As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Thank you to virgin for making me stand all the way home AGAIN!!
After paying for a rip off ticket and going to the futile trouble of reserving a seat, the bastards cancelled all reservations
The game was the usual stuff of us outclassing opposition that give us the room to work the tiki-taka magic. The amount of room RvP was being given in the fast half bordered on school boyish.....for all that though the goals were down to a bit of brilliance by two of our weakest links.
Diaby even gets an honourable mention for our 3rd goal
Blackpool in the 2nd half deserved something from the game and I sincerely hope they stay up...preferably swapping places with B'ham.
A win's a win but we are going to scrape over the line limply again in 3rd/4th. The clearout and buy-ins can't come quickly enough.
Walking along the promenade to B'pool Stn, am I the only one that thought Blackpool was My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding meets Benidorm
Got the three points we needed, could have easily had 5 or 6 goals on another day. Should be a good confidence boost for the team.
It's kind of sad, but these games against weaker opposition might be a good fit for simple-minded players like Diaby and Eboue. They have that cockiness that could be needed against stubborn opposition, and they have the skill to beat the lower teams' players... I just don't want to see them anywhere near big games against better teams.
A vital win but as said, same old weaknesses. A better team will punish us unfortunately.
Positives; RVP and Cesc are class when fit. Jack took some of the most cynical fouls I've seen in a while and just got on with it. Diaby actually played well (NOT great, but well). The cert penno for them not being given, winning when not at our best.
Negatives; Suicide defending, Comedy Eboue, Clichy and Diaby giving the ball away under no real pressure on too many ocasions. Oh and fucking Jens is still a hair trigger, charging out, getting no where near the ball but taking the man. Fucking idiot could have been sent off leaving us with 10 men and fuck knows who in nets. Where's that German twat that loves Jens now, huh? Twat.
A good three points and keeps us in with an outside chance. But if we defend like that against Manure or even the Mousers it's all over. Again.
best trip of my life, clubbing in Blackpool, sunshine, beaches, seaside, bar by seafront on singing gooners, ground 5 mins walk from seafront, = a quality awesome weekend
Top trip! Blackpool is a cess pit, but it was OUR cesspit for the weekend!
Good weather, cheap beer, and hundreds of fellow Gooners, all on the piss!
Had a funny anecdote on the morning of the match:
Waiting downstairs in the B&B for my mates, the old woman running it strolls in and asks if we've seen a lad called Perry. Apparently a fellow Gooner, he would not wake up, despite incessant knocking on his door. Joked with my mate that it's probably Perry Groves....
2 minutes later down comes Perry and we are chatting like lost pals. And he reckoned he got kicked out of a night-club the night before...
3 pints, 3 points and a good sing-song later we were on our way home to gloomy London.....
frankbutcher wrote:Top trip! Blackpool is a cess pit, but it was OUR cesspit for the weekend!
Good weather, cheap beer, and hundreds of fellow Gooners, all on the piss!
Had a funny anecdote on the morning of the match:
Waiting downstairs in the B&B for my mates, the old woman running it strolls in and asks if we've seen a lad called Perry. Apparently a fellow Gooner, he would not wake up, despite incessant knocking on his door. Joked with my mate that it's probably Perry Groves....
2 minutes later down comes Perry and we are chatting like lost pals. And he reckoned he got kicked out of a night-club the night before...
3 pints, 3 points and a good sing-song later we were on our way home to gloomy London.....
frankbutcher wrote:Top trip! Blackpool is a cess pit, but it was OUR cesspit for the weekend!
Good weather, cheap beer, and hundreds of fellow Gooners, all on the piss!
Had a funny anecdote on the morning of the match:
Waiting downstairs in the B&B for my mates, the old woman running it strolls in and asks if we've seen a lad called Perry. Apparently a fellow Gooner, he would not wake up, despite incessant knocking on his door. Joked with my mate that it's probably Perry Groves....
2 minutes later down comes Perry and we are chatting like lost pals. And he reckoned he got kicked out of a night-club the night before...
3 pints, 3 points and a good sing-song later we were on our way home to gloomy London.....
frankbutcher wrote:Top trip! Blackpool is a cess pit, but it was OUR cesspit for the weekend!
Good weather, cheap beer, and hundreds of fellow Gooners, all on the piss!
Had a funny anecdote on the morning of the match:
Waiting downstairs in the B&B for my mates, the old woman running it strolls in and asks if we've seen a lad called Perry. Apparently a fellow Gooner, he would not wake up, despite incessant knocking on his door. Joked with my mate that it's probably Perry Groves....
2 minutes later down comes Perry and we are chatting like lost pals. And he reckoned he got kicked out of a night-club the night before...
3 pints, 3 points and a good sing-song later we were on our way home to gloomy London.....
DB10GOONER wrote:A vital win but as said, same old weaknesses. A better team will punish us unfortunately.
Positives; RVP and Cesc are class when fit. Jack took some of the most cynical fouls I've seen in a while and just got on with it. Diaby actually played well (NOT great, but well). The cert penno for them not being given, winning when not at our best.
Negatives; Suicide defending, Comedy Eboue, Clichy and Diaby giving the ball away under no real pressure on too many ocasions. Oh and fucking Jens is still a hair trigger, charging out, getting no where near the ball but taking the man. Fucking idiot could have been sent off leaving us with 10 men and fuck knows who in nets. Where's that German twat that loves Jens now, huh? Twat.
A good three points and keeps us in with an outside chance. But if we defend like that against Manure or even the Mousers it's all over. Again.
Being the only one bashing Lehmann again while everyone else is basically celebrating him, eh? Pathetic as always, you fucking twat.
That's harsh on our German wunder'kid, DB10. Apart from that one dodgy moment, which can happen to almost any keeper now that forwards look for their body to fall over in lieu of contact, I thought Jens had a very good game - especially organising the defence in front of him, which was missing 3 of the 4 would be regular starters.
Lehmann also made a great save when Clichy had another of his brain freezes, without which we might not have been in the position to eventually go on and win the game. All in all and considering his age and lack of action, I felt Jens had a wonderful game, and certainly better than any of us dared hope when he was thrust into the line-up at the very last minute.
The biggest Lehmann advantage is not in shot stopping or in decision making, although I reckon he's equal and better to those than Almunia, respectively. The advantage is in leadership.
Did you see him shouting and commanding his box on the set pieces? It was inspiring to see someone with a pair of balls in net, instead of the beaten stray dog Almunia sitting around waiting to make another clanger.
And at least when crazy Jens runs out of net to chase a ball, he goes all out. Almunia's lack of confidence and second guessing himself has cost him time and time again; hopefully for the last time in an Arsenal shirt.
DB10GOONER wrote:A vital win but as said, same old weaknesses. A better team will punish us unfortunately.
Positives; RVP and Cesc are class when fit. Jack took some of the most cynical fouls I've seen in a while and just got on with it. Diaby actually played well (NOT great, but well). The cert penno for them not being given, winning when not at our best.
Negatives; Suicide defending, Comedy Eboue, Clichy and Diaby giving the ball away under no real pressure on too many ocasions. Oh and fucking Jens is still a hair trigger, charging out, getting no where near the ball but taking the man. Fucking idiot could have been sent off leaving us with 10 men and fuck knows who in nets. Where's that German twat that loves Jens now, huh? Twat.
A good three points and keeps us in with an outside chance. But if we defend like that against Manure or even the Mousers it's all over. Again.
Being the only one bashing Lehmann again while everyone else is basically celebrating him, eh? Pathetic as always, you fucking twat.
baaaaaaaaaa! You fucking moronic sheep. Wow aren't I the fool? Imagine having my own opinion??!!
Now, be a good little gobshite and defend the fact that Jens ran out like a fucking startled deer, got nowhere near the ball, but managed to take the player out of it, fully knowing that if he got sent off, we had no fit keeper on the bench. Another Jens hairbrained moment. And there will be more.
I find it quite amusing that you are so obsessed with the clown-like Jens. I seem to recall the last time your lot put so much blind faith in one man it didn't end so well did it?
