Crystal Palace away. Thursday 28th.

[Cripps]

Yay

[Marc Overmars]

1-2.

We’re going to lay down a real statement of intent.

[AFC Leveller]

2-0.

Palace have not lost at home since Woy has come in, we are a bit shit away from home (and in general) so i cant see us winning.

Koscielny to have another mare, esp with Beneteke back for them.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Score draw

[selassie]

Hand on heart who can confidently say Arsenal win? I know I can't, again like with the West Ham game and like when we play West Brom away in a few days time I have no idea what the outcome will be.

Sad thing is I think we more likely to lose than win, though I agree with Herb, I suspect it will be a score draw.

[dostoy]

A loss here is a very small step to getting Wenger out, which is the only thing that really matters.

Which Arsenal will turn up I wonder ?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSJ71aVXkAAOBTl.jpg

Seems alright I guess.

Holding is alive!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Palace: Speroni; Kelly, Tomkins, Dann, Schlupp; Cabaye, Milivojevic, Loftus-Cheek; Zaha, Benteke, Townsend.

[Cripps]

Arsenal can move to within a point of the top four with a win in Arsene Wenger's 810th league game in charge https://t.co/CoHG5rMLsR https://t.co/BA7txC0qux

Yay

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky's programme is on now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal can move to within a point of the top four with a win in Arsene Wenger's 810th league game in charge https://t.co/CoHG5rMLsR https://t.co/BA7txC0qux

Yay

Within a point of the top 4 :haha:

Best euphemism for 5th ever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We'll be sixth tbf.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

It is pretty depressing :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah fuck Alan Parry is commentating.

[Niall_Quinn]

We'll be sixth tbf.

Well it was the best euphemism for 5th ever, until you topped it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

Yes. I suppose.

Might as well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wenger and his zipper. :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

Wtf is up with wenger and his coat?? Always gets his zipped stuck ffs

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger totally fucks his coat zipper inside the first minute :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Upson on Arsenal.


Wearing gloves, for me as a centre-back, is a big sign of weakness.

Arsenal. :haha:

Glove wearing pansies.

What about the Palace players wearing gloves, Matt?

[Niall_Quinn]

Upson on Arsenal.



Arsenal. :haha:

Glove wearing pansies.

What about the Palace players wearing gloves, Matt?

He'll get to them. He doesn't want to blow his entire repertoire in the first few minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mesut should've gone for the comber.

[Niall_Quinn]

Beautifully overplayed in the box.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How wasn't that a foul on Alexis?

[AFC Leveller]

Palace look dangerous ok the break, two lefties in CM is very unbalanced imo, they always look to switch play to their favourite side and get caught.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka belts it, directionally it was right I guess, in that it was towards the goal.

[AFC Leveller]

Xhaka shot, just over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kebab. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin is drunk. Still.

[AFC Leveller]

Again palace looking dangerous whenever they come forward.

[AFC Leveller]

Cabaye goes close, where was the closing down?

Wouldn't be surprised if they score soon.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Palace look dangerous ok the break, two lefties in CM is very unbalanced imo, they always look to switch play to their favourite side and get caught.

More to do with being unreasonably one footed no?

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin can't cross, been shit since he broke through.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin really is poor.

[Niall_Quinn]

And another thing, Bellerin really is poor.

[AFC Leveller]

More to do with being unreasonably one footed no?

Yeah, leftis in general are very one footed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka shot, cleared. That was goalbound.

[AFC Leveller]

Good play, almost got in, shot blocked

[AFC Leveller]

Jack shot, almost spilled

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilshere shot, Speroni nearly chucked it in.

Great cross from Mesut before that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Some good work by Ozil and Alexis, but then they passed to Xhaka.

[AFC Leveller]

Another problem with these players is they always try T eachother up, no one wants to have a go.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Yeah, leftis in general are very one footed.

Odd isn't it!

[Niall_Quinn]

Why don't we change things when the opponent is sitting in front if us like this? Stick an extra man up front or something. But it's just plod, plod, plod on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MUSTAFI!!!!

[AFC Leveller]

Yessssss Mustafi

[GP]

MUSTAFIII!!!!

[AFC Leveller]

Neat finish , after a good shot was saved from laca

[Niall_Quinn]

Great solo work by Lacazette to force the save. And then a tap in for Mustafi. Calm finish.

0-1

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Not Hollywood but that's an exceptional finish!

[Globalgunner]

Nice one.

[AFC Leveller]

When the ball gets to Bellerin, there are two outcomes: he delivers a shit cross near post or he delivers a shit cutback to the opposition.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers booked for being a scrote.

[AFC Leveller]

Chambers booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ridiculous decision by the ref. Good tackle by Jack.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a save from Speroni to deny Mesut.

[AFC Leveller]

Great counter almost in great save by speroni

[Niall_Quinn]

Silly foul by Chambers. He's on the back foot with Zaha now. All because he was horribly out of position. Like all our players are, tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis freekick, right at Speroni.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pretty bad miss by Ozil. Should be 0-2

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Best 2 players combine!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaha with a good clearance.

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin ruins another great chance.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin is a real handicap when we go forward.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant effort from Lacazette.

[AFC Leveller]

Wow almost in by Laca

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin is a real handicap when we go forward.

Shit footballer, great athlete.

[Niall_Quinn]

Unlucky Lacazette. He looks on it today.

[Niall_Quinn]

Shit footballer, great athlete.

He's still young. Wenger could yet turn him into a shit athlete.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh Mesut!

[Niall_Quinn]

Zaha tumbling again. He's a real acrobat.

[AFC Leveller]

Close again by mezut

[Niall_Quinn]

Bad miss in the end, but that looked like a real counter attack to me. Pace, forward direction, quick, accurate passing, players running and everything.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Speak of the devil Lev....Ozil should have finished with his right!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Townsend gets a foul from having a fist full of Kolasinac's shirt.

[Niall_Quinn]

Foul on Kolasinac. FK to Palace.

[Niall_Quinn]

Laca well onside.

Offside given.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Too positive from Kolasinac there.

[AFC Leveller]

Kolasinac looks like he's lacking confidence, very hesitant tonight.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How hasn't Duane Dibley been booked for dissent?

[Niall_Quinn]

Kolasinac looks like he's lacking confidence, very hesitant tonight.

He doesn't want to do too much in case he gets benched.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 HT.

Oliver lets Zaha use up the added minute by complaining. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

How hasn't Duane Dibley been booked for dissent?

:haha:

I was trying to work out who he looked like.

https://yt3.ggpht.com/-08eHgKcKVbs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/9spelwgv3tM/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

[AFC Leveller]

HT. 0-1.

Should have scored more.

Ozil and Alexis are a class apart.

[Marc Overmars]

Playing well. Some nice passages of play and also very aggressive off the ball too.

Need to kill this off now.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-1 Mustafi

Should be 3-0, Ozil has missed a couple of relatively easy chances.

There were some moments that could be classed as entertainment in there though.

[Cripps]

Ozil squaring it from 6 yards out :lol:

Sums him up.

[Niall_Quinn]

There's an ad for lesbian boxing on my stream. Looks quite good. Although the headgear should be paper bags.

[Master Splinter]

Probably the best away performance of the season. But not killing it off will allow Zaha to dive and Oliver to comply, leading to another farce like at Watford.

Alexis with a 6/10 performance, so by default his best this season. He still cuts in everytime there's half a pitch available to him on the left though.

[AFC Leveller]

Kolsinac offers us a different deal dimension, our play is more fluid and we are able to stretch teams. With Maintland, he would always stop and come back on his right foot, which slowed things down.

We have to kill this off otherwise a simple mistake or gift would completely change the dynamic of this game and wake their crowd up.

[AFC Leveller]

Wtf why didn't Ozil shoot? Why the lay off every single time?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin just loves to defend.

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin with a simple tap in but he's shit so he fucks it up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Townsend.

Bellerin. :doh:

[AFC Leveller]

Town fucking send, what the fuck is going on here.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck sake.

[Niall_Quinn]

Seriously fucking joking me :doh:

1-1

Defence watched that.

[Globalgunner]

Bellerin with a simple tap in but he's shit so he fucks it up.

The boy has to leave for his own sake.

Our fk-ups have fucked up 1-1 Dross Townsend.


Best we keep passing across the box for the next 45 mins then

[AFC Leveller]

Wtf was that from Xhaka? Escorting loftus cheek to our goal and allowing him a free shot!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin, FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kebab off, McArthur on.

[Marc Overmars]

Business as usual after that first half blip.

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin has got to go off, he's having a mare.

[Globalgunner]

Wtf was that from Xhaka? Escorting loftus cheek to our goal and allowing him a free shot!!!!

Those are part of the values that Wenger keeps droning about. We are decent like that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Loftus-Cheek. :haha:

[RomfordPele]

Why do they show these repeats at Xmas?

I've seen this match about 100 times under wenger.

What odds we squeak a draw after going 2-1 down?

[AFC Leveller]

Again, loftus cheek casually walking towards our goal and is allowed a free shot, wtf is happening

[AFC Leveller]

Chambers has been okay against zaha, Bellerin keeps abandoning his position.

[Niall_Quinn]

when Xhaka engages pathetic mode he doesn't mess around.

[Niall_Quinn]

Different team has come out for the 2nd half. All the old mistakes are back. Maybe Wenger drugged them.

[Niall_Quinn]

Absolutely pathetic from Xhaka and Bellerin.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ozil given offside for fuck knows why.

[Xhaka Can’t]

when Xhaka engages pathetic mode he doesn't mess around.

It’s his superpower.

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck warming up so Wenger can save money on the Lacazette deal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ALEXIS!!!! What a strike!

[AFC Leveller]

Yessssss Alexis

[Marc Overmars]

Great finish from Alexis

[AFC Leveller]

Honesty feel for Laca, he will get subbed again. Welbeck is not what we need, Laca can get a goal today.

[Niall_Quinn]

ALEXIS!!!!!!!!!

[GP]

Nice goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good set up by Laca. Calm.

Need to sub him and save some cash.

[AFC Leveller]

Kola barged Townsend out of the way like a little kid lol

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great block from Mustafi on Zaha.

[GP]

Townsend loves a dive. Shit cunt.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a pathetic dive by Townsend :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-3 ALEXIS!!!!

[AFC Leveller]

What a pass what a goal

[Niall_Quinn]

Cech tries to leg it but Wenger spots him.

[Marc Overmars]

Wheelchair :bow:

What a pass.

[GP]

What a goal!

Super Jack! :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

1-3

Jack splits them wide open and Alexis slots it.

[AFC Leveller]

Coq and Maintland to come on for Alexis and Ozil.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bitter sweet. Could be his last game for us.

[Marc Overmars]

Isn’t it nice to have a proper footballer in midfield.

If Wheelchair can stay fit he’s a nailed on starter.

[Niall_Quinn]

How has Wenger managed to make us WORSE with Ozil and Alexis in the team? It's an amazing achievement.

[Marc Overmars]

Bitter sweet. Could be his last game for us.

Fuck him.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Wilshere would have played that pass in the Europa league....Giroud wouldn't have turned it into a goal....and the pass would have been immediately forgotten. Good thing Alexis is on the field and on it today!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Loftus-Cheek off after another stunning performance, Sako on.

[AFC Leveller]

Isn’t it nice to have a proper footballer in midfield.

If Wheelchair can stay fit he’s a nailed on starter.

He's clearly talented but wenger loves Ramsay and Xhaka too much. Jack gets you of your seat and is brave on the ball

[Niall_Quinn]

He's clearly talented but wenger loves Ramsay and Xhaka too much. Jack gets you of your seat and is brave on the ball

Lacazette can also play there, for 60 minutes.

[AFC Leveller]

Fat Adebayor is on for them.

[Niall_Quinn]

Coquelin warming up :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin you dickhead wtf is that. Needs dropping

[Marc Overmars]

Here comes the fun police

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette off, Coquelin on. :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

lol Laca is hauled off ft coq hahaha

[Marc Overmars]

As a striker you’ve got to be pissed off at being subbed when the game is nice and open and you’re lacking goals.

Wenger is such a cunt.

[AFC Leveller]

Laca is fuming on the bench. Wenger hates him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger is an epic cunt. He really is.

What must it be like to be a 50 mill quid striker that gets subbed every fucking game?

Lunacy.

Wenger is an epic, epic cunt.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Another 50p saved for the meter

[AFC Leveller]

Laca would have at least had more space to do his thing and possibly bag a goal or two. Instead he's off sitting on his Arse

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis wants out. Lacazette wants to play. Wenger keeps subbing the guy who wants to stay.

Fucking idiot. Loses Alexis for nothing and works overtime to unsettle and piss off the guy we're going to need when our other stars have scarpered.

There's no other manager in the leagueworld who would fuck this up as badly.

[RomfordPele]

Wenger is an epic cunt. He really is.

What must it be like to be a 50 mill quid striker that gets subbed every fucking game?

Lunacy.

Wenger is an epic, epic cunt.

Yep. Feels like arshavin all over again. A bonkers vendetta against one of our best players.

I'm guessing Gazidis signed Lacazette, which is why wenger is doing this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kelly off, Fosu-Mensah on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin did something. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka is dead.

[AFC Leveller]

Xhaka is dead

[Niall_Quinn]

If you can't cross it, shoot. Bellerin finally wises up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaha. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaha tried to head it after it hit his shoulder. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Looks like Xhaka has a torn testiclon.

Get Coquelin off and bring him back on again.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Zahahahahahahahaha

[AFC Leveller]

Zaha is a decent player and would be a good signing for us. However, replacing Alexis's goals and quality willl be impossible.

Yes he loses the ball a lot but he can get goals out of nothing and is a big player. Can't see how we r gonna replace him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Super defending by Zaha to preserve our 2 goal lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

All the attacking play has gone out the window since Pirlo came on.

[RomfordPele]

Coquelin is really tightening things up at the back, isn't it?

Genius sub, boss.

[AFC Leveller]

Bringing on coq has done fuck all, palace have had a lot more chances and are camped in our half.

Wenger is a shit coach.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka off, Maitland-Niles on.

[Niall_Quinn]

All the attacking play has gone out the window since Pirlo came on.

It's the cost that has to be paid if you want to prevent the entertainment taking hold.

[Niall_Quinn]

Do we even have a striker now? Who has gone centre? Doesn't seem to be Alexis.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-3 Tomkins. Feck off.

[AFC Leveller]

3-2 lol

[Marc Overmars]

2-3

That sub worked well didn’t it? Stupid cunt

[AFC Leveller]

Crystanbul...

[AFC Leveller]

Bellerin has been their best player, was at fault before the corner.

[Niall_Quinn]

That goal is 100% on Wenger.

He's a fucking curse that blights this club with his every stinking breath.

[Marc Overmars]

Bringing on coq has done fuck all, palace have had a lot more chances and are camped in our half.

Wenger is a shit coach.

If we’re playing a top side with a lead to protect then fine, but against a pub team struggling to deal with us offensively, why let them off the hook? Stupid management

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Palace 2-3 Arsenal, FT.

[Marc Overmars]

3 points despite Wenker’s best efforts

[RomfordPele]

If we’re playing a top side with a lead to project then fine, but against a pub team struggling to deal with us offensively, why let them off the hook? Stupid management

It doesn't work period. It's never worked. Ever. It just invites pressure, which is fine if you have a calm, competent defence, but we don't. He's pulled this shit for 20 years and still the old duffer doesn't learn.

[Master Splinter]

A routine 0-5 turned into a pubbed 2-3 because WUMger is an unrelenting self-harming psychopath.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Exciting match for a change.

[GP]

I don't get the Zaha hype. Very ordinary player.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 2-3

That cunt Wenger could have cost us the points there. The cunt is a total fucking liability. The very worst manager in the league, and it's quite amazing that anyone still has the nerve to argue against the obvious. Stupid, useless, fucking cunt is what he is.

[AFC Leveller]

Could have been 2 points dropped, should have been a routine 0-4 win against pretty average team but instead we got a narrow win.

Wenger just can't help her myself.

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't get the Zaha hype. Very ordinary player.

You kidding me? He looks just like Dwayne Dibley. It's uncanny. No other player is in his class when it comes to looking like Dwayne Dibley.