Arsenal Banter

17 Apr 2024 22:44:09
I think the lads look a bit burnt out the last few games no matter what we can be proud of the football they have played this season.

We will only get better add a bit of depth to the squad and we will be seriously competitive next season on all fronts.

City game at pens as I write this lest hope they make it to the final and get beat by Dortmund

Lol thy have missed 2 pens as I wright.

17 Apr 2024 22:01:39
Gave it a good go but was always going to be a tough ask. Sometimes you just have to take the loss and move on.

COYG.

{Ed014's Note - agree mate and all or nothing in the league now

17 Apr 2024 22:05:09
Hopefully Kroenke being there sees the glaring need for a proper striker 14, hope you andmrs14 are well.

{Ed014's Note - I’m sure he knows we need one mate and all good with us mate and hopefully the same with you and yours mate.

17 Apr 2024 22:09:38
Gave it everything, but let's get behind the team for a massive game against Wolves
COYG❤️❤️❤️❤️.

17 Apr 2024 22:11:32
Hi guy’s

This is still a very young team. First time in the cl and we reach the quarterfinals

Ten years ago we would of gotten beaten 9-1

I for one am proud of the boys

You ok 14?

{Ed014's Note - very proud mate, all steps in their learning curve and the boys will only get better.

All good thanks mate

17 Apr 2024 22:12:12
In case of Arsenal that's always the case. Take the loss and move on cause this club can't win anything. At the end of the day we are at least competing and that is the only thing we can take. But year after year bottling it whenever it matters is not good enough.

{Ed014's Note - don’t agree with the bottling part mate but each to their own.

17 Apr 2024 22:13:45
We have been outdone tactically a few times recently. Teams are happy making center compact and they are coming up with ways to diffuse our press as well. On the ball we're lacking cutting edge. Still all to play for in the league and it should be clear where we need to improve for next season.

17 Apr 2024 22:21:09
Tonight showed the depth of our squads needs improving.
Switched over to see City being able to bring on Doku and Alvarez for Grealish and Haaland.

17 Apr 2024 22:22:29
No sparky we did not give it a good go it was such a flat performance we defended quite well but created nothing!

17 Apr 2024 22:25:17
Are we still 4th place and CL last 16 happy? Clearly not any more

Are we doing all we can to be the best we can possibly be? I'd say yes we clearly we are


Has this team peaked yet? Personally I don't think it has.

Disappointed to go out but extremely happy with how far much the team and club have progressed in the last couple of seasons.

Up The Arsenal, I've no complaints whatsoever 👍👍👍👍.

17 Apr 2024 22:51:21
If any everyone who doesn't fulfil your wishes is a bottler then your life must be absolutely full of disappointment at everyone but yourself.

Makes you think doesn't it?

17 Apr 2024 23:07:12
No need for psychoanalysis gunner62 mate. Competing for the title for 2 years in a row is not bad. Certainly better then not playing Champions league or finishing 7th or 8th in the league. But losing whenever the pressure is on to finish the job is a definition of bottling it whether you like it or not.

18 Apr 2024 01:24:40
I doubt we bottled anything in the champions league. Bayern maybe they are having a bad season but they are experienced more then enough to know how to deal with this type of pressure. Same as Madrid mate.
They lads they lack the CL experience and now they got it.
As for the league I don't believe we are out of it just yet. So no need to cry and talk down the team no the manager just yet.

17 Apr 2024 21:39:15
Does Raya ever come for crosses?

17 Apr 2024 16:19:04
Just like to say hope you all enjoy the match tonight.

Hubby is using my phone to watch City so I won't be joining livechat but I hope we get the result that would send our happiness into the stratosphere! ⚽️ 🥅.

17 Apr 2024 16:34:39
Absolutely Sally absolutely.

17 Apr 2024 19:01:33
We can be extremely confident that both mangers and set's of players will be giving it everything they have to give to be in the semi final after tonight's game. We all have days and periods where we are at our absolute best everything just fall's into place for use we've ease and we all have days and times when no matter how hard we try we just can't
seem to achieve what we desperately want to achieve at that time.

I have no clue how tonight's game will go but whatever happens I'm happy to accept everyone will have given the best they had to give on the night, win or lose. Up The Arsenal before during and after the tonight's game no matter what happens 👍👍👍👍👍.

17 Apr 2024 07:39:06
{Ed's Note - Tumbleweed! has posted a new article entitled, Player Assessment At Manchester United

16 Apr 2024 10:22:36
I agree with Wrighty when he called out fans streaming out of the Emirates after we conceded against Villa. Do these fans only support our club when we are winning?
After our brilliant season this seems totally disrespectful.

16 Apr 2024 12:45:53
I've always admired fans of who sing even louder when their team falls behind in an attempt to lift the players, now if ever fans had any influence on a result surely it then. Sing when your losing, that's making yourself part of the solution rather than simply moaning about the problem.

16 Apr 2024 13:43:26
I think some fans do lose faith quite quickly.
But having been to the Emirates often it is not the best place to get out from. I always if I am on my own leave between 5 to 10 minutes early as I live almost 65 miles away and if you are going to Arsenal or Finsbury Park station it is a nightmare and approaching my 68th birthday I would rather keep my journey to about 2hrs rather than 3.
There are fans who Jack it at the slightest problem but I would have left 5 to 10 minutes early Sunday irrespective of the score line.

16 Apr 2024 16:54:09
Glad you're not one of the "if I can't get what I want immediately I'll scream" brigade Bill :)

16 Apr 2024 08:10:41
Proud when we win

Loyal when we loose.

16 Apr 2024 07:39:08
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool v Crystal Palace - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

15 Apr 2024 11:34:05
We had a bad day at the office

We are still in with a shout

Last season we only had domestic cups to worry about. This season we are in the cl quarter final and have a big chance of reaching the semi final

All this talk of us bottling is nonsense

I for one am proud to be a gooner.

15 Apr 2024 12:25:30
We are in an amazing position just 2 points off 1st place and a very real chance of being in Champions league semi final, we should be so awful every season.

In some people's eyes if we get to the Champions league final and don't win we will be bottlers just for not winning, that's a crazy way of looking at the world.

15 Apr 2024 12:26:08
And there's a chance of getting your ol big bamboo out down Tottenham high road Mal mate🤣🤣.

15 Apr 2024 12:37:35
Last time I slapped it out Billy, I caused tremors

I’d say the chicken will fall of the roof.

15 Apr 2024 13:39:00
🤣🤣🤣🤣.

15 Apr 2024 18:17:52
Agree and hope we are right. The proof in the pudding will now be how the team reacts to this defeat. I am hoping we bounce back stronger than ever. Wolverhampton away will be a tricky fixture. Time for the team and manager to show what they are made of. I am sure they will. Come on You Gunners let's get behind our team and stay positive. I have said this many times for me winning the league is does require some luck and the ultimate champoions have that. Top 4 finish is a must and about the ability of the team. I have had another enjoyabe season and can't wait to see who we bring in during the summer.

15 Apr 2024 20:27:16
Hi G4 personally I think we have stay rational and reasonable going into and after Wednesdays game, there is no reason we should beat Bayern and be in the semi finals but equally there is no reason we shouldn't, it's very much 50/ 50 and only 1 team can progress beyond Wednesday. If we fool ourselves into thinking we should be in SF or we have a right to be in the SF are the players guilty because they couldn't make our thoughts and expectations happen or are we guilty for having unrealistic expectations that we should be in the SF because we are Arsenal?

I know the manager and players want that SF place every bit as much as we all want it and i alsi know they awant to be premier champions every bit as much as we want them to be premier league champions, I also know they wanted to beat villa yesterday every bit as much as we wanted them to be villa.

If we are all honest and realistic with ourselves going into Wednesday it will help us all be able to handle whatever comes with dignified acceptance rather than irrational feelings about the players.

16 Apr 2024 10:13:18
100% agree 62. There are so many good teams out there and we are one of them!

16 Apr 2024 13:04:44
Absolutely Sally. Both mangers both sets of players and fans all have the right to feel they CAN win tomorrow night but neither has the right to DEMAND their must be ALLOWED to win. The real world doesn't work like that.

15 Apr 2024 08:36:16
Morning everyone.
Been looking at the run ins and tbh none of the 3 teams have easy run ins.
Liverpool now have 3 away games on the bounce.
City have 2 away games on the bounce.
By the time City play away at Brighton on Thursday week we would have played Wolves away and Chelsea at home so possibly could be 4pts clear but played 2 games more.
The big thing is how do we respond after yesterday and it's the response that tells us if we got what it takes to bring the trophies home.
Lot of the pundits, fans of other clubs and I have to say some Goobers are already saying it's like last season all over again, where it has to be said we didn't cope with the pressure.
Has I previously said about City's and Liverpool it's far from over, but we have extremely hard fixtures ourselves.
It's how we respond after yesterday that will answer the questions that people have about our squad.
Yes they are a young team but they are an experienced team who have played in Europe and World Cups for their respective countries.
So let's see how we respond on Wednesday, it's the sign off all great teams that they respond after a setback.
Was I down yesterday, yes I was
Was I pissed off yesterday, absolutely 100%.
Have I giving up the ghost, NO WAY PEDRO.
COYG❤❤❤❤.

14 Apr 2024 20:30:55
So. if anyone thinks our boys didn't give their all I am sad about that. They are young, still learning and they absolutely love our club. So we're not a perfect team, I agree with that, but please don't call them bottlers. Didn't you see how Ode ran himself into the ground chasing the ball?
I think most neutrals accept that City are one step ahead of everyone but we are among the best of the rest!

14 Apr 2024 23:01:49
Hi Sally great post, we've taken 4pts from City and Liverpool for the first time in who knows how long, and today we had a below our brilliant average day at the office. The true bottlers are the fans who threw in the towel today.

15 Apr 2024 06:39:38
Morning all

Without a doubt we have had a better season than last IMO, still 6 games to go I know. I do think we are long shots for the title now.

There is only one fixture that I see City having a battle in and that is Spuds away but even they are so hit and miss you could see City winning there by 3 or 4 . I just don't see them slipping up if I'm honest. Finishing 2nd ( yes we still might win it ) would be no disgrace and certainly shows some consistency.

Massive game on Wednesday, let's show we have bouncebackability.

:)

15 Apr 2024 07:45:22
Gunner62 as fans we are all proud but also as fans we know when the team didn’t play well, our emotions are set by how the team play and perform, and yesterday was a bottle job for me, first half to much tippy tappy football in the box, someone needs to take control and shoot, that’s how you score by shooting not having 347 touches in the opposition box, as I’ve said our emotions are set by the team nothing else! I’ve been reading this site for over 7 years and only joined this season, I’ve seen members on here having a go at certain players saying shouldn’t play for the club again and shouldn’t be in the team, those same members calling fans who weren’t happy yesterday bottlers and not true fans, that’s ironic.

15 Apr 2024 08:41:01
Dublin, that's not a bottle job that's our style of play we have always tapped about around the box looking for that perfect goal. Look at West Ham at home ( we lost ) look at Liverpool in the cup at home ( we lost ) , yesterday we had 18 shots at goal ( 1 every 5 minutes) just 4 on target .

We had a 3 game spell in December where we had 81 shots at goal and just 4 on target. We do shoot we just aren't very good at it, though better than some as our good would suggest.

I take your point though, we do try and have too many touches, just shoot for christ sake. lol.

15 Apr 2024 10:29:32
Imagine if we had Isak in our lineup! Probably not going to happen but if we had a proven out and out striker those chances would most likely have been converted.

15 Apr 2024 10:37:14
Totally agree with your assessment about shooting, but I didn’t mean tippy tapping was the reason for bottling it mate just the general play, with the stats you have said in your post mate let’s hope arteta know about that and gets the striker we are craving personally I think the sporting lad will be good for us.

15 Apr 2024 11:16:09
So every time we don't play at our best or don't win we are bottlers? That's a totally irrational kind of support and way of looking at things in my opinion, and to feel entitled to accuse and abuse the team your supposed to support because they had a bad day raises far more questions about you than it ever does about our fantastic team.

15 Apr 2024 12:42:02
Now John this is what I was trying to say last week

The doom and gloomers come out

To me they seem happy to come out and put down the team

Never see them when we’re doing good.

15 Apr 2024 12:46:48
It’s the end of the season gunner 62 and crunch time same thing happend last year that’s not a coincidence we bottled it last year and did the same again yesterday, did I say if we lose any game we are bottlers nope I didn’t so please don’t put words into my mouth gunner 62! But if your 7 points clear or what ever points we were clear last year and throw it away that’s bottling it, and we hade a good run of games winning streak before this game, but when it comes down to the final stages and pressure they bottled it it’s not nice to admit but that’s what happened, it can’t all be rose tint glasses 62 doesn’t work like that life isn’t fair, I know it’s not a nice word but there’s isn’t another word to put there, pressure got to them plain and simple, and I’ve supported arsenal since I was 6, we are entitled to criticise the team it can’t be great every week, so I take it you have never said Wenger out Emery out xhkak out because I’ve seen members criticise other members yesterday over this and that’s pot kettle etc, and as for the type of fan I am you don’t know me or will ever know me, that’s all I have to say on the matter with you as I know the out come when someone argues with you I’ve seen it on many occasions so I will not be replying again thank you.

15 Apr 2024 14:14:38
Oh yes I most certainly have said Wenger Emery and Xhaka out but not on the basis of 1 bad performance,1 bad result, and never ever when we were just 2 points off top spot with a month to go and in a champions league QF final i haven't. I have Called Merterducker a bottler solely on the grounds of his clearly and deliberately ducking out of 2 headers.

The reality is you threw the towel in yesterday, so your season is done, dusted the way of the dodo, while Arsenal Football Club season is still very much still going veet strong indeed.

15 Apr 2024 17:54:58
I rest my case pot calling kettle black.

15 Apr 2024 18:49:50
By your sense of reasoning I guess this makes perfect sense to you. See you in August when your personal Arsenal football club calendar comes back into play again given you gave up on the team yesterday.

15 Apr 2024 19:39:11
62 you singled out a player to be dropped and two managers to be sacked and lose there jobs and your having a go at me because I think they bottled it wow, I think wishing people to lose there jobs over what someone thinks is a lot worse, but you will prob come back with one of your greeting card sayings as a response!

You can’t say things about me when you have thought worse lol and admitted it, we all have a moan but don’t moan at people when you do it too, that’s just being a hypocrite!

And my calander runs until the last game like yours matey.

15 Apr 2024 20:00:18
Mal hahahahhaa pot kettle black springs to mind there matey you have your fair share to say with individual players and even managers at least I’m saying the team lol I’m on live chat when ever I’m not working during work no phone policy, if we lose the game I’m online that's just luck as I work most weekends that’s my excuse to being on yesterday, I’ll ask my boss if I can change shifts to suit Malaga’s rules heheheh.

15 Apr 2024 20:03:08
I rest my case.