Up the Arse! Goons Thread

[bok_party]

Disappointing that Leicester won last night. 8 points is hard to claw back now but they do have many tough games to go.

 

[RickSanchez]

Yes I did, but I started a new game last week FFS.

Yeah I just started a Glory game and now I went Empoli in Serie B.
Trying something new.
Glory I like so I didn't mind but finding Serie B very boring.
Got Bielik and Iwobi on loan though, Del Piero (42), Marrone, Nocerino, Bamford (loan), Collins and Shane Lowry (from my Glory side).

Gonna check out the db now and check the likes of Elneny, Mahrez, etc.

 

[RickSanchez]

Danny Drinkwater is worth 31.5 and is wanted by City and Chelsea.
I'd say they made Leicester better.

 

[RickSanchez]

Elneny is 141 - 155 for what it's worth Cruyff14
Not sure what he is in your game (before you changed)

 

[glenferry23]

Ospina supposedly made the most saves from an Arsenal keeper in a league game since 2009.

 

[Shoei]

Disappointing that Leicester won last night. 8 points is hard to claw back now but they do have many tough games to go.

Tottenham have Man United (home) Liverpool (away) Chelsea (Away) Stoke (away) so they have some tough games as well as a double against BVB in the Europa League.

Leicester have Man United (away) Chelsea (away) Southampton (home) but also have home games against Newcastle, Swansea, Everton, West Ham and no European football.

On paper we have the easiest run - Man City (away) West Ham (away) and Everton (Away) being the hardest with Sunderland (away) being the other game. We have home games against Villa, Norwich, Watford, Palace and West Brom. We should win all of those (but we wont because Arsenal). We should also be sending a reserves team to play Barcelona and rest everyone (but we wont because Arsene).

If....IF we could win every home game then we could be in for a very very sneaky shot at a the title, but i can't see it happening. 2nd place is the best we can hope for with Spurs bound to drop points somewhere too.

It really should be Leicester's to lose and rightly so.


Hopefully with Sanchez finally scoring, Welbeck and Elneny coming back into the team we can fire a spark of life back into the corpse.

Starting lineup against Hull (presuming all fit)

Ospina
Gibbs Kos Mert Bellerin
Ramsey Elneny
Campbell Ozil Sanchez
Welbeck

 

[RickSanchez]

Elneny to play more and more please. Flamini can **** right off.

Not sure if you guys care or know, but I'll be doing another one of those FM drafts on bigfooty soon, stay posted if you're keen.
Would like to see Shoei, Kregz and Cruyff back in it.

 

[Cruyff14]

Elneny is 141 - 155 for what it's worth Cruyff14
Not sure what he is in your game (before you changed)

Yeah I started a new game, wasn't enjoy it much anyway.

Yeah Leicester have had a nice boost which is good.

Makes it harder to sign Vardy though

I need a striker so bad.

Flogging Feoooo to Chelsea for 31.5, might drop his stats too

 

[Latro]

Ospina supposedly made the most saves from an Arsenal keeper in a league game since 2009.

That stat can be misleading though. Ospina made some good saves but most of the shots were hit near him and should of been saved.

 

[Croweater]

Elneny was fantastic and Ospina battled well considering our defence was absolute shithouse. There was nothing he could have done about that Harry Kane blinder either. Manuel Neuer on steroids wouldn't have got a hand on that.

Welbeck was okay; he set up a classy Rambo goal, but his positioning was poor. Number one priority, as I have said for the past three years, is that we buy a world class striker. Giroud is a good back up/substitute, but if we have grand aspirations of being the best in the world (which a club of our stature certainly should), we'll invest in a top class striker.

 

[windyhill]

That stat can be misleading though. Ospina made some good saves but most of the shots were hit near him and should of been saved.

He's come in to a white hot derby after twiddling his thumbs for weeks, apart from reserve football and the odd cup run out. He was brilliant and m.o.t.m.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Needed the win and didn't get it.

 

[Latro]

He's come in to a white hot derby after twiddling his thumbs for weeks, apart from reserve football and the odd cup run out. He was brilliant and m.o.t.m.

I agree I was just commenting on that stat. Tim Howard got way overrated doing something similar that all good keepers do at the World Cup.

 

[Shoei]

Yeah I started a new game, wasn't enjoy it much anyway.

Yeah Leicester have had a nice boost which is good.

Makes it harder to sign Vardy though

I need a striker so bad.

Flogging Feoooo to Chelsea for 31.5, might drop his stats too

Haha Feo is always the first player i sell in every game.

First season be sure to sign Yarmolenko (i sold him second season to Barcelona for 65 Milion)

Sebastian Giovinco is great for between 8-12 milion
Use the Feo money to sign Berahino (beast)
You can also use Sanchez as a striker if needed.
Giroud is a monster though so i'd keep him (I sold him to OM for 36 Milion end of season season)


My Arsenal team season 3

Berahino

De Bryne Ozil Sanchez
Coq Wilshere
Cresswell Kos Indigo Martinez Bellerin
Cech

Bench: Wojo, Debuchy, Chambers, Wanyama, Ox, Gotze, Ramsey. I have Mahrez coming in the Jan window.

 

[Shoei]

Elneny was fantastic and Ospina battled well considering our defence was absolute shithouse. There was nothing he could have done about that Harry Kane blinder either. Manuel Neuer on steroids wouldn't have got a hand on that.

Welbeck was okay; he set up a classy Rambo goal, but his positioning was poor. Number one priority, as I have said for the past three years, is that we buy a world class striker. Giroud is a good back up/substitute, but if we have grand aspirations of being the best in the world (which a club of our stature certainly should), we'll invest in a top class striker.

Mmmm don't agree, Welbeck was forced to play a lone role up front with very little support from Ozil, Sanchez and Ramsey. Tottenham's high pressing game and our tactic of sitting deep means Welbeck often had two centrebacks to deal with when trying to find a run.

Welbeck i though had a very good game all things considered. He had a number of good runs when he got free on the left side running at Walker and worked very hard all game.

 

[PendlePie]

The more you think about the match, the more reality sets in that it's simply not a good result. Funny how drawing at Spurs has relieved the media/fan pressure on Wenger and this stupid ******* football team. 1-0 up before Coquelin bottled it. It's a poor result that only appears to be a good one due to the nature of the equaliser.

Wenger:

We looked dangerous going forward, well organised in midfield and at the back and we moved the ball well.

"Well organised in the midfield". Lol. After 28 league matches (and an epic title choke) he *finally* decides to prioritise power and ball-winning ability in midfield. It's this sort of loser mentality that always costs us. He waits for the players to let him down to the point where all hope is lost before implementing change. It took a league run of DDLDWWLL for him to do anything. He's a joker, a senile old fool, and WGAF how many more matches we win for the rest of the season because we see this movie every year and we all know how it ends. He's done nothing but keep that last flicker of hope alive in the fans before the next inevitable car crash.

For Hull:

---------------- Ospina ---------------
- Chambers - Kos - Gabriel - Gibbs -
------- Elneny -- Arteta --------------
- Welbeck --- Ramsey -- Campbell ---
-------------- Giroud -----------------

Another string of 3 games in 7 days means key players have to be rested - despite them not actually doing much to warrant that rest.

 

[Croweater]

Mmmm don't agree, Welbeck was forced to play a lone role up front with very little support from Ozil, Sanchez and Ramsey. Tottenham's high pressing game and our tactic of sitting deep means Welbeck often had two centrebacks to deal with when trying to find a run.

Welbeck i though had a very good game all things considered. He had a number of good runs when he got free on the left side running at Walker and worked very hard all game.

Ozil had his first poor game for a while and Ramsey barring the goal was indecisive. I'll grant you that. But Welbeck wasn't creating space, he wasn't timing his runs properly, and had he done that, Mesut could have put him in on goal a couple of times.

I have no idea what's going on with Sanchez, but he needs to gain some confidence. I don't rate Campbell very highly, I think Flamini would be better suited for a low-table Ligue 1 side, and Walcott hasn't shown a hell of a lot in probably two years.

It's become the way of Arsenal, settling for mediocrity. There have been instances where the team has put in a performance that would rival a Barcelona or a Bayern Munich, but more often than not, we're seeing this humdrum, unaccountable crap, where players point the finger at each other and don't support each other during build up plays and through defensive structures.

To be honest, the quicker we get Wilshere back on the park, the better. He's a damn good midfielder, but not only that, he is a good leader and helps keep everyone around him honest. Half our problem is not being accountable for our actions. We have one of the most talented starting eleven's in the world and it pisses me off no end to see the side underachieve as much as it does.

 

[Latro]

The stats for Alexis are the same as his great run last season except for shooting accuracy.

 

[Cruyff14]

Haha Feo is always the first player i sell in every game.

First season be sure to sign Yarmolenko (i sold him second season to Barcelona for 65 Milion)

Sebastian Giovinco is great for between 8-12 milion
Use the Feo money to sign Berahino (beast)
You can also use Sanchez as a striker if needed.
Giroud is a monster though so i'd keep him (I sold him to OM for 36 Milion end of season season)


My Arsenal team season 3

Berahino

De Bryne Ozil Sanchez
Coq Wilshere
Cresswell Kos Indigo Martinez Bellerin
Cech

Bench: Wojo, Debuchy, Chambers, Wanyama, Ox, Gotze, Ramsey. I have Mahrez coming in the Jan window.

I bought Aspas for 21m (v solid stats), Duarte (LB - 10.5 buyout), Giancarlo Gonzalez (3rd choice CB - 13m), Zivkovic (3.5m)

Am keeping Giroud too ftr. Oh boy, KDB.

 

[PendlePie]

 

[glenferry23]

The more you think about the match, the more reality sets in that it's simply not a good result. Funny how drawing at Spurs has relieved the media/fan pressure on Wenger and this stupid ******* football team. 1-0 up before Coquelin bottled it. It's a poor result that only appears to be a good one due to the nature of the equaliser.

Wenger:


"Well organised in the midfield". Lol. After 28 league matches (and an epic title choke) he *finally* decides to prioritise power and ball-winning ability in midfield. It's this sort of loser mentality that always costs us. He waits for the players to let him down to the point where all hope is lost before implementing change. It took a league run of DDLDWWLL for him to do anything. He's a joker, a senile old fool, and WGAF how many more matches we win for the rest of the season because we see this movie every year and we all know how it ends. He's done nothing but keep that last flicker of hope alive in the fans before the next inevitable car crash.

For Hull:

---------------- Ospina ---------------
- Chambers - Kos - Gabriel - Gibbs -
------- Elneny -- Ramsey ------------
- Welbeck --- Giroud -- Campbell ---

Another string of 3 games in 7 days means key players have to be rested - despite them not actually doing much to warrant that rest.

You're missing one player....unless you're preemting another idiotic red card.

 

[Northalives]

That was an excellent point under extreme conditions.

Ospina is an excellent back up for Cech. He sits on the bench week in and week out and he doesn't sulk nor whinge or hopes that the number one 'keeper gets injured or has a shocker so he can play. He is a real team man and a very, very handy 'keeper. I love his calmness, assurance and his reading of the situation at hand. When Tottenham were really putting the pressure on us, he had the opportunity to "lay on the ground injured" and he took that opportunity and it released the pressure valve so his team mates could refocus.

Ozil, just like against Leicester City when they had 11 men, was anonymous. Against full on, pressing sides, he cannot cope and can't get into the game. Whilst no-one can take anything away from his superb dead ball deliveries, he is not able to deliver those incisive balls in general field play because the opposition doesn't allow him to get his head up, therefore, it's a bit of a balancing act, some would say a gamble, as to whether you leave him on the pitch and hope to get one of those situations or, take him off when he's being obliterated. For mine, when Coquelin was outsmarted by Kane and got busted and sent off, Ozil should have been dragged and Campbell should have come on to give us a stronger body and keep the opposition guessing.

Welbeck is a beauty as is Ramsey because both of these lads, give everything they have on the pitch and it's because they are always getting involved and trying to be part of the game, they do make mistakes from time to time but I would rather have that than a Giroud who, for his big size, is as wimpy a center forward as you could find. He should be intimidating center halves and having them shit their pants at the thought of having to play against him but all they have to do, is to make sure that they don't get pinched by the ref when when the big girl's blouse hits the deck at the slightest touch like he's been shot by an elephant gun. Hell, in general field play, little blokes like Kante win headers against him and boss him around!

Sanchez ain't fit and neither is Belerin. They both lack that explosiveness over the first 5 meters which is critical to their game and which, when they are fit, make them truly exceptional. Sanchez hasn't full control of his right leg because of the jabs and Belerin's knee is really affecting his game but both of them never ever throw in the towel and will themselves to play through the pain.

I saw the team list before the game and thought that it was a good coaching move to play Gibbs instead of Monreal to combat the extreme pace of Tottenham's flankers but then I saw Wenger pre match either trying to insult our intelligence by telling us that Monreal had a calf problem but there he was on the bench and/or, being completely disrespectful to Gibbs by intimating that he was "forced" to play him instead of the other lad. F**k Wenger, the game has passed him by.

I was really taken by our number 35. This lad was bought about 6 weeks ago to play in the position he filled yesterday but our coach decides to play Flemini in that position instead of the new chum and lo and behold, in a cut throat derby in a critical moment of the season, the idiot manager of ours throws this young lad to the lions. Elneny was excellent in the way he just kept calm and going through the processes and trying like f**k not to show how nervous he must have been: well done young man.

Our two center halves suffer from forced and non-forced rotations in the heart of the defence and considering that, they had passable games.

All in all, considering our situation, I thought we did really well to get a point and not to capitulate. It was an excellent derby match and if you really want to be picky, the Tottenham 'keeper probably cost them two points and our 'keeper got us a point.

 

[SydCrow]

being picky I know but I wish Ospina would catch the damn ball and not parry it onto the ground in front of him

 

[Benno_900]

That stat can be misleading though. Ospina made some good saves but most of the shots were hit near him and should of been saved.

That Lamela save was brilliant.

That save from Kane though ... why the **** was he sitting in the goal net?!

 

[Latro]

That Lamela save was brilliant.

That save from Kane though ... why the **** was he sitting in the goal net?!

Probably because he has been around the Arsenal goalkeeping coach too long.