Match Reaction Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal

[Kano]

If ever I get caught for being an incompetent fuck I'm going to hire you and Letters to defend me.

This whole Arsenal fan charade thing would get you sent down without a trial.

[alexander]

Not sacked for today's team selection - sacked for leaving us in a situation where Flamini is an option at all - ever. He's spent 8 mill this window and now tells us the guy he signed isn't ready to play. I mean come on, this isn't ME, it's HIM. He's fucking incompetent. What's it going to take for some people to see that? Oh and we had the eternally injury prone Wilshere and the long past it Arteta in reserve? Well these are decent enough players but we're gunning for the elite tier remember? You really think our chance find Coquelin backed up by the injury prone Wilshere and the 30 whatever year old Arteta (who I like btw, but he's past it) is a genuine effort to hit the elite level? It's the barest of bare minimums. Enough for that coveted 4th spot. Vidal was available in the summer. We didn't even twitch. Plenty of others there too, to avoid this calamitous Ramsey/ Flamini non-partnership that has destroyed our game at a crucial stage of the season. Or hold on, maybe it is just me. Maybe everything is really fine but I can't see it. Sometimes when you look at something so obvious but people around you are saying, I can't see it, you wonder. I was one of the blind Wenger crowd for a long time, I admit it.

Dont get me wrong, he does has his faults, and he annoys me at times with odd choices, but are we always aware of the full facts, behind the scenes, injuries, mental state of players etc. From the outside its all very well to judge. maybe we have fallen into this lull of thinking 4th is fine. We have had the excuse that Chavs, ManU, and City have had more money, which is true, often we were in for players then Roman came in, flashed the cash and we lost out. This isnt quite the same now, we do have more money but still not as much as others. Maybe more pressure from above Wenger would change things, but who knows, I doubt it.
This season is different, and if we dont end the season champions, i will think we missed a big chance. But wenger still wont go, however much fans complain, as we are not important.

[alexander]

Just play the guys on form and if they get injured the get injured

If he done this, you would go mad, and say he was mental for keep playing them until injured.

[Niall_Quinn]

This whole Arsenal fan charade thing would get you sent down without a trial.

Are you really going to press this line? Is that the best you've got?

[Letters]

Post match thread after we played like shit.

And won...

[Kano]

Are you really going to press this line? Is that the best you've got?

As and when. You make it too obvious. A new style is definitely needed.

[alexander]

And won...

and are joint 2nd on points.... Yep, its a dire situation we are in.

[Niall_Quinn]

Dont get me wrong, he does has his faults, and he annoys me at times with odd choices, but are we always aware of the full facts, behind the scenes, injuries, mental state of players etc. From the outside its all very well to judge. maybe we have fallen into this lull of thinking 4th is fine. We have had the excuse that Chavs, ManU, and City have had more money, which is true, often we were in for players then Roman came in, flashed the cash and we lost out. This isnt quite the same now, we do have more money but still not as much as others. Maybe more pressure from above Wenger would change things, but who knows, I doubt it.
This season is different, and if we dont end the season champions, i will think we missed a big chance. But wenger still wont go, however much fans complain, as we are not important.

Well okay. But I say it's more than that. I say the football itself has become, if not unimportant, then of secondary importance. The fans aren't unimportant either, the leeches ultimately know where the cash comes from. Not just bums on seats but all those sponsorship deals, they only work if people are buying product and brand association is powerful. So fans are important, but not in terms of their commitment and loyalty to the club, which because of the nature of competitive sport is a lock-in. Fans are important as consumers, in a consumer industry. What we care about, the reason we support the club at all, that's not important (to the owners) any more, other than in the fact it can be exploited. There will be no pressure from above as Wenger is very, very good at what he does. They'll be hoping he stays forever.

[Niall_Quinn]

As and when. You make it too obvious. A new style is definitely needed.

Are you saying it's just me? Or are all the fans who are waking up to Wenger suspect? You have to be a Wenger devotee to be a fan, is that it? Anyone who wakes up - GTFO?

[Kano]

Are you saying it's just me? Or are all the fans who are waking up to Wenger suspect? You have to be a Wenger devotee to be a fan, is that it? Anyone who wakes up - GTFO?