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Football Thread 2013/14 |OT4| Everybody Hates Wenger renewed for 17th season
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I find Arsenal Mania fantastic as an aggregate of news surrounding the club, as I imagine all the other fan sites there are. In terms of actual discussion, it's disappointing imo. Everything is split up into so many different sections (even players getting individual threads!) and that makes it difficult to enjoy.
When I've went looking for lols in RAWK or RedCafe, I've actually been surprised at lack of it.
He seems to be hitting in harder with less loop. Hated when he'd float balls in. Similar to Valencia.
Thats like playing in the brazilian leagueREAL Believe FC
Says it all really doesn't it.
Fucking cunt. Two assists in half an hour tho. Maybe we should keep the fuck around and bring him off the bench every game. He doesn't deserve to start over Welbeck.
Who, even aside the goals today (and his dumb mistake) was fucking great.
LOOOOOOOOOOL OMG I CAN'T BREATHE HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
No but I had some nice beef
The_Hitcher89
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That Welbeck chip was perfectly executed
Did anyone else think Johnson was particularly good today? Didn;t give away any silly fouls, got forward constantly, played it smart, I think all of his dribbles were successful, and he remained very calm when he was under pressure and managed to pass it out of the back.
I think everyone played pretty well today except for the the set piece defending, which was a joke
Did anyone else think Johnson was particularly good today? Didn;t give away any silly fouls, got forward constantly, played it smart, I think all of his dribbles were successful, and he remained very calm when he was under pressure and managed to pass it out of the back.
I think everyone played pretty well today except for the the set piece defending, which was a joke
To be fair the first assist was hardly much of one at all. Although, yeah, his movement off the ball gave RVP that extra bit of time to do his thing. The second pass through to Welbeck, no arguments there.
I really hope this is a joke post.
Yes. It's Mata doing the trick. Raul Albiol is his victim.
Broder Salsa
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Can't be arsed to change it every fucking week though.
If I only have not been a noob and put Mignolet and Coleman on...
Did they pull a sickie when scouting Gervinho?
Broder Salsa
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Mads Albæk scored 7 minutes into his debut today against Lille, well done. I'm sad Copenhagen missed out on him, the talent has been obvious for some time but we were too slow to get him.
Well FM is pretty addictive...
Mr.Marston
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In Wenger we (still) trust.
Wow, that's tough for AFC if true. I don't remember him ever getting hurt other than when he fell and fouled Luna but somehow caused Luna to get a yellow card. They really should try and buy The Assassin from us as was rumored earlier this summer -- they desperately need the coverage for Arteta.
Jesus, they just lost a football match to a team in the same league FFS. These things happen.
The only Juve you can hope to win against!
I dont think it's just about today to be fair to them.
Steverulez
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Dunno, I wanted to watch it. I've got it up on Firstrow though.
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True. I was a bit harsh.
Mr.Marston
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A reaction like that is born out of more than just one result.
Even if you were to look at today alone then losing 1-3 at home to a team that scraped relegation by the skin of their teeth last season is simply not good enough.
Broder Salsa
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I don't mind Wenger's blind spots, so much as I hate his total refusal to admit they exist and/or compensate for them. The transfer policy has been complete shit for at least the past five years or so, the concepts of rotation and squad depth are totally alien to him, and he is a fucking terrible defensive coach. Or he just buys shit defenders. Either way, we lose.
I wish Wenger would just admit that he was wrong for once, that his course of action isn't working, and would work to fix this shit rather than pretend they don't exist.
today's defeat... meh, in the grand scheme of things, it's practically meaningless. It's one less point than we earned last season from game 1. Once we're knocked out of every competition, lack of depth won't be an issue and we'll finish fourth. Again. Hope Ox isn't out for 3 months, but if he is, maybe it means Wenger will spend some money. It's frustrating but I'm not too concerned either way.
I wish Wenger would just admit that he was wrong for once, that his course of action isn't working, and would work to fix this shit rather than pretend they don't exist.
today's defeat... meh, in the grand scheme of things, it's practically meaningless. It's one less point than we earned last season from game 1. Once we're knocked out of every competition, lack of depth won't be an issue and we'll finish fourth. Again. Hope Ox isn't out for 3 months, but if he is, maybe it means Wenger will spend some money. It's frustrating but I'm not too concerned either way.
My views on how our new players gelled in today:
Celustka: quick, strong and had a WICKED shot well saved. Seriously, it was a perfect strike from 25 yards, just well saved. Got turned a few times by Taarabt and Berbatov but who doesn't?
Roberge: He wasn't tested defensively at all but he is a real ball-playing defender. He was bringing it forward whenever he could and was good with BOTH feet which is refreshing. Big surprise.
Giak: touch of class but really needs to get fit and beef up a bit. Couple of nice shots and crosses, on another day would have had an assist at least.
Cabral: this lad can play. Just controlled the midfield from start to finish, if we can get a playmaker next to him we will be laughing. Endless energy, clever passing and movement and looks a threat around the box considering he is pegged as a holding midfielder.
Altidore: strong and fast but with a good footballing brain. Excellent ability to bring a ball down and bring others in to play, good vision. Swiped at a few shots but is going to be a real threat when we get settled. Not at all hard to see why he destroyed the Dutch league.
As for our play style: we resorted to the long ball very few times and when it was, it was pretty much always O'Shea. Roberge, Colback and Celutska all happy to bring it out from goal kicks to find either Cabral or Larsson. Seriously we utterly dominated today, they had one attempt but we were just incredibly profligate. We will be fine this season.
Play style has shifted from being like a shit Stoke to more like Swansea under Rodgers. Good possession but lacking any real penetration. Hopefully we can fix that.
Celustka: quick, strong and had a WICKED shot well saved. Seriously, it was a perfect strike from 25 yards, just well saved. Got turned a few times by Taarabt and Berbatov but who doesn't?
Roberge: He wasn't tested defensively at all but he is a real ball-playing defender. He was bringing it forward whenever he could and was good with BOTH feet which is refreshing. Big surprise.
Giak: touch of class but really needs to get fit and beef up a bit. Couple of nice shots and crosses, on another day would have had an assist at least.
Cabral: this lad can play. Just controlled the midfield from start to finish, if we can get a playmaker next to him we will be laughing. Endless energy, clever passing and movement and looks a threat around the box considering he is pegged as a holding midfielder.
Altidore: strong and fast but with a good footballing brain. Excellent ability to bring a ball down and bring others in to play, good vision. Swiped at a few shots but is going to be a real threat when we get settled. Not at all hard to see why he destroyed the Dutch league.
As for our play style: we resorted to the long ball very few times and when it was, it was pretty much always O'Shea. Roberge, Colback and Celutska all happy to bring it out from goal kicks to find either Cabral or Larsson. Seriously we utterly dominated today, they had one attempt but we were just incredibly profligate. We will be fine this season.
Play style has shifted from being like a shit Stoke to more like Swansea under Rodgers. Good possession but lacking any real penetration. Hopefully we can fix that.
disrespectful you say, surely that result today was an insult to the fan paying a lot of money to watch that disgrace
our next signing, Will.i.an
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