Chavs v Arsenal Match Reaction

[GP]

There have been a few but only a few. I think "serial humiliation for a long long time" is rather overstating it.

This is my frustration with this place. There's enough to be pissed off about with the need to make things up.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think there was a case to be made for serial humiliation two seasons ago in the fact that playing away to the three teams that finished above us we conceded 17 goals.

And whether you call it humiliation or not our record away at Chelsea and United stinks

Then add to that the fact that we usually get our noses rubbed in shit playing away at Stoke, it's all depressingly familiar.

[Letters]

Two seasons ago was very bad in that regard, I agree. But the original post was somewhat exaggerating the case.

And yes, our record away at Utd and Chelsea does smell and that is what makes what happened on Saturday so galling. By all accounts we were holding our own and we'll never know how the game would have ended, we may have only got a point but that wouldn't have been a disaster. But then the referee decided he wanted to be the star of the show (whether through incompetence or corruption, who knows?) and that pretty much settled what the result would be.

[selassie]

I just hope the team has the balls to move on and string some good results together, we have a very tough schedule coming up and the last thing we need right now is some sort of collapse. Yes we were "hard done by" with some of the decisions in Saturday's game but we need to move on and focus on keeping in touch with the leaders.

This season is very open, probably more so than last season so it's important we find some consistency.

One thing that still worries me about this team is that our record against top half team (not just top 4) is pretty shocking, we absolutely need to put that right if we want to get anything out of this season.

[Munchies]

Prevent Mike Dean from refereeing another Arsenal game

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[Munchies]

My only though with Gabriel is that i am disgusted by his reaction. If you are going to get a red card for violent conduct, at least have the good grace to knock the cunt out.



I would have loved to have seen Costa try his antics against a backline of Adams, Lauren and Keown. You'd need several body bags to clear him up after they'd finished with him.

Or let the play go on and do a leg breaker on the cunt to avoid getting done

[LDG]

It's sad, isn't it? It's something we've spent our whole lives following. People. places, jobs, all come and go, but The Arsenal has always been there. But when you come to the realisation that this isn't really sport any more, that the cards are stacked against us... I just don't know any more. There's always been a nagging doubt at the back of my mind. It's like wrestling now. Sure, it's entertaining, but it's not really a competition.

Yup. My sentiments exactly.

The thing is, you almost feel like a traitor or something for thinking it's time to give it a rest. But when you realise nobody at the club gives a fuck about you (only your money), it doesn't seem so bad.

You kind of want a blogger like Arseblog to say the same thing. Get it out there, that money has killed the club, the game and the family. But he's got too much vested interest in keeping the charade going himself....after all, what happens when nobody is interested anymore. Who is he gonna tell crap to? He's struggling to keep it going and sounding interesting even now.

I ducked out last year in a way. Sounds silly, but I've tried to keep some distance between me and Arsenal, and almost entirely from football and the bandwagon of mainstream media and social media which sucks it's rotten cock.

More important things out there.

[Niall_Quinn]

Prevent Mike Dean from refereeing another Arsenal game

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Let's move on now before this get's embarrassing. The chavs are going to be laughing their arses off at all this, you think they care about what's fair, who should have been sent off, what sort of cunt Costa is? They don't, they just care they won and now they have the bonus of Arsenal fans crying in public. Fuck Dean, if you ban him you just get some other incompetent arsehole. Stow this all away until the return game. If the players have any balls they'll take care of this on the pitch, otherwise what are we doing running around the place moaning in defence of a team with no balls? Flamini to play in the return game please.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yup. My sentiments exactly.

The thing is, you almost feel like a traitor or something for thinking it's time to give it a rest. But when you realise nobody at the club gives a fuck about you (only your money), it doesn't seem so bad.

You kind of want a blogger like Arseblog to say the same thing. Get it out there, that money has killed the club, the game and the family. But he's got too much vested interest in keeping the charade going himself....after all, what happens when nobody is interested anymore. Who is he gonna tell crap to? He's struggling to keep it going and sounding interesting even now.

I ducked out last year in a way. Sounds silly, but I've tried to keep some distance between me and Arsenal, and almost entirely from football and the bandwagon of mainstream media and social media which sucks it's rotten cock.

More important things out there.

Too right. It's not Mike Dean driving people away from football. It's life. As a kid footie is everything. Then you get married, have kids, get a shitty job, collect debts, enjoy a few global recessions. How much energy do you have left to worry about kids kicking a ball around? All football is for most people as they get older is a nostalgia trip. Given that it's so bloody expensive these days it's just as good and a whole lot more economically sensible to watch re-runs of a time when we played a decent game. I'm turning up out of habit, don't know about the rest of you.

Do I really, really care if Ox plays wide and doesn't track back? Little secret - no, not really. Is footie a disconnected world that I peer into from time to time as a distraction? Hell yes. Done my time on the terraces enjoying the carefree existence. Don't have that time and certainly don't have the money for it now. A pirate stream on Saturday, 30 mins high if we win, a moan if we lose. That's it. And the only reason I get really, really pissed when the manager doesn't give it 100% is because there are so many people in the real world who are they same, including me. The reason football is shit now is because none of us are bothered enough to make the wider world a decent place. Footie is just a mirror of that.

I post here to avoid doing boring work that I don't want to do. It's more fun posting shit on here than doing the job I'm lumbered with. My fault not Mike Dean's.

[Ralpheroo72]

Too right! My brother and I didn't even mention the game during our last Skype. We were too engrossed talking about our amazing children, and how fast they are growing up. My daughter gives me more joy than anything in this world. Arsenal don't give a fuck about us, they just want our cash. Sitting on a pot of cash, our deficiencies staring us in the face, but they'd rather sit on the cash and wait for more to count. Fuck that.

Too right. It's not Mike Dean driving people away from football. It's life. As a kid footie is everything. Then you get married, have kids, get a shitty job, collect debts, enjoy a few global recessions. How much energy do you have left to worry about kids kicking a ball around? All football is for most people as they get older is a nostalgia trip. Given that it's so bloody expensive these days it's just as good and a whole lot more economically sensible to watch re-runs of a time when we played a decent game. I'm turning up out of habit, don't know about the rest of you.

Do I really, really care if Ox plays wide and doesn't track back? Little secret - no, not really. Is footie a disconnected world that I peer into from time to time as a distraction? Hell yes. Done my time on the terraces enjoying the carefree existence. Don't have that time and certainly don't have the money for it now. A pirate stream on Saturday, 30 mins high if we win, a moan if we lose. That's it. And the only reason I get really, really pissed when the manager doesn't give it 100% is because there are so many people in the real world who are they same, including me. The reason football is shit now is because none of us are bothered enough to make the wider world a decent place. Footie is just a mirror of that.

I post here to avoid doing boring work that I don't want to do. It's more fun posting shit on here than doing the job I'm lumbered with. My fault not Mike Dean's.