Up the Arse! Goons Thread

[GhostofJimJess]

We won't finish 4th. Other sides have improved and we've stayed the same.

The loss of RVP alone makes us significantly worse. Song has been a big loss too.

 

[glenferry23]

Swansea away in the FA Cup 3rd round. One less trophy to worry about.

and then we'll start to be conditioned that progressing to the 3rd round of the fa cup each season is worth a 'trophy'. because only 60 odd teams make it that far each year and we have done it consistently. we have shown the 'spirit, quality and belief' to make it that far in the competition every year and the fans should be content with that.

 

[Northalives]

Hope the bastard dies.

Grow up idiot !

 

[typeclub]

Wenger has said he will evaluate his future at the end of the season. Seems like a sensible thing to do because the board have been unwilling to do it themselves for a few years. Fabregas, Song and RVP have all not been replaced. The only one brought in who was better than the one taken out in his position is Santi Cazorla over Nasri. Arsenal are only 2 points ahead of Liverpool, thats shocking.

 

[Cruyff14]

Grow up idiot !

Ha, the irony.

 

[windyhill]

Hope the bastard dies.

I thought The Arse was ordinary on the weekend !!!

 

[Cruyff14]

Er what?

 

[Benno_900]

windyhill is trying to use it as an excuse for the loss.

 

[typeclub]

What is it gonna take to get Arsenal out of this? They need new owners, new squad, new manager. There's nothing positive.

 

[hawkman]

Many players couldn't give a f*ck, and as good as Theo has been for us this last month or so, his performance last night smacked of a bloke who knows he'll be the next to walk. Or he was pissed off because Wenger plays pussyvinho at centre forward ahead of him

Why doesn't Wenger at least try it? He at least can finish unlike Gervinho, not that i'm complaining

 

[Cruyff14]

Why doesn't Wenger at least try it? He at least can finish unlike Gervinho, not that i'm complaining

Because he is a stubborn bastard with too much pride. Playing Theo would show he was wrong all these years playing him on the wing.

 

[Northalives]

Ha, the irony.

Do you think it's clever to wish death upon somebody do you?

Talk about players, managers, administrators in a positive or negative manner that's OK. To say "I hope the bastard dies" to anyone is ****ing disgraceful and you should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[windyhill]

windyhill is trying to use it as an excuse for the loss.

what the **** ?

 

[Cruyff14]

Do you think it's clever to wish death upon somebody do you?

Talk about players, managers, administrators in a positive or negative manner that's OK. To say "I hope the bastard dies" to anyone is ****ing disgraceful and you should be ashamed of yourself.

Cool story bro.

 

[Northalives]

Cool story bro.

What the **** do you mean bro?

Do you have any idea what I am on about?

 

[Cruyff14]

What the **** do you mean bro?

Do you have any idea what I am on about?

Yes.

You clearly don't understand what I mean though.

 

[Northalives]

Yes.

You clearly don't understand what I mean though.

Look matey, I just found your ...hope the bastard dies... very offensive. If you meant something different, although I can't see how you can interpret your comment any differently, if you did mean something different and I didn't get it, then I apologise.

 

[windyhill]

Bit like benno-900 saying I used the poor bloke's heart attack as an excuse for the loss, I'll say it again, what the **** ? I'm sure swansea dominating us had nothing to do with it.

 

[Northalives]

Bit like benno-900 saying I used the poor bloke's heart attack as an excuse for the loss, I'll say it again, what the **** ? I'm sure swansea dominating us had nothing to do with it.

Don't worry about it windyhill. There are some ignorant pricks around here.

 

[Cruyff14]

Don't worry about it windyhill. There are some ignorant pricks around here.

I find it ironic that you're calling me ignorant without properly knowing anyone.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

John Cross ‏@johncrossmirror
Wilshere not in. Seniors going to Athens: Jenkinson Arshavin Rosicky Vermaelen Ramsey Squillaci Chamakh Gervinho Ox Szczesny. Rest are kids

Good news if true.

 

[glenferry23]

Why doesn't Wenger at least try it? He at least can finish unlike Gervinho, not that i'm complaining

Theo's finishing this season has been clinical, yes he surely deserves an opportunity up front. Especially ahead of gervinho who quite frankly doesn't warrant a spot in the starting XI.

 

[glenferry23]

Good news if true.

Squillaci

In all seriousness, glad we are resting the likes of santi, arteta etc. Can clearly see they've lost their mojo the last few weeks. Not sure they can automatically regain it by sitting out a match, but hey its a start at least. Hoping to see guys like miquel, gnabry get some game time.

Wonder if rosicky is fit enough to start.

 

[foxtrot36]

Squillaci

In all seriousness, glad we are resting the likes of santi, arteta etc. Can clearly see they've lost their mojo the last few weeks. Not sure they can automatically regain it by sitting out a match, but hey its a start at least. Hoping to see guys like miquel, gnabry get some game time.

Wonder if rosicky is fit enough to start.

give the kids some game time and play to win for the 90mins.
and then smash west brom on the weekend.
no more losses = defence doing their job and defending like their lives depend on it.
wins = forwards putting the ball in the back of the net thats what they are paid to do.
Turn the whole mess around and by january we could be back in it.
decide now that we have to win the capitol cup and put everything into it.
if players need a rest do it after we secure that trophy.
and if everything else fails lets head back to highbury and create the fortress again.
teams are not scared to come to the emirates.

 

[Silent Alarm]

G'day. Long time Gooner, first time poster.

I've been on and off on a few Arsenal forums for years, but never really dabbled in here. Mostly because, well, I didn't want another sub-forum to procrastinate from uni with!

I started supporting Arsenal FC in 2002. Yeah, I know... but how else is a footy-centric 7-year old, in Western Australia find a club?

Anyway, I've always had the utmost trust in Arsene. Even in some pretty dire times. But this week, I've felt sincerely disillusioned. We've lost hundreds of games to lesser opponents, but the effects of this seem more tangible.

There are fundamental flows all through the entire club. Everything seems stagnant. There are lower clubs, smaller clubs, poorer clubs, who seem more fresh than us. The club seems absolutely stale and grey, and in itself, that's completely disappointing. But our club has been one of pioneering, revolutionary, and modern thinking. I don't need to list the innovations and (literal) game changers that have been the result of people associated with Arsenal Football Club.

The Arsenal of 2012 really isn't much of an Arsenal. Every endearing trait of the club has just subsided. And those traits are what make The Arsenal, The Arsenal.

What happened to "The deeper the foundations, the stronger the fortress?"

We are in a lull. A lull that will be a decade long one. Arseblog summated my feelings well: "But even if his hands were tied [with repaying the Emirates] did he use what he had as well as he could have? Did he really have to sell his best players, his captains, summer after summer? Did he replace them properly?" And that's extremely hard to take. You can take the reasons for our best players wanting to leave, but there's a culture, slowly creeping in, where Arsenal is a stepping stone: You don't go to the Gunners to win things, you go to the Arsenal to go somewhere else to win things.

The top is flawed. They have no interest and no passion in the sport. They're idle and unwilling to mix things – anything – up. They moved from Highbury to Emirates. And even if it means I'll never get to go to Highbury for a match, the benefits of the move were necessary. But anyone could realise that one of the world's most famous clubs couldn't live with 40,000 seats. They have done nothing. And their stagnation has resulted in the squad's stagnation.

The squad, meanwhile, is disappointing. Theo Walcott epitomises our laissez faire attitude, whereas I want Mikel Arteta to.

Save for a few (literally, I think there's maybe four) strong, charismatic, and gut-running players, we do not care. The players are lazy and completely fine with mediocrity. It's shambolic that Walcott may become our highest paid player. Why didn't we laugh him out the Armoury Shop? This is a guy who shows no desire to lift the club, and win a game off his own back. He will only come into his own when everyone else comes into their own. And I don't like that in sport. Someone like Patrick Viera or Tony Adams, players who changed games off their own foot (which then saw 28 more red-and-white touches before being dinked into the Clock End net) are rare. But Theo Walcott? Mediocre.

Arsene has worked wonders for us. He's brought in some genuine world-beaters. He's given us memories and trophies and stable finances and a tough, central figurehead. But I think his time is up. The world passes by everyone. The greatest minds in every field struggle with change. Football might not be science, mathematics, medicine, poetry, literature, or art: But it can be all of them. There are alterations and transitions in those alleys, and, football is no different. I don't think Wenger is capable of delivering another great Arsenal squad, let alone another title.