Arsenal Banter Archive August 27 2017

27 Aug 2017 21:27:22
That assensio is some talent.

27 Aug 2017 22:11:49
Haven't seen Gareth Bale do anything for Madrid, he's looked pretty poor the last few times I've watched him.

That lad looks class and PMSL when I saw we are apparently going to offer his £75 million buy out clause.

Yep of course we are.

27 Aug 2017 22:47:43
He doesn't have a 75m buyout clause.

27 Aug 2017 22:52:15
Cherry pie stoner 😻.

28 Aug 2017 01:01:10
Yeah because bale would sign for arsenal! No offence but he'd be mad to go to you atm. Anyway, he's a yid isn't he?

28 Aug 2017 01:13:51
We've got as much chance of getting him as we are getting Ronaldo.

28 Aug 2017 08:15:23
Totally disagree Steve in fact I saw Fat Ronald arriving at Heathrow yesterday 😉.

27 Aug 2017 21:15:01
Get the banners out!

Get the plane ready!

3 games in and Wenger has delivered us the same old bollox that he has delivered us for the last 7+ years.

Just resign and put us out of our misery.

27 Aug 2017 21:38:53
I think they are going to need plenty of fuel for them planes, we are in for a long bumpy ride Malaga. Probably the least excited I've ever been going into a season in my life. It's not exciting watching us any more and we are a laughing stock. Thanks Wenger for ruining our arsenal. Not looking forward to all the crap that is coming.

27 Aug 2017 22:22:52
A bumpy road that leads to a quicker change of manager is ok by me. The players were almost as shocking as the team selection today.

Some of the players have lost faith in Wenger, they must have, just like a proportion of the fans.

Get behind him for 2 years as the contract is signed? That's a no from me.

27 Aug 2017 22:41:14
Lads today is just routine stuff for us in recent years, we almost always lose at Stoke and we always get completely stuffed at Anfield, today is part and parcel of no change as will a win at home to Bournemouth be first game back.
Arsene didn't say he would change, he didn't say he would spend spend spend this summer he just said I will carry on for 2 more years and that's exactly what he's doing.
People who were happy to back him last May ( large majority of fans) should back him now because he hasn't changed and he never once said he would be doing so.
Two wins after the international break and people will be talking titles again :-)
It's 2 more years because that's what the majority wanted when push came to shove last May.
Oh and I'm pretty sure Stan and the board didn't send a memo to Arsene before the game saying drop Lacasette and Kol either:-)
It is what it is boys and it is what people wanted when last season ended and we are only 3 games into this season.

28 Aug 2017 00:31:17
Like I said a fee weeks back, the behind close doors meeting between Wenger and cronk and the decision made by them two to give Wenger a new contract for me puts both of them in the same bed and the decision between them was purely for them and not in the best interest of the club. They control what goes on in the club and they take the blame for the way they are bringing this great club down and they are bringing it down. They are both deluded and out of touch with the game as it is today.

28 Aug 2017 02:46:10
If wenger goes and those players continue to under perform, who are you going to blame then? because that is what will happen. You've got a poor crop of personalitis. Also with your style of football you need really good defenders which you haven't got. Wenger deserves some respect, disgraceful. The emergence of man city, spurs and liverpool is not Wenger's fault. He has done well to keep you near the top end of the table with the funds he has had since the new stadium.

27 Aug 2017 20:20:54
It's the raver coming through in his famous Subaru, R. G. I'm cruising in the Subaru in my Hugo boss shell suit and my hair permed like a good Liverpool boy on my way to Stringfellows. I thought our draw was a shambles today but your lot were chasing shadows all afternoon and are going backwards. R. G. for every pair of bobbies I have in my face later I'll be thinking of your glum face at home after another arsenal loss lol.

27 Aug 2017 21:07:17
Show's how desparate Spurs are when they celebrate a draw at home to Burnley.

27 Aug 2017 21:39:52
If they are desperate Dags, we are a lost cause.

28 Aug 2017 01:41:34
More than a loat cause just a joke of a club.

28 Aug 2017 09:57:12
Who wants bobbies in their face anyway? I'd rather have boobies, no?

27 Aug 2017 19:54:17
I think I'm done now with Wenger, but its not just him. Serious changes required at every level of the club. The most frustrating thing is not that we lose, and lose badly, but that there seems no evidence that anyone at the club has the slightest clue what to do. The season looks like its going to be a long and miserable one.

27 Aug 2017 21:07:05
usmanov in. only way lads.

27 Aug 2017 21:20:43
Maybe this is the way forward.

27 Aug 2017 21:32:36
Cronk won't let him anywhere near the club derby, it will be a while yet before we get a decent owner and a competent manager.

27 Aug 2017 19:37:13
I'm praying for Xhaka to be dropped now. Nowhere near good enough. Somehow we have three defensive midfielders and none of them good enough (except Coquelin when played alongside Cazorla) .

I sure hope Brozovic is seen as an upgrade on Xhaka. According to Wikipedia he is "usually deployed as a box-to-box midfielder, but is considered to be a versatile midflielder who can perform well anywhere in the midfield". So this trustworthy (sarcasm) source tells me he could just as well replace Ramsey who has in my opinion been far better than Xhaka. We'll have to wait and see. If we even get Brozovic.

Welbeck is another one. What real contribution does he bring to the team? He's a striker who scores 5 goals a season yet keeps on starting. I'd get rid of Walcott in a heartbeat too although at least he can get to double digits. I was glad the Ox turned down 180 k a week because he doesn't deserve even half of it. We seriously wanted to make our makeshift wingback who doesn't even have any real position in the team our biggest earner.

You know sometimes i just think we should pay up the contracts of approximately half of our team and have them released. Then fill their places with kids from the academy. At least they have potential to become good players. Potential is better than nothing. I'm just tired of seeing the same mediocre players play year after year. I'm perhaps a bit of an odd fan since i don't care if we win trophies or not. What i do care about is whether the players give their all and for a while it has seemed like some of the players are settling for far too little. The celebrations at Bournemouth, making top four, beating Spurs. It's not what they should be aiming for. The aim is to play as well as you can and see where it takes you.

27 Aug 2017 19:02:21
I can accept defeat ( hate it but can accept it ) . I can't accept not trying .

27 Aug 2017 18:49:19
Good evening all,

A solid performance from Liverpool today

We normally struggle against the lesser teams.

YNWA.

27 Aug 2017 19:18:09
I'm a Liverpool fan as well, but there's no need to come on here to gloat. Liverpool fans should stay classy in victory and gracious in defeat.

We were the better team today and highlighted the shortcomings in Arsene's team but there is no need to belittle them. Enjoy the win and move on mate.

27 Aug 2017 19:20:04
Mick, no need mate, I think they're suffering enough.
I guess the only consolation for Arsenal is that Spurs didn't win, so they might avoid Raver's customary drive by.

27 Aug 2017 19:23:20
What does that mean? You'll never walk again 😂.

27 Aug 2017 19:55:45
It stands for - you'll never win ( the league ) again


Pool beat us fair and square - embarrassed us and they will still finish just 4th and never win the EPL.

That's how bad we were.

27 Aug 2017 20:05:59
Mate imagine if we had failed to qualify for CL and we had lost 4-0. It would have been carnage on the Liverpool page. So let's not get too comfortable. Things can change quickly in football. We won well today but I'm sure Arsenal will be back (just not too quickly) . Seriously though I was saying to someone I can't remember seeing Arsenal playing so badly in a very long time. What's going on?

27 Aug 2017 20:18:04
Cheers Sib and Bobby, class Liverpool fans and very typical.
When we won the tile in the last game in 89 the dignity and respect from Liverpool fans was every bit as impressive as what our team had achieved on the pitch.
Great to see that's still going strong in 2017.

27 Aug 2017 20:40:57
Uncalled for Mick.

But, it's all banter mate 😁.

27 Aug 2017 18:23:07
Ed, I really need a good news now. Please give me some.

{Ed033's Note - Ok, Arsenal might finish the League at a higher position than West Ham.

27 Aug 2017 19:02:51
Cheers Ed, that's excellent news and should make everyone's bank holiday Monday a little brighter now :-)

{Ed033's Note - It's always nice to finish above another London club.

27 Aug 2017 18:20:20
Fortuantely I am away and missed watching the match. However, the moment I saw the team selected I knew we were in big trouble. The selction in th previous match against Stolke was terrible. Presumably Gabriel and Mustafi voiced their opinion and hence Wenger has sold one and will possibly sell the other. I was castigated by fellow fans on this site for repeating the same faults and solutions. Before 2004 Wengers selections and tactics made sense, since then I fail to understand him. We have reverted to playing a high defensive line with players out of position and odd selections. All that saved Wenger was continual CL qualification and 3 FA Cups. He needs to go and I would entice Rafa Benitez to leave Newcastle and bring some defensive sense to the team. I said before this match that if we played a back 3, it should be Mustafi, Merte and Kos, with Bellerin at RWB and Kolasinac at LWB, with Coquelin and Xhaka played as the DM pairing. We had to defend deep and protect the back three. Some fans might disagree with some of my selections, they may prefer Monreal to Kolasinac or Oxlade to Bellerin, but overall the vast mahjority would agree in principal to my selection. We have entered the season with only some deadwood moved on, others who have been around far too long have remained. We have allowed the contracts of 3 players in particular to run down, when at 2 years to run they should have been signed up or moved on and replaced. We have extended the deals of Cazorla and Mertesacker for no apparent reason. I can make little sense of anything Wenger is doing and the press comments he has made recently beggar belief, such as it is an ideal situation to have players in the last year of their deals. Its time for Wenger to go, before any more damage occurs.

27 Aug 2017 18:34:31
Have to agree with you there RG.

27 Aug 2017 18:06:09
Eds, do you think we will sign 15 players before the window shuts?!

27 Aug 2017 18:15:44
Is that the 2025 window Barn :-)
Bit optimistic if it is :-)

27 Aug 2017 18:20:55
Hahahahah hope so.

{Ed033's Note - A better strategy would be to have 15 players on the pitch, with at least 4 players in goal.

27 Aug 2017 18:26:27
Just a new manager please. We have some excellent players, if selected and played in their correct positions and issued with some game plan.

27 Aug 2017 18:37:31
Ed 033 even tho we will still concede goals right left and center.

{Ed033's Note - Roll on Arsenal winning the Europa League.

27 Aug 2017 20:00:15
Do we need a new team bus? If so I think we all know where to park it.

27 Aug 2017 18:01:26
OMG . so in the first half we looked like a team of players who all want out? Now I'm a strong believer in you want out man up forfeit your loyalty bouns hand in a transfer request (ox and sanchez) but if you was a neutral you would think it was at least 7 of the 11 who want out. we was very poor today. #emotions high.

27 Aug 2017 17:53:29
Need to Salute this man and the direction he is taking this club into, totally fed up, we can't beat any of the top any more.

27 Aug 2017 18:04:08
It's a new era.

27 Aug 2017 19:27:54
Liverpool haven't been the top since Wenger arrived. Now worry.

27 Aug 2017 17:36:02
I've been an Arsenal fan for over 50 years and whilst I admire and appreciate everything Wenger has done, enough is enough. Stoke and Liverpool today is the final straw. Wenger is well passed his sell by date.

27 Aug 2017 17:55:54
Some of us new that a few seasons ago. Now it's getting embarrassing on a new level.

27 Aug 2017 18:15:18
Steve r we are on the same wavelength.

I'm not one for a knee jerk reaction. I've seen the writting on the wall for a while now. We are all over the place. I'm sick of his rectoric. I for one am ready to risk a change. Are you you?

27 Aug 2017 18:36:39
Lincs do you think it would really have been or would be a risk.

27 Aug 2017 17:17:06
But seriously Wenger needs to go. The team is disjointed and lacks a leader they aren't motivated anyomre that's why none of them wants to sign a new contract. If the board don't sack Wenger after this game then i'm sorry it's downhill from here on.

27 Aug 2017 17:38:57
It's nice to see all the things they did in the summer to make sure we challenge again and move forward are working.

27 Aug 2017 17:41:31
What would be the point in sacking Arsene now? Not that it's going happen anyway but if it did it's to late for anyone else to change this season now.
Keep calm and think Europa league, it's the only way.
Defeat at Stoke embarrassed at Liverpool, it's hardly new is it.
The team will rally and we will finish 5th or extremely close to it.

27 Aug 2017 17:57:32
Gunner don't put any money on anything you have just said. You won't get rich. Lol.

27 Aug 2017 18:13:58
Top 7 for sure Steve and most likely 5th rather than 7th.
Absolutely nothing new or different about this season so far that gives me reason to think differently mate.
Beat liecester at home lose to Stoke away and get thrashed by Liverpool at Anfield, absolutely no reason to think we will have any better or worse season than usual mate.
All pretty standard and very predictable stuff so far I'd say.

27 Aug 2017 17:04:47
No laca and a rwb at lwb again.
Wengers arrogance is comical at times. Maybe you can understand the occasion demands laca to come of the bench but play a rwb at lwb when you have a kola on the bench seems laughable to me.

27 Aug 2017 16:47:24
This is it, love arsenal but totally fed up with the direction we're going, he has got to go it's an embarrassment, what is lacazette thinking on the bench or Sanchez on the pitch? Embarassing.

27 Aug 2017 17:00:57
Beefey boy ., it's called hard times mate it's here and we're not used to it. Look at city, Chelsea, united, Liverpool and spurs all had plenty of years like this . United last 4 have been horrible. It's our turn now and even though we haven't hit the dizzy heights of united we have not had the seasons they have had! But that times here and I'm lost for ideas. Scary times ahead.

27 Aug 2017 16:13:18
Mustafi on bench, with monreal at center back, seems mustafi is off.

{Ed002's Note - He is playing for Oxlade-Chamberlain (who will join Liverpool at half time and play for them in the second half).}

27 Aug 2017 16:33:33
Hope he takes the rest with him too Ed, then we might have a chance in the second half:-)

27 Aug 2017 16:36:19
Haha Ed that genuinely made me laugh, although with the stupid ways clubs are now unveiling signings it probably won't be long before that actually happens!

27 Aug 2017 15:43:14
Lacazette dropped.

Brilliant. I give up.

27 Aug 2017 16:52:49
Why? What's the reason for that. Same set up as last season.

27 Aug 2017 14:06:45
Today's game is huge for our season. Win and we will keep our top six hopes alive, lose and the season could be a long long struggle.

27 Aug 2017 14:36:00
I think too 7 will be available for many months yet Steve mate regardless of today's result.
I'd expect a break away pack of 3 to 5 teams to be established by mid October and we'd be doing extremely well if we're in that pack then.

27 Aug 2017 07:59:42
If Mustafi departs I would like to see us sign Van Dijk and Smalling, to add much needed height and physicality to the back three. Koscielny alongside these two would look formidable and we can use Holding, Chambers and Mertssacker as cover. With Ox likely to go we need cover at RB, unless Chambers can step up and cover for Bellerin. When he came to the club he was playing at RB and looked useful, he then declined, but as he matures, possibly he could revert to playing in this position.

27 Aug 2017 10:04:46
Smalling?! Oh dear.

{Ed002's Note - I suspect you can hold your breath over Smalling.}

27 Aug 2017 10:44:08
May as well play holding as buy players we don't really want for the sake it, look at Perez? What good did buying him do anyone?

{Ed002's Note - A very good point.}

27 Aug 2017 10:58:46
Chris Apalling from United. Guaranga were doomed!

27 Aug 2017 13:26:04
Mustafi odds on now to join inter, makes sense as he speaks italian and has been awful for us imo, however if he's going wenger must have something up his sleeve yet its all quiet on the transfer ins front.

27 Aug 2017 14:07:58
Oliver Wenger has something up his sleeves for sure but it's only his arms.

27 Aug 2017 14:21:49
Olber sorry predictive text.

27 Aug 2017 15:40:31
steady on olber. don't you remember the start of last season where we conceded something like 7 goals in out first 15 games or something? mustafi kos partnership can be one of the best in the league. he's only been here a year, give him more time.