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Arsenal are in the FA cup final (yet again).

A confident enough and deserved victory, in a game that was affected by the heat. In the end, the touch of class was the difference between the two sides. This was particularly shown by the quality Van Persie showed having coming on as sub and scoring 2 brilliant goals.

Roll on 4-in-4 cups per final under Wenger!

Let's hope the Geordie Boys get one over Fergie's brigade.
:)

3-0 coincidentally.

Lipe wrote:
> 45 passes without interception...beautiful :D
>
> Van Persie's goals were fantastic. Too bad that fool Todd had to ruin
> it.

Exactly.

Stryke wrote:

> Ah, touche. However, we blatantly weren't trying. Fielding people
> like Zak Whitbread is never a sign of desire.

Ironic, first thing Andy Gray said was "It's clear Arsenal haven't been fully concentrating on this, with the teams they've been fielding." He's right, too.

JFH wrote:
> I don't know why Freidel is still at Blackburn, he's easily one of the
> best keepers in the Premiership and reguarly puts on a good display,
> especially against bigger teams, but for some how he still conceeds.


Indeed, i'm quite a fan of his (except when he's performing his heroics against United), wouldn't mind seeing him in goal for Man United next year.

That 3rd Arsenal goal was worth it just to see Todd take out Percy, the old 'accidental' run into the player trick, classic defending it be. :-D

45 passes without interception...beautiful :D

Van Persie's goals were fantastic. Too bad that fool Todd had to ruin it.

I don't know why Freidel is still at Blackburn, he's easily one of the best keepers in the Premiership and reguarly puts on a good display, especially against bigger teams, but for some how he still conceeds. Today, for example, he played well making plenty of good saves and 3-0 seems very unfair on him. He also had a fantastic game against Man U early in the season making something like 23 saves but that finished 1-1 (I think). If he was with a big team with a stronger defence he'd be far more successful.

Clazon wrote:
> Stryke wrote:
> Yeah, it's really got to hurt when your team is stuck competing for
> the F.A. Cup instead of the finest club competition on the planet :)
>
> Disappointing that we're not in Champs League, but surely it must be
> worse that you got knocked out of a lesser competition if
> you're so high and mighty.
>
> ;)

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Ah, touche. However, we blatantly weren't trying. Fielding people like Zak Whitbread is never a sign of desire. And even Traore couldn't have scored that superb goal by accident. He wanted an own goal, because he knew (Djimi is psychic) that if we bothered with a piffling matter like the FA Cup Stevie's arms might get too tired to lift the European Cup. And that would never do. Miner Dudek would step forward with his Miner arms. That'd be awful.

Err...yeah...erm....Pires is gay and Vieira dives.

or†ega wrote:
> LOL @ Todd on RvP after the last goal.

Sounds like a betting tab.

Stryke wrote:
> Yeah, it's really got to hurt when your team is stuck competing for
> the F.A. Cup instead of the finest club competition on the planet :)

Disappointing that we're not in Champs League, but surely it must be worse that you got knocked out of a lesser competition if you're so high and mighty.

;)

LOL @ Todd on RvP after the last goal.

Yeah, it's really got to hurt when your team is stuck competing for the F.A. Cup instead of the finest club competition on the planet :)