Cologne vs Arsenal - Thursday 6pm BT sport

[Cripps]

5 points clear

2 games left

:good:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think we will lose this one

[GP]

We've already qualified so we'll play the kids and wasters like Nketiah and Walcott.

[Cripps]

I think we will lose this one

A draw in the other game sees us go through as winners regardless :pray:

[Marc Overmars]

Probably be a similar performance to the one against Red Star at home. The job is as good as done so I’m sure the mash up of players in the squad will be going through the motions.

[AFC Leveller]

Welbz should be back for this and the likes of bif, jack, walnut getting a game.

1-1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ospina, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Holding, Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Elneny, Coquelin, Wilshere, Welbeck, Giroud.

Theo. :rose:

[Master Splinter]

LITERALLY no-one is watching.

Theo is ill, tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

What is that shit kit we are wearing today? Our 9th kit? Looks like we found it in a bin somewhere and forgot to wipe all the shit off it.

[Master Splinter]

Coquelin shoots just wide.

[Niall_Quinn]

Elneny is shit. He's a lazy bastard who refuses to focus. Some of the passes he fucks up are unbelievable. 2 yards, no pressure, still fucks it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Blind linesman? Equality :bow:

[Master Splinter]

What do all these cheating linesmen have against Arsenal?

[Master Splinter]

Chambers :lol:.

[Master Splinter]

Coquelin is cursed.

Hits the post.

[Master Splinter]

Welbz combs one wide.

[Globalgunner]

WTF is going on in defence. Is Debuchy playing CB while Chambers is RB?
Wenger magic?

[Cripps]

This is... scintillating

[Master Splinter]

0-0. HT.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-0

It might be an idea to train our players how to cross a ball.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I saw the last 20 minutes of it, little bit uninspiring.

Though perhaps not a surprise given what our midfield is (though aware applicable throughout the season so far).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbeck off, presumably injured.

Iwobi on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair needed to hammer it first opportunity he had, delayed by looking for the sidefoot finish.

Debuchy booked.

[Master Splinter]

FFS Welbz.

[Master Splinter]

Wilshere is the new Hleb/Ozil.

[Niall_Quinn]

Jack's just too slow these days. He's about as fast as a dead snail.

[Cripps]

Is coquelin kicking and dribbling the ball out of play on purpose?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is coquelin kicking and dribbling the ball out of play on purpose?

He still thinks he is Pirlo for some reason.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chambers :doh:

Where's the captain to scream at him for crap like that?

[Niall_Quinn]

Elneny is just about the worst player we could pick to take the set pieces.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers :doh:

Where's the captain to scream at him for crap like that?

BFG is too deep for his shout to be heard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilshere needs the Bif one-two to come off otherwise he is lost.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty for Cologne. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blatant dive.

[Cripps]

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 to Cologne. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Donkey challenge by donkey Debuchy

[Niall_Quinn]

We're still leading on possession.

Tip tap. Tip tap.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah to save us.

[Niall_Quinn]

Some great tippy tappy in response to going a goal down.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilshere goes for it from way out, saved.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilshere clears it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers hauled off, Nelson on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Le Maniac subs Chambers and replaces him with a non-defender.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nelson's pace :wacko:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking Elneny. WTF?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh Bif.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif in full retard mode.

[Cripps]

Giroud taking longer than a cruise ship to turn round there

[Niall_Quinn]

Coroner and body bag coming on for Horn. Maybe he'll come back to life in about 2 minutes?

[Niall_Quinn]

Jack's finished, if this display is anything to go on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Do we have anyone on the bench who can cross a ball? Bould maybe?

[Niall_Quinn]

L'Incredible Moron is giving Eddie a full 5 minutes.

[Cripps]

Elneny is fucking useless

[Niall_Quinn]

Jack is the new Elneny.

[Niall_Quinn]

Cologne going through their fake injury routine to see the time out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atrocious from Wilshere

[Niall_Quinn]

Wilshere is just pitiful. His first instinct is to run headlong into the opponent. He's the old Elneny and the new Theo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great run from Nelson.

[Niall_Quinn]

Unlucky twice there.

[Master Splinter]

This is the most one-sided 0-1 defeat ever.

In our favour.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair hammers it this time, goes for a corner.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is the most one-sided 0-1 defeat ever.

In our favour.

A symptom of the snail's pace bollocks we play. All the possession. Fuck all done with it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair does it again. :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Wilshere with a 10/10 MOTM performance for Koln.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pirlo fucks it up again.

[GP]

Group Winners :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 FT.

B team showing why they are the B team, although Wenger needs to stop taking the piss with these European games.

[Marc Overmars]

Have we won the group?

Oh just seen we have. Yay.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 1-0

Embarrassing.

As always, Wenger out.

Stupid old goat with his random teams and bullshit tippy tap.

[Niall_Quinn]

Absolute

Bare

Minimum

Achieved by Wenker yet again.

[Master Splinter]

A symptom of the snail's pace bollocks we play. All the possession. Fuck all done with it.

As poor as we have been, Koln have been as bad as Watford were in that game where the ref decided to give the home team a non-pelanty and change the result to his liking. We've had enough clear chances to score at least four and with some care in the final third, maybe even double that.

[Niall_Quinn]

As poor as we have been, Koln have been as bad as Watford were in that game where the ref decided to give the home team a non-pelanty and change the result to his liking. We've had enough clear chances to score at least four and with some care in the final third, maybe even double that.

Totally inept in the final third. How many so-called crosses and corners went to the opposition. Just about every last one. Wenker should have been off the bench ordering Elneny to sit down every time we had a set piece. And somebody needs to give Jack a basic physics lesson so he realises passing through solid matter is difficult and there are easier options.

[Letters]

Absolute

Bare

Minimum

Achieved by Wenker yet again.

Winning the group by 4 points when the top 2 go through? :unsure:

[Niall_Quinn]

Winning the group by 4 points when the top 2 go through? :unsure:

Exactly what Wenker himself would say.

No, I'm talking about this travesty of a performance. We didn't need to win to go through, we didn't even need a draw. All we needed to do was physically turn up and so that's what we did. No team. No tactics. No energy. No goals. No points. And we're through. It's classic Wenker, with his loathing of consistency and momentum. We wait to see how the cunt will wreck the team on Sunday.

[Letters]

Yes yes, he hates momentum and inertia and the strong nuclear force

:sleep:

In happier times no one would care about this result but I guess it's a good opportunity for a whine.

[Niall_Quinn]

You were asking in another thread how unbelievable shit happens.

The answer, which also applies to this discussion, is complacency.

"Reasonable" people and their endless complacency is why so much of the world is broken. And "reasonable" people and their complacency is why half the Arsenal fan base hasn't been able to apply sufficient heat to a fraud like Wenger. There's always a snivelling wretch who pitches up to defend or deflect. Wenger is most grateful, even though he doesn't know your name.

[Letters]

There is something in that but these results happen to pretty much every team. We do admittedly have a history of taking our foot off the pedal too early (again, that is something we used to do in the good years under Wenger too).
At least we did it this time after we'd won the group.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Yes yes, he hates momentum and inertia and the strong nuclear force

:sleep:

In happier times no one would care about this result but I guess it's a good opportunity for a whine.

No I’m sorry, that’s patently untrue

I think back ten years to when we were unbeaten up until November and we got turned over by Sevilla 3-1

Was not happy at all. I don’t think any defeat warrants a shrug of the shoulders.

The problem of losing to a team like this 1-0 is that even with the team we put out, we shouldn’t be failing to score against them

[Cripps]

Yes yes, he hates momentum and inertia and the strong nuclear force

:sleep:

In happier times no one would care about this result but I guess it's a good opportunity for a whine.

Yes what we really should be doing is celebrating after a loss :lol:

[Cripps]

You were asking in another thread how unbelievable shit happens.

The answer, which also applies to this discussion, is complacency.

"Reasonable" people and their endless complacency is why so much of the world is broken. And "reasonable" people and their complacency is why half the Arsenal fan base hasn't been able to apply sufficient heat to a fraud like Wenger. There's always a snivelling wretch who pitches up to defend or deflect. Wenger is most grateful, even though he doesn't know your name.

Post of the year tbh

[Letters]

No I’m sorry, that’s patently untrue

I think back ten years to when we were unbeaten up until November and we got turned over by Sevilla 3-1

Was not happy at all. I don’t think any defeat warrants a shrug of the shoulders.

The problem of losing to a team like this 1-0 is that even with the team we put out, we shouldn’t be failing to score against them

To me this is one of those "All losses are equal but some are more equal than others" thing.
I'd care more had we lost to Spurs and will do if we lose at the weekend.

Last night we'd already won the group. Koln needed to win to qualify. Sounds like a pretty bad game all round but while we shouldn't ever be indifferent about a loss I'm not going to wail and gnash my teeth about this one.
Had it caused us to slip to second in the group or, worse, not qualify at all then that would be different.

[Cripps]

Actually we hadn't already won the group :coffee:

We ended up winning the group cause the other game was a draw :coffee:

[Letters]

Yes, I just realised that :lol:
I thought last night was the last games of the group, I'd missed that there was one more
:getcoat:

I think we had already qualified though.

But we have won the group now.

Wenger :bow:

[Cripps]

Yes, I just realised that :lol:
I thought last night was the last games of the group, I'd missed that there was one more
:getcoat:


You've really lost interest haven't you? :lol:
Isn't there an MK Dons forum you can go and be a moderator on instead? :lol: