Arsenal Banter Archive February 14 2016

14 Feb 2016 22:48:08
One week ago we said we needed to beat Bournemouth and Leicester.

We have, so credit to Wenger and the boys.

14 Feb 2016 23:22:42
Yes and now we have to win at old trafford.

15 Feb 2016 07:47:05
And that will be a score draw.

15 Feb 2016 08:30:06
I think the trip to your spot will be the biggest NLD in some years if not the biggest.

15 Feb 2016 08:14:30
wenger doesn't beat a jose team tho. lol.

15 Feb 2016 10:07:49
It's certainly going to be interesting, you boys not playing well and still in it 😡

Need you to get a close result against Barcelona to impact your Prem games 👍🏻.

15 Feb 2016 13:19:25
That's it we're not playing well and have the same points which for Spurs is you lot playing well. Most teams usually have a dodgy patch let's hope Spurs hit a few bad games.

15 Feb 2016 14:18:40
Spurs' dodgy patch has been lasting a few years now SLB.

15 Feb 2016 11:12:26
north, i can't see it being too close. Barcelona look so good but football is football.

how good is alderwiereld btw. star buy mate.

15 Feb 2016 20:27:22
He was available and it was a no brainer. Just don't understand how Spurs keep picking up players that I rated beforehand! I've seen it slowly but surely happen at Spurs. Let's hope history is unforgiving for them.

14 Feb 2016 22:13:35
Anybody see Barcelona penalty today?

14 Feb 2016 22:25:57
No but don't tell me. It was in the last minute of added time, they were drawing and it was outside the box, in fact that far outside it was in the center circle and their keeper got red carded. Am i right.

14 Feb 2016 22:38:53
It was taken by the keeper with his knee? Am i right.

14 Feb 2016 22:40:57
No Steve,
They did a Henry/ Pires penalty.

Only they didn't muff it up like Henry/ Pires did, lol.

And biteboy scored a hattrick.

14 Feb 2016 23:16:50
Hannibals wased disposal at barca, he should be here.

14 Feb 2016 23:21:16
I've a funny feeling we're going to turn up against Barcelona n the first leg atleast, I'm not saying we'll definitely beat them of course but I think we give them a game at home.
Utd city Bayern have so far brought out the best in us.

15 Feb 2016 07:49:11
62, I think you'll turn up at home and loose 2-1.

15 Feb 2016 08:04:00
Difficult to put a sore on it NE but I do think we will give a good account of ourselves in the first leg mate as playing the best does seen to bring out the best in us this season at home.

14 Feb 2016 22:38:37
Its the best Barcelona team I think iv seen. Or its getting close to that. Suarez up top is perfect.

15 Feb 2016 08:13:57
i never thought a team could retain the champions league but out of them all this has the best chance.

suarez has more than a goal a game in the league. he's just got better and better.

15 Feb 2016 14:23:38
Derby, you'd have more than a goal a game if you played upfront in that team and in that league.

I don't know if he has got better as he wasn't far away from a goal a game in the PL and that hasn't been done so far.

15 Feb 2016 14:49:15
perfect goal. a few have come and gone from Barcelona upfront. ibra failed. eto was shipped out. list goes on.

easier said than done mate. benzema doesn't manage it for real madrid. suarez is a class above. suarez fits that team perfectly.

15 Feb 2016 22:01:30
Good point well made Derby.

14 Feb 2016 22:11:55
Just seen penalty Sterling conceded.

Very harsh.

14 Feb 2016 22:31:55
Harsh, should have gone to specsavers.

15 Feb 2016 07:49:48
Let the records say, 1 - 2 Spurs.

14 Feb 2016 19:59:04
I think we need cazorla back in the team if we are to win the league. We are just so much better when he plays. He is top class and makes our midfield tick.
Good result today, Chambers did really well after recent stick.

14 Feb 2016 20:06:54
Chambers did yes, and yes we need Santi back ASAP.

14 Feb 2016 21:07:46
Agree on both.

14 Feb 2016 21:13:16
Chambers did wel but I reckon 11vs11 would of had more to deal with. If he's on the pitch vs barcalona it could well retire him even at this age.

14 Feb 2016 18:14:13
Today also showed whay we haven't had for weeks and weeks. a strong bench, itreally makes a difference.

14 Feb 2016 18:29:21
Completely agree Banbury

It's a squad game and it's been a little while since we've had a strong bench like today.

14 Feb 2016 20:09:21
Not sure who has disagreed with that or why, when was the last time two subs came on to score the leveller and the winner.

14 Feb 2016 21:09:22
May 22nd 2009.

14 Feb 2016 21:56:10
We need a strong bench, with all the extra weight.

14 Feb 2016 17:44:06
Who was it on here saying Sterling was better than Walcott? lol. Gave me a load of grief over it too. £49 million, unbelievable. Not a penalty though. typical Spurs.

14 Feb 2016 18:06:14
I know right? Sterling has to be the most underrated player in the league.

14 Feb 2016 17:56:41
On the wing Sterling. Upfront Walcott for me. Sterling is just 21 I think pep will guide him next season?

Shocking call on the peno. We need videos refs in football now.

14 Feb 2016 19:02:35
Typical spurs! Your the ones who get lucky all the time what are you on about?

14 Feb 2016 20:57:33
What about the offside winning goal Spurs got against Watford, Ramsey goal against Liverpool ruled offside when he was clearly onside, so how do Arsenal always get lucky and not Spurs then?

14 Feb 2016 16:51:29
So After Such a moral boosting last gasp winner, some people still drown out the ecstasy with negativity.
we won a crunch game against our title rivals, that's all that i care about at the moment
We are challenging for the title, in fact we are in a great place to win it. Isn't that what we all want?
COYG.

14 Feb 2016 17:06:31
And that's spot on.

14 Feb 2016 17:11:26
CMP you nailed it

We did exactly what was needed :)

14 Feb 2016 15:43:23
10 mins left, have a sneaky feeling Villa might turn this one around :-)

Jeez, 6-0!

{Ed025's Note - yeah but you said austin was a good player as well dags.. :)

14 Feb 2016 16:06:12
He will come good Ed, very good SQUAD player mate :-)

{Ed025's Note - in the villa squad maybe.. :)

14 Feb 2016 15:21:26
We made too much hard work out of them - not strong enough in central midfield nor quick enough in attack

Sooner we get back to Coq and Santi in the middle the better

Sooner we drop Ox the better

Sooner Sanchez finds his boots the better

We will get punished if we keep going like this without changes to formation / players in positions.

14 Feb 2016 15:34:02
More questions than answers today again as always
We got lucky with the 2nd penalty decision and Simpsons mad minute IMO,

14 Feb 2016 15:48:31
We are just so predictable, you read ever pass before it's made
Cluadios interview before the match he talked about how they play every game with 11 players because they play as a tea and work for each other, I can't remember an Arsenal match were I've thought that, that every player deserved there place n the starting 11 once the game had finished, and I think that comes down to a lack of desire.

14 Feb 2016 15:54:43
g62 mate, there wasn't a second penalty so we weren't lucky it was a right decision end of.
However they got lucky to escape a penalty if not 2.

14 Feb 2016 16:00:56
They should have been down to 9 men. Tackle on Rambo was terrible.

We need a little more balance in the team plus turning defence to attack quicker. We used to train on getting into opponents box from ours with as few passes as possible. We do the opposite most of the time.

Ox needs to go out on loan. Still have faith in him but he is way off the mark with his first touch and passing.

14 Feb 2016 16:13:54
Moe i think what gunner is saying, if it was given, it would have been good night, but as you say it wasnt. And it probably wasnt a penalty but again monreal walking on thin ice.

14 Feb 2016 16:20:23
Guys I perpetually find myself amazed with the constant negativity, the only question is did we get 3 points at the business end of the season from a tough fixture after going 1-0 down.

The answer is a resounding YES.

We have good players coming back or are back that will or are getting back to speed at a vital time.

The confidence boost for not only the win but the drama of it being last minute can't be underestimated.

There remains a long way to go but everything still to play for, people have been crying out for us to challenge, winning crunch games like this against the league leaders at this point of the season is called challenging.

14 Feb 2016 16:30:44
Thats right steve it would've been for sure.

14 Feb 2016 17:21:45
Absolutely spot on Red Dog.

If I won £1m on lottery, I don't care if its lucky dip, Lotto or scratch card.

Point is, money in the bank.

14 Feb 2016 17:28:39
Ox is not a bad player he just needs to find his confidence, I didn't think he had a bad game. The sooner we give him support, instead of bashing him, the sooner he will get back to his best.

14 Feb 2016 19:22:54
Red - I agree with you. I am looking at today's game and thinking that we need to improve because we have some difficult games ahead. Playing like this may not be enough to secure a big booty of points from Spurs, Utd and City.

Bgd- Ox is not a bad player. I recognise the potential but he makes too many mistakes at the moment and our room for error at present is pretty much zero due to a few poor results. Hence I would like he loaned out to gain minutes and confidence.

I want our spine back - Cech, Per and Kos, Coq and Santi, Ozil and Giroud

I want our pace back - Sanchez, Theo and Danny

With that - we get our bench and depth sorted

😎.

14 Feb 2016 14:58:00
What ever our opinions on strikers, let's hope we have three genuine strikers fighting for a space up top after today. Not a welbeck fan ( on finishing ) but he has to convert more than the present holder and him and walcott have to be given the green lightcto prove themselves.

14 Feb 2016 17:06:39
Giroud is to wasteful, and Theo is to hit no miss
I'd like to see Welbeck have a injury free season as first choice to see what he's capable of, never really got a chance at Utd but still scored goals when he did, scored some good goals for England
I've always thought he's underrated and undervalued.

14 Feb 2016 14:16:11
Ok I admit I was wrong. I said we won't win today with giroud striker but we would with theo. But I am even more sure we will never win the league ever with giroud striker. While theo is not world class his finishing is.

{Ed025's Note - really steve?..world class finisher?,hmmmm great impact player from the bench for me mate..

14 Feb 2016 14:57:39
Not saying is Walcott is world class finisher by any means but in the box I would trust Walcott to finish more chances than Giroud anyday of the week with his feet. Walcott is waste out wide and needs to play centrally or not atall.

We can't expect to win anything which such inept shooting all round mind we need some serious practice, or a proper class striker even better. We must have the worst conversion rate in the league, we still barley tested the keeper for all the 2nd half dominance we had, he made one class save that was about it apart for the goals. It should have never been that nervy today.

14 Feb 2016 15:07:28
I think give well beck a chance upfront.

14 Feb 2016 15:07:48
Olly off the bench brilliant goal scorer, to Theo off the bench to Danny off the bench all are better goal scorers off the bench, we need a goal scorer who do it from the start simples.

14 Feb 2016 15:22:10
Walcott as a number nine has a 1 in 2 strike rate for us and england. Our finishing lately has been dire and it gets worse with pressure. When a cool head is needed, we struggle in this team to find one. I know he wasnt number 9 when he came on but in front of goal he struck with one effort. And again his strike rate is better than people realise and at the top level, it is key to success, wastefulness isnt. Giroud has a 1 in 7 strike rate, i'm sorry that is dire. I just hope for our sakes walcott gets more of a chance to prove, especially as giroud has now gone 6 game and zip.

14 Feb 2016 15:23:14
Ryan we have one of the worst conversion rates yes. If not the worst.

14 Feb 2016 14:30:31
Ed i'm not having it. I keep banging on about his stats and today proved with spades giroud s finishing stats are awful and under pressure are worse. Repeat 1 in two at no 9 and one in two today, getting it with his first. We will not win the league with dire finishing. Giroud is to static too. If giroud stays no9 its good night irene.

{Ed025's Note - i know your a big theo fan steve and i know his stats (even though i find it unbelievable) but i think giroud is a bit more of a team player than you give him credit for mate..should he score more?..deffo, but would theo cause the opposition as much strife as giroud?..its a no for me...but everyone to his own mate..

14 Feb 2016 14:31:51
Agreed ED.

14 Feb 2016 14:48:08
To be fair Ed,
Theo has 12 goals from 13 starts as a striker.
But, you are correct, he's also a good impact sub.

Theo and Olly are both good, in different ways, whether they will win us the league (as strikers) is questionable.

14 Feb 2016 15:30:21
Aguero gets 30 + before March is out in the Arseenal team.

14 Feb 2016 16:07:03
Dags we can't rely on impact too much too often.

14 Feb 2016 14:54:47
Theo starts up top for me. He scores.

Welbeck back too girouds in trouble.

14 Feb 2016
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