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FA Cup

BunniesMan

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Pretty crazy how we're in the quarter finals of the FA cup and within 4 points of the league lead all while playing without a plan.
 

saint.nick

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Don't forget BM you have a lot of good players at your disposal. What Robson has basically said is that Arsenal just generally play off the cuff without some real plan.
Here are some things he said:

"You never actually hear Arsene Wenger talk about his tactics or his game plan, you only ever hear him talk about spirit, and focus, and determination..."he should be talking about why the opposition have beaten them, why they aren't playing well"

"When it starts to go wrong, they haven't got a default mode...players looking around moaning at eachother"

"ozil's not quite sure what his job his"

I think he definitely makes a good point. I don't believe they lack a plan every single game, but it seems for a lot of them they do. Robson is implying that Arsenal have got where they are because they are fantastic at off-the-cuff football. What do you think?
 
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Helmet Man

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They have a lot of creativity all around the park from Cazorla to Wilshere so they can afford to play off the cuff.
 

saint.nick

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They have a lot of creativity all around the park from Cazorla to Wilshere so they can afford to play off the cuff.

That's what I implied before. The problem is that they will turn up to places like Britannia and just think they can do that, except they get physically slaughtered because they haven't gone with a game plan to work around that.
 

BunniesMan

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4-1

We're going to Wembley!

2 games away from a trophy. We also have the record for reaching the semi final the most times (27).

We're coming for ya City
 

BunniesMan

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I'd rather 4th and the FA cup than 3rd and no trophy at all.

Or we'll just win the double and everyone will be happy.
 

Foz

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If you're an Arsenal fan you've gotta like their chances of taking the FA Cup.
They've been my pick since they knocked us over and Have no reason to change my mind.
Maybe it's the fact they knocked out Everton that makes me want them to win but it's no secret their due for a trophy.
 

Jimbo

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Either way, you've got another FA cup game

And a postponed league game

Incidentally, if Citeh win tonight they'll again have three league games to catch up on

That's fifteen games in nine weeks, assuming Barcelona finish the job this week
 

Jimbo

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One from this weekend and one from the SF weekend for the Goners. They have 12 matches to play and we have just 10.

Correct

Should have said 'another' postponed league game

Liverpool and Arsenal have ten league games each, Citeh have twelve and Chelsea have nine

It will even up a bit if the Blues go on another CL run though
 
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