The first league game and it's already make-or-break time

[Mo Britain less Europe]

I have a hunch if we lose to Liverpool there is going to be meltdown at the Emirates.

[Burney]

I have a hunch if we lose to Liverpool there is going to be meltdown at the Emirates.

Sorry, but how is it 'make or break time' exactly?

Oh, and there's 'meltdown at the Emirates' every time we even look like dropping a point. Because our fanbase seems these days largely to consist of entitled, whining little manbabies.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Because people are highly frustrated at the transfer situation and all these tensions will erupt if they feel we've lost because of not having had the fairly simple foresight to ensure we have at least one fit senior centre-half on opening day.

Because many will believe (rightly or wrongly) that a loss at home to Liverpool will confirm we won't be challengers this year and thus the dream of winning the league will be stillborn.

[Monty92]

Because people are highly frustrated at the transfer situation and all these tensions will erupt if they feel we've lost because of not having had the fairly simple foresight to ensure we have at least one fit senior centre-half on opening day.

Because many will believe (rightly or wrongly) that a loss at home to Liverpool will confirm we won't be challengers this year and thus the dream of winning the league will be stillborn.

I don't think you can plan your transfer activity around the possibility that your three first choice centre backs won't be available for the first game of the season.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

You can if it's fairly foreseeable. Most people thought France would get to the semis at least and Per, as has been mentioned earlier, was hardly a tower of strength last season. Only the Gabriel injury can be seen as unfortunate.

[Monty92]

You can if it's fairly foreseeable. Most people thought France would get to the semis at least and Per, as has been mentioned earlier, was hardly a tower of strength last season. Only the Gabriel injury can be seen as unfortunate.

But I don't think you can buy a top centre back becase your best defender might miss one game. For that you have competent reserves like chambers.

If you think our three best centre backs are not good enough then that is an entirely separate conversation and irrelevant to the one we're having about squad planning

[Bergkamp Was Best]

Are you a season ticket holder Burney? Or even a regular at Arsenal games?

[Burney]

Are you a season ticket holder Burney? Or even a regular at Arsenal games?

Used to be. Not anymore. Used to go pretty regularly up until about five or six years ago. The last few times I went, however, I couldn't s listening to all the bedwetters constantly slagging off our team and manager. They rendered the atmosphere toxic and made the whole business rather less than fun, so I stopped going.

[IUFG]

the football often gets in the way of the drinking imo

[Bergkamp Was Best]

Used to be. Not anymore. Used to go pretty regularly up until about five or six years ago. The last few times I went, however, I couldn't s listening to all the bedwetters constantly slagging off our team and manager. They rendered the atmosphere toxic and made the whole business rather less than fun, so I stopped going.

The whingers have increased in numbers but they've always been there, even at Highbury when we were winning titles. If they're not moaning about the team as a whole then they will aim the criticism at a player (I remember the sh*t Parlour and Gilberto used to get). The only way to pipe them down is to win the league, or run someone very close.