Who is the BHA manager? Re: Time wasting - he's making it like he wants us punished

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Originally Posted by WES

What pisses me off is that the narrative in the media this morning makes it seem like we play this way every time.

We just beat Leeds 4-0 away, Spurs 4-1 away, we beat Atl Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern in the CL scoring 3 or more goals.

And how many times have we been forced to play boring football by teams that come to ours for a 0-0?

Last night was sh1t, terrible to watch, but the suggestion that it represents our season and how we got to the top of the league is complete nonsense.

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Hmm.... has to be said, it's wasnt unexpected or atypical.

I don't object to people calling us boring. We are. Even I'm bored watching it.

I resent the suggestion that we are cheating, or that we are employing 'dark arts' that aren't employed by every other team.

I resent the suggestion that the rules should be changed to remove our advantage.

And I resent ****s like that Brighton manager trying to make a name for himself by slinging mud at us.

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Originally Posted by Peter

Hmm.... has to be said, it's wasnt unexpected or atypical.

I don't object to people calling us boring. We are. Even I'm bored watching it.

I resent the suggestion that we are cheating, or that we are employing 'dark arts' that aren't employed by every other team.

I resent the suggestion that the rules should be changed to remove our advantage.

And I resent ****s like that Brighton manager trying to make a name for himself by slinging mud at us.

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I was bored when Liverpool and Man City came to Emirates and sat back defending for most of the game. Was that our fault as well?

Are we negative too often for my taste? Yes. But we also cruised through the CL playing attractive football and have played attractive football more often than not when the opposition has allowed us to. That was really Arteta's point about physical man marking.

I object to the narrative that says we always or almost always play like this, nonsense.

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Originally Posted by WES

I was bored when Liverpool and Man City came to Emirates and sat back defending for most of the game. Was that our fault as well?

Are we negative too often for my taste? Yes. But we also cruised through the CL playing attractive football and have played attractive football more often than not when the opposition has allowed us to. That was really Arteta's point about physical man marking.

I object to the narrative that says we always or almost always play like this, nonsense.

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I've seen this performance far, far too often this season and last. I think it is incredibly dull, and extremely unwise. And I think that if we were even slightly more positive, and trusted ourselves, the title race would be over by now.

I spent 90 minutes last night proving that it is possible to be on the edge of your seat and bored stiff at the same time. Arsenal fans in the ground were using the wifi to watch the City game.......

Nobody is ever going to convince me that this is the right way for a title-chasing side to approach games.

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Originally Posted by Peter

I've seen this performance far, far too often this season and last. I think it is incredibly dull, and extremely unwise. And I think that if we were even slightly more positive, and trusted ourselves, the title race would be over by now.

I spent 90 minutes last night proving that it is possible to be on the edge of your seat and bored stiff at the same time. Arsenal fans in the ground were using the wifi to watch the City game.......

Nobody is ever going to convince me that this is the right way for a title-chasing side to approach games.

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I don't think we've disagreed or agreed on anything in this exchange :-)

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Originally Posted by WES

I don't think we've disagreed or agreed on anything in this exchange :-)

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No. The board keeps going down which leads to huge gaps of inactivity between exchanges.

Sounds familiar:-)