The Beast From The East is to bring us an Icey Blast by the weekend.
We can only hope that our game against Hull is postponed. A 12:30 kick off against a resurgent Hull is exactly what we don't need right now.
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The Beast From The East is to bring us an Icey Blast by the weekend.
We can only hope that our game against Hull is postponed. A 12:30 kick off against a resurgent Hull is exactly what we don't need right now.
MTFU imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
It will be a balmy seven degrees when we take on Mighty Bayern next week - no gloves on showQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
No worries. They just sold him to West Ham United.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I hope we lose again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
You seek the crisis, f? You yearn for the cleansing fire of the apocalypse? There may be many who share your view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I'm more of a 'be careful what you wish for' type.
I've put my ticket on the exchange. I can't be arsed with them. Absolute bunch of doughnuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Our form between now and season's end will be excellent, imo. We may even put Bayern out of Europe and win the Cup. #BringItQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
All because of high pressure sitting over Scandinavia, which means i'm getting -10'C temps and not a bit of snow :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
How do you mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Another bad result and I will be seeking removal of the stickyQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
f clearly wishes to see Wenger's position to become untenable so that a change is inevitable.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I simply counsel caution in this respect, for one knows not who might succeed him, and what the consequences of this succession might be.
Is there 3 feet of snow on the ground, though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
Yes, Perhaps I am selfish but it's all very boring. I love watching The Arsenal. But it's all becoming extremely underwhelming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Nope. We had 1ft of snow in November which melted away during December and then another 20cm at the beginning of January and about half of that has melted. We've had a milder than average winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
We may go on a good run when the pressure is off. It's the same we always give the 2nd leg once the tie is already over in the first leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
But we will not beat Bayern.
As for the FA cup.
Burnley v Lincoln City
Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
Sutton United v Arsenal
Middlesbrough v Oxford United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea
Huddersfield Town v Manchester City
Millwall v Derby County or Leicester City
unless some of the big ones go out in those games we have no chance.
That's right, Pat. Give me an exciting relegation battle over the monotony of knowing what will happen and why it will happen year after year after year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I've lost count of the number of Gooners I know who simply don't watch and don't care anymore. If anything suggests we need a change it is that.
Must be global warming tbh. We're doomed, I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
How many of these 'Gooners' do you know in total, would you say? The number must be simply enormous if you can't even count how many of them have turned their backs on the club.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Remarkable.
However there is a connection on here between the last few years and the increasing number of awimbers who have lost interest in football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
not a coincidence.
OK, point taken. But, as Hillary Clinton would say, at this point, what difference does it make?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I'll tell you what Clive, a football supporter who loses interest in football because of consistent 4th place finishes, an FA cup here or there and watching the likes of Mesut Ozil really wants to have a thought for supporters of Aston Villa, Everton, Burnley or Southampton. Or perhaps Halifax Town, or Preston North End, or Reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
There were awimbers interested in football? Deviants, p - the lot of themQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
You never know. The Magic of the Cup and a' that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
As bad as that, eh :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Burnley v Arsenal final imoQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Burnley get justice for their 2 questionable league decisions.
It's t'other way about, I reckon. Support also exists despite the lack of those things; they really make no difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Or are you saying if Mesut leaves, we don't win anything and also drop out of the top four, you'll stop going?
As I said, Charles, it's the monotony of it all that is driving them away. I should have thought Villa fans had a rather exciting, although ultimately disappointing, season last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Plus, we are the Arsenal, so we have higher expectations. It's important that, I think.
Bless you, I stopped going 4 or 5 years ago when I couldn't cope with the moaning any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
It also started to feel a little anachronistic; is a gentleman of a certain age to join in with the singing, abuse and general rumbunctuousness, or behave with the quiet dignity appropriate to his age and social standing?
In short, it's a young person's pursuit.
That was The Smiths R, easy mistake to make all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Wenger out.
Don't you worry your pretty little head, B. The climate's in good, capable handsQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
http://i.imgur.com/xXwmajJg.jpg
Yes, I suppose those who started watching football after Euro 96 probably do have 'higher expectations'. The arrogance and sheer naiveté of such a view is, frankly, distressing to contemplate.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
I know a Villa fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
On Saturday past I called round his house around 6pm and he answered the door in his Villa jersey, they were on the television playing Forest I think. Now he had changed into his shirt for the game as he had been round my gaff about 3 hours earlier in normal attire. In his defence he was also drinking beer.
Thing is half-time arrived and he then took it upon himself to show me his new Scalextrix set. This is neither euphemism nor word of a lie. God's honest truth, as such, if you believe in God. I don't for the record.
In short a fúcking massive deviant but not a bad man.
I made good my exit.
I think there's always been something of an essential disconnect between Wenger's later-period football, His philosophy, if you will, and what the supporters want and expect to see, footballistically.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
It was OK at first because of the success He'd enjoyed in the recent past; people let it go and were fascinated to see what would happen and if we really could dominate football, or at least win the European Cup.
Now though, as you suggest, things have moved on a bit. Nobody really wants to see Him or us tank but the resentment stems, I think, from the fact that the answer seems to be staring everyone in the face; just go back to doing what He used to do when He was God.
Much of the moaning comes from the old guard though, doesn't it. And you yourself admit you no longer care to attend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Good one, red. Insightful, accurate, well written, well played.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I assume this is one of your 'sane' days? :-)