PaulHartman71 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 If Spurs win the league he has to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wenger on Manchester United: "Let's not got overboard. They had a very experienced midfield and spent a lot of money." No point getting wound up by his post match comments, he's tried chucking the players under the bus on Tuesday and that didn't work, back to arm around the shoulder stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 If Spurs win the league he has to go. And if Leicester do too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 And if Leicester do too Yeah I'm resigned to Spurs winning it at this point though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Oh they will destroy us next week. I'm talking 3/4/5 goals scored by them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Only good thing going into that is that they will be under more pressure than us, be interesting to see how they handle it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayub95 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Harry Kane definitely scoring a brace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Only good thing going into that is that they will be under more pressure than us' date=' be interesting to see how they handle it.[/quote']I might be wrong, but I don't see it being an issue. Their manager seems mentally strong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I might be wrong, but I don't see it being an issue. Their manager seems mentally strong. This is Spurs though, they are worse than us when it comes to ******** the bed under pressure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Only good thing going into that is that they will be under more pressure than us' date=' be interesting to see how they handle it.[/quote']You will be imo. Spurs lose they are still in the race. If you lose and results in midweek go as you expect you can pretty much say it is over for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Everything points towards an Arsenal win. So emptying my betting account on a Man U win... Congrats on your win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Welbeck and Ozil were fine. Ozil scored and assisted but thought he was generally poor imo. Midweek games are going to be massive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 You will be imo. Spurs lose they are still in the race. If you lose and results in midweek go as you expect you can pretty much say it is over for you. Doesn't work like that. We are pretty much out of the title race now, Spurs are right in it and are expected to beat us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 This is Spurs though' date=' they are worse than us when it comes to ******** the bed under pressure.[/quote']Yeah but now they have a manager who is good. They'll be fine. Definitely finishing top two Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 5 points behind and you got Spurs to play who play WHU in week and would not be surprise to see them drop points. Of course title race is not over. If you are judging by how you are playing then that is something else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 So i was fortunate to be working and miss us being awful? Joy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 So i was fortunate to be working and miss us being awful? Joy Yeah, men against boys again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 You did have 12 men tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 You did have 12 men tbf You'd have thought Walcott was playing for United today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 You did have 12 men tbf The Arsenal meltdown thread is full of Arsenal fans moaning about how they couldn't beat a team of kids despite having a ref who wanted them to win, sad times when that happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Are you ill dion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Are you ill dion? Felt a bit sick when I saw Ramsey was staying on the pitch, yeah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 The Arsenal meltdown thread is full of Arsenal fans moaning about how they couldn't beat a team of kids despite having a ref who wanted them to win, sad times when that happens. Gabriel assisted both of Rashford goals earlier so I assume he was playing for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Gabriel assisted both of Rashford goals earlier so I assume he was playing for you? Walcott was at best neutral in the affair too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 I believe he was just trying to protect your pitch. Admirable from him really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 do enjoy a good Meltdown in here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayub95 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I did enjoy the roughly 100 pages of meltdown on the United thread this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Arsenal need a change of transfer policy really. This "long term" stuff they've been peddling for a decade doesn't seem to be working with Ox and Walcott underperforming, Wilshere almost constantly injured, and not much sign of youth players breaking through anytime soon either. They have a solid foundation to work with but some areas where they're just too weak, and there's a mentality of being nearly men setting in at the club which means they always seem to bottle it at the wrong moment. Changing the mentality at the club is the biggest task for the club and some fresh faces may help with that. And if the new signings don't help then maybe then the board should consider whether Wenger's time is up at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Yeah, he should start buying players like Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez. Oddly enough that's the exact opposite of the advice he had for LvG in the United thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Arsenal aren't producing anything though and their scouting system hasn't exactly set the world on fire. I don't just mean "buy more players", I mean things like overhauling the scouting network because Arsenal's problems can't simply be solved with Cech, Oezil and Sanchez. They haven't been able to find a good striker since Henry left and their defence has always been somewhat suspect, and they've yet to really bring in anyone who can substantially improve those areas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Weird how we've had a big restructure of our youth policy and we've signed a load of youth players over the last 18 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Weird how we've had a big restructure of our youth policy and we've signed a load of youth players over the last 18 months. Well that's a start. But again it's more of that long term strategy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayub95 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Arsenal aren't producing anything though and their scouting system hasn't exactly set the world on fire. I don't just mean "buy more players", I mean things like overhauling the scouting network because Arsenal's problems can't simply be solved with Cech, Oezil and Sanchez. They haven't been able to find a good striker since Henry left and their defence has always been somewhat suspect, and they've yet to really bring in anyone who can substantially improve those areas. I think van Persie had a good career which Wenger deserves a lot of credit for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 He was good when he was fit but his time at Arsenal was also plagued by injury, especially towards the end of his spell there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I mean finding world class strikers and defenders is really easy because you don't have to compete with other clubs for them. The issue is Wenger (like every other manager) has weaknesses and he hasn't found a player who can cover for those on the pitch since Viera. Arsenal have bought pretty damned well over the last few years but you're competing against other teams for those players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 he was quite good when he left though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 He was good when he was fit but his time at Arsenal was also plagued by injury, especially towards the end of his spell there. The only time he was fit for us was at the end of his spell with us, you actually couldn't be more wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Maybe Arsenal are just looking in the wrong places? A player like Riyad Mahrez would do well in Arsenal's system but he completely slipped under their radar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 He was good when he was fit but his time at Arsenal was also plagued by injury, especially towards the end of his spell there. Would that be the 18 months when he pretty much didn't miss a game for them at the end of his Arsenal career? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebsy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Careful disagreeing with him or he'll call you all arseholes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Maybe Arsenal are just looking in the wrong places? A player like Riyad Mahrez would do well in Arsenal's system but he completely slipped under their radar. You can't play Mahrez and Ozil in the same team. Not convinced Mahrez will look as good at a big club either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Maybe Arsenal are just looking in the wrong places? A player like Riyad Mahrez would do well in Arsenal's system but he completely slipped under their radar. Just like us, City and Chelsea are? I like Mahrez, but any scout who would have picked him up ahead of Alexis Sanchez isn't a good one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 The striker argument winds me up because we have good ones like Giroud, Welbeck, even Theo when he can be bothered. It's just that elite striker is so hard to find, which is why we spent all summer trying to bring in Benzema. It's such a weird thing to pick up on Wenger, when you could just look at his decision to go into the season with Coquelin as first choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebsy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I always thought wandsfan was a sensible user but it's like he has had some kind of breakdown where he just wants to come in to all the clubs threads and post absolute nonsense and then get really indignant when everyone points out how stupid the things he is saying are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 You can't play Mahrez and Ozil in the same team. Not convinced Mahrez will look as good at a big club either. I might be wrong, but I think there's a reason that he's at Leicester and a reason why Ranieri subbed him off against us when they went down to ten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Why wouldn't Oezil and Mahrez work in the same team then? Either way I was just using him as an example of a good player that can be found through a different way of scouting. I believe Arsenal have got one or two of Leicester's scouting team on board now anyway so I guess we should expect to see Arsenal's scouting methods change this summer anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Mahrez doesn't do enough defensively. He's very much a luxury player, which Ozil is as well (to a lesser extent. I love Mesut but even I'm not going to pretend he's any good at the defensive side of the game). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Yeah it was a relevant argument like 4 years ago perhaps, but he's bought Ozil, Sanchez, Cech, Debuchy, Welbeck, Podolski, Giroud, Carzola etc. and not really spent big on any youth players. There's only one world class striker in the Premier League right now, hardly fair on Wenger that he doesn't have Aguero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I always thought wandsfan was a sensible user but it's like he has had some kind of breakdown where he just wants to come in to all the clubs threads and post absolute nonsense and then get really indignant when everyone points out how stupid the things he is saying are. I appreciate that but if you ask any other user here they'll just point out that I'm a ****** that knows nothing about football and they're probably right in some respects. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebsy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 If you ever get accused of anything, wands, please, please don't defend yourself in court Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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