Arsenal V Spammers, 14 March, 1500 KO

[fakeyank]

Spammers have been a bit shit after new year.

2-0

[Marc Overmars]

Going to this.

Hopefully we aren't too gassed from our efforts on Monday but I don't see too much trouble here really, we have a great record against West Ham and they've been a bit shit lately. With United playing Spurs 3 points here is essential.

3-0.

[Niall_Quinn]

3-0 Ozil hattrick

[Niall_Quinn]

Equally likely we'll blow it and scupper our momentum after a big result.

[GP]

5-0

[Niall_Quinn]

5-0

Ozil won't get 5.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

haven't scored more than two goals since against Aston Villa, West Ham don't lose many away from home....think it will be a turgid game, 2-0

[Marc Overmars]

Nothing new on the injury front for this.

Except Flamini could be back...

[GP]

And Ox is out, I guess.

[AFC Leveller]

Our record against them, esp at home, is really good and i expect more of the same.

2-0.

[Bumble]

they are a decent side but better at home, so I expect us to win 2-0 reasonably comfortably. it would be interesting to see if he rotates before the Monaco game or not.

[fakeyank]

No point rotating for Monaco... we dont need to exert ourselves for a lost cause. Concentrate on getting as high as possible in the table and winning the FA Cup. It's pointless putting any eggs in the CL basket.

[Niall_Quinn]

No point rotating for Monaco... we dont need to exert ourselves for a lost cause. Concentrate on getting as high as possible in the table and winning the FA Cup. It's pointless putting any eggs in the CL basket.

A cause is only lost when it's conceded prematurely or bottled. If they could beat us 3-1 at home then we can beat them 3-1 on their patch, it's a long way from a lost cause. You fight on all fronts because that's how you get momentum. Time and again in the past we took cup games lightly and it cost us across the board.

[fakeyank]

A cause is only lost when it's conceded prematurely or bottled. If they could beat us 3-1 at home then we can beat them 3-1 on their patch, it's a long way from a lost cause. You fight on all fronts because that's how you get momentum. Time and again in the past we took cup games lightly and it cost us across the board.

We have also time and again lost key players by trying to fight for a match that has no relevance to us. Even if we win the match (which is highly unlikely), we will fold and die against the big boys.

[Niall_Quinn]

We have a decent squad now, players can be rotated. But there's no way we should be approaching any game as a lost cause. Don't bother flying to Monaco if that's the attitude. On another thread people are speculating Theo will never get another game. Well here's a game perfectly suited for him. Let him terrorise the Monaco defence while we go all out for goals. If we lose so be it but at least try. With the chavs out, the gypos on the way out and Marketing playing like Utd a win here and who's to say we couldn't pull out a couple of results in the next stage if we avoid Bayern or the cuntalans?

Likely quarters, PSG, Bayern, Marketing, Porto, Barca, Juve, Atletico (or Leverkusen) - why wouldn't we want to be involved? We can beat 5 of those opponents.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I agree with NQ.

I'd actually say it's highly likely we will win in Monaco. As much as history will tell you what a task we have it will also tell you that we tend to beat our opponents having allowed them to storm into the lead.....even if we do go out anyway.

2nd position or 4th makes no difference. Set out to win the game.

I think we will beat John West Spam too....

[Dein-machine]

We have a decent squad now, players can be rotated. But there's no way we should be approaching any game as a lost cause. Don't bother flying to Monaco if that's the attitude. On another thread people are speculating Theo will never get another game. Well here's a game perfectly suited for him. Let him terrorise the Monaco defence while we go all out for goals. If we lose so be it but at least try. With the chavs out, the gypos on the way out and Marketing playing like Utd a win here and who's to say we couldn't pull out a couple of results in the next stage if we avoid Bayern or the cuntalans?

Likely quarters, PSG, Bayern, Marketing, Porto, Barca, Juve, Atletico (or Leverkusen) - why wouldn't we want to be involved? We can beat 5 of those opponents.

I see both sides of what you & FY are saying. I agree that Arsenal football club should never approach a game like this as a lost cause because as we've proven in previous years we can go to far better teams than Monaco & beat them by a few goals. The trouble for me is that we seem so tactically naive in Europe that to get through & cause more fixture pressure in what will be a tough run in for 4th place trying to win a cup that our manager is incapable of winning would seem pointless, apart from the financial reward. If we drop points in the league run in due to not playing our form players to protect for C.L. games, we could miss out on top 4. At present because our manager refuses to buy the quality required in certain positions, our ranking in Europe is one of a top 4 team in England, certainly not champions of Europe - this is what we have to aspire to under Wenger.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Walcott should play this game, good scoring record against West Ham

[adzzzbatch]

Arsenal: Ospina, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Walcott, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud

Subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Bellerin, Flamini, Cazorla, Welbeck, Akpom

West Ham: Adrian, O'Brien, Collins, Kouyate, Cresswell, Song, Noble, Nolan (c), Jarvis, Downing, Sakho

Subs: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Onariase, Poyet, Cullen, Amalfitano, Nene

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal XI: Ospina, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Walcott, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud
Subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Bellerin, Flamini, Cazorla, Welbeck, Akpom

West Ham XI: Adrian, O'Brien, Collins, Kouyate, Cresswell, Song, Noble, Nolan (c), Jarvis, Downing, Sakho
Subs: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Onariase, Poyet, Cullen, Amalfitano, Nene

[Master Splinter]

Anthony Taylor is the fourth official. :upset:

Never mind Foy being the ref.

[adzzzbatch]

Mertesacker :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Theo :doh:

[fakeyank]

Walcott you muppet! :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Theo :doh:.

Should be 1-0.

Awlsome from Giroud.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pen, no? I'd say 100% certain plus a red. Took the man before the ball.

[adzzzbatch]

Song :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Although what Walcott was doing remains a mystery.

[adzzzbatch]

Nice from Kos.

[Master Splinter]

Great footy there.

[Niall_Quinn]

Great move - comes to nothing.

That was 100% a penalty btw. One of the easiest decisions of the year.

[adzzzbatch]

"that was difficult for the ref"

Why because it was a arsenal?

[Niall_Quinn]

Maybe the ref can't see it. That's what linesmen are for. No excuse for not giving that, dreadful officiating.

[adzzzbatch]

Corner Come on Arsenal!

[adzzzbatch]

It's all us!

[Niall_Quinn]

Whenever we go wide - danger.

Go through the middle - nothing.

Maybe there's a lesson to be learned in that?

[Niall_Quinn]

Good header, unlucky.

[adzzzbatch]

Coq :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Great stuff from Coquelin.

[adzzzbatch]

Tony gale :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

Ramsey :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

What's up with the crowd? You can hear them!

[adzzzbatch]

Good save!

[adzzzbatch]

We've gone a bit a sloppy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil fighting well at the moment. Very involved in the game.

Silly effort by Giroud.

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off lino.

[Niall_Quinn]

Useless fucking officials.

[adzzzbatch]

Chambers being a dick atm

[adzzzbatch]

Oooooooooo close!

[Master Splinter]

Piss off Adrian!

[adzzzbatch]

Ramsey should've scored that!

[Niall_Quinn]

Cleared by Ramsey.

[adzzzbatch]

Cleared by Ramsey.

He's having one of his better games today though.

[adzzzbatch]

West ham getting alot more of the ball now, we need to get a goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Breaking down whenever Theo is involved. Poor from him so far.

[adzzzbatch]

This is poor from us now after starting so brightly.

[adzzzbatch]

FFS kicking it straight out now!

[adzzzbatch]

Chambers having a mare.

[fakeyank]

Chambers getting raped on the right.

Theo rubbishes another good chance :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

FFS Theo!! :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Theo FFS.

[Niall_Quinn]

Give up Theo, :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Walcott is useless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck would have 2 goals by now.

[adzzzbatch]

Shit passing now!

[Niall_Quinn]

Walcott is useless.

He's playing in the wide/ central role. That's the problem.

[adzzzbatch]

Ooooooooo

[Niall_Quinn]

Great play. Adrian having the Game of His Life (TM)

[adzzzbatch]

Sanchez booked :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

Fucking head tennis!

[Niall_Quinn]

He handballed it so technically a booking, but considering what Collins got away with it's one-eyed as usual.

[adzzzbatch]

We're making song look good :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Time wasting at 0-0 :haha: Joke

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud fouled in the box nothing given

[Niall_Quinn]

Giroud rugby tackled by two defenders. Penalty. Not given.

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud rugby tackled by two defenders. Penalty. Not given.

Tony gale found it funny.

[Niall_Quinn]

Too keen to go backwards.

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off Walcott.

[Niall_Quinn]

Is a block a forward pass?

[adzzzbatch]

FFS WALCOTT :banghead:

[Master Splinter]

This should be 5-0.

FFS.

[Niall_Quinn]

Walcott has kept West Ham in this. Without him Arsenal would be home and dry.

[fakeyank]

Can we bring a crocked Ox on for Theo? He is ruining the game with the missed chances.

[adzzzbatch]

Crowd have gone to sleep :sleep:

[adzzzbatch]

Normal service has resumed.

[A Gunner]

1 - 0 Giroud HT

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger looks utterly pissed off. I think his zip has broken.

[Master Splinter]

BIF!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

YYYYYAAAYYYYY

[adzzzbatch]

Thank fuck for that!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Excellent finish by the bloke not called Theo.

He's had a good half, battling for every ball. Deserved that.

[Globalgunner]

Lovely goal!
Arsenal are like the girl with the little curl on her forehead
When we`re good, we`re very, very good.
But when we`re bad, We are shit useless,

[Niall_Quinn]

HT

Should be 3 or 4 but that'll do.

Good passing in general, Ozil, Alexis, Ramsey and Bif have all worked hard. Chambers good going forward, simply not around at the back. Kos in control back there.

Theo though :doh: Rusty is one thing but he looks like he's never kicked a ball. If this is what he's showing in training then we know why Wenger is keeping him on the bench.

West Ham should be down to 10 after one of the clearest pens of the year. But the ref is utter shit ans so are the linesmen.

[Master Splinter]

Fully fucking deserved.

West Ham fortunate to have nil.

Adrian made 5 saves, but Theo, Ramsey and Ozil should have scored their chances. Not to mention Theo's early chance. Which probably should have ben a pel and a red card.

Some lovely football today. Should be about 5-0 so far, but a comfortable win will do.

Giroud, Ozil, Ramsey and Coquelin playing well. Chambers exposed defensively, but excellent involvement in all our attacking play.

[A Gunner]

Fully fucking deserved.

West Ham fortunate to have nil.

Adrian made 5 saves, but Theo, Ramsey and Ozil should have scored their chances. Not to mention Theo's early chance. Which probably should have ben a pel and a red card.

Some lovely football today. Should be about 5-0 so far, but a comfortable win will do.

Giroud, Ozil, Ramsey and Coquelin playing well. Chambers exposed defensively, but excellent involvement in all our attacking play.

Did you type this early? West Ham fortunate to have nil?

[Niall_Quinn]

Would like to see us push on and get 4 or 5 more. Which we could do given our superiority.

Will settle for 1 more if we continue to play well.

Why was Bellerin dropped to the bench? Obviously Chambers is not a full back.

[adzzzbatch]

That goal annoyed tony gale, I'm ok with this.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis' work rate is ridiculous. Perpetual motion.

[adzzzbatch]

Ospina was just waiting for that to come to him.

[adzzzbatch]

Chambers has been west ham's best player.

[Niall_Quinn]

Downing :haha: Did a Theo.

[adzzzbatch]

Kos has played well today.

[adzzzbatch]

Get chambers off!

[adzzzbatch]

The walrus isn't happy.

Taylor about to come on and ref for west ham

[Master Splinter]

Anthony Taylor coming on. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fat Sam with his typical, graceful poise on the touchline.

Uh oh! Taylor getting ready to come on. Not in the least bit suspicious. We definitely need a second goal now.

[Globalgunner]

We`re allowing Song to look like a combo of Lothar Mattheus and Zidane

[Master Splinter]

Should have been a goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Our final ball :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Taylor now on for wh :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

Walcott :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Foy hauled off. Didn't think he did too badly. Denied the stonewall pen. Denied another pen when Giroud was fouled. A bit unlucky. But Taylor will certainly do the business.

[adzzzbatch]

Mertesacker :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

When are we going to get that final ball sorted out?

[Globalgunner]

Merts is a liability I swear. My granny could beat him in a footrace too.

[adzzzbatch]

Ramsey :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

Ozil :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh fucking hell, just a bit more care please.

[adzzzbatch]

Our final ball :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Ozil's final ball worse than Theo's finishing. :doh:

[A Gunner]

Alexis off
Welbeck on

[Niall_Quinn]

Welbeck for Alexis. Very strange, hopefully not an injury.

[adzzzbatch]

That's a fuxking booking!

[Niall_Quinn]

That should be a yellow. Deliberate foul breaking up the play. If that's not a yellow then that cunt Taylor better no book any of ours 2 mins later for doing something half as bad.

[adzzzbatch]

Get wally off FFS!

[Niall_Quinn]

Kos is the best CB in the country.

[Master Splinter]

WTF is Ozil doing?

Haul him off.

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off Ozil!!

[Globalgunner]

Ozil wont shoot!

[Niall_Quinn]

We're deliberately missing now.

[fakeyank]

Ozil, please fuck off

[adzzzbatch]

Kos is the best CB in the country.

Don't be silly! That's komapny!

[adzzzbatch]

We're deliberately missing now.

Betting syndicate surely.

[adzzzbatch]

Wellbeck :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Theo and LOLzil conspiring to turn a 8-0 into a unfeasible draw.

[A Gunner]

Walcott off
Carzola on

[fakeyank]

Please take off Ozil too!! :pray:

[adzzzbatch]

Yay Walcott is off!

[Niall_Quinn]

Come on! If West Ham was a bird she'd be starkers on her back slipping drugs in her own drink. Enough of the foreplay.

[adzzzbatch]

COME ON ARSENAL FFS

[adzzzbatch]

Some of our passing choices are just plain weird!

[Niall_Quinn]

Damn, Jarvis is going off. They'll be up to 11 now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Very halfhearted second half. What a pain in the hole.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hammers trying to make out that wasn't a 50/50. Ridiculous.

[adzzzbatch]

Cazorla does fuck all, west ham get a free kick :rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

Sakho booked for trailing arm on Kos.

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud fouled nothing given.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wrong decision - every time.

[adzzzbatch]

Taylor getting into the game now

[Master Splinter]

RAMSEY!!!!!!!

[A Gunner]

2 - 0 Ramsey

Excellent interplay between Ramsey and Giroud

[adzzzbatch]

RAMSEY!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Finally an intricate attempt come off.

2-0 Ramsey.

[Master Splinter]

Giroud has been sensational today.

Best no.10 in the League?

[adzzzbatch]

Gale gutted!! :haha:

[A Gunner]

Ozil off
Flamini on

[Master Splinter]

WUMger sucking the life out of the game.

Although Flamini will probably pass better than Ozil today.

[Niall_Quinn]

We scored so can't knock it, but 99% of the time that won't come off.

Anyway 2-0 so that's it, Flamini on for Ozil.

Hopefully we'll bring Ches on for Welbeck and Bould on for Cazorla.

[A Gunner]

3 - 0 Flamini

[adzzzbatch]

YAYAYAY

[Master Splinter]

FLAMINI!!!!!!!

Wenger :bow:.

[fakeyank]

I am having romance explosion in my pants watching this game..

[Niall_Quinn]

Flamster 3-0

WUMger :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Our attacking play has been sublime today at times.

Only thing missing is double figures.

[Globalgunner]

Im starting to warm to this team again. Lets do it again on Tuesday pls

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger protesting the goal.

[adzzzbatch]

Commentators giving west ham excuses :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Our best run of wins at home for a decade - 8 in a row :bow:

[Globalgunner]

6-0 would not be an unfair scoreline. as it is I`ll take 3-0

[adzzzbatch]

Coq :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Taylor just couldn't get in the game. We shut him down.

[A Gunner]

3 - 0 FT

[adzzzbatch]

YAY!

[Master Splinter]

Fuck off Taylor!

4-0 was coming up.

[Globalgunner]

Yipee:jumpnana:

[Master Splinter]

6-0 would not be an unfair scoreline. as it is I`ll take 3-0

It should have been about 9-0 tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nice win, some nice play. But should have been 12-0.

Hopefully we've got rid of all our missing so we can get a hat full against Monaco.

[Master Splinter]

Hopefully we've got rid of all our missing so we can get a hat full against Monaco.

Giroud and Walcott have just had shockers. Time for Alexis to miss 14 sitters against Monaco.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I thought Giroud was superb today and Welbeck was surprisingly good from the left.

Crazy finishing from Theodore but had he not been so in and out of the team he'd have taken at least one of them.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Come on! If West Ham was a bird she'd be starkers on her back slipping drugs in her own drink. Enough of the foreplay.

Chedwyn??????