It seems like week by week arsenal are growing , not so much in ability but as a belief in themselves , that they now have the character to win under all conditions . yes they have great quality , but now they're starting to realise that , and now they don't let the inferior teams who rely on rough tough tactics to take the steam out of them . Let Gallas come back to shore up the defense and let CHELSEA AND UNITED enjoy this season because i feel like they will be looking up table this time next year

peter, montreal, canada

wow! what a game it was fantastic. we deserved th win and now many people can stup up about we been afraid of Bolton.
well done lads

julia, london,

IT was a great game to watch but as usual Arsenal keep it interesting by failing to bury the opposition. 1-5 is a bit silly because Bolton had a couple of close things in goal-mouth scrambles and obviously we would not have scored 2 in ET if the game was up at 90 mins. But in terms of good chances I recon 2-4 would be about right.

Baptiste was woeful last night and i doubt if he is Wenger material, but he is a direct kind of impact player. His cross for the winner v Wigan was a classic driven ball in- poor Rosicky could hardly get out of the way, it bounced off his head!

Cappaddona, London,

Arsenal outclassed bolton all match even when we didn't attack well we made soure they didn't by defendeding well they defended rubbish. denilson had a wicked game as did diaby, rosicky, hleb, adebayor, clichy, aliadiere and almunia.

eddiey, bedford,

Overall a great performance from Arsenal, but I can't agree more with John from Birmingham regarding how poor Baptista was, I didn't see him make one good pass all night, for a big lad he was getting brushed off the ball too easily, and once I saw it was him taking the second penalty I already knew he's miss! Thought Rosicky, Adebayor, and Clichy were absolutely superb, and Gilberto did a wonderful job at centre back. also Almunia's handling was excellent. Can't see us having too much trouble against Blackburn at the Emirates on Saturday, although after 120 minutes of football I think some squad rotation is necessary.

Nigel Armsby, London, England

Football and the FA cup was the winner last night. Thats a bit cheesy but it was a great game of football for a change. The importance that has been placed on Arsenal beating Bolton also emphasizes Bolton's achievements over the past 5 years.

As for a 1-5 drubbing...whilst being fairly futile hypothesizing over incidences and alternative results in football games, if Arsenal had scored the penalty, it would have been 1-2, and the game wouldn't have gone to extra time, hence no further 2 goals or another missed penalty.

J.H., Oxford, UK

Denilson - what a star, another world class midfielder under the age of 20. Drool Drool, can't wait until next season, and Diaby's back.

Jac, Pwllheli, Wales

A great result, but is this the end for Baptista? One outstanding element of last night's match was how poor Baptista was for much of the game. His passing was off, his decision making was wrong at crucial moments and his goal scoring ability, well, he threw away 2 maybe 3 clear chances in the first half alone. I appreciate his enthusiasm and desire to stay with Arsenal, but I think Wenger will be sending him back.

John, Birmingham,

This game exemplified a few important things:
1. Excellent technique, team play and sportsmanship win games
2. Psychology and football are two different things. Neither Allardyce or Wenger are psychologists.
3. If you think psychology is about 'mind games' then you are probably working with 'wanna be psychologists'. Real psychologists exercise ethical, professional knowledge, judgement and skills.

Kairen CUllen, London, UK

Congratulations to the Wenger and the industrious Gunners. I am glad this hoodoo talk has been laid to rest and that Arsenal have shown that they have the skills, the ambition and the commitment to get in there among the very past. Not that that was in doubt really! But most importantly, they have progressed to the next round. I followed the game online because I aware from a TV here in the US and at work. At least once I saw Wenger's lineup, I felt he had played the best psychological game over Alladyce by not have Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas and Jens Lehmann from the team. It is almost impossible to find a defender in PL who has not played against TH in England. So they have known what to do to him abeit with limited success in the past. And of course Cesc needed a break while JL needs to stay focused with so big games coming up. Overall Arsenal keep growing and this result speaks louder than the Reebok crowds can be!

Ben K, Woodbury-St Paul, MN-USA

I don't think Big Sam has any right to accuse others of mind games this and an over-physical approach tolerated by sympatheic referees has been the main reason for Bolton's recent ascendency over Arsenal. Although I don't blame him in a way for trying to make a defeat into a moral victory the fact remains that Arsenal outclassed Bolton in the first half despite having fielded a largely second string inexperienced side. Conversion of those penalties would have resulted in a 5-1 reverse at home- hardly evidence of competing with the big boys.

Goonergerry, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I think it was a great game that could have gone eitherway. I think this is the ROMANCE in the FA cup.
Cheers to you all.

Latigo, Kampala, Uganda

It was a great cup tie, and hopefully both clubs will show cordial respect to each other in future meetings, mixed with the appropriate bitter rivalry.

I can't remember the last time Arsenal missed two penalties and an open goal. Congrats to the ref too, who helped the game flow.

Ashley Dreher, London,

this was real beauty and the beast stuff, hleb was very good him and rosicky have great quick feet. denilson impressed me but ran out of steam, diaby played very well as did clichy who is excelling n ow he has his chance i dont think i've ever seen a quicker team in world football, but as usual our killer instinct was lacking. good refereeing although ben haim should have been yellow carded for the tackle on hleb in the first half.

peter, bedford, beds

David, from warwick, only your football knowledge appears 'laughable' On my reckoning perhaps the only players of note that were missing from the team that played Wigan was Fabregas, Henry and Lehmann. Bolton had their own injuries as well, hence Campo playing at right back, which Arsenal did well to expose. As a Bolton fan I was proud of the way we kept battling till the end despite Arsenal paying some fantastic football at times. It was a great cup tie in which Arsenal deserved to go through and I wish them all the best for the rest of the competition.

Dave, Zurich, Switzerland

I went through every emotion last night but it turned out ok in the end!
Bring on Blackburn.

lee riggs, Swindon, Wiltshire

If it wasn't for Baptista, Arsenal would have crucified a lacklustre Bolton side. The weak link has got to go at the end of the season, Wenger may have different ideas unfortunately.

Will, Durham,

Great cup tie though played in good spirit even allowing for the sending off.

I thought ref Chris Foy had a really good game as well - couldn't fault any of his 'big' decisions (two pens and the sending off)

Brian , Warwickshire,

Utter rubbish from Fat Sam. He's not competed with the 'big boys' on the night. Rather he's lost to the Arsenal kids. Laughable.

David, Warwick,

Fantastic win

Antoine Marin , London, uk