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Match Day Thread Arsenal vs. Stoke City 2015/16 Official Match Thread

Discussion in 'Arsenal' started by TheOXOCube:5pur2, Sep 6, 2015.

  1. Smirnoffpriest

    Smirnoffpriest Well-Known Member

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    My god this thread has gotten really depressing and whiny really fast! I'm just thankful that we can concentrate on Arsenal again, and hopefully Man U (and Rooney) put in another **** performance and the press will stop their bum loving of him!
     
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  2. Arsenal87

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    I meant in the grand scheme of things to make us challengers. Cech is an improvement for GK, which we needed, but it is not enough to make us win things and properly challenge. We needed a GK, a striker, and at least another midfielder, and I also think a defender.

    As for top 4, yes, that's all we are, a team that aims and gets 4th, and occasionally 3rd. Shows the lack of ambition some have gotten accustomed to under Wenger, and yet he's still supposedly the right man for us?

    I long for the day we get a manager who wants more than 4th and actually does something to change that.
     
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  3. Arsenal87

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    What's to be positive for Arsenal right now? we haven't kicked on like we were supposed to, failed to make the signings we needed, same old weaknesses in first 4 games, same old story. Are we supposed to be positive about another season of fighting for top 4, and flopping for the major honours like the league, Europe?

    I'm sorry, but I don't view top 4 as a trophy.
     
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  4. PeterRICK

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    I don't think we're often going to be on the same wave length man so I'll leave it there! In more important news we're about to play the Orcs so no matter how upset people are this is the time to get behind the team and really cheer them on. Can't have those tw*ts winning at our gaff. If we can't get excited about beating them then you're dead inside.
     
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  5. Arsenal87

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    Stoke are Stoke, we should be expected to beat them, nothing overly exciting about that.

    Exciting is properly challenging and winning things, that's exciting.
     
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  6. Arsenal87

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    Watching Giroud be useless and miss easy chances isn't exciting either. Hopefully he manages to impress us VS Stoke, if even starts that is.
     
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  7. PeterRICK

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    Disagree wholeheartedly (shock horror). Football is made all the more exciting with a bit of rivalry and history. I don't get excited purely with wins either, rubbing the nose of a club I dislike into the dirt is also a hoot to me. Yes we've the superior players, history, fans, looks and morals but they've...er, I forget where I was going with this. They're a pretty contemptible bunch though I can tell you that.
     
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  8. Arsenal87

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    Stoke aren't really a rival, just a bunch of ****s, nothing more. We always beat them at home.
     
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  9. Arsenal87

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    Bus parade if we beat Stoke.....
     
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  10. cini65

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    Five clean sheets in six games at the Emirates. Just a shame it's always for the opposition:S

    Somethings has to change at home.
     
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  11. PeterRICK

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    Best pray we don't fooking lose then, imagine the fallout on here!
     
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  12. afcftw

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    Since you've named me I'll respond.

    I think PeterRICK has summed it up pretty well in terms of pre-season feeling. We finished last season strongly, won the FA Cup, signed Cech, beat Chelsea in the Community Shield on top of a good pre-season. Everything was looking good but unfortunately we haven't added a striker which is what I think could of really pushed us on to have a strong go at the title (and others think other positions). Coupled with an average start to the season and people are feeling pretty down.

    I think the top three will be Chelsea, us and City despite ourselves and Chelsea not getting up and running yet. Who will end up being the winner I think it's too early to say. I think by the 10-15 game point we will have an idea of who is showing the required consistency and if any one team is going to begin to run away with it. I think given our lack of outfield additions we are the outside bet with Chelsea and city more likely to win it. Injuries, transfers etc will play there part and it's a long season so who knows how it will go.

    I think we have a squad capable of being up near the top, but I think we will probably fall just short again. So I suppose I think we are challengers in so much as I expect us to at times during the season be pushing the two favourites, but not challengers in that I think we have a really good shot at winning it.

    I do think it's far to early to be writing the season off and that there's plenty more enjoyment to be had watching Arsenal this season.
     
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  13. cini65

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    I think we're challengers as much as Giroud is quality...

    No?
     
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  14. Arsenal87

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    Again, why again? How many times must Wenger be given a chance? Hasn't he be given more than enough time already?
     
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  15. Smirnoffpriest

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    So your solution is to moan on every thread by saying the same thing repeatedly until something changes? But then nothing can change (personnel wise) until January anyway, so you've got nearly 4 months of repeating the same thing over and over and over and whining.

    Personally I'd rather discuss the game at hand, which of our players are in form, which look jaded or are injured, and gear up for the game on Saturday!
     
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  16. Arsenal87

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    Giroud is quality, at waxing his buttocks.
     
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  17. Arsenal87

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    Yes. I will keep criticising the team and club until it's sorted out, because I've had enough of their BS and lack of ambition.

    Who cares about the game in hand? in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter, we will probably win, and win many other games, but all we're going to get from it in the end, is 4th or 3rd, yay, so exciting. I'd much rather look forward to games knowing it's building up to something fantastic, like winning the title. Not just another season of beating teams we should be beating, for the usual collapse in Europe, and the usual of doing **** all when it comes to competing and winning the league.

    Yay, beating Stoke at home, yay, so exciting.
     
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  18. afcftw

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    He won't be sacked by the club, so I'd say until the end of his contract is how many chances he will get. Then I expect he will retire.

    The last couple of seasons have been enjoyable, we've won some trophies, we've looked like proper challengers at times, it's looked like we are moving in the right direction, which was refreshing as the couple of seasons before weren't good. This transfer window feels like it hasn't been taken advantage of but there's still plenty of time for this to be a good season. Whether wenger hits the heights we as fans want before he leaves is yet to be seen. But he isn't going to just be sacked so the constant moaning is just boring.
     
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  19. Arsenal87

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    Ok, let's discuss the game. Our home record has been **** so far, our goal scoring form has been **** so far, many players do not look on form, we have had some really bad defending, pub defending in 50 percent of our games. Our attacking play looks lacklustre, lacking pace, decisiveness, our overall play looks slow, boring, lacking speed, good movement.

    We already have a bunch of injuries piling up and it's September only, we lost our second striker, and only have one up front in Giroud, who was booed off the pitch by his own countrymen.

    Going into this game we are still looking to score 1 goal at home, and to get our first home win of the season.

    So there's the discussion for you, and all of those facts I mentioned, is somehow supposed to fill me with excitement for our next game? Okay.....We obviously have different mentalities. I want to be the best, you.....Well, yeah, it's like a Disney movie in which we are all winners for trying, yayyyyyyyyyy.
     
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  20. Arsenal87

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    Trust me, he isn't, he's had enough time for that.
     
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