Morning all.
Arsenal have invited young Chilean Marcelo Allende on trial and here he is, pictured here behind Alex Iwobi. The 17-year-old, 5′ 4″ attacking midfielder is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his international compatriot Sanchez. Allende also had a two-week trial in 2016 and according to a few reports, it was indeed Alexis Sanchez who recommended his to Arsene Wenger. Perhaps, if this youngster does sign up which could be as early as next month according to a few headlines, it’ll be enough to convince Alexis to stay, after all, he’s a nice guy who surely wouldn’t want to leave his fellow countryman alone in a strange country. Clutching at straws? Ok, maybe, but a girl can hope…
Mohammed Elneny has been ruled out of tomorrows match against Liverpool which is a great shame. He has an ankle problem but won’t be missing for long says Arsene Wenger. Three weeks he said which we all know can turn into any amount of time..
Laurent Koscielny is back in the squad as is Aaron Ramsey, Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck.
Mesut Ozil has been on the receiving end of a lot of stick in recent weeks and perhaps justifiably so. But I think Arsene Wenger could go a long way to helping him and really, he has two options. Either leave him on the bench or better still, don’t include the other two passengers in the team. By that I mean, Iwobi and Walcott. Three players who aren’t prepared to work harder than they are for the team just isn’t working. Too much is then being asked of the midfield and defence because the wide men simply aren’t tracking back to help out. I really hope Arsene Wenger swaps Iwobi and Walcott for Welbeck and Perez for tomorrow’s fixture.
Talking of Mesut, he’s written a book which has been serialised by German news outlet Bild, with Ozil claiming he and Mourinho squared up ‘like boxers’ as the Portuguese dwarf branded him a ‘coward’.
Ozil, who had thrown his Real Madrid shirt to the floor during a match, wrote:
“[Mourinho shouts]: ‘You think two beautiful passes are enough… you think you’re so good that 50 per cent is enough’. “He pauses. Stares at me with his dark brown eyes. I stare back. Like two boxers at the stare-down before the first round.
“He shows no emotion. Just waits for a response from me. How much I hate him right now. And I love Mourinho actually.
“[Mourinho adds}: ‘Oh, are you giving up now? You’re such a coward. What do you want? To creep under the beautiful, warm shower. Shampoo your hair? To be alone?
“‘Or do you want to prove to your fellow players, the fans out there, and me, what you can do?’”
Ozil apparently chose the shower……
Also from his book:
“With the big boss at my club (Madrid) I had fallen into disgrace, although I had not done anything at all.
“I was threatened with a seat in the stands. Suddenly I had to act. For my career. It was not at all possible to stay any more – especially if this decision were not based on performance criteria.
“Therefore I chose, although it was not easy for me at the beginning, [to call] a number, which I had in my mobile phone since 2010′.
And there was me thinking Arsene Wenger made the first move……
It’s a hard life at the top then. 🙂
Morning Rico
It’s official though not specified who said it that Arsenal have told Wenger he must decide his future this month.
How do you read that statement?
I thought earlier the odds are against us tomorrow but of course when you add in the fact that some players have said they will only stay if AW stays (which you can take with a pinch of salt) plus the announcement today that again a manager can decide if he is staying or not, makes this game massive.What happens if we make top 4, AW will say we are challenging for next season and if he signs or not and we go out of the CL plus losing our best player,greedy or not(Sanchez), we are in a bigger mess than most thought could never happen.I do blame the Board for not forcing Wenger’s hand or questioning him about several things these past few years,but I forget they are not football men.
Our record against the top 6 is dreasful yet despite a dreadful run Liver[ool’s record is very good against the same top 6.Not at all confident.
Morning all.
Kelsey, I was about to say that it’s a big game, so hopefully our lads show up ready to play, but it seems there is no rhyme or reason as to when they perform.
Not much to do other than sit back and watch lol
Mourinho said exactly what we say. Ozil is a talented player who cowardly chooses to creep under when the going gets tough.
I’d drop him at anfield and go 4-3-3. With Ramsey-Xhaka-Ox in the mid and Welbeck-Sanchez-Perez upfront. But what do I know?
It was Gazidis who has forced a meeting with Wenger during the International Break at the end of March.
Trust Arsenal to throw away the match ,as it has become a tradition, in the first twenty minutes. I pray it will not be a period of confussion, poor confidence, little or no direction from the bench and abject cluelessness. These are what we now expect from arsenal and I won’t be surprised if that is what we get tomorrow! Why? The manager hardly learns. He lives in his own world and believes talent alone is enough. So picnickers like Ozil, Walcott, Giroud, Iwobi and Ramsey will again show why a manager who romances lazy players will continuosly irritate adoring fans. Do not say I told you!!
Marshall, that three up front is an absolute must.
A 5′4″ midfielder in the premier league? I hope he still has a few inches to grow.
Scott, absolutely. We need people who don’t give up. The message should be clear..
Ozil on the bench will have everybody working their socks off.
Morning Kelsey, all…
Must be why Wenger said a few weeks ago he’d make a decision this month…
I hope there will be a mutual agreement for Arsene to part ways with the club. France would be a good place for him, besides he can look after Kroenke’s vineyard!
Aaahhh, but will that decision be made public, Rico 🙂
Hopefully Scott..
I bet you he stays being now a dictator he wants to go on regardless and make money for Kroenke,he is the perfect cash cow.He is losing fast his reputation as a great manager.
Would you keep a car for 21 years and some people not even a wife 😉
Kelsey, I reckon Stan would have the first dollar he ever made lol
Rico, as I said earlier, I think if they make an announcement, he’s going, but if they don’t, he’s staying.
Silly bloody games they play that are all about the dollars.
Him going must be announced early so a new manager can be sourced, and surely they’d realise ST sales will be through the roof.
If he’s staying, the stalemate continues, so the boat won’t be rocked until after the season ends, I reckon.
The gents at the top really make this all about themselves.
They’re like politicians-constantly forgetting what their true purpose is.
Afternoon Rico and the house..
So it was ozil who called wenger for help!! hmm..strange
Also apperently ozil asked Mourinho to write the opening of his book and not our dear wenger. .I don’t know what to make up from this really
Sanaogo to the rescue..
In fairness Kelsey, Wenger didn’t keep his wife for too long, did he? After his brief affair with some French lady his wife and daughter returned to the mother land, la belle francais! Wenger should perhaps have gone with them, citing family Matters! He didn’t and the rest is all history, sadly. And, we’re still stuck with him!
As for the car thing, I have a car in my garage which is approaching its 47th birthday! And it’s not for sale…..yet! Can you imagine Monsieur Wenger still our manager in 2043, that’d be 47 years I reckon he would update be in very good condition and probably unserviceable! But Stan would be happy if the old chap remained an appreciating asset, like my motor!
“I’ll tell you I’m March,” this is a departure from the norm, perhaps he,is going, for real!
Morning all. Raining persistently he Really!
Update?? Not . How the **** can an iPad derive update from not? Like Wenger it’s beyond reason!
Typo alert, “I’ll tell you in March” my fault not the iPad’s! Unusually!
Another iPad interpretation, ‘here”, not ‘he Really’ what bollocks this thing is really?
Peeing down here too Wavy, a horrid old day really…
You’re probably right Scott, the ST sales would go down if he stays….
Podolski off to japan says Spanish papers and Barca don’t want Wenger.
Hi Kk. It’s all a bit odd really isn’t it. We were led to believe Wenger was the man responsible for the Ozil deal, however….
I think that incident with mourinho sums up everything about ozil. Talanted player but not the kind of person you would want around when the going gets tough.
Wenger should do the right thing and drop him from the starting line and keep him on the bench.
Not surprised by either story in the Spanish papers…
Has Kroenke forced changes in the other clubs he ownes in the Usa?
They say that they have enough money but they exist to win things.
Didn’t he sack a manager not long ago Dick?
Rico, he sacked the manager after having the worst run in the league. He had even given him a contract extension. Only pressure from the fans that he was let go… Does that script sound familiar 🙂
Afternoon Rico and All.
Arsene’s a clever man.
He must see the empty seat’s around the ground
surely he must say to himself.
……………..Why is no Arse’s in seat’s……………
Is he thinking… these player’s are useless.
Is he thinking… these fan’s have more money than sense.
Is he thinking… I need to spend some money.
I know for a fact what his thinking…Do you lot?
No rude answer’s..Thank You.
His unbespectacled purr blind eyes are not seeing anything, he’ll have to look at again! And, in that he knows ALL the answers he won’t be asking himself any questions!
Hi all,
I worry about 2 players. Coutinho’s long shots that Cech can’t save and Mane’s pace against Monreal.
Although Lucas and Matep are garbage if he plays them together should give us a chance.
Afternoon Rico and the House.
Not a very good day down South made worse with the news that
the postman is playing for the U23’s against the spuds
Very familiar Marshall..
Afternoon Fred, do you think he’s even thinking?
Afternoon Rick, look on the bright side, at least he won’t be playing at Anfield… He may have found his level with the u23’s, although I suspect he’ll struggle 😉
Afternoon Rico.
Afternoon All.
It’s not surprising to see Wenger dithering over his contract, I mean he’s spent the last 20 years dithering over everything, especially transfers, no wonder he looks lost in games that are going wrong, when we’re crying out for a tactical switch.
To me, I find it hard to believe that Arsene has already made a decision about his future, so I disregard any suggestions that he has.
The only person who’ll know, will be Arsene himself, and he doesn’t fcuking know.
If I recall he was on the point of actually resigning when Arsenal were losing 2-0 to Hull in the FACup final. So if his future and the future of our club, hung in the balance then in just one game, then why should anyone think it’s any different now…
What a way to run a fcuking major business.
Rudderless at the top…
A CEO with no authority…
And a manager who can’t make a decision…
Hi Kev
Have you read the latest Arsene quote.
When asked what his plan’s were for next season?
Arsene replied:
I have a Burning Desire……….Wait for it…
……………..Too Reinvent Myself….
He added:
I ask all young players?
..Are You Ready to Sacrifice Your Life.
Being a footballer………
Is like being a Priest……..he went on to say.
Sanogo has started playing again..just in time for contract renewal.
Afternoon Kev.. good comment…
U/23’s 1 up 52mins
Long time since I posted last time…….is le fraud gone yet?
Sanogo Fred? Lol
Hi Tt, sadly not…
Back to hibernation so.
Hi Fred
Yes, I did read his comments, but what do they actually mean mate?
Next he’ll be going on about seagulls and trawlers, it’s all rubbish…
He doesn’t know what he wants to do, and don’t be surprised if we’re still waiting for a decision as April turns into May…
The club is drifting, Gazides can’t make a decision, Kroenke is in La La Land, it’s a fcuking shambles..,
Fred, didn’t Wenger say that if he left Arsenal he’d only join a club that was capable of winning the CL…
Yeah, just like Arsenal then, 20 years of European glory, you couldn’t make that shit up…
Why stay put then Kev, because his team aren’t ever going to win the Champions League….
Sanogo scored then as the under 23’s beat the Totts….
Catch up tomorrow guys..
Nighty.
Evening and thanks Rico.
One for Obi !.
http://www.givemesport.com/998510-yaya-sanogo-scores-amid-terrible-defending-vs-tottenham-u23?autoplay=on
So Wenger says he`s a football priest and specialist in masochism !
And Juve` have opened up with a (rumoured) £25M bid for Alexis !………………………what are they smoking over in Turin ?
Cheers Rico…
Sanogo scores eh?
Could he be the secret weapon that Wenger will throw at Bayern?
Desperate times, desperate measures and all that crap
Kev, his goal was almost a tap in and he nearly hit the keeper with it lol.
It didn’t Instill me with any confidence that’s he’s improved.
Don’t diss the Yaya, Scott…
He could be the ingredient we’ve been missing all season…
I know that Adam is seriously excited at his return..
I can see it now Scott, Sanogo and Giroud leading the attack just like Radford and Kennedy…
Stick a load of high balls into the Bayern box ‘they don’t like it up ’em’…
Kev, funnily enough, at least that’d be something different lol
Catch up you tomorrow
Arsenal fixture tomorrow!
Kev that might be worth watching. All we need now is a player that can accurately cross a ball.
Potter, let’s bring back Andre Santos 🙂
Best crosser we’ve had for years.
Shame he couldn’t run, tackle etc etc lol
Morning….
Morning Lady of the House………… trust you’re looking forward to what we get served up later on today…! I’m not…..
Morning Wath. Not one bit…
Liverpool are rubbish……that’s about all we have going for us lol
Morning all.
So are we…..
Rico, if, and it is a big If, Arsene gets the team right, we will cut them to pieces.
We are not rubbish we are just at a level where we beat most but not all.
Morning all
Today it’s the 3th of March
The post is always one day after
Maybe Scott…
You have to admit the football is rubbish though Potter.. Boring, predictable and a real turn off.
It’s certainly staid and liable to become slipshod but it is consistent at a level that keeps us close to the top.
Which is why It’s not good enough.
It certainly isn’t good enough, especially when one considers the players we have…
JM, it is the 4th today…
Morning Rico. Hard to get too excited about our prospects at Anfield but the players certainly owe a winning performance.
Morning Adam, at least it’s not a lunchtime ko… 😉
Morning All
Morning Rico
It’s the 4th in the UK isn’t it?
Maybe it’s still Friday in Portugal…? ?
Morning Kev.. 🙂
Shopping for me now, laters…
Come on Adam, remember a Girouds stirring words of a few days ago.
That the players are 100% behind Wenger.
Doesn’t that make your heart soar…
Pick up a seedy twist for me Rico ?
Yes Kev it reminded me of Henry V before Agincourt.
Didn’t the French lose Adam? ?
They always lost Kev. 🙂
I see the ref is at it again at OT, Ibra should be off…
Thank goodness for retrospective video action! If the FA grew a pair those two acts of GBO would be punished immediately and neither would still be assaulting their respective opponents, well not today or for a further 3 games, at least.
Shocking.
Come on Bournemouth.
And a terrible pen given for Utd, saved by the Bournemouth keeper…. Karma!
It’s coming Wavy, hopefully… It simply has to…
Gbh what’s Gbo?
Ghastly body odour…. 😉
Well done Bournemouth, really hard fought point…
That’s sniffy of you Rico!
1-1 justice done despite the officials to bend it manures way.
Let’s hope we do better at Anfield than Bournemouth did at old toilet today.
Keeping ten on the pitch would be a good start Wavy…
Afternoon Rico and All
Wonder how Arsene will play it to-day?
Pretty much the same set-up’s,
Good going forward,Clueless at the back.
Let’s hope he can think this one out,or even read a few Blog’s.
It’s now March and he still ain’t got a scooby,what our best 11 is.
Arsene has stated ..We need to be compact.
He say’s..For Ozil to be effective we have to have the ball.
Two contradictory statement’s..If he play’s Ozil.
Afternoon Fred, I wouldn’t play Ozil, nor Iwobi today. We need battlers…
We’l prob play the same as we did against Sutton, and the week before and the week before……..
Rico he has to play Danny..A must.
I would play Ramsey as a 10 Sanchez as a 9
Danny,Granite,Coq and Oxo..Mid
Back 5 we as usual..Gibbs/Monrail
Rico. Did you see the appalling way that Bournemouth player stuck his head into Ibrahimovich’s elbow? Shocking.
He is Fred…. lol
Adam, I did. Loved Jeff Stellings comment about it….
Didn’t expect that team. No Alexis and no Ozil. No Lucas either.
What a line up…..He has totally lost it. What’s this Iwobi is unstoppable?
Liverpool is trash but AW put forth a Cup line-up. Smh.
Playing Giroud is really odd to me, still, let’s see if it works….
Perhaps Wenger has spotted that Liverpool defenders are poor in the air… 🙂
He can’t see that far!?
4 4 2 maybe?
Are we going to park a bus, er maybe a little bus, a mini bus perhaps?
Glad that we aren’t going gung ho, I’d take a draw right now…
Or maybe he’s in there to pluck pigeons out of the air !
C’mon Arsenal.
More like a mini Kev…
Long to Quiff than a cavalry charge..Maybe
26 games into the season and we still haven’t played our best line-up yet, imho, wth our best outfield players
Sanchez
Perez Ozil Welbeck
Well, at least you can’t accuse wenger of being predictable. .
Iowbi for sanchez! !??? wow!
Brave or suicidal!? We soon will find out!
He wants to play long ball to beat the Liverpool high press
I worry big time about our left side defensively- iwobi needs to help Monreal deal with Sane.
Is the dropping of Ozil, Sanchez, Perez a sign that they are not necessary for Arsenal, going forward? Has there been a bit of a falling out,behind the dressing room doors?
I wonder if the curmudgeonly one is cutting off his nose to spite his face? He is the manager after all, he is the BOSS! He won’t cow row to any upstart footballer, no matter how esteemed he is!
Well we’ll see who is right and whether we can survive without our most prestigious stars, or whether Wenger has got it all wrong, again.
His job is on the line , I reckon. Lose, and he’s toast. Win and he’ll be signing that new contract!
We wanted something different and we Got it.
Let’s hope it works out.
Long ball with Giroud up top? I’ve seen milk turn quicker!!
Bloody heck!
Fucking useless shit yet again!
No cover….what a surprise.
Anybody surprised???
Sheer genius leaving Sanchez on the bench….
Embarrassing
We concede too soon yet again! !
There was 3 defenders there FFS!
Madness..
The biggest shame is that Wenger’s still there!
Lee, the scorer was free…..no body covering him.
Shocking defending.
This game is just so easy for Liverpool…
Why when Ramsey is fit,is he not playing instead of Ozil, a position he plays so well in for Wales….. Why play Iwobi…?
Wenger built his legacy on inheriting a world class back five……
Wenger played the Spanish waiter for how many seasons????
We’re utter shit. This team stopped playing for Wenger a long time ago. If he loved the club the way he says he does he would leave now, not at the end of the season.
So over this monotonous bollocks.
Spot on Lee. When they all retired, he’s seriously struggled to replace them. Lauren, Sol and Toure apart.
Same old, same old.
Same errors we alway make.
It’s only 1-0 guys ?
Liverpool have been shit for ages, shock horror they play Wenger’s team and they look like world beaters!
Giroud is injured, good 😉
Have any PL club had a back five to match that lot since??
Let’s not make out it’s so easy to assemble.
We can’t even take a fucking corner!!! Fucking useless….
Rico, if Ramsey played, everyone would be whinging lol
Sanchez on the bench laughing…..yeah, gotta love his attitude lol.
Piss him off at seasons end.
He inherited them he couldn’t assemble a back five as long as he has a hole in his arse….
Not in the right position though Scott re Ramsey…
Why shouldn’t Alexis be having a joke on the bench though?
I’d say utd and chelsea have scott…
Neville, vidic, ferdinand, evra.
Ivanovic Terry, carvalho, Cole.
Giroud is ineffective at the moment as no one can put a decent cross ..ffs..
Nearly 2 nill from continho..
And finally he assembles a great attacking unit but doesn’t bleedin play them all together… amazing..
And Leicester Kel…
I’d have more Sanchez quality players in the team, sell the serial bottler Ozil and use the funds!
2nd best to everything.. very poor
They are all over us like a bad rash. It’s dreadful.
Scott disagree with your harsh treatment on Sanchez. He has every right to laugh at this terribly run team of losers. Sanchez is a winner.
Nobody tries harder than him in our squad.
Please pause a moment and ask yourself what position in the table Arsenal would be without him.
I Sincerely Disagree with your posture. The buck stops with AW as he is the dictator at Arsenal who has final decisions.Cheers
Stupid Coquelin
Coquelin a liability….red card a cert…
He’s probably laughing at Wenger still being the Arsenal manager…..
There’s a shock Coq booked…..
Firmino has a magnificent set of hampsteads…
Coqelin is not good enough. Why would you keep playing him there?!!
Fair call, Kel, but that Is two in PL history……show it not as easy as we like to believe.
Lee, we will agree to disagree on Sanchez, and I’ve seen people here rip into player for laughing on the bench when loading a game but hey, he runs a lot lol.
Rico, I wouldn’t play Ramsey 🙂 🙂
Whatever happened to coquelin!!
We really are pathetic these days….
Game over.
A11730, I’m not blaming Sanchez for our current plight, far from it.
I just don’t see him as a player who cares about anything other than himself.
Just my opinion.
Lee 6.02, ffs mate, give Ozil a break, the bloke’s been in a coma for the last 3 months !
Just told my Missus want us to lose against Scousers and Munich, will beat Lincoln and lose to Spurs in semis. Put us and AW out of this misery. Sadly many Gooners feel this way – So sad, different year same crap. Weak mentally and it bestows from manager.
What a fucking JOKE they’ve beaten Plymouth this season fucking Plymouth!!!
Useless fucking manager just go!
🙂 Micko.
And there ya have it… game set and match… we haven’t even turned up… spineless and no balls…
Sanchez on the bench… lol if you think that’s a good idea away to.liverpool you’re fucking mental…
KK, good question lol.
What’s happened to a lot of our players?
Can’t really say any are in anywhere near their best form.
It’s a side not out there to play for their manager.
Get Giroud, Iwobi and even Welbeck off, they are all having a stinker…. mind you, Welbeck might improve if Alexis comes on..
Scott but you consistently deflect blame from AW – You are wrong there Mate. He is a dictator…
Where was Monreal for their second???
Ffs, 11 out there, not one close to Sanchez’s talent and desire and he’s on bench. It’s so laughable that only Wenger could get away with it. What a joke. Exactly what we deserve, I’d get out as soon as I could if I was Sanchez from this shower. I ask you, Iwobi better to start than Sanchez, who in their right mind could think Iwobi?
This season I mean this year!!!
If that’s so, how long has Wenger been on the life support machine?
A11730,
Not true!
I simply don’t blame Wenger for absolutely everything as some do.
Why start this crap now??
Heading towards our 4th defeat in 6 games!
Not looking forward to Bayern next week.
They really missing Henderson in midfield! Lucky to be 0-2. Still, might make the 50% of fans who Neville says still want AW rather than take a chance, realise how deluded they are. Probably not. With such a split fanbase, we probably deserve this.
It’s a sad watch this… again defeat is part of the game… but the manner of defeat is what makes me livid…. this Arsenal team assembled by wenger is weak physically weak mentally.. literally a bunch of softies…
Danny, Alexis, lucas…. how he can’t see that is his best front 3 is beyond me..
The full backs were defender not in the lines but in a central position.
The trouble with this team is that they can not play in the opposing midfield.
Missing a midfield reference leading the game.
Without this reference, which was Cazorla, no one was prepared to replace him, the team is perfectly match: does not defend well and does not attack with consistency.
And even more: it is not mentalized to defend in block, nor to attack of another form than by tic-tac.
It is praying and waiting for a good result.
We are on a roll Kev lol
Bloody terrible.
Ive never thought this possible, but if we go on and lose, then cop a belting v Bayern, could Arsene actually walk???
Surely, he’s never been under such pressure.
The problem stems fron midfield neither Coquelin or Xhaka have the speed to get their tackles in ,they are being overrun .Our two wide players don’t track runners.They come at speed and our back four don’t sttand a chance.
No one blames Wenger for everything Scott. Just all what goes on in relation to the way we play, the team selection, who he signs, or rather who he doesn’t, his tactics, subs… the list is endless, and it’s dreadful!
Scott, I don’t blame Wenger for everything either, but we are playing shit and Chips Keswick doesn’t pick, coach or organise the team,
Scott, not sure there’s any pressure from above. He takes no account of media, fans are split, so I think he’s fine. If he will be the one to quit, surely he would have done before now? Losing 8-2 to Unt wasn’t clever, nor embarrassing defeats ever since. But he strives to improve….
Scott, I really can’t see Wenger leaving, even if we lost to Bayern.
Defeat to Lincoln could push him over the edge though… ?
Rico, maybe you could point out the fact I don’t deflect all criticisms of Wenger.
Scott, I know you want Wenger gone, you’ve been saying he hat since the FA Cup win. Well, you’ve said he needs to go… 😉
How embarrassing, having to make a change before the 73rd minute.
🙂 Andrew…
You have to ask what lessons did we take from Chelsea and Bayern away this last couple of weeks, all we do is roll over these days.
The candle is lit.
Errrr, none Micko.
Oh dear did Alexis show why he should have started……
Funny eh.
Super finish by Welbeck though.
He’s one selfish bastard.
So we’ve won all the games Alexis started then-especially Bayern 🙂 🙂
Come on, I’m glad he’s done his job but it’s not his ability or effort that I criticise.
Micko, here we go again, hey?
Why do you assume that’s directed at you Scott? Others have suggested Alexis is selfish on here?…
that’s another thing they should take from rugby/bring back. The 10 yards rule from a free kick. Deliberately preventing taking it quickly
We bit sensitive Scott.. you do realise it’s all about you m8… chill….
I’m truly sorry, Micko.
Rico, from now on, please don’t have a crack at me when I make generalisations, as you did at 6.30pm.
I mean, if it’s not directed at an individual, nobody can be offended 🙂
Its mostly about wenger and a little bit of arsenal..
Giroud so far has been useless!
Kel, you’re lucky that you can get away with a comment like that.
KK, I’ll never know how Wenger could choose Giroud to start this game?
Not in a million years.
If no Alexis then surely it had to be Perez.
What telling you to chill lol…
Unfortunately the story of this game is gonna be the first half no show…. not for the first time this season.
So Xhaka gets a yellow for fuck all… but can get a away with it… joke
No question that’s a yellow.
Shocking from the referee there kel!
Scott, you and I both know your earlier comment was challenging Micko….
Nothing more than we deserved. You’ve lost the plot Arsene, you really have!
Please, do us and yourself a favour and don’t sign that contract offer….
6.59 Scott. Why? Nothing in that comment is offensive.
Xhaka just to slow in midfield today Liverpool just bypassed him time and time again…
We’ll I did say we won’t make top 4 about 2 months ago…
Stan’s really fucked up massively tonight!
Wenger apologists really make me fucking sick, the blokes fucking finished wake up and smell the coffee!!!
Plymouth for fuck sake!
Just fuck off Wenger you’re done!!!
Liverpool scored us 7 goals in two games.
Sits there like a fucking idiot throughout the game…..monotonous bollocks yet again!!!
So fed up of this shit show of a club.
Everyone should be happy-another nail in his coffin.
Painful ..
Glad it’s over. ..
Weekend ruined. .
Thanks Arsene hope you enjoy your 10k new contract!
Night gooners
Wonder why we dropped joint top scorer in league who’s more often than not our best player. Wenger better have a good reason because with a midfield and defence like ours, that must have cheered Pool no end on hearing. Ozil ill and Sanchez dropped, they must have had such a lift. Well done Prof, excelled yourself. What a sad end it’s becoming for someone we ALL used to look up to.
Lost that in our standard slow starting first half. EMre can should have had a second yellow and was their third offside.All paper covering questions, basically not good enough.
Aren’t you then Scott???
Lee, I’m not happy that I’m not so pissed off.
A year ago, I’d have ripped anyone’s head off that accused me of thinking this, but now, missing top 4 is probably what we need.
New manager….has to be decided on asap.
No CL to worry about and give the new guy a year without that pressure.
I really think Arsene will look at himself more after this performance than at any time over the last few years.
If we couldn’t get up for this after Bayern, Chavs and Watford, then I’m stunned.
We do need quite a few squad changes to go with a new manager though.
I’m not even cross. I expected it so yes Scott, if that’s another nail in his Arsenal career, good.
Steven Gerrard… obviously has a little inside info.. says the Liverpool players got a lift when they seen Sanchez not on the team sheet… hahaha thx Arsene you plonker..
Until I saw Giroud starting, I thought we’d win.
I’m not criticising Giroud , but horses for courses.
It had to be Sanchez or Perez.
I’m not sure Wenger will even bother looking at it though Scott, he hasn’t before.. he looks absolutely lost these days, he really does…
Yes Rico, he’s run out of answers and even if he has, he should not show it.
His body language should have us all believing he knows what’s wrong and how to fix it, but he’s a broken man and it’s plain for all to see.
No club would be scared to play us.
There is no intimidation at all.
I won’t kick a man while he’s down, though, but he simply must make a call and leave.
A stupid, bloody stupid decision Kel, it really was. Our best player left on the bench after a two week break… no wonder he was laughing…
Although the last goal is off-side, I never understand why we only play one part in each game.
You can not have ambition when in the direct confrontations with teams with the same ambitions no points are made.
Exactly scott, he’s long past being the man who arrived at Arsenal… Sad, but true. You’d think the woman in his life would tell him how it is….
Rico, I think she did when she left.
Not trying to sound funny there, either.
It was always going to be like this though. 🙂
But wasn’t he ots Scott?
I’m expecting a 5th defeat in 7 this midweek, probably Wengers worst run of results in 20 years…
It all has the feeling of an end to an era, it reminds me of the last days of Bertie Mee, George Graham and Terry Neill
Sorry, Rico-ots???
Evening all.
Was excited about this game thinking we would finally see Welbz, Alexis and Perez up front !…………then I saw the team sheet and hid behind sofa !…………..if Wenger signs the new deal I shall take a sabbatical from football until he goes, I`m not going to abuse him, but he is embarrasing himself and probably doesn`t even see it……………..how the mighty have fallen !……………………..please go soon with some dignity, you`ve done wonders for the club overall and I feel for you, but it`s time to call it a day and enjoy life with the riches you have accumulated.
Kev. If only we’d employed the double pivote.
We all knock Liverpool….27 years and still waiting for a league title but truth is we’re going down the same road as them, slipping into the same prolonged stages of the disease only no-one can see it or cares about it at AFC.
LC, if we get the replacement, The sky is the limit as so much is in place for the club to be dominant.
Arsene has played his part in that but that last hurdle had proven one too many.
Looking at the pensioner sitting on a bench, he could have been sitting in my local park watching the birds!
I’m sure he wasn’t too ‘lucid’ today. A shame we don’t treat our old folk a little better. I’m sure , if there was a bit more cash in the sŷstem he could be settled in comfortable warden aided accomodation. I’d even put my hand in my pocket to help him on his way. I’d make it continual though. I would insist that the confined him to his room on Saturdays and Sunday’s.
We’ve reached a pretty pass. Time to give us all a rest Arsene. Time to call it a day. Please.
It does Kev..
Scott, over the side…
When he goes it will be …..one down and one to go !………………………although Kroenke will be a harder nut to crack……………maybe even uncrackable !…………………………….I`ve heard his syrup has cockroach DNA and would survive a nuclear holocaust !.
Ditto Lc.
Lc, if Wenger goes and a new manager doesn’t get what he wants, I reckon Kroenke failings will be seriously highlighted…
Conditional not, continual. iPads nearly as old as Wenger so that should explain all the recent hiccups!
Dont think we will ever be dominant, Scott !………………..too many money teams and up and coming one`s, even if we had Uzzy instead of Kroenke we would never be dominant, competitive !….yes !, but not dominant !
Exactly Adam, but we did have a false 9, a fox in the box, someone in the hole and a box to box midfielder, but yes, we missed that two banks of four and someone 10 years ahead of their time…
Catch up tomorrow guys- nighty…
You gotta hand it to Boro Primorac, he got it spot on again, what a tactical genius…
Yes Rico, but even if his failing`s were highlighted, will he sell ?…….he doesn`t have to and as far as I know he has never sold a sports business.
We may never get rid of him and my biggest grudge is that he bought us in the first place !….why oh why didn`t we get Usmanov in first ?…………………….anyway, first things first…………..please Arsene, a pretty please….please let us know now instead of April that you are going and we can get working on a new manager.
Yeah fair enough, LC.
More competitive then….
Night Rico, did you get me that seedy twist?
Seedy twist ???……………….I reckon Rico destroyed it when the first goal went in !……………………..not as bad as me though, Kev`!……………………………I destroyed all the pasty`s in Cornwall when I heard the team news !…………………Adam has no chance of one now !. hahaha
Giroud starting in this game?
I keep saying it and still can’t believe it lol
So that’s no wins in 11 aways games against the top 6.. (W0 D5 L6 ) yip were certainly progressing lol…
As I said earlier AW put up a carling cup line up. When I saw the line-up, I went to the gym and DVR the game, not wasting my time AGAIN. I was surprised it wasn’t another 5-1 defeat.
This guy, AW, is becoming seriously annoying, after today is there any reason for him to stay? I could manage Arsenal and get better results. How do you as a manger not put your best line-up on the pitch?
Obi, when we win the CL final, you’ll know why.
Scott, I thought the same at 5.10.
Yep, I got that out without laughing lol
Micko, at the risk of being repetitive, I bloody well thought we’d beat them until I saw that.
That was it.
Done, right there even allowing for other players playing/not playing.
In what universe did this game suit Giroud?
I think we could all probably agree that it`s not all about the trophies, but to be competitive in trying to win them that would keep us satisfied, that`s all I want, but if you look at the recent history of titles (apart from the anomaly Leicester ), it`s been shared around by the richest clubs……….or shall I say the biggest spenders!
With the likes of the two Mancs and Chav`s it is my opinion that we wont have a dominating team ala Liverpool and Man U as of previous years, it will be shared about by them big 3 and possibly The Spuds and WHam in a decades time because of their new stadums and their club supporting owners even if they dont sell out to bigger money, but we are stuck with Kroenke and we may turn into an anomaly team like Leicester……………..a once in a blue moon title winner !………………………..Bindippers could be the same as us as they have owners who ( correct me if I`m wrong) came to Arsenal to look around and wanted to copy our self-sustaining model !
Just want us to be in with a shout every year and you/we know when we`ve been competitive and we know when we haven`t and we haven`t been for a long while………………..unless you count the times before we choke at a certain time of the year !…………..
Scott you heard Allegri is coming in too, huh? One of my boys who is highly placed told me that Allegri wants the job badly because he want to go after Conte and Pep.
That`s it !…………………..I`m going to drive around Launceston and abuse the first person I see wearing a syrup !……………….night all !
Maybe we were trying to lure them into a false sense of security lol.
Anyhow’s the nite is still a puppy, over and out.
Obi, I don’t know enough about Allegri to make a call on him, but those that do seem to think he’s good so let’s hope he gets a chance.
Of course. If he’s the fire to want to take on those guys then he’s won me over lol
LC, the single stat that kills Arsene is his lack of wins against top 4 sides in recent years.
It can not be defended.
Have fun LC hahahahaha
I have kept away for a few hours so hopefully, though annoyed perhaps some of you guys have calmed down.
Did you really expect a team so out of sorts would put in a performance today, dspite that Liverpool are on a dreadful run themselves.
If some people blame the players well who bought them.?
Granit is now a 34 million pound defender who is scared to tackle and all his preivous was there before we bought him.
Welbeck scores a really neat goal then the manager decides to sub him.
I am afraid Wenger is suffeing from dementia, which is sad to see,but the stubborn old fool will plough on.
The next thing to look forward to is the small matter of Bayern on Tuesday.
Kelsey, I expected a good result until I saw the line up.
Of course the players must take some responsibility, but yes, Arsene is responsible for signing/keeping them.
It’s pretty much agreed by everyone that the aggression of Xhaka, Gabriel and Coquelin has been coached out of them.
Bayern should be fun 🙂
Hello everyone !!!
@kelsey
I second to that opinion……
People talk about Le prof this Le Prof that…….Fact of the matter we have absolutely utter crap players specially in that midfield
XAKA
Is diagnosed nicely by Arsene venum….Completely scared to go near a player.What was he doing all afternoon ?It is obvious he has no quick feet and when pressed is useless.£34 mil ??? what ???
Coquelin
What is in there into this player ? I dont see any ability in him to keep the ball calmly and pass the a player with a bit of skill.All this is to save some money and to promote one absolutely mediocre player who at best is good for a team in championship.
Iwoby
It is all about saving money.The kid has to learn his trades elsewhere not with the first team anyway.
Monreal
This player has lost it completely.Mane eat him live .today …..oh my God….how in a short time a player can loose his ability.Last season was my man in fairness.Now is completely unrecognisable
Tell me which manager will be happy to carry on with all this dead wood.
Personally the names that are flying don`t make any sense to me because serious surgery is required.
Nachos lack of pace is being shown up all the time now.
Shame Monreal hasn`t got the pace of a man I just tried to run over…sorry, talk to !…………..saw this geezer with an ill fitting wig and proceeded to drive by slowly giving him a distainfull look. I got closer and then asked him why he chose to wear a toupee and did he own a large farm with enormous acreage !.
He then started walking faster as I asked him did he like to speculate to accumalate and did he employ a fcuking useless farm manager with a passion for gaelic bulbs !…………he then sped away with an impressive turn of speed with his syrup clinging on for dear life !
I feel that a change of direction is needed and for our players to all shave their heads and wear syrups against Bayern !…….instant pace in the team and can we look anymore ridiculous than we keep making ourselves look ?
At least here tomorrow it will be a national day for the Cornish !……………….St Pirans Day………..Cornish Saint of Incest !………………..lots of family related stuff all over the county !
I reckon Kroenke goes to them swapping parties where instead of sticking car keys in a bowl, they stick their syrups in a bowl !
It’s all about the aerodynamics LC!!
Shaven heads and syrup-bring it on 🙂
Kelsey, I’m still seething. Can’t see tomorrow will see much change in my general sense of humour.
Still, we’ve got Tuesday to look forward to. Any guesses how that will finish? Agg. 7-1 to Bayern, it may be more!
Repatriate Wenger. Brexit will see him back in France after March! Or maybe after judgement day on May.
Sweet dreams I’m away to my bed.
Don’t really understand all the negativity on here tbh, anyone would think Bayern had gone 7 points clear top of Bundeslga tonite and we had dropped outta the top 4, keep the faith Gooners.
Micko, I’ll take Bayern if you give me two goals start.
I still think we have a case for grand larceny in Munich Scott, we woz robbed !
I’m not one for wishing we ever get beat, we simply have to go hell for leather in the FA Cup this season and hope sense prevails.
Alex @ 9:30, who bought them, who keeps on selecting them, who trains them?
I guess our best player was injured. Where was MS10?……………. Mental Strength.
Micko, my absolute dream finish is this.
Win 2-0 on Tuesday so at least it’s a stand thenkads have made.
Finish 5th on the League.
Win the FA cup allowing Arsene to leave on a high, of sorts. And a fresh start to be had next season.
Too much to ask??
Probably 🙂
Morning…
Morning Rico. Damp and grey here. And a storm cloud over the Emirates too.
Morning Adam. It’ been hammering down with rain since 6am here…
I’d imagine The Emirates is a very dark place indeed…..
I reckon so Rico. I sold my Bayern tickets but imagine that Tuesday evening will be difficult in so many ways. There’s so much to say, but so little point in doing so at the moment.
Agree Adam, what there is to say has been said 1000 times over before….
Tuesday will be awful imo.
I kind of feel sorry for Wenger as his name is in the papers every day and not for any good reason, but then I think he could have avoided all of this had he not been so stubborn.
I get football and the club are his life and I understand why he’s wanted to stay for so long, but if only he’d got some help in about 4/5 years ago. Someone who would give him some fresh ideas etc etc but because he didn’t and hasn’t, all that heads his way is really his own fault. He has no-one to blame but himself for the shambles he now has our team in…
I agree Rico. I switched off a long, long time ago. Self-preservation I suppose. 🙂
Me too Adam, I’m not even angry this morning as the performance was nothing more than I expected… Numb to it all really but I’ll wake up when Allegri signs up in the summer… 😉
The new post is up now as this one takes an age to refresh for some reason…
When it became clear that he wasn’t taking the club forward, the board’s only concern should have been to avoid the hole we are now in. It has been as if he had become untouchable and operated on a level somehow detached from the club and common sense. The transition which must inevitably now follow really, really should have been handled better than this. I feel for him too though, on a personal level
The club should probably announce what is happening at the end of the season now, though I doubt he would agree as will hate the whole ‘lame-duck manager’ thing.
Agree Adam. But as we know, our board are hopeless…
Apparently, he’ll be telling us this or next month….