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.
Lookman pulled a Havertz..thank fucking God he didn’t have a peak
not sure what happened with that possible penalty call as my neighbour came over looking for their bird-killing cat…can someone explain what transpired?
Vieira
Eze got the lightest of touches on his ankle and went down. Ref barely hesitated to give us the pen. Their players and Simeone go nuts and start making TV signs to ref. He eventually overturns after it looked like he was going to stand his ground. I think the ref got bullied. Poor refereeing.
What a difference between yesterday’s game and this one. The CL final will either be the most boring or lopsided final in CL history.
This is not my Arsenal this is an abomination of a football team put together by the most incompetent manager that ever graced a pitch side technical area.
…that cat sounds like a badass muthafucker. 🐱
It was never your Arsenal anyway Killjoy
Go sit in the corner with the other pretend supporters. Bunch of online tourists. I’ll be round in a bit to unravel your self induced misery.
there’s no doubt who the better side was on this evening, especially in the second-half following the tactical adjustment by Simeone…the first-half was kind of a coin flip, with both sides having a few productive periods, but the final 45+ was fairly one-sided from a goalscoring chances perspective…of course it makes some sense as MA tends to be overly conservative away from home and SImeone undoubtedly believed that his side needed to take a lead to the Emirates…so if I had to guess, MA will be the happier of the two, and probably rightly so, whereas Simeone will feel like they should have potted one or two more of their opportunities…overall it was a decent watch, but certainly nothing compared to what was on display 24 hours earlier
Always knew there are at least two on this blog that lap up mediocrity and wank to these kind of performances.
Thanks KP—I saw the incident before leaving the room and felt that it was a soft call but I wouldn’t have been shocked if it stood…btw that cat is a freak of nature by not without it’s merits…I’ve seen it lunge from second floor back balconies to attack birds who have nested inside a 25 foot cedar hedge and I’ve likewise witnessed it hiding in the shrubbery out front then scary the living shit out of passersby…I know my dog never messed with it, which was unusual for her…Cheers
Good positive game there. At least whoever goes through from this game knows how not to defend like children.
Ref got mugged off by Simeone and the crowd. Def a pen, contact, late touch, all day. AM were happy to play for the draw at the end.
White didn’t cover himself with glory overall but decent performances from the rest. Even Noni provided moments of threat, one of his better games.
Encouraged that we were bold playing it out, more risky but more effective and the movement in midfield was much more positive.
The attack is what it is. Fortunately, so is our defence and Raya was big when he needed to be as usual.
I expect our resident role playing supporters will be only half unhappy with the result.
I’m optimistic about next week. Marc, do you think you might use your pretend ST even if Fart Fraud thinks you’re a naughty man for doing so? I’m sure you don’t need validation from online 4chan oddbods anyway.
Let me know, we can have a quick pregame half pint in homage to squeaky if you like. I think he’d like the fact we thought of him. It might bring him the joy he’s been lacking recently.
This moronic cunt should have been sacked, never to be seen or heard again after the Villarreal semi but sections of the fanbase went all fucking gooey eyed because the cunt got a labrador puppy and never ousted him.
We are not a serious club when comparing to the elite sides.
Happy to beat the likes of Brentford, West Ham and Spurs and thats about it.
None of our players would get into PSG/ Real sides with the exception of Rice. And the moronic cunt does not even select him as captain.
Hopefully two quick successive home defeats and the cunt is ousted for good, like he should have been fucking years ago
Who are these ‘elite sides’ you want to emulate and how are they doing in the Champs league Fart Fraud?
Only an old drunk like you would get upset over a draw away from home in the UCL
I don’t know if you’ve spent the whole Champs league sozzled until now, we’ve beaten lots of great teams, this season and last
I bet you were the only one in drunk rage when we beat AM or BM earlier this season.
I think you could edit all your posts, take out the non swear words and they’d be no more bizarre than they are now.
That labrador is 35 now in dog years. It should be allowed to hang up its puma boots and retire. If it could talk I bet it’d say, I’d rather live with Vieira’s neighbour’s cat than spend another minute listening to Stubborn’s ceaseless dog shit about juego de posicion.
Late breaking news…
Battersea dog’s home has announced that it’s declared bankruptcy after a sharp drop in donations.
They’ve had to call in the retrievers! Boom boom.
You slag,
You out and out slag.
The cunt should have been fucked off out the club fucking years ago.
And if we were a serious club, he would have. But then again they would never appointed the cunt in the first place.
You go the ‘Ems’ pay £200 , like the dog you are and watch this cack. Might even see a goal from open play if you lucky.
I ve seen Alan Ball, George , Brady, O Leary, Hudson, Jennings, Vieira, Adams , Henry, Bergkamp, Suker etc play.
Real football.
Not these fucking big babies falling over all game looking for pens.
Its mugs like you, that are simply happy just to feed on the occasional scraps of success, we might get.
I dont want fucking scraps, you slag
Rot.
The fraudulent interlopers , now heard of mostly in one nomenclature has become quite sophisticated, must say thanks to AI . Remember the 2 aliases used to be caught now and then by alert folks at Le Poop . Now has even convinced our resident diplomat , which is a feat . But AI has become very realistic nowadays.
Wish some London based friends would take up his offer for a pint in honour of Art and post here if it is the same fate rock masquerade.
Thanks
If you weren’t a fraud Fart you would have seen, Lee Chapman, Igor Stepanovs, Steve Morrow and Tommy Caton. Half the players you mention were under Wenger and I bet you still ranted like a demented chicken.
We moved from Highbury precisely because of our ambition and here you are fuming because we’re in the UCL semis.
Just say you’ve got nobody to go to the game with and need a friend, I’ll be glad to help you
Or be quiet with your drunk rambling
We’re definitely a serious club, we had a plan to be challenge for and win trophies, no doubt UCL was part of that equation
From 7 years straight of Europa culminating in that dismal final in Baku, a fun journey but awful game, to back to back semis. That smells like ambition bearing fruit to me.
Tell us all angry Fart, which ‘serious club’ do you think has a better model? This’ll be fun.
Art Fraud
April 29, 2026, 11:27 pm
You slag,
You out and out slag.
The cunt
fucked off
fucking years ago.
the cunt
this cack
I ve seen
Real football.
fucking big babies
mugs like you
fucking scraps,
you slag
Rot.
There you are Fart.
I’ve saved you ever having to post again.
I think I catch your drift.
What it lacks in insight, it gains in raw incoherent drunk passion.