Arsenal Banter Archive December 11 2013

11 Dec 2013 22:32:49
Happy we qualified but also totally pi55ed off so not going to say much about tonight.

11 Dec 2013 21:55:12
Positive:
We're through. When the draw was announced it was the toughest of the lot and one big club would not go through. Thankfully it is not us. We're in the last 16.
Negative:
Losing tonight and with Dortmunds win means we finish second and will play either Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG, Bayer Munich or Athletico Madrid. Also we now go in to Saturdays game against city who have just beaten Bayern away, and in the process resting players while we come off of a 2.0 defeat.
I'm going away for a few days so won't be able to post until midweek. By then the city game will be done and dusted. I'd be over the moon with a draw.
Flybo

11 Dec 2013 21:48:24
When will Wenger realise that Arteta has been surpassed now. Absolutely awful tonight and that red card was coming, once again Wenger gets it's wrong.

I am pro Wenger but for some reason he seems to think that Flamini and Arteta can close games out, Utd and Napoli, both teams we should have attacked he picks a team to sit back, WTF pulling my hair out.

Not only do we lose but we surrender and I mean, SURRENDER! Top spot all thanks to a decision that will mystify me everything he does it.

For me at the moment this Arsenal team picks itself. No idea why Santi is constantly dragged off and our star man, Ozil plays another 90 needlessly let alone Giroud who was out on his feet!

For me.

Shezza
Bac mert Kos Gibbs
Flamini Ramsey
Santi Ozil Jack
Giroud

Walcott and Rosicky on for Ozil, Jack, Santi or Giroud!

Wenger the boys are doing great but get a grip!

Yeah I agree totally. Have no idea what the whole Flam/arteta partnership idea was about. Was never going to work, absolutely no pace to hit Napoli on the break. It was a foolish decision

Arsenal always play poorley when they try and set up to be tight to close games out. We need to just play are naturel attacking way. Arteta and Flaminin together does not work and we should have utilsed more pacey players last night to captilse more on the counter knowing Napoli had to push up

11 Dec 2013 21:45:24
Been saying Arteta is too slow and a liability all year

Well thanks Mikel

2nd place in group, could have been out if they pushed last 10 min of match when they let up

Now we have our choice of Madrid, Barca, Atletico, Bayern and PSG

Essentially the 5 form teams in Europe

Well done Mikel, and well done Arsene for sending them out there to draw

USG, that's pretty much the post I would have wrote, thanks mate.

Arteta needs to be replaced within the next year or so. Love the guy but the games passing him buy. Barkley skipped by him too easily to set up the Everton goal at the weekend. Flamini has been a monster since he came back but he's a short term fix. We need a young, top quality DM(Bender?) and a CM to replace Arteta(Gundogan?).

There's no denying the squad still does need some work, I've maintained that all along. We have a quality core but just need to add 3/4 top quality players into the mix and we'll compete on all fronts! In my opinion the areas that need work are striker, wide left, defensive/centre midfield and right back. Jenkinson doesn't cut it for me just now. Thought he was coming along well not so long ago but he could be doing with a loan to a mid table club to get regular games!

But with Szcz, Sagna, Kos, Per, Verm, Gibbs, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Cazorla, Podolski, Walcott, Giroud we have a top class core to the team, it just needs that extra few players and tonight highlighted that!

You would be p**sed if he had played Rambo in every game and got injured though.

11 Dec 2013 21:42:41
**** it. barcelona in the next round please.

as they say. got got to beat the best.

the difference between finishing top and finishing second seems to be more important than in previous years

11 Dec 2013 21:18:33
I know its a tuff game and all, but Jenkinson is poor. he can't get one decent cross in the box.

11 Dec 2013 17:22:00
Mate is a Manchester United fan & went to the game last night, this is the text I sent him: Be careful if u r driving past Old Trashford tonight, a lot of people have picked up 3 points there recently. Followed by : Hi m8, not sure if you can help but I urgently need 2 know how to cancel bids on eBay? I put in a bid 4 a Mickey Mouse outfit & am 15 minutes away from owning Manchester Utd. :-)

Lol huw

11 Dec 2013 14:21:38
Hi guys. Tough games coming up. I won't make any predictions because I think the players read this blog first, and then go into the match trying to prove me wrong lool. Bust seriously, I do not see why we should not be able to win all 3 games. I do not consider us underdogs at all. If we could beat Dortmund and Bayern (which are far superior teams) in their own backyards (although they returned the favours), why should we not be able to beat inconsistent City and Chelsea. Come on boys, you can do it. The odds of us winning all of our next 3 games might be slim, but that's just it, they are just odds. Football will be played on the pitch. Just hope we don't have injuries tonight. Gooooo Gunners!

Good post rue

11 Dec 2013 03:16:21
Knockout match tomorrow, because that's how they will approach it

And they are a world class team w a world class manager who had made a name for himself winning matches like this

I think tomorrow is a real test.

Score a goal early and give them a mountain to climb

Who are we playing tomorrow? It would seem to be a terrible case of fixture planning/congestion to have a match on the 12th as well as the 11th.

Nah mate we are not playing anybody on the 12th

Posted this yesterday, was online a day late