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[Haboob]

Originally Posted by phelan

Celtic are through!

And Chelski are out!

[bigsix]

Some luck helped Arsenal win today (!) . .

[Haboob]

Nice dive by Cazorla. Had to leave before half-time, so I didn't get to see the second PK. Was it just as bad?

[bigsix]

The 2nd one was legitimate . . . Arteta drilled it right down the middle like the first one.

[Haboob]

Down 1-0 to Bradford.

Sad state of affairs right now. Still a little over a half to go to climb back into it, but man... we shouldn't even have let it get this bad.

[Haboob]

Ladies and Gents, we have replaced Nicklas Bendtner with...

A Nicklas Bendtner clone! bcgermiss - Video Dailymotion

[phelan]

We lose this game I fear the entire fanbase will turn on AW.

[Haboob]

Looks like we're going to. I've stopped watching the Gamecast on ESPN as of now. Pointless as it's only frustrating me.

[phelan]

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Arsene deserves better than this. Jack Wilshere deserves better than this. I'm scared to see the vitriol against Arsene now. In all my years I've watched the Arsenal, I've been spoiled by the Wenger era. It's not pretty to think of him leaving, especially with the side imploding the way it has been.

And all the fans who are raging going #WENGEROUT, and claiming Arsene's youth project is ********...of course it is, it's why Wenger fielded basically the first team. A team that is getting trumped by a L2 side. That's not on the manager, that's on the players. Podolski was non-existent, Gervinho is a tosser, Vermaelen was creaky, Sagna lost his man for the goal, Ramsey...oh deary me, Aaron, what happened to you?

Meanwhile, somewhere in Manchester...I hope you trip on something and break your ankle, Robin.

edit: WELL FOR F*CKS SAKE WHY DO WE ALWAYS DO THIS TO OURSELVES

[Haboob]

Looks like Vermaelen made up for some defensive mistakes from what I hear. 1-1 now?

[phelan]

It's days like this that makes me hate being a Gooner. ALWAYS LEAVING IT LATE.

BTW: I hate you, Gervinho.

[phelan]

Unless he has something up his sleeve in January (he doesn't), Arsene needs to seriously consider stepping down. I rewatched the game (yeah, I know, WTF), and the team just can't be bothered right now outside of Jack. It's painful to watch.

He will remain an Arsenal legend, but it's games like this that makes me think he's lost the dressing room completely.

Well...Chamakh, Gervinho, Arshavin, Squillaci, Diaby, Ramsey, and Santos were never in the dressing room

I'm going to be nice to Diaby and Ramsey since they had their legs snapped in Arsenal shirts. Especially Ramsey. Always liked him in the central midfield, but he's SH*T in the wings.

Quoting someone on Goonerholic, I completely agree

I am sorry, terribly sorry, Arsene. You deserve so much better than what has happened, and what is yet to happen, and that is all.

[Haboob]

Yeah.

We're constantly playing people out of position. The back four can't be bothered to stop making individual mistakes, which is ridiculous.

Sure, we can't afford the best of the best, but these guys are all nat'l. team starters (exception of Gibbs). Right now they're not worthy of starting for the likes of a mid-table team.

I think Arsene may be too soft on these guys. I'm a firm believer in the "Get in their faces" tactic when **** hits the fan.

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