Arsenal Forum In Melt Down

[claretblue]

The grass was too long...what a pathetic excuse

...and the pitch was ‘unwatered’!

[bfcmatt]

Mcneil??

Dwight is of mixed heritage. not that it should matter in this day and age but the Arsenal fans should be ashamed of themselves.

[Zlatan]

The grass was too long...what a pathetic excuse.

file alongside:

The ball was too round
The goals kept moving
The linesman was too feminine
The sky was too blue
Dyche was too ginger
Rodriguez is too EU in a Brexit team

[houseboy]

And Arteta a saying that the grass was too long to play football What a joke of a club.

He was also blathering on about it not being watered for some reason. It's rained for most of the last few days FFS.

[Grumps]

Dwight is of mixed heritage. not that it should matter in this day and age but the Arsenal fans should be ashamed of themselves.

It doesn't matter one jot, just I hadn't realised tbh.

[Burnley Ace]

The last post is implying Dyche is racist as we only have one black player on the bench. I wish Arsenal, a despicable club nothing but a contunued demise year upon year.

How many white English players did Arsenal have? Why have they stopped recruiting white Irish players?

[mikeS]

The Arsenal managers comments are the most pathetic I've ever heard.

[ColneMonkey]

The problem I have with clubs like Arsenal are that they're portrayed as invincible by the press - a belief also held by the fans on the forums.

One headline, I think it was the guardian, states JRod 'fluffed his lines', yet goes on to waffle about how unfortunate Arsenal were. There was a little mention of Burnley here and there, but not much.

Yeah, Arsenal played ok, but were outshone by Burnleys work ethic and desire. Yes, JRod hit the post, but Arsenal didn't and also didnt score, so surely Burnley did better in the game? That's not how most articles are written.

No one likes us, which is sweet when we give the lovies of the media a good game became they really seem incapable of knowing what to write!

[RattyClaret]

https://www.footballcritic.com/premier- ... ts/1643843

Stats for the game, arsenal played one more long ball than we did but we are the anti football team

[AlargeClaret]

“Why do they boo our players when they are clearly in pain after a bad foul”

These bellends are almost beyond parody “ without oil money we’re finished “

[Jimjan]

The managers comment that the pitch was too dry.... The first time in football history a pitch in Burnley, or the whole of Lancashire has ever been criticized for being too dry in February, unbelievable comment

[RalphCoatesComb]

The managers comment that the pitch was too dry.... The first time in football history a pitch in Burnley, or the whole of Lancashire has ever been criticized for being too dry in February, unbelievable comment

Perhaps Arteta and his bunch of softies should have played in the days when t'Turf was more like a quagmire this time of year, rather than the Billiard Table surface that his team need.

[FactualFrank]

So the grass was too long, yet dry?

A good job it wasn't wet then as otherwise it would have got even longer, quicker.

[2 Bee Holed]

The managers comment that the pitch was too dry.... The first time in football history a pitch in Burnley, or the whole of Lancashire has ever been criticized for being too dry in February, unbelievable comment

We can't help living in the driest county in England!

[lostinthegame]

I'd be terrified of the future if I was a Gooner. They have no direction, no identity on and off the pitch and their disgraceful hounding out of Wenger is blowing up in their face. Mass exodus in the summer too if they don't qualify for Europe, then who knows?

[Bosscat]

Apparently one of the Arsenal fans kids ran onto the pitch after the game and was last seen in this photo......

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[gsyclaret]

Their players must have liked the grass, they spent most of the game lying on it.

[FactualFrank]

Their players must have liked the grass, they spent most of the game lying on it.

And played like they'd been smoking it.

[Shore claret]

I think from memory their only players not to hit the deck and stay down were Bellerin and the goalie, possibly the young lad upfront aswell

[cricketfieldclarets]

I'd be terrified of the future if I was a Gooner. They have no direction, no identity on and off the pitch and their disgraceful hounding out of Wenger is blowing up in their face. Mass exodus in the summer too if they don't qualify for Europe, then who knows?

This is why when I saw AFTV After the game I had to keep shouting WENGER OUT.

[CnBtruntru]

Their players must have liked the grass, they spent most of the game lying on it.

Good job it wasn't wet then or they would all have got piles.

[elwaclaret]

To be fair Arsenal started well it was only when they found the Japanese Ww2 sniper hiding by the post that they went to pieces.

[Colburn_Claret]

I'd be terrified of the future if I was a Gooner. They have no direction, no identity on and off the pitch and their disgraceful hounding out of Wenger is blowing up in their face. Mass exodus in the summer too if they don't qualify for Europe, then who knows?

The fans exodus has already started if you look at the empty seats in the Emirates

[superdimitri]

I don't think Arsenal supporters are any different from any others. Most of them look to the glory days of the invincible era.

Since then they have lost the soul of their club, sold their old stadium to move to 'just another pringle' and competing for mickey mouse cups each year compared to the champions league.

Not graceful in defeat, but if I was an Arsenal fan knowing the money some of their players are on, I'd be very concerned with this season too.

It was inevitable there would be some kind of sloop since Wenger left, just the same as Ferguson at United.

They have a wider fan base and a wider fan base results in more message board idiots.

[Dark Cloud]

It's so reminiscent of Utd losing Ferguson and finding that suddenly, almost overnight, they lose their direction, they start signing very average players for stupid money, the dressing room is no longer water tight in terms of unrest and rumour, good players start dithering about signing and it's almost as if the ONE person who was actually holding the tiller has let go and the ship is now lurching about. Wenger was doing a Fergie, but most there couldn't see it and tbf SD is doing a very similar job for us.

[Blackrod]

For the kind of money Ozil is on he should stand out in games. He doesn’t and didn’t. They’ve got plenty of annoying fans but you can tell most of the idiots on phone ins and being abusive in the media watch from their armchairs.

[Dark Cloud]

Ozil HAS to be the most overrated player in the PL. He's absolute bobbins and yesterday wasn't the first time he's been totally anonymous before being hooked mid way through the second half and when the announcement is made about 20,000 people all turn to each other and say I hadn't realised he was playing.

[Burnleyareback2]

Their players must have liked the grass, they spent most of the game lying on it.

My favourite in game fun these days is seeing if the oppositions physio's actually get off the bench when their player is on the ground.

It's becoming rarer and rarer that they even bother.

[Clarets4me]

To be fair Arsenal started well it was only when they found the Japanese Ww2 sniper hiding by the post that they went to pieces.

You're clearly a poster of some vintage, " elwaclaret ", I used that phrase to describe an overgrown garden the other week, and had to explain it to a millenial !! Lt. Onoda actually passed away as recently as 2014 .....

[Claretlad]

Could you Burnley players please stop defending and can your ground staff please cut the grass abit and can you all stop trying to play football ...how do you expect us to win against you lot if you keep longer grass than every other team we play against ...

[SalisburyClaret]

Must be hard if you’re an Arsenal fan - imagine coming to Burnley and not scoring a deflected handball winner in the 99th minute.
Sometimes there’s no justice in the world

[Mattster]

[Zlatan]

poor cherub obviously means out of the extremely privileged traditional top six teams - he just cant be including the Premier League pond life in those stats...

[Bosscat]

The Metro reporting on BFC's twitter page header last night

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/04/burnley- ... wsnow-feed

[Bosscat]

Another cracker on twitter

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[IanMcL]

Their players must have liked the grass, they spent most of the game lying on it.

They probably thought... "Hmmm..not damp. I won't get rheumatism. I'll lay here longer ".

[IanMcL]

I think from memory their only players not to hit the deck and stay down were Bellerin and the goalie, possibly the young lad upfront aswell

I thought Bellerin was the one true pro. Gave it, took it, got on with it and shook hands.

[IanMcL]

What they never realised was that we had four more mini players hiding in the grass. Those tackles from nowhere made the difference!

[rob63]

It's so reminiscent of Utd losing Ferguson and finding that suddenly, almost overnight, they lose their direction, they start signing very average players for stupid money, the dressing room is no longer water tight in terms of unrest and rumour, good players start dithering about signing and it's almost as if the ONE person who was actually holding the tiller has let go and the ship is now lurching about. Wenger was doing a Fergie, but most there couldn't see it and tbf SD is doing a very similar job for us.

Yes & I see that Burnt Lino has decided it's all his striker's fault for missing all the chances they create.......that'll help the atmosphere in the dressing room no end!

[smudge]

Cut the grass,come on.What about the daffodils planted last year,just coming into flower.

[Dark Cloud]

Do you think Artita might just have realised what an absolute tit he has made of himself (or maybe even one of his assistants might have mentioned it quietly to him?) Surely the wider football world, outside of Arsenal are quietly chuckling at him. He's blatantly come out and randomly blamed the state of the grass for his own (average to poor) team's failings. Yet again one of the "big boys" can't cope with the fact that crappy old Burnley haven't turned up, rolled over and gift wrapped 3 points for them and the dummy comes out. Having said that we have to remember he's had a very good teacher for a number of years I'd suggest.

[Devils_Advocate]

Are we still talking about Arsenal talking about us? How wonderful

[Dark Cloud]

Are we still talking about Arsenal talking about us? How wonderful

Well it passes the time!

[tim_noone]

The Metro reporting on BFC's twitter page header last night

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/04/burnley- ... wsnow-feed

Quality response from Sean Dyche ... That's my favourite bit of a game..."watching em fall over". We really are blessed with this man. Born in Northampton. "Made in Burnley"

[MT03ALG]

I wouldn't bet on Arteta out and Dyche in at Arsenal in the near future

[Corky]

Born in Northampton. "Made in Burnley"

The above would make a great banner.

[tim_noone]

The above would make a great banner.

That's in the memory bank! I'll crack some tshirts up

[BurningBeard]

I'd suggest they go and have a look at the fair play league before they start complaining about other teams.

[Bigvince]

I'd suggest they go and have a look at the fair play league before they start complaining about other teams.

At least they’re top of one league

[Blackburn_Claret]

Quality response from Sean Dyche ... That's my favourite bit of a game..."watching em fall over". We really are blessed with this man. Born in Northampton. "Made in Burnley"

Shame he can't get Barnes to stay on his feet. He wouldn't be out of place in the Arsenal squad