Čech himself played very well yesterday. The fact that it was our first clean sheet doesn't exactly reflect a team with a new found resilience.

No, no, no, that won't do.
I am enjoying the ex-players ripping into him, it's Schadenfreude, and you can't beat it.

The bloke was a fraud. Now everyone knows it. Happy Days!

The thing is dec, are Čech's comments not true? Watching Arsenal over the last years of Wenger's reign made me think exactly the same thing.

I actually think you're being a little over-negative. You've previously said words to the effect that we haven't played well this season (you probably recall your exact words better than me; perhaps it was 'we have not been good', or something like that). But I'm pretty damn certain that whatever your exact words, you said it more than once.

For me each game has been a mix of good and bad. So if we haven't been good, I'd suggest we haven't been bad either. We've lost the two games we were probably expected to lose and won the five we were probably expected to win. Moreover, this season I don't think City outplayed us to the extent they did at the Emirates and Wembley last season. We also missed sitters at Stamford Bridge, so better finishing could have changed that result.

Cazorla was probably right. Turning things around after so long under Wenger wasn't going to happen overnight, or do you consider that standard fare player b%*&s%*^ as well (or ex-player in Cazorla's case)? For me things are moving in the right direction. I said our five wins have been in games we were expected to win. Would we have beaten both Newcastle and Cardiff away if Wenger was still in post? I obviously can't prove it as it's simply an opinion, but my view is we wouldn't.

There's various things that need working on at Arsenal. Yet Emery's interviews suggest to me that he's fully aware of that. I also see that as a positive.

Fair enough if you think I'm being overly negative. I don't think I am. We haven't put in a good 90 minutes of football yet. We've had some very poor opening halves ' West Ham, Newcastle, Everton and quite frankly haven't defended well in a single game. We've been very lucky, which I welcome, but talk of a new-found resilience is just players bigging everything up.

I think Čech's comments are standard fare player b%*&s%*^. The new manager is great blah blah blah. We haven't been playing well and it's moments of brilliance from our forwards that have largely won us points. We have had a really easy run of fixtures and the only game that we comfortably navigated was in the Europa Cup.

Čech himself played very well yesterday. The fact that it was our first clean sheet doesn't exactly reflect a team with a new found resilience.

So on Sunday I used my friends Club Level ticket. Needless to say there is no atmosphere there, but what was indicative of that fact was the 2 blokes sitting next to me were more interested in live streaming the golf on their phone than the match. The guy with the phone I don't think even lifted his head up towards the pitch. However, his indifference to the game was kind of justified when after half time he returned to his seat very happy indeed, and was talking to his mate about how to spend his £1500 winnings from the golf he had been watching! They also left 12 mins from the end.
Obviously club level isn't the best place to draw sweeping conclusions about Arsenal fans, but there is an unescapable sense that many who sit there simply aren't as engaged as you would expect a 'real' supporter to be. I guess that's what happens when you increasingly market the club to those with deeper pockets and also tourists (look at the adverts in the Underground). Unfortunately Club Level indifference acts as a ring of sound insulation, discouraging the lower tiers attempts at singing spreading upwards.
I know I'm not saying anything new but I feel sad that Arsenal (and the Premier League) have drifted further and further away from the original fan base who supported their teams during the non profitable times, and are increasingly replaced by club shop tourists and people who think popping down to watch Arsenal is something to do rather than something they must do.

There are a growing number of Man Utd fans who say that Sanchez has turned out be a bust based on expectations. Question of the day. Did Man Utd get taken in the deal in hindsight? Not that our Armenian is going to threaten Henry's goal scoring record anytime soon, but overall, did Man Utd lose out? We did. Sanchez was a very effective player for us but this not about us but Man Utd.
I know ever time I watch them play and he's playing I'm hoping he plays badly.

So on Sunday I used my friends Club Level ticket. Needless to say there is no atmosphere there, but what was indicative of that fact was the 2 blokes sitting next to me were more interested in live streaming the golf on their phone than the match. The guy with the phone I don't think even lifted his head up towards the pitch. However, his indifference to the game was kind of justified when after half time he returned to his seat very happy indeed, and was talking to his mate about how to spend his £1500 winnings from the golf he had been watching! They also left 12 mins from the end.
Obviously club level isn't the best place to draw sweeping conclusions about Arsenal fans, but there is an unescapable sense that many who sit there simply aren't as engaged as you would expect a 'real' supporter to be. I guess that's what happens when you increasingly market the club to those with deeper pockets and also tourists (look at the adverts in the Underground). Unfortunately Club Level indifference acts as a ring of sound insulation, discouraging the lower tiers attempts at singing spreading upwards.
I know I'm not saying anything new but I feel sad that Arsenal (and the Premier League) have drifted further and further away from the original fan base who supported their teams during the non profitable times, and are increasingly replaced by club shop tourists and people who think popping down to watch Arsenal is something to do rather than something they must do.

Man U losing 2-1 to Lamberts Derby ! min plus extra time left.

Could it be Mourinho's last game?

Hope not

Bugga they equalised

United out . Thought you'd jinxed it there!

PAHAHHHAAHHHAAAAHHHAAA!!!

This was my reaction when I heard after the Utd loss in which Pogba didn’t play f%&$#n Mr. If I was an ice cream I’d lick myself to death, says “Pogba is no longer club vice captain. He will never captain another game for United” due to his ‘Poor attitude’

Mourinho has *%^@*** lost it!!! What the *%^@ is he playing at??!!

He just started “it’s me or him” with the clubs Marquee player. Unless he knows Pogba is out the door which can’t happen for minimum another 3 months... what??!!

He’s simply trying to get himself fired so he can get his contract paid off. He’s done it at every club he’s been at practically. Over for him at United

...during an exchange with Italian journalists from La Repubblica and Gazzetta dello Sport at Turf Moor, joked he would receive a significant whack if United sacked him.


"They say I’m in danger, but I don’t think it," Mourinho told them in Italian. "If they send me away, do you have any idea how much money they would have to give me?"

The talk is Mourinho may not make it past the calendar year. I would love to see him go, Man Utd fall into decline and Sanchez booed off the pitch.

Penned in our left back area we work it back to Leno who chips it wide right to Lichtsteiner who wins a brave nod down header to Mkhitaryan who turns inside his man brilliantly and is breaking at pace, he feeds iwobi who travels with it and holds on long enough for Monreal steaming up on the overlap, first time square pass for a Welbeck tap in.

That’s how you profit from being able to play out from the back against a high press.

Emery was smiling from ear to ear

Wenger Wednesday