PL Games August 28/29

[IanWright]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Nope. Arteta out. And no more Spaniards, please.

I was telling the City fan on the walk back to the car. I'm looking for a glimmer of hope, a semblance of cohesive football. We've not got that.

I mean, honestly, could you guys see anything? Were any of you genuinely worried when you went a goal up that we may equalise? We knew it was game over. A football fan shouldn't ever feel like that. It hurts me that a team like Wolves and even Spurs will come up there and give you a game no matter what kind of dire straits they're in. Why can't we?

I get more enjoyment out of watching Leicester now, win or lose, I'll be honest.

[PeterParker]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Nope. Arteta out. And no more Spaniards, please.

I was telling the City fan on the walk back to the car. I'm looking for a glimmer of hope, a semblance of cohesive football. We've not got that.

I mean, honestly, could you guys see anything? Were any of you genuinely worried when you went a goal up that we may equalise? We knew it was game over. A football fan shouldn't ever feel like that. It hurts me that a team like Wolves and even Spurs will come up there and give you a game no matter what kind of dire straits they're in. Why can't we?

I get more enjoyment out of watching Leicester now, win or lose, I'll be honest.

Not many options out there, pal, sadly.
Hard to convince Conte. Getting Arteta was nonsense, no idea who tricked you in the first place, he must have a decent agent.

[Beefymcfc]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Nope. Arteta out. And no more Spaniards, please.

I was telling the City fan on the walk back to the car. I'm looking for a glimmer of hope, a semblance of cohesive football. We've not got that.

I mean, honestly, could you guys see anything? Were any of you genuinely worried when you went a goal up that we may equalise? We knew it was game over. A football fan shouldn't ever feel like that. It hurts me that a team like Wolves and even Spurs will come up there and give you a game no matter what kind of dire straits they're in. Why can't we?

I get more enjoyment out of watching Leicester now, win or lose, I'll be honest.

I just cannot understand how you have spent big on certain players but have a defence and CM that would struggle in the Championship. It must be disheartening to fall from grace so fast with no sight of anything changing soon.

[IanWright]

Arteta was a very weird choice. His name was being bandied about when Wenger left, too (almost inexplicably)

Did you guys see him as the natural successor to Pep or was that more bullshit hype that the Arsenal board bought into making him appear more appealable?

[Beefymcfc]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Nope. Arteta out. And no more Spaniards, please.

I was telling the City fan on the walk back to the car. I'm looking for a glimmer of hope, a semblance of cohesive football. We've not got that.

I mean, honestly, could you guys see anything? Were any of you genuinely worried when you went a goal up that we may equalise? We knew it was game over. A football fan shouldn't ever feel like that. It hurts me that a team like Wolves and even Spurs will come up there and give you a game no matter what kind of dire straits they're in. Why can't we?

I get more enjoyment out of watching Leicester now, win or lose, I'll be honest.

Not many options out there, pal, sadly.
Hard to convince Conte. Getting Arteta was nonsense, no idea who tricked you in the first place, he must have a decent agent.

Looked like Arsenal were looking for somebody on the cheap.

[IanWright]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Nope. Arteta out. And no more Spaniards, please.

I was telling the City fan on the walk back to the car. I'm looking for a glimmer of hope, a semblance of cohesive football. We've not got that.

I mean, honestly, could you guys see anything? Were any of you genuinely worried when you went a goal up that we may equalise? We knew it was game over. A football fan shouldn't ever feel like that. It hurts me that a team like Wolves and even Spurs will come up there and give you a game no matter what kind of dire straits they're in. Why can't we?

I get more enjoyment out of watching Leicester now, win or lose, I'll be honest.

I just cannot understand how you have spent big on certain players but have a defence and CM that would struggle in the Championship. It must be disheartening to fall from grace so fast with no sight of anything changing soon.

I think Arsenal's very *art* of defending isn't there any more, mate. When there is a set piece against us, we shit the bed. When we get an attacking corner, we're almost never going to get a defender to head it into the net. (This should be a viable method of getting a goal, and something Wenger was guilty of not exploiting)

You could give us Dias and van Dijk and we'd still defend like an interim Afghan government.

[PeterParker]

1-1. I'll take that after Anty's atticks.
Boy, Klopper really has anger management issues.

[nottsblue]

A draw here suits us nicely

[Beefymcfc]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Nope. Arteta out. And no more Spaniards, please.

I was telling the City fan on the walk back to the car. I'm looking for a glimmer of hope, a semblance of cohesive football. We've not got that.

I mean, honestly, could you guys see anything? Were any of you genuinely worried when you went a goal up that we may equalise? We knew it was game over. A football fan shouldn't ever feel like that. It hurts me that a team like Wolves and even Spurs will come up there and give you a game no matter what kind of dire straits they're in. Why can't we?

I get more enjoyment out of watching Leicester now, win or lose, I'll be honest.

I just cannot understand how you have spent big on certain players but have a defence and CM that would struggle in the Championship. It must be disheartening to fall from grace so fast with no sight of anything changing soon.

I think Arsenal's very *art* of defending isn't there any more, mate. When there is a set piece against us, we shit the bed. When we get an attacking corner, we're almost never going to get a defender to head it into the net. (This should be a viable method of getting a goal, and something Wenger was guilty of not exploiting)

You could give us Dias and van Dijk and we'd still defend like an interim Afghan government.

Yep, I get it, mate. I’m not sure what the answer is but it’s definitely not Arteta. I’d go further and look at you heads of sheds as it’s them who have appointed the various names, with no joy. You could do with somebody of the Mancini/Touchel mode who puts the defence first and work from there. Not that Holding, Chambers, Cedric, et al would/should be anywhere near a top class team which means that the same heads of sheds would have to get their wallets out if they were serious of pushing up the table. And why not, they’re loaded but choose to be stringent on spend.

Anyway, good luck for the future and hope you at least enjoyed the trip and the Manchester welcome.

[City64]

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Arteta is a decent assistant coach nothing else deffo not a manager. Your fans got ripped a new one today in the Etihad full credit to the ones that took it dry !

[Dimples]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

[Dubciteh]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

Reminded me of us and spurs champs league match where the ref was shown only one view and it was the worst possible in order to convince him of a decision.

[Beefymcfc]

:lol:

Thanks Mase and Zuricity.

Obviously not the best result, but a nice day out. Man City fans were lovely. The only "abuse" I received was a "long drive home for you lads!" after the game (but if that constitutes abuse, world's gone mad).

We all know all it takes is one idiot to ruin a football fan's experience. I've experienced idiots at United, Villa but never at City. One chap actually gave me directions to the away end (I was running late at 12.25 and didn't meet my contact in time at The Corner Shop pub!)

I also spoke to a fan on the walk back to the car, in his 60s with his wife. Nice fella and we discussed the state of the Arsenal for a good 5 minutes.

Mase- perfect place to park, that! I parked on the adjacent Wilson St. Car was safe and it was free.

ONLY DRAWBACK- where on earth are the burger vans?! I had to go to Burger King at the services

What are your thoughts on Arsenal mate?
My next door neighbour is an Arsenal fan and he still maintains Arteta is the right man for the job and that they aren’t far off being a half decent outfit.

Arteta is a decent assistant coach nothing else deffo not a manager. Your fans got ripped a new one today in the Etihad full credit to the ones that took it dry !

He got his tactics completely wrong, for me. The way he set-up to close us down would only work for a short period which would create space in other areas. Arsenal have not got the team to take us on and it played to our strengths.

Reminded me of an ‘Agent Arteta’ today

[salford city]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

Reminded me of us and spurs champs league match where the ref was shown only one view and it was the worst possible in order to convince him of a decision.

I see they still haven't gotten around to big screens at the swamp or anfield. No surprise. I've only just seen this morning's motd and whilst it did hit his thigh first you cannot deny he stopped the ball going in with his hand. Whether it was deliberate is the only debate and I'm afraid that Taylor is giving a red card all day for either of the red shite's after only seeing a still image
From what little I've just seen Chelsea defended well for the whole 2nd half and they are serious title contenders. Scouse have a pub team midfield and even given the help they will get, will be off it

[Beefymcfc]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

What was more gobsmacking for me was that VAR was actually used at Anfield. That is the first time I’ve seen it used there.

[branny]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

Reminded me of us and spurs champs league match where the ref was shown only one view and it was the worst possible in order to convince him of a decision.

I see they still haven't gotten around to big screens at the swamp or anfield. No surprise. I've only just seen this morning's motd and whilst it did hit his thigh first you cannot deny he stopped the ball going in with his hand. Whether it was deliberate is the only debate and I'm afraid that Taylor is giving a red card all day for either of the red shite's after only seeing a still image
From what little I've just seen Chelsea defended well for the whole 2nd half and they are serious title contenders. Scouse have a pub team midfield and even given the help they will get, will be off it

I watched it on match of the day. It looks like the clip is playing on the monitor as Taylor is approaching and then pauses with the ball in contact with the hand as he gets there. I'm no fan of Taylor for obvious reasons but I think he got it right.

[salford city]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

Reminded me of us and spurs champs league match where the ref was shown only one view and it was the worst possible in order to convince him of a decision.

I see they still haven't gotten around to big screens at the swamp or anfield. No surprise. I've only just seen this morning's motd and whilst it did hit his thigh first you cannot deny he stopped the ball going in with his hand. Whether it was deliberate is the only debate and I'm afraid that Taylor is giving a red card all day for either of the red shite's after only seeing a still image
From what little I've just seen Chelsea defended well for the whole 2nd half and they are serious title contenders. Scouse have a pub team midfield and even given the help they will get, will be off it

I watched it on match of the day. It looks like the clip is playing on the monitor as Taylor is approaching and then pauses with the ball in contact with the hand as he gets there. I'm no fan of Taylor for obvious reasons but I think he got it right.

It was the correct decision. You would expect Taylor to ask to see the buuld up though and not just a still but i guess they don't do that on offside either so its sll subjective

[PeterParker]

The ref looked at a still picture (which showed the ball glued to James's arm) for the penalty review in Dipper game !!!!
I mean WTF - a still picture.
Is this some new rule for Dipper and Rag) matches?

What was more gobsmacking for me was that VAR was actually used at Anfield. That is the first time I’ve seen it used there.

It was stolen two years ago.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Fucking spuds winning again, fluke by Son

[Harry Dowd scored]

Spuds top of the league, can they keep it going?