THE Arsenal vs scum Sat NOV 18th 2017 @ 12:30pm

[Gunner Rob]

Come on the Gunners !

[Tomáš]

Gooners,
here from the German Spiegel Online side, translated by Google
http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/to ... 78478.html

Arsenal welcomes Tottenham
For years, Arsenal was the powerhouse in North London. But now the conditions are turning: Tottenham Hotspur begins the elven team of Arsène Wenger to run out of rank. Now it comes to a duel.
The question was substantiated and tabulated, but sounded in the ears of Arsène Wenger as a mean insolence. Whether his Arsenal (sixth place) would go on Saturday as "outsider" in the derby home game against Tottenham Hotspur (second place, four points ahead), a reporter wanted to know on Thursday. "We do not see ourselves as underdogs at all," the Frenchman said irritably, "we are not afraid, know our strengths and will give the answer on the pitch."
In fact, it is still a bit early to speak of a change of power, but the micro-climate in the north of the British capital has changed noticeably since the past season, when the Spurs landed in front of the Gunners in the table after 21 years. Led by Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, Lilienweiss, bristling with English talents, rushed hot-bloodedly to second place, while Wenger's low-blooded technician squad failed to qualify for the Champions League and play penalties in the unpopular Europa League. In the current season, the opposing trends of the neighbors seem to confirm. Tottenham is a team on the go, Arsenal the Altmacht, who with a lot of effort keeps just as the level of previous years.
The unmistakable buoyancy of financially much worse off local rivals, who have been boosted by Pochettino with tactical finesse and South American heart-pain rhetoric ("Develop, dream your ideas, throw 'em out into the universe and believe in the stars") to a remarkable level Even the most confident Arsenal supporters have brutally demonstrated their own stagnation. Less and less trust 68-year-old Wenger that just after more than 20 years in office he should be the "catalyst of change", the CEO Ivan Gazidis had promised the increasingly impatient audience in the spring. Gazidis had asked non-binding for possible successors and contacted, inter alia, Leipzig Ralph Hasenhüttl, but after winning the FA Cup (2: 1 against champions Chelsea), the overdue upheaval was postponed for at least two years. Wenger decided to stay on the bench until 2019.

The obvious problems on the lawn and behind the scenes not only since the Spurs renaissance have not been seriously addressed. On good days Arsenal can shoot two-thirds of the league at any time with fine-hearted direct football from the stadium, in duels with top clubs but missing a coherent defensive concept. "The team has neither balance nor the necessary mentality," said former Arsenal defender Lee Dixon this week, who in his criticism of the players in truth means the coach. Like many ex-Gunners, he outlines his diagnoses only out of consideration for Wengers historical merits.
The Frenchman rules as a very gentle autocrat. He does not like confrontations and trusts that difficulties can resolve themselves. Important strategic decisions, for example on the whereabouts of Mesut Özil and Alexis Sanchez, whose contracts expire in summer, are repeatedly postponed. Wenger has become the steward of the football inventor, who once taught the British the beauty of the flat pass. Stan Kroenke, who owns two thirds of the club, likes it that way. The American does not want to enter the arms race with Manchester clubs but wants the club to finance itself. Too great ambitions are in his view more damaging to the balance sheets.
At the grassroots level, one is deeply frustrated at this lack of institutional drive. At last month's general meeting, small shareholders denied Arsenal chairman, Sir Chips Keswick, the following. The rebellion was only symbolic - Keswick was confirmed by Kroenke and the second major shareholder Alisher Usmanov, who together have 97 percent of voting rights in office - but showed the extent of displeasure.
Wenger has at least recognized that the club must gradually set up for the time after him. The aspired commitment of Borussia Dortmund's chief scout Sven Mislintat plays an important role, as well as the restructuring of the youth department, which will be responsible for Per Mertesacker in the coming season. In the present, however, there is a great danger of being overtaken by the long-riddled but far more dynamic neighbors. Wenger has been watching a lot since winning the last championship thirteen years ago. But a permanent second place in the North London miniliga would not forgive him even.

Cheers,
Thomas

[robbo10]

Hot in from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary......

Cantobolikchops

noun

informal,a flip flopper,someone who cannot decide whether Wenger should fuck off or stay,usually an Ex-Arsenal player,
synonyms: fool, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton

[SteveO 35]

Hot in from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary......

Cantobolikchops

noun

informal,a flip flopper,someone who cannot decide whether Wenger should fuck off or stay,usually an Ex-Arsenal player,
synonyms: fool, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton

e.g. Piers Morgan. A man who made it his purpose to tweet Wenger out every few seconds for months, only to admit he "might have got it wrong about Wenger" when we beat mighty Hull in the FA Cup Final

[xisstential]

We cannot allow this tiresome bunch to keep dragging us down. If they didn't play as well as they did we would be playing in the CL this season. It is unforgiveable, I look to our manager, the master tactician, to put them firmly back in their box.

I expect our top qualiteee to show itself today

[GranadaJoe]

I hate the Scum to such an extent that I've never had a scum-supporting friend. The two things are mutually exclusive.

I've always wanted us to beat them, and for most of my life we did. So regularly, that when we did, the pleasure was brief, because taking candy from a baby is no big deal.

However, recently I've started to dread this fixture and today I'm feeling a bit sick. I have hope but no expectation that we're going to win and I'm almost feeling the misery now.

It's not a measure of how the scum have improved. They're the scum, they've won fuck-all and they'll never be big club. It's a measure of how we've fallen.

I just want it over. Thanks Wenger, you cúnt!

[OneBardGooner]

Hot in from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary......

Cantobolikchops

noun

informal,a flip flopper,someone who cannot decide whether Wenger should fuck off or stay,usually an Ex-Arsenal player,
synonyms: fool, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, nonce cun.t

I think that about covers it

[OneBardGooner]

I hate the Scum to such an extent that I've never had a scum-supporting friend. The two things are mutually exclusive.

I've always wanted us to beat them, and for most of my life we did. So regularly, that when we did, the pleasure was brief, because taking candy from a baby is no big deal.

However, recently I've started to dread this fixture and today I'm feeling a bit sick. I have hope but no expectation that we're going to win and I'm almost feeling the misery now.

It's not a measure of how the scum have improved. They're the scum, they've won fuck-all and they'll never be big club. It's a measure of how we've fallen.

I just want it over. Thanks Wenger, you cúnt!

Never a Truer Word Spoken.

[Nos89]

Strategy 1- stop the ball from getting to their 3 influential players. Antagonise Alli till he gets sent off. Play a hard fast attacking game.
Strategy 2- try to keep the game tight until half time by tip tapping sideways, dominating possession with few attempts on goals.
Strategy 3- play with passion and anger, like your career depends on it, brushing them aside with fearless pride.

[olgitgooner]

Mike Fucking Dean in charge. There is no hope of getting any decisions. We are fucked.

[Perryashburtongroves]

Fuck off scum and you too Wenger.

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Mike Fucking Dean in charge. There is no hope of getting any decisions. We are fucked.

Make you right, that was never a foul, verthongen slipped, we could have been easy 1 up there, Mike Dean is an utter CUNNT

[OneBardGooner]

Anyone got a decent stream mine is fuckked.

[xisstential]

I just saw the first of our "expected" goals fly up into the stands

[xisstential]

Ramsey is so poor... so much energy, so much running around...never achieves anything......