Arsenal Banter Archive September 24 2016

24 Sep 2016 21:58:53
Very good performance, very good result against a woeful Chelsea team.

Happy days, happy Dags.

24 Sep 2016 22:14:49
Chelsea were woeful last season too mate but still managed to beat us home and away so I'm totally dismissing Chelsea and concentrating 100% on the significance of us beating them.

The first 27 times Arsene took on Chelsea we totally dominated them and were consistently in the thick of the title race year after year, the last 27 its been Chelsea dominating us consistently in a period where we haven't managed to put in one single serous challenge.

I'm hoping today is the start of a whole new chapter for both Arsenal and Arsene.

24 Sep 2016 22:17:49
Dags, as I'm a honest fan I thought you boys were excellent today, but I also thought this was one of the worst Chelsea sides in many years. The only sides who look impressive so far is man city, Liverpool, spurs and Arsenal.

24 Sep 2016 22:34:30
The big problem we have going forward (future wise) is it is plainly obvious we would have been bogged down with slow moving football if giroud had started. Will walcot and sanchez keep him on the subs bench for the next 20 games, they have to do. The midfield area luckily enough we are strong, hopefully coq won't be missed (best tackler in the team) defence will be reliant on kos and mustaffi so no injuries there needed. Best team performance since citehs and utds demolition. It can't be a one off though, its got to be the way we play every game, no tippy tappy pass pass. Chelski couldn't have got much more wrong but at least we had the tools to punish them.

24 Sep 2016 23:56:07
Absolutely Gent's.

25 Sep 2016 08:25:25
Good point Steve, I thought that last night. I think this is a formation AW will stick with.

With Giroud playing the first and third goal would be highly unlikely.

25 Sep 2016 08:49:09
There will be games for Olly I'm sure he is a different option and offers that plan B we've all moaned about not having for years, yesterday we were superbly brilliant but there will be games we need to approach differently or need to change our approach in to get 3pts apposed to just the 1pt or even 0pts
I think Theo summed things up perfectly yesterday when he said " we've been here before onky for it all to come to nothing " " but the past is the past and we are working very hard to make it different this time"
I like that attitude a lot because it's true of both himself and the team but no body can rewind the clock and go back and do it again it's all about learning from mistakes and things we got wrong and putting them right to make the future better better than the past.

25 Sep 2016 11:34:36
A lot of positives and some great moments, Ozil dummying Kante, Bellerins covering tackle, how fast is that guy?

Kostafi looking a very good pairing, Walcott showing what he should be doing every week and Sanchez getting back to his best.

Lets see this teams game face every week.

Ozil giving his shirt to a young gunner.

25 Sep 2016 12:07:28
Gunner we will miss giroud defending our own set pieces and corners but as a striker he is so ineffective to a fluid attack. There will be the odd game he may be useful as a target but his future is off the bench. Our problems come when he again through unavailability, he becomes our main striker. People will push perez into the debate but we haven't seen enough of him yet to say he will step in.

25 Sep 2016 12:16:13
That is fantastic, thanks for putting that up Red.
What an absolutely brilliant way to end an absolutely brilliant day for everyone at at Arsenal and one young fan in particular, love it.

24 Sep 2016 19:44:34
A ghost laid to rest today, stunning start. As of this minute Chelsea look the worst of the big boys.

24 Sep 2016 20:42:02
A real surprise today from both chelski and us. A pleasant surprise. The next 8 fixture are all winnable, we have been there before but they are.

24 Sep 2016 21:56:51
They were woeful Bambam.

24 Sep 2016 22:09:32
I liked Theo's interview after the game where he said pretty much that we'd been there before and that basically one great performance wasn't enough.

This is the performance that has to be the bench mark, we made Chelsea look woeful and it was great to see.

A shame Coquelin is injured as he was excellent again but who could argue with Xhaka as a replacement.

Really liking Mustafi and Koscielny, their performances at the back will inspire the rest. Eight winnable games and then the spuds.

It's making for a great season and the team that finishes top will have earned it, performances like this every week, not every now and then, will certainly see us challenge.

Feet on the ground, game at a time. We are as usual nobodies favourites.

25 Sep 2016 10:38:27
So 9 winnable games then?

24 Sep 2016 17:34:53
Its the raver coming through in his Subaru to tell you the spurs invincibles win again. We ate the biggest threat to man city and everyone knows it. I'm off out in the Subaru to get absolutely smashed.

24 Sep 2016 18:27:31
You ate he biggest threat to Man City? You had another dodgy lasagne!
One day you might learn ( to stop eating dodgy food and to stop boasting at the start of the season winners boast at the end of the season )

24 Sep 2016 19:27:52
Raver you narrowly beat a scrappy middlesborough. Hardly see why that's anything to be writing home about?

24 Sep 2016 19:41:35
Championship side boro.

24 Sep 2016 20:05:44
I agree spurs are the biggest threat to city for 4th place lol. Wenger will take it in his last year.

24 Sep 2016 21:26:51
That's the only time he can boast.

24 Sep 2016 21:27:43
If he was an arsenal fan he would boast we are top before the season had started.

24 Sep 2016 21:31:49
Sanago you beat the worst Chelsea side in years who will struggle for top 6. I see the Arsenal players are getting carried away again with their selfies boasting after the match, they done the same last season and won nothing lol.

24 Sep 2016 23:52:47
Raver you must havea big issue. i recommend some good doctor. i mean very good one. good luck to you.