
Good morning from me, I hope all is well in the sunshine of this February day. Arsenal vs Liverpool. It’s going to be massive. So dust off that hangover and start getting excited.
First up though, Ray Parlour was in the press talking about Arsenal’s finances. He dropped this little pearler into his Daily Mail column.
‘I understand why supporters are frustrated at the lack of trophies, but there has been an awful lot going on inside the club during that time. I know for a fact Arsene didn’t have a lot of money to spend. It all went into the stadium, trying to pay it off as quickly as they can.’
Now there Ray, this looks like a bit of creative revisionism going on here. Sure, when we moved, Arsenal were broke. We had to defer the Robin Van Persie transfer because we were strapped for cash. However, reading Ray rewriting history feels a bit PR to me.
Firstly, Arsenal are tied into a long term mortgage. So we can’t pay off the stadium early. That’s a total nonsense statement from the off. Secondly, we didn’t have to play the skint card through that period. Stan could have invested some of his billions in the club to give us a cash boost, but he didn’t. Why? Because it didn’t suit him to. The sustainable model simply meant that his investment was worth more when the new commercials dropped.
We’ve also always had a pretty large wage bill. Wages correlate to league position in the main. So while Wenger has done a good job over the years, he hasn’t exactly performed miracles. He’s spent less on transfers, but he’s spent a shedload of cash on wages. So much so, he cleared £500k a week off our books last summer by shifting deadwood that didn’t play.
Someone made an interesting point about transfers. Whilst the manager hasn’t had cash like City, he has had funds, he just hasn’t spent it particularly well. The summer we missed out on Chelsea, Arsene opted instead to spend £24m on a teenager from league one and Gervinho. One went on to be twice player of the year for Chelsea, the other two… well, one is in Italy after being a total flop, the other is still trying to make his mark.
Point is, Arsenal can’t plead poverty. We’ve just been impoverished compared to Chelsea and City. During that same time, Ferguson, using sustainable funds, more than matched them. So whilst money is important, it’s not the only factor that drives success.
Onto today. Liverpool. It’s going to be a tough game. I’m not hugely confident if I’m honest. Their two strikers are going to be a nightmare and I fear that away from home, they might turn it on.
Still, we’ve both had a week off. Both teams will be energised and well drilled. So the encounter doesn’t have any excuses wrapped around it. The better team will win. On paper, that’s us. How that plays out in reality is another story. Brendan Rodgers has injected a new belief into that Liverpool side. Today is a cup final for his boys. If they lose, they’re out of the title race. If they win, they close the gap and they’ll get a boost of momentum.
For Arsenal, a loss and the next 3 weeks start to look depressing. Win and it could be the start of something glorious. It’s a massive game for both side and the game has epic written all over it!
Right, see you in the comments, enjoy the game!
Suspect officials already
Was not a FK to strat with
Was slightly offside but hey home advantage
Wake up. k
Fuck sake Giroud, if only we had a mobile striker
For fuck sake.
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N5 – bet you didn’t think that we’d be losing already after ONE minute u mug.
something tells me….giroud is gonna be shit today!!!
you are fucking kidding me
this could be the best thing for us, it means we wont be able to have one of our nothing first halves, , game fucking on
Monreal wtf
That was not a free kick by any stretch. Michael Oliver is an idiot.
That said, horrific defending.
An Giroud! surely he should be shooting from that chance.
Don’t think it was a free kick anyway
Old man, no I didn’t but then again I wasn’t hoping it either like you!
Now we got giroud chasing the ball, not good! I’m confident we’ll shut these scouse cunts up, including Michael fuckstick owen
sorry but Giroud failed so badly on that counter a decent touch and he was in a one on one with the keeper he fucked it up… would rvp done that?
Concentration and slow starts
A lot of goals in this one I feel
No offside there? And he stops the game to give a stupid non foul? Then Giroud can’t control a lovely pass?
He will get bendtner on to chase the game soon
We are counting on you, Toure
Need Giroud and Wilshere out of the first team!
I don’t know how you lot can think monreal is good in the final third he bottles it everytime
Why does wenger always do this, oxo has one of the best performances in an arsenal shirt in the middle, what does wenger do, shunt him out on the right, he’s bang out of order
what happened to all the good commentators….all politics i tell ya ^^
Fucking off side goal also turned the sound off as Michael Owen is doing me swede in
I fear this could get ugly for us.
Fucking joke
This is fucking comical stuf
Lol 2-0
Lol
Leaving Mertesacker isolated with Suarez is stupid
And just as i say that…
OG needs to have a vert good day today, not looking too promising so far though. Well played Szcz though…
Can’t listen to that cunt anymore! Fucking joke!!!
Title chances other… you bet! Shocking defence
Oh boy, we are gonna get mullered.
FFS!!!!!
Wott the fuck, again??????
2 down after 9″50 sec
Sub human on a hat trick
Jesus wept
Game set and match we can’t win this with giroud up front
N5- where the fuck did I say ‘I hope we lose’ – I said being realistic we will lose 3-1 – and I’m being proved right. TWO NIL DOWN IN NINE MINUTES MY FUCKING PREDICITON OF 3-1 IS LOOKING LIKE A GOOD RESULT NOW! LETS HOPE IT AINT FUCKING 8-2!!!!!!
Giroud hmmmmmm
Kos let them in there, poor defending.
It’s they’re day. That goal 99/100 times does not go in.
Bring them home
Wenger out
Another big club choker from arsenal
Sorry but you’ve got to laugh at this. Skrtel never scores ffs!
W.T.F!!! Skrtel massacre
Who would have known, Skrtel was the SAS
WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING
Our MF is rubbish so far
Should have been 3 then getting torn to shreds
This could get messy …
Now we have to endure this commentary from this utter cunt, and what more where chasing the ge with giroud ha ha, not to say he want score, but it’s not good is it! Wel done wenger! Gambled our season once again
Old man, I didn’t say we wouldn’t lose either, but I can’t for the life of me ever find a post from you complimenting anything on the team you “support”. You are always moaning and negative even when we’re winning.
F*kin awful!! sort it out Wenger!!
We are more open than a hooker’s cunt
This has shades of the 8-2 drubbing at Old Trafford
What the FUCK are they doing.
Who said that Gerrard vs out defense was great.
If we don’t score soon this could get embarrassing
Wilshere and Arteta are useless
Michael Owen is a gormless cunt.
WHAT THE FUCK
Jesus fucking christ
Should be 5-0 to Liverpool now
fuck off owen ,you fucking cunt … just turned the TV off
For FUCK SAKE WE ARE FUCKING SHIT SHOULD BE FOUR NIL DOWN IN THIRTEEN MINS!!,!,!
Actually it already is messy …
need to wake up. their defence is suspect and we have not once put them under pressure for real.
cant help thinking he boutched the team selection.
Wow
We’ve given them belief. If we don’t contain this onslaught soon, I fear our season will turn quickly.
We’ve lost our heads like we did against City
This is getting embarrassing, this could end up like Old Trafford if Wenger doesn’t change something soon.
Michael Owen is really fucking me off, he just won’t fucking shut up, he can’t contain his excitement
That’s why suarez was worth 55m. That’s what a. Good striker can give you
Post to the rescue
Season over. Battle for fourth. Fuck.
Are we going o defend today ?
The collapse begins.. Dont worry though Kallstrom will save us
Chamberlain was playing?
Fuck off. Are we playing 10 men???
We can count on toure missing the rebound, I thin
Is rosicky on the oitch??
every shot is going towards goal…. is there a magnet or something???
We’re lucky it’s only 2-0
2-0 down in the firdt 10mins!?!?! Wowser
WHAT THE FUCK???
Time to go now goons.
Owen craps on as though Liverpool are back-to-back Premier League champions.
Bottled it!!!!!!
Shouldn’t someone be at the far post?
We are too slow. They are running us ragged
rshavin on the bench??
I
3 down what a cunt of a day
3-0
Could have been 4-0 too.
this is fuckin ridiculous
Fuck this shit, I’m turning this off.
Fuck this
Good lord they are cutting us to absolute shreds. They could score double figures here. We look shell shocked.
The quicker Arteta is out of this team the better.
Fucking unbelieveable
Shambolic by Ozil.
Surely we can criticize sir Ozil now
3 now
lol peoples comments like Wenger did his homework against Liverpool. I can imagine old boy Gerard bossing midfield. So predictable. Giroud fuck off!
Joke friday on saturday. I fucking hate liverpool
this is fucking BS…. you fucking watching Arsene ……
Welcome to February !!!!
I fear the le-grove server will go into melt down now.
No no. Just stay done Ozil.
Best defence in the league?
FUCK OFF
Wot the fuck again!!! Again???
Monreal off. Too slow.
We are shit.
Great to see that we have completely given up.
Arsene, you can turn off the light when you leave the club.
Game over.
Fuckin absolute shit!
Announcing Arsene’s new contract today Ivan you tool??
Sub Giroud, Ozil and Cazorla, bring on Gibbs, Jenkinson and Vermaelen to defend our dignity at least
This is gonna be another 8-1!!!!! FFS!!!!!
Who lost that?? Go fuck yourself wenger? Ha ha sterling scores?? Haaa we must be bad
Looks like there are only 2 of us who actually watch football matches on here !
Hang your heads in shame
Sensible you were right, you’re not being a miserable twat you were right. What an absolute piece of shit this is.
Giroud should never start a big game for us again. So useless against big teams
you have to say Arsenal will always disgrace you…..
I’m not sitting through another 8-2 im fucking not
I am not watching this shit! I am sick and tired of this club bottling it at every opportunity!
WE can never win the big games against the big teams!
The players are like lost children adidos!
*cough*
When sterling scores, u know its a bad day.
In Arsene We Trust !.
we cannot allow this shit to happen. not fuckin now.
3-0 nil down. LOL
N5 – just look at the fucking score!!
WENGER OUT!!
FUCK ALL YOU AKBS
It’s about damaged limitation now, we could lose 6 or 7-0 if we’re not careful
Owen is a fucking disgrace.
Good night!
That’s it game over. Top 4 fight begins here
“Top of the league”
Where the fuck was Kos?? He’s been fuckin nowhere today, at least Mert got back, where the fuck was the frenchman??
What a bunch of cunts we are,… 4-0
Who’s Wenger gonna blame for this fuck up 4 dowm
4 more years with the senile one.
Your comment here.
The end of Wenger has come.
Lol
Your Comment Here
4-0 in under 20mins …
We have no fucking pace.
4 down…….
Fuck off wenger not strengthening…….
I LITERALLY CANNOT FUCKING BELIEVE THIS,
Wow, Ozil gives the ball away again and they score. I’ve never seen something like this before. Season over. 4-0.
Well I’m off boys.
Not watching this
my my my I wonder what excuses the arsene fc fans will have for this later today.
About time we bring on Kallstrom to strengthen the midfield.
That’s what strikers with pace do
This is fucking embarrassing
4-0 hahahahaha ridiculous absolutely ridiculous
Fuck off!!!
Fuck off Ozil!
Fuck off Wenger!