Orcs Away - March 1st.

[officepest]

This blue aligator chap is caving my nut.

[northbank123]

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...

For the record I thought it was a definite pen and it would get given 9 times out of 10 with his arm outstretched above his head and obvious contact.

He's hardly going to get grilled in a post-match interview but agree that the focus of the defeat is all wrong. We've not even got near scoring against a lower-table side and Wenger making some generic comment about not playing well enough is seen as brutal honesty?

[cameron326]

Throwing away a chance at the title after eight years without a trophy is a fucking disgrace

[Fever Pitch]

It's all so obvious ..déjà vu ....
Wenger give us hope and leave !

Where is david Dein !!
£8m quid per annu m ...what criteria can that be measured on for his value add ??!?

[officepest]

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.

Because we'd rather collectively impersonate 11 denilsons than shoot the fucking ball at the fucking goal. If you shoot, you lose possession.

[robbo10]

This blue aligator chap is caving my nut.

I just told my kids I had a Lacoste computer!

[arseofacrow]

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.

Spot on as usual mate.

A(p)athetic performance, if only for the time of year and that we're, apparently, in the title race. If they really believed that, it would show at all levels - but deep down, no-one believes it (except the poor lost souls who've been completely corrupted and no doubt have the best and most positive intentions).

[northbank123]

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.

Because we'd rather collectively impersonate 11 denilsons than shoot the fucking ball at the fucking goal. If you shoot, you lose possession.

Did Wenger not say on Sky Sports after the game that 2 or 3 times in the first half we shot when we should have passed?

[cameron326]

Does anyone still honestly think we will win anything again under Wenger? I don't what it is but he's lost something. He's blinkered in some way. He just can't see the limitations of the teams he puts out. He won't acknowledge them so how the hell can he is them?

[cameron326]

Does anyone still honestly think we will win anything again under Wenger? I don't what it is but he's lost something. He's blinkered in some way. He just can't see the limitations of the teams he puts out. He won't acknowledge them so how the hell can he fix them?

[officepest]

This blue aligator chap is caving my nut.

I just told my kids I had a Lacoste computer!

Tres chic Monsieur.

[officepest]

Goofy scores for the Bin Dippers.

[Supagoon]

Suarez scores, City to collect their due6pts, 4th place champions here we come

[1989]

When you think about it, we have been punching above our weight this season. We have done as well as we could have with the worst starting striker I've ever seen in all my time as a fan.

[officepest]

Does anyone still honestly think we will win anything again under Wenger? I don't what it is but he's lost something. He's blinkered in some way. He just can't see the limitations of the teams he puts out. He won't acknowledge them so how the hell can he is them?

You'll have a hard job finding anyone on here who has thought that we would since about '08.