Arsenal v Galatasaray Wednesday I think

[Bumble]

No match thread... has everyone lost interest already?

Well Turkish sides tend to travel badly but we are missing Ramsey and Arteta although haven't been particularly good so far. but it means Flamini will play and he is terrible.

A tedious but victorious 2-0.

[Marc Overmars]

Wheelchair is struggling for fitness as well.

Diaby to save us?

This has to be a win. 1-0 via a 90th minute fluke will do.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I'm going to this. Will I need a stab vest?

[Dein-machine]

Ok lets see - how about we have 80% possession in the middle of the pitch but do so by passing from side to side & backwards, we have no pace down the sides so its all to congested down the middle with Welback making no effort to move, Galatasary look dangerous on the break which they get from us losing the ball with poor passing, we score a goal from a set piece near half time, we then decide to protect the lead, by doing so we invite Galatasary to attack & midway through the 2nd half they score, we then allow our full backs to get up the pitch, we put pace out wide & we go all out for a winner. Whether we get it or not is the only thing that is not predictable.

[Globalgunner]

How quickly can we get out of this competition that we have no hope of winning. The only lure of the CL was the glamour ties with Real, Barca, Bayern, Milan etc...but even that, has lost its lustre as we have no hope anymore of giving any of them a good game.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm going to this. Will I need a stab vest?

How are you going to stab yourself to death after an hour of watching tippy tap if you wear a stab vest? Or are you bringing cyanide pills?

[Niall_Quinn]

Not looking forward to watching this game. Will watch because it's Arsenal but I hold out no hope of enjoying it in any way. Already gnawed both kneecaps off during the spuds game so I suppose I'll have to try to chew on my elbows for this one.

[PGFC]

I'm going to this. Will I need a stab vest?

No, they're arse stabbers so armoured pants are the way forward :good:

[Letters]

I'm going to this. Will I need a stab vest?

Depends how into self harm you are.

[Injury Time]

I'm going to this. Will I need a stab vest?

Not sure, I haven't decided if I can be bothered to drag myself to this yet...

[Xhaka Can’t]

FFS, I'm going to this - No spoilers!

[Xhaka Can’t]

How are you going to stab yourself to death after an hour of watching tippy tap if you wear a stab vest? Or are you bringing cyanide pills?
Good point. I'll cancel the order with Amazon.

[Marc Overmars]

Wenget says Arteta and Ramsey likely to be out for up to a month. :rolleyes:

Although they've both been a bit shit so maybe not the worst blow.

[fakeyank]

Thank goodness for Arteta. Ramsey injury means that Cazorla can get playing time. That can only be a good thing! Even Rosicky can come in (though he was bit shit against Southampton). Though injury to Arteta means Flamini comes in as defensive cover! :yikes:

Seriously hope Diaby or Chambers is played there against Chelsea.. or else the score will go into double digits!

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Thank goodness for Arteta. Ramsey injury means that Cazorla can get playing time. That can only be a good thing! Even Rosicky can come in (though he was bit shit against Southampton). Though injury to Arteta means Flamini comes in as defensive cover! :yikes:

Seriously hope Diaby or Chambers is played there against Chelsea.. or else the score will go into double digits!

Thing is with Arteta, far too slow to be trusted to slot in, in the big games away from home but actually at home to Spurs he was pretty tidy and actually we looked relatively watertight at the back against the spurs counter attack when he was on the pitch, but as soon as Flamini came on the pitch it all went to shit. I don't know what's wrong with him, even his bookings don't seem to be the same anymore now they are just clumsy rather than from a heartfelt desire to hurt someone like last season when we loved him.

[adzzzbatch]

FFS, I'm going to this - No spoilers!

:pal:

[Maestro]

I'm going to this. Will I need a stab vest?

At this rate carry your boots with ya, we'll need a super-sub more than a knife crime victim.

WUMget

Try playing Diaby and Chambers as a midfield pairing with Ozil in front of them. Welbeck up top, Sanchez out left, Ox/Carzola out right and Bellerin at right back ...just go for it, nothing whatsoever to lose..... come on Wenget, shock me!

[fakeyank]

At this rate carry your boots with ya, we'll need a super-sub more than a knife crime victim.

WUMget

Try playing Diaby and Chambers as a midfield pairing with Ozil in front of them. Welbeck up top, Sanchez out left, Ox/Carzola out right and Bellerin at right back ...just go for it, nothing whatsoever to lose..... come on Wenget, shock me!

Are you a new Arsenal fan?

[Munchies]

COYG

[AFC Leveller]

Ramsey will be missed, he hasnt been at his best but we dont have anyone else in the squad with his engine and goal scoring threat.

Hopefully this means Ozil will play in his favourite position with Jack and Flamini (or Diaby) behind him.

[Marc Overmars]

Diaby is out. :faint:

[Injury Time]

Diaby is out. :faint:

Put his back out putting on his rainbow laces...

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

This is on Sky1, for those that don't have SkySports.

[Maestro]

This is on Sky1, for those that don't have SkySports.

..nice, only if we win though

[Maestro]

Are you a new Arsenal fan?

then i woke up and snapped out of it, only to find myself in a fuckwit blender full of myopic dunderheads

[Marc Overmars]

#Arsenal team v Galatasaray: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Cazorla, Ozil, Alexis, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck

[fakeyank]

Thank fuck for Cazorla starting! :pray:

[Niall_Quinn]

#Arsenal team v Galatasaray: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Cazorla, Ozil, Alexis, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck

Not bad, surely means Ozil is central.

[Injury Time]

#Arsenal team v Galatasaray: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Cazorla, Ozil, Alexis, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck

So, who will go off injured first, I'm going for Gibbs as he had a great game v Spufs so time for tight hamstring, followed by Ox (groin-3 weeks), Alexis (groin-3 months), Flamini (groin-3 years but we will extend his contract ala Diaby).
Result 0-1 and sight of Gary kickin WUMger square in the nuts...

[Injury Time]

#Arsenal team v Galatasaray: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Cazorla, Ozil, Alexis, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck


Not bad, surely means Ozil is central.
Silly boy, Caz and Flamini central, Alexis and Ox on wings, Özil hanging out by the touch line twittering...

[adzzzbatch]

Flamini to get sent off tonight.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

As a wise man once said, we'll win and we'll win well.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Flamini to get sent off tonight.

Tbh give how awful Flamini has been, I'd much rather see Coquelin given a chance there.

[Marc Overmars]

Come on you Gunners!!!

[adzzzbatch]

the last time wenger had a big anniversary/milestone he and arsenal got spanked big time.

[Marc Overmars]

Merse compares Welbeck to Heskey...

[adzzzbatch]

let's see if we can keep this up for more than the first 5 minutes.

[adzzzbatch]

Bit selfish from welbeck.

[Marc Overmars]

The pace of Welbz :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

stop fucking about with it!

[Marc Overmars]

Positive start

[Niall_Quinn]

Shocking by Gibbs. How can a professional play a cross like that?

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off ref!

[adzzzbatch]

Shocking by Gibbs. How can a professional play a cross like that?

was dire!

[Niall_Quinn]

Bent ref obviously

[adzzzbatch]

for all our possession, gala have the first attempt.

[adzzzbatch]

wow we're giving them so much space!

[Niall_Quinn]

What a pathetic attempt at an attack by Gala.

[adzzzbatch]

shit corner

[adzzzbatch]

ozil poor tonight.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chambers still has a Soton hangover. He's overlapping really well but it's not in our DNA to overload the defenders on the flank. Besides, we're getting nobody into the box.

[Niall_Quinn]

ozil poor tonight.

Anonymous. No need to mention it though because Tony Gale is hot on the case. Been slagging him since kick off.

[adzzzbatch]

Chambers still has a Soton hangover. He's overlapping really well but it's not in our DNA to overload the defenders on the flank. Besides, we're getting nobody into the box.

welbeck is and he's shouting for a pass but we ignore him to pass wide or pass backwards.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pair of cunts deep into an anti-Ozil segment. Should be benched, apparently.

[adzzzbatch]

Now all the energy we had in the first 10 mins has gone out of the game :rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

Gale wants Ozil to be a bit more like Cattermole.

[Niall_Quinn]

Triangles :bow:

Tight spaces :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

I'm bored already! FFS!

[Marc Overmars]

Welbeck!!!!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[Master Splinter]

WELBECK!!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

A direct goal!!! :faint:

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck!!!!!!!!!!!

Guy can't score - except when he can.

[Marc Overmars]

Great work from Alexis

We should give these a right pasting, they don't look very good at all.

[Niall_Quinn]

Plus the added bonus of upsetting the commentators.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Went to make a cuppa and missed the goal :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

LOL - FK against Ox for not fouling.

[Munchies]

dat guyyyyyyy

[LDG]

Is thay Del Boy managing Gala?

[Globalgunner]

Went to make a cuppa and missed the goal :doh:
You need to employ people to do stuff like that, like a wife

[adzzzbatch]

welbeck goal http://arsenalist.com/f/2014-15/arsenal-vs-galatasaray/goal-welbeck-assist-from-sanchez-1-0.html

[Niall_Quinn]

You need to employ people to do stuff like that, like a wife

That would be one hell of an expensive cuppa.

[Marc Overmars]

WELBECK!!!!!!

[Master Splinter]

WELBZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

GET IN!!

[LDG]

Fuck of Gale. You cunt.

[adzzzbatch]

That was like Thierry!

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck just can't score.

Except when he scores twice.

[Master Splinter]

Pace.

Power.

Strength.

[LDG]

Is that fucking Thierry Henry out there?

[Munchies]

bang bang!

[adzzzbatch]

I hope wenger doesn't coach this out of welbeck.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tony Gale :haha:

Gutted.

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooooooooooooo

[Master Splinter]

Almost!

[LDG]

Welshit

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck misses it :sulk:

Typical - can't score. Said it before now he's proved the point.

[adzzzbatch]

a clean sheet please!

[Marc Overmars]

Come on, Welbz hatty tonight. :pray:

[adzzzbatch]

that looked nasty!

[adzzzbatch]

that should be a red

[GP]

How is that not red? :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

How is that not red?

[LDG]

How is he not sent off

[GP]

I hope wenger doesn't coach this out of welbeck.

:haha: That doesn't even mean anything.

[Marc Overmars]

Only a yellow?

That was a fucking drop kick

[LDG]

He thought he was off

[Niall_Quinn]

Red any day. Fucking disgraceful.

[adzzzbatch]

:haha: That doesn't even mean anything.

your face doesn't mean anything

[GP]

Look at these fucking lunatics.

[Globalgunner]

Welbz, doing the business, at last. Maybe because he's new. He'll soon learn to pass it back instead of trying to score. For now. YAY! !!!!

[Letters]

This is on Sky1, for those that don't have SkySports.

:lol: it is too! Thanks!

MrsL :pal:

[cricketsi]

So after years of over strict bullshit in Europe we suddenly get this? Crazy.

[GP]

your face doesn't mean anything

Just like yo momma

[adzzzbatch]

gala fans are scum

[Marc Overmars]

Turks gonna Turk :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Just like yo momma

like yo sister

[Niall_Quinn]

Turks setting fire to things again. Like they do.

Flares on the pitch. This happens EVERY time the Turks play and nothing ever gets done about it.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Gala fans ruining our lovely pitch.

[LDG]

Fucking nutters.

Bet that was Gary

[The Emirates Gallactico]

How about setting fire to ISIS Turkey instead of our pitch? :rolleyes:

[Master Splinter]

Hope Wenger doesn't coach the hooliganism out of these Turks.

[adzzzbatch]

the gala fans are still carrying on

[Marc Overmars]

Come on, let's give this lot a good kicking.

[Niall_Quinn]

That shit is almost as bad as Wilshere sticking his finger in the air.

[Niall_Quinn]

This experiment with playing wide players wide and central players centrally seems to be working.

[adzzzbatch]

yayyyyyyyyayay

[The Emirates Gallactico]

SANCHEZ!!!

[Master Splinter]

SANCHEZ!!!!!!!

[Maestro]

wow, loving this football ...quality

[GP]

like yo sister

Haha yeah fuck that bitch

[Marc Overmars]

SANCHEZ!!!!!!!

Easy as you like

[Letters]

Wenger out!

[GP]

Pretty good.

[Niall_Quinn]

Beautiful by Alexis. How calm was that?

[LDG]

Get in!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

OZIL PLAYING BALLS BEHIND INTO SANCHEZ!!!


WHAT WE FUCKING PAID 78 MILLION FOR!!

[adzzzbatch]

Much better display then saturday

[LDG]

Gale gutted.

[fakeyank]

This is just beautiful..

[Niall_Quinn]

Gale gutted.

He's a bit pissed that Gala are letting us win.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Wenger :bow::bow:


Always rated him. :coffee:

[fakeyank]

Wenger out!

:gp:

Fairly certain he is going to be pissed off at the players for not playing tippy tappy..

[adzzzbatch]

The riot police are in place now :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off gale!

[GP]

"It's all going horribly wrong"

Don't sound too upset, Gale...

[Niall_Quinn]

Wonder will the ref ask them to stop kicking Alexis?

[Marc Overmars]

Flamini of course gets himself booked for no reason.

[GP]

Flamini needs to literally fuck off

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Flamini getting his customary yellow.


Completely unncessary.

[fakeyank]

Flamini showing the turks whose house this is..

[Niall_Quinn]

LOL - Flamini booked.

[Master Splinter]

Flamini is so stupid.

And shit.

[adzzzbatch]

2 minutes after all that shit? :haha:

[Globalgunner]

Wenger out!
Not yet. Wait till we've played Chelsea. Then kick him to the kerb

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Welbz. :bow:

300% better than Falcao now.

[Marc Overmars]

Well that was rather enjoyable.

Fantastic movement and pace up front, their defenders can't cope.


Lets rack up some +1s please, don't want another Villa snooze fest.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 3-0

Key moment of the match was Tony Gale slashing his wrists when the third went in.

What have we learned?

Play the players in the best positions.

Target the opponents weaknesses.

Play it direct and at pace to break down defences.

When teams don't press us we can play them off the park. This is the big difference between this game and Dortmund.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Galatasaray fans should have kept their fireworks for the second half coz they are gonna see fuck all.

Useless cunts.

[GP]

It's all gone horribly wrong

Gale :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Will Walcott ever come back?

[Niall_Quinn]

Galatasaray fans should have kept their fireworks for the second half coz they are gonna see fuck all.

Useless cunts.

The media will have to get on that right away. A few articles about racism in English football and how exuberant Turks are should do the trick.

[adzzzbatch]

Galatasaray fans should have kept their fireworks for the second half coz they are gonna see fuck all.

Useless cunts.

They need to fuck off back to enfield much like sp*rs

[adzzzbatch]

Will Walcott ever come back?

he's dead jim

[Master Splinter]

Melo's non-red card will even itself out when Sanchez is sent off for passing it to Koscielny.

We really should hand out a beating tonight. And maybe we can finally use our subs as +1s for the first time in half a decade too.

[Niall_Quinn]

That's a fabulous second by Thierry Welbeck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tom Rostance on the BBC live text is having a meltdown regarding Welbeck.

[Letters]

What a move!
Why the piss don't we do this more often?

[Niall_Quinn]

Great run by Ox - final ball though.

[LDG]

Unlucky Ox.

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYYYYAYYYY

[GP]

That was fucking outstanding.

Great goal

[The Emirates Gallactico]

WELBZ!!!

[Letters]

Lovely :clap:

[adzzzbatch]

Brilliant goal!!!

[LDG]

16m :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Letters still doesn't realise :haha::haha:

[LDG]

Thierry Welbeck :bow:

[LDG]

Letters still doesn't realise :haha::haha:

:haha:

[adzzzbatch]

he scores when he wants! :scarf:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hat-trick for Welbz. Best striker in the world tbf.

[LDG]

I bet Gary locked it :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Seems like it's a six month too late April's fools joke from the Mods. :lol::lol:

[adzzzbatch]

No mod realises!

[Master Splinter]

WELBINHO!!!!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Don't the mods find it slightly odd I'm not chatting shit in that match thread? You'd think they'd have launched an enquiry by now.

[Master Splinter]

Hat-trick in the CL?

Boy can't finish.

All other strikers score every chance tbf.

[Letters]

Sorry. Not sure how the thread got closed.

[adzzzbatch]

Yay!

[Niall_Quinn]

Just popping in to say hello.

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off chez!!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

FFS Chesney.

[Master Splinter]

:doh:

[Letters]

:doh:

Better to concede the goal there

[Niall_Quinn]

Ches does it again :doh:

Wasn't even close to the ball either.

[adzzzbatch]

fucking idiot!

[adzzzbatch]

clean sheet :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ches. :haha:

[LDG]

Silly boy

[adzzzbatch]

booooooooooooo

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis off ???

W

H

Y

?

[Letters]

5-4, tbh

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal 4-1 Ches

[adzzzbatch]

commentators mention that it's 104 red cards in 18 years :rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

104 red card for Wenger now. The most sent off manager in history. Shocking how dirty and cheaty he is.

[Niall_Quinn]

Anyway - Ches's red evened up the Melo non-red at least.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil has gone left.

Seriously though, why take off a natural in that position and replace with somebody who struggles there? It's like losing 2 men instead of one.

[adzzzbatch]

WTF!! why chamberlain!!

[LDG]

Ref is a cunny

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox off :haha:

Rosicky on. That's that in terms of goals and entertainment. Good while it lasted.

[LDG]

WTF!! why chamberlain!!

Going more narrow. Which is probably wise.

[Gooner23]

Wumger at it again. Down to 10 men so take off your 2 most energetic players. Meanwhile the lethargic Ozil stays on.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Anyway, it's a good chance for Ospina to claim the Gk spot.

Ches has been less than impressive this season.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox and Alexis were our two hardest workers, they were the best options when the ball was being moved forward, they were scaring the shit out of the Turks, Really makes no sense unless he's saving players who have already been rested.

[adzzzbatch]

Come on boys!

[adzzzbatch]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooo

[PGFC]

Ozil's just given up, shame on him.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Ox and Alexis were our two hardest workers, they were the best options when the ball was being moved forward, they were scaring the shit out of the Turks, Really makes no sense unless he's saving players who have already been rested.

Exactly why they need to be rested for Sunday. There's no chance of us losing this so we might as well rest the two that'll be the most exhausted.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis looks injured. Explains than sub.

[Niall_Quinn]

Leave it Welbz!

[Xhaka Can’t]

You're just a shit Fenerbahce

[adzzzbatch]

ospina :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

You're just a shit Fenerbahce

Oh so that was the chant just now!

[Niall_Quinn]

Jack for Ozil.

Gale pissed that Ozil is getting a clap.

[adzzzbatch]

Gale now making a point about there being English players at Arsenal, what a cunt.

[adzzzbatch]

good save!

[LDG]

Ospina :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Great save Ospina.

But really, how bad is Flamini?

[adzzzbatch]

piss of ref!!

[adzzzbatch]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[LDG]

Fuck off ref

[Niall_Quinn]

LOL - suddenly after 80 mins that's now a foul again. Ref ignored them all up to that point.

[LDG]

Shit. Nearly

[Niall_Quinn]

Not quite Henry that time.

[LDG]

Theu could have had 3 in the last 10 mins :o

[adzzzbatch]

every sodding thing now ref :banghead:

[LDG]

He's look fresh. He's looked lively. He's had good movement. He's finished well.

[adzzzbatch]

hanging on now

[adzzzbatch]

He's look fresh. He's looked lively. He's had good movement. He's finished well.

where's the pace?

[LDG]

Oooooooooo-OS-PI-NA

[Niall_Quinn]

Do we have to pay another £50mill next year for Welbeck - or is it just Utd doing that?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

You see that? Ospina catches a corner and goes down holding the ball to gain some time.

Chesney would have been on his toes like a hot potato looking for a quick distribution.

Thank god that clown has a ban.

Ospina, time to take over.

[Letters]

hanging on now
:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cazorla denied. Great move though.

[adzzzbatch]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooohhh

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref :haha:

Appalling.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not quite a good as finish as Danny Welbeck's. Well no shit Gale.

Arsenal 4-1 Galatasaray, FT. :bow:

[LDG]

AahaahahOoooooooooo

[Niall_Quinn]

Lovely play. Unlucky.

I love it when we pass to our own players.

[Maestro]

what a ball from jack to santi, ridiculous

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 4-1

Ref :haha:

Tony Gale :haha:

van Moyes :haha:

Alexis :bow:

Welbeck :bow:

Ches :doh:

Turkish fireworks :sulk:

[Master Splinter]

That would have been goal of the season at the end. Sublime by Sir. Danny and Sir. Jack.

Cazorla :doh:.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Stupid from chez but a red card???

Fuckin cunt ref, if he can be lenient with a blatant red card challenge then he can do the same for a soft nothing challenge

[Xhaka Can’t]

Oh so that was the chant just now!
Yup

[Niall_Quinn]

Stupid from chez but a red card???

Fuckin cunt ref, if he can be lenient with a blatant red card challenge then he can do the same for a soft nothing challenge

The refs always enforce that dumb rule. Two footed, leg breaking lunges not so much.