Match Reaction vs West Ham (away).

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

It's only Letters tbf. He's just doing his job.

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Ironically, that's pretty much the opposite of what I'm doing.

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Originally Posted by Letters

That's a fair point. So what should we talk about? :shrug:

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How about talking about how massive a cunt Wenger is? Seems to be a popular topic with many fans these days. Finally.

We're just calling Letters out for being wrong as usual. There's no harm in that :shrug:

Lettuce :console:

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

I think he’s trying to argue that we haven’t been on a downward spiral..which we haven’t. Just a very slow sustained period of entropy.

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We've been hanging in mid-air over a sheer drop for several seasons now, like Wile E. Coyote. The fall will come. That contract for Wenger in the summer will have lasting and harmful effects. Two more years of his bullshit when we were already flogged to death by his breathtaking complacency and incompetence. We could have sacked the cunt and sent a strong signal to the squad and then brought somebody else to build on that squad. We did the opposite and the price for that folly has yet to be paid.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Stagnation or decline, does it really matter when you're nowhere near being competitive either way? We've debated pretty much everything and now we're left with talking about how high or low we place on the shit scale. It's still shit guys! :lol:

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Co-Signed!

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

We've been hanging in mid-air over a sheer drop for several seasons now, like Wile E. Coyote. The fall will come. That contract for Wenger in the summer will have lasting and harmful effects. Two more years of his bullshit when we were already flogged to death by his breathtaking complacency and incompetence. We could have sacked the cunt and sent a strong signal to the squad and then brought somebody else to build on that squad. We did the opposite and the price for that folly has yet to be paid.

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I prefer my rotten oak tree reference

Meep Meep!

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Originally Posted by Letters

We have 12 points more than Southampton, 8 points more than Watford.
If we are competing with the likes of Southampton and Watford then so are Spurs and Liverpool who are only a point above us.
So yes, that is a silly statement.
Our home form is fine, our away form is awful. Overall we're a top 6 team now, Southampton and Watford are not. I don't think Burnley are either when push comes to shove.

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Based of what you said and what I originally responded to above, wouldn't that mean we're on a decline if we're now a Top 6 team and may finish outside of the top 4 again?

I'm not talking about since 2005, I'm responding to what you said yesterday and based off where we are today and if we finish outside of the top 4. It's very simple.

So, in brief.
Letters is right. There's been no decline since 2006. Letters :bow:
But there's been no progress either despite the money now being available to compete and we are now in danger of decline.
So Wenger is a massive ****.

Shall I just shut the board now till he leaves? Have I won the Internet?

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Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur

Based of what you said and what I originally responded to above, wouldn't that mean we're on a decline if we're now a Top 6 team and may finish outside of the top 4 again?

I'm not talking about since 2005, I'm responding to what you said yesterday and based off where we are today and if we finish outside of the top 4. It's very simple.

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Oh good, a grown up. Hello.
If we finish outside the top 4 again then yes, it would establish more of a pattern of not being a "top 4" side any more which would show decline. But right now that is an "if".
Overall since 2006 we've not declined or progressed with any consistency but there is a danger of us slipping out of the top 4 on a regular basis not just a one off, I think if we lose Ozil and Sanchez we could be properly screwed.

I still think I'm right when I saw awful manager, awful team, I'd also like to add awful club.

Our results this season just shows how average we are, dropping points left right and centre, the odd decent result proves little, any team can do that.

As Lacazette said, CL qualification is our aim, not the title, we've been going backwards for years, the football is poor, the results are poor, the level of success is low, the quality of players in the team is much lower than before everything is substandard compared to what it use to be.

Considering the quality of the PL has been going down in recent years (as highlighted by their struggles in the CL) our points total proves little, what you see with your own eyes is a better gauge and what we've seen is abject performances week in week out.