Match reaction v Bayern

[IBK]

Yeah but this is all getting a bit silly now too. Podolski saying everyone should not blame Ozil and get behind him (we are many miles away from Ramsey abuse levels here), Wenger saying today that Ozil hasn't mentally recovered and needs time. If you really have faith in your ability (and he fucking well should because he's got incredible talent and has proven it on the biggest stage of all) then man the fuck up, accept you're going to have to put in a shift at times, and make something happen - because that's what world class players do. Enough with the sympathy. God knows what he'd do if he faced a real tragedy.

Best post I've seen re Ozil's current situation.

[IBK]

Best post I've seen re Ozil's current situation.

Plus - there is a reason why, particularly with Arsenal's parsimonious history, the most expensive foreign signing in EPL history is being compared with the best players in the league.

[IBK]

From Arseblog...

You said: “And a lot of Arsenal fans will say: While it was eleven v eleven, we were good. We held on well with 10 men, we were unlucky.”

Bingo, this is just what I was thinking when I heard Wenger's post-match whinge.

This is almost a perfect expression of the narrative fallacy.

“The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding”

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan

Or, to put it another way, we always look for the explanation which confirms our prejudice.

The trouble with most Gooners narrative is that they must accept that Sanogo was there on merit, Monreal doesn’t leave a huge gap on the left, Ozil is a fantastic addition to the squad and Podolski is only useful as an impact sub.

If you don’t agree with all of that then how can it be purely down to the red card?

or food for thought?

[fakeyank]

From Arseblog...



or food for thought?

Arseblog is a cunt.

[IBK]

From Arseblog...



or food for thought?

Sorry folks - it was a post from ANR...but I agree that Arseblog sees no evil!

[GP]

Oh, it's ANR

I wondered why it was so full of shit.

[IBK]

Oh, it's ANR

I wondered why it was so full of shit.

Yep - fair comment. I wondered whether I was losing the plot when I read that piece.

[LDG]

Arseblog is like what fans used to be before the interweb.

Everything else is pure bollocks usually.