Match Reaction v Newcastle

[Alpha]

Sounds nice, but just about everything in your is just wrong.

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[Marc Overmars]

also clubs that survive relegation celebrate, why? they didnt win anything. hull celebrated but htey only came second, didnt win the league. its a ridiculous argument

Hull celebrated because they were promoted.

[Ollie the Optimist]

also do you really think spurs would have just politely clapped their fans if they ahd got 4th instead of us? they would have gone fucking mental, and the media would have praised them for it. the only reason people are having a go at it is because we fucked up their entire summer of stories laughing at us and praising spurs up

[Grebbo]

I see AC Milan were celebrating like mad after scraping into the Champs League.

Yes we want better but there's no shame celebrating getting champs lge after the first half of the season we had. And for pipping the Spurs scrotes.

[Marc Overmars]

I think the criticism of the celebration lies more in how 4th place is considered to be an achievement worthy of that sort of jubilation. Particularly for us because it appears to be the height of our ambition to outsiders.

[Niall_Quinn]

also do you really think spurs would have just politely clapped their fans if they ahd got 4th instead of us? they would have gone fucking mental, and the media would have praised them for it. the only reason people are having a go at it is because we fucked up their entire summer of stories laughing at us and praising spurs up

Spuds are raising their (pitiful) standards, our standard have bottomed out having crashed from what I consider to be the pinnacle in terms of entertaining football (with trophies attached). As fans we must avoid getting sucked into this 4th place trophy shite. 4th place is not a trophy whatever Wenger says. Okay, congratulations to the team for pubbing so many points at the business end of the season, a round of applause is deserved there (not for the football which was dire, but for the wins and the points). Let's not give the board and the manager the impression we are satisfied with the shite going on at this club, by comparison to the high standards we have seen in the past. Report card is C for results, B for effort. Arsenal used to be a gifted child so that report card is not a disaster but is a long way from acceptable. Bare minimum achieved, bare minimum celebration warranted.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Spuds are raising their (pitiful) standards, our standard have bottomed out having crashed from what I consider to be the pinnacle in terms of entertaining football (with trophies attached). As fans we must avoid getting sucked into this 4th place trophy shite. 4th place is not a trophy whatever Wenger says. Okay, congratulations to the team for pubbing so many points at the business end of the season, a round of applause is deserved there (not for the football which was dire, but for the wins and the points). Let's not give the board and the manager the impression we are satisfied with the shite going on at this club, by comparison to the high standards we have seen in the past. Report card is C for results, B for effort. Arsenal used to be a gifted child so that report card is not a disaster but is a long way from acceptable. Bare minimum achieved, bare minimum celebration warranted.

Eruditely put.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Eruditely put.

Really?

I thought he put his point across well.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Just to remind you this has been said every year , especially by the media and it has never happened . Bale is not the first good player Scums have had . Ginola was a fantastic player and yet Tottenham used to finish miles behind Arsenal . The problem is not to strengthen because we fear Spurs might topple us but because we believe it is now time we mount a serious title challenge .We are just 2 or 3 good players away from it .

i agree but it's getting tighter every year. eventually the underinvestment will catch up. we're already pretty much on the borderline. if they continue improving the rate they are i.e. breaking their points record, and our squad keeps regressing in terms of quality, they will eventually leap us. and you cant compare ginola's spurs to bale's spurs, this team is a different animal.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

i agree but it's getting tighter every year. eventually the underinvestment will catch up. we're already pretty much on the borderline. if they continue improving the rate they are i.e. breaking their points record, and our squad keeps regressing in terms of quality, they will eventually leap us. and you cant compare ginola's spurs to bale's spurs, this team is a different animal.

I think everyone agrees with that.

We can't keep playing with fire and expect not to eventually get burnt. Eventually one day Spurs won't bottle it or we won't be able to string together an epic set of results to catch them up. Just have a look at Wigan this season - Wenger needs to take us to the next step now.