No matter how obvious it was to all but the most delusional optimist that this was coming, it still feels like a knife though the heart witnessing what an embarrassing shambles devoid of any direction, heart and pride this team have become.
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No matter how obvious it was to all but the most delusional optimist that this was coming, it still feels like a knife though the heart witnessing what an embarrassing shambles devoid of any direction, heart and pride this team have become.
Should've put even more money on Sunderland. After Wednesday, that was free money being dished out by the bookies.
This hurts more then loosing to Milan, we tried to night but in reality it really showed that were just not good enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
There is no direction. We haven't got a manager.
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Originally Posted by GB.
I haven't felt this sad about Arsenal for a long time.
Really feels like the end of an era and I don't know what the future holds for Arsenal.
Wenger needs to go for his own sake if nothing else. I don't believe this mess is entirely his but he's not the man to sort it out. I'm not sure anyone can but there's nothing to lose any more.
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Well there it is, another season down the drain in the most gutless and drab fashion.
Words fail me.
We are looking so so bad these days.
Wenger out. and board. and most players.
What has the point of this shit for the last 3 years?
Realistically, how does it stop? Wenger's not going anywhere, the board are happy with everything.
It's just half decent stuff until February and then knocked out of all trophies within a fortnight, as soon as the games mean something & are against teams that can kick a ball.
I cannot see anything that suggests that there isn't at least another 10 years of this to come.
To be fair though I thought Arshavin looked more mobile with his 18 layers on sitting on the bench than he has for the rest of the season.....
It's ok, we'll show our worth against Tottenham.
I'm expecting Wilshere to post "we so sorry" message on twitter on behalf of his teammates.
Not surprised at all tbh
We are just horrifically one dimensional and just not good enough to play the way we do when the opposition parks the bus
It's been coming for years, still sad to see us in such a mess though.......we look so average these days....the trophies have gone, the top players have gone, the good football has good, the fight has gone.....but the manager is still here.
Did you really expect us to win anything this season though, the writting had been on the wall since september tbh. Its ok when we get 4th it will be like a trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Better get a manager in that can put together a side that can deal with what we saw today because the way things are going this is the section of the PL we are soon going to be scrapping in.
This has been a season for breaking records. Can Wenger survive the most unforgiveable one????. Getting blanked by the spuds in a eason. Lets see. Does Silent Stan even know who the Spuds are...... That might be Wengers saving grace.
The fans really need to let the board/manager know that that just aint good enough. If thats good enough for them, I will pay 4th place money for a ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
I'm glad this has happened tbh. A win would have only papered over the cracks. This team is finished. Wenger is done.
dearly beloved,
as we are gathered here to mourn over the season 2011-2012 we can walk through the memory lane.
we sucked.
we tried.
we gave up.
we were in shambles.
we were kicked out of top flight PL.
we were kick out out of europe.
we were kicked out of FA cup.
let's bow our heads in prayer:
AW out.
We made another profit in the transfer window, we have collapsed. A typical season, hardly a surprise. The only difference is I think we have crossed an absolute threshold where the profit taking has damaged the club in the long (possibly very log) term.
They didnt park the bus today and this team isnt good enough to 'play the arsenal way'Quote:
Originally Posted by KESSLER
Arsene should have brought on Chamakh instead of Theo.
Theo was never going to be effective when they were sitting so deep.
At least with Shitmakh we'd of had a glimmer of him getting his head on the end of something
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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
That's it, I'm done. Wenger has to go.
(and all you fucks saying it took you long enough can go suck off Harry down the road)
welcome, we've been waiting for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
Did you actually watch the game?Quote:
Originally Posted by KESSLER
I thought Wenger would last the end of the season, but now I'm not so sure. The board might be happy to let Wenger carry on but Wenger might resign under fan pressure.
As consistently boring as our on-field displays are, things are very unstable at the moment.
A defeat at home to the spuds and I genuinely don't know whether Wenger will stay at the club.
606 two gooners Arguing FFS
I hope Wenger has enough in the bank to be able to tell the truth if he goes. If the board get away with this, and Wenger leaving could give them the perfect opportunity to slink away and leave it to Stan, it will be the biggest scandal of all. They need to be hounded for what they have done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Oxlade's ugly little face after the OG made me sad.
One thing that really stood out for me today was just how long we took on the ball. Song in particular is usually guilty of this.
Holding onto the ball with opponents steaming in, trying to get a last minute pass off under heavy pressure which usually is wayward and ends up starting a counter-attack for the other team, with our player sat arse on the floor moaning for a foul.
He made it back there at least. Shows desire. He fucked up, but for the right reasons. He's a genuine talent who won't be with us for long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
I think we will eventually find out the truth. But it'll be a while. We might not find out from Wenger if he's in on it - by all accounts, including Wenger's, Wenger is getting paid a lot of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
But regardless of the money situation, there is no direction at the club. There is no clear strategy on how to play. Players are clueless and confused. A new manager would probably help - even if he doesn't get extra funds. We are pissing away money in wages and not buying well even with the money we have.
It is the midfield. They no longer have the ability in mind or tekkers to play combinations or wall passes as we used to. A pub team charging in like that would have been dealt with pretty easily by a Fabregas. That's why we look so laboured and predictable in attack too.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
Before the game I was thinking maybe, just maybe the team would surprise people with a reaction, but no, it was without a doubt the most predictable performance and result you could ever have thought of.
This season was always going to be a car crash after the start we had. Sure, we pulled a bit of form together but it's the same every year, as soon as February comes we are exposed for the gutless and overrated team we are.
We need wholesale changes this summer. The team is going nowhere and frankly I don't give a shit about the remainder of this season, 4th place means nothing to me.
It was shockingly bad showed how we miss Fabregas/Nasri. Players let the pressure of the situtation get to them today they tried but in the end pressure got to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
I miss Nasri
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Our midfield didn't have the basic footballing talent to cope with the combination of their pressing and a dire pitch. Their first touch is suspect, their vision poor, their ambition missing, their care and attention scandalously lacking. Jack could have played that pitch, his talent would have given him an edge. Players like Rosicky, Arteta, Ramsey and Song are average, so in trying conditions they suffer. Arteta packed it in in the second half today. Another player who lacks bottle when the going gets tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
Asset stripping...the board....a time a place for that conversation but when the team run around like a bunch of headless chickens, that's bad coaching. Last season we could have bought Sessegnon but we didn't and Larsson is a former Arsenal youth player. We spend millions on useless players in wages and it goes to show where our priorities lie. If the Board were in control of this they'd be looking to decrease the wage bill as well but it's going up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
This is about the coach and the fact that he's not up to task. It was his choice to extend Djourou's contract. That's a mismanagement of funds. It shouldn't cost millions to beat Sunderland and it takes a well drilled organised team. The coach has to go. Board room talk for another day. This is about the performance of the team. Looked just as pathetic as the days when Denilson and Bendy were playing for us. Team looks totally different now buys we have the same problems. Common denominator in all this.
Just heard Sunderland were 9/5 ahead of this game.
That was a fucking licence to print money - maybe not as much as the Board got, but collectively, we could have cashed in.
wenger out.
laughing stock. embaressment. shit.