Arsenal v Chelsea Match Reaction

[Globalgunner]

I agree.

The premier league isn't that fucking special that it's in another planet of football, let's be honest. PL teams get spanked regularly by most of Europe in the EL and CL the last few years.

Christ, momo was I. The team that beat Chavs in the CL so he can't be that bad!!

I'm fed up with the same old shit with Wenger, it's gone on for far too long now - there are no more excuses left for him. Pathetic.

We bought him from a team where he was playing regularly, so the excuse of not being fit is not tenable. This is another example of a manager too afraid to change what he thinks is a winning formula. We are(were) top of the league so play the same team till the wheels fall off. Its been a wenger tactic for years now. However it means that when players are now called in under an emergency, then THEY are neither fit or in sync with the rest of the team. Good managers rotate routinely to keep the team fresh and everyone on their toes.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why shouldn't we?

... IGNORED, la, la, la, block eyes, block ears, can't see this bit...

Okay, so I'll return the favour and answer JUST the first line of your response and as a reciprocal bonus I'll even change the entire context.

My answer: Well because it's just filthy and disgusting, that's why, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

[Niall_Quinn]

I am actually hoping Leicester can hold on and win it. It will show the old farts managing us and United that they dont actually know what they are doing and a team with a 1/5 of their resources can win the league right from under their noses. It may also convince a few on this forum, that Billionaire clubs are not the reason why we havent been able to win the league in 10 years (though I doubt it). Also maybe we may be able to get enough fans to kick up a fuss and prevent our old codger from signing that new contract or at least the next one being lined up after this one. If Wenger has his way. He will be here till 2022 at least.

Look, can you please not mention the last 10 years? I mean if you leave the last 10 years out and just focus on the last game, I'm sure you'll agree, this defeat is a one-off. Now we can't go crying about a random, one-time result like this can we? And what will it prove when we lose in exactly the same way to the chavs in 2017, 2018 and 2019? Those will all be one-offs too.

What you have to remember is the spirit is great and the players, especially Walcott, are giving 100%. Now how can we help it if the ref is against us and the pitch is bad and the other team opts to defend instead of letting us score?

Isn't it time to be reasonable about all this? We have injuries you know, again if you ignore the past 10 years you will see this is the first season we've had to cope with an injury crisis. Who could have predicted it? You can't just go buying adequate cover in the transfer window in case some random, one-off, injury crisis happens.

And to be absolutely fair, I'm sure there are plenty of other excuses that are entirely valid and explain why our manager has fallen victim to these random acts of God.

[Niall_Quinn]

We bought him from a team where he was playing regularly, so the excuse of not being fit is not tenable. This is another example of a manager too afraid to change what he thinks is a winning formula. We are(were) top of the league so play the same team till the wheels fall off. Its been a wenger tactic for years now. However it means that when players are now called in under an emergency, then THEY are neither fit or in sync with the rest of the team. Good managers rotate routinely to keep the team fresh and everyone on their toes.

None of those managers consistently make profits for the owners, so what's your point? I hope you're not trying to bring football into this again.

[selassie]

Spurs are, irritatingly, a good side right now. But they have drawn too many so far to be taken too seriously, if they can sort that out then they've got a chance.
Hold me

I think we can derail their season if we win there. The good thing is we will be taking them very seriously when we face them at the Dump, by then we should have a fairly strong squad to choose from.

Make no mistake they are fully in the title race this year.

[Niall_Quinn]

The good thing is we will be taking them very seriously when we face them at the Dump

Finally, we're going to take a team seriously before going into a match. It could work.

[Niall_Quinn]

The Lumbering Oaf "defending" against Costa.

[Letters]

Look, can you please not mention the last 10 years? I mean if you leave the last 10 years out and...

And you have the audacity to call me a WUM...

[selassie]

I am actually hoping Leicester can hold on and win it. It will show the old farts managing us and United that they dont actually know what they are doing and a team with a 1/5 of their resources can win the league right from under their noses. It may also convince a few on this forum, that Billionaire clubs are not the reason why we havent been able to win the league in 10 years (though I doubt it). Also maybe we may be able to get enough fans to kick up a fuss and prevent our old codger from signing that new contract or at least the next one being lined up after this one. If Wenger has his way. He will be here till 2022 at least.

Yep, say what you like about Ranieri but he has a instilled a proper structure in the team at Leicester, good keeper, solid at the back, strong in Midfield and very good offensively, he's built a solid team there, heck their squad players are pretty decent too, they come in and do a job, they know their role. Money plays a part in building a successful team and the more resources you have the better team you can build providing you buy players in the RIGHT areas, it's not about buying Attacking midfielders and sticking them all over the pitch, or buying technical players and hoping they can fill roles they clearly aren't accustomed to.

Nothing will change at Arsenal, Wenger will never have an easier chance of winning PL, he's practically being handed it and we're still making the same mistakes and wobbling.

If he doesn't win it this season he'll never win it again, quote me on that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger moaning about it:

‘Mertesacker made the challenge but I said he got Mertesacker sent off. You cannot say it’s not true.
‘In the first game he got Gabriel sent off and today he got Mertesacker sent off. It was quick and harsh. I didn’t know if Costa was offside or not or if Mertesacker touched him or not. I would have to watch it again. But a fact is the fact. I do not accuse him of anything. It’s just what happened.
‘Costa has got two players sent off in two games on our side. So he’s clever.’

So what about the 2 points from 9 Arsene? What's the excuse for that? The ref? The pitch? Costa?