PaulC

way off the pace... As soon as i saw no Westwood on the team sheet I feared the worst.

So missing Westwood.

Obviously batting in those conditions was tough but when you look at some of the dismisalls we should have done better. looked like we were making a recovery with Woakes and Chopra but poor shot by Woakes.. Be annoying if Calum Macleod, who is such a nice person btw, scores the bulk of the runs after taking that catch. Around about 2006/7 all the talk at warwickshire was about Woakes and Macleod. Macleod had problems with the leagality of his bowling action and now is just a batsman.

Anything less than top 4 now would be a dissapointment.. Just kidding! Just nice to enjoy being 2nd right now and not think about the future.

Yes Javid will play.... At least Bell not playing doesn't give Dougie a tough choice of dropping either Javid or Evans who have both played their part in getting us to the final. Sad to see Bell isn't fit but he hasn't played in any of the group or knockout games so its kind of fitting you stick with the players that have got us there.

Ashley Young

Aren't we in Witton rather than Aston?

Their big losses against top 4 clubs last season came when Flamini was out and Arteta was in. He played in the 6-3 defeat at Man City and the 3-0 defeat at Everton Anyway my point is that neither Arteta or Flamini are anything to worry about and that we had more to worry about Gerrard last saturday and we dealt with him ok.

He is 75 and probably needs his beauty sleep now.

Why? I don't think Flamini is very good myself. That's quite a swing. With Flamini they have someone who can break up play and give the centre backs cover when the fullbacks push on. Without him they don't have that type of player and can be overrun quite easily on the counter. Watching Arsenal against Man City, they were playing quite well and looked quite solid in midfield. Against Dortmund without him playing they were truly awful. I rate Flamini though, I think he does a really good job which goes unnoticed a lot of the time. They're a much better team with him playing than without. I think he's better than Arteta but he was found out a little bit against the better sides last season I think...Arsenal fans don't rate him on their forums.

They can lobby but they'll never be another referendum in any of our lifetimes.

I agree I think Flamini and Arteta are both weak links... Surprised Wenger didn't sort that out in the summer. Ramsey hasn't started the season as well as he did last year so a bit of hope there.

Yes I start worrying when he predicts us to win.

Don't look thin to me but there again.

Sanchez and Welbeck are the two players I worry about. i think we can match their midfield and expose them on the counter attack but we haven't a lot of pace at the back and those two player plus Ramsey's runs could cause us problems..

What are the reasons you would want to change a winning team?

He was very poor

Robben is such a great player. What a difference he made when he came on!

They shouldn't allow banners like that.

A prosthetic Penis

Hart has kept them in it first half

Don't know I thought Schezny kept them in it first half. He was so exposed in that game its hard to blame him,

Wow this is a big turnaround from the end of last season when nearly everybody on here expected or wanted him gone... Its a real positive move to give him a long term contract.

Ozil doesn't work hard enough for me...

Arteta again rubbish... This should have been 6-0