Football The 2012 / 2013 Season Thread

[megadave]

Might as well get it in early; fuck off meireles you shit cunt

 

[Vladamir]

Nice one, he'll ping one in now

 

[Vladamir]

Eden

 

[CorNokZ]

Two OT goals secured Copenhagen all three points

Bring on Lille and let's have a dull 0-0 result! CL here we coooome!!

 

[Vladamir]

Utd's deadline day signing?

 

[Vladamir]

And now Ferrrrrrrrrrrnaaaaaaaaaaaando

 

[megadave]

What a fucking goal

 

[Vladamir]

7 assists in 3 games for Hazard if you include him assisting his own penalty

 

[Turamber]

Words fail how bad we were today. Tactics, team selection all horrid. Whilst it is good that our academy produces Premier League players they are not of sufficient quality to make up the majority of the team. We looked disjointed and lacked any sort of cohesion until, oddly, the sending off. Then we seemed to grow a pair and had a go at Everton and might have got back into the game with a bit of luck. That's the only aspect of the game that gives us hope. Lerner needs to invest again, he has mismanaged the whole post O'Neill era and left us with the shadow of a team that will be having it's third season fighting relegation.

Both of our new foreign signings, Vlaar and El Ahmadi, looked decent and El A scored a heck of a goal although as the wit to my side said "It probably deceived the keeper as it was the first time he's not passed backwards all match". Gallows humour gets you through games like that. Horrid.

 

[cHodAX]

Lerner will not invest, now that we have a new TV deal he will milk it a while and then sell the club on for a handsome profit.

 

[cHodAX]

This was likely the last big TV deal by the way, I doubt it will ever reach these levels again and I expect alot of ownership changes over the next two years as people cash out while the going is good.

 

[Billargh]

I've always wanted Torres to do well at Chelsea, I somewhat felt sorry for him. Now after being a diving piece of shit today he can fuck right off.

 

[cHodAX]

Liverpool bottom of the league, it warms my heart.

 

[Talivar]

I dont think Torres dived tbh, the replays show both times there was geniune contact, if anything he was unlucky to be booked

 

[Wazzerphuk]

We're fucked, Mannone's playing

Although for all the talk of Stoke being our bogey team, only Man Utd and Chelsea have taken more points from them than us.

 

[caLLous]

Is something wrong with Sceznzneyzny? Seems like an odd match to throw the backup in.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Yeah he's injured, as is Fabianski.

Mannone is so bad

 

[Embattle]

No doubt you'll some more injured soon.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Yeah, I consider a visit to Stoke a success if all our players leave on the team coach and not in ambulances

 

[Everz]

Fucking hate Stoke.

Roll back the clocks 5 years and they all supported fucking United. Pricks.

 

[caLLous]

Infostrada Sports on Twitter: "Arsenal have won their opening Premier League away game of the season only once in the last seven years, losing on four occasions."

That's a stat Wazz won't be too eager to echo in here. So I'll do it for you gr8m8.

 

[Everz]

I wish these fucking nobs would stop going on about 'THE AMAZING ATMOSPHERE AT THE BRITANNIA'. It is fucking shit there, Stokies barely sing even when they're are winning as most of them hop teams like no tommorow, half the fucking mongoloids followed Vale or United before the Clayheads got promoted, it does my head in as the atmosphere inside there is up there with Chelsea as one of the most dreadful the Premier League has to offer.

Oh and Wazz, make sure your boys cripple Kightly, that Judas prick deserves it.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Stoke starting to put some nasty challenges in now, that's Cazorla and Arteta now hit really hard and late.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Gervinho's been entirely ineffective and invisible today, needs to come off I think. Get Theo on.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

HT Stats Stoke v Arsenal Shots 2-8, On target 1-2, Fouls 4-3, Duels Won 49%-51%, Pass Accuracy 63%-84%, Possession 30%-70%

Santi Cazorla HT stats: 70 touches, 54 passes (93% accuracy), 5 shots, 1 chance created, 1 tackle.

Mikel Arteta HT stats: 45 touches, 38 passes (92% accuracy), 1 key pass, 3 tackles, 1 interception.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I fucking love @ArsenalGent, best humorous tweeter regarding football:

Interesting and witty architectural touch to have the gargoyles on the inside of the Britannia stadium.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Horrible challenge on Vermaelen that, nowhere near the ball and very late.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

So the ref added on no time for timewasting, not one second. 3 minutes came from all 6 subs (30 seconds per sub). No other added time despite free kicks, injuries and time wasting. Idiocy.

Will take a point, shame we couldn't score. Attack still has some gelling to do but defensively we were much more solid than usual, a lot less panicky and dealt very well with crosses and set pieces. Think we have Southampton home next? Have to score at least 3 in that match. We need some mojo.

 

[soze]

Liverpool away next. I will take the point and no major injuries from that shit hole.

 

[Lethul]

Sterling starting ooh, scary