Arsenal vs. Chelsea | FA Community Shield | 14.00

[GP]

Sunday 6th August

Time to give Chelsea another Wembley kicking.

The Pre-Season Treble is on.

[Letters]

When is it? What day?

[GP]

When is it? What day?

Sunday funday

[Letters]

Ah. MrsL is working so could potentially watch it if
a) I can find a stream and
b) I could be arsed.

I suspect neither will be the case.

[Özim]

Best thing that can happen here is for Chelsea to give us a good kicking so that Wenger pulls his finger out and signs a few more as our transfer window so far has been shocking (to noone's surprise).

[Niall_Quinn]

Best thing is for Wenger to fuck off before the match.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I was offered a free ticket for this. Felt bad for turning it down, but I just really really really cannot be arsed going to this.

[Özim]

I was offered a free ticket for this. Felt bad for turning it down, but I just really really really cannot be arsed going to this.

No such thing as a free lunch......






















































.......at Arsenal

[Niall_Quinn]

I was offered a free ticket for this. Felt bad for turning it down, but I just really really really cannot be arsed going to this.

I thought I was doing you a favour. I won't bother next time.

Now you've lumbered me with this ticket.

[Niall_Quinn]

LOL. Not a single post on the opening day of the season. Wenger and the gang really have energised the fan base at least on GW.

If the athletics aren't finished by kick-off then tough luck football.

[Gooner23]

Arsenal XI: Cech; Holding, Mertesacker, Monreal; Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Welbeck, Iwobi; Lacazette.

Chelsea XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro.

[Gooner23]

Sanchez not involved at all.

Round my mates who has BT so will be watching. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.

[GP]

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[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal XI: Cech; Holding, Mertesacker, Monreal; Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Welbeck, Iwobi; Lacazette.

Chelsea XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro.

No Ozil? No Alexis?

Injured? Can't be bothered turning up? Busy trying to get a deal elsewhere? Wenger being a typically retarded cunt?

This is the curtain raiser for the season. Why don't we have our best team on the pitch?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Kick off delayed so we can have a mass virtue signalling session.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good pass Ox. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin's cross, too close to Courtois.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good run from Iwobi, just needed a tap-in.

[Niall_Quinn]

Lacazette saves the chavs with a last ditch clearance, right in front of goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbz header, right at Courtois. Needed to fluff it.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a miss by Welbeck. Clear in on goal, shite header. Two easy goals missed already.

[Niall_Quinn]

These players aren't very good and they don't deserve a fraction of the money they get. Standard is so low it's laughable.

[Xhaka Can’t]

So, this has started.

Wow.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not enough passes in the box. 50 more passes needed there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Azpilicueta booked.

Cynical cunt.

[Niall_Quinn]

Cynical chav turd. Can't play football, so Azpuke drags the player down.

[Niall_Quinn]

Square FK :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin booked after wiping Alonso out.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin. Booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Cisc being booed, little bit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cricket weather?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette hits the post!

[Niall_Quinn]

Was a good move there though. Welbz and VHS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ox, that was pish.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dawson Leery kicking out at Lacazette.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin with a decent cross, to a chav. Cech gets there first.

[Niall_Quinn]

Did that fuck Alonso not get booked for that?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BFG bleeding. Chelsea elbows again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Merts bloodied up from elbow by scumbag Cahill.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BFG off, Kolasinac on.

At least there are six subs in this thing, so for once we're not wasting a sub in the first half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Kola coming on to do Cahill. Wouldn't want to be in that dirty chav's shoes when the payback comes down.

[Niall_Quinn]

30 mins gone. One moment of quality from these multi-millionaires.

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka is so negative. Everything goes square or back at a snail's pace.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro hammers it, Cech saves.

All from Ox running to nowhere in particular.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka is so negative. Everything goes square or back at a snail's pace.

Bollocks.

[Niall_Quinn]

Cech saves from Pedro.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian booked for diving. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Bollocks.

He is.

[Niall_Quinn]

Willian doing what chavs do. What a fucking horrendous cheat.

Good stuff from the ref. Plenty would have bought that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mark Clattenburg sounds absolutely nothing like how I imagined.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox started well enough, but now he's swapped teams by the look of it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Scuffer from Iwobi in the end.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good build up for that backpass.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbeck. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbz sends one into orbit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-0

Football is back, as bad as ever.

As far as we're concerned, passing is a bit sharper than usual, crossing is as woeful as ever, chavs haven't done anything to test the defence, front men with plenty of huff and puff but almost zero quality. One exception, and the only thing worth watching in that half, was a rapid and incisive move that saw Lacazette hit the post with a decent enough effort.

With all the cash sloshing around though it's hilarious when you see what that cash buys. Daylight robbery. Many of these players are pubbers.

[Niall_Quinn]

Microsoft's new Macbook looks quite nice.

[Niall_Quinn]

BT have sent the footage of the Willian dive to NASA who have determined it was a penalty and the chavs have been robbed. You can clearly see Bellerin touches the diving cheat around 17 hours before the incident. This caused Willian to deliberately kick his own heel, dive and then appeal for the penalty.

If this ends up depriving the chavs of the PL and CL double it will be a disgrace.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Moses.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not for the first time, our defence "clears" the ball straight up into the air and down into the danger zone. Is it really so hard to hoof it down the field?

[Maestro]

Our defending has been poor for over a decade now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny fucks it up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Elneny spoons it way off target. Good composure.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro not booked but Bellerin was.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz and Cahill are dead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Both will have to go off for concussions surely?

[Niall_Quinn]

Cahill misses our lad and takes his own player out by accident.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny nearly scored with a cross/shot?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hit it Iwobi FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbz should've cut it back.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette and Iwobi off.

Bif and Theo on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just back in time to see Wenger send his fuck buddy on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Batshit off, Morata on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Courtois to deny Xhaka.

[Niall_Quinn]

Quality moment #2

Xhaka screamer but decent save.

[Niall_Quinn]

That 70 million quid guy blazes it over by around a mile and a half.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro sent off! :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

That should be a red for Pedro, if we go by the standards set for showing reds to Xhaka.

Yes. It actually is a red. Well done ref. Correct decision.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KOLASINAC!!!!!!


Ian Darke. :haha:

[GP]

KOLASINAC!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Poor old Pedro - according to the BT fuckwits.

Nasty challenge from behind that could have ended the season for Elneny.

GOAL! 1-1

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian off, Musonda on.

[Niall_Quinn]

BT getting a twitchy anus now. There will be lots of debate now, if we don't lose this. Apparently.

[Niall_Quinn]

Some Pogba wannabe on for the chavs.

[Niall_Quinn]

Our fans have arrived.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbeck off, Nelson on to win it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nelson on for Welbz.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Does Pedro's red carry over to the Prem?

[Niall_Quinn]

Does Pedro's red carry over to the Prem?

No.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo scuffer supreme.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo being Theo. Nice effort from Nelson though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Morata clears it. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

FFS Theo.

[Globalgunner]

FFS Theo.

Story of his entire life. He's never gonna leave us btw.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT. On to pelanties.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 1-1

Pens will decide it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ah yes. We're about to see the new fucked up penalty system.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Surely the match should be replayed!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ABBA. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cahill makes it 1-0.

I don't remember many Cech pel saves for us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo's. :blink: Wow.

1-1.

[Xhaka Can’t]

When did Theo become a wiseguy?

[Niall_Quinn]

Here comes Theo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 MONREAL!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Courtois with the goalline clearance!!!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Morata sends it miles wide!! :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Courtois :haha:

WTF?

[Niall_Quinn]

70 mill :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 OX!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif to win it!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BIF!!!! THE TREBLE!!!!!

:bow:

:cloud9:

Chelsea. :haha:

Courtois. :haha:

Pedro. :haha:

Morata. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif wins it.

[GP]

Perfect.

Morata :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif's match stats - 1 touch - 1 goal :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Conte needs more playa. Sending 25,000 players out on loan has left them short.

[Letters]

Wenger :bow:

[Letters]

KOLASINAC!!!

Free transfer. Doesn't count :sulk:

[GP]

Pre-season treble, new contract for Wenger please.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hammered them 4-1 tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pre-season treble, new contract for Wenger please.

Yes. And make it happen fast in case the uncertainty derails our season.

[Master Splinter]

With the ABBA system, It's The Name Of The Game that The Winner Takes It All and now Chelsea need a SOS.

Fernando.

[Niall_Quinn]

No Ronald McDonald????

That's the only reason I was watching :doh:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Whose clever idea was it to adopt the tie break formula with penalties?

[Master Splinter]

Whose clever idea was it to adopt the tie break formula with penalties?

Wenger.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We're a bit ridiculous at Wembley tbf.

So are Spurs interestingly.

[Letters]

With the ABBA system, It's The Name Of The Game that The Winner Takes It All and now Chelsea need a SOS.

Fernando.

:lol:

I had to Google that ABBA thing. Sounds like a silly idea to me, do they have to keep on tinkering?

[Globalgunner]

With the ABBA system, It's The Name Of The Game that The Winner Takes It All and now Chelsea need a SOS.

Fernando.

Knowing me. Knowing you.....thats just a load of....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Here we go collecting yet another trophy. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

With the ABBA system, It's The Name Of The Game that The Winner Takes It All and now Chelsea need a SOS.

Fernando.

Mamma Mia! Does your mother know you're on the internet?

[Letters]

Champions elect tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

:lol:

I had to Google that ABBA thing. Sounds like a silly idea to me, do they have to keep on tinkering?

Fine by me, as long as they do nothing about the cheating.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bob Wilson. :bow:

:trophy:

[Niall_Quinn]

Nothing can happen without drum and bass, can it? What a fucking awful noise, same shit over and over and over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis says 'get that shit out of my face'. :lol:

[Letters]

What a fucking awful noise, same shit over and over and over.
You are slipping. Perfect opportunity for a dig at Wenger there and you left it. :sulk:

[Niall_Quinn]

Great result for the charity shield in general. Last year it lost its status as a proper trophy but now we've restored it.

[Globalgunner]

Fine by me, as long as they do nothing about the cheating.

If they take out the cheating.it will just be like any other sport.

[Niall_Quinn]

You are slipping. Perfect opportunity for a dig at Wenger there and you left it. :sulk:

At least it's the Clash now.

[Master Splinter]

At least it's the Clash now.

Should Wenger stay or should he go?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Players looked embarrassed to touch the trophy apart from Koscielny, Mertesacker and Holding...... and the former two had to touch it!

Nice to beat those mugs though this is kind of a new era of Chelsea without Drogba, Cole, Terry, Lampard or Mourinho there. Not quite as loathsome.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Agree.

But Chelsea fans will always be Chelsea fans.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Had to read the back papers this morning to see Conte is whinging about decisions against Chelsea

He had people tell him the Willian dive was a clear penalty, goes to show you should be careful who you believe. Even BT sport couldn't spin that as anything other than a dive with any conviction.

Then there's the Pedro red card....I'm sorry but if you dive in like that you leave yourself open to being sent off.

Stop whinging and maybe instruct your players not to cheat.

[GP]

The Willian thing is weird. I was told that Bellerin makes contact with his knee, but I'll be buggered if I can see it. He clearly just trips over his own feet.

Is that a pelanty? No.

Is it simulation? I don't know, but it's funny.

[Niall_Quinn]

Had to read the back papers this morning to see Conte is whinging about decisions against Chelsea

He had people tell him the Willian dive was a clear penalty, goes to show you should be careful who you believe. Even BT sport couldn't spin that as anything other than a dive with any conviction.

Then there's the Pedro red card....I'm sorry but if you dive in like that you leave yourself open to being sent off.

Stop whinging and maybe instruct your players not to cheat.

He'd be sacked instantly if he tried to change the culture of the club so dramatically.

[Niall_Quinn]

The Willian thing is weird. I was told that Bellerin makes contact with his knee, but I'll be buggered if I can see it. He clearly just trips over his own feet.

Is that a pelanty? No.

Is it simulation? I don't know, but it's funny.

The way I saw it is Willian's a cheating, diving, scumbag piece of shit who tried to con the ref with the classic clip your own heel trick mastered and gifted to the game by the likes of Rooney, Youngy, Azzzahhhh and Rooney some more.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I thought there was the slightest nick on his heel (by accident) and didn't think he dived but hey ho. Pedro I have no sympathy for.....the little shi*.

[fakeyank]

Does Pedro's red carry over to the Prem?

I thought it did. If not, a couple of our players should have 'taken out' some of the morans at Chelsea.

[GP]

I thought there was the slightest nick on his heel

Nope

[Niall_Quinn]

Nope

Confirmed.