The Arsenal Thread XXII

That and the fact that Mertesacker now has to start cos Gabriel's done his hammy. Going for a 3-1 to United.

but who seriously thinks wenger should keep his job? He's kept us stagnant for how many years. I wasn't even impressed with the FA Cup last year

This is the problem with many fans. Never impressed.

lol did you actually watch the same arsenal as I did?

The one who beat Everton, Tottenham and Liverpool to get to the final, then came back from 2-0 down to win?

I guess not.

so you're happy with a team that's constantly labelled as the 4th place team? with a manager who has outdated tactically awareness? mmmk

I am happy with a team that lifted the FA Cup last year, and can do it again this year, you miserable cabbage.

but who seriously thinks wenger should keep his job? He's kept us stagnant for how many years. I wasn't even impressed with the FA Cup last year

Yea me. I wouldnt even be that annoyed if Wenger slept with my mother tbh

Miserable cabbage you know

The idea that if we signed a striker last season but not Ozil instead we'd of "won the league" is false. Ozil played a great part in our form for the first half of the season.

It's not the idea that if you signed a striker rather than Ozil. It's the idea that if you signed Suarez rather than Ozil.

so the FA cup is enough for you year in year out? that's very ambitious on your part

Nah, Uniteds long ball tactics suit Merta perfectly tbh, would start him over Gabriel if the latter was fit simply because of that.

3-1 us if I'm feeling confident, let them have 70% possession then rip them a new one

I know, I pride myself on my low standards of one national cup per year.

Because you made a post about football.
I found that funny.

We were dominating the league last season for the most part. If we needed a striker, it would have to have been in the Jan transfer window. Who could we have signed? Berbatov? de Jong? No world class striker would leave their team in the middle of the season unless they were literally being shoved out by the club. It's all well and good saying 'we *might* have won if we signed a striker', but that's like me saying 'I *might* have got laid if I pulled a hot girl at my chess tournament'. Conjecture doesn't help anything. So what did Wenger do? The next best thing - he planned for the future. He had steadied out the club, hadn't sold anyone important, so he went in for a marquee signing. I firmly believe we might not have got Alexis if we didn't already have Ozil, because for the darling child of Madrid to come to Arsenal, it sent out a message that we meant business, and it laid foundations for the future.

This as well. I think Ozil is just so good at being the man in the shadows pulling the strings, that people just genuinely don't notice him on the pitch, so they claim he is rubbish.

lol each to their own I guess but the arsenal I know and remember actually won the MAIN national trophy and challenged for it year in year out