Lets hope the arshevin inspired good arsenal show up in the league


Darrin Fletcher, the new Roy Keane, who would have ever suspected there were any similarites

We badly missed his craft, guile and skill

FOR SALE: 57,000 gooner flags, good as new..only waved for 7 minutes.

No need to sell them, we can wave them in next seasons Champions League............you know, that competition you haven't qualified for

Gloating is not nice ( note I'm not an Arsenal fan ) as I know how I would feel on the receiving end after that display.

well, not even close, the pundits agreed with me, though one of them was shaka hislop so i suppose there was my warning that i'd get it wrong, but if you are going to be wrong, what a way to do it.

2 and 3rd goals just superb, thought the 3rd one was the best. no issues with the penalty, but should not have been sent off.

anyone know anyone in Rome who could me up for a couple of days, i promise to bring copious amounts of maple syrup and a an oilers jersey for them.

Hats off to ManUSA over the 2 legs, 2-0 after 11 minutes to a mistake and a rocket and it was all over.

i feel very sorry for gibbs, not good, you could tell he was devastated, its one thing being beaten by a better player, but slipping like that, very unlucky.

as for ronaldos shot, well thats the name of the game, every team has their free kick taker.

much respect to the arsenal fans for the applause at the end by the way, jolly good spirited.

He looked completely devastated and hopefully it will make him stronger, he is only 19 and it was only his 19th game for the first team but he has shown excellent promise.

I maybe biased but I do think that we have the most magnanimous set of fans who respected the performance of a better team

not at all, from what i have just seen i would have to agree with you, a pleasant surprise.

Congrats to Utd. I also agree it shouldn't have been a sending-off, but apparently there is no chance of an appeal.

I think Barca will beat Chelski tomorrow.

Please don't lump in a player like Fletcher with a vindictive quitting thug like Keane. To me, Keane was a detriment to MUFC...ditto goes for Gary Neville (time for him to quit or at least give up the captaincy). Keane may have been all blood and thunder but he, to me, was not a team player......

Keane didnt need to be a team player, for a couple of seasons there he was able to carry the whole team anyway. At his peak he was a force of nature.

I feel sorry for Fletcher, he's the victim of the refereeing system that marks refs down for applying common sense as opposed to the letter of the rules. Cant blame the ref, if he doesnt send him off the ref is marked down for it and wont ref at that level again as a consequnce..more idiocy from the powers that be...promote a ref for having good judgment, and then penalise him if he dares to use it at the top level.

I was reminded once again how little I will miss Tommy Smythe next year. TOMMY, IF YOU FOUL THE GUY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE F'IN BALL ITS STILL A FOUL MATE!!!!

Keane is only a team player when it suits him...note his throwing his toys out of the pram when Ireland were at the WC in 2002. As you may gather, I have little respect for him as a player and was glad when he left MUFC. I feel sorry for Fletcher as well. I also think by the true letter of the law it was a red card offence...hindsight says Fletcher should have let Fabregas get the scoring opportunity but MUFC don't operate that way and in the heat of the moment it would be hard to think that way.

Tommy Smythe is one of the worst commentators ever. how Derek Rae puts up with him is hard to fathom. Am I correct in your comments that next year we will be onion bag free....is it all going to be Sportsnet and Setanta with other commentators? There is a god.

"one of"?

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