Arsenal Banter Archive December 30 2018

30 Dec 2018 21:50:33
I fail to believe we don't have a youth CB that isn't better than Lichtenstein! I would rather see someone getting some experience and playing time than that clown.

30 Dec 2018 22:34:43
There’s a young Centre Back called Zech Medley, he got some game time, I think in a Europa tie. He looked alright but I doubt ready for the Premier League.

Mavropanos is back in full training and he looked pretty good in the few games I saw him and to be honest my long departed nan is probably better than Lichtsteiner, bless her.

31 Dec 2018 11:58:18
Lichtsteiner is dreadful, and a dirty player at times as well.

31 Dec 2018 16:36:22
You also have Bukayo Saka.

Let’s just write off the season and start building our next - winterburn - Bould - Adams - Dixon combo!

I would happily accept the defensive errors in the back 3 if they were youths being built for the future

Saka Mavro and Sokratis as their leader.

30 Dec 2018 18:09:26
AKE is a good CB, what’s his availability?

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30 Dec 2018 18:48:39
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I like him. but is he a huge improvement.

30 Dec 2018 20:43:58
I thought he was excellent at Bournemouth while on loan from Chelsea and then excellent for Chelsea on his return but since his permanent move he's looked less excellent to me although I must confess I've not seen ever so much of him this season, didn't Bournemouth pay 20 odd million for him? What would they want to let him go? If it's 30 + millions it would be a risky one but having said all transfers are risky look at a Pogba Di Maria Falco 200 millions + and still no cigar.

31 Dec 2018 16:36:42
I like the Newcastle defender not going to try spell his name pol.

30 Dec 2018 17:00:20
Well I've just got back from scouse town.
ive watched the game again, this time on tv.
Maybe i'm clutching at straws,

First thing is 4 penities,2 given 2 not/
Liverpools 1st in mine biased opinion
was a very lucky one,
2nd NEVER a penalty.
We could have had two,1st would have been lucky. 2nd was a stonewaller.

The other silly thing is I think we played better the fist half.

The press are slaughtering Pea, but I watched him, he worked hard ran and ran, but never got the pass he wanted,
OZIL wants moving on, Get what we can and Release some wages for other signings,
Some on here are blaming Wenger, i'm sure 5 players yesterday were post Wenger, Maybe some respect needs to be shown to our greatest manager.
I was disappointed with the starting line up, But Dick sees our players day in day out, and I like to think he had a plan. Stan sees us as a business that makes him money and is not a fan or a backer (imo) . Nothing has really changed, we will shop at the lidl .
I respect Stan as a businessman, but hate him as an owner. Yesterday I looked out at the teams and saw Liverpool 2 £60 million plus players and our two freebies .
I wish Man City, all the best, As Liverpool, have some cheats. they dive.
Sean dyche wrote a good article at the weekend about diving, worth a read.

30 Dec 2018 17:33:59
Each to their own on who you want to win the league but going on your logic of diving Man City don't deserve to win the league either nor half the teams in the league for that matter. Salah went down easily against Newcastle, although there was contact and against you guys he was clipped twice before going down.

30 Dec 2018 18:54:46
Good point Alonso, was clipped twice but still stayed up two more steps then went down.
Mate please don't tell me he doesn't cheat. i think if we had VAR
yesterday it would have been a penalty each.

30 Dec 2018 19:10:28
Welshgooner, he has gone down with the softest of touches I can't argue against that but no more so than a lot of players in the premiership. I am not sure why the Newcastle game got such wide spread coverage and he became the poster boy for diving when I can name a number of other players that dive. Harry Kane fantastic player but also dives and did it today, let's see if it gets the same media attention as Salah.

30 Dec 2018 20:32:16
A few weeks back we were the talk of football because of our players diving in our box the opponents box half way line you name it people were accusing is of diving somewhere and everywhere.
Myself and SY both said it was embarrassing and our club was better than that, so we as a club aren't in a great position to criticise anyone right now for diving.
We got well beaten by Liverpool not by poor decisions.

30 Dec 2018 10:01:32
Hey Stoner, any time you want to pop back to our pages and poke fun at us, feel free. Since you visited you’ve had a ‘mare. I thought we were poor against the Scousers but blimey, there’s poor and there’s poor.

You should feel our hot breath shortly mate, we are currently obsessing about winning the ‘Arsenal trophy’ - getting into the top four. With a following wind we’ll be past you in January and then it’s Chelsea in the way before we can have the open top bus parade to celebrate qualification for the Champions League.

30 Dec 2018 11:17:22
AJH,

The fact you have spent so much to be so poor and still you still remain a constant source of amusement, that your page is like a plasterers radio after you beat two poor teams makes it all the more amusing. False dawn after false dawn.

It was you who said how fabulous, an Italian international, Darmian was going to be, not you that said Januzaj was going to be the next Ronaldo, Martial the next Henry, Bailey was a beast, Fred would be better than Fabinho, Di Maria a marque signing and so it goes on, all the way to the mighty Pogba and the static trampoline Lukaku.

Your club has been a constant joke since Fergie left and to make it worse you have City and Liverpool making it all the more funnier.

But you knock yourself out mate, come on and take the mick out of one of your actual rivals rather than the real big boys. 😂😂😂

Under Kroenke we will never be going anywhere but that’s the life of a supporter and sorry mate I’m still not bricking myself at your clubs hot but stale breath. 🙄

How far have you really fallen that here you are. 🤦‍♂️.

30 Dec 2018 12:14:14
AJH, we may be poor but wow, your team and club are an absolute disgrace. I know its banter but your club really is under achieving more than any team in the league and your player and managerial situations this last few year has been disastrous. You aren't even the best team in manchester and your noisey mates down the road at the moment are streets ahead of you. You really at the moment should be lying low. Lol.

30 Dec 2018 12:15:11
You're right mate, our fall has been spectacular. The last few years have been awful, apart from the FA Cup, the Europa League, and the League Cup, which made us the most successful club domestically. I realise for you that would be a golden period but for us it has been a come down.

Unlike you, we haven't given up, it's been a roller coaster and it's likely to continue to be, as you say that's the life of a supporter.

Chin up mate.

30 Dec 2018 15:40:59
Mancs performance against Liverpool was a lot worse than ours, the Match stats clearly prove that, it was embarrassing.

30 Dec 2018 16:36:06
Personally thought Arsenal gave us a better game and with two quality defenders and a winger you guys will be on your way. Manchester United, well they have massively under achieved, my only worry is they have a history of spending big and if they land Pochettino could return to former glory.

30 Dec 2018 18:18:23
If Liverpool beat citeh when they play, i can see them just winning the league. If citeh beat them, i can only see citeh winning the league. Its a massive game and its all perseption but citeh have been through their bad spell of injuries and form, Liverpool haven't yet and at some point they will start finding it tough. One manager in the world you wouldn't want to go head to head with is pep.

30 Dec 2018 18:25:44
Our hot stale breath is getting hotter and staler. Just saying, keep looking over your shoulder boys.

30 Dec 2018 18:38:59
AJH, the excitement must be building so much for you all, just to let you know, us paupers got 9 points out of the cream that you just beat in the last three games. But at least OGS has got you picking points up against the lesser teams now. Lol.

30 Dec 2018 20:59:31
AJH stop embarrassing yourself mate, you are supposedly Manchester United, biggest club in the world and you're on here telling us how your mighty club are breathing down our necks in 5th place, yes fella FIFTH.

Now pop over to the Liverpool and City pages and see how much they’re collectively bricking it too. 🤦‍♂️

Was actually great to see Pogba break out into a jog a couple of times too, who knew he could almost run. 🙄.

30 Dec 2018 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 30th December 2018