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

Arshavin's winner against Barca was pretty mental for me too

I love that goal, watched it several times as recently as last month

Also foal's Mills post deserves many more thisses

That game against Liverpool was cruel. The best goal you'll ever see from Walcott's run (hilarious seeing Adebayor celebrate it) then they get a dodgy penalty

That game against Liverpool was cruel. The best goal you'll ever see from Walcott's run (hilarious seeing Adebayor celebrate it) then they get a dodgy penalty

Are you me? Pretty sure i did the exact same celebration. Remember that game and day vividly. Went to uni in a massive sulk afterwards.

Haha I think I might be as I did the exact same. Went straight to Uni after and the next few days were a blur. Don't think I said a word for about 3 days. One of the most cruel things I've ever experienced. That goal should have been talked about for decades as one of the greatest Arsenal moments, but instead it's basically forgotten. Weird, I can't think of another defeat that took me as long to get over.

That was a crazy moment, remember it well.

I often bring that goal up with the missus as the exact point she became a gooner. Back then she'd often sit and watch with me, but just offer her own criticisms/opinions without really getting into it. Then when that goal came along... she was like "oh wow" while walcott was running, then when adebayor slotted it she actually jumped up and screamed with both arms in the air. I couldn't believe it. 

She was still celebrating somewhat when the peno got given, and I was howling in pain, I then had to explain to her what had just occurred. She was pretty dirt on football in general after that! Her first experience of the heartbreak that can occur, and it was a doozy. 

She's always been a bit of a walcott fan since then, and when I later explained to her how Adebayor had gone about leaving the club after that, and going to man city, and then that celebration against us, she's hated him and man city with an absolute vengeance since. 

Shark you did good, my mrs made a fantasy team in 2013 which last until the end of Gameweek 1 and I haven't tried again since haha.

Yea she did well for a while, I reckon she reached peak gooner approx 2011, then when the kids started popping out in 2012 I think she started to see it all as a bit of a hassle... she doesn't watch much anymore, although she does still ask the result the next morning, and she has particularly enjoyed the career demise of some of the guys who buggered off.

She has nothing but pure hatred for Nasri and Adebayor in particular. True story, years ago, probably 2009 or so I think, I was talking up Nasri when he was in form, and she said "I don't trust his face. He will leave for the Man City money one day."

Fudgeing hell paul you need to teach me your ways. Few years ago when my missus found out Spurs were our closest rivals she pretended to support them to wind me up. Another one i was seeing used to love baiting me about Chelsea, which was even worse because it was last season when they were doing so well.

So team any way of viewing the game tomorrow delayed? Not sure I'm up for a late start but PLP doesn't have the FA Cup does it?

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So team any way of viewing the game tomorrow delayed? Not sure I'm up for a late start but PLP doesn't have the FA Cup does it?

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It is on ESPN

Mine just gets up half asleep at 2am when I shout post-goal and asks 'did they win yet?' and falls back to sleep. I'll take it.

Mine wanted to support Tottenham because she saw a cat run onto the pitch when they were playing once smh.

Hope we put a strong side out v Hull but would rest Ozil

Very keen on three in a row FA Cups

Neither of our loanees have been able to play.

Our lineup:

           Welbeck

Campbell Iwobi Walcott

     Flamini   Elneny

Gibbs Kosc Mert Per

             Ospina

Not a bad looking side that           

Handball there

Agreed. We're all over them here, some lovely interchanges. Elneny is full of energy huh?

Frustrating so far but we're playing well.

Elneny has a heavy touch at times huh?

Yeah he does - bit worrying to be honest. Maybe just over eager? 

Song v2 maybe also

Fark that's a penalty all day.

I think so. I think he seems to do it when he thinks he has space, i.e. when recieving deep. In close he seems a bit tighter with it.

Fark that's a save from Campbells free kick too!

Seems like we're huffing and puffing but wont blow the house down

That's a terrific \save

Koscielny needs to be careful - hopefully the super subs can get the job done!

We are setting up to get sucker punched here

Gee this is a typical Arsenal game

Keeper has a blinder, we have all the possession and all the shots and can't convert. Given our run in I'd have rather lost than drawn that one. 

Ffs. The WORST possible outcome. Another fudgeing game.

Truth. We need to stop playing the "keeper had a blinder" card. It happens too often for it to just be a bit of bad luck on the day.

Walcott, Welbeck and Campbell as a front three should be scoring goals with 70% possession against a championship side. 

Welbeck can play the rust card for now but no excuses for the other two. 

Elneny seems to stand out for what he does in the attacking half of the pitch, which is not what we needed in him, I want to see what his DM skills are like... we already have rambo, ox, wilshere as box to box types.Early days but whoever said song v2 might be spot on thus far!

Early days but I like what I see from Elneny so far. Looks pretty tidy on the ball and he was definitely sitting deeper yesterday when Flamini was getting forward, as he often does. He needs to stop shooting from distance though!

Cocks out and City to follow

Next round at home to Watford, if we can get through the replay at Hull. Decent. 

Looking good. Gotta focus against Hull, then hopefully Watford, and a semifinal berth is there if we want it. 

Everton and Chelsea look like the strongest teams left, and they're playing eachother next. 

Alex Bruce said on Twitter he 'got away with one' refer to his intentional handball in the box to block Elneny's shot. I really don't think he's done himself any favours admitting that.

From what I saw on the weekend I had the following thoughts to offer up:

• Ospina isn't close to Cech, he came out to punch a cross Cech would have caught, and Koscielny headed over the bar. Miscommunication or mistrust? Hard to say.
• Elneny looks good going forward, tracks back OK but isn't going to be the DM we need I don't think. I think he'll rival Ramsey for this spot.
• Gibbs & Chambers both looked good - although hard to look bad when you're camped in the opposition half
• I'm not sure Wenger got his substitutions right. Welbeck was actually playing well on the wing, while Campbell was also doing well. If anything I would have replaced Flamini & Walcott with Alexis and Giroud.
• Iwobi is the sh*t. That kid has such talent, and will continue to grow if he can get some good game time.
• Walcott has changed his game massively, I have never seen him turn so often and dribble at players. Sanchez rubbing off on him?
• The Ox really had a shocker. Came on, mis kicked passes, didn't get shots on target, and gave away possession. Sanchez was equally as bad, whenever he took a shot it was well wide. Both of them seemed desperate to force it & it showed.
• Mike Dean is a tw*t and will never give us a penalty, Arseblog compiled this https://news.arseblog.com/2016/02/arsenal-0-0-hull-plus-mike-deans-unusual-record-by-the-numbers/ and it's fascinating.

I think Welbeck got taken off as its only his 2nd game back, completely agree regarding Flamini.....for me he slows the game down way too much.

I like the look of elneny, his passing is top notch. I think he got a bit carried away trying to impress with his shooting

Yeah iwobi does look excellent, very good on the ball.

mmmm the OX......apart from his raw pace he seems to lack in every other department, mind you he's only 22 but he step start stepping up soon