The Arsenal Thread XXII

Arsenal fans starting to turn on each other



It's happening.

Every single time around march.

Every single time around march.

I absolutely love the FF around this time, the less football talk the more the bickering

The incoming meltdown by one of three teams

Hopefully not us. City meltdown would be cool but Slick has left these parts it seems.

But you're going to win the league!!

The win on the night shouldn't be looked at on its own. Over the two legs we simply weren't good enough.

Avoided this damn thread like the plague for most of the day. In all seriousness now can we please stop taking shots at each other. Predictably lost a tie that we had already shot ourselves in the foot for so leave it, just accept that everybody has different views on how this club should move forward. Damn.

So is anyone going to discuss anything particularly nice or shall we just carry on as if this is the misc thread part 3? Then we complain when other fans call us out.

The weather is looking up, does that count?

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Would go down as non constructive but it slides here. Better than being mean so yeh :/

Hopefully not us. City meltdown would be cool but Slick has left these parts it seems.

Actually I support Arsenal, I'm just sick of the fans who think we need to sack Wenger (and replace him with who?) and spend a load of money on superstar players (as if paying £30m+ for a reputation is a guarantee that a player will be great, see Di Maria, Falcao, also Ozil and Bale to an extent) after something doesn't go our way. If we had progressed in the CL, we'd just get beaten by a monster like Real or Bayern and then we'd have the same pissing and moaning over how Wenger (who was instrumental in persuading Ozil and Sanchez to sign) can't take us any farther and how we're £200m worth of players from the CL trophy (as if we can ever compete financially with clubs from hilariously unbalanced leagues like Germany and Spain).

My favourite Arsenal players aren't Ozil and Sanchez (I like them though), but players like Giroud, Cazorla, Monreal - not players with world-beating reputations, but players who didn't cost a bomb and didn't come in with a massive reputation, but who have worked hard and have visibly gotten better over their time here (undoubtedly in part due to Wenger's coaching) and who are now getting the credit they deserve. Take Monreal - he's not getting into the side on the back of his reputation and price tag, like Ozil and Sanchez (needs to be dropped to get some rest, even if he wouldn't like it) to a certain extent, but because he's worked hard, developed as a player, taken his chances and is now the best LB in the squad. When I see Cazorla tackle someone twice as big as him, I'm on cloud nine, because it's not something he would have done a couple of years ago. So when Arsenal lose and I see the usual BS about installing a managerial revolving door and filling the team with overpriced ready-made superstar players with egos to match, I get a little pissed off. Sure, I'm happy if we win trophies. But I'm also happy when an underrated/written off Arsenal player works hard, becomes a better player and gets the respect they deserve.

Rant over I guess?

I wasn't the one posting shots earlier anyway

Actually I support Arsenal, I'm just sick of the fans who think we need to sack Wenger (and replace him with who?) and spend a load of money on superstar players (as if paying £30m+ for a reputation is a guarantee that a player will be great, see Di Maria, Falcao, also Ozil and Bale to an extent) after something doesn't go our way. If we had progressed in the CL, we'd just get beaten by a monster like Real or Bayern and then we'd have the same pissing and moaning over how Wenger (who was instrumental in persuading Ozil and Sanchez to sign) can't take us any farther and how we're £200m worth of players from the CL trophy (as if we can ever compete financially with clubs from hilariously unbalanced leagues like Germany and Spain).

My favourite Arsenal players aren't Ozil and Sanchez (I like them though), but players like Giroud, Cazorla, Monreal - not players with world-beating reputations, but players who didn't cost a bomb and didn't come in with a massive reputation, but who have worked hard and have visibly gotten better over their time here (undoubtedly in part due to Wenger's coaching) and who are now getting the credit they deserve. Take Monreal - he's not getting into the side on the back of his reputation and price tag, like Ozil and Sanchez (needs to be dropped to get some rest, even if he wouldn't like it) to a certain extent, but because he's worked hard, developed as a player, taken his chances and is now the best LB in the squad. When I see Cazorla tackle someone twice as big as him, I'm on cloud nine, because it's not something he would have done a couple of years ago. So when Arsenal lose and I see the usual BS about installing a managerial revolving door and filling the team with overpriced ready-made superstar players with egos to match, I get a little pissed off. Sure, I'm happy if we win trophies. But I'm also happy when an underrated/written off Arsenal player works hard, becomes a better player and gets the respect they deserve.

Rant over I guess?