Jump to content
Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

Arsenal (A)


gonzo

Recommended Posts

  • Members
42 minutes ago, Walkden White said:

So it was all pretty pointless even turning up? 

Yes but what a 'turn up'. Don't give a fuck what anybody else thinks and not reading any further back on this thread.

Proud just at witnessing our fantastic support.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Just not that type of team are we.

We were never gonna rock up tonight be total shithouses flying in to tackles and roughing them up.

Just haven't got it in us.

Not even sure that kind of stuff even exists anymore. 

The fitness and levels of ability are miles higher than ever before.

We beat Arsenal in 94 and they were a team littered with alcoholics.

 

 

So were we tbf

Link to comment
Share on other sites

24 minutes ago, Nowack said:

I think against teams of this calibre you need to be quick. Cross and pass quickly and don't let them get set as they are too good. We had plenty of chances to just whip it or drive it in and someone should knock it in off the arse. 

If only we could do this in the league

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Bit of a Cambridge effort in that the nearest pint post-match was in our own hotel. Despite my best Scottish accent “down here with work”. What a world. Had a few with Geordie Sam and Craigo didn’t want to take the chance at his age. I blame @Steejay

Can’t read too much in to the game, they were always better than us and we gave them a bit of a helping hand.

Saturday is the only one that matters. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

without trying to sound a sap...

94 we went as opponents

the prem years we were feared equals

tonight we were tourists- as was a good chunk of the ground

just home, enjoyed the atmosphere; the pathetic shit fan in the mid tier refused to show his massive forehead after giving it the biggun

never getting a coach again though

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • The topic was unpinned

So got home at half 2 , the drive  from Donny was bad, spending 20 minutes trying to work how to get off car park was really shit 😂

Paid £35 on way back to upgrade ,4 of us the first class, seemed a bargain. 
 

Just watched highlights, Arfield should a lot better with his chance and really fucks up for the first. Looks like a clear penalty. If we score first then who knows, probably still lose. 
Think the keeper could a lot better on 3 of the goals, third is terrible defending but he should stop it IMO.

Overall pretty much as expected, the goal we scored was very good but they were just better than us. Jesus is fast as fuck.

Am doing very little today 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Moderators
9 hours ago, Stig said:

That's definitely more embarrassing. I think most of the gripes on here are just how preventable a few of the goals were, not the loss. The first especially is inexplicable 

Yeah agree with that 

1st and 3rd were shite and otherwise we could've given ourselves a chance 

4th and 5th were arguably poor keeping but very much the type of goals you concede when getting bummed 

Shame there was no VAR as we'd have had a penalty at 0-0 I reckon

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Agreed, was a pen, would have made it interesting / bit of fun for a while if scored. Collins and McAtee did well all night.

Stig's right, if there was a gripe it was the manner of the goals conceded. Lower league sides like us aren't going to even run top Prem sides close though if they hand gift goals out like confetti, especially trying to tippy tappy about. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, gonzo said:

What's the john stones song BTW?

 

 

10 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Embarrassing is what it was.

As I stood on the platform at Finsbury Park, a few Bolton lads started singing it a bit further down. Another Bolton fan I was chatting to said "That's excellent, it must really piss them off" - I asked him why, and he proceeded to explain about Stones last minute equaliser at the weekend. As he was taking about it, I could see he realised what a load of shit he was talking. The most amusing aspect was the Arsenal fan who chipped in who said something along three lines of "I couldn't name a single player who has scored against Bolton this season before tonights match, that's probably why we weren't singing other teams player names at you" 😁

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Talking of singing, I may have been stood in the wrong party, but given the amount of fans we had there, I thought our general atmosphere wasn't great. I was expecting it to be bouncing. I suppose the early goal knocked that out of us. Having said that, Arsenal are very quiet indeed

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, radcliffe white said:

Like the cup game at millwall singing fucking bubbles wtf😀

DG was still sat waiting on the coach at 22.30 bet he’s just rolling in now!

Got told they parked them up at Finsbury Park, I don't know if that's what they always do but we got train from there afterwards and was proper drenched. Was thinking about him afterwards, bet he was fuming 😂 hours sat on a coach piss wet through in the dark fuck that

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Ah bloody hell. I thought we'd stole the song and changed it to one of ours, not actually singing his name.

Fuckin ell :(

I'm sure it really hurt them 😂 First time I heard a few people shout his name I thought "oh, ha." Then by the end it was majority of the away fans at it ffs

6 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Talking of singing, I may have been stood in the wrong party, but given the amount of fans we had there, I thought our general atmosphere wasn't great. I was expecting it to be bouncing. I suppose the early goal knocked that out of us. Having said that, Arsenal are very quiet indeed

I moved round at HT and know what you mean, was quite patchy. Bloody loads of tourists in there too, I guess taking advantage of watching a cheap game in London

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Bet they didn’t have memberships, either. Come back, Neil!

Singing about Stones was possibly one of our support’s cringiest moments, and that’s quite the contest.

I know there’s the whole “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” kinda thing, but in real terms City are a huge rival in mopping up support in our area. Essentially no different to all the Bolton Reds of the 90s.   

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Agreed, was a pen, would have made it interesting / bit of fun for a while if scored. Collins and McAtee did well all night.

Stig's right, if there was a gripe it was the manner of the goals conceded. Lower league sides like us aren't going to even run top Prem sides close though if they hand gift goals out like confetti, especially trying to tippy tappy about. 

That was the disappointing thing for me, along with a reluctance do any ugly stuff. Evatt seems to see games like this as a way to put himself and his brand into the spot light, make friends in high places and do things the "right way" - I'm not for one moment saying we could expect anything out of that game, but at least shout for the penalty, get after the ref, put some tackles in and get about them. It all seemed a bit "thanks for inviting us to your party" nicey nicey vibe.

 

Arfield though. Jesus. Did he have a bet on them?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

37 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Got told they parked them up at Finsbury Park, I don't know if that's what they always do but we got train from there afterwards and was proper drenched. Was thinking about him afterwards, bet he was fuming 😂 hours sat on a coach piss wet through in the dark fuck that

Got in at 4 up at 6😀😀

but fair play to him & many others I can’t be arsed doing that anymore

haven’t heard Evatt but has he acknowledged the support? 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Got in at 4 up at 6😀😀

but fair play to him & many others I can’t be arsed doing that anymore

haven’t heard Evatt but has he acknowledged the support? 

He did at full time. Don’t listen to him anymore or at least try not too😂

Link to comment
Share on other sites

47 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Got told they parked them up at Finsbury Park, I don't know if that's what they always do but we got train from there afterwards and was proper drenched. Was thinking about him afterwards, bet he was fuming 😂 hours sat on a coach piss wet through in the dark fuck that

I was absolutely drenched through by the time I got to Finsbury Park, if absolutely lashed it down

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members
49 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Talking of singing, I may have been stood in the wrong party, but given the amount of fans we had there, I thought our general atmosphere wasn't great. I was expecting it to be bouncing. I suppose the early goal knocked that out of us. Having said that, Arsenal are very quiet indeed

Apart from the goals the only noise they made was clapping when subs ran past them warming up

Oddly they sang more outside the ground with anti Spurs stuff and a brief rendition of "We pay your benefits"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.