Gallas is such a ball-less player. When the going gets tough, he's off kicking the advertising boards like an utter fanny.
FA cup 2012.
Just saw replay of that goal. Ridiculous decision.
Chelsea players seem to be bricking it for Wednesday when asked about it. If Barca turn up I think they could really embarrass them.
5 goals conceded againt us, City and Chelsea. 
Ricky1985 wrote:Chelsea players seem to be bricking it for Wednesday when asked about it. If Barca turn up I think they could really embarrass them.
Barca will walk it
Btw Gallas today shows why we constantly get mugged by Drogba when he played for us Pathetic performance. Sulked after the 3rd goal too!
Clrnc wrote:Btw Gallas today shows why we constantly get mugged by Drogba when he played for us
Drogba made mince meat out of him today, completely took him apart.
Darn, I'm getting worried now that they might sack 'arry
Our collapse aside, what on earth are we gonna do next season? Our two goalkeepers are somewhere around 100 years old in total. We got King, Gallas and Nelsen at the back, all crooks. Our only striker of some quality is on loan. We don't have cover for our two full-backs or wingers, and Modric is gone this summer. The re-sale value of our fringe players have gone down dramatically, and there's no way we can afford to buy at least one new goalkeeper, a new CB pair and two new strikers who can keep us up there among the best teams, not to mention cover for the aforementioned positions.
Wasn't that long ago Spurs fans were bragging about having the second best squad in the league and completely overtaking us!
Seriously, what are they going to do?
All of them are extremely valid points too.
Hope they don't fluke third
Clrnc wrote:Btw Gallas today shows why we constantly get mugged by Drogba when he played for us
This.
IBL wrote:Darn, I'm getting worried now that they might sack 'arry
Mentally he's already checked out IBL but fear not, we can always start a "lets all laugh at England" thread after the Euro's.
y va marquer wrote:Clrnc wrote:Btw Gallas today shows why we constantly get mugged by Drogba when he played for us
Drogba made mince meat out of him today, completely took him apart.
Except it was Vermaelen who got mugged by Drogba and Toure before him.
Gallas was worse today than I've ever seen him look. Both him and King were like deer caught in headlights every time Drogba got the ball. Quite bizarre really when you consider Drogba could barely run himself.
Gallas played Drogba very well in the league game between the sides at the Bridge a few weeks ago. But as far as big games goes, this was Gallas's worst ever game.
Vermaelen is a good player but really needs to improve his 'big game' capabalities. His performance against Milan away was shocking to say the least.
Hope Chelsea beat Liverpool as long as they get knocked out by Barca and finish 5th, fair compromise I reckon.
Reality is, if we start talking about defenders who haven't been mugged by Drogba, we'll have a list of maybe 2-3 players at best and they all play at ManU.
Still funny watching it.
Kings legs ave finally fully gone
One season too many...
They will fade back unless they part with a lot of cash this summer
Alfonso wrote:Hope Chelsea beat Liverpool as long as they get knocked out by Barca and finish 5th, fair compromise I reckon.
Yes! I agree. Don't fail us Barca!
Every season at this time of year it's like Arsenal fans are making mathematical equations.
"Let's hope this team above us loses this amount of points or this other team gains x amount of points to finish ahead of Spurs".
"Let's hope X team knocks out Y team because I don't want this other English team (Y) to win the Champions League title"
2008-09 season was exactly like that once we went out to United. This season it's like that for the FA Cup and in particular, Chelsea and Liverpool. We don't either club to get too much of a boost.
Very true, extremely annoying having to continously choose between two evils and even worse seeing rivals who get weaker but still win trophies ahead of us. A lot of gooners also been saying its been very quiet on the Arsenal news front over the last couple of weeks, esp mid-week.
These are by-products of being eliminated from cup competitions in the business end of the season, I view this as our punishment. Only positive is that the players see their counterparts winning medals and this acts as extra motivation for the following season.
If I was a player/manager and I saw Spurs win a trophy and celebrate it, it would make me 100 times more motivated to win a cup the following year.
Really, who gives a shit what anyone else does?
OohtobeaGoonerGal wrote:THunter wrote:Man City 5-1
Arsenal 5-2
Chelsea 5-1
High 5 Spurs!
Captain wrote:Really, who gives a shit what anyone else does?
Football rivalry and fan culture.
Would you care if Spurs finished above us?
Captain wrote:Really, who gives a shit what anyone else does?
Its pride. Why should these cunts win trophies and not us?
I'd call it a personality flaw Tony, but there we go.
Captain wrote:I'd call it a personality flaw Tony, but there we go.
Aye everyone has flaws.
So would you care if we finished below Spurs in 4th while they finished 3rd?
Nope.
why even publish the league table right, capi? don't matter what anyone else is doin'
Focus on yourself and your own goals. Only way to succeed.
that would be true if this were a forum for current arsenal players, but that's not true, is it? we support arsenal as a hobby and have essentially zero effect on arsenal's performances. as supporters, it is important how we do relative to our rivals. if you personally don't care whether spurs finish ahead of us, good for you.
Honest question, would you take finishing below Spurs + outside of top 4 for winning both the domestic trophies aka Liverpool's precadiment now?
I think I would to be fair.
Captain wrote:y va marquer wrote:Drogba made mince meat out of him today, completely took him apart.
Except it was Vermaelen who got mugged by Drogba and Toure before him.
It was Gallas attitude today that disgusts me. Gave up totally after the 3rd goal and kept throwing tantrums aka Balotelli mode
kamikaze wrote:that would be true if this were a forum for current arsenal players, but that's not true, is it? we support arsenal as a hobby and have essentially zero effect on arsenal's performances. as supporters, it is important how we do relative to our rivals. if you personally don't care whether spurs finish ahead of us, good for you.
Okay mate, you guys sit there worrying about what Tottenham are doing, Chelsea are doing etc. and so on.
Meanwhile I'll look after Arsenal for you.
Clrnc wrote:Honest question, would you take finishing below Spurs + outside of top 4 for winning both the domestic trophies aka Liverpool's precadiment now?
Absolutely not. And Chelsea will beat them anyway.
Captain wrote:kamikaze wrote:that would be true if this were a forum for current arsenal players, but that's not true, is it? we support arsenal as a hobby and have essentially zero effect on arsenal's performances. as supporters, it is important how we do relative to our rivals. if you personally don't care whether spurs finish ahead of us, good for you.
Okay mate, you guys sit there worrying about what Tottenham are doing, Chelsea are doing etc. and so on.
Meanwhile I'll look after Arsenal for you.
It's not like we sit there biting our nails at the vidiprinter watching the Spurs' and Chelsea results. Still we want them to fail and Arsenal to achieve.
Every fan looks after Arsenal first. But we want to achieve better than our rivals too. It's not mutually exclusive if we want to do both.
It's definitely a weird part of being a passionate supporter.
My hate, literal hate, for United is not healthy!
I'm not sure what to think when I meet other football fans who love a particular club but are able to cheer on other English teams in Europe. If I'm honest, I think to myself "proper fan, my arse!", but they're probably just better mentally adjusted than I am. 
I have major issues with United too Ricky. Definitely in a different category from other clubs for me.
Though he has a good point, there are plenty of philosophical reasons to balk at Captain's dictum anyway. The only way to succeed isn't the only thing that's relevant. 
Ricky1985 wrote:It's definitely a weird part of being a passionate supporter.
My hate, literal hate, for United is not healthy!
I'm not sure what to think when I meet other football fans who love a particular club but are able to cheer on other English teams in Europe. If I'm honest, I think to myself "proper fan, my arse!", but they're probably just better mentally adjusted than I am.
You are mentally stable don't worry. Your analysis of United is a bit weird but you're not abnormal. This is fan culture.
In all honestly I don't hate fans of other clubs in and of themselves (unless I don't know them at all). I don't know any Chelsea fans but I really detest their story and arrogance. Off the top of my head my mate is a United season ticket holder and he's invited me to his wedding. I am definitely going as he's a good mate. We talk about football sometimes but not in a hate filled way. Just conversation and opinion. We did get nasty a couple of times in 2005 because we actually competed with them. The FA Cup final that year did not make for good viewing between me and him when Vieira scored.
I was laughed at for ages when I said I wanted United to lose the 2011 CL Final because their plastic fans (none of them were from Manchester in this bar in Nottingham that I watched it in) laughed at Arsenal in 2006. There were tons of them jeering and cheering, "Barca Barca Barca". It was ridiculous.
My friends thought I was bitter and found it hilarious I was thinking about a final from 5 years ago. One of them is a Toon fan who wanted the English sides to do well in the CL. Fair enough but not for me.
2009 and 2011 has happened and I enjoyed both finals. Fantastic. Have some of that.
Burnwinter wrote:I have major issues with United too Ricky. Definitely in a different category from other clubs for me.
Though he has a good point, there are plenty of philosophical reasons to balk at Captain's dictum anyway. The only way to succeed isn't the only thing that's relevant.
Don't you start! :mad:
Disgraceful Chelsea fans.