Official Arsenal FC Thread - 2015/16

[carryharry]

Bad challenge.

[briantinnion]

Fuck.

I’ll take a draw.

[carryharry]

me too.

[briantinnion]

This will finish 2-5.

[Horsebox]

Yeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssss!

[carryharry]

Monreal excellent again.

[myboyblue]

City are a bizarre team.

Really hope Arsenal do it.

[briantinnion]

Believe it or not I’m walking on air

[Rocko]

@Bandage please provide a list of all those who doubted Ozil.

[Bandage]

@Rocko

@Bandage please provide a list of all those who doubted Ozil.

@mickee321
Ken Early
Oliver Kay

[balbec]

Moysey

[Phil_Leotardo]

Ha! I was at that game.
Gallas throw a tantrum at the end if I remember correctly. You had a feeling walking out of the stadium that Arsenal would mess things up between then and May.

[carryharry]

Happy Christmas Gooner brothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIZ2_3bm2PQ

[Matty_Hislop]

Happy new year lads

[KinvarasPassion]

Ho ho ho

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@GeoffreyBoycott

Woolwich should really be challenging strongly for the title. They do have almost all of the tough away games in the 2nd half of the season though so that will really tell where they are. They still have to go to Spurs, Everton, Man U, Man City (home & away in fact), Liverpool & Stoke. I’d still have doubts about their capacity to win on the road. They’re one of the few sides who didn’t pick up anything at Stamford Bridge this season.

@carryharry

GTFOOH you cunt.
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Two seasons ago Woolwich had an even healthier lead than they do now at the top of the table with most of the tricky away visits to come in the New Year. They duly lost 5-1 at Liverpool, 6-0 at Chelsea, 3-0 at Everton and also lost at Stoke.

Chelsea (notwithstanding their current lowly position) and Bayern Munich were the two big names that Woolwich have faced on their travels so far this season and the performance and results would suggest those away day blues are nowhere near been solved. Woolwich looked at it, didn’t fancy it and folded. Why should Anfield, Maine Road, Goodison Park or the Brittania in the New Year be any different?

The away day blues are kicking in even earlier than I had forecasted.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@briantinnion

I’m in dreamland. I haven’t felt this optimistic about Arsenal since February 2008 when Arsenal came from behind against Birmingham City to lead 2-1 and I text @farmerinthecity to say that Arsenal had won the league that day. We all know how that panned out after Eduardo had his leg snapped in half. Let’s hope it doesn’t end that badly again this time.

How you feeling now pal?

[briantinnion]

That’s the Arsenal I know and love.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

Arsene Wenger believes the officials have to take as much blame as Arsenal’s under-performing players for the Boxing Day humbling at Southampton.

Wenger remained calm and composed after the match, though, apportioning much of the blame to referee Jon Moss and his officials.

“Well, I think Southampton made the game very physical,” the Arsenal manager said. "We lost too many challenges and that explains why we lost the game. But that’s one aspect, so well done to them.

"The second aspect is that on the first three goals we were really unlucky with the decision of the referee.

"The first goal was offside, the second goal was a foul and third goal was a goal-kick, so if you’re a bit below par and on top of that you have the first three goals against you in the decision-making then it’s even more difficult.

“On top of that, well done Southampton and I hope in the next game we have this kind of decisions for us.”

Steven Davis appeared to have strayed offside in the build-up to Cuco Martina’s extraordinary opener and Laurent Koscielny tripped under pressure from Long before he added Saints’ second.

The Arsenal boss also felt Jose Fonte’s header was borne out of an earlier poor decision, leaving just Long’s stoppage-time strike without complaint.

Asked why Wenger was smiling as he bemoaned a 4-0 loss, he said: "Look, I smile, I don’t smile - what can I do about it?

"I cannot influence that but I must say they were sharper than us in the challenges and on that front we’ve got to look at what we can master.

“Decisions of the referee you cannot master, but our own behaviour we can and on that front I believe Southampton looked stronger in the challenges and we lost too many tonight.”

[briantinnion]

Thanks for your input pal.