Arsenal Banter Archive April 04 2015

04 Apr 2015 22:33:12
I don't think Ospina gets enough credit.

Much better than Sczezny.

More composed and much more reliable.

He tends to stay on his line more, which is good because Sczezny flaps about too much and comes for crosses he shouldn't.

Le Coq gets a lot of credit, rightly so, but Ospina has made a massive difference since playing between the sticks.

05 Apr 2015 07:34:17
Very true Dags. I think he has been fantastic. I think I remember yesterday the commentators saying something like he has kept 10 clean sheets so far if I am not mistaken

05 Apr 2015 08:35:23
Your right dags. I'd love him to battle it out with cech next season. Scz could do a bentner if not carefully he loves himself. He's lost his Poland starting place too

05 Apr 2015 08:36:41
Totally agree dags. Not only does he seem to inspire confidence in his defence but also as a spectator I feel a lot more reassured when he's in goal.

His ability to collect crosses under pressure is phenomenal, unlike shezza who just punches everything.

If the rumours are true and we are in for a new no1 I'd be pretty upset for the lad. He's still young and has had a great first season.

05 Apr 2015 08:55:58
Not sure
Dags
looks a bit short and fat and out of breathe every time I see him

04 Apr 2015 21:32:21
Hi lads great win today. Not going to join in the banter, I've got a bit of a family crisis i'm dealing with and can't be doing with the plonkers, all you are not plonkers and you know who you are, in the words of arni, ill be back. When its sorted. I might get wound up and say something i regret else. Next time i speak we may be top.

{Ed025's Note - good luck to you steve..

04 Apr 2015 22:02:31
Good luck Steve mate hope things pick up soon, also Welsh Gooner hope your OK mate haven't heard from you for a while and I remember you said you'd had a bad start to this year, hope things have picked up for you too mate

04 Apr 2015 22:12:43
Hope all goes well

So next May we will hear from you :)

04 Apr 2015 22:20:08
Hope everything is OK mate.

04 Apr 2015 23:41:09
Good luck steve, wishes frm me

05 Apr 2015 08:38:02
All the best steve you will be missed on here until you're return Like having the ying without the yang.

05 Apr 2015 08:45:33
Best of luck Steve.
I have just lost my Dad, To cancer.
So I haven't been on here for a while as I didn't want to upset some people.
So have my best wishes and support, And we will carry on our Wenger debate another day.
Respect
Welshgoner

05 Apr 2015 12:25:35
WelshG - sorry for your loss. Thoughts with you and the family

{Ed018's Note - best of luck Steve, and sorry for your loss Welshgooner}

05 Apr 2015 13:46:54
sorry to hear that Welsh mate, and Steve I hope all goes well buddy.

04 Apr 2015 19:48:52
Sweet revenge! COYG!
Gunner for life!

04 Apr 2015 19:16:41
Been thinking... what's really good about today's approach is it might stop those mediocre pundits spouting their rubbish about how Arsenal just can't win on a Saturday lunchtime. Good to see that myth put to bed

04 Apr 2015 18:16:41
What a goal from charlie Adam, he's beat tc from his OWN HALF.

04 Apr 2015 18:45:37
Loved that and his forearm smash on Fabregas!

04 Apr 2015 19:57:23
U would stoner.

04 Apr 2015 20:58:13
Yes he would...

05 Apr 2015 01:00:45
Ok saint,
come on fella have a crack, u are itching for it I can tell lol.

To many pilsner on a day off school :)

{Ed007's Note - A wee bit of nostalgia might be due after today, CTR, remember this tune?

04 Apr 2015 17:52:13
Mesut Ozil - has a touch like a midwife.

Wish someone would kick Ramseys ar5e and tell him to stop using al those playground tricks. So many times he not only gets them wrong but picks the wrong pass with them anyway - gave the ball away so many times today when he was under no pressure.

Well done all for the thrashing of the red scousers though

04 Apr 2015 19:05:00
is a touch like a midwife an insult or compliment? i would imagine a midwife to have soft touch

04 Apr 2015 20:51:17
Eden,
you'd probably need to be in my age group to get that quote (it was stolen from the late , great 'blaster' bates).

But basically a midwife needs a perfect touch rather than a soft touch.
In fact it's a very heavy compliment.

04 Apr 2015 21:24:15
I didn't want to spoil the mood as it is very positive today. I think Ox instead of Ramsey and you have the best first XI we have now. I've been watching Ramsey lately he just gives the balls away and ruins counters. And why can't he stay on his feet he's always tripping and falling down it's frustrating.

On the other hand the whole team played top class today very proud. Coquelin has had an immense game.

04 Apr 2015 22:51:02
ahh, that makes sence exile :)

04 Apr 2015 17:27:20
Someone has to say it - Ozil had a great game and glad he stepped up in a big game. He is crucial to keeping us ticking over, exploiting space and keeping shape. If everyone ran around like Sanchez, we would have no shape.

Many good performances and a great result.

Lastly, well done to Arsene for steering the ship through choppy waters, listening to criticism to make us stronger and prepared to drop non performers and also sub Ozil ( many on this site thought it would never happen). Good to see a solid back up plan if a centre half gets injured.

We can only be a few players away from winning the league any time soon

Exciting times!

Well played boys

04 Apr 2015 17:53:57
Well said SY4.

04 Apr 2015 16:07:04
Great result, played well. Shut up all the scousers up here :-).

Been thinking we could do with a new song something everyone can sing.

Thought on the lines of the chorus too

Cant stop me now - rod stewart

[Chorus:]
They can't stop us now
The world is waiting
It's our turn to stand out in the crowd
They can't stop us now
The tide is turning
ARSENAL going to make us proud

Anyone got any ideas?

04 Apr 2015 18:02:14
NIce one Blackpool Gooner

Not too sure about the lyrics.

let's see..... go to pub get bladdered walk down to highbury and sing a song with lots of differet words and all have to be pretty much in the right order.

Mmmm think it might not be quite my idea of a Saturday afternoon chant.

There'sonly one (any Arsenal payer here)

repeat above loads of times... just changethe emphasis on the words as you feel

04 Apr 2015 18:27:04
Or to the tune of sweet Caroline

Where it began I can't begin to tell you all that I know its growing strong
Was it Le Coq or the win at man city that suddenly made us look like we can't go wrong.
Fans hugging fans cheer louder with every goal
Sweet ARSENAL good times never felt so good, I've been inclined to believe they never would

04 Apr 2015 23:26:37
Nice tune.

How about this I thought of some time ago (to the "Thomas the Tank Engine" theme song):

"Score 2, score 4
Score 6 or 8
Arsenal Football Club the Great
Red and white or gold and blue
There a really useful crew
All with different roles to play
Round Highbury park or round the way
Mesut - he's the cheeky one
Olly - he's vain but lots of fun
Santi - delivers the pass on time
Alexis - thunders down the line
Ramsey - likes to score and share
Kos - leaves attackers scared"

(I figure the players names can be substituted as time goes on).

Thoughts?

{Ed007's Note - For the love of God -and for your own safety - don't try and start that song at a match or in a pub. In fact probably best just keeping the whole idea to yourself.}

04 Apr 2015 14:58:28
If you count two out on loan (Sanogo and Pod), Arsenal have 21 different scorers from all competitions this campaign. Giroud and Sanchez have 14 league goals each. There's barely an outfield squad player who has yet to score. If we can produce that many goals from that many different parts of our team, that's arguably a decent way to come from the days of relying all too often on one talisman like RVP. Most of these haters might realise they don't have a leg to stand on... Oh wait

04 Apr 2015 17:19:09
Prefered the days of bergkamp, Henry and pires who where all capable of getting 20+ a season with viera, pennant, Reyes, wiltord, etc all chipping in. But yeah I know what you mean

04 Apr 2015 14:23:24
We should be out of sight by now

So Wenger is big enough to sub Ozil who was playing well

04 Apr 2015 20:57:50
SY4- he was playing great but was bo!oxed

04 Apr 2015 13:41:31
Wow Bellerin amazing young player great goal. We are playing amazing I am thoroughly enjoying this.

04 Apr 2015 13:33:00
Love it love it love it.

04 Apr 2015 13:35:38
Can't quite hold my excitement.

04 Apr 2015 13:39:11
So do I dags so do I.

For months outside of work there was a giant bt poster of the game last season, hated driving past it, hopefully bellerin is on the next one.

04 Apr 2015 17:30:47
My Pilsner was well and truly in the air when Bellerin scored

04 Apr 2015 20:56:44
Saint - were you referring to your 'Pilsner' being in the air as in having a touch of the salmon?

04 Apr 2015 13:29:22
Get in Ozil, 2 great goals. We need to control this game now.

04 Apr 2015 13:41:41
Did you hear the commentator say about him practicing them while warming up, just before he took it.

04 Apr 2015 18:06:04
yes also had a thought - did he practice getting his legs kicked away on that very spot as well in order to get the free kick?