Arsenal Banter Archive March 05 2016

05 Mar 2016 23:10:41
Just watched the Kane goal again, Pers defending has to be some of the worst I have seen this season. i'm afraid he wouldn't get in a pub side with defending like that, it was so casual and laid back its as though he had no awareness of the danger. How did he get so many bloodt caps for Germany. It really is shocking, and the odd thing is no one gave him a rollocking. apart from me it seems.

06 Mar 2016 00:27:54
He should have just kicked it out.

Don't want to slag him off though because he's G62's favourite player :-)

06 Mar 2016 00:47:28
Hes cost us some points this season bbecoming a liability but bet he gets a new contract and payrise next season.

05 Mar 2016 20:40:13
All things considered, happy with a point.

On the grand scheme of things, not enough, but at least it has bucked our recent trend and proved we do have a little bit of fight in ourselves.

{Ed025's Note - in the grand scheme of things..putting a dent in spurs title aspirations was just as important as gaining a point.. :)

05 Mar 2016 21:31:40
Would have preferred the win Ed, that would have dented Spurs but also put us a little closer to Leicester mate.

At least we showed a bit of spirit after going down to 10 men, unlike some teams heh Ed?
(Love you really mate) .

{Ed025's Note - thanks for that dags.. :(

05 Mar 2016 22:28:39
Shouldn't kick a man when he's down.

Sorry Ed :-)

On the bright side, you have us soon.

That's got 8-8 written all over it, and both teams down to 9 men :-)

05 Mar 2016 18:25:06
Just think, even if we had beaten Swansea in midweek never mind the Manchester United result we would be hailing this as a great point. Season full of missed opportunities. Run in is not easy either.

05 Mar 2016 18:33:20
Yes fine margins. Or same old arsenal.

05 Mar 2016 17:37:03
You Lot fully deserved a point today at whl. I said all week that I would rather be playing a in form arsenal than an Arsenal who have taken a lot I abuse from their fans all week. At half time I would have been happy with a draw but full time I was disappointed with a draw. The chasing pack in city, Utd and west ham are closing in fast on the two out of form nld clubs.

05 Mar 2016 18:27:26
Raver i wouldn't say you were out of form, but what i would say is are you starting to tread water a little or just a blip. You had the chance to kill us off, make a statement andcyou didn't do either.

05 Mar 2016 18:42:04
In balance I thought it was a fair result! Even with ten men we could have took the win.

05 Mar 2016 20:25:04
Well played Raver.

Unlike Lloris :-)

05 Mar 2016 20:36:55
Harry Kane never disappoints you though dags lol.

{Ed025's Note - great strike that today raver..

05 Mar 2016 17:31:06
Funny old game - how much stick would Wenger get for throwing away a two one lead against ten men?

Thought Spurs lacked ambition and I feel if anyone was going to pinch it, it was ten man Arsenal.

At 2-1 down, I always thought we would get back in the game. Never thought that at 2-3 against Utd.

Feel we may have turned the corner but possibly too late.

05 Mar 2016 17:07:55
Remaining games then

W Brom h 3 points

Everton a 1 point

Watford h 3 points

W Ham a 0 points

Palace h 3 points

Sunderland a 1 point

Norwich h 3 points

M City a 1 point

Villa h 3 points

18 points then - not enough is it.

05 Mar 2016 17:14:56
For the fourth place trophy it would. don't see us challenging Leicester.

05 Mar 2016 17:16:53
You'll beat Sunderland Ban. But not sure if a point a city.

05 Mar 2016 17:24:22
3 points at Sunderland and we will raise our game against the Hammers.

05 Mar 2016 18:04:08
Sunderland fighting away - how many said 3 points at home to the Swans.

05 Mar 2016 18:11:18
We need 23 from the 27 available to equal the all time lowest winning points total, personally I rather not win than set a new record low winning margin.

05 Mar 2016 18:35:48
Gunner62 are u joking?

05 Mar 2016 19:37:00
Sadly I'm not joking mate which I admit is not a good thing.
I've dreamed for so long of being locked in a battle for the premier league title again to be there at the business end of the season fighting it out blow for blow and for me to be anticipating every result each week and sharing the excitement buzz and pride with fellow gonners on here along the way.
I have to say part of that dream wasn't watching a lack lusture Areenal showing very little passion kor pride playing catch-up to Leicester hoping other teams would beat them to help us limp across the line with the lowest point scoring champions of all time, personally that's not what I've waited and hoped for all these years.

05 Mar 2016 21:43:02
No one and I mean no one cares when it says 20, 18 or if we make it 14 how each one was won.

We are in a battle, we haven't just strolled or been given the league, we are making bloody hard work of it, may not make it but we are in a fight mate.

No one cares if you got battered for 90 minutes by Munich and scored two goals in extra time to put a tick against the champions league, no body cares.

They couldn't care if the won the title or a major trophy because you scored a goal of your left testicle in the dying seconds to win it.

Just that you won, that is was title number 14.

Can't believe you think it 62, ridiculous in my book fella.

05 Mar 2016 22:18:53
For me Red I see it this way, if the premier league was an Olympic race we have for many years been the team that usually finishes up just outside the medial positions but gets the very occasional bronze.
Its not our fault if the usaul gold and silver bronzed placed teams get injured or whatever that's not our problem but if were to take gold and be considered worthy champions we need to contact win the race in decent time, not necessarily set a new world record but the slowest time ever isn't exactly the greatest achievement ever.
Leicester have from the very back of the pack and will finish this season on a personal best no matter what happens for a club like like them or West Ham the points total is not important as this is most probably their one and only shot but Arsenal are a very big club and much much more is expected of us to be covered in praise.

05 Mar 2016 16:48:05
Thought ospina, welbeck, sanchez and elneny did ok today. Ozil passed the ball now and then, ramsay goal apart was struggling to make an impact again. Gab did okish, although doesn't fill me full of confidence, mert is mert. The full backs didn't defend but did a bit more going forwards. But we did show a good bit of fight. So frustrated though.

05 Mar 2016 15:22:09
2-2 not the result either side wanted, but at least some more positives today. Sanchez coming back into form, Elneny looks assured and Ospina was solid when required. Bellerin was our man of the match was exposed defensively but coped well and assisted both goals. Coq was silly with challenge but let's not crucify him he will learn.

Wenger still clueless tactically it was obvious from the kick off where the space for Spurs was but he never made the required changes.

05 Mar 2016 15:26:14
Welbeck for me.

05 Mar 2016 15:40:23
Wellbs played well if only his finishing was more reliable he would be a top class striker.

05 Mar 2016 15:53:58
Not wanting to vilify a young player, yes he put two good passses in but hir position play Defensively is very bad and sometimes when he needs to run, under pressure he seems very tense and doesn't look like he's relaxed. For me needs a mentor to follow.

05 Mar 2016 15:06:57
Great battling performance by players on the field today, respect. But I sit in despair sometimes at the discipline, the way we panic, the decision making and the shape o f the team at times and that's the main problem of this set up. The quality is there the coaching isnt.

05 Mar 2016 15:14:08
Yeah silly individual errors of judgement often cost us dear and also poo tactical team shape from Wenger. It was clear from the start that our right hand side as exposed with Ramsey dropping inside all the time why does Wenger not see that. Bellerin done excellent considering this.

05 Mar 2016 15:27:39
Yep

Kanes goal was great BUT WTF was Per doing.

05 Mar 2016 14:43:01
Our keeper cost us today, yours saved you!

I did predict a 2-2 with a red card. Good point lads.

05 Mar 2016 14:50:46
Ns thought your boys choked today. After coqs gift you should have killed a depleated deflated arsenal. But we fought and you huffed and puffed.

05 Mar 2016 14:57:36
Don't agree Steve. Was always going to be a tough game. A points a point. Always knew you boys wouldn't rollover. As I've said your keeper got you a point ours cost us two.

Some of your fans need a reality check after some of the abuse on the live match site towards Wenger.

Should be ashamed after all he's done for your club.

05 Mar 2016 15:07:43
Hahahaha you're telling that to Steve.

05 Mar 2016 15:08:36
Northeast the anger spurs from the fact Leicester are top of the league at the minute, sitting very pretty with an extra game and a few points clear. We should be winning the league, but were not.

05 Mar 2016 15:11:15
The last half hour was the best we've been this year so far, commitment resilience and energy again.

05 Mar 2016 15:12:50
Wesley it is funny isn't it.

05 Mar 2016 15:33:28
Embarrassing.

05 Mar 2016 15:39:53
I agree it always has the possibility to go either way and I agree the fans need to lay off wenger or at least until the seasons over and we can still win the league.

05 Mar 2016 16:42:48
Sanogo no fans of any team in the whole of the world would lay off their manager if they aren't happy with him. It not nice but i'm afraid that is the way of the world mate. When you win you are a hero and get a statue when you don't you get stoned and hounded out. Well something like that.

05 Mar 2016 17:28:57
Wouldn't lay off. Predictive text.

05 Mar 2016 07:25:03
Kroos by all means. We must go all out for this guy. We can play him with Coq or with Ramsey.
A MUST BUY.

05 Mar 2016 00:00:51
This is how things could pan out, if you have an optimistic viewpoint.

10 games to go and it could be 'a game of 2 halves'.

The first 5 are very tricky.
Spurs (A)
West Bromwich (H)
Everton (A)
Watford (H)
West Ham (A) .

The above 5 are very tricky, but if we are genuine title contenders and don't bottle it, we could (should) win all 5, which will put us in a healthy position (depending on our rivals results) .

Should the above happen, we than have}

Palace (H)
Sunderland (A)
Norwich (h)
Man City (A)
Villa (h)

All winable, even City away as they might be out of it by than.

In simple terms, we win 4 of our next 5 games, which could see us go top, than we have a favourable run in.

But, this is Arsenal and we are in our worst form of the season.

Let's just see if our boys turn up tomorrow at WHL.

05 Mar 2016 05:54:37
First 5, at best: Draw, win, draw, win, draw.

Second 5, at best with players returning: Win, win, win, draw, win.

Bearing in mind Leicester are 6 points ahead of us, whether the above would be enough is doubtful.

Although Leicester have the following tricky matches:
Watford (a)
Sunderland (a) Scrapping for their lives
West Ham (h) No longer a soft touch and fighting for a European place

Their final 3 matches, with the pressure on, will be extremely difficult.
Man U (a)
Everton (h)
Chelsea (a)

The Toot also have some tricky matches and Dortmund home and away to squeeze in.

Man C have tricky matches and probably at least 3 CL matches.

We must rediscover our form and get the following players back: Cech, Kos, Santi, Jack and The Ox.