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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5353892.stm

WENGER DELIGHTED WITH ARSENAL WIN

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has conceded that defeat at Manchester United could have been "decisive" as far as their title chances are concerned.
However, the Gunners won 1-0, thanks to a late goal from Emmanuel Adebayor.

"A loss could have been decisive but this win reinforces the belief that we are a very strong side," said Wenger.

"I would never have thought that our challenge would have been over if we had lost but psychologically it might have been difficult for the players."

Wenger added: "We controlled the game and created chances. We always looked good technically. Everyone in the team played well, gave everything and showed quality.

"When you make mistakes in midfield they are as good as anybody in making you pay ", Man Utd captain Gary Neville

The Gunners had a great chance to take the lead earlier in the match but Gilberto had his penalty saved by Tomasz Kuszczak.

The Brazilian slipped as he took the kick, making it easier for the keeper to save the effort.

"I've seen a lot of big players miss penalties," said Gilberto.

"Afterwards a lot of my team-mates came over and gave me support. It helped me keep calm.

"A lot of reports said that we were out of the title race but those people are completely wrong."

Meanwhile, Manchester United skipper Gary Neville said Arsenal made his side pay for their sloppy play.

"We are disappointed. When you make mistakes in midfield they are as good as anybody in making you pay," he said.

"Our passing wasn't good and we looked tired. We gave the ball away too many times. We would have accepted 0-0.

"We had two or three clear-cut chances, but didn't take them. They had three good chances too."

Tune into Teletext folks. It's all there.

The goal might be on You Tube by now. It'll be on The Den.

Well I honestly thought Arsenal were going to get stuffed today. A big enough win and it would have put them in relegation zone if not bottom. What a delightful thought. But fair play to them. For a team struggling near the bottom of the table they came to Old Trafford and put up a spirited performance. Of course Lehmann should have been sent off and went on to make a remarkable save from Solskjaer...but you have to have a bit of luck.
As I said well played Arsenal, I'm pleased for you and your depressed supporters. I dont like to see anyone in that condition.

Now buzz off, spendius. You're behavinng like a 5 year old child, and
it seems your EQ is just around that age group.

Steve wrote-



You see you Americans what devious brass-studs we are. Steve is gloating actually. We like to see supporters of opposing football teams as depressed as they can be got. It renders ignorant, base chanting of demeaning ditties more fun.

The real tragedy is, however, that afterwards you Brits don't seem
to find your cars anymore when visiting games. It took one Brit from
Suffolk 7 months to finally find his beloved vehicle.



From the dailymail.co.uk

An exiled red manc gloating[/i] at losing 1:0 at home to Arsenal[/i]....... That superceeds even my gloatability.

Your right there Spendi, 'We saw you crying on the telly@ oh what words.

The bloody season has only just kicked off, Steve and Haw Haw are finding the winners of the premiership already, they must be very clever and knowledgeable about football, don't you think?

I can't find it in me to say the best team won, or well done Arsenal, we had a very bad day, Saha and Rooney were totally out of it, Paul Scholes had a poor game and Arsenal played like it was the last game on earth.
We can't win every game, but we are probably the most entertaining team on the planet.



What have you been doing to upset Calamity Spendi, that was a very direct entry, she must have a reason for it?

Cal wrote, evidently having been piqued by something or other-



Now,now Cal. One doesn't come all the way from Albakirkee to smorgsy's British thread to start giving out orders. You won't catch me stooping to such useless tactics.

What's the "seems" for. A bit non-committal isn't it. Getting a smear in without technically having done so. That skill was perfected, tried and tested and a washed out cliche in educated circles at least three thousand years before I was 5.

What's an EQ?

It's boring being an adult don't you think? I don't see any great need to aspire to adulthood unless strictly necessary.

Steve-

I thought you were referring to the condition of Arsenal supporters with their team in the relegation zone before this match today lifted their spirits so hysterically.

Wasn't that the state of "you and your depressed supporters." which you said you "don't like to see"?

I'm sorry if I misunderstood.

Now, you're having geographical troubles as well, spendius. I live in
California, Albuquerque is in New Mexico. But that's besides the point.
EQ = emotional quotient.

Why on earth would you come into Lord Ellpus' thread and repeatedly
insult him? We all got it, and now let it be done and over with! There is no need to succumb to such pinpricking on a repetitive basis.

You are right, you don't "seem" to have an emotional deficiency - you
plain and simple have it!!

Mathos wrote-



I suppose she must but I can't imagine what it might be. Strange creatures are ladies you know.

I saw that article about the man losing his car for seven months, CJ.

Incredible! I really can't understand why he just didn't get one of his mates to take him by car to Bury St Edmund's (it isn't exactly a big place) and just drive round the various outlying estates, road by road, marking them off on a streetmap, until they found the bloody thing!

Strange man indeed.

I noted that he was a Batchelor. Why does that not surprise me?

Yeah, they're lacking common sense at times

Batchelor indeed, you don't really mean a tin of processed peas do you Haw Haw?

Were were you born, Dummington, Yorkshire?



He knew were his bloody car was you dolt, he'd left it there, he wanted it nicking so he could make a claim!


Do you take everything you read as gospel, or are you easily influenced and white-washed?

There you go Mathos- there's a reason.

Cal likes Ellpus because he flatters her by taking seriously some story that's been in the papers, which might not even be true knowing newspapers a bit as I do, concerning some person who is supposed to have mislaid his wheels somewhere. This helps her to stay in the dumb-ass mode she evidently enjoys so much and is so out of place on a British thread. Don't you think?

And look at the bilge it has spawned already. Mutual stroking.

The guy had probably dumped it and when they found it he had to reluctantly accept its return and dispose of it himself. Then he would say he had mis-laid it wouldn't he. And that's assuming the paper didn't make it up which one can only discount by granting newspapers complete purity of integrity.

Anyway- I'm going for a bath. If I post in the next half hour it has to be from there. As if. I could electrocute myself.

Mathos, your outburst of this magnitude over a silly story like this could only mean one thing: you're Eric King!

Speaking of dumb-ass mode, this time, spendius, don't let the water get too hot again. The ill-effects thereof are irrevocable.

Hot baths are wonderful. Never need any of that birth control paraphernalia and they make one relaxed and nicely sweaty. Great for the thirst too. A day on the go with the minimum of drinks and a good long hot soak makes the pub look like an outpost of heaven and the beer the food of the chosen ones.

How's that for a bit of fancy?

Hello, I'm Avril Premier and I have a few questions about what the word "love" really means.
Now, how I've always understood it in the past, is that love is when a man of good standing, having had thoughts about settling down and indulging in sufficient rumpy so that orfspring are produced, starts looking around for a suitable fillie, in order to combine the old genes once a month, whilst keeping the scullery free of cobwebs, and ensuring that the rest of the house is filled with the aforementioned orfspring, so that everyone can gather round the piarno every Michalmas, and sing lots of jolly songs.
Am I correct in this assumption?
If so, where is the romance? Is there a man, preferably well endowed with a tickly moustache, who can breathe through his ears, just waiting out there to sweep me orf my feet?
Do you agree with my idea of Love? Do you?