before it all fell apart.
Our best football since we beat Chelsea imo (Saints game excluded)
Erzil Out!
before it all fell apart.
Our best football since we beat Chelsea imo (Saints game excluded)
Erzil Out!
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Originally Posted by Ash
Twitter says he's leaving in the summer with Sanchez and Chambo.
Everyone out!
Are you talking of the brief 35 minute assault on a second gear Bayern the other night or the recent expanded experiment with Alex Oxlade Chamberlain aka Chambo in general?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Must admit I'd assumed you'd be in your scratcher conducting a thorough examination of the inside of your eyelids by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
How are we feeling?
Pat Vegas out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I've made it to the sofa. Have jimjams and a blankie. Might have a little snooze in a minute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
glw out tonight, might try sausage, egg and chips.
Proper grub :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Yes. Nice, bland nursery food, that's what you need. Nothing challenging. On no account yield to the temptation of the kebab man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
You know what I had for lunchQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
a packet of Pork Scratchings and a packet of Fridge Raiders :-(
He will no doubt gay it up in some way. Herby sausages or the likes. That is the type he is foodwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Anytime I have purchased more expensive elaborate sausages they've been ****e.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Herby sausages are not 'gaying it up'. Sausages with sundried tomatoes or caramelised onion or venison would be gaying it up but not a few herbs, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Personally, I like a honey and mustard sausage. Or a pork and apple one.
I am referring to a phase of the match against a Bayern side who were clearly determined to try and score ten goals against us, and who started the game in the same way as the previous leg - by not letting us have a touch of the ball for ten minutes. During that phase we wrested control of the game, scored a triffic goal, had a decent pelanty shout, and should have scored again but for the clumsy, mirror-gazing bearded lummox up top. Of course the game changed when an offside player dived in the box for which our captain was sent off.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
And yes, I am specifically referring to Alex "Chambo" Oxlade-Chambolain, whose recent performances in the centre of the park suggests that he is good enough to play there. Sadly, it will be for another club. :-(
Very good. Crufts is on the telly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I agree with you Ash. They started to look nervous imo. If we had scored a 2nd it would have been interested until the ref decided to correct things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I have chorizo, Bockwurst, herby chipolatas or saucisses de Toulouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
It's that ruthless cynicism we lack. When was the last time one of our strikers flagrantly dived to win a crucial penalty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
What's betterer Parma ham or Jamón serranoQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I prefer Parma imo, Serrano has a weird after taste.
I am being general here. San Daniele is nicer than the Parma brand.
In days of old we had a phrase along the lines of GAY UR LOOKOUT which I believe would be appropriate here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Not a fan of the herbed banger myself.
Which is a shock as your mum is a fan of Herb's bangerQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
I think I'm in the Spanish camp with this one, f. It's fattier imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Was it Eduardo against Celtic?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Though it may not have been a dive.
We've had a few yellows for diving though.
I thought AOC did well for the first half in tandem with the complete midfield trio – despite claims from elsewhere that a certain member of the triumverate was again awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
In the second half I saw him applauded for effort in the face of adversity when all others appeared to have thrown the towel in. *******s to that. While I will openly and willingly admonish a footballer for appearing not to try I will never, ever applaud a very well rewarded footballer for trying hard. That Sir is the very least I expect.
In general over the period I think he has openly struggled as much as he has excelled. At Stamford Bridge for example he was like a child lost in a grown up environment, totally out manoeuvred and played by the masterful Matic and Kante.
He is, like most of our young British core, tactically ill-disciplined and while we applaud his full on hustle bustle style he has so much to learn. Being allowed a handful of matches centrally each season is not the future.
In general with him plus Xhaka and Ramsey they still leave themselves very open to positional isolation and will be hugely exploited by good football teams. Both he and Ramsey will need to restrict their natural tendency to pile forward while Xhaka will follow play, as is his game. They are still missing a specialist who will be happy to restrict himself to the benefit of others.
It is only when Wenger works out what the fúck he is trying to do as opposed to simply assembling resources will we move forward to the next level as he himself puts it.
Not sure that's quite the same thing, to be honest :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash