Frustrated Arsenal fans try boo tactic

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
15 Mar	5:15 PM	P	Middlesbrough (H)	1	1	Draw

Now it's a bit like watching a Formula 1 race. Your car is in front and the second car is making up 1 sec per lap. Finally, they are on your bumper and each corner they get into a good overtaking position but you manage to survive that lap. It's 8 laps to go and dozens of corners left. It's nail biting. Are we going to survive to the chequered flag?

A guy turned up late for the game and sat next to me. He asked how things were going. I was immediately going to say "We're playing well but not scoring – same old story".

But for a moment I wondered for the first time what "playing well" really means. Does possession mean "playing well" or does it just mean your are in some kind of control?

Since I couldn't answer that immediately, I said, "It's a disaster, the strikers don't know each other and van Persie is marking Hleb out of the game."

"What do you mean," he asked. Well van Persie is playing as a second striker and coming deep and wide so Hleb, who has been doing that all season doesn't know where to go or what to do. It's also getting in Fabregas' way.

Fans get to know their team pretty well and over time, they can see signs that things are not going well. The fans had watched 40 minutes and knew where it was going. We've been there many times before. We have cheered the team on to get past these kind of patches.

But today the fans were getting very frustrated since Manchester United had won so they tried something new – they tried to wake the team up by booing. I can't remember the last time I heard that.

At half time a bunch of us felt pretty guilty about that and I guess the rest of the fans were feeling the same so the team got a big cheer on their return and Middlesbrough got booed as if to suggest it was Middlesbrough being booed all along.

Wenger, to his credit, went for the substitution early and boldly. Arsenal's only match winner in my view, Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner came in for Bacary Sagna and Robin van Persie.

Sure Arsenal were unlucky but our main problem as I pointed out last week is that our attack is irrelevant. The formula for success is to buy the best striker you can on whom you can bet 25 goals a season and hope that midfielders get some.

At Arsenal, we are hoping that the entire team will score and it's clearly not working. It has to be said though that since van Persie got injured, every combination up front has been temporary so it's no surprise none of them can play with each other.

In the second half, Kolo Touré, who had been passing the ball to Fabregas all season realised that one of his strengths that picks him above Philippe Senderos is that he used to be allowed to bring the ball forward. So he started doing that and his bursts, along with Theo's became our best moves. In the end, he was rewarded with a goal that Mathieu Flamini helped him score but standing infront of the keeper.

Arsenal have been unlucky in these run of games. Eduardo da Silva injury when he was just becoming a threat, non-existent penalties and many not given for us and the unfortunately disallowed goal when would have killed this game in the first half.

Mido got sent off for a similar foul to what van Persie got sent off for in Europe last season, I think in both cases, neither player should have been sent off because they could not see the person they injured. But blood led to red card while Theo was tackled from behind in an attacking situation that should have been a red card but referee bottled it.

Arsenal are level on points with United with a poorer goal difference. United have a game in hand but as I said last week, a game in hand is not three points. Don't count it unless you've won it.

As we saw with United against Derby, it could have easily been a draw so we are definitely not out. There are hardly any soft teams in the league this year.

What is clear though is that the pressure is on us. We have to turn this around and find goals up front because Fabregas or Touré may not get a goal in the next game. Someone up front has to start scoring. It's not just a Premiership problem, it is a Champions League problem too.

Crucially, no player is getting stronger, we are getting tired and the demands of hunting draws at the last minute is wearing down a thin team. It caught up with Sagna today and Gallas is looking mentally drained.

Fabregas, Flamini and Gaël Clichy are working way too hard. The new signing that Wenger talked about is turning up to be more Touré than van Persie. van Persie is out of sync with the team and his sharpness is poor, while Walcott and Bendtner who are doing great cannot have enough time left to form any decent partnerships.

We either need luck or a bolt of magical telepathic powers to be given to van Persie, Adebayor and Hleb. Oh and some shooting boots for Hleb too.

Still optimistic but getting tired of jangling nerves and emotions. Another game like this may be too much. I have contemplated quitting putting my heart at risk over football many times at this point in the season after huge disappointments. Then I come back again. I'm sure it's the same for all fans. Maybe we will get a huge reward this season that could last us another 4 years.

Confidence has given way to concern, and concern to frustration. Now frustration is giving way to hope! The next step is either defiance, mathematics and then resignation or straight back to confidence. It will happen as soon next week so we don't have to wait long.

Luckily, we seem to wake up against big teams. So bring on Chelsea.

User Comments

topgunner101

Posted on 4 Apr, 2008 at 01:55 PM - Reply

oh joe you are so funny!!!! thats realy realy clever! oh.if only i could think of funny stuff like that.and your comedy timing? thats almost as a good as a pro! you thought that up in slightly less than two months! i bet the comedy clubs never stop calling joe! i dunno what it is joe.maybe the way you mix sidesplitting humor with piercing intelligence joe.i fall at your comedy feet.cant wait to see you on the big stage.well done.

Joe

Posted on 31 Mar, 2008 at 07:09 PM - Reply

Eduardo... Eduardo... Once he had silky skills, but now he's got a leg like Heather Mills...

jonny boy 88

Posted on 27 Mar, 2008 at 02:39 PM - Reply

Still the best footbaling side in world football, though it may not win us a trophy this season the future is looking bright. Champions League is not beyond us. I think that pre season we would have settled for 4th again, but we have enjoyed the ride. Our season is defined by the injury to Eduardo.

topgunner101

Posted on 26 Mar, 2008 at 10:50 AM - Reply

yay! off you go to spurs then.support like yours no one needs mr(shallow).im sure wed all happily get you season ticket.off you trot. who needs you?for all we care u can disappear up ramos backside.dunno y spurs tho.you realy are a born man united fan.ta da.

kevin

Posted on 26 Mar, 2008 at 10:00 AM - Reply

Believe me mate, there are thousands of people that are more than happy for you to become a Tottenham fan talking as much utter tripe as that.
Please, enjoy Shite Hart Lane, we'll see you on the recieving end at least twice a year!
Idiot!

okeh Kingsley( NIGERIA)

Posted on 25 Mar, 2008 at 04:27 PM - Reply

Wenger does not need a prophet to tell him that what is killing Arsenal is tired legs...Arsenal kind of game involves alot distance coverage,fastness and lots energy, we dont kick and follow like chelsea , so Arsene wenger should stop being a stingy manager and buy players who are cheap but effective like sagna,since he cant spend BIG...it is obvious that those boys playing 4 competitions are tired cos wenger do not have bench to relief them sometimes,With all the money arsenal is making.Wenger has destroy the hearth of 10 million Nigerian ARSENAL fans

Mr.

Posted on 24 Mar, 2008 at 01:00 AM - Reply

Do you know how much a ticket to watch Asenal ugliest football??The most expensive in the world.Do you know who is playing there??A young team and not maturity enough. Where is the money that we paid for a season ticket?Just to buy a kids.Is it deserve with amount of money that we paid??Offcourse not.3 season without anything for a team like Arsenal. I prefer to pay Tottenham ticket. Cheaper a lot than Arsenal and i watch a top star player like Berbatov, Keane etc.
They play such a good and pretty football.
Compare to Arsenal, Wenger tactics is useless.
Bravo Juande Ramos.
I am Arsenal fans but when i looked the way that Spurs play, i became fall in love with them.
I dont want to be Gunners fans againl.
When i watched them it made me frustated and always dispointed. Its because Arsene is stuborn.Adebayor not good enough for premiership, Diaby wastefull the ball. They always play when they in bad performances.
I hope you read this Mr Wenger and know how upset your fans in this condition.
Can all of you be patient?
But not for me.
C u Gunners.....

Robbie

Posted on 24 Mar, 2008 at 12:37 AM - Reply

Why Wenger always play Adebayor while he still in bad performances. He played 90 minutes without subtitution.
Where is Arsene mind??
When i watch Arsenal every games, it makes me frustated with the way they played.
When i looked Totenham, MU or Chealsea , they plating qick and fast football.
When we compare to Arsenal, now they always delay the ball and waiting for someone and confuse to make a shoot. Why Arsenallllllll. Wenger is stuborn and Pat Rice too. Maybe they must looking elsewhere like Derby Country and developed young player there.
Arsenal have a money so why dont they use the money.
Money for a champion, to buy a top player.
What was your thinking MR. Arsene?

Ramgun

Posted on 20 Mar, 2008 at 12:40 PM - Reply

Perhaps those people who still have not realised that Senderos is playing well and that we are a better team with him would like to calculate the percentage of clean sheets we keep with him compared to without him?

ash

Posted on 20 Mar, 2008 at 08:14 AM - Reply

I hope they win against Chelsea and win all the game to claim the title back from MU.....no more slip-up.....Gunners you can do it....

adedeji

Posted on 20 Mar, 2008 at 12:36 AM - Reply

hopefully ,hleb gets to do a lil shooting and cesc tries a little bit of magic.hope the yoruba scoring machine did lose his lucky charm.c'mon gunners do it for arsene ,eduardo and of course we fans

ADEYEMI

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 11:22 PM - Reply

There is only one reason for everything that is happening this season.
At the begining we were the title champion, too sure.
Middle, we gat hit by injuries upon injuries. So, If we dont win any throphy this season i wont feel a thing. Bcos we had a very big reason, which the other teams didnt have.
But i strongly advice Wenger nxt transfer season priority:
buy a 3 new deadly tall players - 1 x striker, winger (both side) & defender.
Sell Gallas, Eboue and Gilberto.
Thats what its gonna take to for Arsenal to win trophy's.

lance

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 04:23 PM - Reply

sagna allday long at right back eboue as nothing on him but yeah quaresma is the ideal player on the right wing plus he's got nothing to stay for in porto they win there league all the time and they dont reach far in the champions league so he needs something fresh a new challenge so wenger bring him in and veldso.I think sendros is ok he's bin more solid then toure

Chimango

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 04:19 PM - Reply

booing the team, eh?? Well, I thought that I would hear of a day when Arsenal is booed by its own fans! A true fan sticks with the team come hail, come sunshine. Everyone is frustrated by the way the team is playing, but true fans don't boo their team.

Anthony

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 02:47 PM - Reply

poor you visit the chelsea site forget ours.

Pherain

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 11:44 AM - Reply

Should be used to this now... happened all last season.... Give RVP some time to recover.... he has been out for a long time .... I know he can gel with the team and provide that strike in the final third that we need ..

Mose S.T

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 08:03 AM - Reply

A winger like quaresma or ribery can replace eboue in future.eboue is a utility player,he is better at RB.i think wenger should try rotating sagna and eboue to see whose better at RB.

Nikhil

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 06:26 AM - Reply

Eboue is a good player. But the worst person is Senderos. He is the most useless guy and I feel that he should be sold. He gave an own goal during the Villa match. And it took us a long time to equalise and thank god Bedtner did the job for us. Eboue hasn't created much mistakes as Senderos. I don't know whether he should go or not but who is there to replace him.

henry iz god

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 01:46 AM - Reply

every1 iz in der dumps over last weeks dominant but poor performance-and we all dnt wanna view the next game(war)but wen we step foot out on trampford brigde and execute chelsea i think even sir.alex will hand us the title

lance

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 01:08 AM - Reply

yeah and no i think people get on eboue back because he's not a winger if he was still rb i can't see him getting much abuse as he's getting now.

Dan

Posted on 19 Mar, 2008 at 12:47 AM - Reply

does any one think eboue is getting unfairly treated by arsenal fans at the moment?

chibyx

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 11:05 PM - Reply

I am an arsenal fan 4 ;life, but we are in a lot of deep shit rite now, and deres only 1 team in d world. AND DATS ARSENAL!! COmmon we can do it

chibyx

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 10:00 PM - Reply

I am an arsenal fan 4 ;life, but we are in a lot of deep shit rite now, and deres only 1 team in d world. AND DATS ARSENAL!! COmmon we can do it

chibyx

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 09:53 PM - Reply

I am an arsenal fan 4 ;life, but we are in a lot of deep shit rite now, and deres only 1 team in d world. AND DATS ARSENAL!! COmmon we can do it

Season Ticket Holder

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 09:39 PM - Reply

We were booing the disgraceful performance of the lino... did you notice how Halsey saw the replay of the goal on the big screen, then cast a quizzical glance towards the idiot lino? Lino just shrugged...

chibyx

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 09:23 PM - Reply

I am an arsenal fan 4 ;life, but we are in a lot of deep shit rite now, and deres only 1 team in d world. AND DATS ARSENAL!! COmmon we can do it

bruce

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 07:30 PM - Reply

arsenal should put in gallas as a striker!
chelsea 4 arsenal 0!

lance

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 06:58 PM - Reply

i didnt say fabby and helb aint good players all i said we need more Creative cm players because when helb not playing good fabregas starts doing long balls to adebayor and that works here and there.Buying diego would be good idea but as i remember the title ends in may so dont give up yet

Robin

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 06:49 PM - Reply

Topgunner101, well said

adam kalange

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 06:21 PM - Reply

it doesnt matter who was being booed but the fact is our chance to win the title is gone, simple

MULUYA -UGANDA

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 04:41 PM - Reply

its more than we can say as fans. but proffessor wenger some thing has to be done for the team to win seven and draw one in the remaining games then we are champions. the team is too small make players stay after they are 30 years don't just see them off. i wacthed pires against zaragoza and said this man could still do us favours in such games we have drwn. the likes of bently, pennant, diarra could be winning these games when hleb is too tired fabregas also tired the list is endless. now that eduardo is injured go for villa, barbatov in the summer or benzima if u fail bring back henry on condition he can be benched at times.

sbakht

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 04:29 PM - Reply

awesome article......

David

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 04:24 PM - Reply

Racial discrimination is not welcome here! BUT, Ade is really a joke. I miss Eduardo much, remember the goals he scored against Everton and Westham, one pass, brought down and shot, goal. as simple as that! Look at what Ade has been doing lately, he squandered every single chance we created, some were one-on-one. Hleb is a play maker, his scoring ratio doesn't matter, but he needs to shoot more when chances come (B'ham game). Yes, we'll be behind our team thick and thin, but criticism only makes the team progress. For those ManU or Chelski idiots commenting on this thread, we will beat you both trust me. Remember the last time we had a slump at the beginning of last season, where did we get our first win? Old Tradford. Now this year will be at the Bridge.

Nikhil

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 03:25 PM - Reply

The premier league is going out of our hands. If we continue this form then we'll be out of the champions league soon enough. The one thing I'm sad about is that we have had a lot of chances than any other team. Secondly the refs these days make all bad calls. We could have got 3 points against Birmingham and also against Middlesbrough when the ref said Adebayor's goal was offside. Against Villa I blame Senderos.

topgunner101

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 02:25 PM - Reply

i know wich is sweeter.

topgunner101

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 02:23 PM - Reply

wouldnt it be netter tho to stuff chelsea and man u now.....

topgunner101

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 02:19 PM - Reply

yeah.ok then.i give up.lets do a newcastle and go with whiners.lets keep everyone happy and sell the entire team.sack the manager.sell to a billionarewho needs a status toy.buy every expensive player we can.who cares about heart and soul.who cares about belief and loyalty.lets change our club name.something ending in plc will do nicely.the last of the big clubs to go that way.wel get results probably.and wel moan forever that football aint what it used to be.then wel be happy?or maybe not...

Mose S.T

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 01:40 PM - Reply

lance wat is wrong wit u there is no better cm than cesc and hleb needs just a little motivation and he will be better than ronaldo.

amsalu

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 01:24 PM - Reply

Mr. Wenger should be bald and courageous to put Ade and Ebu on bench.They should all day sit and watch Walcott and Van in attack.If ade can not pass or flip or do something when there is only the goalkeeper infront of him,Wenger should drop him and try Walcott in the front.He has shown something against Burmingham.Thank you all.I hope we will infront in three weeks time.

lance

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:59 PM - Reply

david villa hasn't even scored mre then 10 goals at valencia that wouldnt be a good buy.The main problem is that helb and fabregas aint creating much chances anymore thats what so upseting.We need a winger and a cm that can create goals and score like robinho and diego.Wenger tried last summer to get robinho and it could still happen.Dont get me wrong i get frustrated with adebayor but he aint the person to blame theres 11 players on the pitch

Emmanuel Chomba Ndalama

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:46 PM - Reply

Joel my friend, as for me, I have already quit! We will do nothing at the bridge. I just it wont be another 4-0 for us. I hate to admit, but,we do not have the strikers who can do a better job. With this in mind, I do not understand why wenger can not buy a quality striker worth 20 million pounds i.e. David Villa of valencia? Day in day out for the rest of the season,we will just be sufferring terribly because of the gunners under par performance!

simon

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:28 PM - Reply

good article, I saw the same problem with Helb and Van persie, Heleb has played very well up top so i say we keep him there and try something else on the left, push Clishey forward to create natural width and stretch teams could be an option but we've never replace Pires

windy

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:23 PM - Reply

we have our chance to be this season's champion, but we've already given it to our rival MU, so let's wait until next season you guys, lol

J.Birch

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 11:51 AM - Reply

get a life

J.Birch

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 11:50 AM - Reply

complety right we need to get out of this slump and keep fighting we do have the sprit.

Yuva

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 11:14 AM - Reply

Wenger should change his policy bout summer spending.
pls sell sendoros, gilberto, eboue, rosicky and
pls buy ben arfa and benzema from lyon we wil diferent Arsenal

T1

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 10:10 AM - Reply

This summer we shoulg get rid of Senderos, Rosicky. we will fetch good money out of them and get a good experienced left winger who can also score goals. experienced players bring stability in a team. if we can have 3 Gallas type of players, we would be kicking. i think the reason why we have drawn for the past 4 games is because the youngsters have no motivation when they go 2 play with these small teams. they underestimate the importance of these small matches. i guarantee you we are going to win the big matches chelsea, man utd, liverpool- its these small teams that are going to haunt us

T1

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 10:02 AM - Reply

This summer we shoulg get rid of Senderos, Rosicky. we will fetch good money out of them and get a good experienced left winger who can also score goals. experienced players bring stability in a team. if we can have 3 Gallas type of players, we would be kicking. i think the reason why we have drawn for the past 4 games is because the youngsters have no motivation when they go 2 play with these small teams. they underestimate the importance of these small matches. i guarantee you we are going to win the big matches chelsea, man utd, liverpool- its these small teams that are going to haunt us

skipper

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 09:57 AM - Reply

yo thanx dude you just made me realise why av been supporting arsenal for as long as i can rememmber. what i think is that when your team is winning they need ur support and when they are going througha bad time/patch thats when they need ur support more than ever. its true manu are on top at the moment but what prof. arsene needs to install back into the players is that mental belief and courage and as for the strikers they need to realise what their job is, the likes of midfielders Fabregas, Hleb, rosisky(when hes fit)and others can not be always relied upon to score goals every game and the fact is that they are doing their job exceptionally well + that is what got as through some of our previous games eg against Man city, Milan etc. as for adebayor i read in an article- daily mail (where he actually said he was the new Henry that was when he was scoring in every game and that to says 2 things. 1. he is confident of his ability to score goals to win ganmes 2. he doesnt realise that only the arsenal fans can give him that title true he can score goals when hes on form but hes the type of player that needs over 12 chances to score one goal that to me is not a top striker. if you give eduardo or benzema(of lyon) or keanne(of spuds)or that over-rated ronnie they will convert 9 of those chances. at the start of the season when i saw eduardo play in one or two games i thought finally arsene has solved the problem of struggling for goals to kill of games against teams who pack their team bus in the 18 area and over load the box. however that problem has crept back again but this time we can at least be happy that we are drawing and not loosing those games. agree or disagree with me but i think we need a pure groomed trademark striker with a target one shot one goal striker we have that in eduardo but i think we all know the story on that and even when he recovers it ghonna be a different road altogether. to win the title in EUROPE and the premiership we need less types of adebayor and more of eduardo. there are eight games to play and i think the next 2 weeks will determine arsenals season and as genious as arsene is i think he knows he needs to add more depth to his team and am not talkn about players coming through the acedemy he needs to sign someone in the calibre of Benzema. i personally believe we can win the premiship and the champion league so thanx again for opening my eyes and as for this weekend i cant wait to break chealski home form just as we did to milan.

Padre Pio

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 08:50 AM - Reply

I was there we were booing the ref off after his two lousy decisions

Feet2

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 08:39 AM - Reply

BTW, I moronically included the FA Cup defeat as a league game. Of course we have dropped 8 points, not ll, in the last 6 games. Sorry! Not that it makes a great deal of difference to my point.

I think we can all agree we need to stuff Chelsea on saturday, whatever happens. :)

Mose s.t

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 04:46 AM - Reply

Ade has been heavily criticised but if really know football u ll realise that he keeps control and tempo of the game.if u withdraw ade for eduardo arsenal would suffer big loses.i guess ade is more of supportin striker,rvp should get is form and all will well.walcott is not consistent but i cant right him off,rem flamini last and this season.

jamal assaqauf

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 03:20 AM - Reply

lu pikkirlaaa sendrii...!!!

Riezal MAFC

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 02:55 AM - Reply

I think in the current situation, Arsenal is get used to play with the big team. We are now facing our old problem (can't beat small team). So hopefully we can win all the big match coming ahead. Hopefully all the lads will do analysis from the previous matches and can fix the problem. True Arsenal will never give up.

sebastian

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 02:25 AM - Reply

i count a game in hand as three points because in all honesty the way their playing it looks liek theyll get it u have to prepare for all eventualitites and writing them off for the three points is foolish. as for the booing thats shameful i cant believe that happened, u guys should have felt shame because thats disgusting

Aussie Fan

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 01:54 AM - Reply

Joel interesting article, but RVP is going to be that man to get us the 25 goals per season once his injuries heal!! the main difference between Ade and Ronaldo in this years race is Ronaldo converts chances you put him in a high scoring sito and guaranteed 90% goal!! Ade on the other hand, has probablly the most chances of any striker in England and based on percentage ball by Arsenal probablly Europe!! His goals tell a Lie cause while its outstanding effort, if we had a clinical finisher which Eduardo looks set to become, They would probablly be breaking all sort of goal scoring records this year!! I Remember a game this season at the beggining where we won 1-0 but had 17 shots at goal and 9 on goal with 5 going to Ade!! and for sometime this was the case, nobody said anything cause we were winning, but now that its coming down to something like Goal Differences, will those high percentage chances come back and haunt us?

Kaizer

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 01:23 AM - Reply

By the way I missed two more players that need to be shown the door Bendtner and Djourou. They got to go lets spend some dough Mr Wenger and stop living on past glory we need some silverware.

Kaizer

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 01:04 AM - Reply

Guys all l know is l'm tired of excuses l need my team to win something. We have tried with the kids but all they have given us is hope and nothing else. Its time to get tough all the other teams are getting stronger so are the spuds and l hate to say it but if we do no strengthen and bring in some real quality we will be out of the top four next season. If the money is there Wenger needs to spend it on players to replace, Senderos, eboue, gilberto, jens, diaby. For me this season is done we need to just make sure we finish third. Remember we had a good lead and we failed to make it count, so get real we not gonna do it this season. Come on Arsenal we will be back...

???

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:53 AM - Reply

The word BLACK is a negative incantation in all cultures black is far worse the MONKEY.

BACK TO FOOOOOOOOTBALL.

We need WISE & EXPERIENCED PLAYERS, and that wont get injured for almost half of the season.

ARSENAL IS A LITTLE LIKE A HOSPITAL. Manager is at fault the board for not adding any stimulant pressure .

Rob

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:43 AM - Reply

Wenger should just be prepared to drop players when they don't play well. Ade now thinks he is some hot shot who is undropable some1 needs to remind him he is not TH14, he hasn't achieved anything yet, he hasn't won a trophy for us. He should just get off that high horse and work hard on being clinical, he misses a lot more than he converts. He is an arrogant guy who is not as good as he thinks. If he scored half his chances he would have scored 30-40 GOAL BY NOW.

Warlord

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:29 AM - Reply

Talk football and be objective and stop calling people names. Remember cashley cole and s.phillips in spain on national duty and more recently andrew simmonds aussie vs india cricket.

Nicolas Illanes

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:22 AM - Reply

We Really, only in this moment, need to soce, but not to Draw the game, we need tod score before the other team in the match, and then we will control the match rithm

bugsy malone

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:22 AM - Reply

It's racist punk & you know it you should never call a black man monkey asshole. You are just asking for ras clut trouble fool.

lance

Posted on 18 Mar, 2008 at 12:06 AM - Reply

so why you saying monkey in the first place u twat tell me how it aint racist

mike

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 11:15 PM - Reply

Monkey??? Shame on u twat.wenger's lack of game plan is our biggest handicap. We r so f**kin predicatble.what happened to long shots and shooting to score from outside the box? Monkey chants aint the way to go unless offcourse you are a deliquent, which clearly is the case

derek

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 11:05 PM - Reply

denial will lead us no where.love arsenal to death and 4sure something need to change n don get me wrong i wouldnt criticis any player but their style.4a start,if hleb could shoot 4tyms in a game he would score oncce i believe in every match and that could be the diffrence.his positioning is always best and could do a ronaldo 4us-hes better than that manu f#ck

topgunner101

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 10:52 PM - Reply

dont think so.man u and chelsea.we raly bug you dont we.if you were not rattled you wouldnt even be on here.man u? your a one man team! have been all season.if it wasnt 4 ronnie youd be in terminal decline! and if anyones going to play in spain itl be ronaldo.even fergies worried about that.as for chelsea,grant is just abromoviches puppet!!! ur still skating on joses tactics for now.wont last!! and even he wants to come back and kill you!!!! and i reckon he will. get over yourselves.wel c at the end of the season.

hendry

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:52 PM - Reply

In your dreams arsenal fans!
BPL title?
champions league?

Forget it!

bruce

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:47 PM - Reply

3rd placing for arsenal this season in BPL!

bruce

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:42 PM - Reply

3rd placing for arsenal this season in BPL!

bruce

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:41 PM - Reply

3rd placing for arsenal this season in BPL!

wenger

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:39 PM - Reply

i will join real madrid next season.

wenger

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:36 PM - Reply

chelsea 2 arsenal 0
man utd 2 liverpool 0

champions league

arsenal 1 liverpool 2
liverpool 3 arsenal 0

Wenger

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:34 PM - Reply

man utd are the true champion! believe me.

bugsy malone

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:26 PM - Reply

don't call ade a monkey you racist cunt, will kill your bloodclut idiot.

I Hayes

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 08:18 PM - Reply

Like 59999 other people I knew that the halftime booing was directed at Mark Halsey.

Mymumsagooner

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 07:47 PM - Reply

@ sikatinavra, it's not like hleb would have had a shot anyway!

sikatinavra

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 06:56 PM - Reply

dumbass rvp @ wigan game he shoot the ball the bird while he could pass the ball to free-man hleb

truth_hurts

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 06:56 PM - Reply

completely agree. Controlling the possesion doesn't automatically equate to playing well. We are very frustrating at times and if an opponent scores first against us it does feel like we are struggling as sometimes its difficult to see where one goals coming from never mind 2 especially when Ades having an off day. Van persie is completely out of sync with the rest of the team and Theo and Bendtner haven't been given long enough to form partnerships. Its not all doom and gloom though if we beat united then the title race is still very on.

robert

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 06:33 PM - Reply

Ade in his second season scores 19 goal, and is hated? helb for the past 2 season averages 3 goals all season, not a very good buy for the club. this is a team sport and I hope some of the users look at the stat's before writing such crap

DAN

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 06:08 PM - Reply

arsenal to end up with nothing again.there is only one person to blame for this and it is ?hands up if any one knows.

John

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 05:27 PM - Reply

We need to SCORE......simple as that, we're going through a REALLY bad patch and having a LOT of bad luck, injuries, penalties etc....its just not going our way..........hopefully our luck will start to change at Chelsea this weekend, because we need it BADLY!!!!!

Feet2

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 05:27 PM - Reply

First, the Milan game was an exceptional performance and a wonderful win, but Premier league teams know how to deal with and frustrate Arsenals expansive play by trying to nick a goal while putting 10 men behind the ball, Milan did not do that, perhaps they don't know how to, either way I don't think it's a good reflection or plumbline for our form in the EPL.

Our form in the EPL for the last 6 games goes WLDDDD. That's 7 points from a possible 18. When you're Arsenal you better believe that's a slump, the manager expects better and the players expect better. We certainly expect better. Something is wrong. Denial will get you nowhere. As will a negative attitude. Wenger will hopefully respond in the next few games and prove that when plan A doesn't work he can do something else besides throw on Bentner.

Ade is a goal scorer but not in the same way that Shearer or Torres are goal machines. Maybe I don't give him enough credit, maybe he has made a lasting improvement on last season when he was sometimes great, but mostly pretty average. I think this is just good form, though believe me I hope I'm wrong.

ARUNA

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 05:06 PM - Reply

ether,zaiky,terri,mose,mafia and the arsenal fans, we need to calm down things might not be going our way and may be they wont but for the love of the game lets be patient.lets drink to good times.by the way we cant change anything but a little criticism is not that bad.

ETHER

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 04:58 PM - Reply

AMIDST of us are haters! but keep hating and questioning the credibility of our superb players but this will not make us weaker or lesser period.

Goh

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 04:58 PM - Reply

Thank you martin taylor, john carew for blowing away our champions...
thank you english fa for keep defending violent tackles in epl!
thank you very much!

Goh

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 04:56 PM - Reply

Thank you martin taylor, john carew for blowing away our champions...
thank you english fa for keep defending violent tackles in epl!
thank you very much!

Babatunde

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 04:25 PM - Reply

Some people are quite weird, writing all sort of strange stuff just because some recent games havent gone well, imagine someone saying Ade is not a goal scorer ( I wonder if he will be considered one after scoring 50 goals in a season). Stop moaning and get behind the boys who have started so well. I trust in the team getting a result against Chelsea.

Lance

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 04:25 PM - Reply

If it were't for ade me wouldt be in the title race and you u calling him monkey you smelly cunts if this is how fans feel about our black players they hope we dont get the title!! racist cunts

valderamasmullet

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 03:30 PM - Reply

It appears that the gunners are flat at the moment and need an injection of inspiration

Is it time for Wenger to play Walcott up front for the full 90 against Chelsea. Walcott offeres something slightly different from every other Arsenal forward in that he possesses electric pace and is very direct.

At present Arsenal's attacking play can become very one paced, Walcott seems to have really come on in the last few months and could offer the mood change that the gunners need

People will claim that he lacks experience and know how in the big games but if you are good enough you are old enough as football has proved on countless occasions.

topgunner101

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 03:22 PM - Reply

absolutley true.history making team on the way up.finding its feet thats all.man u s dominance is over.only thing delaying it is ronaldo and they know it.

Highbury Gooner

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 03:18 PM - Reply

Eboue is poor, I dont undestand why he gets prefference over Walcott or even Bentner. We were booing the officials, not the team you muppet - we'd never boo the team! Ade has regressed to thinking he is Tierry, he needs to just turn and shoot and not try and set up everyone else. This will change back again and he will start firing again. Helb has gone off the boil lately, his work rate and belief has never been the same since Carrew chopped him down (and should have been red carded) - he'll be back on form again soon. Persie will fight for his place, which means with a few more games he'll be back in from and we'll win the title and the Champions - next year the quadruple. For all you doubters, just fu*k off to tottenham and support them we dont need you - your the same tossers that wrote us off at the beginning of the season. We are on the up and will only get better.

topgunner101

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:49 PM - Reply

yay.said it better than i could.im sure they know the way to old trafford plc

topgunner101

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:47 PM - Reply

norman(id change that name meself) wel sort it out on the pitch.you know how arsenal love those big games.even jose wants to come back to kill your team.such loyalty you inspire.see you sunday.ill recognize you.youll be the one lookin and feelin pretty stupid.

Terri

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:46 PM - Reply

Are you suppose to be Arsenal supporters?
Anyone would think we were in the relegation zone instead of being at the top of the table
I watched the Fulham match yesterday and there supporters were totally behind there team, better than all you whinging lot.
Go support Man U if you feel that strongly. We don't need all you with your negative attitudes

ETHER

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:37 PM - Reply

MOSE surely do you think we a winning team-Yes WE give room for slip ups but 4 consecutive draws no excuse!! come on gunners!!!

topgunner101

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:30 PM - Reply

yeah.thought hed be gone.childrens tv must have started.thought people like that had to be muzzled these days.bye loser.

ether

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:24 PM - Reply

Word is TRUE to the core! you spoke my mind!But time will tell.maniacs anybody-is there something like loosing with dignity tell me!Good football yes! but whats with no goals or draws!!!!!meeeeennnn!

topgunner101

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 02:17 PM - Reply

to the scumbag calling himself ade out.you are not an arsenal fan.this is a stirrer from another club.so proud of his club he is to gutless to name them.you wont stir up trouble in our ranks.we love wenger and ade.we back em.we support em.and thhakyou for giving us a bit of fire to beat racist scum like you.trouble with people like you mate is your gutless.you wouldnt say that to his face one on one.loser!!!

Jr mafia

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:57 PM - Reply

i agree wit u mose s.t,this forum should thus be closed for good.man-utd groupies and liverfools have been fuckin around with this website.

MOSE S.T

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:43 PM - Reply

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MY FELLOW ARSENAL FUNS,WHEN WE ARE DOING WELL-BEATING MILAN,BEING TOP OF LEAGUE E.T.C WE SHOWER THE PLAYERS AND WENGER WITH PRAISES BUT WHEN WE SLIP A BIT WE START CRITISIZING THEM LIKE FOOLS.IF YOU FEEL LIKE U R NOT SATISFIED WITH ARSENAL MOVE TO ANOTHER TEAM.ARSENAL RULES.

Feet

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:39 PM - Reply

Sorry for the multiple posts, it;s been resending my post everytime I hit refresh and I didn't realise. >_<

Feet

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:38 PM - Reply

Bentner, Eboue and Adebayor were very poor and very wasteful of possession in and around the box, atleast VP has the excuse that he's been out for most of the season, they do not. I know Boro were playing 10 men behind the ball, but as an attacking force we were poor. I can't see where the goals are going to come from. Adebayor has been in great goal scoring form, but I don't think he's ever been the out and out goal machine we're in need of, Bentner should not be playing for a Champions League side and every other striker is injured or cannot be called a goal-machine striker. Troubling times, my heart hopes we cling on and results go our way, but my head says that we have nothing left in the squad and we may be left with nothing come May.

Passenal

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:37 PM - Reply

Can you do something about that racist masquerading as an Arsenal fan. Those comments are completely uncalled for. Ade scored a perfectly good goal on Saturday, which was wrongly disallowed.

Passenal

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:32 PM - Reply

Were you really at the game? The booing was directed at the referee, not our players. He got booed at half-time both going off and when he came out with the Boro players as well as at the end of the match.

Danny D

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:09 PM - Reply

Based on all the anti-ref snarly I heard during the first half I would say the booing was directed at the officials

Danny D

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:07 PM - Reply

Based on all the anti-ref snarly I heard during the first half I would say the booing was directed at the officials

Feet

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:04 PM - Reply

Bentner, Eboue and Adebayor were very poor and very wasteful of possession in and around the box, atleast VP has the excuse that he's been out for most of the season, they do not. I know Boro were playing 10 men behind the ball, but as an attacking force we were poor. I can't see where the goals are going to come from. Adebayor has been in great goal scoring form, but I don't think he's ever been the out and out goal machine we're in need of, Bentner should not be playing for a Champions League side and every other striker is injured or cannot be called a goal-machine striker. Troubling times, my heart hopes we cling on and results go our way, but my head says that we have nothing left in the squad and we may be left with nothing come May.

Feet

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 01:01 PM - Reply

Bentner, Eboue and Adebayor were very poor and very wasteful of possession in and around the box, atleast VP has the excuse that he's been out for most of the season, they do not. I know Boro were playing 10 men behind the ball, but as an attacking force we were poor. I can't see where the goals are going to come from. Adebayor has been in great goal scoring form, but I don't think he's ever been the out and out goal machine we're in need of, Bentner should not be playing for a Champions League side and every other striker is injured or cannot be called a goal-machine striker. Troubling times, my heart hopes we cling on and results go our way, but my head says that we have nothing left in the squad and we may be left with nothing come May.

James

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:57 PM - Reply

Mido deserved a red card for dangerous play. Under what circumstances is it ok to to try and win a ball that is head height with your feet?? It's dangerous play, Clichy had blood all over his face to prove it. What if a stud went in his eye? You don't have to break someone's leg to get sent off you know.

Arsenal blew the title when Wenger started fucking about in the FA Cup against Man U. Never looked the same since.

Feet

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:57 PM - Reply

Bentner, Eboue and Adebayor were very poor and very wasteful of possession in and around the box, atleast VP has the excuse that he's been out for most of the season, they do not. I know Boro were playing 10 men behind the ball, but as an attacking force we were poor. I can't see where the goals are going to come from. Adebayor has been in great goal scoring form, but I don't think he's ever been the out and out goal machine we're in need of, Bentner should not be playing for a Champions League side and every other striker is injured or cannot be called a goal-machine striker. Troubling times, my heart hopes we cling on and results go our way, but my head says that we have nothing left in the squad and we may be left with nothing come May.

max

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:56 PM - Reply

its amazing you let such posts in ur website are resists lets be objective, the owners of this website shld be sued for allowing we have played a difficult formation all year when rvp was injured. its been mostly 451 formation with the big guy alone upfront some fans just aint objective get a life u racist

Femi

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:54 PM - Reply

When Adebayor had his lucky streak, most supporters became blind to the truth-this guy's just lucky, he has no skill. The difference is seen. When the chips were down, Ronaldo had a moment of magic and buried it. Adebayor, like Henry, will bring problems to Arsenal. Both of them had more personal records than team achievements. Even though Henry's goals won cups, others were also getting double digit goals (Pires, Wiltord, Ljundgerd Kanu, Bergkamp), but now Wenger has bought players that magnify the role of strikers than complement them. Torres is scoring goals thay are crucial. Adebayor got this far because the midfield can't score goals and he has been well placed by them. Many forget that Fabregas had two clear chances he missed because of poor finishing. But unfortunaetly Wenger does not take advice. That's the downfall of a man anytime.

bob

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:47 PM - Reply

the day at brum was the day we lost the title when the greedy b;;;d ade was in on goal , looked right and seen bhentner with an easy tap in decided that fame greed and the golden boot was more important than the team. on the day when a better and mote talented player nearly lost his leg it says it all about adebayer.

harryo

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:39 PM - Reply

i think ade missing sitters in every match we seem to play has put pressure on the defence and midfield .an easy match turns into a slog because of his incompitence and greed[remember birmingham with bhentner]

Hboy

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:32 PM - Reply

What an excellent article, well done Joel, superbly written and our situation and feelings summed up expertly. The Van Persie marking Hleb observation is also very interesting, and not something I thought of during the match, but you're right. Hard to know what to make of Alex right now, he looks tired and a little down on confidence, but we need him more than ever to unleash the magic. In Alex's defence though, why is he being played left-wing?, why is it Hleb that gets pushed around the pitch, can't Eboue go and contribute next-to-no end product on the left instead of the wing, rather than effecting our most crucial attacking cog. You must keep your best players in their best positions, and we can't afford for Hleb to be pushed out to the left-wing, or Cesc to be pushed onto either wing as happened at Wigan.

Finsbury Parker

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:28 PM - Reply

> i was booing the ref and the lino, not the team.

Bet the players didn't think so. Is that what you wanted?

Finsbury Parker

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:28 PM - Reply

> i was booing the ref and the lino, not the team.

Bet the players didn't think so. Is that what you wanted?

Mick

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:24 PM - Reply

The fans were booing the ref

wuletaw wondmagegn

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:14 PM - Reply

Still arsenal has a chance to win the race for the title if and only if arsene is willing to take right decision at the right time.Specially the coming games with his big rivals are to crucial in the race for the title.Arsene should not be frastreted in giving chances for bentner in place of unsucssful adebayor.

anon

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:06 PM - Reply

i was booing the ref and the lino, not the team.

Mick

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 12:01 PM - Reply

The fans were booing the ref

sig

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 11:53 AM - Reply

I don't know what game you were watching... but the game I saw we were all booing the shocking decisions make by the ref

why on earth would we boo our team???

Harry Barracuda

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 11:47 AM - Reply

I would imagine Halsey was probably the one being boo'ed. Also, is there any way you can keep out retards like the one below. Bit of a one-handed typist I think.

km1980

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 11:46 AM - Reply

I have to say that I think Mido's foul was a red card, as was RVP's a few years ago. If you go in to a tackle on the ground with studs up and catch the guy on the shin or knee, then we would expect to see a red card for that. Therefore it has to be the same when the foot is head high. To me it does not matter if it was intentional or not, it was reckless and dangerous and therefore worthy of the punisment.

mr_arsenal_australia

Posted on 17 Mar, 2008 at 11:45 AM - Reply

Great words mate!

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