Right, we are out of Carabao Cup and FA Cup, but not everything is lost. We are 11 points clear of Man City in Premier League and we can take that lead to 12 points if we beat Bournemouth today. City do have 2 games in hand, but if they win both, we will still have a 6 point lead with only 6 games left for the season. In Champions League, we have a 1-0 advantage against Sporting and the second leg is at home. If we managed to get at least a draw, we will be playing Atletico (most likely) in the semi finals. I would rather play Atletico than Flick’s Barcelona.
The chance of lifting a trophy is still a possibility. And a win today will improve that possibility even more. Bournemouth are sitting in the bottom half of the table, and I hope we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot today.
Playing XI is out and I still don’t understand what has gotten into Arteta’s mind.
Why is Martinelli in the playing XI when you have Hincapie available. It’s not the time to be concerned about the injuries, because a loss in any of the games could mean a title. I’m OK with rest of the selection, Eze could have played ahead of Havertz but I’m not sure how much of his fitness is back.
I don’t understand the fact that we spend more than 250m on midfielders (Rice, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Havertz, Odegaard) and yet, we always have 2 DM-profile players and an option to choose from a non-performing Odegaard with a out-of-form Havertz. Anyway, that shouldn’t be a problem for a team sitting on 1st, playing against a bottom half team I suppose.
We need to win today. Man City has to visit Chelsea tomorrow and though I don’t have much confidence in Chelsea beating them, anything can happen. In last 3 seasons, we have always been the favorites going into last 7-8 games but have given it away. There are 7 games left, and 7 test of whether we have learned something over the years.
Right, game starts in an hour. See ya.
Aitcho
Your a cunt – come the summer when Arteta’s been sacked you’ll be telling everyone how he wasn’t a failure because he took us to another level which means we’ll be able to get a top manager in.
Achoo—meltdown much you fucking little simp—you’re single white female/talented Mr. Ripley-like actions are some kind of fucked up…if you had anyone in your sad life who actually cared they would already be in full-blown intervention mode…sadly I very much doubt any such sorry fucks exist…good hunting Captain Ahab
Calm down ladies. All this ranting can’t be good for you.
Have you tried hugging each other? Surely better than losing it over my wit and wisdom.
Which one of you pig farmers was cheering for Spurs in the Derby like that old fool Fart Fraud?
The smart money, that’s me, says both.
Slobbering over the Spuds manager.
Stick to handegg dummy.
The Real Vieira Lynn
August 16, 2025, 4:59 pm
Tony—I do like Frank as a manager, especially on a side with a bigger budget, as he seems to get the best out of his players,
At least you have a fan squeaky. Worth you coming on here an spouting constant tripe
Hoopah
June 23, 2025, 1:32 pm
Damn good Edit Ambarish. My thoughts to a T.
We might be somewhere wrong to say so . But let us await TRVL whom I rate highly
“Grrrrr! I made something up to ragebait myself!”
Never stop Squeaky
The Real Vieira Lynn
June 27, 2025, 8:25 pm
How many times are we going to go garbage picking at Stamford Bridge before we learn our fucking lesson…Nicolas “couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn” Jackson appears to be climbing up our ever-expanding chart of potential Striker recruits…we already
Call him The Mystic Meg of Getting It Wrong.
The Real Vieira Lynn
May 25, 2025, 5:29 pm
Ambarish—Arteta such take a page out his bestie’s book, who btw gazzumped him again with his hiring at Real, and employ a more wingback-friendly system…just imagine if we had the balls to get rid of Havertz, Jesus, Tross and White then acquired Wirtz, a Nico-like
Yeah, Wirtz. Maybe there’s some stats in support of this
Yeah, just imagine we had the balls to go for Isak, Wirtz and some guy called Nico
The Real Vieira Lynn
May 25, 2025, 5:29 pm
Ambarish—Arteta such take a page out his bestie’s book, who btw gazzumped him again with his hiring at Real, and employ a more wingback-friendly system…just imagine if we had the balls to get rid of Havertz, Jesus, Tross and White then acquired Wirtz, a Nico-like forward and Isak
Hysterical ninny.
No, not ominous but making things up instead of actually thinking about what’s actually happening is easier I suppose.
Hoopah.
May 25, 2025, 5:59 pm
Why Merino is consoling Saka ?
Ominous
You what, wittering about imaginary ‘assurances’ again
The Real Vera Mitty
The Real Vieira Lynn
May 30, 2025, 4:37 am
Let’s just hope that if Sesko is the chosen Striker he stuck to his guns regarding getting assurances about him being the starter over Havertz…
Marc, tell me this wasn’t Madueke you were going full fantasy Island for?
How odd, Squeaky is catching
Watch and learn from me my man.
Marc
July 12, 2025, 2:10 pm
The guy from Chelsea isn’t coming in as backup – he’s either going to be played on the left (so Martinelli will be sold) or Arteta wants to pull Henry move and use him as a striker.
If I ever pray Troy Deeney in aid feel free to check me out the door head first
“Oooh, Troy Deeney said something, case closed I guess”
The Real Vieira Lynn
July 13, 2025, 4:55 am
Troy Deeney suggested that Mikel Arteta’s own personality might be complicating matters:
“This is my opinion – I think Arteta is a little bit stubborn at this moment in time because everyone’s been calling for it [to sign a striker]. If he does that and then wins it [the Premier
Always a bad sign when you start copypasting Squeaky’s obsession with imagined shoehorning
Is this some ‘insider’ lingo on the site and doesn’t mean what I think it does and is much less daft?
Marc
July 14, 2025, 7:07 pm
TRVL
The question now is how will Arteta shoehorn his favourites into the team? The alternatives are either he’s decided to stop being a massive cunt (I don’t think that is actually possible), he’s going to rotate massive to try and keep everyone happy or he’s going to change to some bonkers formation to accommodate them.
He’s going to be under pressure to even get third this season – it only takes one of Chelsea, Villa or Newcastle to have a good season and he’s fucked.
welcome back to wackjob central with your host Achoo the Bumbling Dipshit…buckle up!!
Such a weird level of group think.
“Let’s talk about pretend ‘shoehorns’ and get upset over them Squeaky”
“Great idea Marc with a C”
Think of a scenario, any scenario, get upset over it. Another day in Squeaky’s basement.
The Real Vieira Lynn
July 19, 2025, 4:30 pm
I really feel for Noni, especially if what I think will happen, actually happens…he’s a talented individual when he’s deployed on the right and allowed to lean into his most direct inklings, which likely won’t be the case here…with our shoehorning fuckwit of a manager he’ll almost assuredly be wrongly positioned on the left, which
Hi Squeaky,
You should just ignore me at this stage.
The funniest thing, have you tried typing Vera assurances shoehorn into the search?
A litany of stupidity awaits, perhaps MB can delete them for you if you promise to talk less nonsense. Anything is possible
“If rumours (that I made up) are to be believed”
Like an old angry fishwife gossiping at the garden fence for attention
The Real Vieira Lynn
July 20, 2025, 4:20 pm
could the reasoning behind our unusually timely Noni transfer have something to do with the fact that MA was supposedly a longtime admirer, meanwhile when it comes to Berta’s first choice Striker option, VG, the slow crawling nickel and dime treatment has been employed…if the rumours are to be believed, MA had pushed for Noni in previous windows, but Edu and several key scouts weren’t convinced…just not to sure I believe that Edu was pulling the strings on personnel matters, which is why he sought a gig elsewhere, so this might be a little proactive revisionist history
Everyone is at it. Even Wenger was shoehorning. Or squeaky is a bit daft
The Real Vieira Lynn
July 20, 2025, 4:20 pm
adopted many of Wenger’s worst managerial traits, including his general disdain for alpha-level forwards and nonsensical shoehorning