Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Niall_Quinn]

some things are better - the smoking ban feels like one of the least heralded but most important steps forward, not least for the NHS but also (and I speak as an ex-smoker) just improving our social experiences by not treading on a carpet of fag butts, or being suffocated in small venues or ofc passively developing cancer

general air quality is better to thanks to (ahem) 'cleaner' fuel but ofc the elephant in the room is climate change which, as you at least are aware, is now getting the point where it's irreversible and makes me particularly glad I'm not any younger than I am, though even in my late 50s I'm far from convinced I'll miss witnessing some of the really bad effects of it

Just out of interest, what terrible effects do you think are on the way after you have shuffled off this mortal coil?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Just out of interest, what terrible effects do you think are on the way after you have shuffled off this mortal coil?

Is that a what happens to the earth after he dies or what happens to him after he dies ?

If the latter, it’s the same that will happen to the rest of us. Nothing

[Niall_Quinn]

I don’t think we should be trying to get their respect and affection, like a low self esteem teenage girl does with her alcoholic piece of shit father. We aren’t going to get it, and it’s of no value anyway.

Getting to the final might add some pathos to the season, but ultimately even if we beat Liverpool in the final it’s nice but it’s ultimately worthless, plus the idea of us being some plucky underdog as we were when we beat them in 1987 nauseates me.


But that’s neither here nor there. I’m quite happy for us to have an antagonistic relationship with the authorities to some extent, they are after all the shit under our shoes.

It's the whole point of the sport. Winning. Why do we go on about the Invincibles? Because they weren't beaten - nobody won against us. Not one single league club that season could point at us and say they beat us. So we should have gone all guns blazing against Newcastle and overwhelmed them, like we know we could, or else ended up last man down in defeat. And, if victorious, gone on and beat Liverpool and said, this is what you are facing, if you are up for it!

Instead, well, worthless, not worth it, we'll only turn up when we rate it. Well I hope so. I hope we can just turn it on and off like a light switch. But I do know Liverpool will be feeling more comfortable after that 4-0 hiding we got. That's one fine margin in their favour, as we start off on a winding road of fine margins. They already have 6 points and a game in hand, not sure we needed to hand them even more.

[Niall_Quinn]

Is that a what happens to the earth after he dies or what happens to him after he dies ?

If the latter, it’s the same that will happen to the rest of us. Nothing

I think a lot of climate activists would probably agree. There's this unshakable faith in the science of profiteering, yeah, earth is doomed, no doubt because. Then there's this absolute certainty that death is the end due to a complete lack of science in that field. I'm wondering what would happen if Bill Gates could somehow monetise the afterlife? Would nihilists rush to the streets selling shares in heaven?

[HCZ_Reborn]

It's the whole point of the sport. Winning. Why do we go on about the Invincibles? Because they weren't beaten - nobody won against us. Not one single league club that season could point at us and say they beat us. So we should have gone all guns blazing against Newcastle and overwhelmed them, like we know we could, or else ended up last man down in defeat. And, if victorious, gone on and beat Liverpool and said, this is what you are facing, if you are up for it!

Instead, well, worthless, not worth it, we'll only turn up when we rate it. Well I hope so. I hope we can just turn it on and off like a light switch. But I do know Liverpool will be feeling more comfortable after that 4-0 hiding we got. That's one fine margin in their favour, as we start off on a winding road of fine margins. They already have 6 points and a game in hand, not sure we needed to hand them even more.

In the invincibles season we lost home and away in the semi final of the league cup to Middlesborough. Who remembers that? No one (probably not even that many Boro fans)

[Letters]

In the invincibles season we lost home and away in the semi final of the league cup to Middlesborough. Who remembers that? No one (probably not even that many Boro fans)

You can prove anything with facts

[Marc Overmars]

At least in those days we’d play the second string no matter what. Wenger wouldn’t even entertain the idea of using the better players until we became a less competitive team after 2006.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think a lot of climate activists would probably agree. There's this unshakable faith in the science of profiteering, yeah, earth is doomed, no doubt because. Then there's this absolute certainty that death is the end due to a complete lack of science in that field. I'm wondering what would happen if Bill Gates could somehow monetise the afterlife? Would nihilists rush to the streets selling shares in heaven?

There’s nothing scientific about the afterlife, it’s wishful thinking that somehow we carry on after our bodies have atrophied

The irony to me is I see almost nothing desirable about it…everlasting life. It sounds fucking awful in fact


And to add to that, a lot of the problems we have in the world today come about because people seem to be under the impression that this existence is just a banal waiting area prior to entering celestial paradise. That and they also believe in the hot country, not enough that you should suffer and die once…you’ve got an eternity of torment to look forward to for thought crime or believing in the wrong deity.


And no before anyone starts no I don’t think we’d be living in peace and harmony without belief in sky beings. We always manage to find some way to be controlling and atavistic.

[HCZ_Reborn]

At least in those days we’d play the second string no matter what. Wenger wouldn’t even entertain the idea of using the better players until we became a less competitive team after 2006.

In fairness, This time around there wasn’t much of an option to play the second string in the first leg….and in the second leg it was kind of a free hit

[Niall_Quinn]

In the invincibles season we lost home and away in the semi final of the league cup to Middlesborough. Who remembers that? No one (probably not even that many Boro fans)

I do. Pissed me right off. Which is why I specifically said "league".

Used to piss me off mightily when the reserves lost, because our reserves were better than most teams back in the day.