Yeah that 4-4 was all Almunia letting spurs score 3 easy goals.
Lost count of how many times this shitter would get caught off his line.
The history is written that because Lehmann was dropped for Almunia he was worse but itâs just so blatantly untrue. If weâd stuck with Lehmann weâd have had a solid keeper for another 2, maybe 3 seasons. He obviously wasnât going to stick around and play second fiddle to that. Itâs the most infuriating decision Wenger made for me, making Almuina his number one.
The idea to replace Lehmann was probably a good one imo, the issue is that the replacement was the junkie, Sick Boy looking shitter that was Almunia.
Wengerâs record on goalkeepers isnât great.
Didnât he chose not to sign Scwarzer in 2009 or 2010 because he didnât want to pay an extra million or so lol
Up until we bought Cech, Wenger hadnât paid more than about 4m for a GK.
He used to treat spending money on GKâs as an occupational hazard.
Yep.
I think some Gooners forget that Lehmann made mistakes in the opening 2 games of the PL season that year.
And then went back to Germany to prove he was still infinitely more competent a keeper than Almunia. Replacing Lehmann was never the issue, Iâd gladly replace any player in our teams over the years at any time if the incoming player was better. But that just wasnât the case here which is why I always fault it was harsh of Wenger to drop him for a couple of early season mistakes and replace him with someone who could barely hold onto the ball lol
That was probably my favourite NLD.
It had everything.
9 goals, 9 different scorers. Would be surprised if thatâs been replicated since.
I think the first 5-2 edges it for me.
Mourinho the cunt âit is not football. It is hockey matchâ
And the English media fâckin pandering to him, as if everything he said was profound and philosophical.
The 5pur2 wins were great but for excitement and tension the 5-4 win is hard to beat especially as we were away.
Yeah, I can totally see where youâre coming from with that one. My view is likely enhanced by being in the ground for the 5-2, thatâll often influence me I terms of how fondly I remember a game and where I rank it versus oneâs I watched on telly.
Funnily enough @JakeyBoy @InvincibleDB10 the most Iâve cheered an Arsenal goal in a NLD wasnât actually in a win.
It was Henryâs equaliser at Highbury in the 05/06 season. Carrick had perhaps his best game ever, in my opinion. It was our last NLD at Highbury, Davids had arguably cheated by not putting the ball out for Spurs to go ahead and Henryâs equaliser was while we were running out of time.
(And yes, I cheered louder than Vieiraâs opener within 2 mins at WHL in 2004- which was pretty loud in itself!)
The greatest goal I have EVER seen and CHEERED was Michael Thomas at Anfield, 1989âŚ
Never to be betteredâŚ
I was totally numb when that went in. Mine was Adams at Wembley against spuds and totally erased that cancer of 91.
Special mention would also be given for Lee Dixonâs red card on Anderton too. Glorious wonderful soul cleansing day that was.