Weekend football

[Craig_H]

Almunia starting for Arsenal - this confirms his status as reserve

[McDermotX]

Orient equalise with 2mins left !!!

[Drago]

They're going for the quad you know!

[McDermotX]

1-1 FT

Arsenal muppets

[Craig_H]

Dont really know what the big deal is, Arsenal reserves held to an away draw, they'll smash them at Emirates and go through, still on course for 4 competitions. What's the biggie?

It shows you what a joke things have become when Orient would rather draw than win.

[Drago]

Dont really know what the big deal is, Arsenal reserves held to an away draw, they'll smash them at Emirates and go through, still on course for 4 competitions. What's the biggie?

It shows you what a joke things have become when Orient would rather draw than win.

Being forced into a replay against Orient when you're challenging on four fronts is a terrible result.

That was a strong enough Arsenal side too.

[McDermotX]

More their attitude than anything else....got their goal, but didn't really try and put in any effort afterward.
For supposed reserve team players (there were only two youngsters as such) who should be banging on the door for first team duties, their approach was beyond arrogant against a side who really weren't troubling them as such.......something Barca were a little guilty of during the week.

Nice little fixture congestion now.

[McDermotX]

Being forced into a replay against Orient when you're challenging on four fronts is a terrible result.

That was a strong enough Arsenal side too.

[Shaggy]

Read this post elsewhere. It's so true.

Well happy for lads who play for clubs like Orient in these situations, but I can't help despising that the FA Cup has become nothing but a ****ing cash cow for gob****es like Barry Hearn.

All lower league club managers and owners give a **** about these days is getting a really tough tie against a big club, that they can never really win, just so they can get a big pay day, and it really pisses me off.
It used to be that you'd want the easiest tie possible, so you'd have the best chance of progressing. Success was what matters. Now it's nothing but ****ing money and frankly it's just ****ing ****.

I know to the fans and the players of these clubs it probably means a lot more, but on the whole it has **** all to do with "the magic of the cup" and absolutely everything to do with the distinctly ugly and extremely unmagical power of money and greed.

[Craig_H]

Being forced into a replay against Orient when you're challenging on four fronts is a terrible result.

That was a strong enough Arsenal side too.

It's not terrible really, they can put out a weakened side at home and will still win.

[Drago]

It's not terrible really, they can put out a weakened side at home and will still win.

It's still an extra game in an already congested fixture list. It will disrupt preparation for other games what ever way you look at it.

If Rudo was coming out with this you'd be calling him an Arsenal fan.

[Craig_H]

Read this post elsewhere. It's so true.

Exactly my point, it's not about winning anymore. They celebrated like they'd won the cup - but not because they'd got a great result against a top side - but because of the replay. They wouldnt have celebrated like that if they'd notched a late winner. But of course, they werent interested in that anyway.

[Craig_H]

It's still an extra game in an already congested fixture list.

If Rudo was coming out with this you'd be calling him an Arsenal fan.

Not at all, i'd be agreeing with him.

In the scheme of things, it means **** all - one extra game, which their key players wont even play in - so what?

[Craig_H]

What a picture

[Shaggy]