I understand that Leeds have lost one of their least eleven games :-(

[redgunamo]

Ferguson stood up fairly well to the Abramovich juggernaut. The only one to do so. We were mired by stadium debt repayments, while Liverpool simply wilted.
There?s still an expectation with the neutral that Arsenal should be amongst the serious contenders, the big five, or is it 6, or 7 these days.
It puts the Kroenkes in an unenviable position.
Liverpool went a few rounds with City and managed to win a couple of titles.
We surely can?t fall back on our heels and become Spurs ?

At the end of the day, you must be right. After all, we're really only talking about the manager and the job he's doing.

[Peter]

At the end of the day, you must be right. After all, we're really only talking about the manager and the job he's doing.

Today he is asking us to jump on the boat.

Too many jokes there so I won't bother making one

[redgunamo]

Today he is asking us to jump on the boat.

Too many jokes there so I won't bother making one

Well played, remarkable restraint.

Decent press conference, I thought. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't; something really needs to change yet we're top of the league. The only way he can win is by winning.

I'm going to take his advice and enjoy it either way

[Peter]

Well played, remarkable restraint.

Decent press conference, I thought. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't; something really needs to change yet we're top of the league. The only way he can win is by winning.

I'm going to take his advice and enjoy it either way

One thing is for sure. If we do win the league, the footballing world is going to go crazy. The outpouring of hatred and disgust across the country will be hilarious.

I've never seen a more hated team than this one. I suppose I get it, to some extent.

But people ****ing hated Wenger with a passion until he won the league. That forced them to calm down a bit.

Form and function, again

[redgunamo]

One thing is for sure. If we do win the league, the footballing world is going to go crazy. The outpouring of hatred and disgust across the country will be hilarious.

I've never seen a more hated team than this one. I suppose I get it, to some extent.

But people ****ing hated Wenger with a passion until he won the league. That forced them to calm down a bit.

Form and function, again

In a way, Arteta is a far more suitable Arsenal manager than Wenger; he's willing to feed off and feed into our traditions, rather than subvert, overthrow and sabotage them.

Can you imagine the Frenchman employing a set pieces coach and making a big deal about corners? But this is who we are!

In his book, Tony Adams talked of having recently signed for us and being invited to watch a game from the directors' box and for the first time experiencing the crowd getting up when dear old Willie Young would lope forward for a corner kick, and deciding he wanted that reaction for himself as well and would work to make it so. A small thing, but a big deal.

Anyway, people didn't like Wenger and the feeling was pretty mutual; he didn't "like" us much either. Inadvertently, Brexit was his greatest triumph. It wouldn't have happened without him as he was the best, most public personification of the EU that the movement could've wished for. He was a constant reminder to people of just why we don't like Europeans; smug, whiny, aloof, know-all autocrats you simply cannot get rid of

[Peter]

In a way, Arteta is a far more suitable Arsenal manager than Wenger; he's willing to feed off and feed into our traditions, rather than subvert, overthrow and sabotage them.

Can you imagine the Frenchman employing a set pieces coach and making a big deal about corners? But this is who we are!

In his book, Tony Adams talked of having recently signed for us and being invited to watch a game from the directors' box and for the first time experiencing the crowd getting up when dear old Willie Young would lope forward for a corner kick, and deciding he wanted that reaction for himself as well and would work to make it so. A small thing, but a big deal.

Anyway, people didn't like Wenger and the feeling was pretty mutual; he didn't "like" us much either. Inadvertently, Brexit was his greatest triumph. It wouldn't have happened without him as he was the best, most public personification of the EU that the movement could've wished for. He was a constant reminder to people of just why we don't like Europeans; smug, whiny, aloof, know-all autocrats you simply cannot get rid of

We tend to generate a special kind of hatred. People hated George and his football. They derided Tony Adams as a donkey, laughed at Lee Dixon. They despised Wenger and his poncey foreign training methods, French players, speaking different languages. Appreciating wine..... jesus, I think I hate him myself!....

Where was I? Oh yeah, people hate us. They dont like a team from London that cant be written off as a joke or a Russian's toy.

**** them. Bunch of Northern, neanderthal ****s.

In other words, North London Forever

[redgunamo]

We tend to generate a special kind of hatred. People hated George and his football. They derided Tony Adams as a donkey, laughed at Lee Dixon. They despised Wenger and his poncey foreign training methods, French players, speaking different languages. Appreciating wine..... jesus, I think I hate him myself!....

Where was I? Oh yeah, people hate us. They dont like a team from London that cant be written off as a joke or a Russian's toy.

**** them. Bunch of Northern, neanderthal ****s.

In other words, North London Forever

Naturally, your rivals belittle you because they want to beat you. For decades the English football narrative has been written in the North-West. We are "cockney" upstarts and we get it in the neck the most because we have been at it the longest.

Also we didn't have a single player in the England squad in 1966

[Peter]

Naturally, your rivals belittle you because they want to beat you. For decades the English football narrative has been written in the North-West. We are "cockney" upstarts and we get it in the neck the most because we have been at it the longest.

Also we didn't have a single player in the England squad in 1966

It's just as well. We were **** in 1966

We had a few in the French squad in 98 although a couple of them didn't actually play for us yet.

Sunday has had one benefit. It has reminded me how much I hate United and their arsehole fans. Now those are cockney ****ers...