Meanwhile Ospina is pissing himself with laughter.

Shit I've been sitting here waiting for Chezza to make another rick and blow me if their keeper doesn't do it.

Making hard work of this.

(Again)

An interesting German take on the game.

Congratulations Arsenal,

But very proud to be Reading supporter this morning.

We could not have asked for more from our boys, they played out of their skins.

Obviously your winning goal was gifted to you, but that's football.

I would imagine it was a great game to watch as a neutral, but they were probably all watching the Chelsea v United game !!

Good luck in the final, I hope you win it now.

Congratulations Arsenal,

But very proud to be Reading supporter this morning.

We could not have asked for more from our boys, they played out of their skins.

Obviously your winning goal was gifted to you, but that's football.

I would imagine it was a great game to watch as a neutral, but they were probably all watching the Chelsea v United game !!

Good luck in the final, I hope you win it now.

Well said. We deserved to win it, but you put up more of a fight than many premiership teams who would have just parked the bus and waited for penalties or a lucky breakaway.

The stats say it all:

Shots (on goal): Arsenal- 25 (11); Reading- 11 (3)

Possession: Arsenal- 70%; Reading- 30%

Fouls: Reading- 19; Arsenal- 9

Let's hope you can safely plan for next year's championship along with the other hoops.

Congratulations Arsenal,

But very proud to be Reading supporter this morning.

We could not have asked for more from our boys, they played out of their skins.

Wenger's words:

“We have to analyse that (equalizer) but I think the cross before the goal shouldn’t have come in as well and then the scorer was free.” Wenger said

“There’s a combination of mistakes but Reading really wanted it and were ready to die on the pitch to go to the final. You have to congratulate them for the effort they put in today.”

Semi finals aren't really for neutrals but this was an exception and was a very good watch. Bad luck Reading, good luck Arsenal.

Semi finals aren't really for neutrals but this was an exception and was a very good watch. Bad luck Reading, good luck Arsenal.

It wasn't a good watch for me with Chezza in goal.

Sherwood launches 'mind banter' campaign against Wenger

21-04-15

TIM Sherwood will forego traditional cup final ‘mind games’ in favour of subtly inferring that Arsene Wenger is unable to down a pint.

The Aston Villa manager revealed he would intimidate his Arsenal counterpart with pre-match pyschological warfare ‘based exclusively around classic bants’.

He said: “At every press conference from now until the FA Cup final, I will be doing my very best to tacitly infer that Arsene is a shit lad.”

Sherwood’s campaign of ‘mind banter’ will be a series of observations about Wenger, including his low alcohol tolerance and his massive, sleeping bag coat.

He added: “Then, in the week leading up to the game, I will post photos on Facebook of him next to Blanche from Coronation Street, with the caption: ‘Separated at birth lol ;-)’.”

Villa striker Christian Benteke said: “Tim has stopped coming to training in order to spend more time photoshopping Mr Wenger’s head into porn pictures.”

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An interesting set of Twitter maps to see your twitter followers around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11552703/Premier-League-of-Twitter-which-team-has-the-biggest-global-network-of-followers.html

Interesting to see Chelsea are most popular in places like Iraq, Yemen, Libya and North Korea.

Man City are third in the UAE behind Arsenal and Chelsea.

Liverpool have Papua New Guinea sewn up.

Tottenham can't even get in the top three in Togo, but that could be because they've got Adebayor.

And how nice that Arsenal have New Caledonia.

An interesting set of Twitter maps to see your twitter followers around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11552703/Premier-League-of-Twitter-which-team-has-the-biggest-global-network-of-followers.html

Interesting to see Chelsea are most popular in places like Iraq, Yemen, Libya and North Korea.

Man City are third in the UAE behind Arsenal and Chelsea.

Liverpool have Papua New Guinea sewn up.

Tottenham can't even get in the top three in Togo, but that could be because they've got Adebayor.

And how nice that Arsenal have New Caledonia.

Tottenham can't even get top in Tottenham

An interesting set of Twitter maps to see your twitter followers around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11552703/Premier-League-of-Twitter-which-team-has-the-biggest-global-network-of-followers.html

Interesting to see Chelsea are most popular in places like Iraq, Yemen, Libya and North Korea.

Man City are third in the UAE behind Arsenal and Chelsea.

Liverpool have Papua New Guinea sewn up.

Tottenham can't even get in the top three in Togo, but that could be because they've got Adebayor.

And how nice that Arsenal have New Caledonia.

This is the sort of drivel you post when you're lonely!!

Mindyou Santi's replacement is on his way.......theres rumours surfacing that Rijits a double agent.

An interesting set of Twitter maps to see your twitter followers around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11552703/Premier-League-of-Twitter-which-team-has-the-biggest-global-network-of-followers.html

Interesting to see Chelsea are most popular in places like Iraq, Yemen, Libya and North Korea.

Man City are third in the UAE behind Arsenal and Chelsea.

Liverpool have Papua New Guinea sewn up.

Tottenham can't even get in the top three in Togo, but that could be because they've got Adebayor.

And how nice that Arsenal have New Caledonia.

Tottenham can't even get top in Tottenham

Well that's no surprise, really.

Should have stuck with Sherwood.

.@Arsenal team to play Chelsea: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud #AFCvCFC

Sad to hear about Keith Harris...but there is a replacement, and Orville will never notice the difference

I know we're favourites but this is ridiculous.

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Moves to re-brand the world's oldest knock-out football competition as the Emirates FA Cup has been labelled as "commercialisation gone mad" by former sports minister Richard Caborn.

The Football Association insists no sponsorship deal has been finalised for the FA Cup but a proposal is expected to be submitted to a board meeting on Thursday.

The controversy surrounds re-naming the competition as the Emirates FA Cup - previously its main sponsorship deal was referred to as the FA Cup with Budweiser.

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Could be today is the day

Could be today is the day

Why? Is Ozil coming out of the closet?

Could be today is the day

Why? Is Ozil coming out of the closet?

Oh I think you know what day it might be today carms.....

Two more goals would be handy.....

Well we hardly had to break a sweat and probably should have scored more.

Still.......

Just a quick mention that Hull got lots of plaudits last night for having a banner at the away end downstairs, saying "Welcome Arsenal" and "Always Remembering David Rocastle".

Very nice of you, Hull.

Respect.

Ooooh don't give up yer day job....

Our form is no coincidence.....

At the moment, according to the physioroom.com website, the top teams in the injury charts are:

• 1st – Newcastle: 10 injured players
• 2nd – Swansea: 7 injured players
• 3rd – QPR: 6 injured players
• 4th – Southampton: 6 injured players

Down the foot of the table we have

• 15th – Burnley: 3
• 16th – Chelsea: 3
• 17th – C Palace: 3
• 18th – Stoke: 3
• 19th – Arsenal: 2
• 20th – WBA: 1

It's a nice idea, but one that I suspect might turn out to be a bit of a disaster.....

Arsenal unveil innovative plan to crowd-source commentary for Swansea game ARSENAL won't be providing minute-by-minute updates on tonight's game with Swansea on their official Twitter feed, because they want the fans to do it themselves.

By BEN JEFFERSON

PUBLISHED: 00:00, Mon, May 11, 2015 | UPDATED: 13:58, Mon, May 11, 2015

Premier League clubs have harnessed the power of Twitter to keep fans updated during matches in recent seasons.

But the Gunners will relinquish control of their official account this evening for the match against the Swans.Instead of providing their own take on the proceedings, the north London outfit will rely solely on retweeting the views of fans.

Arsenal fans can see their comments appear on the official account by using the hashtag #AFCFansTakeover.

The Gunners are the most followed English club on Twitter, just ahead of Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.

Do you need any company in here Chicog or are you happy blabbering onto yourself

It wasn't a serious question BTW and doesn't require an answer

Well I know people are reading it. If they choose not to comment, well no harm done.