City v Arsenal Post Match Thread

gordondaviesmoustache said:
gooner2 said:
Bert Trautmann's Parachute said:
I think he's a rag.
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I am not a wum or thick or a rag . Don,t be rude. It does you no service and you just become a abusive internet person that becomes a bit of internet bully.

Debate with me. Don,t throw lazy lies at me
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BTP is a lazy liar. Fact.
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I may be a lazy liar but I'll tell you what, our away form needs to improve if we want to win the league!
 
Pam said:
The Gooners were just there to make up the numbers today. They're one of the best teams in the country but it was all about City today. That is the third time this season that we've seen individual players from teams expecting to finish in the top four looking absolutely shell shocked. We have seen it with the rags, the Spuds and the Tarqs in quick succession. Their faces. They knew they couldn't stop us. Fucking wave after wave of it. What excites me is the fact that these batterings are being regularly dished out against the best the league has to offer. This is dreamland at the Etihad.

If we win the title this season, we will do it playing the sort of football the Arse used to play, when in their absolute pomp. You must be a glass half empty man, Marvin, to take anything but positives away from watching these peformances.
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Good post.
 
Did Bendtner get caught on the city tunnel cam saying the stadium stinks of piss ? I haven't seen it yet but heard he did
 
East Level 2 said:
strongbowholic said:
Let's get the ref out of the way: should haven given a pen against Zabba but in general did well with the game overall I thought.

Onto City: quite simply fucking awesome. I never thought I would see the day we put 6 past Arsenal. Sure, there were a couple of lapses - Yaya for their first (what the fuck were you doing lad?!) and Demichelis is still settling into the game. That said, I still thought (overall again) Demichelis played really well. Fernandinho finally got a goal and what great strikes they were; what a fucking immense player this lad is. Gutted we lost Sergio and hoping nothing too serious (will read up in a bit) but he is such a world class striker. Beast was his usual bustling handful and good value for his goal. Merlin is simply stunning. Navas played well when he came on. Pants made some great saves but still gives me the flutters. Vinny is a colossus. Zabba a warrior. Clichy was very good and understated. Yaya - need to stay focused mate. Milner played well when he came on. Garcia didn't do anything wrong and wasn't on long enough. And last but by certainly no means least.. Samir Nasri. What a fucking game the lad had. On another day and with his shooting boots on he'd have had at least a hat trick.

The game could quite easily having finished 13-6 to City.

What a great game and I'll say again, cannot believe we stuck 6 past Arsenal.

Back to the 'Bow!
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Fifa's Laws of the Game 2005, Law 12 says a free-kick or penalty will be awarded if a player "handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)".
Which bit of Zab's ball to hand was deliberate?
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The bit where he his arm touches the ball.

If it had been at the other end (e.g. Koscelny doing the same thing) and it had not been given, I'd have been fucking livid.
 
strongbowholic said:
East Level 2 said:
strongbowholic said:
Let's get the ref out of the way: should haven given a pen against Zabba but in general did well with the game overall I thought.

Onto City: quite simply fucking awesome. I never thought I would see the day we put 6 past Arsenal. Sure, there were a couple of lapses - Yaya for their first (what the fuck were you doing lad?!) and Demichelis is still settling into the game. That said, I still thought (overall again) Demichelis played really well. Fernandinho finally got a goal and what great strikes they were; what a fucking immense player this lad is. Gutted we lost Sergio and hoping nothing too serious (will read up in a bit) but he is such a world class striker. Beast was his usual bustling handful and good value for his goal. Merlin is simply stunning. Navas played well when he came on. Pants made some great saves but still gives me the flutters. Vinny is a colossus. Zabba a warrior. Clichy was very good and understated. Yaya - need to stay focused mate. Milner played well when he came on. Garcia didn't do anything wrong and wasn't on long enough. And last but by certainly no means least.. Samir Nasri. What a fucking game the lad had. On another day and with his shooting boots on he'd have had at least a hat trick.

The game could quite easily having finished 13-6 to City.

What a great game and I'll say again, cannot believe we stuck 6 past Arsenal.

Back to the 'Bow!
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Fifa's Laws of the Game 2005, Law 12 says a free-kick or penalty will be awarded if a player "handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)".
Which bit of Zab's ball to hand was deliberate?
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The bit where he his arm touches the ball.

If it had been at the other end (e.g. Koscelny doing the same thing) and it had not been given, I'd have been fucking livid.
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Never a penalty.
 
bobmcfc said:
Did Bendtner get caught on the city tunnel cam saying the stadium stinks of piss ? I haven't seen it yet but heard he did
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Ahh! Is that why tunnel cam has been removed from the os ? I started watching it earlier but turned it off to concentrate on gooners crying on talksport.
 
stony said:
strongbowholic said:
East Level 2 said:
Fifa's Laws of the Game 2005, Law 12 says a free-kick or penalty will be awarded if a player "handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)".
Which bit of Zab's ball to hand was deliberate?
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The bit where he his arm touches the ball.

If it had been at the other end (e.g. Koscelny doing the same thing) and it had not been given, I'd have been fucking livid.
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Never a penalty.
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Correct. The ball came off Zab's leg and hit his arm; definitely not deliberate handball.
 
Notinmylifetime said:
GStar said:
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Great gif from the mod....thanks. At the start of the gif the lad in royal blue jumping up and down is my lad, my other lad is behind him. I'm the grey haired old bloke in cream jacket just in front of them. Very proud today. The gif made my day.
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Quality
 
Arsenal v City Post Mortem

It's been a while since I've logged on here but it really ticked me off some of the things said pre/post match from the Arse(nal/Wenger)

Firstly City were always going to win yesterday. Unstoppable home record and Arsenal being rubbish against good opposition. Compounding this was the widespread shitting it of all Arsenal players who were making excuses that the time between the match and their Champions League game made a huge difference to the outcome. Wenger mentioned this yet refused to use it as an excuse...despite mentioning it, as not an excuse for losing, although they hadn't lost yet.

Come the pre-match where all the Arsenal comments were lighting up as "Great team, we are going to win the league". You do wonder why there is limited response from City fans, it's because like the team, they are quietly confident yet don't feel they need to shout to the media about it until after the match.

City won comprehensively (more or less) and the post-match begins.

No Arsenal fans at this point saying anything on forums. But Wenger pointing out how his team could have scored 6 goals (MOTD more than supplied this ammo). The referee was bad, despite the fact that he is one of the top referees in England. There was a penalty to Arsenal, for the ball hitting a leg and then the arm. They were tired due to their Champions League match, but that according to Wenger wasn't an excuse, even though he mentioned it again. City's goals were offside as well and Arsenal had 2 disallowed. Giroud actually scored a perfectly good goal (when everybody had stopped because the whistle had blown for offside). Bentner scored, fair enough to make it 5-3 in the 88th minute, but what difference would that have made...?

To be fair at least he criticised, to an extremely limited extent, Wiltshire's actions. I do feel sorry for poor old Jack to, I mean it is coming up to Christmas and there's a lot of snow around, so perhaps he just wants the day off so he can play with his friend Charlie.

In conclusion I would enjoy an apology from any Arsenal fans, who accept that they are one of the two best teams in the league at the moment, and also accept that they were beaten by the better team on the day. Then I will go to bed a happy man :-)
 
We battered them. 6-3 was a flattering score line for Arsenal. We were always in control, whenever the game was in a dubious phase City reacted and whacked it into place again. After 70 minutes and City had the ball in their half their team looked frightened, punch drunk, and wearied about our intent to score again.
 
Always had a lot of time for what Wenger has achieved, but some of his post match comments were pathetic today:

"Southampton and Everton .... as good as City" . Come on Arsene, FFS! Can you see either of these teams putting 6 past you ... and it could easily have been more!
 
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A good fans post.

We do wear blue tinted specs though; we all do to an extent( or whatever colour your team tints you). I could concede that Arse fans felt they were in it and they did have an argument about one offside 'goal'. To be fair they can also claim Zabba's hand ball was a genuine penalty.

BUT, to me they can't possibly argue that we weren't the better team and would probably have found another goal.... and another goal ...and another. However many were needed to win the game.
I think the return at Emirates will be a cracker, but we will prove we have turned the tables. We are now a stronger team than Arsenal in all areas of the field.
 
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Bendtner was offside. Very close but still offside.

Wenger's just talking shit. He has to try and keep their confidence up ahead of the Chelsea game because if they lose that then they could drop like a stone.
 
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I've been fighting (here on the USA West Coast) since 5 AM with some less-than-gracious Arsenal fans and the Gunner blogger on ESPNFC, where I do most of my posting.

One argument popped up over the Milner pen. Despite the fact that it came with no time left, us 2 up and the ball all the way in the Arsenal end (where we wanted it), some Gunner fans are adamant that he dived, including the Arsenal blogger himself. This seems ludicrous to me having seen it three times, especially given Szczensy's reaction which seemed to indicate he was just happy not to get red. Not to mention me not understanding why in the world Milner would risk a yellow on a dive for a meaningless goal (though there's rumor going round that GD sometimes matters in title races . . .)

Did I miss something, or are these guys just that desperate?
 
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