Why did Arsenal have to Poison the Spurs just to get the last Champs spot?
604375
Spurs players were deliberately poisoned after they ate steak and lasagne at the marriot hotel in canary wharf.\n\nBut how about this Steve Bruce and Birmingham city are to launch an enquiry into the beans on toast they have tooked into all season at various travellodges around the country.\n\nnow thats clutching ar straws\n\ntipsy
795376
Superhoop is right but i also need the 2 points, for the idiot that don't like Football, pis.. of mate.!!!\nCome on ARSENAL.!!!
534306
Arsene Wenger with a garlic eclair!!\nIt looks like just plain old bad luck for Spurs, I'd be surprised if there was some foul play involved, I think spurs lacked the 'guts' for the big game!!!! Poor joke i know!
394849
They've drawn 39 if you count today's match.  It would be 38 but the Spurs are a bunch of lowlife cheaters who don't put the ball out of play when there are injuries.
771009
Good point\n\nIts a transitional period for Arsenal and it is difficult for several reasons\n\n1) New stadium - It will take time to build the psychological 'Home' feel for players and fans\n2) Wenger is nurturing his 3rd Phase (his thrid rebuilding of a squad) and the players are you. \n\nThe problem may also be that the team lacks solid British players and despite the beauty of their football some rigidity is needed (ie Bolton)\n\nIn the end Arsenal have a brilliant young squad that is going to imporve more than Man Utd and Chelsea. So the futures bright.
1146099
Hire a hitman to take out the best players of the other 19 teams in the Prem.\n\nJust because Harry produced a minor miracle in reversing an almost certain relegation, doesn't equate to producing a Championship winning team. \n\nSurvival is the the primary aim next season. If things are going well, building/grooming a side that can consistently stay up and secure a mid-table finish, in the years that follow.
698581
u obviously know the answer to this question,otherwise how would u know that 2 teams upset 2 other teams?!\n\nbut it was great to see Wenger making a pratt of himself yet again,losing control for no reason!!\n\nand COME ON YOU SPURS!!
377110
That seems to be the popular answer.  However, I disagree for several reasons.  First, Barcelona's defense is not impenetrable, and all it takes is ONCE for Thierry Henry to get behind them to make them pay.  He is so clinical, all he needs is one good chance. Second, Jens Lehmann is the hottest keeper in the world right now.  If he takes this form into the WC cup with him , watch for Germany to be very dangerous! Third, Arsenal's defense hasn't been breached in forever, they currently have smashed the record set previously by AC Milan for minutes without allowing a goal. They have a TON of confidence going into that match, I'd pick Arsenal!
493547
If I were a betting Silver Surfer, I would place my well-earned cosmic pennies on Arsenal FC.\nBarcelona may have the better team, but this is proving to be a classic scenario of underdog doing good.\nIn previous years, Arsenal have done well in the Premiership and failed miserably in advanced stages of the Champions League.\n\nThis season, one of their worst in a decade, they have nothing to lose... and what happens: they make it to the Finals. \n\nLast but not least, a victory against Barca in a fortnight might even enable the Gunners to knock Spurs out of Europe next season. [should the Whites finish their (astonishing) season ahead of Arsenal in 4th, then they would qualify for Champions League 06-07, unless Arsenal win]\n\nNever underestimate the man in the corner.
643373
Never, if they do then every club in the world could demand a replay when the have a player out injured or sick and the season would never finish.\n\nIf Spurs get a rematch for food poisoning, Arsenal should be able to replay all those matches in the middle of the season they lost when 17 players were injured.
677727
every1 knos dat d final was d best example of a poor refreeing.But i am not sure if arsenal deserved a wwin . cause  \n even arsenals goal was a wrong decisions as also etoos goal was offside.d match was d worst match of d tournament i must agree\n!!!!!!
442387
Yes, the rule was changed after the Liverpool situation last year. Arsenal would go in as the 4th English side in the Champs Lge, and the side that finish 4th (prob Spurs) will go in the UEFA Cup.
465179
Arsenal and villareal deserve equally their place in the competition.They both have young players, a fresh attacking mentality, excellent coaches.Also,nobody included them in this year top-4.It is a huge success for Arsenal considering that when they dominated the Premiership they were terrible in Europe...
578119
Something along these lines\n\nTottenham have revealed initial tests by the Health Protection Agency into the suspected food poisoning outbreak are inconclusive, despite the discovery of a virus in one of the affected players. \n\n Ten Spurs players were struck down with suspected food poisoning on the morning of their final game of the season, against West Ham, after eating lasagne at the team's Canary Wharf hotel. \n\nAlthough Spurs tried to get the Premier League to delay the start of the game, the club fulfilled the fixture even though players were vomiting in the dressing room right up until kick-off. \n\nSpurs lost the match 2-1, wrecking their hopes of playing in the Champions League next season as Arsenal leapfrogged them into fourth place in the Premiership with a 4-2 win over Wigan in their final match at Highbury. \n\nThe initial report from the Health Protection Agency and Tower Hamlets Environmental Health showed one player was suffering from a virus that could be responsible for the outbreak of illness among other players. \n\nBut the report also reveals that the virus was not present in another player who was suffering from the same symptoms. \n\nSpurs are now awaiting the results of further tests before they hope to be able to pinpoint the cause of the illness which affected so many of their players.
435213
no...and Arsenal are going to have the worst week in their history. out of CL and losing to spurs.
528499
If the Spurs were not a championship team then it will be over. BUT since they are a championship team they can play under pressure really well. So the Spurs are going to take this round.
423631
They will finished 4th, but Arsenal will win th CL and therefore get the final spot.