Strawman
Im actually ok with the board at the moment, because Wenger is clearly being given sufficient funds to make a go of winning stuff--something you and other have denied to be the case in the pastStrawman
If like some fans, you say Wenger's clueless, the board are money grabbing f***s and the players (particularly Giroud, Walcott and Ramsey) are useless donkeys and coming second is a clusterf*** . . . what would you call that 'supporting'?
Off to Cornwall now mate . . will give St Austell's brewery a try.
That one died, thankfully.
And try not to drown, you'll be sorely missed. Watch those pesky riptides. Remember, swim parallel to the beach and out. 
Being a Gooner is truly horrible at times.
I wouldn't say I'm a regular I just try to catch a few games a season. Unfortunately the game was too tense for me to focus on off the ball movement but I did notice that the way we play can often result in a fullback/winger in tons of space and surprisingly, we would rarely find said player. Theo was through on goals quite a few times and that’s something that may have been missed on the TV. A simple pass back to a passer like Xhaka who could launch a fast diagonal to Theo could have been deadly.
Overall we look better as a team and the only reason we’re not getting the hype of Man City is because we have this habit of making silly decisions which tend to get worse when we’re winning which prevents the tell-tale emphatic scorelines and comprehensive victories of a ‘title favourite’.
One example – and the worst of the bunch imo - was the one near the end of the game with Gibbs and Ox around the halfway line with 2 or 3 Swansea defenders back.
There were multiple errors there. The first being that Theo was constantly readjusting his run to be on the last man's shoulder, the second being that Gibbs tried to play a rolled pass towards Theo. It's as if both players were unaware of the fact they had a good 50 yards of open space behind them, Gibbs just had to play an average lobbed pass in behind and Theo could have been 10 yards in front of the defender and still have gotten to the ball for a 1v1 with the keeper.
There was also another situation where Bellerin was charging forward into a 3v3 (or something similar) situation. The crowd played a part in pressuring him into releasing the ball forward to Özil early which subsequently changed our 3v3 attack into a more manageable 2v3 which subsequently fizzled out. You’re always taught that the ball is faster than the man but this was definitely a situation where Bellerin should have held the ball and drawn the midfielder towards him.
I’ve always said that a lot of the little mistakes - something as small as incorrect weight on a 10 yard pass - we make early in the build-up can have a large overall impact in our play. It’s no surprise that with players like Xhaka and Cazorla (maybe that’s why we’ve moved Coquelin up the pitch perhaps?) in deep midfield we’re making less of these and are transitioning better than we have in a while; unfortunately we’re still messing up a lot of these transitions when our talented midfielders aren’t on the ball.
If we can fix some of the very basic errors in decision making then we’ll be a force - and that’s not even taking into account the chances that we miss when we actually complete a transition without messing it up.
Definitely. The fact you're all suffering together probably plays a part.
I've been on board with your thoughts on Wenger in this thread but as an analyst this has got me on edge
Definitely. The fact you're all suffering together probably plays a part.
Good actually. Must be due to the recent results, we really got behind the team whenever Swansea would peg one back and the atmosphere was generally good throughout. It created an air of invincibility, even though Swansea had us on the ropes at times we never felt like the result was in danger.
Good actually. Must be due to the recent results, we really got behind the team whenever Swansea would peg one back and the atmosphere was generally good throughout. It created an air of invincibility, even though Swansea had us on the ropes at times we never felt like the result was in danger.
When I say we I mean the non-tourists. That's why most stadiums in the south of England are relatively quiet especially when you're a big club. We tend to complain a lot about our atmosphere but I don't think it's fair. There are fans who have come to visit from China who have spent more money on Arsenal than I have.
Just because they don't know the traditional chants and can't get behind the team in the way we want them to doesn't make them any less of a fan than we are.
The real problem are the tourists who give no ****s about football and are there purely to say they've been there. I would never let them in but then that becomes an ethical and human rights debate...
Got completely sidetracked there. As you can see I'm having a very productive day at work.
Good actually. Must be due to the recent results, we really got behind the team whenever Swansea would peg one back and the atmosphere was generally good throughout. It created an air of invincibility, even though Swansea had us on the ropes at times we never felt like the result was in danger.
When I say we I mean the non-tourists. That's why most stadiums in the south of England are relatively quiet especially when you're a big club. We tend to complain a lot about our atmosphere but I don't think it's fair. There are fans who have come to visit from China who have spent more money on Arsenal than I have.
Just because they don't know the traditional chants and can't get behind the team in the way we want them to doesn't make them any less of a fan than we are.
The real problem are the tourists who give no ****s about football and are there purely to say they've been there. I would never let them in but then that becomes an ethical and human rights debate...
Got completely sidetracked there. As you can see I'm having a very productive day at work.
The full article on Pep if you're interested:Not sure where this guy got it from but thought I'd post it anyways
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