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.
Mane-Firmino-Salah is just so so good. What an attack. What I would give for that sort of forward line at the Arsenal...
Then you've got the likes of Shaqiri and Sturridge as your options on the bench, and people still think Liverpool ain't much cop.
I'm certainly NOT looking forward to playing them at Anfield with our relegation material defence.
With our defence and midfield, we could have them with the PSG forward line up as back up on the bench and we'd still come unstuck. You cannot build a team without a solid defensive foundation and ours is as fragile as it gets.
Sounds crazy but Dick has us almost punching above our weight with our current team.....if Wenger was still managing us we'd probably have 2 or 3 points. We look poor but we're eking out wins, under Wenger we looked poor and lost. Especially away.....
Anyone notice Salah's little tantrum on the bench after Frimino's winning goal? Threw his water bottle on the ground and looked disgusted when the camera panned towards the bench to capture Klopp's choreographed celebration. He was off the pitch a few minutes so it couldn't be frustration at being replaced. , maybe it was frustration st not being the headline maker.
Mane-Firmino-Salah is just so so good. What an attack. What I would give for that sort of forward line at the Arsenal...
Then you've got the likes of Shaqiri and Sturridge as your options on the bench, and people still think Liverpool ain't much cop.
I'm certainly NOT looking forward to playing them at Anfield with our relegation material defence.
With our defence and midfield, we could have them with the PSG forward line up as back up on the bench and we'd still come unstuck. You cannot build a team without a solid defensive foundation and ours is as fragile as it gets.
Sounds crazy but Dick has us almost punching above our weight with our current team.....if Wenger was still managing us we'd probably have 2 or 3 points. We look poor but we're eking out wins, under Wenger we looked poor and lost. Especially away.....
I think that is a pretty good assessment of where we are. I'm positive about our short to medium term future for the first time in about 8 years.
Dick has a plan and I reckon if it fails he'll have a plan B too. I just hope the AKB, the media morons, and the Wiggy cùnt give him the time he needs to cleanse Wenger from the players and the club psyche and rebuild this great old club.
Hard not to take pleasure in his struggles, fair play to him if he fucks things up for Mourinho.
If they were happy to take mikki back, I would be more than happy to swap sanchez back - the guy would be a perfect fit for dick's system
Not sure we can afford to have a player as mercurial as Sanchez during a rebuild, yes he'll score some excellent goals but he'll also give the ball away regularly and thereby cause problems at the back, but yes Mhiki i'd be happy to lose
Wouldn't have him back, he's finished. Let ManUre have him. He's turned out to be an expensive problem for them.
Absolutely agree, he's just a greedy fucker who thought he was being clever by turning his back on citeh for even bigger bucks at manure. Wonder if Pep thinks he dodged a bullet there.
Wouldn't have him back, he's finished. Let ManUre have him. He's turned out to be an expensive problem for them.
Absolutely agree, he's just a greedy fucker who thought he was being clever by turning his back on citeh for even bigger bucks at manure. Wonder if Pep thinks he dodged a bullet there.
Can I say yet again that sanchez did NOT pick manure over citeeh - citeeh made NO OFFER (a fact that was confirmed lately) for sanchez, so it was either fcuk off and play for manure, or stay and play for a senile outdated manager and a club going nowhere
Hard not to take pleasure in his struggles, fair play to him if he fucks things up for Mourinho.
Funnily enough I was thinking of Sanchez yesterday and how little impact he had made at Old Trafford.
The Mirror quotes are funny though - he had “an wholey ineffective 90 minutes,”despite being substituted on 63 mins
Let’s not forget that Sanchez was absolutely class for us for 3 seasons.
But he was a busted flush last year - his attitude was shit but more than that he’s lost a yard of pace. Wouldn’t want the bloke back.
Thought Man City were bonkers to be anywhere near him. They play at 1000mph moving the ball at the speed of light - Sanchez gets the ball and all he wants to do is take a second to look up and see whether he’s got a chance to score for personal glory. And loses possession more than anybody else around.
Let’s not forget that Sanchez was absolutely class for us for 3 seasons.
But he was a busted flush last year - his attitude was shit but more than that he’s lost a yard of pace. Wouldn’t want the bloke back.
Thought Man City were bonkers to be anywhere near him. They play at 1000mph moving the ball at the speed of light - Sanchez gets the ball and all he wants to do is take a second to look up and see whether he’s got a chance to score for personal glory. And loses possession more than anybody else around.
Yeah, when he is on form he is a world class player, when he is off form though, he is not just mediocre - he loses the ball constantly.
I think at manure the problem is pogbrat also does the same when off form, so they are giving up counter attacks alot.
It seems that I am the only one thinking this right now, but I honestly believe that the chavs will struggle to make top 4 this season. Lets look at their results thus far - wins against cardiff, the geordies and huddersfield is hardly anything to declare them as title challengers, and then you add in the fact that we would have beaten them in their own shithole had we not missed 3 glaring chances, and I just dont understand the hoopla about them. Unless they add a striker to their squad in january there is seriously average in that area - it is clear that morata's head/confidence is gone, and then the only other option is a french guy who failed to have a single shot on target in any of the world cup games, and you have to recognise that they are poor in that area. Kante is nowhere near the player he was since he got shafted out of his normal position for jorginho, and any defence that has luiz in the centre is seriously flawed.
Anyway, in my opinion our hopes of making top 4 are not as distant as they should be (given our big overhaul) as the scum, chavs and manure are all struggling in some form or another, and our results whilst playing badly is encouraging imo
