The Arsenal Thread XXI

Just read that Pointless got more viewers than the England game on the weekend looooooooool

Lmao. That's a new low, although pointless is a good general knowledge show though!

Love the way the media just rides all over Man Utd injury list. We've had an injury list just as long maybe even longer for about 6 years and no one says nothing. Watch that become an excuse if the match doesn't go their way. They've got enough competent players to deal with us regardless.

Lmao. That's a new low, although pointless is a good general knowledge show though!

Love the way the media just rides all over Man Utd injury list. We've had an injury list just as long maybe even longer for about 6 years and no one says nothing. Watch that become an excuse if the match doesn't go their way. They've got enough competent players to deal with us regardless.

Arsenals injuries are pretty much always mentioned lmao. You come out with so much ****

Tbh it didn't surprise me, I used to watch every game England played but now they just play boring football.

Haha ikr tbh its just because of the media love in with lvg probably what the student mou has taught the teacher.

Right now I'm full Kevin Keegan on this **** "I would love it if we beat them"

Yes but not constantly by the media, and with us its always "Wenger should have bought a back up" with Man u its "poor old lvg he's had it so tough at united with his injury crisis" even though he spent £150mil on the wrong players and has shelled out at least £10mil on one players loan wages

Arsenals injuries are pretty much always mentioned lmao. You come out with so much ****

It would fully make my weekend if we were somehow able to beat them.
Anyway will you be watching Scot v Eng tonight? I know it's only a friendly but at least the rivalry is worth seeing.

It would make my month, at least half the ppl at my uni are typical united fans, none have been to a game. Probably will watch it tonight, derby game!

Are you ****ing kidding me?!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2838897/Arsenal-vs-Manchester-United-postponed-injuries-clubs-countries-need-start-working-together.html

Yes but not constantly by the media, and with us its always "Wenger should have bought a back up" with Man u its "poor old lvg he's had it so tough at united with his injury crisis" even though he spent £150mil on the wrong players and has shelled out at least £10mil on one players loan wages

Stopped reading when I saw it was an article by Adrian Durham.

The guy talks so much **** it's a miracle he's still in paid employment. Even The Metro is too good for his nonsense.

It would fully make my weekend if we were somehow able to beat them.
Anyway will you be watching Scot v Eng tonight? I know it's only a friendly but at least the rivalry is worth seeing.



Exactly.



It's because of people like you that certain users don't come on this thread any more. You never say anything nice, instead you just epitomise arrogance.

Seconded. The Daily Mail sports column is the equivalent of a few mentally impaired, hideously biased morons who have been allowed to have a dangerously large audience.

Usually go to the Guardian or The Mirror for Arsenal stuff. The Mirror only because John Cross is so obviously on the Arsenal payroll.

I can see a 0-0 draw or an Arsenal win.

0-0 because last season we played for a draw and so did United when they were there for the taking. I remember in stoppage time Carrick had the ball on the halfway line and instead of taking a chance and passing it forward, he hit it all the way back to his keeper. More alarming was how we had 11 men behind the ball, no pressing at all. The fear of the big teams still hasn't dissipated as far as I can see. After the loss against Swansea, I don't think playing against United is the ideal fixture to steady the ship and regain confidence. But this is at my most pessimistic.

I can't see us losing, we don't lose at home and didn't to any of the big teams last season. We more than held our own against City and should have won if there wasn't such a naive lapse of concentration. It's cliche, but it's either extreme fear or extreme naivety that seems to cost us in these games. Either we sit back and defend very poorly, or fly forward with no regards to defence.

Van Gaal will be a bit more attack minded than Moyes was. I'm pretty sure Moyes told our sorry excuse for a midfield last season that it was forbidden to play a forward pass, that 0-0 last season was dire.

Reports today are indicating that De Gea, Carrick, Jones & Falcao will all be in the squad. If that's true then I can't see us losing, we have a fantastic record against Arsenal. Score draw is the most likely outcome I think, and i'd take that.

So people don't come on this thread because they don't like being called out on the *******s they come out with like you? Good to know

unsurprising the fans share the same defeatist mentality as the club

I can't see a score draw unfortunately. I think the team that gets ahead will stay ahead. I know we'll be naive in attack if we go behind and leave space open to the counter. I know if we go ahead we'll likely shut up shop just to get a bit of confidence back. I hope both teams go at it a bit instead of the sorry affair we got last year. Wenger is a poor manager tactically, but I think he knows we need a result to stem the flow. I hope, pray he'll give our defensive duties some thought. I would have gone to this game too if it wasn't for pressing Uni duties

Is either teams defence good enough to do that though? I don't think they are.

Van Gaal will be a bit more attack minded than Moyes was. I'm pretty sure Moyes told our sorry excuse for a midfield last season that it was forbidden to play a forward pass, that 0-0 last season was dire.

Reports today are indicating that De Gea, Carrick, Jones & Falcao will all be in the squad. If that's true then I can't see us losing, we have a fantastic record against Arsenal. Score draw is the most likely outcome I think, and i'd take that.