Arsenal

palarsehater said:

just looked at the odds next premier league manager to be sacked.

alan big nosed cnut pardew 1/3
arsene wenger 4/1
no manager to leave 6/1
conte 8/1

Curbishley 16/1






Oh sorry, mis-read the post ...

soapy_jones said:

Arsenal will continue to "out bell-end" any fan base in the country. Their demise is keenly appreciated in the Jones household!

Lets not be hasty mate no one tops the stripey cnuts from Surrey. Fully agree with the last sentence though

only downside to this is that it makes spurs fans happy

JiMMy 85 said:

When my mate told me the score, I realised, Arsenal are no longer underachieving. They’re doing exactly what I expect of them!

Briston_Addick said:

cafcsinger said:

palarsehater said:

arsenal not getting European football ( which is looking likely - as there a team of losers who wont win the Europa )
west ham or palace could go down, admittedly the latter would be preferable if i cant have both.

I think they're guaranteed Europa League football because they were runners up to Man City in the league cup

I know FA Cup runners-up used to get the spot in the Cup-Winners' Cup but do runners-up still get the European spot these days? I thought they now reverted to the next spot in the Premier League.

(Before anyone shoots me down I don't know for certain!)

From memory, I think the league cup.place goes back to the premiership if the winners qualify for Europe via another route

Other than the teams we have to hate (Millwall & Palace) Arsenal are the club i hate the most

Yes they did.

palarsehater said:

cafcsinger said:

palarsehater said:

arsenal not getting European football ( which is looking likely - as there a team of losers who wont win the Europa )
west ham or palace could go down, admittedly the latter would be preferable if i cant have both.

I think they're guaranteed Europa League football because they were runners up to Man City in the league cup

bollocks thats a shame, altough when other clubs get it im sure its labelled as a "tin pot" trophy

They used to sing, “Thursday night, channel 5” to Spurs or any other team qualifying for the Europa cup. I enjoyed reminding my arsenal supporting mate from deepest Maidstone.

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8Qub4Vabg

What language is that turnip speaking?

No idea, but could be the new Saint and Greavsie on channel 5

AddickFC81 said:

I look at Wenger now at his body language on the touchline and in interviews and I am seriously starting to worry for his own health. It cannot be good for either his heart rate or blood pressure and for a man his age in his late 60s (in such a high pressure stress situation) it cannot be very good for him at all.

And then he reflects on his 9mil annual salary whilst sitting in his North London mansion, drinking his favourite bottle of Bordeaux and all suddenly feels rosy again!

No sympathy for him at all. He's minted and he's allowed himself to become an arrogant autocrat at that club. If he doesn't feel well or is stressed out he can just walk away and retire to his Château in the Loire Valley!

palarsehater said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Yeah they changed the rules a few years ago so that FA Cup Runners Up dont get a place

that seems ridiculous as i rate the fa higher than the league cup

But the Premier League trumps everything, apparently. I'm surprised they haven't also brought in a rule to ban lower league teams beat the Premier League clubs.

What's even worse is that the PL teams who enter the Europa League then give the comp the same sort of respect as they do the League Cup's early rounds, fielding weakened teams as the League is more important, moaning how Thursday-Sunday matches messes up their season ... aw, diddums. If you don't want the disruption, don't enter the comp, let someone else who will value it have the spot instead.

<\rant mode off>

bazjonster said:

AddickFC81 said:

I look at Wenger now at his body language on the touchline and in interviews and I am seriously starting to worry for his own health. It cannot be good for either his heart rate or blood pressure and for a man his age in his late 60s (in such a high pressure stress situation) it cannot be very good for him at all.

And then he reflects on his 9mil annual salary whilst sitting in his North London mansion, drinking his favourite bottle of Bordeaux and all suddenly feels rosy again!

No sympathy for him at all. He's minted and he's allowed himself to become an arrogant autocrat at that club. If he doesn't feel well or is stressed out he can just walk away and retire to his Château in the Loire Valley!

I regret selling that to him now....

Pelling1993 said:

bazjonster said:

AddickFC81 said:

I look at Wenger now at his body language on the touchline and in interviews and I am seriously starting to worry for his own health. It cannot be good for either his heart rate or blood pressure and for a man his age in his late 60s (in such a high pressure stress situation) it cannot be very good for him at all.

And then he reflects on his 9mil annual salary whilst sitting in his North London mansion, drinking his favourite bottle of Bordeaux and all suddenly feels rosy again!

No sympathy for him at all. He's minted and he's allowed himself to become an arrogant autocrat at that club. If he doesn't feel well or is stressed out he can just walk away and retire to his Château in the Loire Valley!

I regret selling that to him now....

Is that really his gaff?

He looks like he’s living like the king of France, no wonder he won’t go quietly!

twiggyaddick said:

palarsehater said:

actually didnt millwall get through for being runners up in the fa not the league cup

Yes, the season we came 7th in the prem, if the current rules applied then, I think we would have qualified for the uefa cup, possibly

Not quite.

Arsenal (unbeaten champs), Chelsea, Man Utd, and Liverpool qualified for the Champions' (sic) League.

The UEFA Cup qualifiers were Newcastle (fifth in the league), Boro (League Cup winners), and the Spanners (FA Cup runners-up having lost to the first decent team they'd face in the comp, Man U).

If the FA Cup place had reverted to the league it would have gone to sixth-placed Villa ahead of us.