Match Reaction vs Fulham 10/11/12

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

united go 2-0 down and their fans expect them to come back and win.

we go 2-0 up and our fans expect us to lose.

there's the difference.

fucking pains me watching their players celebrate their goals knowing there's something to look forward to come the end of the season. that real excitement that surrounds the club when every single person believes in success and actively tries to achieve it. the buzz from coming back knowing those 3 points will count in the end. god i miss those days.

[gunnerrrrr]

Just read the match thread and flicked through the pages on this thread

Shocking pessimism on here.

My thoughts on the day.

Great time, thoroughly enjoyed it, decent weather as well, fine looking lass not that far from me as well. It was indeed turning out to be an excellent day........then the match started

Fulham were excellent. Would have been harsh to lose that game to a non penalty that Dowd gave us. Ref had a decent game. Cant blame him for this. In a way and no doubt i'll have the clueless on my back for this but missing the penalty is for the greater good. If we had scored it and won the game, the papering over the cracks by Wenger and his sympathizers on here would have been immense. Now they dont have a leg to stand on.

As mentioned, Fulham were awlsome and i consider it a good point as we were up against a far superior team managed by a far superior manager. Yes its a shame and frustrating that we let go of a 2 goal lead but i would have taken a point at the start of the game so no complaints.

Mannone - Cant blame him any of the goals from what i saw

Defensively we were not so good. Mert is awesome but the other 3 and especially Kos, were bad. Plenty of Arsenal fans suffered heart attacks when the ball is near him.

Arteta for me was MOTM. He was excellent in the way he regularly created space and opportunities for Fulham. Think he made one mistake today when he was trying to play it out of defence and the ball ended up with Podolski who scored but other than that, he was brilliant for Fulham. Cheeky bid in january? Won a penalty for Fulham and made sure it stayed 3-3 at the end by psyching out the Arsenal taker

Cazorla - I hate being right

Coq looked very good so taking him off was exactly the right thing to do by Wenger. We cannot have players having good games.

Podolski scored. Always been a fan. Hes back. Anticipated Arteta trying to pass it out and intercepted the pass and scored.

Giroud, i have to thank him. He answered a very important question for me. After Theos 2 goals v Spuds last season, i questioned how posters can still critisise someone who has scored 2 goals in a match. Now i know. Arguably the worst striker in the business when the ball is at his feet but pretty awesome in the air although he did miss a sitter of a header at the end. And he bottled taking the penalty but unless he can take it with his head, i wouldnt have backed him to score. Case in point, his 2nd goal. One on one sitter missed, Theo as usual backs him up, chips it in and he scores the header

Theo - He is awesome. Truly loved by all true gooners. Our best player by a mile. Name sung by everyone and was having a great game and thus taken off to keep him fit for his sale in January.

Ramsey - Not good enough. End of the road for him

Arshavin - Has to start surely. He has been excellent in his cameos this season

Ox - Honeymoon period is dead. He needs to perform. One good performance in January v Mancs doesnt wash anymore. Hes been a flop

superb post

[Gervinho's Forehead]

united go 2-0 down and their fans expect them to come back and win.

we go 2-0 up and our fans expect us to lose.

there's the difference.

fucking pains me watching their players celebrate their goals knowing there's something to look forward to come the end of the season. that real excitement that surrounds the club when every single person believes in success and actively tries to achieve it. the buzz from coming back knowing those 3 points will count in the end. god i miss those days.

It's sickening.

[Marc Overmars]

united go 2-0 down and their fans expect them to come back and win.

we go 2-0 up and our fans expect us to lose.

there's the difference.

fucking pains me watching their players celebrate their goals knowing there's something to look forward to come the end of the season. that real excitement that surrounds the club when every single person believes in success and actively tries to achieve it. the buzz from coming back knowing those 3 points will count in the end. god i miss those days.

Success is 2nd nature there, nothing is allowed to get in the way of that. Our priorities couldn't be more different.

[Niall_Quinn]

Success is 2nd nature there, nothing is allowed to get in the way of that. Our priorities couldn't be more different.

15 seasons in a row, read it and weep. Only a few slight blips in that time when we came 3rd.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

united go 2-0 down and their fans expect them to come back and win.

we go 2-0 up and our fans expect us to lose.

there's the difference.

fucking pains me watching their players celebrate their goals knowing there's something to look forward to come the end of the season. that real excitement that surrounds the club when every single person believes in success and actively tries to achieve it. the buzz from coming back knowing those 3 points will count in the end. god i miss those days.

Then don't.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Charlie with an unexpected zinger.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The most impressive aspect of Theo's selflessness is when he runs into players so his adoring true gooners fans have enough time to take pictures of him.

And also the bit where he moves to Liverpool so the loyal fans can just draw a bird over the Arsenal crest on Theo posters adorning their walls.

Its clear he is off. his attitude of late tells he me his is.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Your post match reports after you've been to the game are awesome.

I think you need to look up the word, 'awesome'.

[Bergkampwonderland10]

That was another huge moment blown, like Bendtner's miss against Barca. These are the moments that make the difference in what is otherwise tight competition. Right there Walcott could have banged that in the net and said fucking pay me! But instead he says pay me and then shows precisely why he's not worth it. We have big name players who are small time in reality. Whether that's the manager's fault, the players' faults or a mix of both all I know is we are small time.

Agree. Funny how the only person that looked truly bothered we missed that pen was Podolski, Walcott looked completely indifferent. He'll join Man Utd in Jan- just watch.