Arsenal Banter Archive March 13 2013

13 Mar 2013 22:48:28
Watching Muamba documentary - what a lovely great humble guy

I wish him well in everything he does

Looks like he loved playing football and loved Arsenal

SY4

13 Mar 2013 22:37:53
Bosscielny

13 Mar 2013 22:20:16
The Champions League - Where anything can happen.
Everyone loves the underdog coming back to win, shame the linesman doesn't. Couldn't believe they called Walcott offside, but that's life.

Good defensive display from Arsenal, they didn't let Bayern get any clear chances. Besides the Robben 1 on 1, I can't really remember them having any clear cut chances. People say Wenger doesn't have any tactics, but today's game I thought I could see it. The fact no defender really pushed up to pressure the constant Bayern long shots, maybe that was part of Wenger's tactics? Maybe there is a reason he chose to play Fabianski?

The biggest positive from the result, that will give us momentum going into last remaining games. We took our chances and hopefully we can do the same when we play Swansea.
COYG

GunnerFromMelbourne

13 Mar 2013 22:17:36
Well done lads!
Professional & disciplined performance, you just let yourself down on the 1st leg!

POSITIVES:

Koscieiny (why doesn't he play every week)
Mertesacker
(I have constantly slagged off him all season but he was imense toinght. decent defender next to him helped)
Jenkinson (brilliant, didn't put a foot wrong)
Gibbs (never guessed 1st game back)

The 1st time this season (apart from the 1st 4 or 5 games) where we looked like a well organised defensive unit!

Also was it just me. or did we mark man for man on corners?

It looked to me like we dropped the zonal marking crap!

I know Bayern were below par but all credit should go to the Arsenal tonight, unlucky boys!


Final note:

Proud of all players tonight but Theo. what the f**k was that performance?

WELL DONE BOYS

13 Mar 2013 22:10:42
One match does not make me right but I have always said Per and Kos in the middle for me. Give them a run in the middle.

Well done guys - great effort

SY4

Agreed I've said before too, Merts is a much better player along side Kos

1404

Just goes to show. If someone is playing badly drop them rather than persist with them week on week.
GG

13 Mar 2013 22:06:52
great game. it feels good to be proven wrong again and again. if arsenal can keep doing this till the end of the season I don't mind being wrong or looking like an ass at all.

we actually played defense as a team. gibbs and jenks look good at the back and on the wings. ox provided a spark. gervinho did what he could. not a bad display. giroud ran his heart out. not the most talented but he tries.

wally was lazy. he seemed to not have it in him to fight. midfield was good. we kept and covered spaces. Arsene if that was you. well played Sir.

Arteta showed his nerves last two tackles but good try. more of that desire is all we ask.

with our backs to the wall we seem to show up. the team is not all balls. time to get behind the team for 10 games. sing like you have never sung before gooners. lift the team finish on a high and let's take care of the offseason in the offseason.

Time for negativity is over. we have the momentum going into the epl. let's capitalise. lift the players. they need us. I don't think many gooners believed they could pull a win. including myself. so for all of you like me who were proven wrong. get behind the team and let's roll to 3rd.

The entire game, you could hear the Arsenal fans singing and chanting! I heard them more than the Bayern fans.
Lets have that every game!

Gervinho didn't do his usual 'try to get past the same person 5 times in a row' routine. I thought he was very good in his cameo.

13 Mar 2013 21:51:16
Hello Ed and fellow Gooners, we can hold our heads high, hats off to the defense particulary Fabianski and Jenks. I felt we just didn't have that extra bit of quality, missed Jack big time. I don't want to put a downer on it, but like last year the damage was done in the first leg. It nows remains to be seen if we can get a Champions League spot.
Thanks for the site Ed

13 Mar 2013 21:46:53
Things that we've learned from tonights game vs Bayern :
1. Cazorla is rubbish
2. Sczechsny isn'tt good enough, Fabiansky is far more mature and simply better. Fact!
3. We conceded nothing without Vermaelen.
4. Giroud will be dynamite if he could be supplied. Unfortunately he didn't received enough support from midfield
5. Ramsey is ramsey.

Ultras Gunner.

Cazorla is rubbish? are you deluded, he might not of had the best game on the ball but who did?
he worked hard, and stuck to his position. did what he had to do.

1. Carzorla needs to be played in middle in the hole role like Arshavin before him. We are not getting the best from him out wide.

2. Fabianski is no way better Than Schenzy. He played O. k tonight one good save rest was routine and was lucky with one that went through him. Mixed bag. Still a No 2 for me. That is not to say Schenzy is the finished article either mind.

3. Mert does look more comfortable with Kos as Kos is faster so gives him that bit more insurance to push up with the others. TV still a good defender you don't lose that quality just is lacking in confidence at the moment.

4. Giroud needs to play with a partner in a 2 up top, I don't think we will get the best out of him in a 4-3-3. I am still reserving judgemnt on Giroud really for now.

5. Agreed Ramsey is just a workhorse really safe but not creative.

Yep, cazorla is rubbish but Giroud will be dynamite. Santi has scored more than giroud playing in midfield.

13 Mar 2013 21:43:12
I for one, am very proud of the team tonight. to the man. well done. The germans had the luck over the two legs if yoy remember the third goal at home. The ref was a joke and too much diving from a certain ex Chelsea player. come on Barca. at least the look to win playing football. km

13 Mar 2013 21:41:08
Please let this be the catalyst for us to go unbeaten in the league to the end of the season. Great performance, everyone played their hearts out. Vermaelen shouldn't be restored to the starting line-up for saturday, Kos was amazing today so was Per. I still struggle to understand why our players can't try that hard every week. Proud to be a gooner again, even if its just for the night

13 Mar 2013 21:40:04
Also sad to see another big game where our 100k a week player didn't turn up. Walcott still not proving worth his money. his assist was a shot. Jenkinson looked pretty awesome against Robben and co

Rubbish, that was a cross and a great one at that, if Giroud was a proper striker he could have had a hatrick just from Walcotts crosses alone.

13 Mar 2013 21:58:48
arsenal were organised, hard working (except walcott) and played with heart.
but the ref was awful, the amount of counter attacks we were on thanks to brilliant slide tackles, but no the ref for some reason thought it was a no slide game.
rosicky was playing a game in his own mind at times, just playin balls into areas where noone was there.
fabianksi didn't have much to do, but dealt with the shots on target well.
jenkinson was class, we have got sagna replacement.
kosc was le Boss.
mert did well.
gibbs also did very well.
arteta fought hard, worked hard, couldve been so much better in the last 5mins, needless tackles and poor fkik.
cazorla, shudv played centre, worked hard and moved the ball around well.
giroud also hard working, won so many flick ons, with no one gambling, someone really needs to gamble more (walcott).
walcott shudve worked harder, was onside, how that was given offside and messi yday was not given confuses me.
all in all i'm a proud gooner, but bayern over the 2 legs deserved to go through
now let's get 3rd.

Yes I agree the ref was very poor tonight and very much duped by the blatent play acting and clever con tricks by the Bayern side. It made it a scrappy game and that suited Bayern as they did not seem to have the real drive and energy they had in first leg and just stuttered over the line.

13 Mar 2013 21:50:39
Absolutely gutted, but what a performance by the team, before the game I must admit I had us written off. Jenkinson was brilliant tonight, especially the way he handled Robben, hope he keeps his place, he showed so much maturity especially when you compare him to senior players like Arteta who gave away so many silly fouls. I think we also learned that Mertesacker and Koscielny are our best defensive pair they have played well together on more than one occasion, and did so again tonight. Giroud took his first goal well, but I'm so tired of seeing him miss and stand for an age with his hands on his head, if we weren't so impotent upfront who knows what could of happened and Walcott was onside and clean through assistant referee got it all wrong. Hope we can carry the spirit we saw today into the league and play our hearts out like we did today.

It was -3 in Munich tonight and Wenger wasn't wearing that ridiculous coat if he doesn't need it then he never needs to wear it again.

Every game Jenkinson plays he shows heart!

13 Mar 2013 21:37:45
Well done lads proud of you!

Burtonwood Gooner

13 Mar 2013 21:14:18
Why Gervinho? : (

Shock horror he produces one of the best chances of the match. If only someone had gambled at the back post! Perhaps he's not that bad a player afterall. Oh wait I'm on arsenal banter. can't say that.

Jensen Hatrick

13 Mar 2013 21:05:24
Aaron Ramsey?
Seriously!

13 Mar 2013 20:41:42
Been a good first half, let's just hope for two more.

Jenkinson has been the best player on the pitch for me today, stopped everything Robben has thrown at him.

Rosicky on the other hand, hasn't been playing too well in my opinion, he should come off for Chamberlain (If he's even on the bench).

Game now over, have to agree Ted, Rosicky just kept giving the ball away especially in the first half

13 Mar 2013 20:33:28
Is it just me or does anyone else watch the way Cazorla carries his nose?
GunUp

13 Mar 2013 20:14:10
Yea Jenks! Yea!

13 Mar 2013 19:49:20
YA dancer! Get in there! Great start boys!

kev88

13 Mar 2013 18:46:22
This is not wishing injury on Jack but it is the truth.
My mate is a physio who specialises in sports related injuries and their rehabilitation. He says that Wilshere's career will be blighted with injuries to his right ankle due to his running style. I would urge you to watch a video of him and watch his feet and watch when he takes a free kick or corner. You will see that he runs on his ankles with his feet pointing inwards which puts to much stress and pressure on the ligaments in his legs and can also increase the risk of achillies tendon being snapped. If you see him kick a dead ball his right foot, the one that he had the 17 month injury on, totally buckles and turns so much that he is almost balancing on the side of his foot. If you done that now even for a few seconds you will feel pain. Unless he changes his style this injury is likely to happen more frequently as the ankle becomes weaker every time. I now this is quite hard to execpt but its true.
89'gooner

I totally agree. Jack seems to run on the outside edge of his feet, and is also very slightly pigeon - toed. He doesn't run on the balls of his feet.
I can foresee future niggles and injuries. This lad needs nurturing and advising or we will lose another star player.

But it was his right ankle that was injured previously, this time its the left. also beckham had the exact same technique, as do most set piece takers who start their run up from an angle.
i think you or your mate are looking too much into this.

Funny that, was watching Messi last night he moves and is built exactly the same as jack and he does ok!

Well arsenal have well paid physio's to do this job. their job is to keep him playing into his 30's. I think its just that he has been over played coming back from a serious injury. 3 weeks will do him good. just relax and heal. he is also 20 years old. so he will heal fast. if he was 27-28 I would be worried. but he will be fine.

13 Mar 2013 18:40:47
Score predictions for tonight folks?

Im going for Bayern 3-1 Arsenal - a replica of the previous match.

Obviously I want us to win the match but with Arsenal, I don't often get what I want.

Jenkinson to score the goal for us!

Im going for 4-1 to the Arsenal

Andylat

13 Mar 2013 18:32:56
Maybe Wenger thinks that the players who he has dropped didn't give enough against Tottenham and don't deserve to play tonight, but doesn't want to publicly criticise his players?

13 Mar 2013 18:17:52
Why does it matter about szcezney and the other injured players tonight szcezney has been playing crap lately so gie 1 of the others a chance me.
I hope he gives some of our youngsters a chance tonight because tonight is the night to make a name and if we go out there believe we can do this we might actually get a miricle
Lets never stop believing tonight people
Ali

13 Mar 2013 17:12:28
If he doesn't play Walcott and carzola and we lose wenger has to go absolute disgrace to give up before game starts if we are worrying about Swansea then that says it all about our club at the moment I pray for a miracle tonight!

13 Mar 2013 17:47:26
Wenger. Szczesny needs a breather, oh my good god the goalkeeper has had 10 days off doesn't run round the pitch as much as players do what on earth is going on with us?. do u ever hear 40 year old goalkeepers that play week in week out need a rest? NO. wenger has lost the plot big time or can't stand up and say he nos szczesny is crap and fab and mann are just as good as him. lockwood

So you would prefer wenger criticizing a player in public? think straight mate.

13 Mar 2013 15:27:31
Hello Ed and fellow Gooners
First of all I really am sorry that ED2 does not want to have anything to do with this site anymore and I hope that the abuse he took does not reflect on the majority of people who post on here who are geniune Gooners and come on here to share their views, gripes, dreams and rumours.
To tonights game, the result I think depends how Bayern approach it mentally. If they are quiet happy to contain us and play out the 2nd leg negatively then perhaps 1-1 draw, but if they want to rub our noses in it, with us having to look for goals it could end up a bit of a tonking for us. Add the fact that we have injuries to Jack, Poldi and AW is allegely going to rest players, it could be a long night. I wonder what the reaction will be he rested players tonight and lost and then also lost to Swansea. Having said all this I have had a couple of quid on us to win 4-2 got 100 to 1 for that and also a few quid on us to go thru on penalties got 150 to 1 for that (YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO). I not going to talk about team selection or tactics because we only seem to be able to play one way (RE-MANAGER), so Bayern won't have to build up a big dossier on us. All I hope that we give it ago and do ourselves proud whatever the result.
Thanks for the site Ed
Heybridge Gooner

13 Mar 2013 16:56:58
These mental decisions of Wenger are merely preservative.

Hence Wilshere and Podolski are mysteriously injured and Szczesny is dropped. Rumours Cazorla and Walcott might not start either.

My theory is:

He doesn't think we can win the UCL. He doesn't want to play our best team just in case we do overturn this defeat adding to our fixture list a minimum of 2 more games. The likelihood we'd just go out anyway. This would hinder us in our run in for the all important 4th place trophy.

Top top manager! (for those too stupid, I'm being sarcastic)

Name me the managers who've won 3 prems and 4 fa cups

Name any of the top clubs who have had the same manager after winning nothing for 7 seasons

Everton maybe?

13 Mar 2013 16:33:40
Sounds like Wenger has thrown the towel in and it's an absolute disgrace. If he's resting our top players - who haven't played for 10 days. He's assembled this squad that can't cut it in any competition. He's sold anyone with any value and replaced them with lightweight, inexperience. This really does have to stop. It's got to the stage where other fans are beginning to pity us - and the rest are just laughing.
What's the point in qualifying if we just give up like this? Wengers words insult our intelligence. He doesn't respect us or the competition.
He's sacrificing the champion league so that we can enhance our chances of qualifying for the champions league next season - It's perverse!
What happens if we lose against Swansea?
This season is becoming a farce.
If we accept this then we are supporters of a business model and not a football club.

Jayjay

13 Mar 2013 13:11:30
Arsene Wenger is leaving if they lose more than 4-0 against bayern tonight- Pinny

13 Mar 2013 10:53:27
Has anyone ever imagined what the Eds might look like, I've always mentally pictured them as overweight and middle aged.

You need to get out more or that's how you'll end up!

You must stay in a lot then to reply!

As long as it doesn't put you off mate, imagine away.
Not ever imagined it as I'm not a f****** wrong-un!

1404

13 Mar 2013 08:58:50
Szczesny has been rested for tonights game because he is "mentally affected by the amount of games he has to play" Is this for real? He's the number 1 goalkeeper, does he not expect to play every game? Never heard of Cech or Hart complaining about something like that, its ridiculous.
Whatever sliver of hope we had of winning the game has now gone, you can't go to Munich and turn over a 2 goal deficit with your second choice goalkeeper not to mention we're missing Wilshere and Podolski.
I'm afraid to say I think tonight is going to be another embarrassment. But hopefully it will be the motivation the team needs to keep pushing for 4th in the league because I genuinely think we can still take it. Although monkey man is on a good run of form for the spuds, he does have dry spells through the season and if he hits one of those they'll struggle to get goals.
GunnerGirl

GunnerGirl whast your source for this? If this is true then Chez is a wimp lol

Its possibly the lamest excuse I've heard from Wenger in a while, he certain we can beat Bayern yet is happy to rest Szcesny really not making sense that one

1404

Source was the team news on the tv website, normally pretty reliable.
GunnerGirl

Found a bit of it on youtube, a lot of certainty from arsene with this 2nd option team he's playing. hope rosicky and arshavin start if that's the case

In terms of goalkeeper tonight who would you prefer, Fabianski or Mannone?

13 Mar 2013 12:08:04
he need a rest. coz. simple bayern will put atleast 5 past him. and that's really nightmare

Neither, stick Lehman back in goal at least he had some passion about him!

May aswel go with Martinez or Shea seeig as we are putting out a 2nd strength team

13 Mar 2013 03:38:02
is wilshere out of tommrows game? loads of news on twitter saying he is, but nothing on afc website, j lockwood

Ankle injury - out 3 weeks

Yeah he's got an ankle injury, likely to be out for up to 3 weeks

3 weeks. naive ppl.

and diaby is on a holiday

3 weeks is the time released by the club in their official statement but we all know it could be longer. Tanksfully its not the same ankle as before, and its just bruising. They are resting him to prevent the injury getting worse.