Morning all.
What is wrong with some people? Raheem Sterling posted a lovely picture on Twitter of himself with his daughter and niece and the abuse he got, mainly from Liverpool fans, was absolutely disgusting! I thought, well, rather hoped, that in 2015, the world would be a much better place than it clearly is. Classy Liverpool fans eh!
I wonder if those same fans will be supporting England next year in the Euro’s and how happy would they be if Sterling scored the winning goal which ensured his country lifted the big trophy?
Horrid lot!
Back to Arsenal and tonight’s match against Bayern Munich and it seems I got my maths wrong yesterday as should we lose, we can still go through to the knock-out stages.
Pep Guardiola expects us to play hoof ball against his side tonight:
When you press Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny they don’t want to play.
They play long ball to Olivier Giroud and if they win these balls, they can play with all the big, big, big players they have. But if they lose the ball and we make two or three passes, Mertesacker doesn’t want to stay up high, and so they go back into their box and defend there.
Pep says he has a plan to cope and beat such tactics. We’ll see, but it’s going to be tough, even more so having lost Bellerin to a groin injury. Just hope it’s nothing much and he’s back for the NLD on Sunday.
In his place will be Mathieu Debuchy and I bet Douglas Costa will be rubbing his hands together as the Frenchman is not as quick or a reliable as Bellerin. Whether Joel Campbell plays in front of Debuchy, or Arsene Wenger opts to switch the hard working Alexis to the right remains to be seen. If he does, Gibbs could come in on the left in front of Monreal.
Jeff Reine-Adelaide has earned a call up tonight, although I doubt he’ll make it onto the pitch, not unless we are losing and Arsene Wenger goes in search of a goal or two towards the end.
I’d imagine the game plan will be about soaking up the pressure and then trying to hit Bayern on the break, pretty much as we did at The Emirates. That night the players executed Wenger’s game plan well and there’s no reason why they can’t again tonight. Be patient, concentrated and focussed and if lady luck is on our side, we may just come away with at least a point.
Let’s hope it’s a good night for Arsenal…
Good post Rico
Ah, do I get a prize for being first… ?
specially ,”with lady luck is on our side” ….
My thoughts on the game tonight are influenced by my memory of watching Barcelona at Wembley, beating Arsenal 4-2 and seeing all their highly technical players diving around like Mark Spitz…
Pep Guardiola is from that DNA…
Robben in particular, Costa, Ribery, Muller, Lewandowski and quite a few others in that excellent team, will resort to any means, if the game isn’t going their way.
Unsavoury I know, but that’s the way it is in the CL…
The referee is certain to be in Bayerns pocket.
If Beckenbauer is involved, there’s bound to be corruption somewhere…
I thought it was awful Kev… 😉
You can’t picture the scene already Kev, it’ll be like watching Tom Daley and his mates having a training session…
Robben is like an old lady on an icy morning…..
I once accidentally bumped into my television while Robben was playing and went over like he’d been shot!
He’s also got a strange running style, it’s almost like he’s just about to shit himself!
Lee,
Robben waves he’s legs about encouraging the slightest contact so he can go over…
A bit like Adam
Pep the tactical genius lol.
Seriously, the squads he’s had would make me look a great manager.
Lee, you did take out your tv, so don’t pretend it was accidental 🙂
Morning all
I didn’t want to bring “Snake hips Adam” into this but………………
Ha ha Lee..
Lee, it’s impossible not to mate ?
Do the Totts play a Europa match tomorrow?
Afternoon Rico and the house
not confident with debuchy playing tonight, lets hope campbell has a screamer and covers his arse.
i think if we come away with a draw it will be a fantastic night for us
Good afternoon, we will win the game tonight…it’s not gonna be training for them either…Bayern is afraid and I promise you they are not going to play pretty….am going for 1-2 Arsenal..
Anderlecht at Shite Hart Lane (home of the leg dragger!)
Kev, when Brudder was twerking in Dishoom was a sight for sore eyes!
My only worry is that we have lost a bit of speed though….Bellerin, Walcott and no Ox….it’s a bit slow for me.
Afternoon Rico and all. Did someone mention my name?
if we set up like we did against man shitty away last season we have a chance
Afternoon Mg.. Me neither..
Thanks Lee, and good, let’s hope they get a tough game..
Afternoon Adam.
Campbell is pretty quick Simon and if Gibbs plays instead, he’s no slow coach…
Biggest concern is the possible Debuchy/Campbell axis that got owned by Sheff Wed just a week ago!
Afternoon, Unfortunately as confident as I was a week or so ago of getting a positive result, I just feel we are an injury too far.
Bellerin,s injury did it for me, Let,s hope it,s a positive November.
Just seems the god,s ain,t shining on us at the moment,
You start to think is it just bad luck, or is there something seriously wrong with our conditioning and training methods.
Afternoon Rico and the House.
Its a dull and damp day down south where is that 27 degrees.
Its half time in munich and its 1-1 in what sounds like a very good game
B/M took the lead on 10mins and Bennacer scored on 37 mins with a 25yard rocket.
Sheaf missed a pen on 43 mins after Nelson was fouled.
Dan Crowley is playing in the midfield with Nelson and Willick.
Thanks for reminding me Rico, I am still positive though….Bayern as dangerous as the world might know them….at the end of the day they know that when they play Arsenal it’s always a tough game….that might just do for us.
There loss yo us plus a weekend’s draw is also not helping them at all.
Dublin I don’t think you can blame anyone for Bellerin’s injury.
I think it is result of him hitting the goal post against Swansea
1-1 tonight would suit me fine Rick
Good Afternoon Rico and All. Good read.
I’d take a draw right now. If we go with defensive mindset I think we’ll prevail, but Debuchy worries me. He’s rusty. Now I miss BS especially when I watched him played yesterday.
Come on you reds!!! Hello, all!! Can’t wait to beat Pep. For some reason, I simply don’t like him
And his players are always such divers.
Good afternoon Rico and all…
Good read.
Pep makes me laugh; has be forgotten how Lew and Muller have scored the majority of their goals this season… it hasn’t been tika taka-esque….
I bet Pep will be starting with Javi Martinez to do a ‘lucio’ jo on Ozil/OG12…
Ng- I agree their re sagna; he has stepped up a gear this season…
there* even
Giiiiinge!! Howdy?
Hey Agag, how’s it going, long time…
Have you been saving ?
Or spending ?
I got a really nice whistle and flute last Monday…
Gotta say I look quite dapper…
Debuchy vs Muller will be interesting on the lhs
I am looking forward to seeing how a rusty robben fares against Monreal…
Also interesting to see since the loss, pep has been playing Alonso, and vidal in midfield… all in preparation for us of course… with Javi back playing next to Boateng.
Hey Agag…
not too bad; how about you?
What upset me most are these fancy name managers with all these so-called world class players at their disposal, and every one hip high praises on them as if no one else can do what they are doing. Why don’t we give Pep Sunderland or Aston Villa and see if he can get them out of relegation. Are you going to tell me Hull City’s manager or Southampton’s manager can’t manage BM?
Kevvvvvv!! Spending, hahaha. I think it’s hardcoded into my DNA. As for your latest purchases, I expect no less from my shopping buddy. I hope you bought a cardigan to match. ?
Costa v Debuchy has got nightmare written all over it…………
Hi Ts. Hope all is well.
I am good Ng… had a busy few days. Started a new job so had to keep my head down for a minute or 2.. 😛
How are you doing yourself…
Well Ng, a few years ago we had ppl calling for the likes of Jose, pep to take over from AW daily on most Arsenal blogs…
Most recently it was Klopp… all that glitters from afar may not be gold after all… 😉
Agreed there re Debuchy vs Costa.. if Costa starts
Well this is cardigan weather Agag, but no…
I’ll just wear a vest… ?
Ginge, Pep is more worried than he’d like to admit. We will not be as threatening on the counter without our speed demons, that’s why we have be more compact at the back.
Kev. You’d freeze to death. ?
He’s rubbish that Pep. He’s never won nuffink.
Peps quite good at twerking
You’ve got a point there Agag, I always feel the cold more after a waxing….
Yeah, maybe I’ll get me cardy out… ?
Back, sack and crack Kev?
I went for a haircut the other week, the barber said “Keep your hat on mate, just take your scarf off!” Cheeky fucker!!
Lee ?
Lee, I wish I had the long blond hair you’ve got mate, reminds me of Charlie George in his pomp…
Evening guys and gals…
I reckon, if there was a poll and every Arsenal fan had a vote, it would be close between Pep and Arsene as Arsenal manager….
AKB’s – AW
AOB’s – Pep
🙂
Lee, that’s funny….
I try………..
Double pie with liqueur
Is that dinner tonight Kev?
Evening Rico, All…
Great post Rico.
Despite injuries, I’d still stick that we’re taking four points off Bayern, at least. It’s a big pity Bellerin is out of it…but I reckon Debuchy sees his chance now to play at the Euros…
Pep? It’ll be impossible for any football fan to hate Mourinho as well as hate Pep. When you hate one you’d definitely love the other. So, who here hates Pep?
I don’t. He’s played the best football on planet with his Barcelona side…football can never be more pleasing than he did with Barca. He’s modest, respectful, loves humanity and never took his team’s credits. Won every trophy in club football in one season and never made any noise about it. He’s trying to recreate that Barca team with Bayern…but he’ll soon realise just how impossible without Messi.
Do I want Pep to manage Arsenal? Not quite…I wouldn’t ever want Arsenal to get to the level of all-conquering. That would be terribly boring.
Evening Tai. I’d love Arsenal to be at the top of tree and winning the PL each and every season…
Most fans dream I’d say….
Good Evening Lovelies and Hunkies
Well well well. Benzema sure knows how to earn a bit of extra money. Blackmailing Valbuena. Poor sod. He got videoed and dear Karim has threatened to run the tape across the Christmas tree during this Christmas.
Maybe AW knew something all along when he did not go for him.
Team for tonight imo…….
Cech
Debuchy, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal
Coquelin, Cazorla
Sanchez, Ozil, Gibbs
Ollie
I for one don’t hate Pep. But some think the guy can turned water into wine. He took over one of the best teams in Barc and also BM with world class players which any decent manager can manage.
If he had the opportunity at Arsenal that would be great, as long as he leaves his bunch of divers behind.
Can he managed a club with a low budget? Can manage any club that sells there best players every season, and still mentain top four with a trophy? Would he have the patience to stick with Arsenal during difficult times that we have seen these past few years?
I would take Pep any day of the week.
I want a manager that will attract the best players in the world
The money is there for a top manager to spend
He would take us to the next level
He wouldn’t have any problem spending that£200mill sitting in the bank
evening Rico and the house
Kozzer injured now!
Arsenal starting XI: Cech, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Campbell, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud
Substitutes: Macey, Chambers, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Iwobi, Reine-Adelaide
Kos can’t be injured if he’s on the bench surely….?
I’d have used Gibbs on this game.
Evening, twitter saying hip problem. 10 players injured, What,s going on?
Good question Dublin. Maybe the Nld is more important….
Oops!
Robbed!
Zagreb 1-0 up. Good news
Night all…
On the radio they reckon that Lewandowski was played onside by Gabriel for the first goal…
Oh dear.
Wasn,t writing us off till that 2nd went in, Sanchez finding it tough.
Zagreb winning is our only salvation so far.
I feared for us tonight, Damn.
Dublin, its karma. Wenger refuses to buy an outfield player, nine get injured. We are surely not surprised?
We’re gonna lose 4 or 5-0 tonight…
It’s on nights like these where Wenger just looks helpless and is too slow to make any tactical changes…
Bayern the best team by a mile I personally expected to get beat tonight, we just have to many injuries.
I just hope it ain’t a 5 or 6 nil or anymore injuries.
But, and heres the rub, let’s see any team go to Bayern, with 10 players out, and not lose….
tactically… a bit naive tonight.
Sanchez is not tracking back causing pressure on Monreal.
Thiago doing what Pep did to us in 1999.
We need a ‘Grimandi type’ to give him on…
AS17 has been playing in the red…;
its finally catching up… sitting out the odd first half in games not doing it.
Well NLD a must win now…
Owen hardgreaves having verbal diarrhoea.
fuck this, I,ve seen enough, injuries or not, there,s 11 v 11 out there. show some fucking fight, Wasters.
No excuses fully deserved Bayern…
Kel- owen is a former bavarian so it is expected…
Agreed Dg…; we can blame AW with regards to signings or lack of but 11 v 11 as you have said.
Some simple stats from the game
Possession BM 65 AFC 35
Shots on target….BM 10 AFC 0
Shots off target….BM 5 AFC 2
enough said
tbh….Ozil’s goal was legitimate….so it could have been 1-1 instead of 0-2.
but then….we are used to it
for me its better.
Its the EPL I want.
Gibbs for Alexis imo, then chambers for Campbell.. damage limitation.
Get players off and save them, this game is over…..
Scratch the squads surface and the level goes down. Decimate it and you get stuffed.
same old story Potter.
Still hope we can manage the squad well enough to win the EPL this season…
Ginge we were never going to win the PL with this squad of players
Yep, save Sanchez for Sunday
Tough game with our first 11 fit, take our pace out and it’s ialmost an impossible task…relying on players that are injury prone and to not buy an outfield player was always going to bite Wenger in the arse!
Made the right decision to not watch. Knew this would happen. Just hope Arsene doesn’t blame injuries when it happens every year and he still hasn’t addressed it.
Munich buy vidal and hes on the bench
Same ole faces knocking Arsene for not buying in the summer, it’s not like he could have foreseen these injuries, thank gawd we’re gonna win the league this year.
Yeah Micko I never saw us picking up a load of injuries, did you? 😆
Costa looks cheap at £22m
Yeah but he’d only get sent off for us every week Malaga ! Dodged a bullet there.
Micko, we have had these injuries every year for ages. Some of our players are injury prone. Others like Welbeck never got injured until he came South! But when this happens, those that were dismayed in the summer can’t suddenly forget it.
Good player but I agree with Micko…. I thought that Depay would of been a good signing, got that wrong!!!
Down the flanks again lol
Tough game, expected a tough night, but that was just pathetic, no one playing tonight,
Half me wants olympiakos to win, to put us out of our misery, only prolonging the inevitable.
trying to keep upbeat about the season, but with each injury, its becoming more and more apparent, Wenger,s lack of signings is going is gonna kill us.
Disgraceful
Is Goetze on their bench? Who’s on ours???
Just shows you how far we are off from winning the CL……
Lee, maybe someone ought to point out to Arsene that Champions League top four is not like a trophy !
Fs Arsenal yous couldn’t finish your dinner.
We have had the chances.
Haha, it is to the money counters
Top teams have a bench
We have a park bench
Fair play to big giroud he has tried all game glad he got that goal he deserves it.
OG12 yes
Lol Mg. You are on form
Andrew1313, we’re signing from the same hymn sheet matey.
Giroud, 7 goals in 7 games, world class.
Malaga, 20 minutes to turn this game on it’s head !
They bring Vidal on we bring on Gibbs….
bayern have took their foot of the gas, not surprised we scored.
Bayern started without robben,vidal,gotze,ribery and still dominant,
If only we had 200 million to improve our squad.
Micko im too stoned to give a fuck
Bring on the scum
Sorry Micko, missed the irony in you post as a bit pissed with tonight. But realistically, would have jumped at taking three points off Bayern before group started.
Haven’t got BT, good Giroud goal by sound of it? Makes score sound better.
Micko, go wash your mouth with carbolic soap… 🙂
OG12 world class…lol
How are you Sir?
I wasn’t expecting us to win but show some maturity. Sunday after church football. ..
Chelsea 1-1!
I’m not sure Giroud is so far behind Benzema? And Real wanted 40m?!!
tsgh, if it wasn’t for Tai predicting we’ll reach the semi finals this year I’d be in the dumps right now lol.
Wish I had Tai’s optimism always! On the other hand, would have a few more let-downs. Especially with Sanogo 🙂
Fucking destroyed.. its best we just forget this and move on we are decimated with injuries which give us no hope tbh. But We all knew the injuries would happen..
Worst defeat in European football.
200m I’m the bank lol…
In
Lol Micko…
A1313- on a serious note I always champion that OG12 is better than or equal to Benzema…
If Karim was better than OG12 he wont have scored roughly the same number of goals as OG12 over 4 years with him playing in a far better team.
olympiakos need a point from their last 2 games to send us or Zagreb to Europa league.
Lets lose our last 2 games.
Agreed TS, Giroud does really well in a team without any out and out wingers. With better service, he would be more appreciated by all.
Dg- its over for us in the ucl…
Micko, time to hit the high stool
Night all
Kel, it seems every time we’ve run out on to the field in Europe this season we’ve been setting new records for all the wrong reasons, worst defeat in Europe…..stick that on your CV Arsene.
Malaga, never drink out of a glass that is bigger than your head, enjoy the rest of your evening, nite matey.
Keep the faith micko lol… europa league here we come, it’s more Arsenals level anyhow just blood the kids and let Danny, Jack, Arteta, flamini, Rosicky, Gibbs find their fitness…
We should forget about europe,as painful as it is,
Lets hope at least Koscielny is back for sunday, in this otherwise puzzling and worrying injury farce.
Must be some of the 10 back…… Surely. Night.
Ho hum the spuds do come!
Lost today, let’s move on
CL…blaaaaaahhhh.
We shows a few weeks ago what we can do, so everyone needs to stop complaining we aren’t good enough.
We can’t compete on all fronts.
Wenger MUST win the League this season.
It’s all pointing towards a red hot crack at it…well, except the lack of signings hahahahaha.
Move on.
The real game is on the weekend.
Morning all.
We aren’t good enough Scott, not for the CL…
But yes, the PL is going well, let’s hope that remains the case as nasty November is here…
Morning to you and all….
We.showed what we can do against Dinamo and the Greeks true enough! It’s the deja vu that happens every season that fucks me off!
Wenger relying on the fitness of crocks and returning injured players. Failing to buy a single outfield player with plenty of cash in the bank…..
Embarrassing what Wenger gets away with it really is.
Beggars belief Lee…
Our injury list is now into double figures. Kos and Bellerin will probably miss Sunday’s match…
Don’t care a bit about CL.
Not a single bit.
I don’t either much but mentally, that hefty defeat could be damaging…
Rico, I hope not.
As long as we keep proving the goods in the League, then Wenger should not be crucified.
If we have a bad trot though, he gets what he deserves.
Producing the goods…….
But we should care about how good Arsenal are against top European teams…. weren’t we moving to the Emirates to compete with the Real Madrids etc?
What bollocks, we moved there to earn more cash for the syrup!
We’ll see on Sunday I guess Scott, lose that one and it’ll be a long international break…. But I can’t see a defeat against that lot, I really can’t..
It’s the knock on effect from crushing defeats like last night that will shape how our season pans out!
With you there Lee. It’s not the loss that irks me, it’s the manner in which we lost. We were well and truly battered and perhaps lucky it was only five…
Lee, I know I’m like a broken record, but we need to consolidate our position in England before worrying about Europe, IMO.
You can’t be champion of Europe until you’re the best in your own League.
Hopefully Wenger left a few lads out simply to freshen them up for the weekend.
If we come out all guns blazing and spank the Spuds, this result will be long forgotten.
If we don’t, he’s in trouble.
Rico, we beat them 2-0 a few weeks ago, though, so at our best, they’re not a 5-1 better side than us.
He MUST top up in January.
He has absolutely no excuse not to.
I couldn’t see defeats against WHU ,Dinamo or the Greeks………..
All these fragile players needed moving on in the summer….Wenger fucked up by hanging on to them!
Lee, we did get rid of a few though….it’s a start.
More to leave, no question.
Well they were last night Scott, and more…
Arteta, Campbell, Flamini and Rosicky – all out of contract next summer..
There’s four needed already..
Debuchy needs to go too and Gibbs is hotfooting it to my ‘out’ list…
He won’t buy he’s too stubborn!
He’ll rely on returning players…
It’s just all so fucking tedious it happens every fucking season…..
I need to see Gibbs get some game time before flicking him, but Flamini must go, Arteta can stay as a coach, Campbell…sell him in January and Tommy should be kept because we always play better with him on the pitch….not that it happens much lol
Le,, I hope you’re wrong but I ain’t confident lol
Arteta, Flamini and Rosickly needed replacing in the summer…..
If Wenger says he couldn’t find any player who would improve us in the summer, fat chance of him finding someone in January.
I so wish Kroenke ruled with a rod of iron…. Useless, absolutely useless!
Why do so many think Arteta should stay as a coach?
Morning All
Morning Rico
I’m not sure that I’d get rid of anybody this January, we can’t afford to.
I don’t get the Arteta coach sketch Rico, I get the jobs for the boys sketch though…..all aboard the Arsenal gravy train!
Ramsey and Oxlade-Chamberlain will be back after the Interlull, and Bellerin…
We needed some pace up front, Giroud isn’t gonna scare Bayern, they happily compressed the space and we had no real outlet…
Morning Kev..
You’re right and no way would AW be able to replace them…
Me neither Lee, get a proper experienced coach in or get Vieira back, or Adams, Keown etc – someone with a bit about them…
Bayern must be one hell of a well-run club…
Because I can’t work out how they can afford such a massive squad of big, expensive players?
Not sure that the German TV deal is that big?
Ok, they had a stadium built for them by the local authority, that’s by tax payers, like West Ham.
They must get some humongous sponsorship deals, but there’s no foreign investment in German football, it isn’t allowed.
How do they do if?
Perhaps Jeff should have come on…
Rico, if you buy foreign, it’ll probably take whoever you buy, until next season to adapt, so that Akbar gonna help in the short term, and if we want to win the EPL it’s the short term we’ve gotta consider.
I’d take a punt on Jamie Vardy…
Akbar???? Ain’t, or isn’t…. ?
With money they earn from winning stuff I guess Kev.. Wages aren’t that high either are they and getting players like Lewandowski for free must help… 😉
I’m not sure Rico, players like Ribery, Robben, Costa, Muller, Neuer, Lewandowski, they don’t come cheap.
There must be some imaginative accountants working for Bayern?
Arteta is a bloody smart player, and a technical one.
Can anyone say why he would NOT make a great coach?
Or Austin Kev…
I get what you are saying about foreign players but it’s the lift which comes with getting someone in. When we signed Arshavin, we went on a really good run and he played really well….
Great players don’t always need time to settle imo but to be honest, there’s a few in the PL who would improve our squad…
And what kind of salery is Guardiola working on?
They had 70,000 at the game but I bet Arsenal earn a shed load more from 60,000 at the Grove…
We earn an absolute fortune from TV, a lot more than you earn from winning the CL and Bundesliga…
Would be interesting to know how much they all cost Kev. I’m sure we could afford them now… 😉
Vardy is quick Rico, we need pace up front, last night we were too slow..
Not saying he wouldn’t Scott, but just don’t get why he should stay at Arsenal…
We must have been able to pay double what Bayern paid for Lewandowski…
I understand his wife wanted to stay in Germany, but money talks!
So either, Arsenal didn’t offer enough to tempt him and more importantly his wife?
Or, Bayern find other tax avoiding ways of paying their players?
Not sure re Pep Kev..
I wouldn’t mind Vardy at all. In fact the tinkerman has a few good players in his side…
I suppose it’s simple economics…
We have a squad more suited to winning the EPL, and the rewards are probably greater than winning the CL..?
To build a squad that could win the CL as well is gonna take more than £200m, so it isn’t happening any time soon…
Roll on Sunday
Maybe Bayern are run by “football” people and NOT “money” people like at our place!?!?
I’m not sure it would Kev. 1/2 top players and then 3/4 good, solid squad players wouldn’t cost too much…
That’s right Lee, but I bet they have some financial types behind the scenes, and if the German World Cup bid of 2006 is anything to go on, those financial types are not exactly white than white….
You might be onto something there Lee..
A part of me believes Kos and Bellerin were simply rested last night….
Whether or not Arteta would make a good coach is irrelevant, he’s injury prone, not good enough for Arsenal any more, costing us money and clogging up a squad place.
Sorry but Wenger needed to be more ruthless in the summer…..
Lee, prospective owners of Bundesliga clubs must be a financial member of said club for 10 years previously.
In England, you just need a large bank roll.
Yes, German clubs are run by football people.
On Arteta, I never said keep him as a player, I said he can stay as a coach.
And I doubt he’s ready to retire from playing football so let him go elsewhere…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3304545/Arsenal-midfielder-Mikel-Arteta-continues-coaching-badges-takes-Wales-youth-team-training-session.html
Kos may of been rested, Bellerin out injured I reckon………
Morning Rico and all. I told you Pep and his team’s are rubbish. I bet he couldn’t win the CL with Scunthorpe.
Bellerin won’t play this Sunday, I reckon…
Koscielny will be back, so we might be going with basically the same starting XI…
Debuchy against the Totts then, hopefully he’ll cope… 😮
Morning Rico and all.
Morning Adam.
Brudder.
morning Rico, Kev, Scott and all..
Rico- Nasty November is here? i thought you did not do history? 🙂
Kev- FC Hollywood is more than a football club…; they have other sports franchises as well. And they are the most cash richest club in football.
Most things in germany are cheaper than London Town; As I always say on here, it cost me £23 less to travel to watch BVB via Easyjet or Air Berlin than to travel from Surrey to kings Cross to Stoke…; it is all Micko’s fault though…
Scott- MA08 has been taking his badges since his first season with us…
Hi Ginge….
Aren’t Bayern subsidised by Audi and some Getman telecom giant?
It would have been nice if Islington would have built us a subsidised new stadium…
Tottenham get state aid.
West Ham get a gift.
We get fcuk all…
It’s so unfair…
Morning Ts. Of course I do history, especially when it comes to Arsenal and injuries etc…what I don’t do is stats… lol
And let’s not forget Eastlands…
Another freebie…
We got the Krankie’s Kev… 🙁
🙂 Rico. Stats are history/data/figures/pick and replace your fave synomyns
stuff ’em, Kev!
Ginge, I’d like to see him hang around 🙂
Rico ?
Morning Digger, or afternoon, of evening, or gudday, or whatever ?
Morning Adam, how’s you?
Allianz? Big big sponsors!
Sorry.
Morning all. Dull and dreary here, again. How I hate November (for all sorts of reasons!)
Of course Wavy, maybe we should have got the Emirates to pay for the fcuking Emirates Stadium ?
Hiya Kev.
Night time here bud.
8.38 pm to be precise 🙂
Imagine, if we’d had a subsidised stadium we probably wouldn’t have Kroenke?
Kev- Its because Rumeneigge, Franz and co. dont do spin like spinmaster IG and our board who sign a sponsorship deal worth 310m a year at best but act like its £50m a year…
The Free federal State of Bavaria is unlike camden & Islington as we know…
With their football federation even better managed than the Reserve league in this country… its not all gravy though.
German football/bundesliga in now heading towards the standards of Scottish football. with 4 or 5 tiers with a huge gulf within the same league.
FC Bavaria on their own at the apex with SC04, B04 Wolfsburg and BVB in 2nd tier, the likes of Hamburg, Mong’bach, VFB Stutgart in another tier; Bremen, Koln and the likes of Herthain another and then you have the Freisburg and Mainz who are just happy to be there; then you have the other teams like Paderborn, Inglostadt who just vist once in a while…
Well Bayern can afford to cruise through their league campaign, resting players, playing on Friday, the Bundesliga helping them at the expense of the rest of their league…
10 point already ahead of Wolfsburg in 3rd.
Another title in the bag…
11 titles in last 16 seasons…
5 points cover top six in EPL.
No easy games in England.
No help from our EPL or FA.
Having said a that, Wenger needs yet another clear out…
It’s becoming an annual event.
Lata
Kev, don’t forget their mid season break.
Tough gig playing in Getmany 🙂
Is that why English teams are not enjoying European success?
The English clubs never get a break, no easy games…it’s relentless.
Morning Lovelies and Hunkies
Still smarting from yesterdays. I always hate loosing but even though yesterday I did not mind loosing since I want the club to concentrate on the EPL, I literally hate loosing by more than a two goal margin. I detest getting thumped.
Were we that bad or were Bayern that good??? As Kev said……BM get help from the German FA. We get fuck all. AW cannot afford to rest players and rotate without getting on the wrong end of a result.
Still…….I want the EPL. So better not if we do not qualify.
Europa league??? Better we do not qualify but if we do so get back the loanees and play them and the fringe players in it. But not the first team.
Wolfsburg’s days as high rollers may be limited as they are bankrolled by VW! So that’ll be one less then?
Often, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Eg, Livermuddle, or manure nearly gone and almost forgotten! Chavski, going down. If the sugar daddies leave any of these three they will will be consigned to the history books as would Abu Dhabi cited! The only successful self financing club in this country and perhaps the whole world is the Arsenal!
France, impoverished PSG? Sugar plum fairy paying a kings ransom for success. Spain. RM subsidised by the government, formally the fascists of Franco’s reign of terror now whoever is in power in Madrid. Barcelona. I’m really not sure where their cash comes from at all. Their whole structure is a bit of a mystery to me.
Italy. Depends who is the strongest, richest Don in the country. Presently its Juve plus a bit of Fiat input. Etc etc.
All in all most clubs are at the mercy of ‘an owner’ and he will determine the success or othwise. Even Arsenal has an owner who has vast resources, not that he ever uses them! And also is able to tap a very deep syrup mine if he’s getting a little short!! However, if he were to leave, sell up or whatever, the remaining structure would not implode it would just keep rolling along!
Let’s hear it for the Arsenal self-sustainable model of how to run a football club. And it’s very deep pocketed supporters who provide the gravy for this megalithic soccer club!
I blame yesterday on the blue kit. 😉
😀 Dev; now you are showing yourself as a cospiracy loony as they say. 🙂
Agreed Wavy…
Naples tried to reinvent themselves 3 or 4 years ago but they can’t compete with the old lady..
With Dev and goonie’s buddy Berlusconi no whee near Milan they have been left to fight over UEFA cup qualification position…
Scott-AW dismissed LVG’s call for a winter break in the EPL. I was really surprised with that response from AW. I would have thought AW would have aligned with LVG for that but hey….
New post up chaps… 😉
Ginge, I’m not suggesting the PL have one, but it’s a massive help for those who do.