29 Apr 2026 07:07:50
Morning all, last night's semi-final was football of the purest, highest calibre, two teams who both know they have game changers all over the pitch, and just went toe to toe from the get-go. Got to be one of the best games of football I've seen in an age… Well played PSG and Bayern. Whoever goes through out of them two teams will be eventual Champions League winners. Sorry, my beloved Arsenal, but the way we are playing at the moment we would probably only have 25/30% chance in the final if we make it past Atleti and would probably say the same % for the Spaniards… P.S.
Come on Arteta, take note of how we need to release the handbrake and go for it full throttle. We may not make it to the final / we may do. At least have a real go, as a fan of our great club that’s all I ask. We’ll never know if we don’t have a real go. COYG/VTH 🔴⚪️❤️.
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28 Apr 2026 22:15:34
If PSG win the CL, Enrique may be interested in a nee challenge, we must do everything to get him in that case.
28 Apr 2026 20:55:42
What a semifinal, and pains to say that the CL winner will be winner of this tie. I can see two very contrasting semifinals: this fast and engaging spectacle, and the other drab, draining slow watch!
28 Apr 2026 21:07:05
Great game so far, I'm pretty sure it has more goals to come to be honest.
28 Apr 2026 22:00:41
I am in absolute awe! What a game, and yes, one of these two will be champion, I'm sure. Perhaps it's better we go out in the semifinal lol.
{Ed025's Note - that should have been the final Sally.. :)
28 Apr 2026 22:13:34
But interesting to hear Seedorf and Sturridge's comments about bad defending..
28 Apr 2026 22:14:38
Lol Sally, but I am undecided which pain will be more, getting out at the semi-final stage two years in a row, or losing the final for the second time in our history.
28 Apr 2026 18:53:11
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28 Apr 2026 11:54:59
I was watching the Man U vs Brentford highlights just now and really impressed at how Brentford are playing. Looking at their play, I am pretty confident that they will take points of City!
28 Apr 2026 15:15:52
It was a brilliant game to watch Highbury, the Bees matched United for the whole match. 🐝
27 Apr 2026 07:59:12
I think that because we have been runners up 3 times on the trot, first 2 times playing open attractive football and last season throwing away 18pts from winning situations we have as a club taken the decision management and players alike to get over the winning line irrespective of how it looks.
No player has spoken out against these tactics and really this is the only reason I can think of why we are playing in this way.
Take care everyone.
28 Apr 2026 11:52:23
We all are thinking and hoping that is the case, Bill. Only time will tell.
27 Apr 2026 06:23:55
I have to say in all my years of watching Arsenal this current period of 'style of football' ranks amongst the worst to watch.
It's atrocious; there is nothing good about it, and then I watch Arteta celebrate as though we have won the league, that portrays someone who is under pressure and panicking.
Just a calm stroll to Eddie Howe a casual shake of the hand and walk off.
As Neville said when we were 1-0 up, we were strolling around as though we were 3 up, surely Arteta can see this?
The set piece goals were papering over our cracks with regards our ability to score in open play.
But the old saying " a win is a win " but by Christ it's tough to watch.
26 Apr 2026 17:50:49
Don't worry everyone, I will watch the games and report live if it is too much 😉 😃
I'm going to banish my other half as he makes me more nervous than the players!
Hopefully, if we do get over the line, the monkey will be off our backs for next season.
26 Apr 2026 08:35:10
If Fulham score first next week, we are in deep brown stuff.
26 Apr 2026 09:37:29
This was the tougher of our two games - Newcastle have been on a terrible run, & I was hoping that was the game to get our goal difference up. Yet we lacked bottle and ambition again. We limped over the line with 7 players in the back 4 at times, because Odegaard dropped so deep, with Rice and Zubi there as well. We never chased a goal.
Vik looked terrible. Noni, just Noni. We still need that reset & mojo-inspiring performance. Well, it wasn't that game & Fulham will be tougher.
I still blame it on the boss - tactics & balls, along with no decent LW or CF option to play on a counter-attack or give us a threat on goal.
I'm actually missing Kai! It's that bad.
26 Apr 2026 19:56:30
We were horrible to watch. We looked like a bunch of under 12s, too scared to lose and not so called stars earning 100s of thousands a week.
Someone in the dressing room needs to tell Arteta, it's not bloody working!
26 Apr 2026 20:50:25
Who has the backbone, & does he listen?
Perhaps he needs a lightbulb, or pretend the next game is a first date, or some other bananas he preaches.
25 Apr 2026 19:43:07
I want to die after watching that.
Pulling teeth.
Paint dry.
You name it, it was.
{Ed025's Note - a win is a win i suppose Mal...but it is bloody awful to watch mate..
25 Apr 2026 20:19:44
My nerves are totally shot.
25 Apr 2026 20:34:27
Love it Mal 😉 COYG.
25 Apr 2026 21:06:37
Something is not clicking this season, but the first requirement is to win the remaining matches, so even a 1-0, we take it.
There seems to be a curse on us, we just can't get a full strength squad available for the whole season, it's almost one in, one out every time.
We got Saka and Calafiori back and then we lose Havertz and Eze. Hopefully their injuries are not major. 🤞🏻
25 Apr 2026 23:44:37
We sit much too deep. We need, as a team, to move 10 yards up the pitch.
25 Apr 2026 20:20:58
George graham played better football ed
He has to go even if we win it
{Ed025's Note - i know it will mean very little to the die hard supporters Mal but at the start of the season lots of the neutrals wanted Arsenal to win the title mate but the goodwill has gone out of the window now, in the end its an entertainment industry and what has been served up after a very promising start has become drudgery of the highest order, i dont know if its the manager or the players but the nervousness and negativity is making the team a very difficult watch, on the positive side you are still in 2 major competitions when its coming down to the business end..but you have to win one..
26 Apr 2026 09:43:45
Trust the process - He knows best. 😉
Hope you have a good week, fella.
25 Apr 2026 19:35:38
One down, four to go!
Man City were top of the table for 6 days at the start if the season, then we took over. This week they were top of the table for 6 days, now we take over for the rest of the season?!