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.
We’re watching top tier football Fart Fraud, look around you.
If you’re point of contention is we don’t play like 70 Brazil, 74 Holland or 04 Arsenal, you’re being a bit extreme here.
You’ve shown your true colurs in being a angry old drunk. I can’t imagine how dull your life must have been not seeing Arsenal not win the UCL. Hopefully QPR, Derby or whichever crappy club you support ahead of Arsenal bring you that joy at some stage. Fairweather, glory hunters like you are what’s wrong with football.
Anyone who knows the history of Arsenal in the last 55 years will know that league titles have been won with a number of 1-0 wins in the title run in.
1970/71 title winning season our last 4 victories in the league were all 1-0 wins against , Newcastle, stoke, Burnley and Tottenham and i can’t remember hearing any Arsenal supporters complaining about boring football.
1997/98 season, despite having what was regarded as an exceptional attacking side , there was a run of results in the 2nd half of the season when we had a run of 6 league games which included five 1-0 wins and a 0-0 and I can’t remember hearing any Arsenal supporters complaining about boring football.
So what’s changed ….entitled fans thats what’s changed, entitled fans who need education on how there are many ways to win a title, what we have is the gormless entitled fans who it has to be said are usually online who think a Newcastle side that reached the last 16 of the champions league would come to the Emirates and roll over.
I can remember going to Highbury in April 1971 and seeing Charlie George hammer home the winner in the 2nd half v Newcastle in front of the month bank , and if I remember rightly it was the same day that Leeds lost at home to WBA to send us top of the league, strangely enough I can’t remember anyone complaining about boring football that day .
In fact Newcastle have played a big part in our title successes over the years because in the 1988/89 season I was at Highbury when we again beat them by a solitary goal on the same day that the terrible news from Hillsborough came filtering through,
I can’t remember any Arsenal supporter complaining about boring football that day.
Today wasn’t great but neither were those games games that I mentioned above , we did make it over the line back then and who knows we just may do it this time even if it is 1-0 wins all the way .
“Wah, we’re not Barca, Bayern or Real!!” you sound like such dullard.
And then you brought up PSG as a comparison.
Bayern, top of a one team league, Madrid and Barca with institutional corruption going back decades
And PSG, Chelsea or even the Mancs bankrolled by crooks and despots.
You really don’t have a clue about football history, stick to QPR, hopefully their ambition satisfies you at some stage this decade. Even their academy is a basket case from my knowledge of it, producing nothing but agricultural cloggers selected for size over technique.
Wicksy, precisely that, even the invincibles had 10 1-0s and 12 draws
You’re right, largely the online faction with little historical context and a sense of entitlement that get the most upset. From where I stood today, people had their concerns, misgivings and tension but seemed happy to have won
Of course, it’s not a scientific but I grew up going from early 80s, anyone who complains about us being a hard watch now is lucky not to have suffered the days of Chapman up top.
I can’t think of a title winner since the invincibles that lit up the league lime we did, perhaps some of the ManU iterations but crying about it seems as daft as wailing that we’re not as easy on the eye as 1970 Brazil who didn’t kick on and had to wait 24 years for another world cup. And even that was by playing a more pragmatic game. Some old geezers bemoaning the loss of ‘characters’ like Bowles, Marsh, Gazza or Le Tiss ignore the fact that they barely won a thing.
Show me a champion and invariably I’ll show you a healthy dose of pragmatism going back to Berne 54. Some people don’t get real football.
Marc
Fortunately today’s decision regarding the straight red for pope didn’t affect the outcome of today’s game , unlike last week when city should have been down to ten men after an hours play with the score 1-1 for the foul on Havertz ( last man) which was a clear goalscoring opportunity as was the pope foul on gyokeres.
As for your obsession with the gabriel incident , maybe if Haaland hadn’t pushed gabriel and then leaned his head into him then gabriel wouldn’t have found it necessary to lean into haaland with his head, it was the right decision not to penalise the player who was under threat from an opponent.
Imagine there’d been an online presence in GG days.
Tossers like Fart Fraud and Vets posting how upset they were we won the league on the last day or with 1-0s. GG did have us playing exciting stuff at times but the spanking by Benfica put paid to all that nonsense.
I’m doing back to back Ems this weekend. Lyon tomorrow.
The City result v Brighton leaves a sliver of hope with the games in hand and I think they still need to win both to be sure.
Take care of Champs league and let’s chase them down. Lyon, as always, are going to be tough but the attack’s starting to click and our defence, like the men’s is solid
Two semis in a week. It’s good to be a gooner.
Achoo—anyone with even a shred of self-respect would have taken a lengthy hiatus from here after experiencing another epic meltdown failure…so either you’re a glutton for punishment or dumber than a fucking stump…I want to say the former, as you did make sure to hit all the obvious trolling trigger points in your worst takes ever post, which suggests some level of brain activity, but it’s difficult to ignore the underlying stupidity that prevades each and every one of your offerings…from your Stevie Wonder-inspired Havertz take to your pathetic rallying cry to tin foilers everywhere, regarding the whole red card delusional shite, your idiocy knows no bounds…good luck with that you simpleton cuck (to save some time I’ll simply say “ditto” to your little bum buddy Senorita Pricksy)
Anyone who lives in the past history loses it how to change the present. Of course a spend of more than a million £ gets players who can transit the shortcomings of a 🙈🙉🙊in one manager .
But the spend has to be more than a million, or there is a stumble and fall there.
Then there could be be someone who sts up unfortunate records !
But did you enjoy us winning squeaky?
You’re just upset because you didn’t like seeing your cache of stupid comments seeing the light of day again.
Anyone less emotional than a daft yank who’s clearly never played or been to a game would listen and learn from people like me but I fear your misplaced arrogance is holding you back from learning and growing as a person. This is why she left you.
Cheer up, we won Little fella.
Tell us why you think it’s not a red card Squeaky Vera. This will be fun..
Or perhaps tell us why you think being top of the league and back to back Champs League semi is a sign of bad management again.
Daft and Squeaky. Go sit with that old drunk Fart Fraud in the angry kids corner.
Poopah, I’m sure there’s some point in what you’re saying but I’m baffled.
You want us to spend more than a million? You think we should win every game by more than one goal. If you look at history and data, you’ll see, for any team in any serious league, it’s not easy. Our closest rivals, who have spent much more than a million just squeaked a 1-0 past a relegated team and drew with the Spuds. I don’t imagine for a minute their supporters are online wailing like some of the halfwits on here.
If you don’t understand the game you’ll be upset by not winning every game, winning a quadruple and racing into ten point leads at the top of the league.
If you’re aware of history, you’ll understand winning a league is generally quite a hard thing to do and rarely comes, even for the invincibles, without hiccups and less than sparkling performances.
Sit back, no need to complain, we’re at the business end of the season and points on the board are the currency not thrilling the online ranters.
fuck me you’re up before the crack of dawn again…you and your “partner” must sleep in seperate rooms…so not shocking…try taking up jogging you early bird cunt…why would I waste my time explaining anything to some flat-Earther fuck like yourself…like any addiction, until you admit you have a problem you’re in no state to have any sort of rational discussion about anything Arsenal-related…maybe a low grade porn habit might be best, just make sure you erase your history…the last thing you want to be doing is going door-to-door again due to those pesky sex offender list requirements…have a good one dicksmack
The crack of dawn…a phrase that can conjure up millions of gags. Literally and figuratively I suppose.
The atmosphere on here is positively crackling with high voltage energy these days. It would be nigh on impossible to produce an LiR venn diagram showing where some of us agree and disagree on different but related issues. My only grouch is that my particular bête noire is such a weak opponent! The AF, TRVL, Aitcho nexus on the other hand is always a good read.
On the question of Loftus Road and the wider issue of non PL football, you won’t be surprised to hear of my respect for Art going to watch yesterday’s game. LR is a neat, compact little place that can generate atmosphere. I once witnessed a fucking 90 minute battle there between QP ha ha ha and the Spuds in the mid 80s. 40 bastarding years ago. And championship and div 1 games are far more like what I call real football than the performative aspects of pl games and all the media shit around it. Go even lower, eg to the Welsh Premier league and the difference is massive. 8 quid entry and chances to talk to players and feel properly involved.
I think Arsenal women will give the Lyonnes a real test over 2 legs. The best defence will win through.
Winning was the priority yesterday of course but it was hardly inspiring. 85% of the required job done as I suggested yesterday. They need to run up a tennis score or two in the next four wins to launch a proper challenge. Newcastle I think were the toughest side to play of our remaining 5 fixtures yesterday so I hope that augurs well.
Quite the rant again Squeaky.
When you’re constantly booted from online fora, perhaps the problem isn’t underlings that can’t handle ‘the truth’ but that you’re always wrong and basically just irritating.
You ought to be grateful smart guys like me actually give you some attention as opposed your fellow fantasists
Tell you what, come visit me at my workplace like you promised and I’ll give you a big hug and take you to meet some real gooners. You’ll have fun and maybe get what it’s really like to support a club rather than role playing.
This online raging and being constantly sent to online Coventry over the last decade hasn’t been good for you. It’s only made your issues worse.
Achoo—you couldn’t be more mistaken, as per usual…you’re the delusional fucktard who’s always seeking the attention of others you clickbaiting twat…now we can proceed in our typical fashion, where you start shit and I finish it, if you like, but you must be getting a little tired of looking like a stunned cunt on a regular basis…btw I would gladly drop by your work, unfortunately my best dress and my strap-on is at the dry cleaners, so I’ll have to take a rain check
You have a strap on, you should have said squeaky.
Is that why she left you?
Come over, I’ll give you the love you’ve been missing.
Getting booted off paged has made you too bitter. Come, let me teach you how to be better
Do grown people still say fucktard where you live? In 2026.
Must be some right shithòle, or perhaps you’re channeling your inner Michael Douglas again. I suspected you peaked in 1984.
I can teach you ways to stop your subsequent real world failures ruining your online discourse. Come hang with real fans, put your misery at being constantly rejected by supporters to one side. You’re with me, the online dimwit whisperer. Bring that old drunk Fart Fraud and the guy with the pretend son Junior and I’ll give you rejects a group discount.
creepy as fuck…don’t you know when you’re being trolled??? huge miss little guy
I’m sure I can make it better for you Squeaky, you don’t need to be upset with me
These rants of yours only make you sound like a Seagal movie reject. Add it to your long and growing list of rejections.