afc Arsenal v Stoke

[TF S4DK]

Arsène Wenger had mixed injury news to report when he spoke to Arsenal TV Online on Thursday afternoon.Bacary Sagna has recovered from his ankle injury and should be fit for the visit of Stoke on Saturday. However, Theo Walcott has a collected a short-term hamstring problem and will miss out.Alex Song is suspended after receiving his fifth booking of the season on Wednesday at Manchester City. But, on the upside, the manager revealed that Robin Van Persie (ankle) and Kieran Gibbs (foot) are both recovering well from recent surgery."We had Sagna out injured [before] but, normally, he will be available," said Wenger."However, Theo Walcott will not be available. He has a hamstring injury."As for the other players we had injured, the long-term ones I do not even speak about. But the players who looked to be shorter - like Clichy, Diaby and Bendtner - will not be available. And, of course, Song is suspended for the weekend."Gibbs and Van Persie are in the longer-term bracket but thankfully both are on the mend after surgery."Kieran is doing very well," said Wenger. "I had him on the phone and it looked to be completely fine. I have not talked to Robin yet but there again the news I got from the surgery was it went very, very well. There was a lot of disturbance on our side recently [about his injury] but the surgery went well."

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[anelka]

Song deserves 2 sit out after that pathetic showing last nightWe need sum serious competition for that DM spot, we aint gna win anything with Song playing 35+ games a seasonLucky this is home & not away, cnt see Stoke doing much & Wally's pace should scare em 2 deathEduardo 2 get back on his bullshit & Vela 2 net at the end ]3-1

[Guest R9]

Song is massively overhyped by Arsenal fans

[HangTheDJ]

Because it's been so long since they've seen a half decent midfield player they overhype all their CM's.

[darkman]

Song is massively overhyped by some Arsenal fans

[Guest R9]

tbh they have had good CM's, but Song is the only player in their whole squad with a slight, slight, slight bit of aggression about himCompared to the rest of the Arsenal 11 he looks like Brock lesnar

[Francis Coquelin]

going on like he played in midfield yesterday/if arsene had anything about him rosicky and ramsey wouldn't even make the bench

[Guest R9]

Tbh I didn't see any of yesterdays matches

[anelka]

going on like he played in midfield yesterday/if arsene had anything about him rosicky and ramsey wouldn't even make the bench

use ur headRosicky is proven class, he is coming back from a long lay off and little niggles, he needs the mins to get sharpRamsey is a young player with promise, his form will be erratic at times, whats dropping them 2 gna achieve??

[Guest R9]

Ramsey is quality tbh

[Aquaman]

Song deserves 2 sit out after that pathetic showing last nightWe need sum serious competition for that DM spot, we aint gna win anything with Song playing 35+ games a seasonLucky this is home & not away, cnt see Stoke doing much & Wally's pace should scare em 2 deathEduardo 2 get back on his bullshit & Vela 2 net at the end ]3-1

songs suspended and walcott is injsong is good. but the way at 1 stage yesterday he was walking back as citeh broke foward was not acceptablewe playing a system where song is the ONLY barrier between the oppositions defence and our defencewithout song we wouldve been gettin buttf*cked no vasaline all season. guy has an impossible workload

[anelka]

We can do better in that position..Dnt just settle for Alexandre Song, coz hes the only bulky lad in the squad...Hes been doing well, but hes not the answer at the moment, well not 2 take us fwd anywayStill question marks about his reading of danger, reading of the game, snuffing out danger & tracking runners..

[MrJibbles]

Ramsey is quality tbh

[Francis Coquelin]

shits his pants and gives the ball away like denilson as soon has he's put under pressurewouldn't blame merida if he left at the end of the season

[Aquaman]

lol slating song but gassing ramseythe worlds gone upside down i tell ya.slash everything will be fine when dzeko arriveslol yeah basically what gael said. shits his pants and passes to the opposition he dont have that tunnel vision yet.but he is getting physically stronger

[Taurus]

Lol @ blaming individuals Most of the team were sh*t

[TF S4DK]

Song is God, suck your mums init.Gassed reply but I aint talking seriously with unserious people like anelka.Man wants Song at 22 to be Makekele in his prime, Makekele wasnt even "Makekele" at 22. Man aint even played 100 games yet.

[Guest Tulse Hill]

Song has cost us too many goals, whats point of being able to do tricks and have sick first touch in a position that requires being able to hunt down for 90 mins, tackle, tight marking, stamina - all things Song doesnt do for his roleSong would be better AMC, its like hiring a man with no arms to become your pub goalkeeper

[Lenny]

Song is massively overhyped by some Arsenal fans

because

Still question marks about his reading of danger, reading of the game, snuffing out danger & tracking runners..

but

without song we wouldve been gettin buttf*cked no vasaline all season. guy has an impossible workload

[TF S4DK]

Why are man hyping Merida or Ramsey as starters.The lessons of Diaby & Denilson haven't been learnt to everyone I see. Not everyone can be Cesc.

[TF S4DK]

Song has cost us too many goals, whats point of being able to do tricks and have sick first touch in a position that requires being able to hunt down for 90 mins, tackle, tight marking, stamina - all things Song doesnt do for his roleSong would be better AMC, its like hiring a man with no arms to become your pub goalkeeper

f*ck out of here. Name these goals...

[Michel Kane]

LMFAOSome of you man aren't serious.Drop Rosicky? SMFHSong's over-rated? I ask you man, what's the definition of over-rated? What's BEEN SAID that justifies, the remark?I remember asking this to Anelka & he had AIR for a reply.

[MetaFives]

Song > Anyone's life.Too many clueless people.If Song played in midfield yesterday we would have had half a chance, how was he our best attacking outlet in the match despite playing centre back?Song is not overrated, he's been our most consistent player this season.Ramsey and Rosicky, in their spells, have been half the player he has.LOL @ me taking anelka's bait.

[Guest Tulse Hill]

Tell me this,Who would be a better defensive midfielder for our team?Mascherano or Song?I'll reiterate the word DEFENSIVE for youa. Intended to withstand or deter aggression or attack: a defensive weapons system; defensive behavior.b. Of or relating to the effort to prevent an opponent from gaining points in a game or athletic contest.c. Performed so as to avoid risk, danger, or legal liability: defensive driving; defensive medicine.Fact is, Mascherano would be the answer?Yet we settle for a player like Song who is more a Pizzaro, Veloso, Mikel type midfielder who is too slow too attack so he settles for deeper role.The last defensive midfielder we had was Vieira and look what we wonI'll reiterate the word DEFENSIVE for youa. Intended to withstand or deter aggression or attack: a defensive weapons system; defensive behavior.b. Of or relating to the effort to prevent an opponent from gaining points in a game or athletic contest.c. Performed so as to avoid risk, danger, or legal liability: defensive driving; defensive medicine.Denilson is the closes thing to Vieira we have ever had.

[Michel Kane]

Not even gonna fall for the bait.