West Brom v Arsenal PL away - 12:30pm

[Munchies]

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[Globalgunner]

Points to a home win then.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carragher isn't there with Redknapp, for the latter's own safety. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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[McNamara That Ghost...]

Redknapp wants rid of Henry now too. :lol:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

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Fair play to him, only took him three months to use a front four that works

[Munchies]

Ozil is fucking off

finally

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:sarcy:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevie Me. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Brom: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Fletcher, Livermore, Brunt, Chadli, McClean, Rondon.
Subs: Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Yacob, Marc Wilson, Myhill, Leko, Field.

[Niall_Quinn]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7MoS1mXQAASV3v.jpg

Now then, with a team like that, if you go out and play tippy/ tappy and squareball, well i don't know what should happen if we do that. Something really fucking bad and we'll deserve it.

This is a day to work for the whole 90 and use the wicked pace we have in that front four.

[Power n Glory]

We don't need Ozil!

[Niall_Quinn]

We don't need Ozil!

Of course we do. Take a look at the middle. Xhaka/ Ramsey.

Academic anyway, evidently Ozil doesn't fancy playing for us anyway. Why is he missing today? Note from his mum?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He has a little hamstring.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We don't need Ozil!

Proof is in recent results!

We've been crap regardless.

[Niall_Quinn]

"Jake, you're back in the England squad - what's your reaction to the news?"
"I'm delighted."

"Do you like playing football?"
"Erm, Yes, of course."

"If you won a billion pounds, would you be chuffed?"
"Yes."

"Are you glad the earth hasn't spun off into a black hole and wiped us from all time and space?"
"I guess."

[Power n Glory]

Proof is in recent results!

We've been crap regardless.

:gp: Absolutely. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

He has a little hamstring.

Pulled it sneezing with the flu I suppose.

Winter break, Spring break, Summer break - he blew it during the autumn though.

[Power n Glory]

Of course we do. Take a look at the middle. Xhaka/ Ramsey.

Academic anyway, evidently Ozil doesn't fancy playing for us anyway. Why is he missing today? Note from his mum?

If that trio play well, they'll play a more direct game and not constantly play the short pass. The tippy tippy stuff you hate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

A prospect of a double over Pulis is one of the few joys we have left.

[Niall_Quinn]

There goes the plane. No way will he sign the contract after that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No Contract. Wenger Out.

On a plane.

[Niall_Quinn]

If that trio play well, they'll play a more direct game and not constantly play the short pass. The tippy tippy stuff you hate.

I don't really care that much tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Right off the bat, there it is. Ramsey with space ahead of him. Stops. Turns. Plays it backwards. Why?

Does if again FFS!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis with some brilliant chest control but then gives it away for some reason.

[Niall_Quinn]

Early days but we are playing a more direct game so far though. Could do with a bit of accuracy to go with it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nyom,WTF?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not sure how Theo managed to avoid tapping it in.

[Niall_Quinn]

Probably shouldn't let one player run through our entire team. Lucky they had nobody in the box.

[Niall_Quinn]

I can't stand the football we play sometimes.

[Niall_Quinn]

Back to comaball.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McClean belts it, Cech saves.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis is giving the long option on the left, Theo just won't do it on the right though. Where is this legendary pace of his?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Dawson. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

1-0

Same old.

[Power n Glory]

I blame the plane.

[Niall_Quinn]

Honestly, 30mill on that Mustafi guy?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ALEXIS!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

1-1 Alexis.

Even that's a bit depressing because we know we won't have him next season.

[Power n Glory]

Great pass from Xhaka and great footwork and finish from Alexis.

[Niall_Quinn]

Another plane goes over - In Arsene We Trust

:doh:

Trust to do what? 5-1 by Bayern every time?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Plane War. :popcorn:

[Niall_Quinn]

I blame the plane.

Your theory has been confirmed.

Wenger out plane goes over - we concede.
Wenger In plane goes over - we score.

Therefore, the reason we haven't won everything this year = fans who want Wenger out.

Science.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sounds like the battle of Britain over the stadium. Brom fans must be bemused.

[Niall_Quinn]

Stick some guns on both the planes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

All you can hear in the background are those fucking planes. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Nobody thought to bring anti-aircraft artillery to the game :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal FC has just raised a barrage balloon - "Thank you for your interest in our affairs!"

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's probably the same plane from both sides.

[Niall_Quinn]

The planes are more interesting than the game.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a shit ref. Clear foul on Alexis. It's pathetic.

[Power n Glory]

Ref is taking the piss.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's probably the same plane from both sides.

Capitalism :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He gives the foul, in our own half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Carry on fouling says the ref.

[Niall_Quinn]

Really pathetic from Theo.

[Master Splinter]

This referee is fully subscribing to the Give Arsenal Absolutely Nothing rule. Every clear, cynical foul waved away.

Xhaka will be sent off for his first tackle.

It's beyond a joke and happens every week.

Ha ha ha Arsenal are soft so deserve everything they get and when they foul they deserve to be punished.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rondon clears one.

[Niall_Quinn]

This referee is fully subscribing to the Give Arsenal Absolutely Nothing rule. Every clear, cynical foul waved away.

Xhaka will be sent off for his first tackle.

It's beyond a joke and happens every week.

Ha ha ha Arsenal are soft so deserve everything they get and when they foul they deserve to be punished.

Even that's dull. Just a normal part of the game now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey shot, saved, Theo pubs it up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Remember Theo bursting through the middle in the CL game vs Pool? That Theo has gone. He's regressed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cech saves from Fletcher, good defending guys.

[Niall_Quinn]

Decent enough effort by Ramsey but I see he's regularly abandoning his midfield duties now. Which might not be a bad thing considering he plays it backwards all the time.

Cech saves us again.

[Globalgunner]

Our defending is hilarious.

[Niall_Quinn]

Our defending is hilarious.

We don't have any defending. Haven't had for months (years). Wenger doesn't do it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cech has injured himself. :doh:

[AFC Leveller]

Ref had been a disgrace so far, Livermore should have been booked at least once and those two kicks on Alexis weren't even given ffs.

[Niall_Quinn]

Cech has injured himself. :doh:

The Arsenal Way®

Off he goes.

[Globalgunner]

West Brom fans applauding the fact that Ospina is coming on. Lets hope Cechs injury is not season ending

[Niall_Quinn]

At least Ospina has come on at 10 past rather than 10-2

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ox, Theo, Ramsey and Welbeck just aren't with it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox, Theo, Ramsey and Welbeck just aren't with it.

Xhaka and Ramsey are so conservative, they are feeding fuck all into the front men. All they want to do is keep possession, slow it down.

[Power n Glory]

Ox, Theo, Ramsey and Welbeck just aren't with it.
They've been poor. Welbeck up front isn't really working.

[Niall_Quinn]

Okay Xhaka - please go back to passing sideways :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McClean booked.

It's all on the ref if Alexis is dead.

[Power n Glory]

Xhaka and Ramsey are so conservative, they are feeding fuck all into the front men. All they want to do is keep possession, slow it down.

Xhaka? Not this game.

[Niall_Quinn]

They've been poor. Welbeck up front isn't really working.

Theo refuses to take on his opponent. Welbeck has zero to work with unless Alexis has the ball. Ox should be deeper where he was playing well in recent weeks.

Alexis hacked again. The 12,733rd foul finally draws a yellow.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis will be fine. Nothing more than a minor break, won't bother him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka? Not this game.

Yes this game, most games. His first and often only instinct is the negative ball. Like all our midfielders except Ox when he played there. Which is probably why Wenger booted him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why is Alexis getting booed? :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Good grief Ramsey!

[AFC Leveller]

Xhaka and Ramsey are so conservative, they are feeding fuck all into the front men. All they want to do is keep possession, slow it down.

They are under instructions obviously otherwise they get benched.

[Power n Glory]

Theo refuses to take on his opponent. Welbeck has zero to work with unless Alexis has the ball. Ox should be deeper where he was playing well in recent weeks.

Alexis hacked again. The 12,733rd foul finally draws a yellow.

Welbeck is doing a Giroud impersonation.

[Master Splinter]

Alexis being booed for being assaulted by their orcs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT.

[Globalgunner]

Our philosophy is certainly to always pass when you can also shoot. We are so much better than this lot but just wait for when West Brom get a few players in our box and steal the game to the delight of the BBC pundits.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why is Alexis getting booed? :haha:

He went off the pitch and they couldn't kick him for a whole 2 minutes. Spoiled the fun.

[Power n Glory]

Yes this game, most games. His first and often only instinct is the negative ball. Like all our midfielders except Ox when he played there. Which is probably why Wenger booted him.

Xhaka set up the goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT - seems like only last year this game kicked off.

I really don't want to watch any more of this. But if I turn it off then I'll be sitting there wondering what's going on. It's like being cursed.

[RomfordPele]

Theo is really sticking it to Southgate so far.

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka set up the goal.

Oh big deal. The one exception. We've gone a whole season with these shitty tactics which is why the team is in such shit shape. Just because we've scored goals or made the odd forward pass doesn't excuse how horribly negative our game has become.

[Master Splinter]

Welbeck is lacking a lot of sharpness today.

On Monday: Hazard targeted.

On Saturday: Fair challenges on Alexis, he's making a meal of it, he should just get up and shrug off the fact every body part is bruised and bleeding.

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck is doing a Giroud impersonation.

No. I saw him moving on multiple occasions.

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck is lacking a lot of sharpness today.

On Monday: Hazard targeted.

On Saturday: Fair challenges on Alexis, he's making a meal of it, he should just get up and shrug off the fact every body part is bruised and bleeding.

Poor old Alexis can't wait to get back to his next game against Argentina or Columbia for a less painful afternoon.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Power n Glory]

No. I saw him moving on multiple occasions.

Of course. But he’s not losing his marker.

[Niall_Quinn]

Of course. But he’s not losing his marker.

Like the fans, I think the players are going through the motions.

There's nothing at this club. The only buzz is those planes.

[Power n Glory]

Like the fans, I think the players are going through the motions.

There's nothing at this club. The only buzz is those planes.

I don't think that's the case with Danny. He's just not used to playing as striker.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo checks, passes it short to Bellerin and sets off down the line. Bellerin looks,.. passes it backwards. Theo, hands on hips, fuck this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rondoff. :lol:

More great defending though.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo takes down the pass well, nice low cross right into the danger area. Nobody there. Fuck this.

[Niall_Quinn]

Condom :haha:

Can't even beat our defenders.

[Power n Glory]

Theo takes down the pass well, nice low cross right into the danger area. Nobody there. Fuck this.

Heck of a pass from Xhaka to Theo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rondon hauled off, Robson-Kanu on.

[Power n Glory]

Need to get Sanchez playing in the middle. That passage of play that won us the corner is what we need from our forward to link up play.

[Niall_Quinn]

Heck of a pass from Xhaka to Theo.

Immediately followed by our front four bursting forward and Xhaka running into Ramsey smack in the congested centre, and literally tapping it the 4 inches to him. Which is what he does 90% of the time and it breaks up the play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 Robson-Kanu.

Oh dear Ospina.

[Niall_Quinn]

Need to get Sanchez playing in the middle. That passage of play that won us the corner is what we need from our forward to link up play.

There's only one answer to the now terminal problem with our game and we know what that answer is. Tinkering isn't going to float this shipwreck.

[Power n Glory]

Theo is terrible. Absolutely terrible and showing why he was dropped.

[Thierrymon]

Can this season just be over already?

[RomfordPele]

Has he resigned yet?

[Niall_Quinn]

2-1 Brom.

Looked a mile offside but the defending and keeping hilarious as always.

[Power n Glory]

Ospina... What a turd.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sky commentators SEE the guy offside, a fucking white line gets drawn down the screen showing him offside - "certainly onside! Nothing wrong with that!"

[Niall_Quinn]

If you swapped managers around for the next 33 mins, Pulis would still win this match. We have superior players but literally nothing in terms of the tactics, plan. It's just space, pace, space, pass, hopeful punt. Wenger is absolutely fucking clueless.

[Power n Glory]

Have to get Welbeck out from front and get Sanchez up front as the false 9.

[Niall_Quinn]

Have to get Welbeck out from front and get Sanchez up front as the false 9.

That'll work well against the Fighting Uruk Hai. Don't forget, the ref's not blowing for fouls.

[RomfordPele]

If you swapped managers around for the next 33 mins, Pulis would still win this match. We have superior players but literally nothing in terms of the tactics, plan. It's just space, pace, space, pass, hopeful punt. Wenger is absolutely fucking clueless.

We need to just suck it up for the next two months.

I don't want us to get fourth this year. It's sad, but it's come to that.

Sixth place and an absolute thumping in the semi final and even he can't talk his way out of that one.

[Niall_Quinn]

The answer is Giroud - here he comes. Well, when it gets to 68 minutes.

[Power n Glory]

That'll work well against the Fighting Uruk Hai. Don't forget, the ref's not blowing for fouls.

He'll introduce Giroud otherwise and have to hope a good cross will get us a goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo hauled off, Bif on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbz hits the bar.

[Niall_Quinn]

We need to just suck it up for the next two months.

I don't want us to get fourth this year. It's sad, but it's come to that.

Sixth place and an absolute thumping in the semi final and even he can't talk his way out of that one.

He's staying. Count on it. He's totally unrepentant and thinks it's we, the fans, who have the serious problem.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ospina. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

64 MINS!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a sub!!!!!!

Amazing.

Unbelievable!

Everyone expected 68mins and BANG! There it is. 64 mins!!!!!!!

Well, well, well...

[Niall_Quinn]

Brunted out of the stadium :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Successful passes

WBA 92 - 512 Arsenal

And there you have it.

[Power n Glory]

£35m

[Niall_Quinn]

:doh: All that build up just to boot it straight into the wall.

[Niall_Quinn]

Foster's playing - didn't realise.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brunt off, Yacob on.

[RomfordPele]

New clogger replaces old clogger.

[Niall_Quinn]

Brunt always gives me hope that one day I might be a PL player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 Dawson, same again.

[Niall_Quinn]

2 shots on target, to Brom's 7

[Thierrymon]

Game over man, game over.

[RomfordPele]

Has he resigned yet?

Seriously. Just GO.

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh, make that Brom's 8

:doh:

There's nothing left, we've reached the bottom. It has been a long and slow descent.

[Power n Glory]

What the fuck were Ramsey and Ox doing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis limps off, Iwobi on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger just doesn't do defence. Every game we see it, over and over and over and over. But nothing ever twigs with this guy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Doesn't he get embarrassed being turned over all the time by Pulis? Where's his fucking pride?

[Niall_Quinn]

60-70 mill on Xhaka and Mustafi. That could have bought us a striker FFS! The striker we have needed for years.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Says it all from Ox.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin is so off form.

Like the rest of them I suppose.

[Niall_Quinn]

For 10 years running - the players have let Wenger down. All those teams, all those players, they all let him down.

And the fans have let Wenger down too.

So many people have conspired to let Wenger down.

Poor guy.

[Niall_Quinn]

That's it lads. A bit of backpassing practise with the GK ought to do it.

[Gubby Allen]

Completely outplayed by West Brom

[Gubby Allen]

Ramsey has been dreadful today.

[Niall_Quinn]

Imagine paying for a plane to fly a banner that reads In Wenger We Trust?

What a shocking waste of money. Arsene would not approve.

fly boys Chris and Ty :doh:

[Globalgunner]

They had better put the call out to Allegri now.

[Marc Overmars]

Wenger :haha:

Just go man.

[Gubby Allen]

Theo is terrible. Absolutely terrible and showing why he was dropped.

There are not too many Premier League players who were at their peak ten years ago and at no point since, have been any better than that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Have we made it to 600 passes yet? That's all I'm interested in.

[Power n Glory]

Ramsey has been dreadful today.

Along with Theo, Welbeck and Ox. Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 FT. Just utter, utter shit.

There is never any defiance.

[Gubby Allen]

Pitiful

[Power n Glory]

Anyone want to take a crack at writing Wenger's post match interview comments?

[Niall_Quinn]

The players :doh:

The fans :doh:

The ref :doh:

The pitch :doh:

The weather :doh:

The fixture list :doh:

Financial dopers :doh:

The financial crash :doh:

So unlucky.

[Power n Glory]

I blame the planes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's winging it.

[Power n Glory]

Man City next lads!

[Niall_Quinn]

He's winging it.

He's crashed and burned.

[Marc Overmars]

I'll judge him at the end of the flight.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's lost the pilot.

[Niall_Quinn]

Man City next lads!

Used to be we'd say typical Arsenal, we'll go and win that.

But this time - no hope. This is it. We're at the bottom. We've hit rock that even Wenger surely can't dig through.

The only thing we can possibly do now is sign Wenger up and let him tunnel along the bottom.

[Niall_Quinn]

He's lost the pilot.

He never got off the ground.

[Niall_Quinn]

750 passes :bow:

8% long :bow:

77% possession :bow:

We murdered them.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can we just have the one match reaction thread for the rest of the season? It's the same match over and over anyway.

[Power n Glory]

Shut up Redknapp. Fake outrage. We see this sort of performance all the time.

[Niall_Quinn]

Shut up Redknapp. Fake outrage. We see this sort of performance all the time.

Be fair, it's in his job description to defend Wenger.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Shut up Redknapp. Fake outrage. We see this sort of performance all the time.

Considering what he said last year about Wenger brainwashing the fans about 4th being good enough, totally hypocritical as well

[Niall_Quinn]

Jamie's back for another defence of Wenger.

There are no characters in this team - he says! That couldn't possibly be down to the manager, so what could be the cause of it?

My own feeling is it's the fans.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger out for his excuses session.

He starts off by blaming Brom for defending.

Then claims everyone must take responsibility and prepare for the next game.

Actually states we work on the same system for "every single game".

Says Brom would score against anyone from set pieces.

Says there first was offside (true)

Says we should have had a penalty but those decisions go against us.

Cech - calf injury.

Alexis - ankle.

4 defeats in 5 in very worrying.

Now we must regroup ad fight back. We must focus on big games coming up.

We must prepare well for end of season.

We focus on analysing where we are not good and what didn't work today.



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