Now that brightened my day, mate.Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Now that brightened my day, mate.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
And again!
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Still, it's good that the fringe players are hungry to get in the team.
http://www.metro.co.uk/2013/03/03/ni...affic-3523620/
Easy everyone, calm down.
Yes we lost, but I'm comforted by the fact that our great manager is still a football genius.
Who else in world football would have had the foresight to play Ramsey. Even more technically brilliant was the decision to sub our only recognisable right back, IMO one of the best players on the pitch for a midfielder and then to play the superbly slow and fantastically inaccurate crosser of a football, Ramsey, at right back.
If that wasn't enough, we saw Wengers inspired genius in playing a, some would say defender by trade, Mertesacker as a all dominating centre forward.
I'm sure Wenger thought the above was so highly geniusesq that AVB either in fits of laughter or sheer dumbfoundness would concede victory.
Special mention to Vermaleen who is a modern day Beckenbauer, without the football ability.
6 Days ago le idiot quoted:
Arsene Wenger says finishing second in the Premier League is not out of Arsenal's reach.
Wenger has recently seen his side beaten by Blackburn in the FA Cup and Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
But he believes they can secure the runners-up spot in the league, despite being nine points behind second-placed Manchester City with 11 games left.
"Man City is not out of reach. It could be a tight fight until the end," said the Arsenal manager.
Was he watching a different match? Spuds were comfortable bar few minutes after we scored. Other than the Ramsey chance, we created f allon the derby…
It's frustrating because we put so much effort it and we lost the game when we were on top of the game. If you watch the game again you will see that at the moment we were 2-0 down we should have been 2-0 up. They had a very difficult start, we were on top of the game, and the 2-0 lead of course gave them the confidence to defend well and that's what they did for the rest of the game.
It's very frustrating because we had a great attitude but we come out with no points and as well because we were not efficient in the zones where it matters - at the front and at the back. Also, without being at any moment dominated, the only times Tottenham were dangerous today was on counter-attacks. If you are dominated and they create chance after chance, OK you accept it. But today it was a strange game to lose.
on the goals conceded…
I will have to see it again, we certainly lacked caution on both goals because there was no pressure on the ball and we didn't cover.
on the battle for a top-four place…
It will be a massive challenge, massive. I said before the game we couldn't drop these points today and I maintain that after the game. Especially the way the game went, it is difficult to understand how we can lose games like that.
on learning lessons at the back…
Ideally you don't concede goals at all. It is frustrating because we had the best defensive record in the league away from home until today. When you go into a big game like that, once you're 2-0 down you make it difficult for yourself because you have to come out, open yourself up against a team that is good at counter-attacking.
But after in the final 20 minutes it was stop and go, they would foul and stop us from going. They stayed down a lot. We couldn't get the final flow into the game because it was stop and go always.
on conceding two goals in quick succession…
It happened to us many times this season and only in big games. It's difficult to say why, there's no common thing, in all the games there is a different problem. But after you make it difficult for yourself. I cannot fault the attitude or the effort that the team produced, or the spirit the team has shown, but you give yourself a mountain to climb every time in a game of that magnitude.
on whether he believes Arsenal can finish in the top four…
I still think it is possible and we will fight for it, that is for sure.
He is an idiot if he can't understand how we lost such a game. What's so different about today and other losses? We never get domainated by the opposition and until he abhors the sight of poor defending he'll remain confused and baffled. What's wrong with the guy? Why can't he see that defensive discipline is needed? After the game he told a reporter that we had the best home defensive record prior to this game. Is that all he looks at? Total bafoon!
Riot Police barging through during the interview at 1:20 !
Poor guy, this shit team doesn't deserve the support of gooners who travel and pay hard earned money to watch shit players who drive around in their sports cars acting like they are something big, when they're fucking shit.
Last edited by Munchies; 03-03-2013 at 09:52 PM.
Listening to him is painful these days. It wouldn't be so bad if all this was a smokescreen but it's clear he genuinely believes what he's saying, and that he's struggling to understand how we lost the match.
can't you see that he is giving his all right now? and that's the problem - it just isn't enough anymore. we weren't actually terrible today as the players seemed motivated but the set up of the team and of course the traditional shabby defending undermined everything else.
wenger can throw as much money as he wants at things but he no longer has that 'edge' to do something more innovative than a top four finish.
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