Morning all.
Happy Birthday to Ian Wright – he’s 51 years old today….
Theo Walcott is set to be given a new contract and a pay rise according to Arsene Wenger:
We are starting to sit down with him. I think he has one and a half years to go on his contract in December and it is never an easy job with him, you know.
Clearly the club don’t want contract talks to go down to the wire with him like it did last time. Sign Da Thing Theo!!
Will he be at his peak in the next few years? He should be, yes. He is 25. It is the best years now so hopefully we can profit from that.
I thought he looked a lot sharper in his little cameo appearance on Saturday, perhaps he’ll get a bit more playing time tonight.
In the newspapers today is Alexis Sanchez. Apparently Liverpool seriously wanted to sign him in the summer to replace Suarez, they even offered more money for him to Barcelona but neither the player, or his club at the time wanted an Anfield move!
At last Barcelona did us a favour. Shame we didn’t return it when selling them Thomas Vermaelen. Poor chap is struggling to get fit, stay fit and play. A few reports suggest he could already be on his way out of Spain…
Anyway, enough of them.
Injuries – Arsene Wenger believes there is a light at the tunnel with our injury situation. Olivier Giroud is pencilled in for a return to training after the next international break, with both Mathieu Debuchy and Mesut Ozil not far behind him. All three have been snapped working hard in the gym whilst stepping up their recovery. Abou Diaby, well he’s been on a ‘return after the international break’ since three seasons ago, it hasn’t happened yet and I doubt it will happen this season either.
No sooner than the final whistle had blown at The Emirates, we’re set to kick-off again. Well that’s how it feels. Make the most of it as after this weekend it’s another boring international fortnight.
A win tonight and a draw or better for Dortmund and both clubs are into the knock-out stages of the Champions League. I know it’s highly unlikely but it would be good if Galatasary could sneak a point in Germany as we’d have a good chance to finish as group winners IF we could beat Dortmund at The Emirates later this month and then secure another victory in Turkey in December.
However, right now, we need to beat Anderlecht, a side who will be out get revenge after our smash and grab victory in Belgium.
Back then Mikel Arteta wasn’t deemed fit enough to start, Szczesny was suspended and Walcott was injured. All three are back for tonight’s match but Wilshere misses out through illness. Either that or Arsene Wenger thinks we are playing better without him right now.
We looked better on Saturday against a dogged and defensive Burnley and we struggled to make the breakthrough but once we scored our first, like buses, two more came along quite quickly.
Anderlecht are a young, fit and energetic side as we saw in Belgium but whether they attack us quite like they did in the first leg remains to be seen. We allowed them to play that way on the night as we were woeful. We had little to no discipline and we lacked organisation all over the pitch. We were awful but we got the result, eventually.
As said, we have started to look a little better and hopefully that improvement will continue tonight.
A big three points are up for grabs, go get them boys and secure our place in the knock-out stages.
COYRRG’s…..
That’s it for Tuesday, have a good day all….
Morning All,
Good post..
Playing better? against Burnley maybe but I think our last 3 results mask how poor the team as a whole has been. Include the last 5 results and we’ve been dire.
Chelsea loss. Hull 2-2 draw at home, Anderlect last minute smash and grab, Sunderland gifted 2 goals (could have easily been a draw) and Burnley who with the greatest respect are absolute shite.
I’m still not convinced but at least we’re getting the right results.
Sorry to put a downer on it but it’s how I see it lol
Thanks Nickie..
I thought we looked better against Burnley, early days I know but at least we showed signs of improvement, albeit small..
Guess I have my glass half full head on today… lol
hehe, yeah it’s easy to feel optimistic looking at the last 3 results and also at the way we completely dominated a poor Burnley side. I full expect us to crush Anderlect tonight and would like Welbeck on the score sheet, he seems forgotten after all the Sanchez shows lol. Walcott to sign a contract definitely. A couple of years ago I slated him, poor touch, dreadful ball control and didn’t look like he knew where he was going. Last season up until he got injured he looked like a different animal and as you say in his little cameo over the weekend he looks so much more assured. Great vision, pace, close control just like where he left us.
That’s all we can do, look at the last result an the game ahead.
I know things aren’t right, we lack 2/3 players who would improve us greatly, we lack leadership and organisation in the midfield and defence and we lack a ruthless edge in the box.
But until changes with manager/owner take place, I doubt it will change…
In the meantime, I live in hope that we keep on winning… 😉
morning all…. imo things a looking better with our injured player coming back.
I think so too Bondex – Having Kos, Ozil and Debuchy back will suddenly give us a back up Cb… 😉
It’s one of those games that is more important than at first glance .Gazidis spelled out the clubs financial policy and despite all of the predictions of our spending power if we don’t get out of this group , you can be sure that player buying will be seriously curtailed. That’s what gives it the importance . We all know that we are not going to win the whole thing but if we want to see more Ozil /Sanchez type signings then we have to go as far as we can.
Sums it up nicely Potter…
Nickie, agree with you mate….
Nickie. Absolutely right. But football supporters have notoriously short memories
Nickie, watched the Sunderland match, turned over watched Barca v Real. enough said.
Hi BT, Adam,
Last Champions League game I had Arsenal vs Anderlect on my big screen and Real Madrid vs Liverpoo on my 13′ Mac. I bet you can guess where my eyes strayed lol
3-0 today boys. Hopefully Welbeck scores, Id like his confidence in front of goal to rise and rise and rise… anyone get the feeling we are depending on Sanchez for goals just a little too much? Long may those goals continue, but remember he is not even playing striker. Phenomenal player.
Oh just since Im back on the keyboard, how happy are we all that we didnt sign Balotelli? There was quite some support on HH for that one back in the window (I was in the cheapo Remy camp) but god if you want to breed negativity and criticism, go the Balo route.
So while I still regret we didnt buy Schneiderlin or Carvalho and probably another CB, Ive got to say all of the buys were good -> excellent… except anyone seen Ospina lately?
Is it too early to hope Sanogo goes out on loan?
ps. Sorry if these are well trodden topics, Im catching up!
Roger, i think your not to far away at 3-0, we certainly can’t play as bad as we did in Belgium. As for Sanchez, a few more like him and we might be heading in the right direction.
I’m not trying to suggest all is perfect! It’s far from that….
Afternoon Rico, nice post, U19s on soon.
Roger, I hope there’s still time for Sanogo to go out on loan….
Big win tonight imo….
Afternoon Bt, thanks. Good luck to the young guns….
Hello everyone. 51 years old you say Rico? Unbelievable! I don’t feel like it’s been more than a couple of years since I last saw him scoring for fun. He truly was a great player. Let’s hope that Galatasaray can take points from Dortmund, because we need to finish 1st!
Hi Adk, it is hard to believe Wrighty is 51! A very good age I hasten to add… 😉
Would be refreshing to get top spot for a change, a few extra pounds perhaps, if nothing else…
I’ll take your word for it rico 😉
An extra few punds yes, but I would perfer it more because I am sick and tired of finishing 2nd and drawing Bayern, Real Madrid etc. 🙁
U19s a goal down
Top the group and we have a decent chance of a good Champs league cup run. Second… battered by Bayern. You know it.
I was being ironic Adk lol
Whether we finish top or second, I can’t see this current side progressing past the first knock out round……
1-1 Crowley!!!
Not for long bt Crowley brilliant goal
Crowley again, good stuff….
Morning guys…good post rico. How you get up every morning and finds something to write about beats me. I think we looked really good thr last 10 minutes against Burnley. We looked like the arsenal of old….2008 that is. What a team we had back then
Hleb tr7 fabrepass and flamster running the show. To me that’s the best arsenal team I saw play after the invincibles of course.
1-2 Anderlecht
Rico don’t you think it’s time for Dan Crowley to get promoted to the first team or go out on loan. He’s just too good for the under 19s. God what a player. Villa must be kicking themselves.
I am not used to watching this level of football but, to me, it looks really poor.
Hi Stan. How are you mate?
Hey adam
Doing pretty good actually. Coming back on here and seeing the outpouring of emotion from you guys helped me. I feel really blessed plus sanchez has been giving me something to smile about.
Good news Stan.
Goonie, one day at a time, mate….
Thanks adam….how is London this morning? The weather over here is just glorious. I know it won’t last but hey enjoy it while it lasts I always say.
I appreciate bt…you guys are the best. That’s why I ve been here for 5 years and counting.
Stan. It has been pretty bright today but chilly. I read that the coldness will start tomorrow. I must get my long johns out for the game tonight I think as I was underdressed on Saturday, as usual, and it got a bit nippy by around 4.30 when the sun went down. It’ll be cold in Arnhem I bet. 🙂
Lol…you know it’s always cold in my dark city. Can’t wait to get home adam. I need to see familiar faces….you going to thr game tonight? ?
Quick question adam do you attend all home games? ?
Stan. Yes. All PL, CL and theFa cup games. I don’t go to the Carling Cup games though. Yes, I will be there tonight with Mrs Adam and a few mates. There’s a bit of a ritual to it re food and clothing.
I bet the cold wind howls down the Rhine, under the John Frost Bridge and into Arnhem doesn’t it?
Hahahahhaahahahahahahahahhahah John frost bridge huh? Adam you crack me up.
Hey adam is the missus an ardent arsenal supporter or you just force her to go with u? lol
Good to hear you laughing, Goonie…..
That’s what it’s called isn’t it? I have a photo of the sign. I drove over it last time I was there then past a football stadium on the right I think and onto a factory place I was visiting. After meeting in the office of the World Trade Centre. Do you live near there then Stan?
She was never interested in football at all but when a season ticket came up I got it for her and she got hooked.
Yeah it is actually just surprised you know so much about Arnhem and yes the stadium is viteses’. Gosh you re making me nostalgic. Can’t wait.
Hahahahaha so you forced her huh?? Adam you old goat.
Just watched the juniors lose 2-1, not a pretty sight! Reminded me of two things, the first team style and the metaphor for impotent sex! An awful lot of posturing, a great deal of side to side, even a little bit of backwards play, an occasional tickle up front but at the end of every ‘attack’ there was absolutely no penetration. Very poor! Having said that Anderlecht dominated the game. They had all the toys and we laid back and got tickled and rather too often tackled!
Let’s hope the same scenario is reversed tonight and we give the Belgians a thoroughly good stuffing!
I live not too far from the tulip adam…you ve been there a few times haven’t you??
The people I visit know I am interested in the war so they stopped by those guns and I shot a few pics, then we went over the bridge. I was surprised at how big it is tbh. As you might remember, I stay in the Tulip hotel. I believe you are barred from there Stan. But the restaurants I have visited have been lovely. One called The Waterwheel I think and a place called Van Bronkhorst. No relation to the ex Arsenal player though apparently. Dutch shrimps? The best I have eaten.
Impotent sex??? Omg hahahahahah that’s hilarious. Wavy I swear to god if I pee on my pants you re gonna get it. Impotent sex he says. Oh Lord. Am all teary right now.
I love Holland Stan. Me and the Mrs went to Amsterdam about this time last year and got very groggy indeed. 🙂
The van brockhorst restaurant is actually owned by a distant relative. Mama sent me to work there once in teen. After a week I was back home again laying around. Lol.
It is a lovely restaurant Stan. I like it a lot, especially when my Dutch hosts are paying. 🙂
Amsterdam is a wonderful place adam but too cosmopolitan for my liking. Am a little town boy hence why I chose to reside in raleigh and not new york San Francisco Chicago or other big cities in the U.S.
Lol adam you freeloader. Hey when next you visit let me know. I ll put in a good word for you. And hey I wasn’t banned from the tulip. My crazy cousin hendrik was . lol
I get that Stan. Being born in Islington I am used to concrete beneath my feet. I get bored in the country unless there are ‘alternate’ pleasures on hand. When we were in Amsterdam we stayed in the Pijp district and never got mugged once.
I think I could hear Hendrik in the bar downstairs by the reception as I was trying to get to sleep Stan.
I will certainly be there in the New Year Stan.
Lol that’s was probably him….I think I should pay you a visit sometime adam. Really wanna see a live arsenal game. I ll prefer an away game though. I love the away guys. Singing drinking and cursing that’s my specialty 😀
Ever been to an away game adam?? I know ginge has. What’s it like?? God my whole kingdom for a match at Upton park or the shithole. I ll bawl till I have no voice left. Lol
Stan. You tell us when and the HHCC will convene a special meeting. We might even persuade Rico up to town. You never know. Home or away, we will have a bit of fun for sure.
Just got to pop out now mate but it has been lovely chatting to you and we send you our very best wishes. Take good care Stan. 🙂
Yes, I have been to lots of away games. As a younger fool I used to go to all the London away games and have travelled to most parts of the country. These days I am a home boy though.
Later…
Alright adam…thanks again for all the kind words. I haven’t laughed in 2 months. Thanks for the laughs and you too wavy . lol. Impotent sex. Hahahahahahhaha. These guys ll be the death of me.
Adam rico ro leave her chickens and woofer behind?? No chance. Lol.
Just caught up on a few days now emails stopped. Goonster, tragic, feel for you. Just picked my wife up from hospital, Breast Cancer last year and now more serious tests, all horrible. Keep strong.
Goonie, if you get over let me Know, I’ll try and get off my arse and make an appearance…My other half is not long back from Holland….
Good luck, AH….
Sorry to hear that AH. I wish you and your wife all the best.
It’s a pernicious disease far too prevalent sympathy to anybody touched by it..
Wavy , I too watched the Under 19 game and one thing occurred to me , Is all the flair coached out of these kids . We see the occasional trick but the system seems so pedestrian. I couldn’t help thinking back to my playing days and I don’t really think that these boys are that much better. Sure they are fitter and their coaching helps them move off the ball better but actual skill on the ball ? I am not so sure. All very toothless , crossing to no-one and nobody taking responsibility , I just got depressed watching it. The Belgians ran the match and Arsenal seemed happy to let them do so. They were quicker to the ball and we gave it away so often. , We were passing without looking especially down the left . I am sure that training consists of pass and move small team matches , going past a player and homing in on goal seems to be ignored.
Potter. I watched some of it too but felt ill-equipped to comment as I just don’t know this level. But I agree with you. Why haven’t we got a couple of hard nuts in there who can get their foot in and steam into the opposition occasionally? It was all very pedestrian to me with lots of square play and misplaced passes. Very one-paced too.
Evening folks…
Stan – good to see a little laughter in your heart… Even if it’s only for a few moments a day right now….
Andrew, sorry to hear your news, hope all tests bring good news, thinking of you both….
Stan, when I leave home, the woofa and chickens are in very good hands, I’ll be there, honest……
I knew you would Rico. 🙂
Dress for winter tonight I think.
Adam, keep the flap shut…
Indeed Adam, it’s awfully cold out there…..
Liverfool u19s lost 4-1 at Real earlier….
keep the faith HHousers!
Hope we win today
Zenith 0 leverkusen 2 74th minutes
Any AFC team news yet?
Thanks, hoping for a good game tonight to take mind of things!
Better perform better than two weeks ago. I think we will. Welbeck time to score again.
Bt, I can see the dippers first team losing by more later lol
Rico, the more the better!!! lol
Too right Bt… Lol
Arsenal: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs, Arteta, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Alexis, Cazorla, Welbeck
Subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Flamini, Rosicky, Podolski, Walcott, Sanogo
Sanogo, where is Campbell?
Cheers Potter, should have enough there, i hope…
Gone in January I reckon , another that never got the chance on the pitch. I should imagine his agent is doing the deals now.
Campbell is in the seriously naughty corner, poor bloke. I hope Wenger does the right thing and let him to find football…
Dreadful treatment, but no big surprise… It’s almost like he’s proving a point after his agent tried to get him a move away in the summer!
Any stream guys?? Fox sports showing the loserpoop Madrid game….oh how ride of me. Afternoon good people
Bon soir Loonies and Tunies.
Shame on AW not to begin with TR07 and Podolski.
he should have began the match with 13 players so that at least it will be even field with the arbitration team siding with the opposition.
Oh wait…..this is the champions league not the EPL.
I slipped on a banana there.
Is Goonie here this evening? Where are you maaannnn???? (((hug)))
I don’t use them Stan, sorry…
So sorry AndyH as well. Keep strong mate.
Howdy dev….Am here man. Rico am devastated. I need to watch sanchez maam.
hey there Goonie. how is the little one?
Goonie, try Wiziwig, mate.
Hi Devil
Goonie, I thought America had everything… lol
FirstRow Sport, if you can get past the ads…
Firstrow sports it is then 😀 thanks bt. Come on you fucking gunners.
Brenda Rogers has conceded defeat, he’s playing the reserves… 🙂
Lol rico your hatred for loserpoop knows no bound. I see you revel in their misery. Look at you grinning evilly.
Goonie, how’s it’s going, i’ve a great stream on wiziwig at the moment.
Goonie, you know me too well, I detest them…. lol
Firstrow sports is streaming quite well bt. Rico I know maam I know . lol
COYRRG
Goonie, as long as your sorted…..
Have anyone seen the team news? ? Who’s in and out? ?
Read the comments mate…..you will see the line up there.
Rico is the keeper today. 😛
Potter posted the team earlier Stan lol
At my height Devil??? Lol
I can’t stand Brenda Rogers….
O2 O2B O2B A GOOONERR!!!! Lets be hav’in you!!!!
Come on you gunners…
Well they are not parking the bus…..
Neither can I Bt, smug git that he is…..
Disjointed game so far….come on lads get with it.
Arggghhh come on rambo that was a goal this time last year.
Glad I made you laugh earlier Stan, but I meant what I said, the whole game was really anaemic, ie lacking blood to the vital organs!!!
Should win tonight
COYRRGS
Arsene is obviously feeling the cold!! So would any static manager!
So far so good. The team is keeping the width of the pitch. and they are passing the ball nicely. But they should cut off the silly mistakes and stray passes. The team is showing intent and purpose.
Cazorla, Chamberlain and Sanchez are exchanging places all the time. Yes, DW23 did loose the ball but he went back till our penalty area to try and get the ball back.
That is the attitude we want to see.
Defense is all over the place….sort it out guys. That was almost a goal for anderlerct
Ramsey is off color…whatever happened to tr7? ? This game is calling for him.
It’s so awful watching Rambo regress back two years
Keep it simple Arron!!
We just don’t close down the oppo do we. Let them get the ball, keep the ball and pass the ball…. Get nasty Arsenal….
Penalty to us
Penalty…
Ramsey will find form… soon…
1-0, now go and batter them…
Action Man Strikes!!!
I do wish the fans had louder voices….
Lol rico I was just saying the same thing to my cousin. That’s why we need a big bastard in the middle. Some don’t think we do though.
Dippers 1 down
1-0 is still dangerous for us. We have to keep it tight and compact.
another goal will leave them non-plussed……either they try to damage limitation or go for it and open up more.
Alexis is just awesome, he really is a world class footballer….
Sanchezzzzzzzz
Feck, that proves my last comment. How did he do that!!!!
What a player. …I told y’all I see a 30 goals a season player. Sancheeeeeeeeeeeez. Yeeeeeeaaaaaah.
what a goal. not only quick feet…….that goal showed speed of mind before any player (including ours) even moved
What a player!!,!,!,!
Yet ‘some fans’ question why Alexis is compared to Suarez…
Ramsey?
Sticking to my theme of the day ……..I think in Rambo’s case he is far from impotent, rather the reverse…. He’s not played well since his marriage tackle got a tickle , in the summer, he looks a yard off the pace, a sure sign that he is actually shagged out! He needs to spend time off the nest and more time concentrating on his balls, footballs that is!
Imo, of course
Wavy ramsey is am enigma. I don’t know how to explain him. He needs fame to get better though so I ll give him the benefit of a doubt. Plus we all know arsene won’t stop playing him.
Dortmund 1-0 up
Reus
Where I’d scotty oz ramsey needs a kick up the arse. Come on man.
For once AW should abandon his method and rest Sanchez. Earlier than the legendary 60th minute.
We don’t need him dev….we got the bull sanchez 😀
😛 Wavy
Strange half….
Jittery at the back, Rico…
Very Bt, but there’s nothing in midfield protecting them….
Ramsey just got one – a kick up the arse that is!! He’ll be sore in the morning!
As things stand now its Dortmund and us who have qualified.
So we need to ramp up some goals and then hope for a 2-0 or 3-0 win against Dortmund. 2-0 will put goal difference as the decider. a 3-0 win will see us top of the group on direct encounter.
True Rico, to easy to get through, at least Action Man did something from the spot….
what’s happen to Ramsey? He is completely out of form.
And our center midfield is a hghway for the Anderlech. Fortunately, they aren’t chelsea, Mancs or Swansea. Arteta is slowly but well position but Ramsey is no where.
We will need Coquelin for December but we must change something in the midfield until there.
Campbel not in the bench agai, why we not loan he for one month to another team too?
Hpe the score stay 2-0 or upper because we must refresh the team after the 65th minutes…
With Sanchez playing so well in the number ten role. Where does that leave Ozil?
Bt, he’s more slick than Rick Astley…. lol Action Man I mean….
Left wing Bob! 😉
Jm, good questions….
Great goal Ox!!
Chamberlainnnnnnnnn
Dreadful!!
Offside!
Looks like a hamstring for Mikel. Bugger!
Why bother having a Fecking linesman!
We need to win 3-0 against Dortmund to go top
We only have +5
Dortmund have +11
so either we maul Anderlecht with 3/4 more goals tonight and then maul Galatasaray or else we need to hammer Dortmund…..provided we win against Galatasaray next game.
2nd again for us mates
Why indeed Bob!
Our defensive unit is shocking!
I told you we need to play with 13 players to even things up.
As is the home support….
Interesting last ten minutes then….
Get Theo on….
First team getting burnt out in a game that would be perfect for some rotation. Top management.
Bollox. 3-0 up goes to 3-2.
we are imploding at the back.
Now it’s squeaky bum time….God help us.
FFS!!!!
One of the worst teams to come to the emirates this year and we make them look decent. Only we’d let a 3 goal lead slip against this shower.
That should have happened when we played Burnley Lewis.. But no. AW wants to win this and get into the next stage…
It’s all gone tits up since Arteta went off….
This is when the team need the fans, where are they??
Just goes to show how influential and important Arteta is.
So much good work undone by hopeless defending. So predictable.
Can’t believe we’ve conceded 2 against this lot!!! Fucking shit show.
Yes Wavy, but just imagine how good we’d be with a proper Dm….
We don’t like it easy do we. Shit!
Why weren’t poldi or Campbell given a chance tonight?! WTF does podolski have to do to get the nod? How long till Sanchez or welbeck are injured?
Useless fucking wankers.
OnlyArsenal.com
thank goodness the game is nearly over.
Well, what a load of shite!
Nickie started the day by putting me in my place when I suggested we had improved a little..
Well I’ll end my day by saying just how right he was and is….
3-0 up and we surrendered with ease..
We can’t defend, we have no backbone in midfield and we are toothless and gutless at the back….
Champions League? Why the heck do we bother under this current management/owner?
Ah, money!!
Night all!!!
Spineless dogshit
As soon as they scored they had momentum. What did our fearless leader do to take the sting out of the game. Absolutely fuck all that’s what. He just lets us continue our with our gun ho attitude, any other good manager would have sent out the message to shut the game down, fouls, kick it out of play. Anything to get the 3 points. Our manager does nothing and guess what?!!
Rubbish end, but how did officials not see offside for first goal. And Arteta playing really well before yet another injury. We know defence is rubbish when we have to play a reserve left back at CB.
Fact is we only have two decent defenders at the club and they’re both injured. Only one man responsible for that
Dortmund is now in the next stage
When Arteta was sub they are two highways to our area…
We had played with on the 2nd half. Ramsey wasn’t no where and he must be in a key position.
The first goal was a clear offside; the second, i’ve some doubts about the penalty.
We had played at 2nd half with sleaze
Rosicky wants but no longer has “legs”; Ramsey is doing all in effort, slowly, without physical force, no ideas.
A RIGHT ROYAL FUCK UP!!!!!
Tactically clueless – summing up by Merson.
… we had played with 10 on the 2nd half…
Liverpool go three goals up. Game over!
ManUre go three goals up. Game over!
ManShitty go three goals up. Game over!
Chelsea go three goals up. Always game over!
Arsenal can go four goals up and fuck it up!
Night All….
Sleep well,Kev…..
Pathetic. Only we could collapse that badly.
next game will be against Dortmund, I think.
We must win it for be in the next stage.
Beyond caring Joaquim.
Shit performance.
Wenger?
Players?
The lot of them, I say.
3-0 up suggests the tactics were right.
When we conceded, due to players putting the cue away, is when tactics come into it.
Waste of time being in a competition we’ll never win under Wenger….seriously who’s accountable for that spineless gutless team? Wenger going to get a bollocking from the hierachy this morning? It’s all too cozy for him, his time has been and gone time to do the honourable thing and leave!
Surely even the tree huggers can see it now? Or will we get some stat about how much money he’s made, frankly I couldn’t give a fuck I just want to watch a proper, competitive football team not this shower of shit! 3-0 up and fuck it up what an embarrassment we really are! Your time is up wenger go!
He’s assembled a team of highly paid players with no bollocks bit like his own situation! I’m livid!
We were competitive.
Well, until half time 🙂
Morning Lee.
A mate swears we need one thing and one only…… A true leader.
The more he says it, the more I think he’s right.
Morning Scott…. it’s deja fucking vu again and again!
Morning All…
Morning Lee.
Livid, hmm, I’m too used to this shit to be livid. It’s a Fcuking joke…
There was a time when Arsenal went a goal up and it was job done…
Poorly organised, poorly coached, poorly motivated.
Sanchez must be wondering wtf he’s joined here. A football club or a circus???
But this isn’t unusual, nor was Wenger’s inertia and helplessness on the bench…
And to say that the players looked tired is total bollocks.
That’s why you have substitutes you stupid tool….
New manager, new CB new DM good to go! Wenger is finished, 3-0 up and continue attacking is madness….the bloke is tactically inept!
Morning Scotty…
Lack a leader???
I think the team is rudderless and that comes from above.
In fact the club is rudderless, and that comes all the way from Colorado…
Kev, I know but my mate asks could you imagine players attacking relentlessly when a few up, conceding a goal and walking back to face Adams or Keown????
Tactics aside, and not forgetting Wengers lack of Input, how the hell do professional footballers not know to defend when in front????
The bloke is a laughing stock, sooner he fucks off the better!
Maybe it’s a good thing in the long term.
Finish 2nd in Group. Get Bayern or Real or Barca. Get a kicking in the knockout stage. Put us out of our misery early and end the mindless fantasy that we’ll ever win this competition under Wenger.
Then spend the rest of the season sweating on some luck in the FACup…
Scott, both Bould and Wenger were defenders….
So work that out mate…
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Kev I know, but shit, Sean knows how to defend and he’s 8 years old.
These guys need to stop counting their fucking money and put in!
Yes, you can include Arsene in that.
Morning Kev, Scott, Lee and all…
Wenger sure does lead by example…. The wrong one!
Morning Rico and all.
And they wonder why the fans aren’t more vocal at the Emirates? It’s because we are expecting this sort of crap all the time. It was in th air last night, as soon as Flamini came on and decided to play second striker and Chambers thought the game was won. Anderlecht had turned it in after the third goal but Arsenal were so incredibly arrogant and complacent that they thought “Hold on, we could get something out of this”. NO midfield protection at all. Awful substitutions and as for Ramsey? Totally gone at the moment. All you see are flicks and scoops and his work-rate is worthless to the team.
Fair call Rico, but some of our guys need to have an Xbox controller sending Em to the right spot.
Morning 🙂
Adam, you’re right on Aaron.
He’s back to trying the fancy crap when his best football is when he keeps it simple.
Morning Rico and all..
Lucky I did not see the whole of the game but some of the tactical ineptness by some of our so called internationals on 50k+ a week was enough for me to stop watching even at 2-0 up…
How long will will AW tolerate this amateurism and unprofessionalism?
As Scott has inferred above the players have to truly ask themselves serious questions. Even with a sunday league manager in charge, the players on the field all with over 30 plus games in the UCL should be PROFESSIONAL enough to lock the game down.
Too many of our players rated by our fans do ‘jack all’ in the team with their exquisite flicks etc. Most of our players are as efficient as a car that runs 10 miles to a gallon.
Clueless the lot of them!! I am certain some public service departments are more accountable for their performances than Arsenal PLC.
Morning Adam.
I still can’t believe what went on last night. As usual it seems Wenger is blaming everyone but himself.. The Emirates was quiet though, well it was on my TV…
Rico, I reckon his tactics must have been ok to get 3-0 up.
From there, it’s down to attitude.
Hiya Ginge.
Ramsey is as guilty as any atm.
Scott, I agree that some of our players need to wake up but it gets to point when I start to think that they can’t wake up and play better because they don’t have it in them…
If you want to see what’s wrong with a team when they do this stuff, then look at the man at the top. Lee’s 8.01 am, though colourful, is correct. The man never, ever manages a game while it is going on. What did he say to Rosicky and Flamini? FFS, it is what he is paid for isn’t it?
Morning Ts.
Probably because the crowd expect these sub standard performances under wenger….it’s all a bit “Groundhog day!”
I couldn’t believe Wenger sat there with a blanket on his knees. Funny how he can get out of his chair to confront the 4th official but can’t to direct his players…
It was quiet Rico. You are right. But there were plenty of warnings early on that we could see but apparently our manager couldn’t.
Scott the tactics were totally wrong 3-0 up or not….the bloke is finished! We’ll get all the usual tree huggers blaming the grass, referee, ball, tiredness, the moon or the fans! The problem is wenger 100%
Scott, totally agree.AW is guilty to a degree but as with all walks of life as an individual when things habitually go wrong you can’t keep shifting blame away from oneself…
In my view there are a few players within the team who even when the team is winning and appear to be playing well are walking a tight rope tactically.
Without wanting to pick on a single player,to me MF20 is the worst player in the team. Even Frimpong with his purported haphazard style of play brought something to the team at 17-19 y.o. than MF brings to this team at 30 y.o with all his talk of fight, tactics and leadership.
Not only him of course but imho, there are several players who are not matured/disciplined or tactical or efficient enough to be afforded the luxury of playing the fluid system AW asks the players to play.
Untold are saying it was a change of course in the Jetstream that was to blame. Oh, and the ref is corrupt of course. It is down to Wenger for sure but the players must surely take some of the blame.
We’ll probably get Madrid in The next round, then we’d see some records broken.
He assembled the team though Adam, he is the tactical genius! Untold Arsenal what a clueless bunch of blinkered tools….
Good Lewis, perhaps then Arsene Wenger will finally see just where we are in this game,
He clearly thinks we are better than we are and the players are better than they are showing….
Poppycock I say…
Apparently Anderlechts first goal was offside…
Fair enough if it was.
Poor decision by officials…
Doesn’t explain the rest of it…
Arsenal just flatter to deceive, beat the Burnleys of the world and constantly come up short against any team with a bit grit! This shit starts at the top and filters down, the players can see that wenger gets no shit from his boss!
3-0 up though Kev….it’s a shit show and that deluded bell wenger can’t see it!
It’ll all be over by the New Year…
The January Window will be the usual Old Time Music Hall, so forget that…
All we need is Chelsea (a) in the FAC 3rd round and that’s our season finished before it’s halfway through…
But don’t worry, Chips Keswick will sort it out…
Three hearts, no trumps!
Another glorious night in Europe under Arsene The Great….
I know Lee, I know….
Nobody quite collapses like this Arsenal team of recent years…
It’s habitual…
Swansea away next! Uh oh. Hopefully we can scrap another draw.
Then Utd and Dortmund.
All three of these teams are much more potent than anderlecht!
Will he make any changes to freshen the team up?
Kev. Ah, good old Chips. He’s a member of my club don’t ya know. We often share a bottle of Taylors ’63. He will black-ball Wenger for sure as a bounder and a cad.
I’m lacing up now, Lewis.
All hands on deck 🙂
Two clean sheets against poor sides and then the wheels come off…
We learn nothing under the present management….
Don’t laugh, but I reckon that Mourinho would win the league with this team…
He’d bomb out a few, put some defensive height and strength into the midfield and with one more centre-back we’d be good to go….
Any player who let him down would be out!
Any player who failed to do his defensive duties would be out!
Diaby would have been gone three years ago!
No passengers…
Adam 😆
Yes, Chips is a extremely decent chap…
And an 18 carat cnut…
Kev, is get the bastards defending better than they do now.
Seriously…..it ain’t hard.
Kev. 🙂
Still only another 2.5 years of this shit……….
someone at the game last night just texted to ask if football was still a simple game with well paid men/boys trying to do the basics right? lol
I guess not with Arsenal…
Bt- AW is like Nero… nothing wrong is happening from his perspective… as Comical Ali use to say; its all in the imagination… 🙂
“If I’m being honest, I think they’re tactically clueless,” the Sky Sports pundit said. “That’s an honest opinion. How you can be 3-0 up and be attacking.
“This is not the first time it’s happened, this happens a lot of times. It’s absolutely clueless.
“The manager has got to get a message on. You’re playing with international footballers. These are not little kids, they’ve played in World Cups, a lot of Premier League games.
“They’re all bombing forward. Surely something in your head, if you know football, you say ‘right, lets stop here, lets have two banks of four, two up front, and we’ll go from there. Let them break us down.’ As football knowledge, it’s clueless, absolutely clueless.” Merson.
All I am waiting for is some overpaid young starlet to go on Twitter and let us all know that They will learn from this . What did Wenger learn from the first leg ? Not a lot obviously.
Wenger is no more and no less to blame than the players.
They all share the blame.
I saw a pic of when we were 3-2 up, the ball was between Anderlechts penalty box and halfway, and we had 5 players forward of the ball.
That is complete bullshit.
Reckon they’ll give their wage back for the week????
Maybe Podolski posting a selfie…
Maybe Abou Diaby will be the John Terry under Jose. 🙂
Imho, if Jose/Conte or Pep or Klop or even De Boer was our manager, the first to go would be Poldi and Santi…
Next will be the likes of Ox, Chambers and Per if they did not step up…
After that Mikel & TR07 will be offered an ‘earn when you play’ contract or damped depending on their loyalty and their fight within the dressing room.
Arsene fiddles while Arsenal burn….
For teh first time I agree with Merson…
Yes AW likes protecting his players from the public but even a 5-a-side team made up of middle aged men with guts the size of Graham Hunter’s will know you dont just bomb forward during certain times in the game.
Personally, I wonder what happened to Per when he boarded the plane to Brazil with Dfb?
Where is the leadership Per showed when he was not officially the vice captain last season? Maybe the curse of the armband has struck again…
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Ts, so you didn’t agree with after the first Anderlecht game?
Bt- I totally agree mate…
I was just jisting…
We have been riding our luck all season.. we have played 15 games this season and most have been performances not worth mentioning imho…
Ts, the big question is ,where does it end?
2 contrasting managers, Hasi 3-0 down screaming at his team, showing great leadership. Look over the the Arsenal bench and Wenger is quivering under a blanket playing with some elastic band that made him look frail, demented and finished.
Any football person would know how to see how to end that game tactically, for £8 mil a year I expect that result to be closed off. Or is the £8 mil for that ridiculous advert he done for that new coat. JOKE CLUB
BT, it won’t end this season, unfortunately.
The Ox, says we can still qualify but must not be complacent….LMFAO!!!
We will qualify.
But then ?????
Nickie, what’s the odds he fucks up the zip on his idiot proof coat?
Hi every one, long time no read
Is he learning from that then BT ?
If I was an Arsenal player I would be too ashamed to go anywhere near social media . Best to keep silent and stay away from the general public.
Bt- it should be ‘when’ does it end. lol
In my view AW biggest and only issue is with him continuing to tolerate what is going on without appearing from the outside that anything is being done to address those obvious shortcomings…
As it has been mentioned earlier, its his team and accordingly he has all the acumen and authority when it comes to matters on the field…
Over the last 4 or so seasons the team has become evidently very dependent on one player carrying the team whilst the others tread water…
The team selection is as predictable as they come…
There appears to be no obvious team management going on and as per usual, by January our better players would either be injured or out of form when it really matters.
It does not help with loads of our players showing no basic professional accountability.
The ony thing this team is consistent about is knowing how to shoot themselves in the foot when it really matters…
Morning All,
I bet not one player in our squad would know where ROW Z was.
Wenger looked like he was wheeled out of an old peoples home with that blanket round him last night.
Not sure BT, that elastic band is a security device from Puma to stop him playing with his zip. That image of Wenger under his blanket though haha each team last night were a mirror of their manager. Enough is enough.
Scott, embarrass ourselves yet again….
I know I always ask this, but what’s going to happen as Stan won’t sack him?
Hi Sd, good to see you back…
Arsenal capitulate, players don’t want to play for Arsenal anymore. New manager (when he does take over) is left with shit. To answer your question Scott.
Nickie, I’m not so sure as plenty of players join because of Wenger.
2.5 more years of this to look forward to……
More fool them.
Scott, maybe if Aw forgets to send Stan a nice cowboy boots as a christmas present this year then Aw might get the axe.. 🙂
Ginge, maybe but I doubt it lol.
Most of our players are not that bad,
we were 3 up game over
you then get behind the ball easy peasy.
Blame Management end of.
Ts, maybe if he stuck the boots where the sun don’t shine, he would get the sack….
😀 Bt, Scott…
Talking about a job for life… where can I get one? 😉
Where there is no accountability, you get complacency. Honestly, do you think that Gazidis is asking Wenger what the fuck is going on this morning? Who, at Arsenal, will have the temerity to question the great Arsene Wenger? As an outsider it really does look as though Wenger has become a dictator. An absent owner who knows nothing of football but loves a dollar bill, a spin doctor who by all accounts is a decent bloke but has never served a day as a manager and a doddery old bloke who sees playing Bridge three times a week as credentials for his position.
The club surely needs confrontation within, as it is drifting along on a sea of mediocrity at the moment. Yes, we scored three goals but even Mussolini made the trains run on time. Wenger seems completely out of step with the modern game and without anyone in his ear, how can he change? Arsenal are fast becoming a sleeping giant brimmed full of professional somnambulists and the whole place needs a cattle prod up the arse.
Mussolini, didn’t like HANGING around….
3rd goal…6 players in and around their box….no need what so ever. Ramsey is obsessed with scoring goals trying to be the superstar of last season which showed in his unprofessional and poor positional disciplined performance. He doesn’t chase back too many times he tried that hollywood pass over the top and his flicks…shocking. To defend a lead Wenger takes off 2 players that track back, hassle and run around most and replaces them with 2 attacking players, 1 of which you could argue is a lazy arsehole the other who has barely had any match practice. Quality management. At 3-0 even 3-1 the game was stretched, you remove one of the ineffective Cazorla or Ramsey (who both looked dead on their feet) with Walcott. Sit deep then break with Sanchez, Walcott, Welbz and Ox.
Morning Fred/Bt..
New post up now…
BT. He didn’t have a £23 million job waiting in Monaco did he? 🙂
You’ll have the “Untold Disciples” knocking at your door Adam! How dare you question or doubt Le Boss…. shame on you!
Fred, you really think so re players are not that bad?
How many of our players are starters for their respective national teams if they are lucky enough to be part of their national teams…?
Arsenal has become identical to our English national team… we blamed Sven when we were all led by the media to believe we had the best crop of players a decade or so ago. According to media, if we replaced Sven with an English man with passion like Steve Dutch McClaren we would be world champions…
Well, we did not even qualify for a tournament under him…
Commentators rave about some of our players who tbh only Arsenal or England fans rate…
Yes, hypothetically a new manager may get more from this players in the short term as you would expect but the fact is we teh fans ‘spoil’ the players too early…
When Debuchy and Chambers played 2 good games for us they were being touted as being better than Sagna and TV. But I am yet to see how these new players have been upgrades thus far…
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