Arsenal Banter Archive October 20 2016

20 Oct 2016 22:28:35
So Granit serves 3 march ban for "violent conduct" while the referee get dropped to division 1 for being crap

Not sure it was violent conduct

Not sure where this "new rule" is

Not sure we will see consistency

Not sure it was actually a red card by the rules but I wish tackles like that plus tugging shirts with no intention to play the ball is a red as it will suit footballing teams.

20 Oct 2016 22:49:09
Take your rose tinted glasses off mate, lol.

Definitely a foul, made no attempt to get the ball.

Violent? I guess if you bring a player down, whilst not making a genuine attempt to get the ball, it could be classed as violent.

Harsh? Possibly, but the player's know the rules.

20 Oct 2016 22:55:56
DG - see my last sentence : I wish tackles like that plus tugging shirts with no intention to play the ball is a red as it will suit footballing teams.

20 Oct 2016 23:03:20
Tackle was not violent it's just politics being forced into football.

21 Oct 2016 01:09:43
Gents gents move on it was a 100% red card.

21 Oct 2016 01:43:06
You did indeed SY4.

My apologies :-)

22 Oct 2016 13:44:41
He prevented a 4 on 2 situation. He hoped he'd get away with a yellow but, either way, he had to do it and I'm very glad he did.

20 Oct 2016 15:40:33
That Ozil fella is nicking a living.

20 Oct 2016 16:22:47
Give the coq a raise, that's what I say.

20 Oct 2016 17:26:32
Hey Hey Steve You Dirty boy ;-)

20 Oct 2016 18:07:15
Xhak, he never pulls out, always goes in hard, perfoms every week and is solid every time. Biggest performer in the team for me bar none. Deserves more recocnition for his work than anyone. Just unfortunate he's got a silly name.

20 Oct 2016 23:05:34
I was one shouting for him to be replaced with xhaka but I'm happy to be proved wrong he's actually been a revelation since the Mam city game 2 seasons ago.

21 Oct 2016 06:16:17
Really like Coq - awesome.

20 Oct 2016 23:07:29
Damn you Steve as I was reading that I was hoping you didn't realise what you were at then I got to the end Damn you steve😂😂.

20 Oct 2016 08:37:05
Great win last night in a type of game where we have struggled in the past, we are on a roll at the moment and although fixtures have been kind to us who have City beat so far this season?
Beating Chelsea was massive for us so I see no reason to be anything but optimistic about the upcoming trio of fixtures in November v Spurs PSG and Utd, although we love the head to head games its worth remembering we beat Leicester home and away last season but finished way behind their points total while both Chelsea and Swansea did the double over us but finished way below us.
The big head to head games are exciting and very important but over a season its the bread and butter gamex that really decide the difference between real champions and 4th place prenteners and then of course the Spursday night football teams.
If we beat Middlesbrough Saturday its 3pts if we beat Man City its still 3pts, come the end of the season its not who you get your points against that matters but how many of them you get and 80+ points for us for the first time in years would be brilliant and pretty much ensure we were real contenders again.

20 Oct 2016 09:34:36
one game at a time, i think our defense has been lapse recently, even against ludogorets we had big spaces between defenders. yes we were up 3-4 goals but priority should have been shut down the attack for them and let's play safe. we went full mode and while we did not get punished we would have against a better side.

lets hope wenger will see that and prepare them better for the bigger games.

20 Oct 2016 09:46:45
Have to agree with that laker, they had opportunities whilst we were only 1-0 to get back in the game.

The thing I like though is bar the Liverpool game, when we or more an individual has had a lapse, like last night, someone has covered it, in this case Ospina.

The team is the sum of all its parts and we are playing more like a team now and that's a big difference.

I'm really liking Coquelin and think he should be one of if not the 1st name on the team sheet.

Cech, Koscielny, Coquelin, Ozil and Sanchez is making a very solid spine. If I'm being picky I'd like to see our left side working as well as our right and think that's down to either Iwobi or the Ox to work that little bit harder in defence but that's being really picky.

But we're Arsenal so it is 100% one game at a time, this is truly where Wenger needs to earn his corn, keep them grounded, keep them working hard. Mustafi said some good things after the game which were good to hear.

And yes 62 as long as we get the required points it matters not who we took them from.

20 Oct 2016 10:40:47
I totally agree Red Le Coq is our number one DM and is as valuable to the team as anyone.
My main concern is Aaron and what Arsene does with him, he is an excellent player but to show how good he is he needs to be playing in the same role as Mesut or Caz and those two are undropables right now.
Theo can't and shouldn't be dropped on current form so where does Ramsey play? I've a horrible feeling it's going to be wide left in place of Iwobi or with Theo switching to the left and Aaron wide right, either way it's not good for the team.
Aaron is to good to be warming the bench and just covering injuries continually but it's difficult to see where he fits into our best 11 when all are available.

20 Oct 2016 13:21:58
Ever since xhaka came le coq has gone up a notch. Shows he puts his head down and arse up in my opinion! He was left for dead a few years back and never gives up and keeps working hard and that's his greatest quality! Also liked Perez out wide. Good strength in depth throughout the squad now.

20 Oct 2016 16:02:08
Ramsey is a worry in that respect 62 but he hasn't shoe horned Giroud in so maybe the same will apply to Ramsey. Equally whilst playing well he hasn't been at his best so on merit he doesn't currently slot in anywhere for me.

They were icing Cazorla's foot after he came off, he caught it when playing that final ball for Ozil's goal so that would be an opportunity but then like you say Xhaka and Elneny will have a say in that.

SLB loving the shirt. 😀.

20 Oct 2016 16:22:46
I love Jackie boy to bits! In a dream world he comes back and never gets injured and plays to the best of his ability game in game out! Let's no forget that not many players get goal of the season two seasons running.

20 Oct 2016 16:25:50
Only other player to win it two seasons in a row was john Aldridge.

20 Oct 2016 07:32:07
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