Carling Cup Final footy thread

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:52 pm

DB10GOONER wrote:Did you design it Dan?

Yuh-huh. I believe it's being handed over for use at The Grove now...

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:58 pm

Dan_85 wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Did you design it Dan?
Yuh-huh. I believe it's being handed over for use at The Grove now...

Excellent work.

highburyJD · Post by **highburyJD** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:34 pm

horrific day
woke up late (big friday + medium sized saturday) looked out the window - Iskibgtonb was gorgeous; blue skies, sun blazing
put on my Wilshere - Arsenal DNA t-shirt and a thin jacket, grabbed my sunnies and pootled round the corner to Highbury & Islington
tube to Kings Cross, Met line to Wembley Park came straight away there in no time

stepped out of wembley park tube and the sky was black, rain pishing down, got soaked went to wrong ticket office, got more soaked eventually got tickets. Couldn't find curry house my mates were in. Like an eejit not transferred numbers to my new phone couldnt phone anyone. Did run into some boys I met when we beat AC Milan who that night christened me Jesus (long hair and a beard). Pay Â£4 several times for plastic cups of pissy beer. Watch a shite performance. Foster wonders right over to our section and takes the piss, what a c*nt. Take forever to get out. Starving.

I properly hate the new Wembley, it is pure shite. If I hear one more pundit say Birmingham 'deserved' it FFS well done Brum, great fight against the odds, Carr and Jiranek were awesome IMO and Johnson and the the exVilla wanker at LB (blank) were decent. But deserved eff all. They were battered for the last 60mins after a shite 1st 30.

If we beat Brum our keeper goaded their fans and a foriegn Arsenal player slapped a Brit defender in the back of the head after a mistake what would the backpage of every paper be?

to achieve our aims this season we are reliant on one of two things happening:
one massively injury prone (and injured) striker being fit for nearly every game
and our pretty injury prone (and injured) captain also being fit for nearly every game

that sounds unlikely

option two is their backups fill the gaps...

I still believe
but its mostly because I'm a mug

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:20 pm

highburyJD wrote:stepped out of wembley park tube and the sky was black, rain pishing down, got soaked went to wrong ticket office, got more soaked eventually got tickets. Couldn't find curry house my mates were in. Like an eejit not transferred numbers to my new phone couldnt phone anyone. Did run into some boys I met when we beat AC Milan who that night christened me Jesus (long hair and a beard). Pay Â£4 several times for plastic cups of pissy beer. Watch a shite performance. Foster wonders right over to our section and takes the piss, what a c*nt. Take forever to get out. Starving.

I properly hate the new Wembley, it is pure shite.

Not been to the "new" Wembley yet, but from what i've seen it does look pretty horrific. Heard Alan Davies describe it as "like a scene from that film The Road" today

The Champions League final, it conjures up images of exotic European locations, beautiful architecture & decades of history. Not some grotty estate in NW London lol.

marcengels · Post by **marcengels** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:24 pm

Dan_85 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:stepped out of wembley park tube and the sky was black, rain pishing down, got soaked went to wrong ticket office, got more soaked eventually got tickets. Couldn't find curry house my mates were in. Like an eejit not transferred numbers to my new phone couldnt phone anyone. Did run into some boys I met when we beat AC Milan who that night christened me Jesus (long hair and a beard). Pay Â£4 several times for plastic cups of pissy beer. Watch a shite performance. Foster wonders right over to our section and takes the piss, what a c*nt. Take forever to get out. Starving.

I properly hate the new Wembley, it is pure shite.
Not been to the "new" Wembley yet, but from what i've seen it does look pretty horrific. Heard Alan Davies describe it as "like a scene from that film The Road" today

The Champions League final, it conjures up images of exotic European locations, beautiful architecture & decades of history. Not some grotty estate in NW London lol.

yes, youd love to get to the final but part of you would be thinking....fucking hell, wembley, pile of shit!

Post by **flash gunner** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:26 pm

highburyJD wrote:horrific day
woke up late (big friday + medium sized saturday) looked out the window - Iskibgtonb was gorgeous; blue skies, sun blazing
put on my Wilshere - Arsenal DNA t-shirt and a thin jacket, grabbed my sunnies and pootled round the corner to Highbury & Islington
tube to Kings Cross, Met line to Wembley Park came straight away there in no time

stepped out of wembley park tube and the sky was black, rain pishing down, got soaked went to wrong ticket office, got more soaked eventually got tickets. Couldn't find curry house my mates were in. Like an eejit not transferred numbers to my new phone couldnt phone anyone. Did run into some boys I met when we beat AC Milan who that night christened me Jesus (long hair and a beard). Pay Â£4 several times for plastic cups of pissy beer. Watch a shite performance. Foster wonders right over to our section and takes the piss, what a c*nt. Take forever to get out. Starving.

I properly hate the new Wembley, it is pure shite. If I hear one more pundit say Birmingham 'deserved' it FFS well done Brum, great fight against the odds, Carr and Jiranek were awesome IMO and Johnson and the the exVilla wanker at LB (blank) were decent. But deserved eff all. They were battered for the last 60mins after a shite 1st 30.

If we beat Brum our keeper goaded their fans and a foriegn Arsenal player slapped a Brit defender in the back of the head after a mistake what would the backpage of every paper be?

to achieve our aims this season we are reliant on one of two things happening:
one massively injury prone (and injured) striker being fit for nearly every game
and our pretty injury prone (and injured) captain also being fit for nearly every game

that sounds unlikely

option two is their backups fill the gaps...

I still believe
but its mostly because I'm a mug

Fucking hell mate sounds like a shit day all round

tinpot lane · Post by **tinpot lane** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:45 pm

Cardiff shits over Wembely in virtually every aspect; apart from location.

Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:49 pm

SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:i have a feeling the score will be

Arsenal 1 Birmingham 2

I dread Sunday....win and its "Well you should win"
Lose and i just dont know how i can live

bad feeling....injury prone line up against well rested eager to pull of the shock Brum with the ref backing them in all things naughty and with them kickingf the shit out of the half fit Cesc....oh and there will be a red card for someone in red and white

Wish i hadnt said this on page 4 of this thread.....i am still gutted and I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO LEFT WHEN THE WINNER WAS SCORED......SO METALWHATEVERYOURHEADIS......DO ONE

Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:51 pm

FLASH

YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF WEMBLEY....I HATED THE WHOLE DAY

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:23 pm

DB10GOONER wrote:Good pics Basil. The Arsenal flag looks really good.

And the cannon is pointing in the proper direction!

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:40 pm

Burn that flag! Its bad luck

Only joking, looked quality

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:40 pm

Double post

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:48 pm

marcengels wrote:
Dan_85 wrote:
highburyJD wrote:stepped out of wembley park tube and the sky was black, rain pishing down, got soaked went to wrong ticket office, got more soaked eventually got tickets. Couldn't find curry house my mates were in. Like an eejit not transferred numbers to my new phone couldnt phone anyone. Did run into some boys I met when we beat AC Milan who that night christened me Jesus (long hair and a beard). Pay Â£4 several times for plastic cups of pissy beer. Watch a shite performance. Foster wonders right over to our section and takes the piss, what a c*nt. Take forever to get out. Starving.

I properly hate the new Wembley, it is pure shite.
Not been to the "new" Wembley yet, but from what i've seen it does look pretty horrific. Heard Alan Davies describe it as "like a scene from that film The Road" today

It is odd.

The actual views and inside the "Bowl" are quite good.

But the rest?

Still not enough toilets, you would have thought they got that right.

The "corridors" feel and look like a National Rail station, with lots of very loud PA announcements reminding us to check for suspect packages, very soul-less.

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:12 pm

Main complaints seems to be the fact that it resembles a bus depot, endless loud announcement like you say & the pre match music being far too loud; "like being at the ministry of sound"

Sounds fucking terrible to be fair.

worthing gooner · Post by **worthing gooner** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:23 pm

It is a nightmare Wembley but the atmosphere was my issue (apart from the daydreaming players).
Now only season ticket holders were able to get tickets and the atmosphere told the truth. We have many people that have gone for years and now seem very comfortable with going to games and only the real biggies do the majority get up for it. Yesterday was evidence of this theory, that and a clear lack of an original song that can be sung to match other teams ie the Blues "End of the road". Yes there were sporadic groups having a go but the majority dont get involved. I personally had a good go yesterday but around me it felt very laboured effort to get songs going.
So the Gooners cant blame the JCL's and must take the blame for this one many others for that matter...