SCUMBAG LEAKER SHINES LIGHT ON PERILS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

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Well, I was going to write a blog yesterday, but the news cycle was so grim I had to pass.

There was an incident. I don’t want to go to deep on it. But we need to talk about it.

Kids do stupid things. I could barely dress myself at 16. Thank the lord there was no Twitter during those formative years when I was trying to discover who the fuck I was. Even as a blogger in my twenties, some of my old work was unbelievably crass and embarrassing. We cannot hold kids to ridiculous standards, they are learning life in public, they will make mistakes. Sometimes HUGE mistakes. The more famous they are, the harder those mistakes land because we thread them through the needle of how we behave as grown adults. That’s not fair.

The most grim part about the whole thing is someone close to him leaked that video, not because it was in the public interest (it wasn’t), but to destroy the human in question. Once things like that leak, that’s it, it’s there forever… on every level, that sort of behaviour is grotesque. It’s cockroach behaviour. Pure scum. The intent is destruction, it should be treated like a subcategory of revenge porn. It’s digital assault, designed to inflict pain. I hate it.

What made the whole thing worse for me was reading all the homophobic commentary that followed it. Like, honestly, do we really need that nonsense in 2021? Are we not at the stage in society where it should be really fucking shameful to have a scummy opinion about LGBTQ? It’s so dated now, the comments ‘nearly’ make me feel sorry for the perpetrators. Like when everyone laughs at their weird uncle who says he doesn’t like foreign food and found that Sainsbury’s Christmas ad problematic. How can people be so pathetic? How can their lives be so fucking empty that they need to be mean like that?

The player in question does need to take some responsibility. The video wasn’t standard dressing room ‘banter’ and it certainly was not a case of ‘that’s just kids these days.’ It was VERY strange. The dressing room, however you cut it, is the workplace (lol, so HR here). BUT, let’s be honest, it was no weirder than the stuff that goes on at rugby parties at University… come on… you’ve seen weirder… Tarquin and Johannes showing off in the kitchen with an old sock and a pint of Tetley’s. Jokes aside, it was dumb to have his phone out in a dressing room. It was dumb to record the scene. It was dumb to post it to Snapchat when you’re on the verge of fame. But it happened, we need to move on.

The player needs to go into PR Airplane Mode.

The video was bad, but all that showed was poor judgement and shit friends. The bigger concern is that he’s whining in the French media for the 3rd time in a month about being given marching orders after 2.5 games. He seems to think the coaching staff missed all his training sessions and the loan games Arteta will have studied (because he’s a massive football nerd). We get it, it’s embarrassing to be sent home, everyone wants to play… but the truth is the best way to get back at the coaching staff is to keep your head down and let the fancy footwork, well-timed defensive actions, and line-breaking passes do the talking.

We all want him to thrive. Every single one of us wants him in the starting 11. He’s built for the league and exciting football. If he wants to achieve that, he’s going to have to prove himself like everyone else at Arsenal bar Willian.

Young players land minutes. ESR, Saka, MO, and Martinelli all speak to that. His career at Arsenal will be about what he does on and off the pitch, time to switch off the phone, reject the calls from the French media, and focus on becoming an Arsenal great.

Talking of great… Thomas Partey is going to be available at the weekend. That is HUGE news for the run-in. If we channel the first-half performance from Wolves, with the second from Villa, I can assure you, things will pick up. There will be a blow-out. We will start finding some of the sauce we need. Things will get better.

I am FASCINATED to see what the deal is for the Leeds game.

There are two big priorities for me.

How do we re-engage Auba?

He’s our superstar. Our captain. The biggest smile on the pitch. He’s having a very rough time at the moment, he’s had a poor season by his own standards, but we need to get him firing. Our biggest issue now is we can’t finish even though we’re creating chances. We need to have our best striker burying them. Does he play on the left where arguably we have more aggressive players? Or do we play him through the middle, where Lacazette has really owned that false nine position? BIG DECISIONS.

How do we have Odegaard on the pitch?

He’s quality, we can see that. He has that final ball that we’re missing. Where does he play? On the right in place of Pepe who has improved? In that #10 role after a quiet game from ESR? Or next to Partey where he can pull strings and offer mobility Xhaka doesn’t have? BIG DECISIONS.

What do we do about Tierney?

I think we need to bite the bullet and accept that Saka needs to deputise. There was a spell where his overlapping runs were really causing problems at the weekend. He can drop back and give us double the firepower. That’d be one scary team on the break. Remember, left-back is like, the new #10 position for coolness.

Arteta needs to end this year with an Arsenal on fire in a positive sense. If the fans are drooling over an exciting brand of football delivered by a youthful side of hungry terriers… he’ll be in good shape. If the football is shite, he’s in trouble. The next 4 weeks will determine how the fans will treat him next season. Fingers crossed he shows his very best, the fans certainly need it!

Ok, I am tired now… so you should just have it out in the comments. SEE YOU THERE. x

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BlackStock

Chris

The most one sided FA Cup Final was in 2005 where Arsenal held on for almost the entire game.

Winthorpe

Valentin I’ll respond to each point one by one -I agree with most of what you said. The point that I was trying to make is that every players have flaws in them. The role of a manager is to weight the balance between the risk/flaws and the benefit of a player within a specific system. I highly rate Allison and VVD, but even them are not flawless and perfect. Koscielny and Per were not either, but they were not clowns or average like some try to pretend. 1) totally agree. -My take is that Arteta did restrict the number… Read more »

Winthorpe

BlackStockFebruary 11, 2021 14:12:22
Chris The most one sided FA Cup Final was in 2005 where Arsenal held on for almost the entire game

So what?

Globalgunner

Winthorpe. I agree with you about the 2005 FA cup final but not about Kos and Merts. 2005 was sweet only because we won and to see the misery it heaped on Keane and his bunch of shithousing thugs who had kicked us out of almost every game from 99 onwards with the help of Mike Riley and his acolytes. It was a miserable experience for us fans having to endure watching us play like peak Mourinho, but all that was forgotten after the whistle. It was the only time I can recall Wenger using “tactics”to win a game. I… Read more »

Time Up

Partey out with another hamstring.

Soham

Partey and KT out for the Leeds game..both are bloody crocks..Partey out with a hammy

andy1886

Winthorpe: “Excuse me? What’s this about? Curious happenings”

See 07.59.35 post.

I haven’t checked the link out but I believe that is what was being referred to.

Ben D

Just read a very hollow post on Just Arsenal, and I have to say Pedro is doing an amazing job. The quality of the thinking and analysis is world’s apart. Well done Pedro.

This is the best Arsenal blog even though you need to be more balanced when it comes to Arteta.

Pierre

Partey and Tierney being injured is either unlucky or poor judgement in signing 2 “crocks”..

I prefer unlucky..

What is important is that these 2 vital players are allowed to regain their fitness and are not rushed back.

It is a possibility that both players have been mismanaged and have felt pressured to play before they were ready or the Arsenal medical team have the green light for them to play.

I prefer the medical team giving the green light.

Pierre

*Have=gave

Crabregas

Good that we aren’t going to play Partay,I think it would have been a risk and we need him for the rest of the season.

The Tierney one is weird as it was only reported by Ornstein earlier in the week that he has a scan and nothing showed up. Hopefully this will be the last of the games he misses

Crabregas

Partay missed 6 games in 5 years due to injury at Atletico

Graham62

Agreed but Wenger should have gone by 2009.

If he’d left then, his reputation and legacy would not have been tarnished.

Great shame for him but an even greater shame for our club.

G

My Spurs cousin last night was gutted.. I told him not too worry as some Arsenal fans on le grove don’t even consider it a trophy..

China1

The original heads were oIl xhaka and mustafi stealing a living at arsenal. In 2021 it’s Willian, xhaka and Bellerin

Xhaka will never leave. Willian only just signed and will never leave. But I do hope we can finally cash in on Bellerin

China1

Yeah partey needs a rest. He’s struggled with the pace of the PL in that it’s hit him like a train out of nowhere. Not his fault, he just needs careful handling and patience to build up to this league.

As well he always plays alongside a snail which puts added responsibility on his shoulders to cover more ground. It’s not easy

Dissenter

I’ve seen some shite here but this “Floom” poster wins the prize fore the most bizarre.

He’s so homophobic that he’s willing to break his anonymity and post his photographs to prove he’s heterosexual.
Problem is a million pictures don’t prove anything.

Pedro
Please save this fool from himself and remove the link, at least for the sake of the other individuals in the photographs.

Dissenter

Has Arteta broken Partey again?

That’s what Pedro would have written had another Spaniard been head coach

Winthorpe

He’s so homophobic that he’s willing to break his anonymity and post his photographs to prove he’s heterosexual.

Were the women fit?

Winthorpe

I really fancy shawarma and rice

Winthorpe

Agreed but Wenger should have gone by 2009.If he’d left then, his reputation and legacy would not have been tarnished.Great shame for him but an even greater shame for our club.

Na
Either when he sold van Persie to Manchester United or after the 2017 final
We still had some amazing moments in wengers last years and there’s no guarantee we wouldn’t have been then where we are now and only have had to suffer for longer
There aren’t many out there who could do better on a budget than he did for us.

Pierre

Graham “Agreed but Wenger should have gone by 2009.” And where do you think we would be , taking into account that the stadium needed to be paid for and there was little or no money for transfers for ten a year period. Let’s say in 2009 wenger was sacked , who do you think would come in to manage the club. Would someone like klopp, pep, Mourinho, Ancellotti etc be prepared to manage a club with one arm tied behind their back . No top manager would touch Arsenal with a bargepole back then knowing that they would have… Read more »

Dissenter

Winthorpe
“Were the women fit?”

Fit for what”
All they did was pose for pictures next to him

Sid

Kenyangunner should tell us if Victor Wanyama is 29 yrs that will give us an idea of whats going on with Partey

Dream10

Need to sign a first XI CM in the summer. Partey keeps picking up injuries. Same for LB. Tierney played thru injuries in his Celtic days.

Winthorpe

Fit for what”
All they did was pose for pictures next to him

Fit for child bearing related activities

Pierre

Windthorpe
Don’t get distracted…stick to football

Winthorpe

The truth is that Wenger fell apart the moment he diverted from his principles We were a much better team when we followed the Wenger blueprint, which Pedro is begging Arteta to revisit on a weekly basis Buy smart. Outsmart the market. Bring through youth. From hale end and the best from Europe. Coach them. Olay attacking football. Reach top 4 and achieve champions league status. These were all things Wenger gave us and it just wasn’t appreciated then. As Pierre says the man had one arm behind his back. He needed assistance. Even Wenger himself wouldn’t admit it. Far… Read more »

Graham62

Pierre Bravo!! Once again your argument is based on excuses. Does your life revolve around making excuses for everything? “Oh shite! I hooked it to the left………..Bloody wind! Fudge that slope. I would have sunk my putt if that wasn’t there. Who put that stupid bunker over there?“ Always an excuse. Pathetic! In my honest opinion, if Wenger has left in 2009, we’d be in a far better place than we currently are. By the time he did leave it was too late. Deep down you also know this. If you honestly feel we wouldn’t be in a better place,… Read more »

Graham62

had left

Winthorpe

Always an excuse. Pathetic!In my honest opinion, if Wenger has left in 2009, we’d be in a far better place than we currently are.

Graham
Elaborate
How? The only evidence we have suggests otherwise

G

Agreed Pierre

Winthorpe

He just nodded his head and agreed to abide by the status quo.Thats why we are where we are.My take, my opinion. Lol Graham Reeeeeally? Emery wasn’t even allowed to make his own signings you lot claim. They were club signings. Emery did as he was told. Arteta came out swinging in his first weeks about needing money to spend on the squad Said it several times in 10 days Then retracted it, wound his neck back in and pretended it never happened. Clearly told to shut it or fuck off. Don’t make out his two replacements were trail blazing… Read more »

BlackStock

Vieira had enough by 2001 and wanted to join a club with ambition who could compete with the best clubs in Europe which Arsenal under Wenger never managed to achieve.

Winthorpe

BlackStockFebruary 11, 2021 16:30:01
Vieira had enough by 2001 and wanted to join a club with ambition who could compete with the best clubs in Europe which Arsenal under Wenger never managed to achieve.

Yawn.
We were the best team in the world from 2002-2004. Wenger made that team.

andy1886

Winthorpe, not sure it’s just the Kroenke’s, we’ve spent money, just very badly from latter day Wenger through to last summer. Not just on transfer fees, but on wages too. Where the Kroenkes went wrong is appointing the wrong people to run the club. Trouble is they haven’t got a clue themselves and have relied on the likes of Gazidis and Raul.

S Asoa

Ballogan likely going to Juventus. With Ronaldo getting old , speaks of the ceiling of the lad.
And here we have people believing the bullshit ArtetaOut spouts about not being ready whereas even in 2 cameo appearances he impressed.
Arteta will be responsible for a massive outlay only because he humiliated and ostracized Academy talent . Next will be Martinelli, Reiss, and if he stumbled on someone old to play in that role even ESR.
Keeping Arteta is going to cost. That sauce is just PR of AFC making and stirred by honourable Pedro

Graham62

Wenger could’ve, should’ve, would’ve, if he’d had the good of the club at heart.

Those that argue the case by saying “see how difficult it has been for Emery and Arteta” are clutching at straws.

In 2009 our squad, with a few tweaks here and there, was capable of so much more.

Those that feel that Wenger was the only alternative back then are blind and delusional.

It’s that simple.

BlackStock

Arsenal got knocked out of the Group Stages of the Champions league in 2002 and 2003 and Chelsea knocked Arsenal.out from the Quarter Finals in 2004.

BlackStock

When Arsène Wenger had dinner with the Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood and Danny Fiszman – the club’s main money-man and key shareholder respectively – last June, there was only one item on the agenda: persuading the manager to extend his contract beyond 2008. As part of the negotiations, Fiszman asked Wenger what would he do if he were handed, say, €150m to spend on transfers. It sounded like a promise, perhaps a carrot to dangle before him of the riches that could be delivered in return for committing himself further. Hill-Wood yesterday relayed what happened next. “Danny said, ‘What would… Read more »

Winthorpe

Graham

Elaborate
You claimed we’d be better off getting rid in 09 but you refuse to say how or why you think this. We’ve been shit since he left. Mid table. Boring. Miserable. Even Wenger at his worst was better than anything since
So tell me. Would 11 years of mid table be better than 3 years?

Pierre

In other words Graham , you have no idea…just spouting nonsense.
.

BlackStock

Wenger should of been dismissed when he said he’d be happy to see Arsenal consistently finish second in the Premier League for the next 20 years.

Pierre

Blackstock
“Hill-Wood yesterday relayed what happened next. “Danny said, ‘What would you do if we gave you €150m to spend, Arsène”

The important word in the sentence is “IF” , as there wasn’t 150m to give to a manager at that time….. basically a hypothetical situation .

Pierre

Blackstock
“Wenger should of been dismissed when he said he’d be happy to see Arsenal consistently finish second in the Premier League for the next 20 years.”

2nd, If only.

Graham62

Winthorpe Ever worked in management? Where you have a boss, in this case owner, that you know is holding the operation back, you have three options. 1. Question and put your constructive views forward. May ruffle a few feathers but what the heck. Could get the sack. 2. Accept/tolerate and stay in your comfort zone. 3. Leave(.resign) and move on. Back in 2009-10, if Wenger had done either 1 or 3, he would have secured a top post somewhere else. Guaranteed! Of course the Kroenke’s are an embarrassment and have held the club back, that’s a no brainer, nevertheless, maybe… Read more »

BlackStock

I would hand the money back was Wenger’s response.

Graham62

Winthorpe

There we go go again.

Comparing 22 years of rule, with what’s gone on since.

So naive.

Winthorpe

1. Question and put your constructive views forward. May ruffle a few feathers but what the heck. Could get the sack. 2. Accept/tolerate and stay in your comfort zone. 3. Leave(.resign) and move on.Back in 2009-10, if Wenger had done either 1 or 3, he would have secured a top post somewhere else. Guaranteed! Graham He loved the club too much to leave. However on your original point, his replacements are far more subservient than he ever was. That was half the problem. Had the club insisted on handling transfers and forced a defensive coach onto him there would have… Read more »

Pierre

The thing is , if The Arsenal had gone from strength to strength when Wenger left , I would have held my hands up to the likes of Graham and said yep , you were right and o was wrong , Wenger should have left 10 years before he did…

However , there is no contrition from the likes of Graham for the fact that the club has regressed despite spending fortunes (badly.).

Be honest Graham , you called it wrong…

Winthorpe

Graham62February 11, 2021 17:04:21
Winthorpe There we go go again.Comparing 22 years of rule, with what’s gone on since.So naive

Graham
So why would it be better to have gotten rid in 09?
You still haven’t answered. Big bold statements and nothing to back it up

Globalgunner

Winthorpe talks as if his opinion is more valid than any others. Wenger over stayed his welcome. Simply because he hated a challenge. Arsenal was his comfort zone. So he took us down by standing still while everyone else was constantly striving to get better. If Kroenke hadn’t finally kicked hom out. He would still be here trll9bg us how 10th is the next level.

Chris

I must admit I was disappointed when Wenger signed a new deal after the cup final in 2017. That was a perfect way to bow out. The results had been going south for months beforehand largely, and long term it was clear he wouldn’t be able to hit previous heights. Walking off into the sunset with a trophy under his arm would have been poetic. Perhaps you could apply that to 2014 final also but after having broken the trophy drought he was always going to want to have a crack at further success, which he did in the form… Read more »

Dissenter

Wenger took us down by standing still when all our rivals were in full sprint
Death by passiveness and inertia,
Wenger stayed simply because he could.

BlackStock

Peak Wenger won 7 Trophies in 9 years.
Peak Graham won 6 Trophies in 7 years.

Kenyangunner

@Sid
bruary 11, 2021 16:01:02
Kenyangunner should tell us if Victor Wanyama is 29 yrs that will give us an idea of whats going on with Partey

Wanyama has been 29 since 2016!

Winthorpe

GlobalgunnerFebruary 11, 2021 17:20:08
Winthorpe talks as if his opinion is more valid than any others. Wenger over stayed his welcome. Simply because he hated a challenge. Arsenal was his comfort zone. So he took us down by standing still while everyone else was constantly striving to get better. If Kroenke hadn’t finally kicked hom out. He would still be here trll9bg us how 10th is the next level

Global
Oh I see. Keeping arsenal in the top four isn’t much of a challenge. That explains a lot.

Winthorpe

Global
If he were still here we would be creating chances and scoring goals. We’d likely be top 4 now too.
We almost certainly wouldn’t be a boring, mid table side who are so unfortunate our rivals don’t even mug us off any more

Winthorpe

Black stock

Wenger won 2 doubles and had a invincible season in 6 years.
Easily the best years in the history of the club

BlackStock

Wenger arrived in 1996, the Invincible season was in 2004.which is 8 years.

BlackStock

The best years in the history of the club was in the 1930’s.

Zacharse

Blackstock has it right. Wenger was worse than any defense he put out at reading the modern game. The increasing tv revenues and inflated transfer fees that followed first abramovich’s entry and then the sheikh’s made him retreat into abstract economic principle. We all gave him slack at the time knowing the tab for the emirates had to be paid back promptly but he used that excuse long after it was useful. He killed the momentum he built up. The equivalent of “i made you and i can destroy” powerplay. Fact isnwe all know when dein left he had the… Read more »

Guns of Brixton

“99-00 – Lost the UEFA Cup final on penalties after Henry and Keown miss golden goal sitters””

06 still hurts to this day. Its honestly a wound that won’t heal till we win a UCL someday. Biggest gaping hole in us right now from a legacy perspective.

Graham62

Yeh but look at how difficult Emery and Arteta have found it. They haven’t done a particularly good job have they. Shows you just what a wonderful job Wenger did.

Unbelievable!

Zacharse

As for this right wing anti gay bullshit theres no room For that anywhere. Not even on a sport blog. This dumbshits ideas about “evolution” show How fucking clueless he is. For one thing ITS CALLED THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION FOR A REASON. And it states that the less aware one is of reality the higher the chances are of that person propagating more than people who are honest thoughtful and knowledgable. Natural selection is a simple premise, you have more children than the next guy. If you are a right wing homophobe who thinks he speaks 7 languages but… Read more »

Mysticleaves

“The thing is , if The Arsenal had gone from strength to strength when Wenger left , I would have held my hands up to the likes of Graham and said yep , you were right and o was wrong , Wenger should have left 10 years before he did…”

Pierre can’t you see that Wenger staying on for so long made it impossible for us to not have moved from strength to strength? You talk a good game but often lose perspective when Wenger is discussed man.

azed

I see Red has reincarnated again.

Globalgunner

Winthorpe. You have just shown that it is best not to expose yourself with your lack of Arsenal history. Wenger went 9 years without any trophy. He never defended a league title because he would stand still each year after winning it while Ferguson was relentlessly plotting to take the title back. He would routinely hobble his great teams with stupid buys like Stepanovs, Santos, Squillaci etc diluting the quality of his squad instead of improving it. Its why he is twiddling his thumbs at a desk in Zurich and no one wants to give him a proper football job.… Read more »

Graham62

Dissenter

“Wenger stayed simply because he could”

That says it all really.

Graham62

Winthorpe

When did your allegiance with Arsenal first begin?

Just curious.

Mysticleaves

Its a stackable offense that our 2001 to 2005 team didn’t get to a champions League final talk more of win it.

G

Too right Graham..so Wenger won a few titles and fa cups, am sure Emery would have done the same .. as some one said he would have had us in mid table though his worst in 22 years was 6th

Winthorpe

GlobalgunnerFebruary 11, 2021 18:02:15 Winthorpe. You have just shown that it is best not to expose yourself with your lack of Arsenal history. Wenger went 9 years without any trophy. He never defended a league title because he would stand still each year after winning it while Ferguson was relentlessly plotting to take the title back. He would routinely hobble his great teams with stupid buys like Stepanovs, Santos, Squillaci etc diluting the quality of his squad instead of improving it. Its why he is twiddling his thumbs at a desk in Zurich and no one wants to give him… Read more »

Zacharse

Your sure emery would’ve won us titles?

Winthorpe

ITS CALLED THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION FOR A REASON. And it states that the less aware one is of reality t

Zacharse

Don’t be ridiculous. If being gay were our natural state there would be no evolution, no pro creation. Zilch. I’ve got nothing against it. Wanna get married? No problem. No skin off my sack. But let’s not pretend it’s a natural part of evolution. It’s an anomaly.

G

I was taking the piss

Zacharse

Winthorpe You speak as if you understand the theory which you clearly don’t. For one thing, how many bisexual AND gay men have lived double lives and have procreated? There enough said. As for historical gayness or whatever you want to call it, its been around since the beginning of western civ. It IS a part of existence whether thats to your taste or not. The more war-loving a society is the more homosexuality becomes commonplace. Furthermore, anal sex etc is currently a fixation of straight men and pornography. I dont find it attractive in the slightest, but toneach their… Read more »

BlackStock

Isn’t anal sex a perversion.

Graham62

“Since the 1990’s”

You mean specifically after 1996.

That explains it.

Northbanker

Winthorpe ‘Come again? Lack of arsenal history? I’ve been watching arsenal since the 1990. When I was a child. 😂
I imagine you’d never heard of arsenal until wenger revolutionised the club’

Lol – so funny when people post this stuff as if the 1990s was a long time ago.

Winthorpe

Zach Look across the animal kingdom. It’s an anomaly. If every creature that ever lived were created perfectly, with no physical or mental imperfections there would be no homosexual activity. Yes homosexuality has existed in humanity for millennia but roughly 90% of males that have ever lived were straight. Dr Alfred Kinsey claimed that 13% of males were gay for 3 years and 4% were exclusively gay throughout their entire lives. 13% being extremely generous in modern terms. The numbers show that this is not the standard human mode of being. Again. I’ve no dog in this fight. Just think… Read more »

Winthorpe

Sorry I didn’t support the club pre conception 😂

Zacharse

Again winthorpe your arguments are incorrect. There is homosexual behavior in the ‘animal
Community’ as well as other kingdoms
Kinsey broke ground but thats not to say he was correct about everything he discussed. My dog
In the fight is at incorrect ideas, people that think they know
More than they do because they feel a certain way. Much like the cretin floom

Zacharse

Also, i’m done w this

Graham62

What the hells going on?

Winthorpe

Zach

Yes there is homosexuality in the animal kingdom but it is exceedingly rare.
Anyway. To each their own. I don’t like this type of discussions on a sporting forum. This is no place for it.

Zacharse
Graham62

Can’t believe what’s being discussed on here today.

Zacharse

To each their own is correct

Zacharse

Yea graham?
This is what is necessary when rabid stupidity tries to take up room. If someone is stupid enough to espouse what floom did its necessary to cut them down immediately. It ultimately leads to better ideas here

Winthorpe

BBC article is disingenuous at best
Male Fruit flies mate with males because they hadn’t learned to distinguish
Female-female albatross pairs rear chicks together (without sexual activity) due to a strong maternal yearning. Nothing to do with sexuality.

All things considered, it’s still an anomaly. The norm is and always will be the evolutionarily male/female pairing. The day that ends, the day all species go extinct

Bob N16

Agreed Zacharse.

Chris

“06 still hurts to this day. Its honestly a wound that won’t heal till we win a UCL someday. Biggest gaping hole in us right now from a legacy perspective.“

Yep, total heartbreaker. When Henry raced clear one on one at 1-0, I thought that was it and we would do it.

G

Was heartbreaking but the run up to it was brilliant.. was in the Real Madrid end when Henry scored the only goal.. think that was the last 16.. remember the semi vividly v Villarreal

Zacharse

Winthorpe
Take it up w the bbc then. Or do further research if thats something youre interested in. Either way your assumptions were incorrect. And always we can agree to disagree as long as it doesnt become hateful

Winthorpe

Zach

Fair dues
All the best

Chris

G

That must have been amazing to be there for that.

Even after we got through that round I was pessimistic about the Juventus tie, I first let myself have thoughts of us actually going all the way when Henry out us 2-0 up in the first leg.

Winthorpe

G

Yeah football is bittersweet and we deserved more form that final. We still experienced such highs on the way there though. A journey those of us who witnesses will never forget

I missed the Henry goal at the bernabeu first time as I was at the bar buying my round. Didn’t stop me from jumping around the pub like a madman

Same when arshavin scored that goal against Barca. There were a few genuine Catalonian Barcelona fans in the pub that day too. They were good sports though. Bought them a round

Winthorpe

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78be_97kq04

We ruined juve that night. God I miss Highbury

Valentin

Chris, Bayern did not fire Heynkes after he won the treble. He was brought as an interim manager as Pep did not want to interrupt his sabbatical in New York that he had promised his wife. Bayern were expected to have a transitional year under a safe pair of hands. Unfortunately Heynkes was so successful that it became the year of the Treble. As they had already announced Pep and signed his contract, they let Heynkes go. He was very aggrieved about it as he thought he was on the verge of something really big. They were even talk of… Read more »