We've done this before :lol: I remember Kolo Toure taking the armband for I think his 200th game or some other milestone. That's the only one I can remember off the top of my head but I wouldn't be surprised if we've done it on other occasions. The armband means shit, our actual 'captain' isn't even first choice. Hell, with Per and Santi out and Mikel likely on the bench, Theo may as well have it again against Burnley :lol:

our captains are cursed :lol: every since cesc left all of our captains have either left or became sqaudies.

Yeh I know we've done it in the past I'm saying other big clubs don't. Obviously it's different when your captain and vise captain are both injured but when they are on the field it is a joke.

Our captain wasn't even in the squad this morning and our vice captain got sent off after 18 mins.

And on Per, did feel a little sorry for him because it was a ridiculous dive from Costa :lol:, but he should never have even attempted the tackle. The smart thing to do would have been to let him go and put faith in Cech. Better off being 1-0 down with 11 men than down to 10 men after 18 mins.

It was a ridiculous tuck and roll but the challenge was just silly. Gave the ref no option but to send him off.

Don't disagree at all. The slow mo replay shows just how much of a dive it was. Costa had every chance to keep going, but as soon as he takes a step his right leg magically buckles under him :lol:

As you say though, the referee had no option, in real time it would have looked a stonewall red.

Coquelin back in full training since Friday and could be back for Burnley or for the U21's this weekend. Welbeck back into first team training this week aswell.

Yeh I know that. Clearly I'm talking about who's captain at kick off which was Walcott instead of Per who is vice.
Anyways it's great to have Coquelin, Ozil, and Sanchez all fit in our next EPL game or even Burnley. I wonder if we'll get to see Elneny against Burnley.

I'd be surprised if Elneny doesn't start against Burnley.

Some talk about us agreeing a fee with Dynamo Kyiv for Yarmalenko in the summer.

So Arsene confirms Coqeulin is back after 2 weeks of full training. Rosicky is also back and available. Jack, Santi and Welbz just a few weeks away with Danny being the closest. He's had 1 or 2 sessions of full training and was only just short of being ready enough for the U21's this weekend.

Do you know what sort of player he is or is expected to compete with? From the clip I watched of him my guess would be the Carzola or Ramsey role in between Coq and Ozil.

Yeah from what I've seen and read he's more a Ramsey box to box type player than a Coquelin, but apparently he can also play that holding role. Don't be surprised if we see some of him and Coquelin playing together in the middle.

We're also set to make our 2nd signing of the window, Kelechi Nwakali, who captained Nigeria to their U17 WC win last year.

Apparently the other nigerian kid that killed it is also set to sign

Nice to see Kanu there with the two Nigerian kids



Also so fucking good to see Welbz back in training. Massive boost for the run in.

Elneny, Coquelin, Alexis and Giroud all start.

What a fucking disgrace by ESPN. Second half has started and they are showing American sports and haven't even got a sign to tell viewers what the fuck is going on.
Seriously how unprofessional by ESPN.

Also with Debuchy not included in the team sheet I think it's safe to say he'll be gone in the next few days.

Did anyone elses espn go down for 10 mins?

I'm not sure Ox will ever score a goal again

And he probably will score at a random time

At the start of the 2nd half it did.

Yep missed sanchez goal. Apparently espn globally went down but america didnt.

It wasn't ESPN that was the problem, it was Setanta's feed that went down. Fox in America had the match and it was fine.

As expected a quiet transfer deadline day for us, just Debuchy and Sanogo going out on loan to Bordeaux and Charlton.

Also Hull at home in the next round of the cup, our run of home cup games continues :lol:

Chelsea v Man City also a nice little helper if we get past Hull.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 2/2/2016 04:53:38 PM

Seems Rosicky is injured again :( Such a shame his career with us has just been ruined by injuries.

Don't know how it's taken me so long to realise, but Shame Long is an absolute cunt.

Okay it's FA Cup or nothing yet again. Title's gone. So fucking frustrated we never got a striker at the start of the season or even in the latest transfer window.

I'm waiting until after we play Leicester to pass any judgement for the title. One things for sure when Santi comes back he goes into the middle and Rambo out to the right