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.
flash gunner wrote:Im not sure whether to be happy or sad.... I work with almost 100% scum fans and not one of them has taken the piss yet
Are they trying to confuse me? Secretly laughing behind my back? or its not as important as they expected/knew they would win and therefore no piss taking required?
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EXACT same thing happening to me. I got 2 texts after the game yesterday, 2!!!! Normally I'd have to turn off the phone it would be going into such meltdown.
All I've had this morning was one "suppose defeat was inevitable" comment which lets face it is true pretty much any time we play these days
This Is The Daybreak wrote:I noticed yesterday that they didn't go as mental as they have done in previous years with beating us. The 5-1 League Cup Semi and the 2-1 Danny Rose game they went absolutely balistic, almost embarassing.
Sadly we have got to the level where they are favourites to beat us and after beating us a few times now the novelty has worn off. There was a stage where I had forgotton what it was like to lose to that vermin, now I am kind of getting used to it and that hurts.
On a positive note our away support was top notch yesterday (minus the one rendition of one Arsene Wenger). Outsung and outdid that filth by some way.
Yeah. I'm not even disappointed. I just have a weary sense of resignation.
In the more than 40 years of following Arsenal, this is the least pain I've ever felt after a defeat by Spurs. I didn't watch or listen to the match through choice. I expected to lose and indeed feared worse and was therefore relieved when I found out the score that we hadn't lost by a bigger margin. The truth, as unpalatable as it may well be, is that we've fallen so far back that Spurs are now better than us.
Even in the aftermath of finding out that we lost and reading what people on here thought about things, although still a bit disappointed that the expected loss happened, I don't feel anything like the anger that I would have in the past, or had I seen things unfold before my very eyes. As well as the match, I have avoided all sports programmes on tv and radio and as a consequence am less stressed than I ordinarily would be, given the circumstances.
Regardless of our results, I don't even get the same pleasure out of watching other football matches like I once did. Wenger has managed to change me into someone who not only is so disheartened that he does not even want to watch his own club play against it's bitterest enemy, but also someone now feeling little but apathy towards both Arsenal and football in general, whereas once it meant everything to me.
Last edited by I Hate Hleb on Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I Hate Hleb wrote:In the more than 40 years of following Arsenal, this is the least pain I've ever felt after a defeat by Spurs. I didn't watch or listen to the match through choice. I expected to lose and indeed feared worse and was therefore relieved when I found out the score that we hadn't lost by a bigger margin. The truth, as unpalatable as it may well be, is that we've fallen so far back that Spurs are now better than us.
Even in the aftermath of finding out that we lost and reading what people on here thought about things, although still a bit disappointed that the expected loss happened, I don't feel anything like the anger that I would have in the past, or had I seen things unfold before my very eyes. As well as the match, I have avoided all sports programmes on tv and radio and as a consequence am less stressed than I ordinarily would be, given the circumstances.
Regardless of our results, I don't even get the same pleasure out of watching other football matches like I once did. Wenger has managed to change me into someone who not only is so disheartened that he does not even want to watch his own club play against it's bitterest enemy, but also someone now feeling little but apathy towards both Arsenal and football in general, whereas once it meant everything to me.
Great post mate....should send that directly to Wenger andthe board
worthing gooner wrote:If you did send that to the club you know that the usual generic letter will be sent in reply.
Yep
I think IHH will have to chop off a finger and send it with the letter, covered in blood.
Although I guess the same respons..."Thank you for your letter and severed finger...we are sorry that you unhappy...we are working hard...thank you for your continued support"
"Also will you please stop chopping off your fingers as you will need them to pull your wallet out and type in your credit card details to renew every membership you have.
Thank you."
I Hate Hleb wrote:In the more than 40 years of following Arsenal, this is the least pain I've ever felt after a defeat by Spurs. I didn't watch or listen to the match through choice. I expected to lose and indeed feared worse and was therefore relieved when I found out the score that we hadn't lost by a bigger margin. The truth, as unpalatable as it may well be, is that we've fallen so far back that Spurs are now better than us.
Even in the aftermath of finding out that we lost and reading what people on here thought about things, although still a bit disappointed that the expected loss happened, I don't feel anything like the anger that I would have in the past, or had I seen things unfold before my very eyes. As well as the match, I have avoided all sports programmes on tv and radio and as a consequence am less stressed than I ordinarily would be, given the circumstances.
Regardless of our results, I don't even get the same pleasure out of watching other football matches like I once did. Wenger has managed to change me into someone who not only is so disheartened that he does not even want to watch his own club play against it's bitterest enemy, but also someone now feeling little but apathy towards both Arsenal and football in general, whereas once it meant everything to me.
rigsby wrote:They're as shit as us btw. It was the only comfort I got from the game.
I didn't think we were necessarily bad, but we should have killed them off when it went 1-1. Instead we fucked about. The ball retention is terrible atm.
Song and Coquelin played very well. Think Song should stay there.
i agree he plays better as a centre half and i think its due to him not having to think and track back etc, Song is a brainless buffoon give him jobs that dont involve thinking like centre half
SONG I gave up how many times he gave the ball away last Sunday and in positions just outside our box, I really can't stand him any longer, he thinks he's better than he is !!
rigsby wrote:They're as shit as us btw. It was the only comfort I got from the game.
I didn't think we were necessarily bad, but we should have killed them off when it went 1-1. Instead we fucked about. The ball retention is terrible atm.
Song and Coquelin played very well. Think Song should stay there.
i agree he plays better as a centre half and i think its due to him not having to think and track back etc, Song is a brainless buffoon give him jobs that dont involve thinking like centre half
SONG I gave up how many times he gave the ball away last Sunday and in positions just outside our box, I really can't stand him any longer, he thinks he's better than he is !!
Dont get me wrong i think we should have better in both defence and midfield but felt he played better in defence as he has less for his empty head to think about. As i said adecuntor barely touched the ball and it was mailny down to Song. I still think Song is average at best
rigsby wrote:They're as shit as us btw. It was the only comfort I got from the game.
I didn't think we were necessarily bad, but we should have killed them off when it went 1-1. Instead we fucked about. The ball retention is terrible atm.
Song and Coquelin played very well. Think Song should stay there.
i agree he plays better as a centre half and i think its due to him not having to think and track back etc, Song is a brainless buffoon give him jobs that dont involve thinking like centre half
SONG I gave up how many times he gave the ball away last Sunday and in positions just outside our box, I really can't stand him any longer, he thinks he's better than he is !!
I will have to pull you up on this one Frank, but I don't think anyone gave the ball away as much on Sunday as Ramsey. I know he got the goal, but I cannot remember this lad ever having a great game for us.
He has been, in my mind as big a disappointment as Theo, given the hype that came with his signing.
I know he had his injury, but still I have seen nothing before or after the injury to convince me he will make the grade. At least nothing in an Arsenal shirt.
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I gave up how many times he gave the ball away last Sunday and in positions just outside our box, I really can't stand him any longer, he thinks he's better than he is !!
