Stoke vs Arsenal. 17th Jan. 16:15

[Marc Overmars]

I think we all know what kind of fixture we're in for here.

Lets fucking win it for a change, ok? Only way to placate tonight.

1-2.

[Kano]

Easy win

[IBK]

Worried about this one. Stoke tend to be kryptonite for us, and will press/be physical like Liverpool, and can also play these days...so will offer a similar problem re goalscoring. There are also plenty of cunts who will break our players...

[fakeyank]

I hate their fans and that club. Complete and utter mongs.

[GP]

0-3

[Niall_Quinn]

They aren't as barbaric as they used to be. Some of them have learned to play football. 1-1

[Master Splinter]

With their more open approach, we should get enough chances.

But this is the biggest match of their season, so I can't see more than a draw. Especially with what will be another weak ref allowing them to kick, punch, scythe and clobber at will.

Elneny sent off for his first clean, ball-winning tackle.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I think this will be a draw and has the potential to be entertaining.

Stoke are a talented side.

[Kano]

As someone on Football Weekly said today, with Shaqiri potentially out, they could revert to type and make it a physical game again.

[fakeyank]

1-0

[Marc Overmars]

Elneny in the squad. Alexis possibly available and Rosicky short of fitness.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Record at Mordor is nothing short of disgraceful

In eight visits there in all competitions we have lost five times, and the only time we won was when they spent the last half an hour down to ten men.


Scoring nine goals in those eight games and conceeding 14

[I am invisible]

Looking forward to having Sanchez and Campbell in the team at the same time - that's s lot of energy and graft, right from the front. Elneny sounds like he'll add a lot of running and effort to a slightly jaded-looking side too.

That being said, I don't know if I'd risk Sanchez and Mo in this one? Possibly Mo, but if there's still a slight doubt over Sanchez... I'm not sure it's worth it? Even if the worst happens, and we lose up there again, we'll still only be a maximum of 3 off the top (possibly less), and very well placed for the run-in...

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Maybe not start with him, but he definitely needs to figure.

Elneny needs to start because Flamini is a liability

[I am invisible]

Yeah, I'd be more inclined to chuck Mo in because we haven't got much to lose there.

Sanchez off the bench, if needed, would be fine.

[milla]

4-1 to Arsenal :coffee:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

4-1 to Arsenal :coffee:

I hope that's prophetic and it's not just that your coffee is laced

[Niall_Quinn]

I hope that's prophetic and it's not just that your coffee is laced

He's talking about yellow cards.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

He's talking about yellow cards.

He?

Well probably not too inaccurate, referee will wave play on when one of the orcs launches a flying scissor kick at our players but will hand out a yellow card if we so much as accidentally sneeze on one of them.
Any odds online for one of our players being shoved over the advertising hoardings only for them to pretend that it was their momentum that caused this.

[Munchies]

Not confident at all for this

But

Shaqiri and their CDM Geoff Cameron are both out injured

1-2 ... COYG.... :scarf:

[Munchies]

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:bow:

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[Marc Overmars]

Can we do it on a cold snowy day at Stoke?

[Marc Overmars]

Word going round that Ozil could be out.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Wtf is Mo? :unsure:

[KSE Comedy Club]

Wtf is Mo? :unsure:Mohammed Elneny :good:

[Niall_Quinn]

Thought it was Elmo?

Please vote:

A. Mo
B. Elmo

[selassie]

Word going round that Ozil could be out.

Yeah been hearing this too, sounds like he has a knock and won't be risked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thought it was Elmo?

Please vote:

A. Mo
B. Elmo

ImMotep.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Confirmed Mesut is not there.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck sake.

[Niall_Quinn]

Slight knock?

6 months then.

[selassie]

Think we're going to really struggle today without Ozil, who's going to create?!

[Master Splinter]

Negative Arsenal injury news is always true.

Even made-up bollocks by the Express or Star would become reality.

[Gooner23]

Massive blow, as said we'll struggle to keep hold of the ball now.

This feels like a huge game, need to keep ahead of City.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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No Alexis either. :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

0-2 win. So confident.

[Master Splinter]

So Alexis and Rosicky still not fit and Ozil is now dead.

:haha:

Still, they could all be back next week.

:haha:

Elneny is our only hope.

[Gooner23]

Midfield of Ox, Flamini and Ramsey doesn't fill me with much confidence, all headless chickens

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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No Alexis either. :haha:

Stoke City: Butland; Pieters, Wollscheid, Shawcross, Johnson; Afellay, Whelan; Arnautovic, Krcic, Walters; Joselu.
Subs: Haugaard, Muniesa, Odemwingie, Van Ginkel, Adam, Diouf, Crouch.

[Niall_Quinn]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CY7mltMWMAAVsIZ.jpg

No Alexis either. :haha:

If Theo and Ox carry on their run of form we've got nothing creative in that team. These two need to step up today.

[Gooner23]

Who's the ref?

[Maestro]

Physically we look like babies compared to the orcs of modor

Fuck playing well today, just win the game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We only need to hold out for 20 seconds to be doing better than last season.

One for the Mindless Optimism thread really.

[Power n Glory]

Besides getting bullied, we're most likely gonna get passed off the park with that midfield. Flamini, Ramsey and Ox are reckless with ball possession.

[Munchies]

not able to watch the game today, but Ox???

Rather play El Neny with no game time !

[hobson's choice]

Besides getting bullied, we're most likely gonna get passed off the park with that midfield. Flamini, Ramsey and Ox are reckless with ball possession.

Oh lord, Ramsey running around everywhere but where he's suppose to be, Ox losing the ball, Flams all alone by himself all slow and what not.

[Maestro]

We are where we are .....come on lads go for broke, nothing to lose

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Then again, keeping the ball has never really helped in this fixture.

Mindless Optimism #2.

[Marc Overmars]

Not sure our midfield today is that better than theirs really.

This would be a massive 3 points if we got it. Big if.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's essential we play a slow tempo with lots of tippy tappy stuff that fails to utilise the only advantage we have, pace.

[adzzzbatch]

I'm eally not expecting to get anything out of this.

[selassie]

I'm eally not expecting to get anything out of this.

neither am I, I'd take a point now if offered it.

[Gooner23]

I wouldn't , we need 3

[Niall_Quinn]

Because we threw away 2 points during the week, this is a must win.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Gooner23]

Wenger says Ozil and Sanchez back next game

[Marc Overmars]

Come on you Gunners!!!

Big performance needed.

[Özim]

Because we threw away 2 points during the week, this is a must win.

Definitely threw way 2 points, made worse by the fact a rubbish Man U team went over there and won, anything but a win here is now a poor result.

No excuses today.

[RomfordPele]

Wonder which of our players they will injure this time. My money's on ox.

Oh and flamini to be sent off for fuck all.

[Gooner23]

Because we threw away 2 points during the week, this is a must win.

This.

Come on Arsenal, we're due a win here. Got to hit them on the counter.

[adzzzbatch]

Gonna really struggle without Ozil

[adzzzbatch]

what a fat fuck walters is

[Gooner23]

Wonder which of our players they will injure this time. My money's on ox.

Oh and flamini to be sent off for fuck all.

Stoke to kick, punch, strangle and bite there way through 90 mins unpunished.

[GP]

Come on you Gunners!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Already better than last season. :cloud9:

[adzzzbatch]

Booing Ramsey again they've got so much class :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

seriously what a bunch of cunts stoke fans are.

[adzzzbatch]

dirty cunts.

[adzzzbatch]

that's a booking all day long.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wellshite gets away with it.

[RomfordPele]

Bullshit refereeing decision 1...

[GP]

How is that not a yellow??

:haha:

[adzzzbatch]

:haha: what twats

[adzzzbatch]

Great tackle.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Booed here for an incident many years ago.

Care to elaborate? :lol:

[Gooner23]

Already escaped their first blatant yellow

[GP]

We broke his leg BOOOOOOOOO

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey being booed because of "an incident"?

[RomfordPele]

An "incident"? Ha ha.

[adzzzbatch]

Stoke players diving around everywhere :lol:

[Ernesto]

"Ramsey being constantly booed due to an incident a few years ago..."

Who is this c*nt commentator?!

[adzzzbatch]

I hope we can shut these cunts up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Don't care about the league any more. The whole season hangs on beating this filty, disgusting bunch of plebs. Foul fouling cunts.

[Marc Overmars]

Bit of aggression in us. Good to see.

[adzzzbatch]

Don't care about the league any more. The whole season hangs on beating this filty, disgusting bunch of plebs. Foul fouling cunts.

:gp:

[Power n Glory]

Why would Ramsey play a ball like that to Walcott? Loads of work for him go make that ground up only for him to be in the same spot as Ramsey if successful. Hollywood shit.

[Slacker]

Bullshit refereeing decision 1...

What is that twat watching??? Why do we always have to play the shitkickers and the ref every fucking season???

[adzzzbatch]

sky bigging up stoke. fuck off.

[adzzzbatch]

should've had a corner

[adzzzbatch]

fucking bunch of diving cunts.

[Slacker]

Merts has gone down to their level already.

[adzzzbatch]

Shitty ref!

[Niall_Quinn]

The orcs are going to get a foul for every dive then?

[adzzzbatch]

Where's our creativity?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor touch from Campbell.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arnautovic. :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

conversion!

[Slacker]

Campbell playing like he did three months ago. FFS why do we freeze every time we play this bunch of cuntbuckets?

[adzzzbatch]

how many free kicks is this twat going to give FFS

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We be physical, it's a foul...:sleep:

[adzzzbatch]

stoke don't like it up 'em

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey. :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

I detest these bastards. FFS Ramsey :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Atrocious from Ramsey.

[adzzzbatch]

we're creating fuck all.

[Özim]

So far so rubbish.

[Niall_Quinn]

How is that not a foul on Bif by Shawcross? Both arms wrapped around him. It's fucking ridiculous.

[adzzzbatch]

FFS We're poor.

[Niall_Quinn]

WTF is wrong with Wenger? He has Ox and Theo in the team, bags of pace. Why are we playing this tippy tappy possession losing shite?

[Özim]

Are we waiting for them to score before we start trying FFS! Dreadful start.

[adzzzbatch]

FFS!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good freekick routine boys.

[RomfordPele]

Theo use your fucking brain!

[adzzzbatch]

Fucking shit.

[Penguin]

I don't understand why we never start playing straight from kick off.

[adzzzbatch]

have a word ref!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey gets kicked, another incident.

[adzzzbatch]

THATS A FUCKING FOUL

[GP]

What the fuck referee??

[adzzzbatch]

cunting ref!!!!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Another foul by Shawcross on Bif. Ignored.

[Özim]

Soft free kick.

[adzzzbatch]

Fucking hell.

[Özim]

Giroud dives for it.

[Slacker]

How far away from the action does the ref have to be to give a foul against Shawcross? Fucking unreal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Afellay shoots, wide it goes.

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud dives for it.

Cut that shit out Zim.

[Özim]

Afellay with a screamer just wide, we're asking for it, should have closed him down, poor defending.

[adzzzbatch]

oooooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Butland denies us.

[Marc Overmars]

Good play

Great pass from Campbell

[Niall_Quinn]

Terrible miss. Should have been 1-0.

[GP]

ffs.

Bad miss.

[Özim]

Cut that shit out Zim.

Sorry you don't like it but it was pretty clear, Giroud was behind him and fell to the ground, they showed the replay.

[Slacker]

Unlucky bif. Good save from Butland.

[Master Splinter]

Bif :doh:.

[RomfordPele]

Crowd getting to Ramsey. He's been v poor.

[Özim]

1st chance at last.

[Marc Overmars]

Too obvious from Bif, should have taken it round Butland and scored with his right foot.

[Penguin]

Giroud should have hit that earlier. He let Butland close the angle.

[Niall_Quinn]

What the hell has happened to our passing? Not just today but in general.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Book the cunt.

[RomfordPele]

Well we got one out of five fouls against giroud. Not bad.

[adzzzbatch]

shawcross gets away with another one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Afellay. :lol:

Oh dear.

[Slacker]

Glenn Johnno showboating. A first for the shitkickers.

[Master Splinter]

What the hell has happened to our passing? Not just today but in general.

Coquelin, Cazorla, Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky and now Ozil all out probably doesn't help.

[adzzzbatch]

Come on Arsenal.

[Penguin]

There's no movement in our midfield. They're just standing on the spot like they're afraid of the ball.

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off ox

[Niall_Quinn]

Coquelin, Cazorla, Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky and now Ozil all out probably doesn't help.

True. But this is basic stuff and we can't do it. We're making the orcs look decent.

[Power n Glory]

If you're watching NQ, that's twice Kos has given the ball away with his passing.

[adzzzbatch]

Walcott :doh:

[RomfordPele]

Ox needs to step up. As does theo.

[Marc Overmars]

Go away Oxlade.

[Slacker]

Walcott doesn't get it when he gets a half decent chance.

[Penguin]

Ox just play the simple pass to Ramsey FFS :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

chamberlain is a waste of space.

[Power n Glory]

Walcott needsbto sharpen up. That was an opportunity.

[adzzzbatch]

COME ON!

[Slacker]

Well done Rambo.

[Penguin]

How was that not a foul?

[adzzzbatch]

Terrible corner

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ox shot, Butland saves!

[GP]

Good effort.

[Marc Overmars]

Much better Oxlade

[Slacker]

Don't know why Walters played the ball so early??? Because he's shit maybe???

[adzzzbatch]

stoke fans :haha:

[Özim]

Chamberlain cracking effort.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ox shoots, Kos blocks it. :doh:

That was going in.

[Power n Glory]

Campbell is the best passer on the pitch at the moment. Good play from Ox.

[Niall_Quinn]

If you're watching NQ, that's twice Kos has given the ball away with his passing.

In 29 mins of one match. It can happen. Doesn't say anything about performance over the course of a season though.

[Master Splinter]

Koscielny :doh:.

[Ernesto]

"He walks with a limp" chants start..

[Niall_Quinn]

Bloody stream. Utd stream was rock solid for 90 mins, of course.

[Marc Overmars]

Are Stoke fans singing Aaron Ramsey, he walks with a limp? :blink:

[adzzzbatch]

very poor.

[adzzzbatch]

Are Stoke fans singing Aaron Ramsey, he walks with a limp? :blink:

so classy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Too slow, not enough movement, fucking useless passing. Irritating.

[adzzzbatch]

Shit. just shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Are Stoke fans singing Aaron Ramsey, he walks with a limp? :blink:

Yeah. Sauron teaches them that song as soon as they have been shitted out at birth.

[Özim]

Some awful play by us, suicidal balls and defending at times.

[Niall_Quinn]

Campbell having the shirt pulled off him - in full view. No FK. Ref is 100% bent.

[Slacker]

:lol:
so classy.

[adzzzbatch]

no one helping monreal out there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Joselu header, easy for Cech.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bojan. :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

Awful.

[Özim]

We're 2nd best.

[RomfordPele]

Lost midfield. Awful stuff.

[Slacker]

WTF Merts?

[Niall_Quinn]

Result is nailed on if we don't change this system.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Monreal. :bow:

[Slacker]

Merts outmuscled by Bojan :sulk:

[adzzzbatch]

This is just crap.

[RomfordPele]

Disjointed as hell. Ramsey has gone full Hollywood and is nowhere. Ox and flamini can't cope.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alan Green says he can "not understand" the booing of Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

Stoke's Ryan Shawcross was shown a straight red card after breaking the tibia and fibula in Ramsey’s right leg when the two players contested a 50-50 challenge in February 2010.

50/50. :haha:

BBC. :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Lots of sideways and backwards passing.

[adzzzbatch]

DO SOMETHING.

[Niall_Quinn]

SHIT by Flamini. We finally get some passing going and he goes and plays it backwards.

[adzzzbatch]

what a load of shit.

[adzzzbatch]

"he looks freezing doesn't he?

That's because it's cold out. prick.

[adzzzbatch]

Book the cunt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arnautovic not booked.

[GP]

HOW is that not a yellow??

[Niall_Quinn]

How is that not a yellow? Complete joke.

[Marc Overmars]

How the hell is that not a booking? :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

This ref :haha:

Can't make it up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How is that a foul? :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref is something else.

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Utter shite from Bif.

[Niall_Quinn]

Toothless.

Where is Walcott?

[adzzzbatch]

Absolute shite.

[Marc Overmars]

Oxlade can't pass.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. Quite poor but at least we're in the game for once.

[adzzzbatch]

Poor half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox :doh:

That's nowhere close to being in the vicinity of good enough.

HT 0-0

We have been almost as shit as the ref. One of the worst reffing performances I have ever seen.

This is why this league is so close. Football is hardly ever played.

Theo and Ox. Holy fucking shit - HOW BAD?

[Özim]

Half time 0-0 not a huge amount created but we were 2nd best, Giroud had the best chance and as usual blew it.

[adzzzbatch]

Ramsey to score in the second half :pray: :pray: :pray:

[Gooner23]

Ramsey and Ox are terrible passers of the ball, atrocious stuff at times. Just give it to Campbell, he seems the only player capable of finding another red shirt in Stokes half.

[Marc Overmars]

A bit shit really but we've defended ok.

Need to be sharper in the final third.

[Niall_Quinn]

If we go out and play like that in the second half, is there anyone here who thinks Wenger shouldn't give it up and walk?

What system are we playing? Do we have any tactics? What's Ramsey's role supposed to be today? Theo? Why have we been playing a one man midfield recently? Why is Bif on the flanks crossing the ball?

WHERE IS THEO?

Why can't Ox pass? He used to be able to.

Why do we play so many square and backwards passes? Is that how we get a 90% pass complete rate?

Why do we lose the ball when we play it forward?

How are we managing to get outplayed by a filthy bunch of pubby orcs and their ref?

Will Shawcross ever have a foul awarded against him? That's ALL he does - foul.

[RomfordPele]

Ramsey and Ox are terrible passers of the ball, atrocious stuff at times. Just give it to Campbell, he seems the only player capable of finding another red shirt in Stokes half.

I agree. Would rather see iwobi than ox in this form.

[Master Splinter]

You guys should stop blaming the ref for obvious cheating.

You're making excuses in case we lose.

[LDG]

Come on Arsenal. Sort these cunts out.

[Gooner23]

I know our creativity is going to be hit by losing Ozil and Cazorla, but the players on the pitch should still be good enough to string a few passes together. It's infuriating how often we invite pressure on ourselves by lazy passing

[Dein-machine]

So shit - so predictable. Campbell is the only one who can pass. We might try to attack if we go a goal down. Or if we pub a goal on will come Arteta & Gibbs. They will bring on Crouch & we will concede due to letting them hit the box - just like Wednesday. And people on here think Wenger can win us the league ��

[RomfordPele]

So shit - so predictable. Campbell is the only one who can pass. We might try to attack if we go a goal down. Or if we pub a goal on will come Arteta & Gibbs. They will bring on Crouch & we will concede due to letting them hit the box - just like Wednesday. And people on here think Wenger can win us the league ��

That was just what I was thinking!

If we score, let's score in the last minute and not give wenger any time to fuck it up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Campbell is the only one who can pass

True, but he's only just got in the team. Give it a few more weeks.

[Marc Overmars]

Come on Arsenal!

[Gooner23]

Bellerin and Campbell look good down the right. The rest of them :banghead:

Come on lads, big second half needed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud gives it away.

[adzzzbatch]

oooooooooooooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Butland saves from Bif!

[Slacker]

Timewasting cunt not booked

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I hate short corners.

[Marc Overmars]

Piss off Butland!

[adzzzbatch]

stoke :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

lovely foul.

[Slacker]

Letting a bunch of shitkickers play the ball around like only a bunch of shitkickers can.

[adzzzbatch]

shawcross gets away with a lot.

[adzzzbatch]

Go fuck yourself hughes.

[adzzzbatch]

Walcott you dick!

[adzzzbatch]

Well done Flamini.

[Marc Overmars]

Theo is just thick.

[Niall_Quinn]

"Clumsy" - is how that blatant penalty is described, which of course wasn't given.

[adzzzbatch]

that's a foul!!!