Xhaka with his sloppiness again

Xhaka undoes some of his good first half with one of his classic pass straight to an opponent in a dangerous position. Just wide

Lichtsteiner off injured. I swear we must lose far more players to injury DURING matches than most teams. So many defenders going off in the middle of games this season

Özil on ramsey off.

Ref gives a saints corner for what was a clear gk. not even difficult to spot. The saints players were already jogging back to the half way line.

Quick thinking from Emery, Aubameyang was about to replace Lacazette but Iwobi went down. Emery delayed the sub and instead Aubameyang comes on for Iwobi

We’ve got sloppy. Can see the clean sheet being wiped out soon - yet again

very drab second half

We have been really sloppy in the 2nd half.

Nearly an og for a 3rd. Good save

Aubameyang shot blocked. Saints are brilliant at these last ditch goal saving flaying blocks. So many chances to properly put this game to bed. We should be 4 up easily

I don’t like the way we cede possession and territory to such poor teams once we are in front. Fulham, Cardiff, Huddersfield and now saints have all been given this kind of incentive

I like Aubameyang coming in off the left. I know it’s not his best position but he is our best attacking left winger as well.

FT 2-0
Comfortable in the end. Could have been a few more. Good first half, sat off too much in the second. More of the first half v Bournemouth would be most welcome. It’s chelsea v spurs and palace v Man U so an opportunity to gain more points on someone

Good win and all that but my goodness we can never ever ever ever put a team to bed can we ? Should have been 5 nil

We should have been out of sight after 45 minutes and just did nothing all second half. You were the expecting saints to score a flukey goal and then of all of a sudden it’s on us.

There is something wrong with our mentality for sure

That was a very good first half followed by a pretty drab second half. We really could have won that match 6 nil. Also, props to Iwobi who I thought was a real threat today. Unfortunately, I wanted to get some chips from the Arsenal Fish Bar and it's NO LONGER THERE! That was a real Arsenal institution, I cant believe its no more.

Get rid of Arsene and this is what happens...

Nor sadly is the erstwhile poster Arsenal Fish Bar. A lovely lady who is greatly missed. Another who was taken from us far too early.

Didn't know that. Respect for her.

Yes. She moved to Glossop but sadly passed away a few years ago now.

She was one of those forumites who met up at ‘Bar 101’ in the period after Ashburton Grove opened. And thanks to Harlow for organising that.

Jorginho cynically takes out sterling as he burst through and was clearly beaten for pace. Booked. The same ref, Jon Moss who sent Xhaka off for the same thing.

She passed away in August 2016. I knew her outside the forum and announced it here. You couldn't have been around at the time.

Sorry to hear that. I remember her posts but can’t recall her passing being mentioned.

RIP to mee as well. Great forumite and thank goodness he’s not here to see Tottenhams resurregence

Yes, I was offline for a good while, so missed the sad news. Same with Mee, whose posts I used to enjoy so much, especially his mock-fearful ones about Spurs. I was very sad to find out he had died. We lost a good one there.

End of extra time in the carabao cup final, Kepa is slightly injured and subbed off for Bravo - who is a penalty specialist, but Kepa refuses to come off, Sarri throws down everything he can pick up and storms off! Kepa saves a penalty and Chelsea still lose! Madness. As much as I wanted them both to lose, probably good for us if it destabilises Chelsea summore.

And also somehow we’re 4th! A single glorious point ahead of Utd. Lots riding on the home game with them 10th March Interested to see what people think whether we can make 4th? The fixtures are slightly kinder to us I think but really wtf does that matter with us!

It was an absolute part of arsenal history. The photos of players behind the counter. Surprisingly good Chinese food, tons of fans used it as a meeting point.

A few pints in the barn then a walk down the hill for a sav and chips running to the ground to catch kick off in time. Great memories

Very sad about AFB. Both her and the fact it has now closed down. I wanted to introcuce my grandson to their fish and chips but he preferred to go to the Armoury which I couldn't see but he still managed to leave me without change of a £20 note never mind the rest.............

Can someone tell me where it is. I thought it was at the clock end at the top of the stairs seprate from the stadium.

Do you mean where the Armoury is? If so it's not inside the ground despite being part of the stadium complex. It's on the west side of the ground, where Hornsey Road is.

Thanks Bernard good to know it's still there.

Different food experience but when I was a regular attender my son and I often called in at the Happening Bagel Bakery in Seven Sisters Road - excellent range of bagels and big Arsenal fans. http://www.thehappeningbagelbakery.com/

Cheers for this Old Man. Nice to see they boil their bagels first for the true bagel experience. Or should I say Biegel?

I don't see us winning Europa Cup. Not with Sevila, Chelsea and Inter in it. I'm not sure if we can get past a couple of others as well.
As for fourth...well, we'll need a lot of luck.

Appears to still be there.
https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1152/45913.php

I expect Özil to come in for Ramsey v Bournemouth so that Ramsey can start the away game v spurs.
Suarez might well make his first start as Iwobi picked up a knock.
Guendouzi could come back in, I’d keep Xhaka in there though.

This is the type of profile of player we should be looking at. This transfer would excite me more than many we have made recently

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... -man-city/

"There's only one Wan-Bissaka, one Wan-Bissaka..." I recall the Highbury crowd singing "There's only one Juan" when the young Brazilian played for us.

Back in the late '90s, there was a player in the Australian national soccer league called Juan Nilo. He would have been perfect for us.

Bellerin isn't going to be out forever anyway. Unless it's felt at Arsenal that he's better than Bellerin who will be sold? I would be delighted if we got the guy from Palace, but right back isn't a position that most urgently needs strengthening.

I think Bellerins injury is quite serious and not the type of thing a player can be rushed back from. I’d be a little surprised if mustafi is still with us next year so I’d imagine we will try and stick with Monreal and Kolasinac on the left for 1 more year and bring in better cover at right back.