Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
That's what I said - somebody needs to sit down with Wenger and remind him of everything he seems to have forgotten about this game. But it won't happen. Neither will the defensive issues be corrected.

I think this is where we differ. You are still trying to suggest ways to reconfigure this club in a way that could produce a result. I'm saying - fuck them, I couldn't give a shit about that any more. That was how I felt and the start of the season and then I got sucked into all the BS again. But my initial instincts were dead right. There's nothing to fix here because it's thoroughly fucking broken and being run from top to bottom by people who want to fuck it up even more.

So I'm just going through the motions pining for a freak occurrence to puncture the monotony. Us fucking up. Been there, boring. New striker stepping up, proving the critics wrong, giving the crowd something to shout about. Like you say, killed stone dead before the idea can even take shape. Not Giroud's fault, not Arteta's fault. Not even Wenger's fault to be honest. He thinks he's doing the right thing and nobody who counts is willing to call him out for this turd of a product being served up. Not even the board's fault because they go about their merry way thinking by enriching themselves they are also benefiting the club. These fucking lunatics all think they are doing us a massive favour. Total fucking looney bin.
i don't think our defensive issues will be resolved and i don't think our attack will be as potent as years past - i realised that in the run in last season and came to the conclusion top four is over. even if we had a semi competent defence it would still be undermined by the managers lunatic ideas on the pitch.

i can't and won't walk away from every single game completely and utterly broken by it because i want to find a reason to come back again and watch the game, because i'm a supporter, i love the club. so this time, i'm happy with giroud scoring two, agreed it would've been nice for him to get a third but it would've been more enjoyable to see some sort of defending.

will it change? probably not for quite a while, hence why i think we'll finish in the lowest position under wenger this season but fuck me, there is still some positives to be had somewhere otherwise there is no point for me even watching our games anymore. it's painful mostly at the moment but you go through that with things you are committed to. let's get rid of wenger and the board, that would be great as it would mean a change and perhaps a new direction. but i can't 'give up'. i've been in and given too much of my life to arsenal to throw my hands up and wait for the corpse to decompose.

we can shout for what we want, balls out with passion but let's be realistic about the situation. wenger and the board are most likely here to stay for quite a while. that could leave us midtable like the mid-90's, although far more damaging because of the exclusive top four club being shut off with the ffp. but i'll be there, fuck it. and the only thing that will keep me coming back is finding something to enjoy, otherwise there is no point at all.