Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

FearDark

I got the ride last night. I'm telling ye it has EVERYTHING to do with how the results have gone today.

Jaafa

Stolen off reddit. Every Man u player today will be like this as Ramsey bears down on them. (hint: watch the goalie)

Mickeroo

FearDark makes his way to the match.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJoIaXZ0rw

FearDark

dvemail

Crap, Per and Rosicky out. Flamster in.
Time for Tommy V to win his place back.

gandalf

dvemail wrote: »

Crap, Per and Rosicky out. Flamster in.
Time for Tommy V to win his place back.

Arsebiscuits!! Is Van Traitor out for United?

dvemail

gandalf wrote: »

Arsebiscuits!! Is Van Traitor out for United?

There is a bug floating around the camp unfortunately. Van P is out also it seems, though not confirmed.

Edit: Crap, Ven Pursey starts.

.jacksparrow.

Mert is a huge loss, not confident at all with verm starting, maybe if he had a bit of game time behind him.

dvemail

At least we have Flamini and Arteta to provide some cover.

.jacksparrow.

dvemail wrote: »

At least we have Flamini and Arteta to provide some cover.

Arteta meant to be a little under the weather too, what a bad way to prepare for this game.

clouter

Anyone got a recipe for this game?

gandalf

Jaysus Sunderland have won as well. We have to win, especially with our nearest rivals all dropping points bar Liverpool. If United win they are right back into the mix, we have to stop that!

gandalf

gandalf wrote: »

Jaysus Sunderland have won as well. We have to win, especially with our nearest rivals all dropping points bar Liverpool. If United win they are right back into the mix, we have to stop that!

Passing has been piss poor so far.

fulmer1984

Deleted User wrote: »

Passing has been piss poor so far.

agree, very average so far. no tempo. showing too much respect to man u so far. expecting big response in second half!!

brianregan09

The match thread has gone full retard anyway We seriously need to up it big time in the 2nd half and destroy this bloody mental block we seem to have against them

Mickeroo

Started this half better.

GeorgeBailey

Looks like being a hat trick of David's beating goliath today!

.jacksparrow.

Gonna just come out and say it, ozil has disappointed me since he arrived.

brianregan09

the 1st few games he was unreal really lifted us but the last month he's been pretty average

Quazzie

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Gonna just come out and say it, ozil has disappointed me since he arrived.

With the exception of his presence given the rest of the players around him a confidence boost, I agree.

.jacksparrow.

Quazzie wrote: »

With the exception of his presence given the rest of the players around him a confidence boost, I agree.

Let's give the players the credit for giving themselves a confidence boost.

.jacksparrow.

Bottle job again, still top of the league.

FearDark

**** off.
Rubbish match.
Didn't turn up.
Ozil... where are you???!
No service for Giroud.
We badly miss Walcott.
Bendtner???!!!
Raging.

Soups123

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Bottle job again, still top of the league.

No bottle job just got beat.

Ref was a dick they got every call from start to finish

.jacksparrow.

Jesus robin really seems to hate us.

.jacksparrow.

Soups123 wrote: »

No bottle job just got beat.

Ref was a dick they got every call from start to finish

Can't blame the ref, let's be honest we bottled it, Santi ozil Ramsey, all bottled it.

Pepe LeFrits

Poor performance but it happens sometimes. We need another top class forward in January, but we already knew this. Still, top of the league and key players to return.

FearDark

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Jesus robin really seems to hate us.

The feeling is mutual.

Marty McFly

Soups123 wrote: »

No bottle job just got beat.

Ref was a dick they got every call from start to finish

I don't know was a bit of a bottle job United were far from great at all, they were there for the taking had we performed could or should have easily beat them.

We seem to have a real fear factor every time we go to Old Trafford.

tayto lover

No bottle in our team today. Beaten from the off.
What did he bring on Bendtner for?
Bad from Wenger today. Team not prepared for battle.

UnknownSpecies

I think our problem is that we're bringing the likes of Bendtner on to try chase the game for us. Gutless performance today, United did nothing whatsoever that should have stopped us winning that game. Absolutely gutting game.

edit: Post was a bit reactionary. Although it felt gutless, I think the lads were a bit burnt out and looked like they lacked ideas. Hopefully we get the likes of Pod and Walcott back sooner rather than later. That'll make a world of difference.

bad2dabone

Bottlers. ****. Disgusted

Marty McFly

Marty McFly wrote: »

We seem to have a real fear factor every time we go to Old Trafford.

And that's exactly why it's a bigger game than our last two.
We haven't overcome that hurdle since the unbeatable run came to an end.
OT is our kryptonite.

AdamD

Nothing in that game, set piece the difference. Need wingers back asap.

Monreal should be given a chance in the next game too imo

Soups123

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Can't blame the ref, let's be honest we bottled it, Santi ozil Ramsey, all bottled it.

Didn't blame the ref. we played poor first half and lost to a set piece. Better performance second half with a bit if luck wud have got the draw.

Ozil & Girod were very poor

FearDark

Why does Ozil have so many games where it seems like he isn't even on the pitch?

Drexel

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Poor performance but it happens sometimes. We need another top class forward in January, but we already knew this. Still, top of the league and key players to return.

This is exactly my feeling.

Don't think we bottled it. United a midfield worked hard and gave us no time at all.

Need to bounce straight back with a win tho

.jacksparrow.

Soups123 wrote: »

Didn't blame the ref. we played poor first half and lost to a set piece. Better performance second half with a bit if luck wud have got the draw.

Ozil & Girod were very poor

You said the ref dicked us?

Pepe LeFrits

The bottlers stuff is stupid too. We're just after beating Liverpool and Dortmund at their place. They've had a bad day at the office in the midst of a very tough run with loads of injury/fitness problems. It happens.

3 points dropped, that's it.

imtdub

Any other top striker would have buried those Sagna crosses...

Soups123

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

You said the ref dicked us?

I said he was a dick

tayto lover

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Poor performance but it happens sometimes. We need another top class forward in January, but we already knew this. Still, top of the league and key players to return.

It's nearly always happening against United. We always seem to lack bottle against them.

.jacksparrow.

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

The bottlers stuff is stupid too. We're just after beating Liverpool and Dortmund at their place. They've had a bad day at the office in the midst of a very tough run with loads of injury/fitness problems. It happens.

3 points dropped, that's it.

Just always seems like we bottle it against united, and the results would suggest tips.

imtdub

I don't think United were great, they were just efficient, where as we were just poor happy with passing to each other....why are we feckin afraid to shoot?

FearDark

FearDark wrote: »

Why does Ozil have so many games where it seems like he isn't even on the pitch?

Large price tag?
The Wenger phone call? Where he may have told "Ozil you will have the little bit freedom to do as you like"

gandalf

Midfield didn't perform today at all and unfortunately we didn't have the personnel to bring on to change or chase the game properly.

Hopefully with the wounded returning to being able to play again and the addition of a quality striker in Jan we can strengthen more. If anything this weekend has taught us that our opposition are all flakey and this league is anyone out of at least seven teams to win.

Reading the reaction from the United fans in the match thread you would think that they totally outclassed us, they didn't they out fought us but their team still has weaknesses and they will continue to drop points against "lesser" teams.

The team who gained the most this weekend is Liverpool, all rivals around them dropped points putting them in a stronger position.

Soups123

tayto lover wrote: »

It's nearly always happening against United. We always seem to lack bottle against them.

And united are always champions they are one if the strongest clubs in the last ten years so our lose ratio will be higher.

We didn't bottle today we lost by a set piece

We also had the virus the deal with

fulmer1984

i think we should have started Gnabry, we needed some width on the pitch today. we looked better when he came on. it was all very narrow and passing was shocking throughout the whole team too. not gonna panic now cause we're still top but we defo need a top quality striker if we are to stay up there. Bendtner & Sanogo arent very good options. hope Wenger does something in January!! we got lucky today with city losing, chelsea drawing, not gonna count Spuds are title contenders

UnknownSpecies

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

The bottlers stuff is stupid too. We're just after beating Liverpool and Dortmund at their place. They've had a bad day at the office in the midst of a very tough run with loads of injury/fitness problems. It happens.

3 points dropped, that's it.

I agree, they aren't bottlers, it would be hard for any team to string 3/3 wins from those fixtures. It's just upsetting that it was United and that piece of s**t that managed to beat us. Of the 3 games, this was the one I really didn't want to lose. United caught us at the end of a tough run.

I blame the virus.
Hope Arsene gives them all some actimel in the morning and get them back in charge of this run.