The Arsenal Thread XXII

4th place and not challenging for the title. Above par indeed foh

Meh... on the bright side less fixtures init.

Meh... on the bright side less fixtures init.

tbf there's no point getting angry now. At the weekend you probably would have been happy with 3rd/2nd and the FA cup seeing as you thought we had no chance, but now that we almost did it, youre thinking differently

I'm looking at probably back to back cups and continuous top4 qualification?

Like two games would have made much of a difference

So? It took one game to get Theo out for nearly a bloody year. One game for Debuchy to become non existent. It makes a difference.

Good post, thank you.

You're missing the point, the tie was lost in the first half. Better to see what we've just witnessed than an effortless and dross performance. I never expected anything out of the game so I'm not that disappointed. I showed my disgust after the first leg so no point raging now. There's no point repeating what seems to be like our anthem after every loss, it won't change things. Roll on with the FA cup and a top four finish is all I ask now.

Usually, not specifically today.

Freak accidents that rarely happen. What are the chances it happens again?

I agree with him, but, I have not really complained about the result personally, knew we did not deserve to go through based on the first leg.

I am more for defending our players and club. We get the most stick in the league and it is unjustified. We are the stress ball that people use when they feel inadequacies with their own clubs. Not a victim "mentality", more a sad reality.

I'm not God, I don't know.

just a question. Who here actually thinks wenger should/not be in charge next season and why? I admire him and what he's done for us but I think he's taken us as far as his ability and mentality can

Now that we are 1 point behind man city, 2nd is definitely the aim despite their being no difference between 2nd and 3rd. We haven't finished 2nd since 2005!

I'm really not. The first was lost because Giroud couldn't finish his dinner and our naivety once again. How many times have we been caught out because we've gone hell for leather in the dying moments of a game, only to get caught out on the break? Too many to count. Something is systemically wrong at the club with this weak arse mentality and stupidity when it comes to the big moments and needs to be addressed.

You seem to be confusing my passion with anger. I'm not angry, I'm disappointed. On top of that, the attitude of "well we played well, we nearly did it, I'm proud of the boys" Is entirely what is wrong with the club. Being Nearly FC won't win us nothing. I can't be happy with that performance even if it was a win because ultimately we are out, and at the hands of a team we really should have been beating. The same thing keeps on being repeated because it keeps on happening.

But not today. Some of the issues the team have are due to Wenger, and because I'm not blinded by what he did 10 years ago, I am able to acknowledge them, not my fault I'm in 2015 and not 2005.