Two of the best goalkeepers in the world at the moment, David de Gea arguably just edges Thibaut Courtois after having a worse defence in front of him but single - handedly
winning games for his club last season.
Nasri is not only a natural fit in Arsenal's game but is also one of those players who always realizes the gravity of any situation and goes that extra mile to make the difference and
win the game for the club.
They also employed players who wanted to play for the club, who could be counted on to bust a gut to
win a game for the club and who wouldn't give up the ghost of things weren't happening on the pitch.
Not exact matches
On the «700
Club» you will hear discussions with dedicated athletes — athletes committed not just to
winning the
game, but also to
winning souls
for the Lord.
Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him
for a further season... > We loose enough
games to take us completely off
winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and
win last few
games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top
clubs, we play the weak ones,
win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..
Wenger will be there
for years to come Its about managing the
club as a profit making business not about
winning trophies or
games.
The
game that really mattered
for both
clubs was yesterday's
game and look how that turned out.Not long ago in the knock out stage, bayern beat us 3 - 1 at home and then we beat them 2 - 0 at their ground but crashed out.Amazingly, people still talk about that 2 - 0
win as an amazing feat when the truth is bayern would never have lost that
game if it mattered.
I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the
club went on to
win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also
won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up
for the
game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.
Evening mate sorry not on
for long been today as I can not believe how many fans still can not see it's Wenger dragging our great
club down, I got abuse from so called fellow Gooners
for shouting Wenger out at the end of the
game, We are no where near
winning a league title with this stubborn fool in charge.
A
club of our stature challenging
for the PL title, the toughest league in the world, we should make a statement at this level, wether we
win or lose the
game in the end.
A draw wount be gud enough
for dis
game nd any other
game, we need to imbibe dat
winning mentality of a big
club, nt hoping
for a draw or a slim defeat against other big teams, wil it be an offence if we
win our remaining 15 epl matches or
win all our ucl nd fa cup matches?
The ties over, so I would try to
win the
game but the players are only playing
for the shirt imo, it's not impossible, but highly improbable they have a mean defense, let's cement 3rd and retain the fa cup (relatively poor) I know because of the expectation and all the noise the
club was making last summer but its a slight improvement.
If fans will not boycott the
games and stop paying
for the tickets then let us at least unite and tell Silent Stan that the CEO is not making him the money that he could, if Silent Stan starts to see Gazidis as a loss to profit then maybe we can get an ambitious CEO in who will help us be ambitious and
win titles, use that then to get better business done and add to the value of the
clubs assets (players), remove the lowest value players (not good enough
for AFC) and replace them with high value assets which will increase in value when we are
winning / truly competing at the highest level.
The good news
for the Arsenal
club captain Per Mertesacker is that the recovery from the knee injury that the World Cup
winning centre back picked up in the pre-season
game against Lens is still going well.
Well, Arsenal are a «big
club» in top form with 10
wins in our last 12
games, and an extremely good draw away at Chelsea, so there is no reason
for the Arsenal fans to expect a poor showing at the Etihad.
The 24 - year - old scored his 17th goal of the season
for City last night in a 2 - 0
win against Reading — the
club's first
game since sacking Roberto Mancini as manager.
everyone can have their opinion on Wenger and the
club but
for games we want to
win and support our players... you clearly don't rate Welbeck yet he scored 2 goals and has 3 in 4 matches now... happy
for him tp keep that up and Laca to do the same... Sanchez to get back to playing football and now we have goals across the team!
Of course it would be silly to suggest that
winning any
game, cup or otherwise, isn't good
for the
club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been
for this
club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal
win, I'm a fan of this
club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team
for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this
club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done
for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each
game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we
win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential
for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling
for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating
for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating
for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities
for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever
for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting
After the Masters
win, Scott said he put the
clubs away
for a week and took some time away from the
game to enjoy his first major victory.
A fun - loving midfielder who made 119 appearances
for the
club and later served briefly as the
club's manager,
winning the Champions League and the FA Cup in a 42 -
game stint.
After such a slovenly
win, the old Jimmy Johnson would have icily pointed out the slipshod defense his team had played and that
for the fifth straight
game his
club had received at least seven penalties.
We should focus on how to
win our
games instead of hoping
for a crisis at another
club.
Arsene Wenger has paid his dues in the
game of football; he has
won several trophies
for the
club but as of now, he seems to have lost the Midas touch.
Funny thing how people after three rather lucky
wins in a row completely bash people (like me
for instance) who see through the shallow results and actually point out the huge problems with the
club, that hasnt gone away just because the team somehow
won three
games in a row.
BRONX BEST: The two onetime Yankees in the 300 -
win club are Gaylord Perry, who went 4 - 4 with New York in 1980 (and two years later beat the Yankees
for his 300th), and Phil Niekro, who
won his 300th
game as a Yankee in»85 and
won a total of 32
games for New York in»84 and» 85.
This is a must
win game for the Merseyside
club, who may be too far off the pace to make the top four if they lose this weekend.
All predictable comments after arsenal defeat of course it's natural and calls to get this player or that one have you considered If the players want to come to arsenal, take drawer
for instance if you were him would you come to arsenal knowing the
club have suspect defence, loose
games they should
win or at worst get a draw, or a manager who hasn't the balls to drop the likes of ozil who passes sideways all the time, it's ok to want to sign these players but do they want to come
An awful defender
for Arsenal, Pascal Cygan did not contribute a great deal to the Gunners» Premier League title
win in 2003/04, and one feels if he had played a few more
games the
club may well not have managed to go unbeaten that year!
what a muppet you are mate you should never be ashamed of your
club no matter how old you are arsenal is my blood and family to me and I will never be ashamed of them no matter what and it's got nothing to do with if your aborn loser your just a muppet who hides wen we lose and come out of the closet wen we will
win I wear my arsenal top the next day eveytime we lose you mug I rather be a loser in life and still be there
for my team then expect them to
win every
game and cry wen things ain't going the way you want
I love Barcelona always will and been loving this
club since the Ronaldinho days, but it's been about 2 to 3 years now that this
club is showing stupidity and no ambition whatsoever, bad signings, a dumbass coach that has never
won anything important, and loosing the future of soccer and not realizing it, also used that money on a player that gets benched
for champions league??? This is driving me crazy the more I think bout it, I'm so sad and still so hurt, Iama wach the
game because of the love I have
for this
club, but honestly I don't see our ambition, we have Messi another two to three years, please Barca don't fuck those years up I beg you!!!!
Then, it was a
club record 11
game winning run from tne previous season
for them.
Terry has played every
game for club and country this season but claims the injury was behind his half - time substitution in England's recent friendly
win over Hungary.
That's how title
winning teams should be in the mental sense, unfortunately Wenger can't get most of his players to give 100 % each
game, part of this is because he still relies on certain players that are nowhere near good enough to be starters
for Arsenal let alone a top 4
club.
or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and
win a
game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse
for the goings - on at this
club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this
club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?
He was brought to the
club for his experience and
winning mentality as much as his keeping ability and after Arsenal completed one of our best big
game results in years by comfortably beating an in form Man United, is that mentality now showing itself in the Arsenal team?
If we bow out players will be down, but if we
win our last 2
games and go through it will be a massive lift
for the
club.
As reported by Metro, the German international star Mesut Ozil went on social media after the pasting by Liverpool at Anfield in which he played like a man who could not give a monkeys if the Gunners
won or lost, to suggest that he was trul; y sorry
for the way the
game went and that he and his
club colleagues would do what ever they could to help Arsenal bounce back after the international break.
And we are grateful
for ALL THE TROPHIES Wenger has
won, and victories too (in terms of
games played against other
club, like #Wenger1000), which even surpasses those of coaches like Pep and the retired Ferguson.
The Argentine icon has scored 541 goals in 625
games for Barcelona, while
winning eight La Liga titles, four Champions League trophies, three FIFA
Club World Cups and countless others as well as individual accolades galore.
If you think swearing and insulting people are a way of making jokes, and if you are blind to what Wenger has done
for the
club so much that you feel the need to throw unfounded insults simply because Arsenal do not
win every
game, then I do nt care how long you have been using the site.
«The responsibility of people who work
for a
club is not only to
win games but get the
club to a better level and prepare
for the future.
I wanted to know we could challenge the best to
win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting
for that
game where we turn up away from home against a big
club and show them we can play and
win
Merson Wright Robson or anyone who has an axe to grind with Arsenal is at it I don't give a shit what they think I support th
club and team in general if they play shit we have had more success then most teams Thy seem to Laud spuds but the fukers
win nothing they
won 2 trophies in 30 yeas but I don't see the media others pulling them up on it like we had when we didn't
win anything
for 10 years There is definitely an agenda in the media against Arsenal and its sadly spearheaded by ex Arsenal players So I say when they ubfairly attack the
club and our existing players they are fair
game for retribution from the real fans who lives be the
club and will support it through thick and thin.
At the same time I would not be that surprised to see him sign
for another
club in the summer and not
for financial gain either, but to join a team that he thinks has a better chance of
winning a major trophy or two, as
winning is clearly the major thing driving his
game.
with Pep at City, Chelsea are
winning games for fun and are rich, Man U with Mou and Ibra and their money, then there is us, with Wenger and Sanogo still in the
club, we know what option there is automatically cancelled out, one of the remaining 3 can get him
So the performance of our striker Danny Welbeck
for England in the
win over Germany last night has got to be seen as a big positive, especially if Olivier Giroud can take the form he showed
for France back into his
club games.
We will
win our
game against Bayern Munich, if our players can wake up from their slumber and play football the way it is meant to be played
for a big
club like Arsenal.
this season was supposed to be about the epl not fourth place.just seeing how empty the Emirates was yesterday I expect it to be even worse in the upcoming
games.wenger blew it in the transfer market, I think that in itself shows how we lacked ambition and we settled
for a top four from the beginning and if by a chance we managed to
win epl then thats it.lossing some
games, crucial points and the feedback we got back was just covering the real goals of the
club top four.soton home (a team challenging has to
win this
game), Crystal palace, swansea, just add those points and see where we could and should hve been.everyone here is a die hard arsenal fan whether an akb or aob but fact remains we love the
club, we want the
club to move forward, we want the
club to be a superhouse, its got nothing to do with wengers last year or his last chance of epl.this sort of thinking is running our beloved
club to the ground.whether u like it or not a change is needed and a serious one.at the moment we hve so many bogey teams do u think arsene will beat them nxt season!!!
Even though Wenger has lost his ability to motivate and inject a
winning mentality into his Players, Every Arsenal fan needs to show him some respect
for what he achieved in his early years at the
club, not only
for Arsenal fc but
for the whole of the English
game.
Ancelotti's standing in the
game is apparent with the Italian
winning Europe's premier
club competition three times whilst delivering league titles
for Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain.