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Fuck 'em both - Perfect result for us !. Still clear on top. :D :D :barscarf: :barscarf:

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Ray C wrote:
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Fuck 'em both - Perfect result for us !. Still clear on top. :D :D :barscarf: :barscarf:
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IW8Goalmachine wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:30 pm
The spuds are in an injury crisis and still managed to get a point there.

FFS we would have folded.



Remember last season when we lost Saliba we were crying about the injuries killing our season - they have far more players out than we had but played with balls and got a draw at citeeh. No doubt they rode their luck at times, and no doubt we have a far better team than they have, but whether some of you want to accept it or not, they are playing with more drive and belief than we did in the same situation

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Scum have taken one point out of the last 12 and that 1 point has helped us. They will always be a complete laughing stock. :D
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Very funny result which of course was good for us. :D :D

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augie wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:51 pm
IW8Goalmachine wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:30 pm
The spuds are in an injury crisis and still managed to get a point there.

FFS we would have folded.



Remember last season when we lost Saliba we were crying about the injuries killing our season - they have far more players out than we had but played with balls and got a draw at citeeh. No doubt they rode their luck at times, and no doubt we have a far better team than they have, but whether some of you want to accept it or not, they are playing with more drive and belief than we did in the same situation
You’re really reaching there Augie. They’ve 1 point from 12 and shit housed their way to that point yesterday after being wiped off the pitch for most of the game.

I know we all love a good old xG stat on here and who am I to disappoint -

Man City (3.09) 3-3 (0.56) Tottenham

That’s next levels of shit-housery right there. Don’t be fooled by the spin and media narrative you’re now going to be force fed all week about how Ange Mate orchestrated a result for the ages yesterday, they fucking robbed it and if it wasn’t for the woodwork and the fact that Barbie had an off day they would have shipped 6 or 7 easily.

When they were top and people up and down the country were getting sticky undies syndrome predicting they’d win the lot I was steadfast on here saying what they were doing was completely unsustainable. You can’t keep robbing results every week, eventually you’ll get found out and found out they’ve been and in some style.

Ange Mate has 1 point from 12 after being top of the league. In those games they imploded by having 2 players sent off against the chavs which saw him then play a suicidal high line that if I saw the manager of our local under 10s do I’d demand he was removed from his position as he clearly knew fuck all about the game. Yet Ange Mate was lauded for it, he’s a revolutionary!

Same after yesterday, he’s a genius for coming out of a game with a point when they should have been humiliated.

My eyes tell me everything I need to know about the scum and no bullshit media narrative about how incredible they are will convince me otherwise.

1 point from 12 - he’s a fucking messiah mate :barscarf:

Yeah they’ve a few injuries, so fucking what - so does everyone. They’ve one game a week so should be a lot fresher than most of the teams they’re facing yet they continue to produce absolute horse shite most weeks.

Fuck em.

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Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for sweating at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?

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Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 am
Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for sweating at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?
Worse B.O?

Was ridiculous wasn’t it. Towards the end of the game about 5 city players were surrounding the ref and shouting at him, including Ederson who ran from his goal line to half way, and no action was taken against any of them

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wibble wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:54 am
Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 am
Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for sweating at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?
Worse B.O?

Was ridiculous wasn’t it. Towards the end of the game about 5 city players were surrounding the ref and shouting at him, including Ederson who ran from his goal line to half way, and no action was taken against any of them
Stench of fraud, I'd imagine. I can't understand it. All we hear is referees moaning and whinging about respect and pressure and how nobody understands and how we should all do it and see. Then, they stand there and let that happen without doing anything. Absolutely fucking pathetic. No wonder refs on Sunday mornings get abuse and attacked when the bottle jobs at the top level allow that to happen.

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rodders999 wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:52 am
augie wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:51 pm
IW8Goalmachine wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:30 pm
The spuds are in an injury crisis and still managed to get a point there.

FFS we would have folded.



Remember last season when we lost Saliba we were crying about the injuries killing our season - they have far more players out than we had but played with balls and got a draw at citeeh. No doubt they rode their luck at times, and no doubt we have a far better team than they have, but whether some of you want to accept it or not, they are playing with more drive and belief than we did in the same situation
You’re really reaching there Augie. They’ve 1 point from 12 and shit housed their way to that point yesterday after being wiped off the pitch for most of the game.

I know we all love a good old xG stat on here and who am I to disappoint -

Man City (3.09) 3-3 (0.56) Tottenham

That’s next levels of shit-housery right there. Don’t be fooled by the spin and media narrative you’re now going to be force fed all week about how Ange Mate orchestrated a result for the ages yesterday, they fucking robbed it and if it wasn’t for the woodwork and the fact that Barbie had an off day they would have shipped 6 or 7 easily.

When they were top and people up and down the country were getting sticky undies syndrome predicting they’d win the lot I was steadfast on here saying what they were doing was completely unsustainable. You can’t keep robbing results every week, eventually you’ll get found out and found out they’ve been and in some style.

Ange Mate has 1 point from 12 after being top of the league. In those games they imploded by having 2 players sent off against the chavs which saw him then play a suicidal high line that if I saw the manager of our local under 10s do I’d demand he was removed from his position as he clearly knew fuck all about the game. Yet Ange Mate was lauded for it, he’s a revolutionary!

Same after yesterday, he’s a genius for coming out of a game with a point when they should have been humiliated.

My eyes tell me everything I need to know about the scum and no bullshit media narrative about how incredible they are will convince me otherwise.

1 point from 12 - he’s a fucking messiah mate :barscarf:

Yeah they’ve a few injuries, so fucking what - so does everyone. They’ve one game a week so should be a lot fresher than most of the teams they’re facing yet they continue to produce absolute horse shite most weeks.

Fuck em.




Thing is rodders, they are not the only north london team riding their luck so far this season cos we are nowhere near the level we were at last season

Only their deluded scum fans and the meeja w*nkers expected them to stay near the top of the table cos most of us (and tbf many of their own fans) knew that their squad is light in quality - however many on here predicted all sorts of nonsense about them going to be in a relegation battle and ange going to be sacked by November, and there seems to be an absolute refusal to concede still that they are doing better than predicted. Reality is that the quality in this league is so low these days that they were never going to struggle like some predicted, and yes that is more of a reflection on the other clubs than it is on them, but likewise our team that came second last wouldnt have been without a country mile of that position 10 years ago, and likewise this current scum team would be in trouble if they were playing in a better league

I agree that every team has injuries, but my point was that el basque had three seasons to build a squad and yet we collapsed when we lost Saliba for last seasons run in - the aussie is only just in the door, took over a mediocre quality squad, and then lost his best player and captain just a few days before the transfer window closed and had no time to replace him, and yes they got lucky yesterday, but by same token they played with balls against citeeh and against the chavs when down to 9 players and I believe in same circumstances we would have bent over like a bitch. I still dont think they will get top 6 cos when you see the names dier and skipp on the team sheet then you know they are still shit ( :lol: ), but that only makes what they are doing to be more credible imo

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Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 am
Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for swearing at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?
By all accounts it has been agreed that called him a "Baldy Prick", which whilst stating the bleeding obvious is considered to be stepping over the mark..... And yet as everyone else has said the $hitty players surrounded the ref; as in got right in his face. They were also "Man Handling " him.

In my book if ANY player lands even a finger on the ref or other official it should be an automatic Red Card and a 6 game ban. I know some refs actually do deserve to receive the "Five Finger Death Punch" ... BUT if the game isn't going to be allowed to continue in this vein were some teams can abuse and jostle the ref etc and get away with it, whilst some who do show some restraint (*) will often get penalised for simply arguing a decision.

(*) At the start of the season all clubs were notified that it was no longer permissible for players of any team to crowd around the official/s. The Captain of each team was allowed to question the Ref/Officals decision and ask Why? a decision n had been given. I have no problem with that and recall very clearly in the first 3 games Arsenal abiding by that and Odegaard being the person who approached the ref; not that it did much good; especially as in my opinion Odegaard whilst being an intelligent and skilled player and individual, lacks "Presence" (and I'm not just talking about the way he goes missing in the games where a Captain should be rolling up his sleeves and leading by example)... and by the fifth games of the season in the Prem teams like the Chavs, Manure ( :roll: ) $hitty and especially the Fat Five Bellied Beheaders were in on the ref literally every decision and NOTHING was or Has Been Done. The FA, The PGMOL are a spineless bunch ofCUNTS otherwise had they acted on what they said, the games would be better and have far more flow etc etc.

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Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 am
Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for sweating at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?
If he doesn’t receive a ban for that outburst then they are spineless to the core

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augie wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:38 am
rodders999 wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:52 am
augie wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:51 pm
IW8Goalmachine wrote:
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:30 pm
The spuds are in an injury crisis and still managed to get a point there.

FFS we would have folded.



Remember last season when we lost Saliba we were crying about the injuries killing our season - they have far more players out than we had but played with balls and got a draw at citeeh. No doubt they rode their luck at times, and no doubt we have a far better team than they have, but whether some of you want to accept it or not, they are playing with more drive and belief than we did in the same situation
You’re really reaching there Augie. They’ve 1 point from 12 and shit housed their way to that point yesterday after being wiped off the pitch for most of the game.

I know we all love a good old xG stat on here and who am I to disappoint -

Man City (3.09) 3-3 (0.56) Tottenham

That’s next levels of shit-housery right there. Don’t be fooled by the spin and media narrative you’re now going to be force fed all week about how Ange Mate orchestrated a result for the ages yesterday, they fucking robbed it and if it wasn’t for the woodwork and the fact that Barbie had an off day they would have shipped 6 or 7 easily.

When they were top and people up and down the country were getting sticky undies syndrome predicting they’d win the lot I was steadfast on here saying what they were doing was completely unsustainable. You can’t keep robbing results every week, eventually you’ll get found out and found out they’ve been and in some style.

Ange Mate has 1 point from 12 after being top of the league. In those games they imploded by having 2 players sent off against the chavs which saw him then play a suicidal high line that if I saw the manager of our local under 10s do I’d demand he was removed from his position as he clearly knew fuck all about the game. Yet Ange Mate was lauded for it, he’s a revolutionary!

Same after yesterday, he’s a genius for coming out of a game with a point when they should have been humiliated.

My eyes tell me everything I need to know about the scum and no bullshit media narrative about how incredible they are will convince me otherwise.

1 point from 12 - he’s a fucking messiah mate :barscarf:

Yeah they’ve a few injuries, so fucking what - so does everyone. They’ve one game a week so should be a lot fresher than most of the teams they’re facing yet they continue to produce absolute horse shite most weeks.

Fuck em.




Thing is rodders, they are not the only north london team riding their luck so far this season cos we are nowhere near the level we were at last season

Only their deluded scum fans and the meeja w*nkers expected them to stay near the top of the table cos most of us (and tbf many of their own fans) knew that their squad is light in quality - however many on here predicted all sorts of nonsense about them going to be in a relegation battle and ange going to be sacked by November, and there seems to be an absolute refusal to concede still that they are doing better than predicted. Reality is that the quality in this league is so low these days that they were never going to struggle like some predicted, and yes that is more of a reflection on the other clubs than it is on them, but likewise our team that came second last wouldnt have been without a country mile of that position 10 years ago, and likewise this current scum team would be in trouble if they were playing in a better league

I agree that every team has injuries, but my point was that el basque had three seasons to build a squad and yet we collapsed when we lost Saliba for last seasons run in - the aussie is only just in the door, took over a mediocre quality squad, and then lost his best player and captain just a few days before the transfer window closed and had no time to replace him, and yes they got lucky yesterday, but by same token they played with balls against citeeh and against the chavs when down to 9 players and I believe in same circumstances we would have bent over like a bitch. I still dont think they will get top 6 cos when you see the names dier and skipp on the team sheet then you know they are still shit ( :lol: ), but that only makes what they are doing to be more credible imo
And as if we needed proof of their fans delusions but check this quote from some twitter muppet

""Three losses and a draw but I've rarely felt better about my club. We're going to do special, special things under Postecoglou.""

I give you the modern day spud....1 point out of 12 "but I've rarely felt better about my club"

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OneBardGooner wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:10 am
Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 am
Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for swearing at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?
By all accounts it has been agreed that called him a "Baldy Prick", which whilst stating the bleeding obvious is considered to be stepping over the mark..... And yet as everyone else has said the $hitty players surrounded the ref; as in got right in his face. They were also "Man Handling " him.

In my book if ANY player lands even a finger on the ref or other official it should be an automatic Red Card and a 6 game ban. I know some refs actually do deserve to receive the "Five Finger Death Punch" ... BUT if the game isn't going to be allowed to continue in this vein were some teams can abuse and jostle the ref etc and get away with it, whilst some who do show some restraint (*) will often get penalised for simply arguing a decision.

(*) At the start of the season all clubs were notified that it was no longer permissible for players of any team to crowd around the official/s. The Captain of each team was allowed to question the Ref/Officals decision and ask Why? a decision n had been given. I have no problem with that and recall very clearly in the first 3 games Arsenal abiding by that and Odegaard being the person who approached the ref; not that it did much good; especially as in my opinion Odegaard whilst being an intelligent and skilled player and individual, lacks "Presence" (and I'm not just talking about the way he goes missing in the games where a Captain should be rolling up his sleeves and leading by example)... and by the fifth games of the season in the Prem teams like the Chavs, Manure ( :roll: ) $hitty and especially the Fat Five Bellied Beheaders were in on the ref literally every decision and NOTHING was or Has Been Done. The FA, The PGMOL are a spineless bunch ofCUNTS otherwise had they acted on what they said, the games would be better and have far more flow etc etc.

Fully agree with this OBG. This is where the game needs to take a leaf out of rugby’s book. Seventeen stone giants who could snap the ref in half, but refer to him as “sir”, respect his authority and do as they’re told.

That decision yesterday was outrageous (and inexplicable….other than he thought Grealish was offside so called the game back, but that’s a weak defence), but the rule is clear…don’t surround the ref and hound him. I suspect the ref might have booked a few players if it were a smaller club (or us!), but I also suspect that by that time he knew he’d made a huge fuck up and didn’t want to make things worse.

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Retro Gunner wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:41 pm
OneBardGooner wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:10 am
Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 am
Is there any reason why that bloke from Brighton was sent off last week for swearing at a ref when fat Fabio from the cheating Arabs wasn't?
By all accounts it has been agreed that called him a "Baldy Prick", which whilst stating the bleeding obvious is considered to be stepping over the mark..... And yet as everyone else has said the $hitty players surrounded the ref; as in got right in his face. They were also "Man Handling " him.

In my book if ANY player lands even a finger on the ref or other official it should be an automatic Red Card and a 6 game ban. I know some refs actually do deserve to receive the "Five Finger Death Punch" ... BUT if the game isn't going to be allowed to continue in this vein were some teams can abuse and jostle the ref etc and get away with it, whilst some who do show some restraint (*) will often get penalised for simply arguing a decision.

(*) At the start of the season all clubs were notified that it was no longer permissible for players of any team to crowd around the official/s. The Captain of each team was allowed to question the Ref/Officals decision and ask Why? a decision n had been given. I have no problem with that and recall very clearly in the first 3 games Arsenal abiding by that and Odegaard being the person who approached the ref; not that it did much good; especially as in my opinion Odegaard whilst being an intelligent and skilled player and individual, lacks "Presence" (and I'm not just talking about the way he goes missing in the games where a Captain should be rolling up his sleeves and leading by example)... and by the fifth games of the season in the Prem teams like the Chavs, Manure ( :roll: ) $hitty and especially the Fat Five Bellied Beheaders were in on the ref literally every decision and NOTHING was or Has Been Done. The FA, The PGMOL are a spineless bunch ofCUNTS otherwise had they acted on what they said, the games would be better and have far more flow etc etc.

Fully agree with this OBG. This is where the game needs to take a leaf out of rugby’s book. Seventeen stone giants who could snap the ref in half, but refer to him as “sir”, respect his authority and do as they’re told.

That decision yesterday was outrageous (and inexplicable….other than he thought Grealish was offside so called the game back, but that’s a weak defence), but the rule is clear…don’t surround the ref and hound him. I suspect the ref might have booked a few players if it were a smaller club (or us!), but I also suspect that by that time he knew he’d made a huge fuck up and didn’t want to make things worse.
The towel flickers talk like that to authority figures because they have had that anally pounded into them since childhood. :lol: :wink:

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