Comments on: Spurs v Arsenal: match preview

By: ZimGooner

ZimGooner — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:24:55 +0000

In Wenger we trust’til the end of time BUT Arsenla must adapt to the spending patterns in worldfootball or die as a club!!

By: kp007

kp007 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:51:59 +0000

@pires brilliant post. time to get this clown out of the club

By: Pires

Pires — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:26:08 +0000

The 5th February 2011 will go down as a noteworthy day in Arsenal’s history and in my life for all the wrong reasons. This is the day a seed of doubt was planted that has grown and finally come to fruition. The fruition is with regard to the managing of our football club. We drew 4-4 to Newcastle that day which was a result of the most shocking proportions. I hate to recount events again but to briefly summarise we were 0-4 up away from home at half time scoring the first 3 goals in the first 10 minutes. Then Diaby (please sell him AW) gets sent off and this is a catalyst for the most ridiculous comeback I have ever seen and statistically the best in Premier league history. This was a telling result in the following ways: 1. It proved Arsenal’s defence, particularly at centre back, was not good enough 2. It proved Arsenal were menatlly fragile despite all AW assertions to the contrary. 3. it proved we were not Premier league title material despite our standing in the table and the fact we had been top of the league. The result of that game were much more significant than most people realise. Arsenal players got it into their mental psyche that they could not win. They lost the confidence and self-belief required to win. They lost the killer instinct that winners have. Following this result we lost to Birmingham in the Carling cup and have had relegation form since then. IF you don’t agree you may be shocked to realise we have only won 3 of our last 16 games. Even more significant is that our side has become seriously weaker. Fabregas our best player by a mile left, Nasri followed at the end of a summer where we had bought a couple of kids but otherwise not invested in preparation for the imminent losses. What is even worse than the foregoing for me is that AW has been negligent with regard to the position of CB for years now. Nothing convinced me more than the Cahill debacle. Even the players brought in (arteta and co) seem to be more about appeasing fans hurting after an 8-2 thrashing at the hands of Manure than actually strengthening the team. I regret saying this but AW needs to go. He has outlived his usefulness at Arsenal Football club. There is no player bigger than the club and same with the manager. The behaviour of the board and owners is what concerns me the most. They have blind faith in a man who would have been fired at any club in Europe for the results Arsenal has produced of late. I get the impression that he does not feel any pressure at all. Todays loss to the scum at Spurs just added fuel to the fire.I genuinely say this with more pain than you can realise but Arsene Wenger needs to go, enough is enough.

By: kp007

kp007 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:49:30 +0000

Wenger again I’m afraid, poor team selection, wrong formation and not the faintest hint of any organisation. The only bright spot was Coquelin who was excellent. Arteta is nowhere near the player he was, Gibbs had a good game but positionally he is still lacking, Sagna was all over the place and couldn’t cope. Van Persie played like someone who knows he wont be around long and Szczesny although he played well cost us a draw with his gaff. The Lighthouse is so slow it’s beyond belief and Song has no discipline. I used to thing Wenger had turned is into also rans with his refusal to spend and his obsession with buying from the French League but it’s worse than that. We are actually a poor side. Anyone who still thinks we can finish in the top4 is certifiable, we have no hope and will struggle to finish in the top half. Wenger has a lot to answer for.

By: prime

prime — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:40:04 +0000

ramsey scored but still he is useless. why cant wenger put arteta to support RVP. not ramsey.

By: Gooner Get Ya

Gooner Get Ya — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:52:04 +0000

Another loss, another shocking defensive performance and another injured player. I can seriously see us finishing mid-table this season.

By: salom

salom — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:02:10 +0000

I remember the 08/09 season when we lost 5 games, conceded 37 goals & Wenger declared it a disaster, citing our poor defence as the reason we didn’t win the league.

Well here we are, three years later in the first weekend of October & we’ve lost 4 & conceded 16. Still, as that fabulous new crest tells us, “Forward

By: salom

salom — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:50:21 +0000

uumm sorry what was that you were saying about spurs? I think the power has well n truly shifted and we are mugs for believing otherwise

By: salom

salom — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:40:24 +0000

pathetic piece of….

By: Berth

Berth — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:56:10 +0000

Am really pissed with Ramsey now.