Chelsea 2 – 1 Arsenal
Match Report | Highlights | Arsene’s reaction
This Arsenal side just do not seem to learn their lessons. After last weekend’s defeat by Manchester City, Arsene Wenger said:
“Overall we started too timidly, with not enough authority in a game like that, and we allowed them to dictate from the start. We paid very early from it. We didn’t start with enough confidence or enough authority.”
I’m afraid it’s the same old story all over again.
There’s a temptation to focus on our impressive second half display. However, I’m afraid that my glass, much like Arsenal’s recent performances, is only half-full. All too often we only show up for part of a game. By the time we start putting our foot in, showing a bit of desire, and doing the basics the game is often already gone.
So it was at Stamford Bridge. Yes, refereeing decisions went against us – Coquelin was fouled in the build-up to Mata’s opener, and Ramires produced a clever dive to dupe the referee in to awarding the penalty – but ‘play to the whistle’ is something drilled in to kids from when they first start playing. Just as against City, Arsenal switched off, with Bacary Sagna particularly guilty of going AWOL at the key moments.
Whilst Martin Atkinson was guilty of some poor decisions, I draw the line at blaming him for the result. Arsenal’s dreadful defending put them in a mess of their own making. It was an insipid first-half display.
Whatever Arsene Wenger said at half-time clearly had some impact, as Arsenal were immediately more competitive after the break. Santi Cazorla, who had been anonymous until that point, was suddenly able to influence the game, combining with Jack Wilshere to form Arsenal’s creative hub.
It was Cazorla who created our 58th minute goal, sliding an outstanding pass through to Theo Walcott, who finished well for his 15th goal of the season.
Arsenal went on to make most of the running, with Kieran Gibbs an irrepressible outlet on the left-hand side. Elsewhere, Walcott’s goal was the catalyst for threatening display of direct running, giving Ashley Cole a torrid time.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. Arsenal’s fight-back may have transformed the dynamic of the game, but it wasn’t enough to reverse the scoreline. Our half of dominance produced only one clear-cut chance, which Walcott confidently dispatched. Chelsea, meanwhile, seemed to create chances at will, particularly in the first 45. Fortunately for us they had selected Fernando Torres, thus handicapping their goalscoring potential. Only a superb Thomas Vermaelen clearance prevented Demba Ba from sealing it late on.
Arsenal struggled to capitalise on their renewed impetus, and weren’t helped by a chronic lack of options from the bench. The illness of Lukas Podolski and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain meant that when Arsene Wenger sent out three supposed game-changers to warm up, he called on Aaron Ramsey, Andrey Arshavin and Andre Santos. You would struggle to find a trio who inspire less confidence.
Talking of failing to inspire confidence, I’m afraid I have to state my concerns over Olivier Giroud. Before going 2-0 down, Arsenal really ought to have gone 1-0 up: a good move ended with Walcott playing in Giroud, who screwed a very presentable one-on-one wide.
Unfortunately for Giroud, it’s hardly his first costly miss in an Arsenal shirt. I like him very much: he plays with courage and adds a much needed-focal point to the side. However, at the moment, he is not good enough to start regularly for a club expecting to qualify for the Champions League.
I’m not saying he’s not a good player. I’m not saying he won’t adapt and improve and become good enough for a top four side. At the moment, however, he’s not.
It’s not Giroud’s fault that he is the only pure centre-forward in the squad. The likes of Robin van Persie needed similar adaptation periods, but were afforded them by the presence of established figures like Henry and Bergkamp higher up the pecking order. Arsenal have asked Giroud to hit the ground running, and he’s barely broken out of a jog.
Some will say it’s more of a priority that we sort out the defensive side of our game. I’m afraid to say, I’ve pretty much given up on that. The arrival of experienced internationals like Per Mertesacker has failed to shore up the defence, as has the appointment of Steve Bould on the coaching side. There is no evidence to suggest an Arsene Wenger team will ever undergo a dramatic defensive improvement. With that in mind, and added to my belief that the manager isn’t going anywhere until 2014 at the earliest, our only option is to outscore the opposition. To do that, we need better forwards.
Therein lies the major difference between this season and last, and the reason I believe we need a top striker to secure fourth place. Last season, we were even shakier at the back then this time round, but we had a top class finisher to bail us out. This season, we don’t, and the stats back it up. In 2012/13, Van Persie has converted one in four of his chances this season (25%). Giroud’s record is closer to one in ten (13%).
We could do with a midfielder too. Abou Diaby played his third game in a week after a three month absence, and looked well off the pace. It’s hardly his fault – he shouldn’t have to be thrown back in to the fray after such a long spell on the sidelines.
It’s clear Arsene considers his collection of attributes invaluable. Speaking before the game, the manager said:
“Abou Diaby, with the way we have structured the team, he is an important piece of the puzzle because he adds qualities that we need in the middle of the park.”
You know what? I agree. Diaby offers us something that no other player in the squad does. However, he is also seemingly guaranteed to miss several chunks of the season through injury. That means that Arsene is effectively knowingly allowing for us to be without “qualities that we need” for prolonged periods.
It’s particularly frustrating when you see players capable of offering the same combination of power, acceleration and skill that Diaby promises available at reasonable fees. Moussa Dembele was allowed to join Tottenham unchallenged for around £15m. Momo Diame has a release clause of just £3.5m. And yet we continue to rely on a player who is provenly unreliable.
Our month of inactivity in the transfer market has thus far produced just one league point from the nine available. This weekend, Arsenal fans found themselves in the painful position of having to be grateful for a Robin van Persie goal against Spurs. Without that, the league table could have looked even more bleak.
I don’t subscribe to the belief that failing to make the top four could ever be a ‘good thing’. We need to be there, and I still believe we can. However, a couple of additions could make all the difference. The one upside to our poor run is that it comes at a time when it’s possible to do something about it.
I know it’s cold outside, Arsene, but it’s time to open the window.
Excellent summary, I really hope the next few days before February will compel the manager to invest on quality, lets hope for the best. #coyg
I pretty much agree with all of that.
When it rains, it pours. I watched the Spuds game for about 2mins and I saw the Dutch Judas score, now I just watched Adrian Lopez(our most linked player this window) score for atl madrid. Makes me just want to scream FUUUUUUUCCCKKKKKK!!!!
+ no Guardiola and No Sneijder
So many other good players could be bought or loaned for not alot of money.
really annoyed by the arrogance GB displayed on Twitter today, accusing other fans of being incapable of rational debate about the penalty, when replays showed it was clearly not a penalty.
you might want to rein in that hubris in future.
ha carlos what did you expect from people who have lost their minds because arsenal cant win football matches against financial giants or titles in the years that the club is in a massive transition due to building a stadium?
gs like many others have lost it and in their inability to explain they will join the savages and attack wenger players the board the gardeners the physios the tealadies.
this lot…claim that they discovered the game…ahhahaa and they are swearing at wenger non stop..the manager who gave them titles, world class players, momments stadium, facilities..look how they treat him and what they say..ahahh illarious
” he has tgo go, he;s lost it” ..the idiots who were cheering on alcoholics and drug addicts running up and down bashing eachother for the 1-0 want to tell wenger how to run football clubs? ahahaha
fucking scum…worst than tottenham and united fans some of em are !
Yes, you plastic supporters….
How do you expect us to compete with the likes of these big spenders when we spend all of our money on Sir Arsene’s wages.
Did I tell you that we spend £400m on stadium (with good grass) and still win 4th place trophy.
Carlos; I don’t make any claim to be infallible.
I got the penalty decision wrong in the moment, just like the majority of people.
This post is spot on. What I would like to know is what does this team do in training during the week?It seem like nothing,for professionals to make the same amateurish mistakes over and over is sickning.Do they look at the games afterwards? Right now it looks like they dont do anything from week to week and just show up to play the games
Maybe with your experience of Football Manager – you could give Sir Arsene some pointers.
Have to agree with the post.
Last week again Wenger was talking about getting lower prices in the last week
It’ s so frustrating, we all know what need to be competitive yet again we are faffing about in the transfer market instead of going out and getting what need.
You damn right mr silver we need to add to the roster
I think we are all wondering what they do in traing apart from passing the ball around in triangles.
Can’t take corners, can’t take decent set pieces, can’t cross balls, can’t shoot, can’t tackle, keeper can’t distribute the ball properly, can’t save shots , can’t compete phsically, manager can’t motivate the team from begining of match, get tactics right, adapt to present threat or put his hand in pocket to address obvious weaknesses.
Apart from the aforementioned it’s all good. Its good to be a Gunner. And we played well in the second half, shame it was too little, too late.
We have turned to be a second half team. If i was a Manager, i will tell my boys. When playing against Arsenal, pump in 100 goals in the first half because they are always timid in the first half then shore up the defence line in the second. Mchewwwww! Useless Manager that cant motivate himself
It’s done. It has been for a while now. It’s time to close this chapter of the Arsenal Story, turn the page and start a new chapter.
It’s been a fun chapter and one that has had plenty of wonderful moments but we now need a new narrator. Thanks for the memories Mr. Wenger.
Reasons for hope after being 7 points behind
1. A game in hand
2. We have played 2 less home games
3. Spurs have harder fixtures
4. Spurs normally bottle it
5. Sandro out for season
6. Adebuywhore is there
However I have to say at moment they are a better a side and unless Fellani gets injured or sold so are the scousers!
Wenger needs to go simple as but no point until end of season. Can he retain his legacy by getting us 4th and even winning FA Cup? I hope but doubt it? Bayearn will win over 2 legs
Our better players seem to go backwards ( Schez , TV Pod etc ) we need a fresh start please Wenger go in Summer please
Regards
Peter
That means that Arsene is effectively knowingly allowing for us to be without “qualities that we need” for prolonged periods.
great spin there..alistair would be proud of that!
These are just Englander fools dad…
They think we can get better than Giroud, Podolski, Arshavin, Djourou, Squillaci.
These are world class players!
But of course they expect Sir Arsene to go and buy Messi.
GS i think you should join f365 , they are also good at spinning
apparently spurs are able to compete while still a work in progress….
seems they discovered the americas in f365 !
and i was wondering what arsenal has been doing since 06?
WITH FANS LIKE YOU HUH…..
AW has expressed his concern that this team may miss out on Champions League competition next season. Looks like someone has just woken him up, unlike this team in the first half. What is happening to this club? How has it taken Wenger the best part of half a season to realise that we are not gonna qualify for CL?
I have to agree that Giroud is no patch on Ba. If you had a choice between a ready made proven premiership goalscorer and a French inferior league unproven striker who would you go for? Why not have them both? I simply don’t agree with Wenger on this one especially as we were crying out for alternatives to make a change. And who do we turn to? ARSHAVIN??? Eh? AW sort this mess out. Spend some fucking money for gods sake!!!
whats happening at arsenal is just plane dumb simple as that …you don’t sell persies to united and sureley to compare chirod to ba ha ha that is just as funny as wenger taking the piss ….one cost tweleve to thirteen million was a second division french player who had one year scoring twenty goals in what is now not as good a league as la liga , prem ,bundesliga or serie A and is infact behinmd all leagues mentioned for quality and we have wenger telling us he does not go for ba because he is to similar to chirod only chirod cost twice as much as bar where ba is proven in the bundes league and the prem and chirod a one season wonder in a one team wonder in a much inferior league ….wenger is genious simple as that …I mean if you love arsenal all you can do really is sell the best front man in footbal barring messi , ronaldo and maybe one other to manu it is because you love arsenal that you do things like that
nice spin there sonny….
so wenger doesnt love the club and thats why he sold robin ?
lol..i remember something different…i remember a dutch cunt betraying arsenal and wenger.
“so wenger doesnt love the club and thats why he sold robin ?” drunken cunt has turned into clever cunt lol……………..lol
bet you can distinguish between different shapes now as well
well thats what you implied buddy so best to think before you type for a change huh….
And btw, RVP should stay stay with Arsenal no matter what, even if it means…
* Less Money
* No opportunity for Improvement
* No tactics
* Inferior team mates
* No chance of Silverware
Me and my dad would!
Look Sir Arsene sold RVP to Man U so that he could get more money for:
1) His wages
2) Board Profits
3) Stadium (with good grass)
If he sold him abroad he would get less money. Example Modric, went to RM for £33m and could’ve sold to Chelsea for £40m….Same with RVP ….Sir Arsene knows best.
What is not immediately obvious is that Wenger is waiting for his youth players to come of age, players like Elsfied, Chucks Aneke, Frimpong, Gmarby, Rio, etc, etc.
Ge doesn’t want to depend on proven players as that will block their progress, but he also doesn’t want to thrust them into the action to early in order not to heap to much pressure on them. The players themselves are taking longer than he expected to develop hence the stalling tactics.
Wenger needs to put the club first and develop a team to win today. He then needs to add these youth players into the mix of experienced winners so that they can learn and gain confidence from their senior colleagues.
Most importantly he needs to know when to let go, and when to admit it’s not working and change direction. I think we can all see that project youth is not as straightforward as first thought. It was a good idea but a failure in practice. I’m not saying we should abandon it, but we shouldn’t rely on it for our future success.
Even players like Puncheon of Southampton could do a decent job for us. He can score goals, is physical, in form and wouldn’t cost a lot in fees and wages. Or Diame. We should of even went for Fletcher at the time, even Frimpong when he was on loan at Wolves gave us the inside track on him. Surely got to be s better option than Ashavin in current form, or Gervinho. Plus, because of the low outlay is easy to shift when we want to, as opposed to an Ashavin or Chamakh that can’t be offloaded as we have over paid them making them innate active to other clubs.
We need to buy NOW before it’s too late. .
Arsenal make me sad this season. The top 3 have us comfortably at arm’s length and we are a threat to no one. Sadly this team is going nowhere as-is. Would love to see an addition or 2, but would take some more fight and intelligence out of the current bunch.
Also wtf is wrong with Rosicky now? We could use him to give Jack & Santi a break.
As I read comments I have the feeling that I am experiencing the last days of a mass delusion. I was one of the self-deluded. I don’t think things will change much until Usmanov buys the team.
I cant even find the energy to post or abuse cock hunter and tell him that Norwich dont really qualify as financial giants “arsenal cant win football matches against financial giants ”
Its all dead. Its over. The era, the champs league. Just wenger clinging to a 7 mill a year job.
The commentators were slaying wenger last night and then he sends the same team out for the second half….
Wenger says that Ba and Giroud are too similar…. well here are two obvious differences 1) Ba can run 2) Ba can score goals. Apart from that yep identical.
The only question is how much damage will be done before the board finally have to act. I think we a have a way to go yet. But it doesnt matter anyomore. As far as I am concerned AFC dont exist. They are dead to me until wenger leaves.
lol…. losing to norwich is because you underestimated them. it isnt normal considering the dynamic of the two clubs. losing to a team that bought hazard mata and oscar among other world class players is a bit different, same goes for the case of city or united.
the board will never sack wenger. they know better than the cretins in the stands and websites.
best option for you is to keep considering us dead and hopefully our arsneal will get rid of the plastic gloryhunting scum that cant wait for saturdays to abuse wenger, the players and everything we stand for.
“lol…. losing to norwich is because you underestimated them” ok I am with you here with the word You being operative …..”best option for you is to keep considering us dead ” with us being operative …..what have I told you about comming on here half cut ….you make your self look like a cunt …next time make sure your completely blind drunk …drunken cunt as that is the only time you are amusing
well i guess im in the right environment since arsenal fans are behaving like cunts the last few years
maybe i can be your president and spokesman to the evil board…
Dad, these plastic supporters will never be like us. When we’re not shagging kangaroo’s we’re watching Arsenal highlights. These cretins don’t understand what it’s like to be the greatest Arsenal supporters. They think because we have never ever gone to an Arsenal game – we are less of a supporter. But we’re the real Arsenal supporters because we watch Match of the G’day.
You tell em dad….
They want us to go and buy Messi
They think we can compete with financial Giants like Man City, Bradford, Chelsea, Swansea, Man Utd, Southampton…..Those fools!
the commentators? ahahahahahahaa
you listen to what the twats on sky say on arsenal?
no wonder youve lost it
“Mental” strength guys.
I dont care if weve bought anyone
‘When you watch Arsenal you can’t help but feel jealous even when they lose or play poorly, you know they are going to try to play attractive silky football. They change their football style for no one but every other team changes tactics and even their football style for them. Even long after Wenger has retired you feel this is the way that things will continue. Where as Chelsea has no direction, no real football style, we can be really attractive one day and the next play like stoke. We hire and fire coaches, we have no real youth structure, no new stadium, it’s like we plan short term whereas Arsenal plans long term. I wish we would follow your example but sadly our owners are too stupid or arrogant to do this so I’m stuck hating Arsenal.”
hahahaha Brilliant. Yeah muppets like Madrid, barca and Utd changing their tactics and style to suit the opposition. Anyone would think winning was more important than being true to your “style”.
Well there wasnt much style on display over the last couple of years IMO
DID YOU SEE UNITED CHANGING THEIR STYLE IN ROME FINAL OR WEMBLEY ?
THEY SURE DO THOUGH WHEN FACING ARSENAL, STAYING BACK PLAYING ON THE CONTRA ATTACK LIKE A SMALL TEAM….
DID YOU SEE BARCA CHANGING THEIR TACTICS FOR MADRID ARSENAL OR ANYONE ELSE?
CHAVS HAVE WON EVERYTHING? HOW? OH THATS RIGHT WITH ROMANS MONEY LAUNDRING SCHEMES…
SO WHAT WE HAVENT WON ANYTHING. WE HAVE BUILT A STADIUM AND REMAINED AT THE TOP. LETS SEE WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO BUILD ONE ……
And not to mention that chavs have won literaly everything… and for 8 years we have one nothing but the coveted cockhunter strictly ballroom trophy
Hunter 13 you’re an idiot.
Bradford, Swansea, Birmingham, Norwich.. financial giants are they? It only took AFC 3 times to beat the mighty Swansea. You absolute plum! LOL!
And did Bradford build new stadium with good grass?
Ans: No
Would you prefer to win Mickey Mouse League cup, then be relegated?
Ans: No
Would you prefer to stay at Highbury and be champions or have new stadium with good grass (whilst making Sir Arsene & shareholders rich)?
Ans: New Stadium & make Sir Arsene rich.
IF YOU DONT WANT TO MAKE THEM RICH JUST DONT PAY A TICKET MATE…
ITS QUITE SIMPLE REALLY
WELL KENNY NOT MY FAULT YOU CANT READ, IF YOU CANT SEE THAT LOSSES TO BRADFORD AND THE LIKES HAVE TO DO WITH UNDERESTIMATING THE OPPOSITION AND NOT A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE TWO TEAMS CAPABILITIES THEN WHY DONT YOU SHUT THE HELL UP INSTEAD OF TALKING
Yes, whenever we lose it is because we underestimate the opposition, nothing to do with Sir Arsene. What those players need is some of the mental strength that Sir Arsene mentioned I think once before.
Plus the players need to show more quality in the final ferd.
word is that wenger is working for ferguson. it all makes sense. wengers teams collapse against utd the last 8 years, wenger saved utd a lt of money by outbidding them for the average ramsey, utd robbed us of millions when ferguson fooled wenger into buying the atrocious silvestre. and the icing on the cake was when wenger gave utd the best striker in england last summer. yes its true that the utd fans are singing “theres only one arsene wenger”
You peasants complain that Sir Arsene sold RVP to Man U.
Did you forget that Sir Alex gave us Silvestre?
You see, it’s not as one sided as you peasants think.
the new chants at old trafford, “theres only one arsene wenger”
Love this guys tactics column. Its always excellent. Hopefully Cockhunter doesnt abuse him for calling this shower tactically naive. But thats exactly right. No other top flight manager would simply sit there for 45mins watching his season collapse. Instructions from the sidelines are for lesser teams I guess. Like barca and manure and chavs… teams that have no style.
http://arseblog.com/
oh well i dont know, this mourinho fella has been watchign madrid (la liga champions’13) season collapse the last 5 months and i cant say i see him doing anything about it….
arseblog? ahahaha ..yeah they know about football there..like GS here… not much that is.
ahahah.. you want us to believe that arsenal’s season collapsed in those first 45 mins of the chelsea game ?
we are still in january ……
you mugs are very weak supporters
with fans like you huh …..
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oh and GS, instead of bashing our manager and players all the time why not bash the fans who turn their back on the team and ABUSE our players and manager when results dont come our way?
bit of fairweather fans this arsenal lot…aint got the stomach to go through the pain of expected disappointment till stadium is repaid…
you are the biggest mugs on the planet …it seems it was easy for spud chelsea united and media trolls to mess with your minds.
and what do bloggers do? they follow the media and rivals taunting like sheep instead of driving up support for the team and players …well done you idiots
When you’re having a go at GS and Arseblog (the flagship of the AKB’s), don’t you think it’s time to call it a day on this one man crusade of yours? Even your sidekick True Cunt has disappeared off the face of the earth.
You watch your mouth sonny…
You have no right to criticise Sir Arsene. He gave you Squillaci, Djourou, Almunia, Silvestre and lets not forget the stadium with the good grass.
If it wasn’t for Sir Arsene, you lot would still be supporting alcoholics and drug addicts instead of the likes of Giroud.
i dont understand your term akb, mind explaining ?
i will have a go at any disrespectful cunt who thinks he/she is at a level high enough to judge our manager and players.
i also dont like some things but i dont abuse and swear at the manager like an uncivilised monkey like you do…..
then again…i guess thats how you little englanders were brought up so its part of your culture to behave like utter cunts towards the manager who is mostly responsible for the world class football club we have today.
trophies are just a statistic we sacrifised till we repay our stadium, and you cunts instead of supporting you moan, you cry and you abuse and demand changes like idiots
go fuckyourselves and dont expect an easy ride. you started the attack on our club and we will defend it and humiliate you all.
take your fucking money and shove it up your arses…here is your refund…. now get the fuck out of arsenal and go join spurs and manure into mocking wenger. you offer nothing and frankly speaking we dont need cunts like you anywhere near our team.
and when blogs refuse to take responsibility for the division they are causing then they are nothing but a disruptive influence………
Yes we definitely don’t want Englander peasants like you for supporters. It is much better to have supporters like us who live 10,000 miles away and have never been to an Arsenal game in our lives.
And let me tell you, just because we have never owned an Arsenal Scarf – doesn’t mean we are not the best supporters AFC has ever seen.
valencia are going under at the moment, and should be fire-saleing at season’s end. what’s the bet we’ll make a couple of bids for Canales and Soldalo?
I think we all need to take a step back and take on board what cockbreath is saying.
Firstly that United change their tactics when playing Arsenal is a great compliment to Arsene. Watching Fergie panic when Arsenal go up to Manchester and wreck his game plan by playing 11 behind the ball is a joy to behold. That’s poor management from Fergie. He was embarrassed as fuck after that 8-2 mauling, where he clearly got his tactics wrong.
Hunter has also kindly cleared up why we can’t compete. Each defeat can be categorised, just like the ticketing policy.
A Category A defeat to United is because they can buy world class players. We can’t, because we would go the same way as Portsmouth, as we only have a 60,000 supporters paying upwards from £60 a game which is clearly unsustainable. The upside though, is that we like to sell on our world class players which comforts the blow and fills the coffers to bursting point. Now I know some trolls will say we don’t have any world class players left to sell (Theo being the obvious exception as he is our highest paid player), but this now means that no more asset stripping can take place and this great squad of ours will be the future.
Then we have a Category B defeat to the likes of Norwich. This is because we have a new stadium with proper grass. This point cannot be emphasised enough by the huntsman of cock. A fuck up against West Ham tomorrow will probably come under this category (cockhunter will probably clarify in his post match dribble).
Then we have the mother of all calamaties, the category C defeat against the likes of 4th division Bradford. This is purely because we underestimated them? That’s a fine reason with me. I thought it was because we were shit, but clearly not. And that’s the £7 million question, if Wenger can’t prevent this complacency then who can? Exactly, there is no one!
How dare you turn on Sir Arsene….
The man has more spunk in Sonja’s clit than you plastics have in all your balls put together.
Don’t you get it? by getting knocked out of Mickey Mouse League cup we’ve saved ourselves playing 3 more games….Sir Arsene knows…..League Cup trophy doesn’t bring World Class players like Squillaci and Giroud to play for Arsenal – only 4th place trophy and stadium with good grass.
well stevie-0 you are clearly an idiot because the defeats against norwich and the likes are defeats due to incostistency of youth and inexperience as well as the new chemistry that needs to be formed between new players.
you throw it all in one basket like a typical little englander gloryhunting fool, sort yourself out yes?
wilshere is not vieira yet to perform at a level of 8/10 in ten consecutive games, nor are 85% of our players, but keep moaning like a clueless idiot, youre good at it.
podolski just arrived so youre gonna have to wait for a while till you see pires levels of consistency….
you fall for the trap of comparing current teams with the once in a lifetime era of the invincibles.
the equivelants of todays xavis/iniestas (i,e world cup and euro winners and general bosses of european/world football) were playing for arsenal back then, dont forget.
so just shut the fuck up and admit that your frustration is borne out of the expectations wenger built for you in his early years…..
If Sir Arsene wants to break up the invincibles and fill it with Almunia, Djourou, Squillaci, Denilson and Bendtner, then he can – He is Sir Arsene – He can do whatever he wants to whomever he wants.
You Silly Englanders you have no idea about soccer
dont worry, arsene will put it right in the summer transfer window. january is a bad time for buying top class players. arsene will be aware of what we need and sort it out in the summer. he will be working day and night and if theres nobody available to improve our team then theres always next january and seeing its a bad time then arsene will work very hard to bring top players in during the summer of 2014. arsene knows what hes doing
Why is it that you have to be 10,000 miles away to be the perfect Arsenal supporter?
GS, I suppose this clown is one of your mates too?
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I own an arsenal beanie, but have lost it.
I am a famous australian condiment.
Who am I?
You are some gay dude obsessed with arsenal and cocks however not in that order
An idiot?
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