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There’s only one thing that should be on their list;
f**k off & die ❌

First Benitez. Now Alonso. Eventually it will be Jamie Carragher.

I don’t think that’s a pen as much as I want it to be

Does it matter, while the imbeciles in charge continue to make the decisions the "coach" is on a hiding to nothing.

If the fans aren't singing Cucurella's name loudly next game at the Bridge, we've lost all hope.
No one in their right mind disagrees with Cucurella (other than Maresca comments) and it could be the catalyst to unite the fans.

Not as much as I wanted him out.

You can’t help but laugh.
what a mess

I see where you're coming from but the thing is, we're getting battered with these players on the pitch.
It doesn't matter anymore who stays and who goes imo. Problem is way deeper than that.

Well, they wanted a young team, they've got it. Young, silly, petulant, mentally fragile. No character, no leadership, no maturity, breaks down at the first sight of trouble. Same thing, match after match, rince and repeat.
No words to express how much I hate this ownership/management c**ts. Destroyed a once respectable club.

Arsenals squad is everything we used to be. We’ve turned into them during the later Wenger years.
Owners have stripped away our identity. Well go again in the summer, sell the flops and buy some more kids.
This team isn’t going anywhere until the owners are gone. This is our level now.

I am not sure that they underperformed to be honest. I think the majority played to the level that they are at.
The first part of his tactic was relatively sound. He stifled them. 30 Mins into the game and Gyokeres had touched the ball once. It was a decent tactical ploy to nullify them, take away any momentum from their players and the crowd. However with a goalkeeper that we know from bitter experience is a flapper of shots from distance, we should have kept ourselves organised and structured but still jabbed from distance routinely, which would have undermined their confidence and created doubt if Kepa mispunched or flapped.
Back to the recruitment policy. The issue that we have is that we didn't have any players on the pitch, barring Caicedo, that is capable of shooting from distance. Joao Pedro gets a pass cos i think he was excellent. That was the best pinning centre forward play i have seen against the Arsenal defence this season. Lobotomy Liam was on the wing and wouldn't have had the gumption to have had a 20/25 yard dig anyway. Cucurella is a flying wingback or a box crasher, and Enzo, whilst havign a couple of goes just doesn't hav ethe physique to be crashing in bullets form 25 yards. None of our defenders can shoot, especially from distance and James was rested/injured.
So without those potshots, follow ups, resulting corners etc, Arsenal settled in because as sound as the tactic of containment was, we still weren't hurting them.
We then bring on an unfit (?) Cole Palmer and a mid-bereavement Estevao (who had just flown 6,000 miles form Brazil) expecting them to unlock an entrenched and settled Arsenal defence that is currently the strongest in Europe..
We can say the lads gave everything, we can say that our second half performance was really strong but we just couldn't break them down, but the reality is that we never hurt them or unsettled them once and, in truth, even on their day there are players forming the core of this side that are simply not good enough for this level and the tactics being employed, through a mixture of lack of ability and inexperience. Who'd have thought?

Not gonna have a pop at the manager as he's done ok so far.

I think Arsenal are a clear example of a team that's fit for premier league football, big strong athletic players it's like an old Mourinho side. Pedro did ok but they have the best back 4 in europe and I do have faith in Estevao but Delap, Garnarcho are out of their depth and Gittens is not going to change a game.

I don't care who the manager is, if you come up against top players you need quality to deliver.

God forbid a man wants to live with his family lmao your anger is directed at the wrong person.

Yeah. Not a magnificent performance, but a great day nevertheless!
Even won a shirt signed by the players in a pre match raffle. However, can’t for the life of me tell who’s who except for Andrey Santos 😅

I actually didn't believe that the clowning could get any worse than it already is, but Rosenior must have heard my thoughts and thought to himself: "Hold. My. Beer.":

He seems like an impressive guy, the more I watch him and the more I read about it I can't help but get behind him.

No faith in Clearlake whatsoever but for Liams sake I hope he does well.

I wasn't going to involve myself. BUT, Hitler was a right-wing fascist, NOT a socialist. Yes, that word is part of the party name, but socialists and trade unionists were some of the first to be jailed and murdered in Nazi Germany.
There's no evidence that Corbyn "hates" Jews.
All irrelevant, one of the freedoms we fought for was the right to voice support for any legitimate political party we desire.
It's ridiculous to call for Rosenior to be sacked because of his legitimate political views. That's intolerant, and anti democratic , and frankly one I'm surprised that you are comfortable with demanding.
Regardless.
Come on you BLUES!!

He seems like an impressive guy, the more I watch him and the more I read about it I can't help but get behind him.

No faith in Clearlake whatsoever but for Liams sake I hope he does well.

He seems like an impressive guy, the more I watch him and the more I read about it I can't help but get behind him.

No faith in Clearlake whatsoever but for Liams sake I hope he does well.

He seems like an impressive guy, the more I watch him and the more I read about it I can't help but get behind him.

No faith in Clearlake whatsoever but for Liams sake I hope he does well.

Love it, this is the exact sort of reasonable reaction which makes using the internet so productive and such a pleasure. I remember why we got rid of the politics thread now.
I know I shouldn't bite, but I'm curious as to how Corbyn is a "Nazi" and Abramovich is "innocent".

f**king love him, get in Liam. I hear he's been sneaking into the boardroom before meetings and farting in Eghbali's chair.
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Liam Rosenior - a footballer with a conscience

Yep.
There are many on this Forum who have supported CFC for a LONG time, but we're now of an age, where it's no longer the most important thing in our lives. Don't get me wrong, I still get totally pissed off when we lose and/or play badly, and CFC still often ruin my weekends, but I try not to let that be the case now. This new regime have totally soured things for me and many and have lost count of the number of supporters saying they have never felt so detached from the club. We're not alone - many other supporters out there feel the same - look at West Ham right now.
I do hope the younger generation and those who attend all the home games make a stand and make their voices heard - it needs to happen. Said in the Vintage thread recently about how much more enjoyable following Chelsea was back in the '80's, despite the lack of success. Can't see that being the case again all the time BlueCo are involved but we can but hope things improve.