No, be reasonaable Bernard. I think you have to blame Arsene Wenger 100% for every single goal ever scored against Arsenal during his time. We thought it had reached its ultimate when he failed to coach Vieira, Dixon, Keown and Seaman to stop Giggs' semi-final goal. Those poor guys never stood a chance of stopping Ryan due to Wenger's lack of work with them on the training ground. Since then we have had almost twenty years of it. Why hasn't old puffa jacket mastered the art of the unneccessary bicycle kick? Why hasn't the silly old sod coached the pass-back mistakes out of Mustafi? How comes he hasn't told Čech how to boot the ball away with his left foot? Conte aand Klopp would never allow their defences to be so humiliated. And Mourinho has coached United so well they could never concede a goal within eleven seconds by not following a runner. And as for own goals when under no pressure? It would simply never happen. Wenger should just *%^@ off. He's old, doesn't meet his KPIs and has a pointed head. Do we need any more reasons? I wish Usmanov was in charge, he'd sort it out. Excuse me, must go, my airplane pilot is at the door.

I bet he is on the bench for the game

He told the court in Germany he was sick so he could miss his court appearance and they asked how come he played the previous weekend. I bet it’s the club purely trying to help him justify why he wasn’t there

What does KPI stand for?

Gaz , Gaz , Gaz ...you are missing the point .....Čech's reactions shouldn't appear on the radar . TV commentators don't matter either , having played the game doesn't neccessarily make them right .

Have Shearer , Murphy , Lineker , Wright got more clues than I've got ...... NO .

Here's the analogy [ this is good fun ] you buy an old .303 Lee Enfield at the local RSL fund raiser ; used on the Kokoda trail and all that

You take it home , while you out trying to figure out why the Gen 3 wont start ; your nine year old kid gets hold of it , loads it and shoots the dog .

Now who is to blame here ..... ?

The dog [ Čech ] for not running away , the boy [ Mustafi ] for fiddling with the rifle

.... OR [ drumroll ] ......you [Monreal ] for bringing it home in the first place .

Key performance indicators. A term to set out an employees expectations.

You want our keeper to run away when there's a cockup developing in front of him??

Everton can go kick rocks though with fat Sam at the helm. He's been open in his book about reveling in beating Wenger specifically. Its personal with him.

Top trolling I like your style.

Obviously the fact that numerous posters have pointed out that it isn't remotely personal including Allardyce's own words on the topic, holds little sway and also gives you the opportunity to admire again your own brilliant blocking strategy because of course you haven't read any of that right?

I also like "it's personal with him" as a declaratory statement filled with dramatic urgency and only marginally undercut by not actually being true.

I would see that as a point in favour of the Everton manager.

Hello SG forum. What's it like to actually live in a free country?

But you've blocked the SG forum.

Th only problem with taking a greater interest in Brentford these days is when supporters write: 'Come on you Bee's'. You can imagine how that plays chez Daz but there are only so many grammar wars I can fight...

Question for Hazuki there I reckon...

in an obsession that is surpassing even Wiltord/Freddie in endlessly repetitive tediousness.

As for wanting the team to fail to wound the manager who is already clinging on by his fingernails as evidenced by all the activity around him...jesus wept.

Funny, because you've managed to respond to almost every single post I've made on the subject over the last 5 -10 years.

You, calling me pompous?

As you'll note I've never commented on anything about you bar your posts on here. Of course you contain multitudes...such is a consequence of thought, conscious or otherwise. But your posts about the manager outweigh any of mine regarding match officials by a significant multiplier, and of late have also been a greater proportional representation of your posts. As for your size, I don't care to speculate.

Well given this is a football forum, and thus, despite its divergent nature, still primarily concerned with football, there are a limited number of recurring themes...

You like to try to get a rise out of people on here for amusement on a regular basis, me among them, and accordingly I like to return the favour every now and then.

Two best anthems in the championship going head to head today, but the two nations best at singing them. For once Scotland have a team that might actually be worthy of the singing.

Gwlad Gwlad!

Best anthem ever.

Here he is, let's grab the Bermondsey tiger by the tail.

Hoy.

Tell me you wouldn't have a frisson of amusement if Theo bagged a hatrick?