| That was painful. 20:39 - Nov 25 with 2119 views | waveneyblue | Why are we so bloody slow ? McAteer, nothing. Clarke hasnt won a single challenge Nunez keeps trying but failing. Ugh, horrible. Oh, Walton looks good. |  | | |  |
| That was painful. on 20:43 - Nov 25 with 2053 views | ernie | All this relentless negativity . Don’t you have any faith ? |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 20:44 - Nov 25 with 2029 views | Cheltenham_Blue | For all the conversation this week about Akpom and Szmods. Nunez looks like tonight he's trying to win the current 'not a Number 10 competition' |  |
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| That was painful. on 20:45 - Nov 25 with 2018 views | waveneyblue |
| That was painful. on 20:43 - Nov 25 by ernie | All this relentless negativity . Don’t you have any faith ? |
Grow up you plank |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 20:45 - Nov 25 with 2007 views | ArnieM | Its not a " team".... its yet another "11" players ... Can anyone say we are better than last season or the season before that because im struggling to see the "progression" and improvement atm |  |
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| That was painful. on 20:47 - Nov 25 with 1959 views | Vic | And that coming from you is saying something! |  |
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| That was painful. on 20:49 - Nov 25 with 1925 views | ArnieM |
| That was painful. on 20:47 - Nov 25 by Vic | And that coming from you is saying something! |
So what's your opinion of things then? |  |
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| That was painful. on 21:00 - Nov 25 with 1833 views | ernie |
| That was painful. on 20:45 - Nov 25 by waveneyblue | Grow up you plank |
All you are watching is exactly the same outcome and performance at many of our other games in which you have bleated positivity all season |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 21:06 - Nov 25 with 1769 views | Bigalhunter |
| That was painful. on 20:43 - Nov 25 by ernie | All this relentless negativity . Don’t you have any faith ? |
At least he’s watching the game this time… |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:07 - Nov 25 with 1679 views | waveneyblue |
| That was painful. on 21:06 - Nov 25 by Bigalhunter | At least he’s watching the game this time… |
Oh look, Hinge is back to protect her mate Brackett. Bet you two clowns were gutted with the 2nd half. Pr1cks |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 22:09 - Nov 25 with 1619 views | TheBlueGnu | WE WON - I'll say it again - WE WON - I'll repeat it just in case you're not sure - WE WON. A reminder - WE WON. |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:09 - Nov 25 with 1604 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| That was painful. on 20:43 - Nov 25 by ernie | All this relentless negativity . Don’t you have any faith ? |
Some of us do. And a little patience. |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:11 - Nov 25 with 1565 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| That was painful. on 21:00 - Nov 25 by ernie | All you are watching is exactly the same outcome and performance at many of our other games in which you have bleated positivity all season |
Yep, and we're 3 points off the auto spots with a game in hand. You'll never learn though. |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:12 - Nov 25 with 1556 views | Cafe_Newman | Just wait 'til the end of the season. Enjoy the win. Go and support Arsenal if you want lovely football every week. |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:14 - Nov 25 with 1518 views | waveneyblue |
| That was painful. on 22:12 - Nov 25 by Cafe_Newman | Just wait 'til the end of the season. Enjoy the win. Go and support Arsenal if you want lovely football every week. |
I posted it at half time. Clearly things improved A LOT after the break. |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 22:17 - Nov 25 with 1482 views | Vic |
| That was painful. on 20:49 - Nov 25 by ArnieM | So what's your opinion of things then? |
My comment was directed to the normally Mr Optimist Waverney. Was a terrible first half - but increasingly better after the break. |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:22 - Nov 25 with 1449 views | waveneyblue |
| That was painful. on 22:17 - Nov 25 by Vic | My comment was directed to the normally Mr Optimist Waverney. Was a terrible first half - but increasingly better after the break. |
Those who know me.. im not remotely optimistic usually. But, I just get sick of the constant negativity from the same old bunch. We all know its been far from perfect, but most of us can look at the bigger picture. As you said, the first half was terrible, hence my comments. Im now sitting here chuffed that it turned into an excellent away win |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 22:25 - Nov 25 with 1404 views | Cafe_Newman |
| That was painful. on 22:14 - Nov 25 by waveneyblue | I posted it at half time. Clearly things improved A LOT after the break. |
But why? It was clear what McKenna's tactics were and that things would have a very different complexion after the subs came on. TEAM by Cafe_Newman 25 Nov 2025 18:52Agree with the final score.
HT 0:0
FT 0:2
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| That was painful. on 22:31 - Nov 25 with 1342 views | Vic |
| That was painful. on 22:25 - Nov 25 by Cafe_Newman | But why? It was clear what McKenna's tactics were and that things would have a very different complexion after the subs came on. TEAM by Cafe_Newman 25 Nov 2025 18:52Agree with the final score.
HT 0:0
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I think our half time disgruntlement wasn’t about the tactics, it was the fact that we were soooo slow, and so many passes either went to the opposition or into empty space. It certainly wasn’t clear to me what the tactics were! |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:37 - Nov 25 with 1277 views | vilanovablue | Thought we limited Hull To win comfortably against a side uneaten in 6 at home a lot of positives to take away. |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 22:41 - Nov 25 with 1232 views | Cafe_Newman |
| That was painful. on 22:31 - Nov 25 by Vic | I think our half time disgruntlement wasn’t about the tactics, it was the fact that we were soooo slow, and so many passes either went to the opposition or into empty space. It certainly wasn’t clear to me what the tactics were! |
That first half was turgid stuff for sure, but we are getting results, players who are still finding their feet are getting very valuable game time and we're going up the league. The football is not as pretty as it was 2 years ago; but we have a much, much stronger base to build on. I'm really happy for people to wet themselves and get angry at the end of the season, but there are far too many nay-sayers calling this far too early. Kieran is no muppet at all. It really isn't easy having the sort of season we had last season and then perform again with a completely new team, irrespective of parachute payments. Look at those who went down with us... which team is performing best? |  |
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| That was painful. on 22:49 - Nov 25 with 1159 views | WeWereZombies | Hasn't this post aged well ? |  |
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| That was painful. on 23:08 - Nov 25 with 1078 views | waveneyblue |
| That was painful. on 22:49 - Nov 25 by WeWereZombies | Hasn't this post aged well ? |
I swear this place gets weirder. I think everybody and his/her mother agreed that the first half was awful. Hence my post made at Half Time (important fact). It improved massively, we won and its an excellent away win. Its not that hard to keep up is it ? |  | |  |
| That was painful. on 00:58 - Nov 26 with 932 views | WeWereZombies |
| That was painful. on 23:08 - Nov 25 by waveneyblue | I swear this place gets weirder. I think everybody and his/her mother agreed that the first half was awful. Hence my post made at Half Time (important fact). It improved massively, we won and its an excellent away win. Its not that hard to keep up is it ? |
It was the comments about McAteer, Jack Clarke and especially Núñez that looked clunky to me. Why single them out when the whole team, apart from Walton, were labouring to dominate Hull ? |  |
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| That was painful. on 08:06 - Nov 26 with 691 views | Dubtractor |
| That was painful. on 23:08 - Nov 25 by waveneyblue | I swear this place gets weirder. I think everybody and his/her mother agreed that the first half was awful. Hence my post made at Half Time (important fact). It improved massively, we won and its an excellent away win. Its not that hard to keep up is it ? |
I'm not sure that anyone could disagree that the first half was crap. Even McKenna implies it in his post match comments. I think we all need to not be so precious that we can't accept some in match thoughts on the quality of the game, especially when the issues are that clear. It's really not the end of the world to make observations on a game that is unfolding in front of us, the issue is extrapolating 45 minutes of football into an an assessment on the whole season/McKenna in general. |  |
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| That was painful. on 08:57 - Nov 26 with 586 views | SWLondonBlue93 |
| That was painful. on 08:06 - Nov 26 by Dubtractor | I'm not sure that anyone could disagree that the first half was crap. Even McKenna implies it in his post match comments. I think we all need to not be so precious that we can't accept some in match thoughts on the quality of the game, especially when the issues are that clear. It's really not the end of the world to make observations on a game that is unfolding in front of us, the issue is extrapolating 45 minutes of football into an an assessment on the whole season/McKenna in general. |
Quite. The overreactions to every little comment on here is becoming tiresome to be honest. |  | |  |
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