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.
'Can't blame Wenger for this. Team was dominating totally. Injuries forced his hand. Failure'
Still plenty of believers out there.
Start of season I was convinced top 4 was a certainty. Problem this season is we're as shit as ever against top 4 sides (and united) but equally as shit against poor sides-unlike last seasons 'flat track bullies'
And doesn't this sum up the problem entirely? Nothing is ever his fukin fault. He gets credit for anything good but all of the rubbish is down to someone or something else. We need to get rid of these sheep just as much as we need to get rid of Wenger and Kroenke
That was the poorest United team we have faced at home since pre Fergie times.
Lacking confidence, disorganised, a shambolic side for the first half hour.
Yet they beat us.
You can point to possession, shots on target, lack of finishing quality, and injuries but no hiding the truth.
Said before, I think we have the nucleus of a very good team, with a bit of leadership and some common sense tactics who knows where we could go.
Unfortunately we still have Wenger in charge. I will leave it there as you all know the rest.
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"Joe Harries: Hate all this Wenger out nonsense. No one can blame the manager today, the only ones to blame are the players. Poor performance".
Don't these fukin people see that Wenger is the problem???? He brings the players to the Club / he picks the team / he sets the tactics / he never changes anything / his teams get beaten over and over and over again - but it's never his fault. Ludicrous!!
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "It was one-way traffic and we lost the game, we have to take it on the chin. I know we'll be criticised for it but you have to respect the energy levels we put in.
"We paid for the slightest mistake and it's very frustrating to come away with nothing.
"We had the best chances and we could have finished better. At 1-0 we should have been more cautious not to give the second goal away. There was plenty of time to come back and that's where we made the mistake.
"In our job when you don't win, you're very concerned but there are a lot of positives in this team. If we can keep this going with the quality and the energy levels we have, we can bounce back very quickly."
foxinthebox2001 wrote:Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "It was one-way traffic and we lost the game, we have to take it on the chin. I know we'll be criticised for it but you have to respect the energy levels we put in.
"We paid for the slightest mistake and it's very frustrating to come away with nothing.
"We had the best chances and we could have finished better. At 1-0 we should have been more cautious not to give the second goal away. There was plenty of time to come back and that's where we made the mistake.
"In our job when you don't win, you're very concerned but there are a lot of positives in this team. If we can keep this going with the quality and the energy levels we have, we can bounce back very quickly."
When does he plan to start doing this?
To be fair, I Thought he'd come out with much more tripe than this.
"Joe Harries: Hate all this Wenger out nonsense. No one can blame the manager today, the only ones to blame are the players. Poor performance".
Don't these fukin people see that Wenger is the problem???? He brings the players to the Club / he picks the team / he sets the tactics / he never changes anything / his teams get beaten over and over and over again - but it's never his fault. Ludicrous!!
They look at games in isolation. The Chelsea, Dortmund Anderlecht games etc are irrelevant as far as they are concerned let alone the last four seasons.
If he thinks we should have been more cautious at 0-1 then why not get that across to his players instead of just standing there like a spare one watching them run past him?
A coach of an under-12 team would not use that piss poor excuse.
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"Tony, Lincoln: United fortunate to win. Arsenal must get their defence right. Convinced they will make top 4 at the season's end. No good getting shot of Wenger. He will sort it".
There's blind faith - and then there's utter stupidity. Wenger created the problem single-handedly so how the f**k is he going to "sort it"????
Why in modern society does no-one challenge arrogant, powerful men??
"Tony, Lincoln: United fortunate to win. Arsenal must get their defence right. Convinced they will make top 4 at the season's end. No good getting shot of Wenger. He will sort it".
There's blind faith - and then there's utter stupidity. Wenger created the problem single-handedly so how the f**k is he going to "sort it"????
Why in modern society does no-one challenge arrogant, powerful men??
Deference. Sir such-and-such, Lord Haw-Haw etc.
We have been conditioned, over hundreds and hundreds of years, to accept we are beneath such luminaries.
foxinthebox2001 wrote:If he thinks we should have been more cautious at 0-1 then why not get that across to his players instead of just standing there like a spare one watching them run past him?
I was thinking the same.
I only watched on tv, but didn't get the impression that he or Bouldy were desperately trying to get the message across to the players to be more cautious and not be so gung-ho?
I also didn't get the impression against Swansea or Anderlecht that he was trying to get the same message across then either?
Wenger and Bouldy are very passive in the dug out. I know it's not all about barking orders, but it's at least reassuring that they're trying to improve things when Pat Rice was jumping up from the bench and shouting instructions.
- that link with the players during a game has now completely gone with miserable and passive Bouldy sat next to Wenger
