

13 Should lehman go to spec savers.

Might be a shorter trip in a renault a vavavoom LOL

At least the Spuds season isn't over yet. You need just one more point to ensure no chance of relegation this season. Good luck in your quest.

YidEdy, do u right articles for the Spurs Page? as ur intelligence seems to warrent that u should, quite insightful i must say!

Your absolutely right again amos, we thought we'd concerntrate on a trophy that we could win, rather than pretend we could win trophies which we simply never had a prayer of winning like your good selves. I think being proud of entering competitions in which you cannot possibly win and boasting about it, is kind of like boasting about being the worlds tallest midget. quite sad really.

16. Should Adeybayoooooooooooor take up basketball after that trumendous slam dunk, into manu's net.

Yes - you are quite right to concentrate on a trophy you can win YidEdy. As the fist trophy the spuds have won this century it represents a major achievement for you. Well done. Of course, in this century (and the last in fact!), we have won a quite few more (and of greater stature) than you but you have the rest of the century to catch up. You might have to aim a bit higher than the CC in order to do so though!

SO the only trophy you can win is the one trophy no one really cares about? At least you no your place in the world. The only cup you seem capable of winning anyway.

McGooner, Dream on Sunshine!!! Keplaz his attitude on the pitch at times masy not be examplory but look at your manager winging yet again! or your pathetic excuse as a captain. Seriously Gallas is the worst Captain since Liam Ridgewell

aaaaahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

and to all the spudies on ere, well done on knocking us out of the top four.......... oh wait you guys didnt AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

1-0 up against Chavski and lost, 1-0 up against Scouserthieves and lost, 1-0 up against Manure and lost, so the new song for next season is of course, 1-0 and you f 11 cked it up LOL

damn, that hurt. especially the sneaky freekick

The only thing sneaky about the free kick is that he didn't take it twice like the pen, to Lehman a chance of getting near it. Everyone knew where it was going accept Lehman. He makes Robbo look good. LOL

Maybe that's why Berbatov's not the captain, and yes he still does far more for us than Willy nilly Gallas for you, who cost you lot your season. Berby scored in the cup final, and Gallas went awol as usual in the big games (infact as proved again today he does more for the oposition like his mates at Chavski). Keystone cops.

And YidEdy, we are moving forward and I think you know it. You guys thought you were getting close to us and the 20+ point difference shows you truly are. We put ourselves in the good position we were in and we shot ourselves in the foot. No one ever gave us that lead after 26 games, we showed we were good enough. Next season our squad will be bigger and these guys have gained invaluable experience. You need to dessemble your whole team to even move forward, yeah, you guys have definitely had the better season by far. I wish I was a Spud, the horizon is so encouraging :(

look after his basketball manouver they still defend galls, good fans really

The Carling Cup Final, YidEdy. Let's put it in perspective. Willy has shown up for the big games for us, he has made mistakes but so have a lot of our players. Against Utd at home. He was a beast against Milan. No one player can be blamed for things falling apart, ultimately inexperience and squad depth cost us. Gallas is the best Captain we've had in a while. He gets more involved than Thierry ever did, more vocal than Gilberto. Berbatov might not be captain but you want your best players showing better attitude than he does. And he is your best player isn't he?

robbie keane is our best player, berba is more skillfull, but consistancy is more impoertant

My mistake spursinbarca, Berbatov is ONE of your best players? Better? Does that make my statement any different? I'll let you decide.

Don't worry Keplaz, most of these Spuds are on medication. I love it when they come here to shout that we've gone 3 years without a cup - it just shows that even they are shocked at our lack of silverware! Their inferiority complex will only get worse if Berbatov leaves them.

I agree with you Andy. They seem so preoccupied with us, they are in the bottom half of the table and Arsenal being third is their biggest worry. Twisted.

After waiting nine years to win the Carling Cup? Go on keep laughing spursinbarca, you guys really are the epitome of success. One league cup in nine years and you are suddenly SOOO successful, it must be brilliant having such an incredible team. One trophy in nearly a decade. What an achievement!

Ar5ena1s new nickname, 'the worlds tallest midgets' LOL brilliant.

let those clowns from spurs(except the few sensible spuds) come over and leave whatever message they like..they are entertaining us like their seasons...haha...they are not fans..they are clowns from spurs!!! Clowns that makes us laugh becos they are hopelessly empty in their head..You would not see anything in their message that make sense. There are only a few sensible spurs fan that left intellectual messages with footballing knowledge..

I think the article is very harsh on Eboue and Gilberto, I thought both had brilliant games. Evra couldn't live with Eboue in the first half and I thiught Gilberto really stepped up. I was pleased with the performance and thought we were much the better team, but naivety at the back costs us dearly. But sincere questions need to be asked. Firstly, van Persie is fouled in the second half, Webb visibly waves play on, so Adebayor goes round Ferdinand and one on one with the keeper, then Webb decides to blow his whistle. I'm trying to understand it without sounding paranoid, but I cannot see how a referee can mistakenly do this. It stinks. Throw in that Webb completely compromised his professional integrity in a showpiece Cup Final last season by lying about a punch that didn't exist, coupled with Fergie picking and choosing his referees since the infamous Hackett rant, and it's not hard to see why the manager is annoyed. Secondly, what happened to Paul Scholes? One of the greatest players of my generation and his only contribution was two cynical fouls on Hleb in the opening four minutes, another hatchet job. A once great player denigrated to a ginger Robbie Savage. Thirdly, Rooney's handball in the last minute? Howard the Coward strikes again. Fourth, Sly and the Beeb might not have covered this because we're not flabby bare chasted Geordies, but the Arsenal fans sang we love you Arsenal from the final whistle and kept it going until TWENTY FIVE MINUTES after the final whistle. Giggs, Neville and O'Shea came out to do their warm down and we were still going until the Manchester Police, scum that they are, began to physically throw people out, FOR SINGING! I saw a guy thrown down concrete stairs for singing. Obviously, that kind of behaviour is alien at Old Trafford. Fifth, Yid Edy, you're "ashamed to be in the same league." Well if it's any comfort, you're in our league in name only. When you look up the Prem table on teletext, you have to wait for the second page son. Despite the awful run you glory in, you are still THIRTY POINTS behind us. The English language simply does not have sufficient vocabulary for how ashamed you must be of your own bottom half team. Here we are going into late April and it's still mathematically possible for Arsenal to win the league AND Tottenham to be relegated. The fact that you still feel you can come here and gloat is quite amusing, you obviously don't have much faith in any decent future chances of gloating. It proves that the old adage that starving people will happily lunch out on dried crusts. Lastly, the criticism of Adebayor is unfathomable. When he first arrived, everybody said he was useless and wrote him off, he's worked and improved and become a focal point of our team, undroppable. He's scored 26 goals this season and he's getting nothing but stick again. Having played more than half a season as a lone striker I think he deserves much better than that from us. Torres is an excellent player, no doubt. But Adebayor's scoring record is comparable, as has been his influence on the better points of our campaign. There's no doubting that he's still a little rough around the edges, but, like the team, he has made demonstratable improvements every year. One thing you can be sure of, because we have seen it already, is that he will work on his deficiencies. He worked his cahouns off again yesterday, again in a lone striker role. Some people really could have done with being in the away section yesterday to see what true support is. Particularly the spoiled boo merchants which plague the Emirates.

I think the problem is allen that Gallas is the only leader we have. He's done an excellent job as skipper but one man can only do so much. Lehmann and Gilberto were intended to help him out but both lost their places, leaving Billy alone with the batton. I can't show you one Arsenal fan who goes regularly who questions Billy's leadership. He suffers very bad press because he doesn't manage his media like Terry, Henry and Gerrard do.

With all due respect to you guys but i dont think your issue is keeping RVP fit. The main issue is your strength in depth. That is the only thing that has cost you this season. Not poor decisions against you ect ect. Every single team has bad decisions against them and yes that does make you think that the FA are against you. I can think of several decisions over the past few years that have gone against spurs that have annoyed me and cost us points but at the end of the day you created enough chances to win yesterday. I honestly belive that you need to add more strength in depth to your squad to compete and win as at the moment you have very little true quality to call on when your big players are injured or suspended. Now that is not meant disrespectfully to players like Bendtner but he is never going to score you 20+ goals a year is he??? RVP would. So if you had added more quality then you may have had more chance this year. Just another view on things for you guys

As a seasoned professional I reckon that Bendtner is capable of getting 20 goals a season - but really we need a share of goals from other areas. We don't lack quality back up we lack experienced back up and that, to some extent, is a problem that, in time, begins to solve itself. We have brought players in every year and we will add to that pool of experience this year I am sure.

I had to sell my tickets because i had a funeral to go to in Milan and got back to London at 12, but watching the game i thought the away fans were amazing once again. We have come a long way this year and made considerable progress. We have never been outplayed this season with the exception of Middlesbrough away & Villa at home. Alex ferguson admitted we were unlucky yesterday as we dominated the first half. Same at Chelsea, but for the last 25 mins when Sagna came of injured we dominated them too. If we can buy Ben Arfa, A CB and a winger with some experience i think we will win the league.

YidEdy...Are all Spurs fans w**kers like you?? A ****ing Carling Cup and you think its teh European Cup? How do you get your head around the fact that you lot have spent as much this season (Bent???HAHAHAHA) than Wenger has in the the last 10 years (net of sales)? ps I am not a thief thanks....F**king Wa*ker

Remove the captaincy from Gallas!

Am not a thief YidEdy.....There are comments I could make but you are not worth it.......At least the arsenal fans have class.....Maybe thats why Berbatov wants to ***** off eh?