(The not-so-temporary quite-official) Gooner Thread (Part 2)

No,no, not me. England, or at least an English betting house. 

Best football odds  I ever collected was 35/1 on Davor Suker France 98

Wenger being quoted as being prepared to spend as 'we're a little bit short' etc.

Hopefully this translates into action, although you do have to have some sympathy for him as mid-season is always a nightmare to buy in.

Excited for tomorrow morning, odd's are in our favour according to the bookies. Hopefully we don't start Sanchez but he's on the bench...

I dont believe any tranfers stuff for gunners untill its offical......been let down too many times. I do remember following the Ozil signing on twitter thou that was epic

Would take anything Wenger says with a grain of salt tbh. He'll always say the right things before the window. Then when it comes to near the end and we haven't signed anyone it will be more like. "We have Flamini, Chambers, Gabriel can play there. Show me someone who can improve what I have. Noone was available"

LOL pretty spot on mate.....+ Wilshere/Welbeck will be like a new signings too

Feel real good about tomorrow's game. And that makes me nervous.

Also, just read Welbeck has had a set back and is out til at least February. Wilshere due back by then too. 

Hopefully they're both fit in time for the 2017 Australia tour. 

Nervous af

Most excited/nervous I've been for a premier league game in ages. Calling a 3~2 win

Girouds touch is letting him down here

Wally!! What a goal

Fudge me! What a goal!

Ozil with another assist!

this is freaking awesome

Beaut day to be working from home!

Get in you Gunners!!!

2 more assists for Ozil, I mean that is just getting ridiculous.

Anyone else still think we should've re-signed Cesc?

Garr stream froze at the 44th min mark. Any one know a good reliable stream?

We have looked rather open at the back though. Need to focus here and come out and put in a shift. 

They can turn this around in an instant with toure/aguero/silva/de bruyne all looking dangerous. 

Fudgeing come on!! Lift boys

Fudge. Great goal but fudge

Fudge giroud. Tackles like that in the box are not what we need.

That'll do.

That is massive. Massive.

Two brilliant finishes for our first half goals. Seemed to be cruising till Yaya scored then we all went in to a collective panic. Great to see us close out a game like that though.

Four points clear of City. Good times.

Thank Christ! Wouldn't have been Arsenal if we hadn't of made hard work of it.

Campbell really coming along. Ozil delivering like a demon. Giroud banging them in.

Perfect position to be in atm I reckon.
2nd place means we don't have the pressure of leading , got a bit of a buffer between us and 3rd ,  success of Leicester City taking the light off us a bit and have some quality coming back and the transfer window nearly open.

Campbell and Ramsey really should've put it away with the chances they had but never mind. Pretty fantastic that we're winning a game like that without Sanchez, Coquelin, Cazorla, Wilshere, Welbeck, Arteta and Rosicky available. 

Table looks pretty blimmin good. Leicester will surely fade. 

Just watched yayas goal again. Wow. Something henry-esk about it

Anyway. First half was ours and we could of had 4 in the 2nd if Campbell and rambo had finished their chances. wallys running was as strong as always, ozil was the puppet master as always. Solid at the back for most of it. We did panic in the last 20 or so which was a worry. And it didn't help that when we were playing out from the back we would go for the low percentage passes.

I thought Flamini held his own today and organised rambo well next to him. Good to see him playing well.

We have Southampton (a) Bournemouth (h) Newcastle (h), City have Sunderland (h) Leicester (a) Watford (a) over the Xmas/New Year period. I think there's a chance to extend the gap in that period. City also have two extra games to worry about in Jan with the League Cup semis against Everton, which probably won't be a stroll for them.

It could all come down to keeping players fit and fresh though. Let's hope we don't have to go through any FA Cup replays.

Epic atmosphere at the Emirates this evening, what a result.

From F365:

Arsenal’s starting XI on Monday comprised £105.3million worth of talent; City boasted a bench worth £111million, and a starting line-up with a transfer value of over £270million.

I can smell a Premiership.

and to think we were missing Alexis too. Joel Campbell seems to be miles ahead of ox now, i know he should have scored but his work rate is very impressive

Putting away top teams these days is hugely satisfying. 

Question - we win the league / we don't win the league, what should Wenger do at the end of the season? Retire? Keep going? 

mmmm a bit early mate but i know whatcha mean

I'm all for keep going......with the managers on the merry go around at moment i dont know who we would get.

Upstairs

Red carpet for Pep

Pay whatever for Suarez and negotiate with whoever else he wants. 

Ozil far and away best player in the Prem currently. 

Liked his comments in Kicker about stats/finished opportunites as well as Theo talking about Ozil post match. 

Ozil fit for all 22 matches and we in.

I can definitely get on board with this.

Yup. End of the day it's Wenger's call.