(The not-so-temporary quite-official) Gooner Thread (Part 1)

I'm quietly confident about Bayern. So quietly confident that I won't mention it again.

COYG!

Are you that confident? I'll be happy if we just get 4th. That will be over achieving for this season.

Lots of truths in last nights blog:

https://arseblog.com/

man lots of anti wenger stuff all over the place, i must say im a huge wenger fan. The team he put out in th weekend should have done the job without a doubt, diaby was the biggest let down in that game for me....rambo ahead of diaby in the pecking order for me at the moment. Hopefully ox can snap out of his 2nd year downer soon. i dont think we need to spend a insane amount to get the squad going again but we also need to get rid of the dead wood as well. I allways though vinho would come good but its doesnt look like it will arrrrrh anyways i'll be screaming for gunners come tomorrow morning

Ps out of all the famous supporters in the world why did he get piers morgan?? not sure if anyone here follow him on twitter but he's a

Not anymore... though not just cos of the chip he has on his shoulder about Wenger, also cos he's generally bluddy annoying.

Piers Morgan is a massively over-dramatic bell end.

The fact he tries to represent Arsenal fans on the whole is retarded to put it lightly.

embarrassing at best, suicidal at worst

here's our 'notable' supporters 

Osama bin Laden.

Rumour has it he was a regular on the North Bank during the 90s. Even attended our Cup Winners Cup win in Copenhagen.

No Monreal or Gibbs tomorrow. Some doubt over Koscielny. Backline could be anyone's guess - some saying TV5 at LB and Sagna at CB. 

If Kosc is fit maybe leave Jenkinson out? he is young for a fixture this size

Perhaps: 

                          Szczesny

Sagna - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Vermaelen

                     Arteta - Wilshere

            Walcott - Cazorla - Podolski

                             Giroud

Ramsey may even push Arteta for his spot given his recent performances in that position, Mikel did play 90 mins midweek...

Another reason to be a Floyd fan... did have a minor flutter hearing TH14 is a Sp*ds fan though!

Poor.  Making Bayern look like they've got 12/13 players out on the pitch.

Well that's pretty well that then.

Can not conceivably see this club recovering from the doldrums in at least the next 5 years.  All the promise from moving to the Emirates in 2007 has been systematically ground to dust in the 5/6 seasons since. 

We need change. And changing gaffer won't solve/change anything if they're working in the same environment.

I'm not saying Wenger should necessarily stay - but there's no point bringing in someone less able/experienced under the same regime and expecting better outcomes.

Is this an AFC or WPX thread?... FML.

wow when the chips are down eh - the luck around their first and third goals made me want to rip my eyes out

Seriously, if there is a god, that 'cross' falling to kroos and that ball looping in when it could've gone anywhere, that was just harsh man. None of the goals in the game were things of beauty at all, it's not like bayern were tearing us a new one all day, they were just clinical when they got the chances, had that bit of luck, and were rather good defensively (although we were the first ones to score against them since Dec 14). You could tell they carried themselves like a team at the very top of their game too. After the first goal I thought it was going to be worse than it is. 

In that first 30 minutes Bayern looked phenomenal. It was like playing barca trying to get the ball out of our own half, and when we did, it was like they had an extra man in their half too! Definitely the second best club after Barca right now for me.

Once we got into it properly I felt like we were matching them, at 2-1 I felt a 3-2 win was possible. 

The 50/50 challenges were meaty in that game, our boys were massively committed, still proud of them despite the result - in fact it may seem odd in a 3-1 loss but I find it hard to pick out any really poor performances from our lads. 

Thought it was a mistake from Arsene to make the double sub at that particular time. Poldi was killing them down the left and he got hooked. I realise there was red card danger with him already on a yellow and getting tetchy with robben, but I would've taken the gamble and kept  pushing it. After the subs our heart rates dropped, the crowd went quiet, we just lost that impetus. Granted there was the giroud chance, which had he taken would've changed everything, but still, why make those subs right then? 

It's a pity gibbs is injured, think he would've torn lahm to bits in that game - TV5 had his number on attack and was out-pacing him regularly. 

I'd just like to get through a match commentary where they don't mention our trophyless run since 2005. Its like a few years back where they always used to say how many players had been sent off during the Wenger reign. Started to get very boring.

As soon as I heard steve nicol's f*cking voice I was spewing. He hates us, loves ripping in to Arsene and anyone involved with our club. Nearly as bad as Tony Gale.

Nicol spent one of our FA Cup games this season bagging Giroud for 90 mins, while he was busy putting in a MOM performance with 2 goals and an assist (I think, from memory), and Nicol didnt change his tune once.

Heard him say again today that Giroud has been a 'flop'. Does this guy watch games or just come up with pre-conceived ideas and stick to them?

 he's still smarting from the 26/05/89

that's him getting trampled by Michael Thomas

what a morning that was

Lets just try get top four now. Forget this tie it's over. 12 games left in the league to make it happen.

 it was over before it began

unsure as to why the Blackburn game was not targeted with utmost priority. 

anyway 12 games says Buffy, so edited tips comp is guess the points tally

I'll show ridiculous optimism and go 31. Numbers please gents, it may cheer some of us up, etc...

Hahaha I wondered about that foal, was tempted to check youtube and see where he was when we scored that goal, I love it that he was in the thick of it :)

24.

Mate he's the new Tommy Smyth for me.....glad i'm not the only one that feels that way

regardless of game this morning, something has to change with the way we defend. Kons form has dropped so badly since last season ,TV5 just isnt "that" player anymore and Sackers form is like a yoyo. Another thing i notice is that we actually lack pace apart from theo and ox we dont have anyone quick.

for ME personally players required for next season

1x DMF

1 or 2X Wingers

1x Striker

Get rid of, arshvin,Dj,chamakroon,bendtner

Possible to get rid of, Vinho and Diaby.......Diaby is far too injured and overrated in my opinion and as much as i would love it for vinho to come right i dont think he will  

Anyone know whats the story with Miyachi??

Miyaichi's  been injured for a few months, but is coming back right now i think

Gutted as I'd have loved to have seen him get a few appearances for a side like Wigan who like to knock it about

19.

Just started reading Vieira autobio.........forgot how awesome he was and also remembered his last kick was the last time we won anything

27.

Disappointed with that. I can't believe that he didn't start Giroud. 

3rd is the target, it's every man and his dog for that position. I'm still a believer in Wenger, but I don't see him surviving the season if we don't make Champions League qualification. If we do make C/L then he needs to do the clear out of players we've been asking for, and invest in some fresh talent.

Alternatively I'd like to see him giving Coquellin or Frimpong an extended run in the DMF position, actually bring some players in who can get stuck in...it's not Rambo or Arteta's game style. Heck I'd even adjust the style and go to a 4-2-3-1 and give the front 4 the freedom to push and rotate as they need to, and the 2 DMF's the desire to protect the back 4.

Pretty decent piece on the bayern game and the craziness going on regarding our latest 'crisis';

https://www.football365.com/f365-says/8511065/F365-Says

Sarah Winterburn really is the best writer on F365, by some distance. 

Very true about Munich - they were absolutely brutal. People forget that we were up against a very, very classy side. 

27 and 29 both taken so I'll go with 28.

This is a great piece, aside from the bizarre error around his prem table comments - he's obviously looking at a table from 5 games ago which is a bit odd...

So right about the Mancini comments, why is it that he escapes press beatings? 

https://www.racingpost.com/news/sport/wenger-critics-need-to-look-at-bigger-picture/1208091/?

Good grief, Sagna now has a knee problem and gibbs is apparently still 'a few weeks away'.

Monreal and Jenkinson will need to stay fit and play well, or we're fooked. Injuries to fullbacks cost us a lot of points last season, this is not good timing.