Up the Arse! Goons Thread

[moomba]

Should have been banned for the smoking episode so it probably evens out.

Presume you're talking club ban.

Cause a lot of decent players would spend a lot of matches in the stands if footballers cant have a smoke.

 

[windyhill]

Arse 3 chels 1

 

[Cruyff14]

Fantastic.

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/arsenal/id/3008?cc=3436

 

[glenferry23]

That's one of Cross' better write ups. Good read

Has anyone watched the doco just yet? I've only seen some tidbits so far on arsenal.com

 

[Cruyff14]

I'm hoping it comes out online at some point.

 

[glenferry23]

Can't be too far away hopefully. The Keane/Vieira one appeared on YouTube after about 3-4 days.

 

[Benno_900]

Gibbs and Podolski should be back for Chelsea.

Koscielny is out.

 

[Benno_900]

Mourinho really talking up Ozil and Arsenal's title chances ...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-vs-chelsea-jose-mourinho-2952006

Obviously doesn't take us too seriously.

 

[glenferry23]

Yep, classic mind games from Jose. His praise of Ozil is probably genuine though. He said similar things the day we signed him, saying he was the best number 10 in the world.

 

[glenferry23]

Interesting reshuffle with Ozil essentially playing second striker to Giroud and Rosicky ok the right but really cutting in central.

Podolski and Cazorla on the bench, will likely be used at some point.

 

[glenferry23]

C'mon boys, composure needed.

 

[Benno_900]

So underwhelming.

 

[glenferry23]

Pretty ordinary. We just can't break down Mourinho's Chelsea. Difficult conditions yes, but our passing and final ball was unusually off.

We spoke of an important run of games a fortnight ago, ahead of Everton, Napoli, City and this morning Chelsea.

We failed to win any of them and only managed 2 points from a possible 12. Not the end of the world, but now have another considerable run of games coming up where we must respond.

 

[boncer34]

Was that ref serious?

****ing dickhead.

 

[charcoalchicken]

needed to win that

 

[7zark7]

Did we end up making any subs?

As much as I love Giroud he has recently shown that he isn't good enough. That miss this morning was disgusting. At least work the keeper FFS. If Dzeko is available we have to go hard for him.

 

[glenferry23]

No subs were used for us in the end. Having said that, Podolski hasn't played in 4 months and Santi has been quite average this season, so its difficult to know what influence they may have had.

Giroud is fantastic but wasteful, we knew that last season. That miss this morning was more difficult than it looked, given the conditions etc, but you'd still expect to perhaps test the keeper from that range. Clinical finishing really can be the difference between winning a title or not come end of the season.

Whilst I like Dzeko, I don't believe City will sell to us (if they are to sell him at all). You usually don't see too many class players being sold to direct rivals/challengers (aside from us selling RvP last season). And that's why Jose pulled the pin on the Ba loan move after we signed Ozil.

If we are going to buy another striker, it would likely be from outside of England. But another problem arises, who really lets world class strikers leave in January? Time will tell.

 

[charcoalchicken]

I don't think Dzeko is much better than Giroud if at all TBH so wouldn't really be worth pursuing, I agree that miss was pretty poor should have probs scored that or at least made the keeper work.
We didn't make any subs. Maybe Cazorla could have come on and done something but he's been pretty shithouse this season so far, Podolski would be lacking match fitness, Bendtner maybe should have come on for Giroud.

 

[Latro]

Giroud has 1 goal in the last 11 games.

 

[Benno_900]

Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) has missed the most clear cut chances in the Premier League this season, with 11.

 

[Cruyff14]

Bad news about dropping points yet again.

Didn't watch game due to work, saw some highlights though, you do feel another striker would have buried those chances. .

And who else has watched the Keane/Vieira doco? ****ing brilliant.

 

[glenferry23]

Yes that doco is brilliant, mentioned it a few pages back. Must watch.

 

[Benno_900]

If we're not top this time tomorrow, either Liverpool are seriously good or there's something seriously wrong with us.

 

[glenferry23]

Feels like a little while since we've won a game, I believe that was against Hull at the start of the month. Another big 10 days coming up. Away to West Ham tomorrow morning, away to Newcastle three days later, home to Cardiff on the 2nd Jan, then a massive cup game vs Spurs on the 5th.

Podolski, Cazorla and Flamini would all push for a start tomorrow morning. Giroud and Ozil would probably also need a breather at some point during that run.

 

[Latro]

I dont get what Wenger is doing. Makes no subs on Monday and only makes one change today. Players are being burnt out.

If we had a class striker this game is over.