West Brom – Arsenal Match Thread

did the second goal come off bendtner's arm? can't see this moment clearly in the replay

Why does this squad have to be two goals down to show any sense of urgency!!?? It's almost as if they start games with a sense of entitlement, thinking that the result will just come to them because they are Arsenal. These are the types of results that cost champioships....

couldn't have agreed more!

I do wish we hadn't let Gallas go. i saw him play earlier today. i don't think we would have let in either goals if he was leading our central defense. All because he wanted longer than a one year contract!

Well, I will agree that Gallas is much better than every CB in our squad, bar TV5 and Djourou, but one of the major reasons he left was because of the divisive effect he had on the squad. Nasri in particular wouldn't talk to him.

I think Gallas left mainly because he was having trouble with Nasri. And Toure left because he couldn't bear Gallas. We should have kept Toure and let Gallas go long ago.

Anyone satisfied with the draw because we were 2 down with 25 min left must have very little ambition. We were playing against a team at rock bottom of the league and probably conceded more goals than any other team. The worst is that AW probably is thinking this.

At least it's not a defeat...

We're not out yet, but we've obviously like making things that much harder for ourselves.

Since I expect a lot of negativity(rightly so), I am going into Qaddafi media-lockdown mode.

the shitty ass defending costed us the game... man utd 5 pts ahead.... and all u fools are gonna claim that we have a game in hand....

with their 2nd string(the silva brothers on the wings) they still managed to whoop us... pls conceed the league now wenger... no need for all the bs like we wanted it bad so we came back kinda shit...

its quite obvious that ur players dont even fucking care and cant even talk, leading to such bad mistakes and goals!!1

When you shit your pants, at the very least you gotta clean up. The Boys coulda mopped up a little better, but I'll take a tie

Full Time. Wow. Exhilarated. Arsenal only showed the desire, passion, and grit to do something once 0-2 down, which is bad because WTF? Why do they have to go down to fight, and good because you would expect this Arsenal team to do nothing at all. Still, United won and we didn't, so it's a bad result as any. The gap is now 5 pts with a game in hand, but can we win it? Remember, had it not been for the unholy Duo, we would have one. God help us all.
Good: RVP, WIlshere as always, Arshavin for bringing us back.
Bad: Denilson for being the lazy fucker he is, Unholy Duo.
Bad, bad result, but the way we did it means we have one drop of hope left in the jar. COME ON ARSENAL.

If anyone says anything about the referee, I will personally reach through the internet and stab them in the eye.

Ugh. And that's it. Man Utd gets the late goal with 10 men. We get nothing. Season over.

Things aren't pretty but 38 games win this league, not 29. Wankchester have played 30, so they have 8 left.
Don't gloss over 9 games for us and 8 games for them; there are plenty of chances left to regain the season yet.

It's because ManU knows how to defend as a team even with Ferdinand, Vidic, Oshea, Rafael out and Evans sent off.

One point less disastrous than it looked like, but still disastrous result.

Why is every West Bromwich player going forward looking like the next Ronaldo? You need 2 or 3 gunners on the player to recover the ball when lucky... Only when Arsenal knows how to defend will we win something.

united score..

United goal. If we don't do the same, season is still in trouble.

almost 3-2... such horrible defending!!

This amazing! Being a gunners fan is aging me 2 years a game...

Robin van Persie!!!

ITS A FUCKING MIRACLE

10 minutes in our game and United's which will have HUGE implications for the season. Lots of hope left now.

2-2

And Man Utd are down to 10 men too.

GOIOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!

I hope nobody went away too far or too soon. 2-2. C'mon Arsenal.

if it wasnt for the stupid howler it wud have been 1-1!!!

Honestly, neither of WBA's goals should have happened.

if fergie was wenger than the players wud have got a beating of their lives...!!! but wenger wont do n e thing!!

THANK YOU JESUS

Say what you will, but I'm very happy with Arshavin's quality as a striker.

we got liverpool to play, the spuds and also man utd.... we cant even beat WBA how can we even compete vs the rest.. man utd is playing with a make shift backline and havent conceeded......and we purchased these fools and they cant even defend!!

Arshavin!

... COME ON ARSENAL!
If they can turn it around, I'll take back my comments. IF.

Given a favour with a free kick that Van Persie promptly squandered.

Do these players even care? It's as if they are perfectly happy picking up tens of thousands of dollars a week, half-ass it on the field, and still finish 3rd/4th.
All of them, soon Wilshere will be infected by it too. I want to cry.

This is school kids stuff man. I feel sorry for this team now, there is no anger anymore. I feel sorry about the talented players at Arsenal who are boing let down by a bunch of buffoons (Diaby, Denilson, the unholy trio and of course Wenger). That's it; I am done watching Arsenal games this season. WE.TOTALLY.SUCK.

I don't care about "team for the future" "financial stability" "way of the club" shit. Wenger lost me. We need a DEFENSIVE CLEAR-OUT and quality buy-in this summer.
I don't care if it costs 45 million. I DON'T CARE.

Totally agree with you there dude. But i have this premonition that Wenger would give them another season. He is too stubborn to accept that his policies and tactics are wrong. Its a universal law that one can evolve and get better if one gives heed to criticism and for once accept that one is wrong. Unfortunately, this rule is not valid in Wenger's universe

I fucking hate this team, god damnit.

Well, maybe Bolton will do us a huge favor and we'll get one last reprieve? I don't know, I'm looking for something here.

keep on waiting for favours?? we are fucking not even close to winning the league... keep hoping but with these kinda performances its hard to see any favour wud be well received...!!

Honestly the way we are playing we don't deserve a reprieve. It would only encourage AW that his "tactics" are working.

Who cares, if we can't beat West Brom can we beat who ever else we face this season?

I agree with both of you, but I'm clinging on to undeserved hope.

Almunia get the fuck off the field you twat

and, turning off the stream. not worth ruining an otherwise beautiful day. AW's chickens are squarely home to roost.

WTF WAS THAT

unholy fucking duo!! BRING ON LEHMANN AND A PAPER CUT-OUT OF DJOUROU!

Unholy trio. Again. Wow. Shocking.

FUCK!!!

We came very close to another humiliation but it's still not over

Oups there we have it and it's even worse than I was expecting. How low can we go is the question.

almost 2.. wanna win the league?? cant even fucking beat WBA twice..

cant even beat them once!!

Wow, they just let us off the hook there. Bad defending and goal keeping again.

Positive switch for Arsenal denilson was as usual abysmal! Hopefully we can be more fluent this half not enough incisive passing. Come on gunners!!

Denilson hauled off to my delight!

Chamakh on for Denilson! There is a God!

My stream went bad. Anyone have another one? Not that I'll necessarily enjoy the 2nd half, but it's worth a shot.

If someone has a good argument against shipping off Denilson to somewhere remote where we can never hear of him again, please, do step forward.

Wenger speech at the press conference after the defeat or draw: this team has matured and will show resilience and can bounce back blablabla ... how often have I read this bullshit this year after every disapointment. Too many times ... And this time the referee and the rest of the world is not against Arsenal

there seems to be no sign of credible attacking concept in this team anymore. all i see is passing the ball around along the defense line.

The only good news is that Bolton got to halftime at 0-0 with Man Utd. And they looked pretty good too. I had it on tv while trying to watch Arsenal online. But at some point, we have to stop hoping to get help, and making our own opportunities. Sheesh. This is getting silly.

Nasri is so wasted on the flank, especially when we have no Cesc or Song in the team...

45 minutes to save our season.

denilson cant even pass the ball... let me play i think i can do better than that fuck!!!

sickens we to see all this, a club like arsenal losing left right and centre!!!

one more loss and we are as good as done!!

Denilson sucks

denilson gets a yellow for THAT? common seen much worse tackles today than this!!

Is Carson thinking of wearing some stylish Ray-Ban shades too?? Its so damn bright on that side of the pitch !!!

trucker cap, shades and a can of bud

wenger out

Rambo score that next time please and thank you!

idiot fucking denilson... so messed up a move!!! and how unlucky are we hit the bar!!

I am sick of Denilson.

You know that Lehmann immediately thought: "I would have saved that."

Almunia is not at fault, the one at fault is Ramsey who let his player alone. The same Ramsey who later has missed a HUGE chance. The same Ramsey who is currently just not good enough. Poor Ramsey + Denilson + Squillaci = HUGE TROUBLE ! That's it !

I feel my blood pressure rising rapidly and it is not out of joy.

2 bad fouls.. one on sagna and one on arshavin... no cards... if it was man utd these fouls were committed against it wud have been atleast a yellow by now!!!

I told you WBA would score inside the first 20 minutes

Who says that we have hit rock bottom?? The horrible marking in the first goal proves that we can slide even lower!! Way to go Arsenal. Martin, next season pls buy a t-shirt of the unholy trio so that we dont have to see them again the remaining season.

Yeah. Honestly, the shame of owning a Squillaci shirt may be worth it if it meant we didn't have to see him play.

But what was Ramsey thinking there -- he just let his guy run onto the ball and stood right under the ball as it went over his head...

They just showed another replay of the goal and I noticed that Rambo was doing the same thing that several arsenal players do these days to concede goals - ball watching. I think Wenger has introduced a new training regime where players learn to ball watch and forget the players that they are marking !!!

If I was the manager I would banning players from playing if they are not defending. Ferguson would know how to deal with players but Wenger is simply to complacent.

stupid almunia... come out and clear the ball

Mark on corners!

Oh good

Wonderful start. Ugh. Unholy trio again.

Cmon Arsenal!

At the moment, I have a good stream:
atdhenet. tv/35903/ watch-west- bromwich-vs- arsenal

Sopcast is all you need

I had predicted Denilson, Wilshire and Ramsey in midfield the other day, I still suspect we will see Ramsey play in the Cesc role. I hope he does well.

I think the term "Cesc role" should be banned :)