Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
TBH I don't get much change in the pub after the game if I'm critical of Arteta, I do get all the 'we nearly won the league etc'

but as we know, you can nearly win the league but still have faults

Arteta's obsession with never wanting to concede a goal ever is an unachievable fantasy, we need to score more at the other end if we're going to be contenders

our best hope is that Saka, Rice and Odegaard sit out these effing internationals and we can go again and try to start winning games, then get a goal-scorer in January to boost what will need to have been an already good run to give us even a chance
I used to get people looking at me like I had two heads when I was critical of Aaron Ramsey

Sorry guys I don’t think he’s that good

But then again can’t remember going to the pub before or after an Arsenal game in an age, most of the pubs on the Holloway Road remind me too much of the central line during rush hour. That said, I don’t go to many games anymore…I’m not a season ticket holder and I don’t especially care for paying out £100 a game (I have a Twitter contact who if he’s not going to a game will offer me the ticket)

I heard it said (and I don’t know how true it is) that a lot of match going Arsenal fans, it’s just part of a ritual for them…win, lose or draw…they are happy as long as they’ve had their time away from the missus and the kids on a Saturday (of course you could really say that about any football fan)