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"What a Surprise"

Another Arsenal player has been sent off, this time Sol Campbell against Everton.

One game too late in my opinion. Cue more Wenger whining *zee FA and everyone are against us*

Or†ega wrote:
> Henry should get disciplined for celebrating right in front of the
> Everton fans too.

Agreed...

And did anyone see RVN after he scored against Bolton... he went to take off his shirt but stopped (without being told it was a bad idea) the difference between some players is that 'some' think about their actions whilst others play for Arsenal.

Im not anti-Arsenal but all the excuses regarding 'i didnt see it' and 'we are being picked on because we are soooo good' are just pure pathetic and joe public is fed up with it, take your punishment Campbell and be grateful that you're still in the England squad cos ive seen nothing of late to warrant that selection, Campbell would be better off as a night club bouncer than an England defender as things currently stand.

oh yeah and rio sure has been turning in those motm games hasnt he. i thought since the world cup, campbell has been possibly the best defenders in england. but the past three matches have been poor and red carded. in cardiff a yellow card was enough because, although i think djemba is great, he made no effort to withdraw his boot after contact with the ball.

I also agree that Rio hasnt performed upto International standards recently... i was more agrieved at Upson being left out the squad of defenders... i cannot see any justification for that withdrawal.

I meant to add that Campbell is currently a liability that experienced international players can and will exploit fully... you cant say that Campbell is too experienced not to allow this to happen as he demonstrated twice in the last 2 games, if he was a goalkeeper people would be going crazy (like they did with Seaman and James) so wheres the difference? poor performance is poor performance... your only as strong as the weakest link and if a central defender develops a nervous leg spasm causing him to kick/elbow people when an attacker is within 10 feet then this surely cant be a good thing.

what did ae sell upson for? (we as in my team arsenal)

we could have done with him now. he should atleast be in the squad, along with dawson and johnson.

1.5 million i think it was... as with most contracts these days theres always a few hidden details that help to raise the fee upwards but as far as im aware Arsenal did not have any clause regarding Upson playing for England following his transfer to Birmingham, i can only assume that right up till the last moment Arsenals management didnt rate Upson highly enough to want to keep him or to include an international fee appearance clause (as they obviously didnt think it would become a reality).

Upson transfer was Arsenals loss... i know you dont need me to tell you this tho :)

i didnt >:(

:D

Arsenal's loss is Birmingham's gain, and his... you get chances to step up to the international stage when you are actually playing 30-40 games a year, not keeping the bench warm for 15-20 games each year. And Birmingham get a quality defender as well.

Campbell looks like a monkey to me!

Clazon wrote:
> oh yeah and rio sure has been turning in those motm games hasnt he


Maybe not but at least he can stay on the field for the full 90 minutes.