Suicide Gunners
ARSENAL 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 3
FROM GOODPLAYA AT THE EMIRATES
I’m writing two and a half hours after the final whistle…
And a couple of post match pints have soothed me and a post match post mortem that was actually more a public inquiry in it’s scope has helped me make sense of it all.
I should say first of all in case there are any United fans reading…
That your side obviously deserved to win and win comfortably. I don’t doubt that for a second.
That initial bit out of the way…
Our defending was so embarrassing it was almost laughable. We had a great chance to beat what I will diplomatically say is not Fergie’s greatest team and we blew it pathetically.
Let’s start at the beginning…
Today’s front six differed from the one battered by Chelsea only with the inclusion of Rosicky in place of Eduardo. If we were small and one dimensional that day, today’s selection was no less so. If there was any way that one of Bendtner, Theo or even Eboue were fit to start, I’d have gone with them. They may not be the best players in the squad but they do at least have a niche – Bendtner height and the other two pace. Without them, we looked very sameish and all United had to worry about was a variation on a theme from Cesc, Nasri, Rosicky and to a lesser extent Arshavin. Contrast us with United, for whom Nani offered something completely different to anything Park, Carrick, Scholes or Fletcher could do. And it worked a treat.
Talking of Nasri and Rosicky…
Their limitations are never as obvious as when they play together. Both are good players to have, even if Nasri could be offering more. But too often it feels like they’re replicating each other, making our wings look one paced and predictable. Go back to 97-98 and though the formation was different, with Overmars one side and Parlour the other, you had the perfect contrast. Pires and Ljungberg were also very different players.
While I’m on the team selection…
It’s also easy to say with hindsight, but I think starting with Denilson ahead of Ramsey was a decision based on fear and hierarchical dogma instead of logic. It gave us two defensive midfielders employed to mark Fletcher, whose appearance as the “hole” player was admittedly unexpected. The thing with Denilson (leaving aside some quite woeful defending that we will come to) is that if you dedicate yourselves to stopping Cesc you’re not really worrying about Denilson consequently getting loads of space in which to do his thing, irrespective of his five goals from outside the box this season. Ramsey may give the ball away more but he does at least contain spark.
The early stages…
Both sides were enjoying some joy. You can argue Arshavin should have passed once or twice when in decent positions but really they’re exactly the kind of chances you can see him scoring. Given what he was being asked to do, he did it very well. United were enjoying a fair bit of success too, with Nani exposing a still rusty Clichy and Song looking both rusty and a little unsure of what he and Denilson should be doing. These games are all about the first goal and I’d say prior to the opener the odds looked around 63-37 that United would get it. So they were on top, but we were hardly out of it.
When the opener came…
It was a horror show. Nani’s skill to escape Clichy and Nasri was breathtaking. But ask yourself what Nasri was doing there, just as you might ask what he was doing for the second Everton goal a couple of weeks ago. He was drawn towards the ball then and today he would have been better placed a couple of yards behind Clichy to mop up if Nani escaped the full-back. Then, for a defensive midfielder, Denilson’s attempt to stop Nani was pathetic. And then when the cross came in Almunia’s feet were too quick to adjust and when he found himself totally exposed he palmed it into his own net rather than at least fisting it up into the air. Yes, it was an unusual ball by Nani, but no, you couldn’t see many other keepers doing it.
Talking of which…
Just about the only time the post match pub conversation went quiet was when the question of which other Premier League team Almunia would get into was raised. Ask yourself that. I should declare at this point I was one of those who thought at the beginning of the season that he’d do. I was wrong.
The second…
Was disgraceful frankly. Poor enough that despite the Everton horror show we are still able to be caught so badly from one of our own attacks. But unforgivable that despite a huge head-start, Denilson jogged back towards our goal and allowed Rooney to walk straight through our defence. Then as it went in we got the token hands in air exasperation. Pathetic. I readily admit United’s third at the Emirates last season was a great breakaway goal. This was frankly nothing of the sort.
So…
It was 2-0 at the break and Arsene’s refusal to introduce a sub until gone the hour mark was akin to the band carrying on playing while the Titanic sunk. It was ridiculous frankly. If you were United, the last thing you’d want would be a change of approach from us, particularly when it would have meant going more direct. The really galling thing was that it felt as if Arsene was refusing to be budged from what he always does and wouldn’t face up to the predicament we were in. Poor from him today I thought if I’m honest.
By the time Walcott did come on…
It was 3-0 thanks to another terribly defended goal. Bad enough how (Denilson I think it was) lost the ball in the first place. Quite what on earth Gael Clichy was doing I don’t know. Why didn’t he close Park? How on earth did he expect Nasri to catch him? I haven’t seen the replays either, but why were we beaten at our near post too?
When Walcott and eventually Bendtner did come on…
Neither was remotely perfect but at least we could suddenly vary our play. We still had the trickery, but now we also had reason to pump one into the box or move it wide. And sure enough we got a goal from a cross that was tossed into the box, not headed out properly and put in by Vermaelen, who was his usual very decent self.
And you know what…
While United were getting chances, we still contrived to miss two or three really good ones in close succession that would have made it 3-2 with ten minutes (five of normal time and five of injury time to go). My point is not that we deserved to draw, but that that shows just how there to be got at United were, which makes it so disheartening to lose the goals like we did.
A poser…
Why if we have two central defenders in very good form, two good full-backs and a usually very good defensive midfielder, have we conceded 28 goals? That we have scored so many and play gung ho football is I think only a partial explanation.
The statistics show…
That no team in the division has a better record than us when 3-0 down at home. By my reckoning we’ve gone on to “win” both the last two United games from that position and have “drawn” the last two against Chelsea (they finished 4-1 and the other stayed 0-0). We should be proud of it.
I’m not being altogether serious by the way.
But it is true…
That we responded to the hammering from Chelsea really well and now we need to do it again. It’s also the case that you judge a team on their season and not on singular results. And if you look at the season, it’s February and we’re not out of the title picture. We’re four behind United and five (potentially eight) behind Chelsea). And if anyone tells you we’re only still in it because of Chelsea and United’s failings, I’d remind you that at the current rate Chelsea will notch up a near Premier League record of 89 points. So that argument’s rubbish.
I still think…
Not losing next weekend is the key thing for us. After it, Chelsea will still have to go to Old Trafford, Anfield, White Hart Lane and Goodison Park. We will have just the trip to White Hart Lane and we’ve also played Villa and Everton twice too.
William Gallas…
Refuses to make eye contact with Manuel Almunia from what I can figure out. It doesn’t reflect greatly on Gallas but it also tells you everything about what the defence think of Almunia. It’s that bad. Almunia himself is a liability. I hate to think of the reaction had that late mis-kick led to a goal. Either way, it’s hard to see him leading us to anything.
The defence…
Clichy is rusty as anything and were Gibbs fit, he’d have a good case to be in the team. Sagna is good but needs to improve his crossing, Vermaelen inspirational and Gallas gives us something.
Song today…
Did alright at times but looked unsure of his role.
Denilson…
You know what one of my mates thinks of a Denilson performance by how long a gap he leaves between the Den and ilson when pronouncing his name. If it’s short it will be: “Denilson actually did alright.” If it’s long it will involve a look to the heavens in between the two syllables. I haven’t spoken to him after today’s game but I suspect it was a long pause.
Cesc…
Struggled. He needed players round him who United would worry about neglecting if they focused on Cesc too much. To that extent, we missed Diaby badly. Cesc looked gutted. He’s desperate to win the title with Arsenal.
Nasri and Rosicky...
Didn’t deliver on the big stage.
Arshavin…
Was excellent.
Concluding thoughts…
A lot of progress has been made this season and while the defeat was emphatic the table is not a horror show. We’ve still got plenty to play for in the league and now is the time to remember how we won at Stamford Bridge last year, albeit a little fortuitously, in the middle of a far worse run than this.
I allways like to give players the benefit of the doubt, but Den ilson should warm the bench for a few games. We dont need half ass atempts to close an oponent down, like Stoke`s 2nd and Utd 2nd… Especialy when you see players like Cesc, Arshavin, Gallas and Vermaelen playing their hearts out.
I thought Bentner should have started to vary our attack. No use pumping balls into the box without anyone in there who could do something with it. We had our chances at close range and they just didn’t go. The defense is really letting us down against the good teams, I would submit our tactics are off. One thing that really bothered me was Denilson on the second goal….wasn’t exactly sprinting and never turned to look if anyone was coming up behind him. I suggest that this should put a fire under us to defend better next weekend.
Excellent write-up. On the counters. Having been ripped up by Utd on the counter last season, we should’ve been wary of it from the start. There’s one time to stop a counter: before it starts. Foul the player on the ball. If it’s a yellow, so be it. You stop their momentum, and make them build from their own half. I believe in these players, but they need to take a long, hard look at themselves this week. Before this run of fixtures, I was adamant we’d get 7 points. I saw us beating Villa, drawing with Utd, losing at Chelsea and beating Liverpool. 7 points is still reachable. The title is still possible. But we need to pull our rocks up, and fast. Victoria Concordia Crescit
*Socks
Why have we conceded so many?
- Partly Almunia (his shots to saves ratio is much lower than the likes of Cech and VDS)
- too many individual mistakes
- LB has been a problem all season (Clichy hasn’t been himself, and Traore is positionally naive, plus not enough support from the wingers)
Denilson on his day can be excellent. He can keep the ball moving and make interceptions. Today he was unfortunately very poor, and that is something that keeps coming up, particularly against the big teams. Rosicky also seems to become anonymous against big teams, although he is useful in helping to keep the ball moving when we’re trying to break down smaller teams.
We really missed Diaby, RVP and Bendtner. Had the first two been playing, I think we would have won today.
The referee lost control after 15 minutes. Seemed to book Song very early for a nothing foul. No Utd players were booked, despite repeated cynical fouls which stopped us from breaking (Scholes especially guilty). Nani also showed poor sportsmanship with his feigning injury.
Lastly, the stats show we had more shots, both on and off target, than Man U did today. Some very poor defending when we were pushing for a goal, and poor goalkeeping (none were great finishes) cost us. We were not outclassed by Man U.
Clichy looked really rusty but this was highlighted by Nani having his best game ever. But for the 1st goal, 4 times out of 5 his trick flick wouldn’t have come off. Unfortunately this was that 1 time. I’d have considered bringing Traore on in midfield to help clichy and add some width, and I really don’t understand why bendtner wasn’t on from the start. I think Rosicky, nasri or Arshavin could all have worked off his knockdowns very well….. Ho-Hum. Equally although I quite like deneilson, he didn’t look fit so he really shouldn’t have played. He could have effected all 3 goals with a bit more thought, effort & fitness. Lets hope they don’t let their heads drop or we could be on for a real drubbing at chavski.
And Arshavin still isn’t on top of his game, I guess the foot injury is really causing him a problem.
Arsenal were just poor today, although disappointing, it’s not the end of our title challenge.
I agree with everything you said and like your reasoning except one thing. The little Russian was not excellent, he was dire. Mark my words, he’ll be in the papers criticising everyone except himself. He obviously doesn’t see eye to eye with Cesc, there were several moments when Cesc was not happy at all with him. Arshavin is selfish and thinks he’s a lot better than he is. He’ll be off to Barca in the summer hopefully, they’re mug enough to pay twice what we did.
Goodplaya you’ve mentioned everything I was banging on about during the game – It is good to see I’m not alone. When the starting line-up flashed up on the screen I couldn’t believe Arsene was playing that front three – the lack of variety is what cost us today. At least Walcott and Bendtner offer completely different sorts of threat to the others. Last season’s victory at the Emirates featured Niklas Bendtner up front on his own with Walcott and Nasri in wide positions. The Dane didn’t have a great game that day but just by providing United with a different problem to deal with, it allows the other players to flourish.
And I’m so glad you’ve brought up this hierarchy issue; Arsene never seems to deviate from it. Denilson was a passenger today and his defending was abysmal. Watching him stroll back was simply unacceptable. This lack of positional discipline isn’t exposed against weaker teams but against United the Brazilian looked lost out there. I agree that despite his comparative lack of experience, Ramsey looks the more promising player and has more invention and game-changing ability.
What was most frustrating was the fact that we hadn’t learnt the lessons that United had taught us in May. We were so tactically naive after we had conceded that a professional (if somewhat uninspired) United outfit was able to pick us off with ease and wrap the game up in under an hour. We need to be harder to beat.
rosicky actually played pretty good. song, the central defenders came to play.
arshavin did alright in the begining, but he tired out at 60 minutes, AW should have pulled him, straight swap for Bendtner.
I thought Eboue shold have started in place of Nasri. i agree with the points that him and Nicky B give some variation.
Agree Arshavin is selfish and only plays for himself. A bit of benchwarming might do him some good
433 worked really wel at the start of the season when RVP was fit but makes players like NB nad Eduardo redundant. Also if we have any aspirations of turning Walcott into a finisher then surely he will benefit by playing alongside a tall CF like NB.
Denilson has been shocking lately and adds no value to the team.
AW should consider reverting back to 442 and try and resign Flamini.
By the way I thought Song was excellent today and was unlucky to get booked.
goodplaya you’re spot on with the write up.
moving forward i will sacrifice a goat or a virgin if the following happens:
• almunia and denilison watch from home, by home i mean spain and brasil
• defensively the team learns how to communicate and mark properly
• clichy rediscovers his form, (he’s killing me)
• rediscover how to be direct and mix up the attack
• so called fans attending the games find their voice and support the team when they need it the most
• arsene spend some money on the obvious before it’s too late
bendtner was clearly far from fit — agree that it would be great if he could’ve started. hope will have a striker next sunday from start (either him or dudu).
i disagree on theo. with hindsight you’re right, but he’s been so poor…
i thought cesc was our best player, but was lacking support. and thought song was also pretty good.
i usually like denilson’s performances. not today though.
perhaps we should have tried hard to beat stoke — even if that meant playing the reserves and getting 0 points at villa.
if we don’t lose at chelsea, we’re still in the running.
too many deluded Arsenal fans manure took the piss out of us and its been too long with the same mistakes being made over and over a
Wengers judgement must be questioned.
almunia and fabianski poor
clichy a liability for the last 3 years cant defend
denilson absolute rubbish slow and unaware
bendtner not Arsenal class
walcott must play as a striker or not at all
and all this is just the tip of the iceberg. I love Wenger but ive lost my patience. Who do u think u are kidding Mr Wenger u cant make chapatti without flour.
suicide defending is right. we weren’t that bad going forward and on a luckier day may have 1 or 2 more. 1st goal – clichy,nasri, denilson,almunia. 2nd goal – denilson for sure, but where was clichy. song is excused because he was challenging for the corner in the box. 3rd goal – it looked like 2 or 3 of our players charged at the player that provided the chip to park -definitely sagna. and then clichy waited to long to go to park. funny thing is – i didn’t mention gallas and vermaelen once in there. we’ve conceded almost 30 goals, but gallas and vermaelen are playing well. weird. heads up everyone. a win next week will get us back to within 5 points (assumes chelsea win midweek v hull). for next week, we need diaby or ramsey instead of denilson, we need bendtner to start as cf, with arshavin and rosicky wide. clichy is not playing well at the minute, but traore would be much worse. silvestre is an option, but i’m hoping it’s just rustiness from clichy.
Squad too one dimensional to nick sth of manu or chelsea,no wonder we never see to get past them !!team is not good enough simple and that is the reason we lose.
Just another in the last 5 years of Arsenal horrendous football. Watching Wenger is like beating your head into a wall. Just do something!!!! Make a change already. All he ever does is try to convince us what he’s throwing out there can be competitive, but me personally went into this game knowing we’d get our butt kicked. We lose the only true striker we have and we don’t need one? All this money Wenger always says is available and he never spends it because he has to do everything the wenger way. Guess what, it’s safe to say his way doesn’t work and a change is necessary. If he want alter this band of losers, then get him out. This team needs defensive, midfield, striker and a goalkeeper, but ask wenger and we dont need anything. I’m hoping Chelsea beats our ass next week and then we can listen to more BS about this teams performance. We are in our typical season ending month of february and expect another season of no trophies, which should lead to Fabregas taking off to Barcelona. Wenger blows, enough is enough. WE DONT WIN!!!!!!!!
How can you half-baked idiots criticise Arshavin when he was the only one who even got close to the United goal last night, bar Vermaelen and Gallas (which tells a story in itself) And remember all those times he’s scored for us in the big games? Four against Liverpool at Anfield last season, the opener at Old Trafford, the winner at Anfield, the winner against Stoke and a goal difference of nearly one in two games – and he’s not even a centreforward. Vermaelen and Gallas gave it as good as it got too.
If you are looking for someone to blame, blame Almunia. i’ve never been a fan since he lost us the Champions League final letting in Etoo’s lame-ass shot at his near post and then getting nutmegged by a useless dick of a secondrate rightback. He is quite frankly a total disgrace to the Arsenal shirt. Look at the second half last night, when Arsenal were chasing the game after Vermaelen had scored. look at his idiot face. He didnt even bloody look like he gave half an arse about conceding three goals, at home, good grief. That pathetic lameass casual pass out of defence straight to United summed up his lackadaisical attitude. United should have made it 4-0 and then what a fool he would have looked?? And his pathetic attempt to save Nani’s chip – even a twelve-year old could have tried harder. Get him out of the club, Arsene. He’s a bloody disgrace to the shirt and all the fans who are paying blood and sweat to get in at the Emirates.
Denilson should also be dropped for the next two games for his miserable attempt at a trackback. For goodness sake, that fat ass was not even on the TV screen when nani countered. and yet he had the drive to storm from his own half and score. Really sorry for the fans who were there to watch this shit.
There are several players who really should pull up their socks, and should have done so a long time ago now. Arsene’s decision to stay with a lame duck like Almunia looks like it’s going to cost him big time. Take him out, and put in Mannone until he learns to actually give an arse about the club.
This defeat has nothing to do with our attacking smurfs or defensive mistakes from half fit players.
How many times does this have to happen before Wenger realises that this game plan will not work against Manchester United and Chelsea with the players we have? Ten times, twenty times ?
I dont blame players for underperforming when the whole team is not set up to defend.
Fucking abysmal performance today, starting with the lineup. You can’t play like that when Man U come to town. Where was the intensity? The physicality? We manhandled Bolton for fuck sake! I always alternate between thinking Wenger’s crazy or a genius. But he’s always stubborn. How many times do we have to get spanked by the great teams Wenger? And where was your plan B? Transfer window’s gone, and no striker? No top-level goalkeeper? I’m not sure I even want to watch the CHelsea match today. I feel sorry for the fans who attended this game.
“Now is the time to remember how we won at Stamford Bridge last year”
With Robin Van Persie. Or in any case, a proper striker
To see the highlights from the game:
http://www.goals.se/2010/02/01/ny-311-arsenal-manchester-united-1-3/
Cmon gunners, lets win next game against chelsea!
goodplaya,wait til you see the replays from behind the goal for 3rd goal.Obviously Almunia not totally to blame as Denilson & Clichy were awful for that goal as well (to be honest they were awful from start to finish) but watch Almunia’s positioning.He reminded me of a Dad trying to encourage his kid to score in the back garden & leaving one side of his goal completely open. (it was a goal that didn’t matter but if you ever look at Babel’s goal in the 4-2 CL game at Anfield it was the same – Almunia’s positioning would have been absolutely hilarious if it wasn’t so depressing.)
And as for the first goal…….it’s just depressing.The debate has been over for a long time; you simply cannot win the league with a keeper that poor.
Pompey, MU (twice), Liverpool,Everton,Man City,Chelsea.A quick glance at our fixtures & those are games he’s gifted opposition goals. Not to mention Burnley where only a linesman’s flag let him get away from the howler of the season.
But yeah, rest of team not too hot either. The lack of a centre-forward to replace RvP was always going to catch up with us.
We had a real chance of competing for this title.But to do it we needed to buy a keeper & a striker. We didn’t so we won’t.We need to concentrate now on making sure we finish 3rd.
I can’t explain my frustration, it was a devastating loss. The only word I could utter watching the game was ‘ridiculous’. For me the biggest disappointment was Arshavin. I felt he was playing for his own glory then the team’s. He had many chances to play in other players, but instead went for glory himself and waisted clear cut chances to score. Denilson let Rooney go past him for the second. He was jogging back while Rooney was going full steam to get on the ball to score the second. Almunia should be dropped, he makes mistakes and then he looks around to find someone else to blame. DISGRACE!!!!
stop blasting the players… blame it on arsene… what do you expect when the manager went all out to get a shit like ramsey, taking a private jet to capture an asshole… when you treat a piece of shit like a gem, it shows you’re an extremely lousy manager… shame on arsene… yes, arsenal player is now different animal…. now they’re assanal…. shame, shame, shame… assanal under arsene is useless nowadays… they are not a title contender, not even a pretender
we can only place the blame on one man alone i.e Arsene Wenger as he tries to justify his trust on this young team to deliver trophies this season.My only worry is his attitude is adding more pressure on cesc to more on to spain and play for Barca/Real where he will win trophies unlike here at Arsenal where trohies are a pipedream.A.W. will only be too happy to generate a good income for the club by having to sell cesc to any of the above mentioned bidding clubs coz he might fetch something close to $50m and renegotiate for an increase on his wages and bank the rest while giving us fans lots of falsehood on clinching the premiership title.This current crop of players are not bigmatch winners so lets settle for a 4/5 finish at the end of this current season we are a bunch of no hopers ,period.
We were well below par yesterday, but the result was still harsh on us. Yes United were always dangerous and could have scored more, but we had half a dozen presentable chances too – it could easily have been 2-2 at half time. If Song had scored just before half time it would’ve been a different game.
The most disappointing thing for me was how badly our heads went down after they scored their third. We lost all shape and looked like we wanted to go home early. Ironically after the bit of luck for Vermaelen’s goal we were all over them for 10 minutes and should’ve had at least one more back.
The idiot who is abusing Ramsey – what the hell are you talking about? Stop spouting nonsense out of your ass. either you are a cardiff fan, or a scum fan – of the white or man ure variety. Get lost.
Totally excellent write up on the game; I share your viewpoint exactly. If I were Gallas I’d be saying to Arsene, “Don’t even think about me signing a new contract unless you buy a world class goalkeeper.” But I don’t share the optimism about our chances for the title, I think you’re deluded there. We will finish 4th now behind Chelsea, Man United and Man City (who after winning their 2 games in hand will be 2 points behind us in 4th). And we’ll go out of the Champions League in the Quarter Finals. I’m already thinking about 2010-11, I’m afraid.
fuming Sol, rmashit @ramsey is an excellent example of arsene wenger absurd youth policy… he is willing to go beyond means just to capture an asshole(who is not good enough and will never be), but unwilling to fork out the sums for a proven player
arsene should fly a private jet to get smalling but he let him go to man utd… i am sure alex fuckerson is laughing at arsene for his success in getting a ram-shit asshole but losing a real gem in smalling
arsene judgement is going from bad to pathetic these days… times up, mr.arsene… thank you for all the good memories, it is time to say goodbye, we’ve had suffered enough humiliation… in arsene we DO NOT trust!
MUINDE A.K, we’re on the same wave length… i’ve the same feeling this is the last season for fabregas unless we win something… pipedream, what a beautiful word to describe the state of arsenal football club
I think this game may prove to be pivotal in Wenger’s time at Arsenal. 2-0 down at half to fellow title challengers…at home. Dispicable. New keeper needed and a midfielder with BITE. Imagine the difference it would make to have a Vermaelen type player in midfield – aggressive, commited, strong, with something to prove – and not another pampered kid. And a bit of defensive coaching might be an idea.
Clichy on that third goal – can’t fault him at all in my opinion. If he commits too early the ball is passed into a more central position with an even greater chance to score. Ok so it’s not hockey but there you always try to force the player as wide as possible, cutting out the chance of passing into the middle and leaving the rest up to the goalie – coming in wide, the only chance of scoring will be near post and the goalie should be positioned for this. Blame Denilson first, Almunia second.
Spot on Goodplaya.
There were many performances out on the pitch that were upsetting but what made me most angry was the fact that we were totally outplayed in the first half, individually and especially tactically, and yet the team came out with the same personnel and in the same shape for the second. We so so needed to give them something else to think about as they absolutely gobbled up out narrow midfield.
Arsene, I am one of your biggest fans, but yesterday you let your players and the fans down so badly by not taking the bull by the horns and admitting at half time that Fergie pissed all us.
Almunia has surley played his last game for the club. Surely.
During the course of the game I lost count of how many times I saw players running back at half pace. when United players burned away from them with desire and will power. Nasri, Rosicky, Denilason all guilty on several occasions.
Clichy is so short of confidence I was sure that Valencia would be desparate to get at him in his old fashioned winger style. When Nani started in his place I was astounded and then he showed us why Fergie is one of the great managers by “setting up” Almunia for the first goal. It wasn’t the first time he had embarrassed Clichy either, or the last. If Gibbs was fit I am sure he would get a run of games now
Arsene should sit the players down and make them watch those goals over and over. He can add another 15 that we have conceded this season to the video and then let the players sit down and say “I treat you like intelligent adults and you repay me with this idiotic defending”. Really so so poor
I agree Denilson was poor but I can’t digest “Arshavin…
Was excellent.”
I know he is half injured but was selfish and missed glorious chances in the first half. If we had taken one of it, then it would’ve been different story.
Only Gallas and Vermaelen had fight in them. Song was poor defensively but had a couple of good chances. Rest choked, imo.
I feel we don’t have it in us to go to the next level. Something we need to work on. Hope we keep the fight alive till May.
Anyway, am still proud of team…
i think the problem with we goners is that we always shy away from the truth,with wengers approach, we will never win the league again.he is just 2 stubborn 2 face the fact,u just don’t sign players because they can pass and dribble,as much as u need such players, u also need strong men which the likes of paulor,viera,gilberto,lauren represent when we last won the league.toure only became a gud footballer bcus of his will not figth not because of his skills.wenger should also stop fooling us, he knew he was not going 2 sign a striker so telling us he wanted 2 but can’t find some1 is rubish. i’m not a manager but i can give u names of player we could have signed even if its only on loan.Adriano, kenwen jones, even james bittie will do a better job than wot we have now from the efforts he will put in.i don’t know how long fabregas can stay with us if tins remain like this.the sad thing is, we all know that we are just three players short of being a gud sid.on aluminia,wot do u expect if a second division goal keeper from spain is the first choice in a team like arsenal.
re-sign Flamini! Ditch Denilson and Almunia. And I agree with others that Arshavin needs to learn to pass. Let’s put Walcott down the middle – he can’t be any worse than he is on the wing at the moment and we know he can score goals (for England at least).
I was pleased to see Arsene’s unusually frank assessment after the game – he seems to be returning back to this planet after several years’ absence
sorry,on toure i was trying 2 say his willingness 2 fight and not because of his skills
Oh dear. Clichy looks like a borken man. we need a left back with confidence and it seems Clichy left his in the physios room. Denilson is a squad player at best and will never be world class. Ramsey needs a run NOW ! Arsene, – please send Almunia back to a Spanish 3rd division side where he belongs. Sign a world class keeper TODAY !
Arshavin made his chances by himself and as playing as a striker he is allowed to be selfish. He worked his socks off and dispite injury he still plays unlike most of our squad who disapear to the medic room when brusied and not seen again for 3-4 weeks.
Excellent post you make some very interesting points..
Deilson started this season quite well and has ben a huge dissapointment when Song went for ACN and we needed him the most. Ramsey should have been given the Nod no doubt .. but you cant fault the manager fo thinking that denilson wouldnt perform he same mistakes twice (or is it 3) times in a row. Diaby is well mssed.. Clichy was awful but were all aware he hasnt played football for a near 4 months so off course hell struggle. 40 points to play for …this is not over by a longshot but i cant say Im overly confident well maintain our challenge right now. funny the line you said about Almunia me and my brother had the same discussion yesterday .. We tried to single out a premiership goalie who Almunia undoubtly would start ahead of.. and well we couldnt find one. Wenger needs to rectify this and soon. Czesny is a marvelous prospect I hear but i guess he is being protected right now. Fabianski is not a bad Goalie althoug a bit ruff around the edges .. i think its time almunie stepped down. Being a ‘niceguy’ should simply not be enough to hold down a spot in our team. Almunia at his best was average.. and now he is clearly not at his best and you can see that on our defenders ..he is the weakest link.
Goodplaya, as a man of very few words, I say: Excellent analysis
I’m sorry but Denilson is not good enough to be in the squad consistantly, let alone starting every game if we are to call ourselves title contenders. I used to be a fan, but his lack of effort and poor displays of late give me the idea that he lacks the footballinf intelligence that it takes to be playing at the top level. I hate to say it but Darren Fletcher would start in front of him everytime, without a seconds doubt if I had to choose between the two, and we scoff at Fletcher being ubiteds weakest link. The same goes for almunia, he clearly lacks intelligence and while also lacking in confidence has become z liability. Who else would punt the ball everytime towards the smallest attacker in the prem? Pathic.
Arsharvin has been on the receiving end a little too much I feel. Isolated he made the most of chances that he pretty much carved out himself and on another day would have buried. Should have passed it more? Typical Arsenal fans who would have been berating him to have shot of he had passed it and the chance had passed by.
Am not criticizing Arshavin, but all am saying that it could’ve been different story if he had taken his chances. I am not criticizing his efforts or trying it. I like Arshavin. But it is not fair when other players are criticized for same. If Bedtner had missed all those chances, then people would be asking Wenger to sell him!!
At the half time the score should’ve been 4-2 to us.
United won without sweating that means the entire team was poor!
Excellent analysis to get it almost spot on so soon after the game although I can’t say anyone was excellent yesterday. The formation in my eyes was more 4-5-1 and to play like that with Arshavin the spearhead is simply madness as it gives you 1 dimension only. Apart from that we are still leaking goals at an alarming rate. On paper our back 4 are solid, on the pitch our defending as a team is very poor.
Fellow Gooners we have been suicidal as a team most of the season with our disrespect to basic defensive principles. I suspect because we tend to enjoy majority possession in most games we seem to be taking it for granted. That coupled with what seems tactical arrogance is the reason for why we get whacked against clinical teams. Lets face it if Bolton can score 2 goals at the aems and Stoke 3 at their place we need to take a long hard look at ourselves. Against Chelsea Cole was allowed to put crosses in twice for two of their goals Nasri was again in the wrong position defensively. Yesterday,Nasri and Clichy were side by side rather that one player applying pressure and the other covering, Nani said thankyou very much via a little skill and then set off into the box. Denilson may as well have not been there. For Rooney’s goal, he ran the whole length of the pitch with no one tracking his run and finished with aplomb. Until we start defending properly as a team we will always be vulnerable. Those of you lambasting Arsharvin I find incredible. Do you go to the games ??? The Guy runs into good positions consisitently and is found maybe 25/30% of the time, unfortunately Tv cams follow the ball. And when he does pass it his team mates are sometimes not on the same wavelength. Do not destroy one of the genuinely world class and gutsy players that we have
The have a go at Arshavin mob were surely not watching very closely yesterday. He was one of our brightest players, defintely the best attacking player. He never stopped having a go. He almost scored a blinder which was very similar to the blinder he almost scored at Villa Park
Gallas and TV excellent again. Gallas wants it so badly. In this game and against Bolton he made many runs the length oif the pitch in an effort to provide a phsyical presence in the box.
The rest…….. Cesc was strangled by a United team who know how to stifle our narrow midfield.
Clichy was “rusty”?
When are people going to wake up. He has been really poor for over TWO YEARS!!!
Without question our biggest individual liability in the back 4.
Two things –
First, I suspect that Denilson, like Clichy, is not back in form.
More importantly, Arshavin showed why he is great and his liability at the same time. His ability to find room, to hold off much bogger guys while retaining ball control, etc. were amazin. His failure to score was not.
He was not great. He was a solo player, and solo players, if they are TH14 or Ronaldo, are OK because they score when they fail to make the proper pass. I think the 5th goal at Bolton will be emblematic of the sseason — Arshaving choosing to score rather than take the gimme by passing. How many tomes yesterday were Cesc and others left wondering why he did not look up, see them, and pass.
Goodplaya, you summarized this game perfectly. I cannot add anything to your analysis that would improve on your reading of the game except my feeling that Arsenal were sublimely ridiculous. What in the devil were they trying to do yesterday. I virtually turned off the television at half time. This was the first time I have done this since being an Arsenal fan! Again, it was sublimely ridiculous!
This feels just like 2 seasons ago, when a couple of quality additions during the transfer window would of maintained our title challenge. Any business now, would be too late its been open a month! The main criticism i have of Le Boss is his stubborness to admit that some of his kids, just aren’t good enough for us at the moment. When we can all see it. David james is available on loan, wages only, surely short term he improves our side, mind you at the moment Bobby Mimms would improve our side! We can get away without a recognised striker against lesser teams, but against the best sides, its impossible. I hate the fact that we can no longer compete against Manure, and the russians on a football pitch.
look, the team played like shit.
with the exception of WG, TV and TR.
they can beat Utd. they didn’t even come to play.
its not the end of the world. although it obviously feels like it. look at the comments after the chelsea game in Nov.
more than 1/3 of the season is left. lets see what happens next week. and of course the champions league is still there. lets play utd again. i’m sure despite how crappy they played, the team would love to play them again.
agree with booland
patrick adedigba, spot on!
arsene is on a mission for personal glory… he is willing to fly private jet to capture one useless idiot called ramsey… but refused to drive to fulham to talk to smalling
alex fuckerson is always spot on, he know which one is good, which one is idiot… he choose thr right playerin big match…. paul scholes and nani are brought in out of cold…. but arsene? he is dreaming of his team being a different animal
who is arsene trying to kid? himself of arsenla fans? shame, shame, shame
it is not we can’t take a defeat… but a humilitaion and disgrace is too big a humble pie to swallow!
The fact is we played united with not a single striker in our eleven, there is too much of a sameness in this midfield, id would have much proffered to have Eboue in the side, if nothing he gives a us bit of pace, hence variety and more importantly that much talked about “Bite” in midfield which we need in big games such as this, United had that in Fletcher,also how Samir Nasri escapes criticism game after game is also hard to explain -no adventure,endeavor or initiative honestly im disappointed in him.
Arsene sturborness is all to blame we have had about five years to rebuild the team bit by bit without really splashing cash. We knew what we needed for this long haul yet he has refused to spend. For me any striker would do well for arsenal we get the ball to hte box no matter the opposition all we needed was a box striker who could poke the ball in the net. we keep talking about talent, but really what we have turned arsenal to is a club of mediocrity, who is hunting for denislon shirt, that would make him more committed and when you have performers they barely survive in the midstt of mediocres. i wonder what we would do if cesc were ever to leave. cos then would we know that a club constantly in the top 4 adn is worth more than just one superstar
for those who are blaming arsene: manure is not too far from a financial crisis, and liverpool as well. arsenal have built a stadium and wenger has less money than tottenham.
playa, about song + denilson together: it worked very well in many tough games: everton away, manU away, liverpool away…
Was the ‘excellent’ for arshavin sarcastic goodplaya? Because at the pub we thought he had a shocker!
I am saying that in football term, Wenger is becoming our liability. But he is paid to do a different job. His wrongdoing these few years is on the verge of cancelling out the achievement in his early years. He is not god, as a football club charging the highest price, the fans deserve more, not a team of losers with heads down when things go wrong.
I would rather we take the shock/pain of rebuilding a new team, than sticking with this batch of losers (they are used to failure and failure become a habit – except a few players but the majority are) receiving a fat pay weeks after weeks but have achieved none and not appearing will do it for the club. We are rewarding failure and the one who reward that is a failure himself. We need new idea.
Look Liverpool battered United last season and yet they lost the title. So I hope United and Chelsea do a Liverpool this season. So there is some chance but we will need huge luck of slice from somewhere… as we will be chasing.
I still can’t get my head round this latest mauling.
If Wenger doesn’t spend some money soon then the best we can really hope for is 3rd. Clearly we wont buy anyone this month i just hope the defeats to Chelsea and Man U will bring wenger to his senses, at least then some good can come of this latest embarrassment.
this is the first time i have read ur blog but i must agree more with everything u just write, and to be honest i think the manager and the board are taking the fans for a ride they dont care about the fans at all as long as the club is up there making a massive profit every year that is well and good for them, because one need to be a coach to no that we need to refresh the squard a bit after the injury to RVP, and to honest all arsenal fans know deep down in our heart that we cannot win anything with this team after we lost RVP but the manager has not see it that way and that is going to be our down fall this seasion again, am not question the manager view but i think he is more care about how much money we get in the bank then the success of the team on the field which for a millions of fans world wide that love and support this team that is of no use for us because at the end of the is the share holders that will enjoy that in a form of dividen, and for the fans the only thing that we enjoy from the team is the success of the team on the field that bring joy and pride to the royal and heart broken fans, like the disgrace of yesterday make u wonder where are we going….
First, I agree 100% with everything in the article. Almunia and Denilson must never wear an Arsenal shirt again. For the Chelsea game we must change defense line up. we are too voulnerable on the left with Clichy at the moment. I suggest Vermaelen on left, with Gallas and Campbell at CB. Only then will we have a slight chance of getting something from the match against Chelsea
THANKS ARSENE FOR SURRENDING THE F.A .CUP, JOKE! It really worked didn’t it ,making nine changes but playing fab,the man who actually needs a break. While utd go all out in the carling semi and reach another final which they will prob win. The fa cup realisticly was our best chance of a trophy and again wenger just pisses it off like the carling. Not that i want wenger out coz i dont,but in arsene we trust and keep the faith is wearing thin. Deadline has just passed for transfers and we didn’t sign a G.K. Anyone would do, dave james would of done. RAMSHIT you really are a cunt. How come when ramsey plays ,scores,and gets man of the match at 19,as he has done many times this season, you go quiet. YOU’RE A PRICK!
Bernardinho,you’re missing the point a little bit.Yes,Wenger has done brilliantly to keep us in with a shout this far given the ridiculous spending of other teams but……we spent minus 30m quid last summer ! We have to have had money to spend this Jan. Both Wenger & the Board have said so. And after Almunia’s perfomances this season (& most of his AFC career to be honest) for Wenger to come out & say he has never even considered buying a new keeper is frankly just stubbornness. He will just not accept he’s been wrong about a player & move on. And it’s cost us a chance of the title.
All Ramshit wants is a reaction. Just ignore & he’ll soon get bored.
We aspire to be like Barcelona ,to be like Barcelona you need to kick Rjkaard out and get in Guardiola ,No risk no gain,The crap that there is no better manager than Wenger is the same crap as to Wenger saying there are no better players in the world than they have at Arsenal.Utter nonsense put the man out of his misery!!
Almunia is just horrendous. He has no control over the 18 yeard box, he seems to always be retreating and never decisive. Fabianski and Mannone both take control of the box and know when to attack the ball.
Denilson is lost on the pitch right now, he needs some rest.
I agree we need to go back to a 4-4-2, put Walcott up front with either Bendtner or Arshavin. Walcott is terrible on the wing because he doesn’t understand positioning and has poor crosses, but let him run through the middle so he can actually use his speed and Cesc will be able to pick apart defenses.
Spot on. Same old same old. I think we miss David Dein who had the type of relationship with Wenger that allowed him to say ” Arsene, what do you need? I think you might need a …(GK, CB…fill in blank), I will go and sort it”.
Wenger was obviously in for A CB but gave up. GK was an addition he identified two years ago but has done nothing about. Yet he was prepared to drop Lehmann, who was our last decent goalie, for far less. Spain isn’t blessed with great goalkeepers any more but this chap is a third rater.
His churlishness and refusal to buy now looks like sulking. GBP 30 mln would buy us a decent CB, a decent attacker and a decent goalie. Call me mad, but even Gomes from S***s is better.
Cesc cannot do it all and inexplicably players are played out of position (Bendtner on the wing, Arshavin centre forward, Denilson and Almunia anywhere outside of the dressing room!).
Still, as nobody, not even Gazidis who is pretty lame in my view, will not pipe up, Arsene will contiunue. I agree with the LT vision and all that, and also not paying over the odds for rubbish and support that philosophy, but nobody on this board is asking for three 60 million pound signings. I do seriously believe that an additional 10-20 million invested in summer could have helped. What is so galling is that we are only really 2-3 players off being a really good side but one man’s hubris is disappointing the fans.
Ramshit – don’t agree with your comments at all. Not even remotely in the spirit of this blog which is a well thought through piece of analysis and therefore doesn’t deserve to be dragged down by you. Presumably you just like posting on here rather than 606 because you can use swear words and feel like a big man…
Great blog Goodplaya, we don’t get to read enough from you!
No striker. A joke of a goalkeeper. A midfielder who has no passion. A manager who steadfastly refuses to buy. A group of players who get injured in a strong breeze. We are in deep do-do. Yet a result against chelski the weekend and low and behold its all different. Some season!
amen bernardinho.
Same old, same old Arsenal… Wenger has certainly lost the plot… He should put his ego at the side and do what is right for the club… Why dont you supporters take a leaf out of Sunderland’s book and start boycotting… Maybe, Arsene and the board will get the message…
yes, you guys are right… no wonder alex fuckerson don’t care he is losing the shit to arsenal… because we’re taking for ride, flying private jet for shit, laughable… true gunner, go lick arsene and ramsey assholes, and make sure you rim them clean
i just wonder why arsene did not go all out for smalling… must be he got no private jet to ride
let’s make a big bloody bet… ramsey will be peice of shit at the end…. and smalling blossom to be the best defenders in the league, scoring tons of goals with his height
and when the times come, the loser kindly lick your own asshole
may i know what is arsene title?
arsenal ceo or arsenal manager?
if he want to make sure arsenal have a healthy profits, then be a ceo, not manager
the task of manager is to ensure we’re winning trophies
no wonder he love to take private jet to show off… so since smalling is nearby and he cannot take private jet, he prefer to igonore the lad
goodplaya, please ban ramshit from this forum. He is clearly a Sp*rs fan or a man ure fan looking to stir shit up. hahahaha, look at Smalling, he hasnt played shit for man ure and somehow he is the savior of the world. hahahahahaha you’re having a laugh! go back to white shit lane where you belong!
Goodplaya, it’s amazing to think how positive you were just 2.5 hours after being at the game. I was devastated after watching the game on the telly. I’m aware that after our tough run, both Chelsea and United still have to play each other and other tough fixtures but I feel totally let down by the players (except Cesc, Vermaelen, Gallas and Arshavin) for allowing themselves to be humiliated by Fergie’s sub par United team (compared to last season’s team). there was no fight or desire to win. bad day for the fans. and the less said about almunia the better.
fighfight and no
chin up everyone. you’re all arsenal fans.
almost everyone sounds like ramshit
we’ve complained for a whole day, great, lets move on.
is the weather that bad?
the fact is the team is the team. AW coulda shoulda woulda but Chelski lies ahead. how bout some hate for the Blues???
yes, please ban me… cause i am telling the truth and you guys ain’t have the balls to take the smack right down your face…
you guys prefer to be humiliated, whitewashed by alex fuckerson and eating humble pie every now and then…
those with no balls please go and lick ramsey or arsene asshole…. the fact is arsene would not sign anyone unless he got to be in the private jet… if he got to ride the private jet, he don’t mind signing an asshole to lick his cock…
wait till drogba give you guys some humble pies to eat… and deep down you know cole is making the right choice by moving on from the hopeless arsene team and his youth shit policy…
arsene should have fly private jet to africa to capture drogba, not to get an asshole shit like ramsey… totally suck youth shit policy
i’m so scared of big games now…
no not the fear of losing BUT the fear of being ripped apart…and the effects of defeats of such magnitude…
jees…thank god its porto…inter, barca, real would have got me wetting all over the place !!!
some disturbing news coming from the emirates,,reliable sources…
an emergency board meeting has been called for with the presence of arsene…and hes been reportedly given a deadline to get the season back on track after the next 2 games or leave..
leave now as it will give enough time for a new manager to consolidate for the 3rd position and a fresh pre-season…
CESC may be sold and funds made available to the new manager !!!
anybody for new managerial targets ?
finally, the board must be reading about my comment on flying private jet to capture an asshole… now they realise they are taken for a ride by the frenchman… wasting millions for the youth shit policy
Guus Hiddink is the best option for attacking football… talking a bout suicide… if it’s in Japan, the manager would have commit kamikaze… ripping his own stomach with a sword
yahooooooooo….. in arsene we DO NOT trust! go… go… go… go to hell with your youth shit policy
if by end of the day arsene is gone, he will realise he made the biggest mistake in his life by flying private jet to capture an asshole… now that arsene himself is recuded from a hero to an asshole
I can’t believe the rubbish being spouted by this idiot “ramshit” is this person for real??? I agree with the other writer who believes he is a Spud of Manure fan, Ramsey is 18 years old and will be a great player one day soon, so keep a lid on it. Arsene Wenger has given so much to this club, I for one am willing to still trust the man. We were written off as evening being in the top 4 a the start of the season and if we get a good result against Chelsea and Liverpool we could still go on a win the title. So if you can’t say something constructive can you just keep your comments to yourself you Idiot!!!
Ramshit is Ramsey!
I think the guys quite funny really. He’s like a demented old uncle at a civilised family gathering. Its better when his posts are completely unrelated to the previous conversation though.
I don’t know who’s chatting more rubbish, Ramshit or Sense:
“Reliable sources” ? Gimme a break man! Sense IS surely a non-Arsenal fan trying to wind people up.
There has definitely been massive over-reaction since the Manure game. Although having said that I was sitting in front of BBC Sport yesterday fingers crossed an “Arsenal sign Thomas Sorenson” story would pop up, knowing in my heart it never would.
Keep the faith gooners! Don’t be so quick to turn on the club. We are a class act.
Debbie, so you want really something constructive? Or you just do not want the truth is out of the bag?
If you want some fantasy, you should watch fantasy island on tv… the truth is some no balls arsenal fans like you are daydreaming…
Doing the same thing over and over again expected a different results… that is called nuts!
In this case, the same thing is arsene youth shit policy, flying private jet to capture a shit instead of a real deal…
so keep dreaming you nuts!
ramshit is code for gobshite!
finally ramshit,many other people than me agree you’re a complete prick. Get over it .Ramsey chose us and even tho he shagged ur girlfriend,it doesn’t matter mate, you’ll find love with the right person in time. But for now you can carry on with the sheep cant you
A very good assesment `Playa. It was silly not to start with Bendtner, who could have been replaced if and when he began to tire. I`ve been saying for a few weeks that Ramsey should be preferred to Denilson, who for me has the talent but not the application. Why arn`t we able to press in midfield like we were doing earlier in the season? Granted, the style of football we play will always be high-risk, but I`m beginning to wonder whether its a fatal flaw and will never work over a full season. AW, of course, won`t deviate from this philosophy. As for Almunia, our defence and none of the fans trust him anymore. It`s partly a confidence thing, and like you I thought he was adequate, and the money was more needed to be spent in other areas. It seems that only AW now has any confidence in him. How long will that continue? As for the other keepers, Fabianski gives me the willies but would only be better: Mannone has had his chance (good shot stopper but not much else), and Szcesny, probably a very decent keeper in the making, but it`s probably a bit too soon.
Biscuitbum, you must be biscuit and not human for preferring a piece of shit against denilson…
if the shit playing the other day, we’re going to lose 20 -0…
he will keep on passing the ball to rooney and nani, while gifting at least 50 passes to paul scholes and fletcher….
and he will prevent vermalaen from scoring by standing at the goal line besides van der sar…
and then he will act like he is the captain of the team, asking everyone to defend when manu attacking…. while he laze aorund the park in walking pace
OMG, what a piece of shit, the mother of all shit… the love life of true fonner and some mad nuts…
yes, keep doing it the same way everyday… and then expect different results… bloddy nuts!
Almunia was a great no2. Thats the way it should of stayed, lehman made two mistakes and that was it for him. I think because wenger bought manuel for 500,000 grand he thought he could be another of arsene’s peices of transfer market genius. I agree that fabianski looks a bit dodgy,mannone doesn’t calm my nerves either. Szcenzny how ever you spell it looks to good,but years off a no1 spot. New keeper is needed in the summer,although he is young ,my choice is Joe Hart! Also miguel veloso in midfield please, Hope im wrong but looks like another season without a trophy,got that feeling after stoke. Same pattern forming season after season. GOODPLAYA, Are you gonna change gp on fri to monday? it is missed!
True gooner, you got that feeling after stoke? Are you sure? Do you know who is the culprit? You lover boy, the piece of shit…
He is so consistent in passing the ball to opponents so they can counter attack us… the fact that arsene played him in the next aston villa match shows arsene and idiots like you are blind beyond measure…
One moment of brillient in 20 matches and you say he is the next fabregas, fuckdgrass man! We can do better without this piece of shit…
told ya, i’ve the feeling we are doomed the moment he came in at stoke… and i know we’re not going to win the match against villa the moment i saw this peice of shit playing… and he proved to be the bloodyfool on the field…
if he play against chelsea, pray that we would not lose 5-0 cuase we’re gonna get it everytime he lose the ball… if he don’t play, we may get a chance, at least a draw
i am not sure what arsene is teaching his lover boys such as ramsey and walcott… they’ve been playing so many games but their weaknesses never improved… in fact, the only consistency is their weaknesses… is this a sign of hopelessness of british footballers? naive, raw and unteachable?
i CALL UPON ARSENE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CALLS…
JUST SEND THIS TEAM OUT….
———–fabianski—————-
sagna,gallas,verma,clichy(or eboue)
————song——————
———-cesc,diaby————–
——theo,bendtner,arshavin—–
doesnt matter if we get beat…i’m sure these lads would give it a fight and not collabse
I’m sorry but NASRI and ROSICKY seem to be taking things for granted..AND DENILSON SHOULDNT EVEN BE ON THE BENCH !!!
And Gallas and Verma should be told unless we are far behind and badly trailing…they shouldnt just unnecessarily lumber forward leaving our left back exposed !!!
I’m serious about EBOUE for LEFT BACK…the guy can defend…or atleast defend better than clichy !!! the guy attacks the ball when we dont have it !!!
Arsene should send on ramshit on the pitch against chavski, our opponents would crumble immediately and beg for mercy.
You´re so fcukin weak, it´s crazy! Keep watchin Arsenal regardless?
That´s the problem with the club, it´s complete shyte and what measures are taken by the supporters? Like end of last season they have a support march outside Emirates praising wenger and his losing team!
We need D.Dein back, somebody who does what´s needed, and not just kissin wenger ass like this gazidis figure.. What´s the point of having a new employee that thinks exactly the same as wenger? Investing in these shyte players, giving them pay rises and long term contracts? They are too damn comfortable! It´s a job! Do your job or be replaced! I spent a lot of money traveling to watch Arsenal, i was just in london to see them against bolton and that cost me some 500-600 hundred pounds! On top of that i had to go to london twice! I live in Sweden, and because the game was cancelled dué to a little of snow, fcukin farce! I had to pay for double flight fares and hotell!
Forgive my little rant, on a constructive note, what we need to do is lay down some bloody demands on these players, they feel comfortable as fcuk! They have no competition, no demands, the play like shiiit and they are kept in the team… They even get larger salarys, we need to buy some fcukin players or wenger has to leave.. It´s becoming too much, he´s worked with this little project of juniors for years and nuthin is coming from it, no wonder the man.united fans call him a pedohphile!!!!
Enough is ENOUGH! We as fans should be burning up seats at the stadium and making ourselves heard, not only through booos and mummeling! We need to take action like the fans in italy do, if they´re not happy they make themselves heard!! At the emirates u can barely shout, one bloke that was screaming “too loud” was told to pipe it down or he was threaten to be escorted out of the stadium by the bitch ass stewards!! While the most of the lame ass wankers that support arsenal, just wanna enjoy their free wine and beer in at the club level at halftime, aslong as they get that, they are satisfied…. fcukin wankers!
France, Austria, Germany, Home Countries, Portugal, Libya, Ireland, Netherlands, Liberia, Argentina, Guinea, Sweden, Congo, Nigeria, Ukraine, Brazil, Croatia, Lithanian, Cameron, Latvia, Denmark, Japan, USA, Iceland, Greece, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Czech rep, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belarus, Estonia, Poland, Togo, Mexico, Russia, Belgium. Connection countries Arsene has signed players from it goes to show he does not rate Australian or Asian players or more surprisingly South America apart from the powerhouses. Go the Gunners this weekend!!