Orcs Away - March 1st.

[cameron326]

I'm almost in the hope we miss out on the top four club now. We don't invest the money when it is absolutely blatantly obvious we need to invest it. Whether we have the top four money or not makes fuck all difference to what we will see on the pitch next season (they'll never let it drop below a certain level as they care about selling our the ground)

So Seriously what's the fucking point?

[spendsum4uckingmoney]

I don't understand the hysterics. We went into this season with 0 chance of winning. We aren't going to win it. We didnt sign anyone in Jan. We knew it wouldn't be enough. I don't see the point in crying.

[Its Up 4 Grabs Now]

Who the fuck is this blue crocodile *word censored* with the camply smug "look at me, I've just done my first poo on the big people toilet" pose? Has Arsene been put in charge of the onlinegooner investment fund?

[northbank123]

If the mickeys win we go 4th.

Progress ?

We'd be 3rd if Liverpool win. We're ahead of Citeh and they have a cup final tomorrow.

Your point is still valid though, obviously.

For me, we've done a 2007/08 and started to run out of steam. In fact, we've been poor for a few months now wghich is why the decision not to give the team a January boost is all the stranger.

Still, we've been here before. Wenger has his way, and he won't change that in pursuit of trophies - and that's the problem.

And that is the crux of the issue - the way that we win is more important to him than the actual act of winning. I cannot genuinely believe that he can sit there and watch us fall short in the same way every year and not see why.

But as you say he will not sacrifice his 'principles' - his approach is non-negotiable and he believes that the way to succeed is keep the same system and the same mentality and merely change the personnel.

[cameron326]

Might well happen too. Tottenham, Everton, Man city and Chelsea to come. We finished fourth in two horse race before. I'm sure we can finish fifty in a three horse race.

[markyp]

I said last week after our oh so impressive win against the very vacant sunderland team that our tippy tappy shit was boring,today it showed we have no penetration at all playing like this.setting up with the same team that beat the joke that was sunderland was a massive fuck up by le Arsole,if he actually believed we actually played sunderland off the park due to our immense passing and possession then hes even more deluded than i imagined,just leave please you total fuckwit

[Dan_85]

I see the journos have decided to mainly quiz AW on the penalty incident rather than why we played with no fight, urgency or failed to really test Begovic. Yes, it was a soft pen but why quiz Wenger about it? It offers no insight and gets him off the hook...

[g88ner]

Ref was a *word censored*, but was his performance any worse than most of our players today? Were his decisions any less logical than some of Wenger's?

Stoke are the worst of sort of dirty cheating bastards, the nasty, snide type, but we play right into their hands every time with our reactions. Giroud had every right to complain about the stamps but far too often he was rolling around for the most basic of fouls. Even when the decision went our way, instead of getting on with it quickly while Stoke were out of shape there he is sat on his arse like a stroppy toddler.

Wilshere was the absolute worst though. He's been improving lately but today he was appalling. All jokes aside if you added up all the time he spent on the ground clutching one part of his leg or another I'm certain it'd add up to more minutes than he spent on the ball or doing anything constructive. How has no-one got a hold of him yet and drummed it into him that it's just counterproductive. We break up our own play (and whatever little rhythm and tempo we had) with this petty shit.

Good post.

It's infuriating watching our players moan and roll around. As you say, we break up our own rhythm and play into Stoke's hands.

I mean really, it must be great for Stoke players to see us clearly ruffled. That's all the encouragement they need to keep doing it.

Considering how important the psychology of football is, it's amazing Wenger has never caught on how important it is not to let your opponent see you're struggling. It was ridiculous watching our players today. Total let down.

[Supagoon]

When Walcott got injured I knew the game was up.

This paceless football is easy to defend against. Against we needed the threat of pace and we could never counter them effectively.

Our striking options are dire but we could have got a stop gap in Jan. We certainly screwed up last summer when there was a chance of Suarez or Higgy.

Stoke is always difficult and dirty, but games like Everton at home and Southampton away are why either Manuel or Jose will be lifting the big one in May.

[officepest]

No shots on target in the second half.

[BournemouthRED]

We were sadly never going to win this game. Sure as day turns to night we will now start to fall apart.

[markyp]

anybody else here thinking that by the end of this month a champions league spot will be looking unlikely or a big challenge?? Thursday night and sunday arvo football here we come and still the old fool wont walk,he has no balls,no honour,no guts

[officepest]

Agree about Walcott being missed. I know he polarises opinion but he's our only forward with any pace and we are missing that outlet badly.

[Herd]

Insane team selection,OX or Gnarby had to start this one,rosicky was our best player but got taken off for ozil instead of OX .

Piss poor attitude and bottling from overpaid no hopers !

Sums Arsenal Up

[BournemouthRED]

No shots on target in the second half.

Disgusting stat, how is that even possible for a top flight side? Fair enough when we lose to a better side but fuckinh stoke!

They bottled it before they even got onto the pitch sadly.