Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016/2017

Alfred Borden

Massive goal

wandatowell

Thats a huge couple of points.

Burnley will be snapping, they fully deserved a point today.

Bam Bam Mickey

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

That puts us 3rd on 16pts

1 pt behind

JustTheOne

What just happened?

Royale with Cheese

Lol. I had koscielny for anytime goal scorer. Did I win my bet? Actually who cares. Great win against an extremely well organised Burnley. Very impressed with their defending. Sanchez up front will simply not work against well organised teams who are happy to concede possession.

Edit: Yup, bet won!

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

1 pt behind

Not a bad return.
Very happy

KaiserGunner

Absolutely ****ing delighted with that goal. Pure poxy goal but Burnley showed no ambition all game. So they got what they deserved.

JustTheOne

wandatowell wrote: »

Thats a huge couple of points.

Burnley will be snapping, they fully deserved a point today.

If they deserved a pint it would have been a draw.

Ol' Donie

Beautiful goal.

Don't give a sheeeeite.

Osmosis Jones

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Absolutely ****ing delighted with that goal. Pure poxy goal but Burnley showed no ambition all game. So they got what they deserved.

Harsh. They're a newly promoted team, a draw against Arsenal would be an excellent result for them and they were brilliant defensively for 91 minutes.

extra gravy

Fcuk it, we've been on the end of enough poxy goals so I'll take that one.

I agree, Burnley did deserve a point.
Just like Ireland deserved to go through against France a few years back

wonga77

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Absolutely ****ing delighted with that goal. Pure poxy goal but Burnley showed no ambition all game. So they got what they deserved.

Rubbish, Burnley defended excellently until the last 2 minutes, Vokes flashed a great headed chance wide in the first half and they hit the crossbar close to the end. We found it incredibly hard to break them down

Pepe LeFrits

ahahahaahahahahh haahahahhah ahahahah hahahaha ahhaha hahah ahha ahha hah ah... ha.

wandatowell

JustTheOne wrote: »

If they deserved a pint it would have been a draw.

No.

They were unlucky. Goal shouldn't have stood.

Point would of been a fair result.

FixitFelix

I thank this man for the win:
Look where he is at the start of the corner


And look where he is when Sanchez put in the cross

JustTheOne

Henry in studio this will be awkward.

Pepe LeFrits

Does the hand ball not have to be deliberate for it to be a free kick?

KaiserGunner

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Harsh. They're a newly promoted team, a draw against Arsenal would be an excellent result for them and they were brilliant defensively for 91 minutes.

Yeah it might be harsh alright, but they played as negative as I've ever seen a team play. They're entitled to play that way alright, but as an Arsenal fan that's as sweet a finish to a game like that as you can get.

Pepe LeFrits

... although Kos was offside alright.

Skylinehead

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

... although Kos was offside alright.

Not if he kicked it at himself

wonga77

Looking at the replay, Ox didnt touch it at all, very lucky to have that stand

FixitFelix

Honestly who cares if it was a handball

DrumSteve

Picked Arsenal for my last man standing team this week.

I ****ing love Arsenal right now.

Skylinehead

wonga77 wrote: »

Looking at the replay, Ox didnt touch it at all, very lucky to have that stand

Surely if he didn't touch it, it's more likely to be legal? Koscielny kicked it up into his own hand, so definitely not offside and he hardly meant it...

Pepe LeFrits

Skylinehead wrote: »

Not if he kicked it at himself

haha fair point, on second viewing it does look like he kicked it and not Chambo.

JustTheOne

wandatowell wrote: »

No.

They were unlucky. Goal shouldn't have stood.

Point would of been a fair result.

In what world should the goal not have stood?

wonga77

Skylinehead wrote: »

Surely if he didn't touch it, it's more likely to be legal? Koscielny kicked it up into his own hand, so definitely not offside and he hardly meant it...

Yeah but another ref could have easily saw that ball smack his hand and disallowed it

Alfred Borden

Last gasp but they all count. It seems Ox never actually touched the ball! Again league goal and assists in brackets, totals on the right!

Goals
Sanchez (4) 5
Walcott (3) 5
Cazorla (2) 2
Ozil (2) 2
Koscielny (2) 2
Xhaka (1) 2
Oxlade Chamberlain (1) 2
Perez (0) 2
Chambers (1) 1

Assists
Sanchez (2) 4
Iwobi (3) 3
Cazorla (2) 2
Walcott (2) 2
Elneny (1) 1
Perez (0) 1
Akpom (0) 1
Oxlade Chamberlain (0) 1
Bellerin (1) 1

mansize

Wenger and Sanchez at FT

https://twitter.com/frenchafc/status/782632089816530944

mansize

mansize wrote: »

Wenger and Sanchez at FT

https://twitter.com/frenchafc/status/782632089816530944

Love the way he ruffles Alexis hair and the little child like delight on Alexis face as he receives praise from his auld fella.

Id imagine Wenger had the same level of pride in him with Sanchez that the Bull McCabes father had in Bull when he said 'we'll bring in the hay first'.

gosplan

Haha, brilliant stuff.

**** you Burnely!!!!!!!



Really though, a lot to deal with today.

No attacking sub on the bench vrs a team that have conceded 5 in their last 17 home games.

5 in 17??????

People need to give up on being harsh on all the Arsenal players whenever it's not going perfectly.

Ozil wasn't sh1t, neither was Sanchez. There was just no space or options available.

Great ending though. Walcott getting on the corner to head it on. WTF???

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Pros:
Kos and Mustafi are ****ing immense!!!
Walcott with confidence is a joy to watch.
Elneyney is class.

Cons:
Still not convinced by Sanchez up front. Not all all. Play Giroud, play Perez.

mansize

Imaging a day where St Totteringham's day fell on the final day of the season (again) and we pip them to the title...

tayto lover

That was a tough game today. We controlled it as Burnley parked the bus, and a big bus it was.
Arsenal played well and as the saying goes " fortune favours the brave ". We kept on going to the end and eventually got a bit of deserved luck in that the ref didn't penalise Koscielney.
Well done team.

tayto lover

wandatowell wrote: »

No.

They were unlucky. Goal shouldn't have stood.

Point would of been a fair result.

Don't agree.
The ball hit Koscielney's hand just as a little earlier it hit the hand of a defender. Neither were given as fouls. The ref couldn't give one as a foul and not the other.

mansize

tayto lover wrote: »

Don't agree.
The ball hit Koscielney's hand just as a little earlier it hit the hand of a defender. Neither were given as fouls. The ref couldn't give one as a foul and not the other.

The ref can do what he likes tbf

We were fortunate it was allowed imho

JustTheOne

mansize wrote: »

The ref can do what he likes tbf

We were fortunate it was allowed imho

Why?

ezekel

A hard 3 points today all credit to Burnley. We desperately needed a plan b today and didn't have one.

A smash and grab in the end but other seasons we would have gone home sharing the spoils, fair play to the team who kept plugging away.

mansize

JustTheOne wrote: »

Why?

Why cos the ball connected with Kos' arms when they weren't in a natural position

And he was offside afaik

tayto lover

mansize wrote: »

The ref can do what he likes tbf

We were fortunate it was allowed imho

Then he should have given the earlier penalty for hand-ball.
If you give one then you have to give the other.
If you don't give one then you can't give the other.
Neither were deliberate,
I think the ref was right.

mansize

tayto lover wrote: »

Then he should have given the earlier penalty for hand-ball.
If you give one then you have to give the other.
If you don't give one then you can't give the other.
Neither were deliberate,
I think the ref was right.

It's not about deliberate it's about the arms being in a natural position
Referees aren't always wholly consistent tbf

mansize

Koscielny : "Ref gave us the goal and we should respect the decision".

mansize

Emmanuel Petit: "Laurent Koscielny's goal should not have been allowed. There was a huge infringement with his hand. " (SFR)

ezekel

A bicycle kick and now kicking the ball off yourself and into the net, Kos has skills

tayto lover

mansize wrote: »

It's not about deliberate it's about the arms being in a natural position
Referees aren't always wholly consistent tbf

The ball was on it's way to the net when it hit Kos's arm.
He didn't intend to hit it with his arm and wasn't even sure of where it was.
He wasn't offside as he ran in at the same time as Ox too.

mansize

tayto lover wrote: »

The ball was on it's way to the net when it hit Kos's arm.
He didn't intend to hit it with his arm and wasn't even sure of where it was.
He wasn't offside as he ran in at the same time as Ox too.

https://twitter.com/skysportlnews/status/782633468069109761

Don't get me wrong I'm delighted it was allowed but by the rules of the game it should not have.

L'prof

tayto lover wrote: »

The ball was on it's way to the net when it hit Kos's arm.
He didn't intend to hit it with his arm and wasn't even sure of where it was.
He wasn't offside as he ran in at the same time as Ox too.

He wasn't offside because Ox didn't touch it but that ball was on it's way out for a corner before it hit his arm!!! They were poxed, but I'm delighted!

mansize

L'prof wrote: »

He wasn't offside but that ball was on it's way out for a corner before it hit his arm!!! They were poxed, but I'm delighted!

He was, Ox def connected with the ball

tayto lover

mansize wrote: »

https://twitter.com/skysportlnews/status/782633468069109761

Don't get me wrong I'm delighted it was allowed but by the rules of the game it should not have.

Still don't see anything wrong with it.
Ox's shot was heading for the top of the net anyway.