Arsenal Banter Archive October 15 2017

15 Oct 2017 14:20:20
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Former Liverpool Managers Part 2 - The First Titles

15 Oct 2017 17:31:00
Look forward to getting to Shanks Ed001, top top manager and fantastic character I never tire of reading about.

{Ed001's Note - that one will end up being a full book!}

15 Oct 2017 18:07:06
Put me down for a copy mate, absolutely love the brilliant stories about him, like getting Ron Yates a job as a lifeguard on Southport beach for the summer only to be informed later that Ron couldn't actually swim.
Shanks response " swim, why would he need to swim, have you seen the size of the man? He can wade out for a mile and a half "
Brilliant :-)

{Ed001's Note - he used to go out playing footie with the local kids all evening. Nessie would just have to put his tea in the oven to keep it warm.

She was footie obsessed too, her and my Auntie May used to go to the games together when they were both alive bless em. Nessie was great too, but you would have to be special to put up with a man like him!}

15 Oct 2017 18:54:55
It's illegal to be a man like him now lol. You wonder where the next shanks are? It's not possible anymore. Great man and if there was a stencil where can I buy one.

{Ed001's Note - stencil?}

15 Oct 2017 19:17:39
Ha yes ed. a blueprint . My father is a huge Liverpool fan and both shankly and my grandfather died almost a year to the day before I was born. My dad jests who he would have preferred me to meet.

{Ed001's Note - ahhh got you, sorry. I wasn't thinking clearly then, should have realised what you meant.}

15 Oct 2017 19:46:11
I didn't understand it clearly the first time either Ed :-) thanks for clearing it up Sanogo mate, your 100% right Shanks wouldn't be allowed to flourish in today's game mate.
Like when he used to call Emlyn Hughes up each Sunday to say how delighted he was with him and the progress he was making.
Emlyn said " I was both extremely flatter and confused by Shanks calls each Sunday morning, as I was a Blackpool player at the time :-)
They'd call it tapping up now I guess, which I suppose it was in Shanks own fantastic way :-)

{Ed001's Note - bloody hell, so that's where Klopp got it from this summer!}

15 Oct 2017 19:51:23
He always goes on about how shankly paved the way for English (British ) football in Europe and how that was passed on to paisley. That's when a manager was a real manager. Nowadays there's so many other variables that make it hard to judge how good a manager is! But then you had players and math and that was it. Ferguson was probably the last great of this method and still dominated into the new era . Lovely read ed.

15 Oct 2017 19:56:58
I do like klopp. Have always said Arsenal missed a trick there.

15 Oct 2017 21:20:06
I like Klopp too mate, no one can doubt his passion and enthusiasm for the game or that he doesn't have a real desire to make Liverpool great again, I don't think champions league participation would ever be enough for him I think he came to England to win the premier league at least.
Whether he can achieve that is another matter but he won't be happy to simply make up the numbers.

Shankley talking to an injured player on the treatment table

Shanks " what's the matter with you? "
Player " I've hurt my knee boss "
Shanks " I beg your pardon '
Player repeats " I've hurt my knee "
Shanks " who's knee, you've hurt who's knee?, I think you'll find that's Liverpool football clubs knee your talking about "
Top class :-) apparently the Liverpool players used to try and hide their injuries from him because they didn't want Shanks to be annoyed with them for not being 100% for Liverpool each and every game.

15 Oct 2017 10:22:23
Troy Deaneys assesment of Arsenal after the game is spot on as was his very same assessment on motd 2 a couple of seasons back.
If players look forward to playing against you because they know your weaknesses then how long before we accept and address those weaknesses ourselfs.
Surely it's time to listen to what others say about why they get excited rather than nervous playing Arsenal these days.

15 Oct 2017 12:24:43
Stubbornness G62 and maybe even out right arrogance.

15 Oct 2017 04:16:22
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Premier League Match Previews Sunday 15th October 2017

14 Oct 2017 22:41:06
I know people are disappointed but in reality we are not much different to any other season so it's unrealistic to expect things to turn out much differently.
We will undoubtedly have some really good days during the season and some really poor ones too but there is little point in getting too upset about things turning out as we all expected they would.
Change will happen eventually and until it does enjoy the good days and accept the bad ones is the only way.

15 Oct 2017 06:57:29
It's not that we loose a game mate, everyone looses games. It's the manner of defeat we are fed up with. Players walking the ball around, watchimg the ball roll past them and looking at opposition players standing in a massive great hole and not bothering to defend the ball coming thru. They are far to comfortable no one is to blame. It's all a matter of oh dear never mind better luck next time.
This is Wenger team he has spent a lot, for once and it's mainly very poor? What's the point of marking, say, 500 passes and 69%possiesion and loose! Effective passes and some pressure on the opposition would help.
All you have to do is sit back 2 banks of 4 let us pass across back side to side and hit us on the break! Everyone knows it and he won't change it.

15 Oct 2017 09:40:22
Unfortunately mate it's all pretty standard Arsenal that we've come to know and reluctantly accept, losing at Liverpool and Stoke was no great surprise to anyone although getting a point at Chelsea was fantastic it's been leveled out now by a poor defeat at Watford.
Everything at Arsenal is very usual even if we find it unacceptable it's still par for the course stuff that we have come to know from the team for a decade and more.
We are no worse than usual the difference is Utd are back and Spurs have kicked on to their highest level for decades making even the 4th place and above spurs security blanket look a little thread bare and possibly no longer serviceable.
Arsene has 2 more seasons and will absolutely not be sacked and equally will not quit so in my opinion the best course of action is simple acceptance of the situation because no matter what any of think, it is what it is and change is a minimum of 2 years away.