Arsenal vs Newcastle United

[Monkeys Fist 43538]

2 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

Did you not get the memo?

Sorry. 
 

I’m hembarrassed now. 

[Dr Gloom 22462]

2 hours ago, Holden McGroin said:

I don't think anyone likes Arteta bar the Arsenal fans (well only some of them now it seems)

 

 

he’s assumed Turkey teeth’s role as least-likeable manager. Can’t stand him or his shit hair 

[Rayvin 5535]

5 hours ago, Alex said:

Was thinking about this last night but my dad has often said that Leeds in the 70s won a lot less than they should have because they were so disliked. So even in meaningless games for the opposition, they tried their hearts out. Obviously that was a different era and that was a thuggish Leeds team even by the standards of back then. But Arsenal are so dislikable in a different way. Arteta is such a fucking graceless, classless wanker. Their players are snide, soft, preening pricks. And the amount of entitled, ridiculous fam blud, you feel me, bro? Supporters they have is off the charts 

 

Yep. I mean in Arteta's case, they were talking before the game about how there is a rivalry between him and Howe. No there fucking isn't man, there's a rivalry on Arteta's side for sure, but to imagine that Howe gives the guy any more thought than any other manager is nonsense. So in this case, while I totally agree with the Leeds point, I would also say that Arteta himself psychologically hinders his team in this fixture because he has no chill whatsoever, and because his players will know how much getting shown up by us bothers him.

 

The reality is Howe cooked him alive with a perfectly executed gameplan that Arteta didn't anticipate. He did not expect us to attack them. He had no answer for it. That should have been his post match interview. That might have relieved some pressure on his players. "Yeah we played well but I failed to anticipate that Newcastle would attack us so willingly, we don't see that very often at home and it's something I will definitely be more aware of in future." How fucking hard would that have been. 

[Holden McGroin 6915]

I don’t think he could ever admit he has done something wrong (and believed it)

[ewerk 31492]

It was over 2.5 years ago but could have well been last night. Always worth another watch.

 

 

[Rayvin 5535]

5 minutes ago, ewerk said:

It was over 2.5 years ago but could have well been last night. Always worth another watch.

 

 

 

"I will take all the shit for you guys again, eh?"  Has he ever actually done that. 

[ewerk 31492]

4 minutes ago, Rayvin said:

 

"I will take all the shit for you guys again, eh?"  Has he ever actually done that. 

 

Not last night anyway.

 

 

[Howmanheyman 34391]

"Where you off, babes?"

 

"I'm just taking the wee fellas for a bit of fresh air."

 

"Keep an eye on them, Ed."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Don't worry, darling, I'll keep them on a tight leash. They'll be no bother."

 

 

[Christmas Tree 4917]

Got very excited las night and pre booked the same hotel as last time on Trafalgar Square for me and the daughter again.

 

Woke up this morning and remembered she now has a boyfriend and I am now on the Dad scrapheap,

 

[Toonpack 10370]

If we finish off Arsenal, as we should, I want the dippers in the final, because if we beat them it would cap a cup run for the ages (Forest, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool). Also beating those bastards would slay some demons.

[Monkeys Fist 43538]

1 minute ago, Toonpack said:

If we finish off Arsenal, as we should, I want the dippers in the final, because if we beat them it would cap a cup run for the ages (Forest, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool). Also beating those bastards would slay some demons.

If we play like we did last night, I don’t give a fuck who we get. 

[Toonpack 10370]

7 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:

If we play like we did last night, I don’t give a fuck who we get. 

True, but the dippers would be do much sweeter.

[MrBass 2811]

4 hours ago, Holden McGroin said:

I don't think anyone likes Arteta bar the Arsenal fans (well only some of them now it seems)

 

 

Certainly doesn't hold a candle to Shearers Bar 

[Sonatine 11693]

Judge a man by the company he keeps, two absolute frauds together 

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Sonatine

[Chaser 1321]

13 minutes ago, Sonatine said:

Judge a man by the company he keeps, two absolute frauds together 

 

 

He's a salty cunt as well. 

[wykikitoon 21403]

[Monkeys Fist 43538]

1 hour ago, Sonatine said:

Judge a man by the company he keeps, two absolute frauds together 

 

 

At the end when he puts his greasy gloved hand on Arteta’s expensively clad shoulder…

[Rayvin 5535]

When the Arsenal gig goes wrong, will Arteta work in the PL again? I'd say no. The top ten wouldn't have him, and the bottom ten would be 'beneath' him. He'll go back to Spain, beneath the top two big teams and probably end up with some midtable side. Maybe Italy at a push. The guy just doesn't have it.

[Holden McGroin 6915]

He is a CF away from getting a trophy. His stock might be fairly low at the moment but I don’t think he is a bad manager 

 

He looks pretty difficult to work with to be honest which might put a few clubs off.

[Rayvin 5535]

10 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

He is a CF away from getting a trophy. His stock might be fairly low at the moment but I don’t think he is a bad manager 

 

He looks pretty difficult to work with to be honest which might put a few clubs off.

 

Only at Arsenal, his 'home' club, is he going to get 5 years and £800m spending, while failing to deliver any trophies. No other club in the top ten is going to touch that level of failure. There's no evidence that he can really build a team and he has had ample time to do so. Every single year, Arsenal look like the same team they've been for the past two decades, give or take some temporary form periods. They are still soft as shite, they are still mentally weak, and they are still ponderous. All Arteta seems to have done this year is hire a set piece coach to give the team a new dimension which, according to their fans and even Walcott, they've leaned into so much that they've forgotten all the other things they did well. I would say Saka has more to do with their performance over the past two or three years than Arteta.

 

That said - not being able to cut top ten in the premier league doesn't make him a bad manager. It just means he's not a very good one. I would say maybe Man Utd would take him but then they're not top ten anymore.

 

EDIT - my bad, seems he won an FA cup 5 years ago. Before he'd had the time to 'build his team'.

[The Fish 11058]

11 hours ago, Rayvin said:

Was reading their forums and it was enjoyable stuff tbh.

 

Highlights:

 

1 - Arteta is finished.

2 - Havertz is a joke.

3 - They need Isak.

4 - They hate Gordon, but they want to sign him too.

5 - One of them is 17 stone and could beat up Joelinton.

6 - They were hugely insulted when we subbed Isak off and thought Howe was dissing Arteta.

7 - They think Odegard is finished because he's now a father.

8 - Some of them did admit they played well but that we were better with our gameplan. That if they play like that at the weekend, they beat Man Utd.

9 - They are literally Stoke but not as good at it.

 

Some oddly self aware takes mixed with some weirdness

[The Fish 11058]

28 minutes ago, Rayvin said:

When the Arsenal gig goes wrong, will Arteta work in the PL again? I'd say no. The top ten wouldn't have him, and the bottom ten would be 'beneath' him. He'll go back to Spain, beneath the top two big teams and probably end up with some midtable side. Maybe Italy at a push. The guy just doesn't have it.

Sure. He'll get picked up by West Ham, Everton, or the like.

[thebrokendoll 9609]

2 hours ago, Howmanheyman said:

"Where you off, babes?"

 

"I'm just taking the wee fellas for a bit of fresh air."

 

"Keep an eye on them, Ed."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Don't worry, darling, I'll keep them on a tight leash. They'll be no bother."

 

 

 

 

tremendous!

[Rayvin 5535]

19 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Sure. He'll get picked up by West Ham, Everton, or the like.

 

Aye but that's sort of what I mean, you'd think he'd turn his nose up at them.

[Rosco 804]

Highlights:

 

1 - Arteta is finished.

2 - Havertz is a joke.

3 - They need Isak.

4 - They hate Gordon, but they want to sign him too.

5 - One of them is 17 stone and could beat up Joelinton.

6 - They were hugely insulted when we subbed Isak off and thought Howe was dissing Arteta.

7 - They think Odegard is finished becausehe's now a father.

8 - Some of them did admit they played wellbut that we were better with our gameplan. That if they play like that at the weekend, they beat Man Utd.

9 - They are literally Stoke but not as good 

 

 

I’d love it if number 6 was true 🤣