Noticed it wasn't up yet and it is 08:48am in Colchester, England.
Anyway - opinions on u/cedosg?
IMPORTANT BPLDAN UPDATE: I just choked on a lemon sherbet sweet in the office, but I am now OK after the vomit dislodged it from my throat. I am not allowed to go home early.
Posted Mar 4, 2016, 8:49 AM UTC · edited
Football is fucking depressing. I never imagined our run of poor results could have this much impact on a person. Hope we get back to winning ways soon. Great way to kickstart a run of form would be a win at shite hart lane, hard to see it happening though.
Me too man. It's been a miserable couple of weeks.
This may be lost wellllll down below this comment but here's a few things i've been able to do to deal with Arsenal disappointing me year after year. Just for context, I am a huge Wenger fan, have sat through the chokes, the injuries, the transfers all that shit, but these things help me deal with an Arsenal loss negatively affecting me as a person.
Play fantasy football. Fantasy football gives you something else to look forward too every footballing week because you aren't just concentrated on the Arsenal result. I take an interest in Norwich-Sunderland, because I might have a Left back who can pick up 6points for me etc. It also gives you a cool justification to your football knowledge. No doubt for me, if 90% of this sub played, they would not be that great haha.
ITS JUST A GAME. My girlfriend constantly reminds me, but when im fucked off and raging after the United game, this is a cool reminder that this isn't everything. I'm young, there is other shit in life to look forward to other than a result in the league. Hobbys outside of football are great, I like cricket and beer pong etc...
Make friends with people who aren't Arsenal fans. My two best mates are Chelsea and Spurs fans. Do I hate them? No. Do I hate their clubs and their results? For sure! But being able to laugh about how shit you are or whatever at the end of the day with you mates is something that eases the pain of a loss. I enjoy ribbing them and vice versa. Football is nothing without its fans, and I wouldn't want to live in a world where it is. Ashley Williams popping up at a corner should not deepen your hatred of football, it ideally would provide a talking point to laugh about it with your mates or some . Don't take this for not caring, i'm in New Zealand getting up at 4am on Saturday's to watch Arsenal away at Newcastle, I just feel that there's too much negativity in this sub and indeed in a game thats supposed to ideally have none.
This whole comment seems wanky as fuck but its just an idea of what I do to help with a loss idk.
This whole comment seems wanky as fuck
Nah man. It's all good advice. I think a lot of people here are venting, so they seem "closer to the edge" than they actually are. But it's always worth bearing in mind that: it's only a game; we are all Arsenal supporters by choice; and, there's more to life than football.
Cheers man. I'm the only Arsenal supporter in my group of friends so I'll chat them up a bit :P
I feel you on number 3. I'm kiwi too and my best mates are a Chelsea and a united fan. It's a lot easier to get a quick ribbing for a loss than to be negative with other arsenal fans so I can move on quicker. Kinda like ripping a band aid.
- ITS JUST A GAME.
I'm usually raging until I watch the news and see what the Syrian refugees are going through every day etc.
Not sure if my anger/frustration being replaced by guilt is better but... at least it makes more sense.
Been trying not to let it get to me. It is going something like this.
totaly, just woke up for work with sad face and just wanting hours & days pass quickly for next game and hope a win...
and waste my time on this sub.
maybe laugh or hope something good happens, but no.
maybe lose my job for that...
I never imagined our run of poor results could have this much impact on a person.
I've learned what to expect by now. It's much more frustration/irritation/annoyance than depression for me.
It'd be great if we could beat spurs and go on a nice run to win the title, but I'm not getting too optimistic about that.
Never know if I feel shit before or after Arsenal lose. It's like our season every year matches my mood. I was so happy a few months ago and everything has come crashing down. The Swansea loss didn't even feel bad because of how miserable life has been lately.
it's only a game mate
Well this week has been a dark week for r/gunners. It hasn't been a fun place to be, the shitposts have been out in force and even upvoted to the front page on numerous occasions. That along with Rule 4 breakers posting godawful memes and there has been a severe lack of content.
Hopefully next week is better but it's been a hard place to be. Hope everyone has a terrific weekend despite the inevitability of a shit Saturday afternoon.
It's too popular. Every subreddit seems to turn to shit when it reaches a certain threshold. Too many people with nothing interesting to say but just desperate for attention.
I have a look at every other teams subreddits every now and then, particularly after a big loss, and they are pretty much all more mature places for discussion with reasonable responses to whatever's happening. Even r/chelseafc wasn't half as ridiculous as this place when they were in peak implosion mode.
There are some great contributors here who put in a lot of work, but fuck me if the morons don't bring it down a lot. It's gradually turning into r/soccer.
Trump & Piers Morgan are pretty close.
What a shocker.
There's just no redemption to walking down certain paths of madness. The more I find out about either of them the less I want to do with them.
If you want good grades and a good night's rest, never do 2 assignments night before their due date
I'm so glad I left education at 17 and went into full time work instead - absolutely hated essays and stuff
If you're doing a job you like then you're one of lucky ones, many people like myself have to get degrees from prestigious universities to be even considered for a job that we'd be satisfied with.
I wouldn't necessarily say I enjoyed my job, but I was never any good at school/college and needed to get out of it for my own sanity. Hope the hard work pays off for you man!
Same here, should have called it a day when I got my Bachelors degree (after trying multiple times), went on to a Masters because finding a job without one is tricky, lacked motivation, failed, been sitting at home for months now, wondering what to do.
You're doing the right thing, notwithstanding university is now just a way to buy your way into high-income job brackets, with fees calculated on that basis.
I dropped out and although I've had some good jobs, fuckwit managers always come along and destroy any positive culture. And now I'm 45 there's no point in getting a degree, I don;t have enough working life left to pay it off and 25 years of basic-wage work has typecast me indelibly.
Oh and if we play Alexis on the left again knowing that it hasn't worked for months I'm going to flip. Nothing's working so can we please try something new.
Your thoughts on Rambo? He's been worst than Alexis IMO for a longer period of time, that midfield, especially against United, was one of the worst I've ever seen in my life
For me, he's been worse than theo because he actually touches the ball and plays the whole game...okay im exaggerating but he's still been horrendous.
He is worst than Theo lol weakest link in our squad
Absolutely agree. It's not like we don't have a capable left footed winger. Campbell has been playing well whenever he does play and deserves to start on the left with Alexis on the right.
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Sorry for your loss and I've been there with super hard assignment and the lecturer not willing to help one bit (I ended up dropping out of College last summer) I wish Arsenal could win tomorrow only to cheer you up a little.
PM me know if you want to talk about the MATALB assignment (assuming I know a bit about what you're doing). I won't give out hints or answers, but I can talk about the problem formulation etc.
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Sounds good. Congrats!
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I set up r/shitgunnerssay yesterday to chronicle some of the funniest/cringiest homoeroticism that comes out of this subreddit and from some Gunners on r/soccer.
I feel a bit like a dick now though, I just meant for it to be a fun way to chronicle some of the funnier posts but now it looks like it might be used by other fans to take the piss of r/gunners generally.
Obviously a lot of posts deserve it, but still… What do you guys think, should I remove it?
Keep it - it looks like it could be hilarious if it takes off
You should keep it, but broaden/change the scope. Make it for enshrining and mocking the idiotic things that are said here instead.
Remove anything from natrolleonbonaparte or any known spud.
But especially that bitter cunt.
Finally got round to playing Football Manager, definitely didn't edit Wilshere's injury proneness before i started my save... :(
I've so had it with that series. It's gone from being a fun time waster to being a frustrating full time job.
That's what I say every year anyway. before of course buying it again like an idiot... but I hated absolutely hated 2016 so maybe I'll cut the cord now!
I really liked 2015, wasn't simple but not too easy.. Fm16 is impossible, no matter what team I use I can never win more than 3 games in a row, and you just turn to shit. I've played 106 hours of it and havent had a save I've properly enjoyed yet because I don't have the time and patience for it.
Fm16 is impossible, no matter what team I use I can never win more than 3 games in a row, and you just turn to shit.
Sounds like most teams this season tbf (in the Premier League at least.)
Its literally the same as 2015
and paying 40 quid for a game that is "literally the same" isn't really something I enjoy doing any more.
I dunno, it just feels like the magic has been lost over the years. It's turned into work more than casual fun to relax with of an evening. I guess I'm just a different type of consumer to what they're aiming them towards nowadays.
I'll take the fun and nostalgia of CM 01/02 any day!
CM 98 nostalgia.
when you could do bet on the black market <3
or buy some steakhouse around your stadium
I've never understood the point of the game in the first place. If I wanted to read that much, I'd pick up a book. If I actually would like to - ya know - play a video game, I'll pick up FIFA.
No Cech and No Koscielny for the next few weeks. Hope Chambers plays more.
Start a new job on monday
Good luck!
I really don't think Leicester are going to win the league. All these "easy" fixtures are against teams that will sit back, and it's been proven that Leicester don't like that. They're an inverse team, they fare better in the "tough" fixtures.
well if not Leicester than 1024812058123950123 times worse, the spuds .. I cannot cope with that shit, I'd better have Leicester win it than them
To me, if Leicester wins, it's almost as if everyone else failed. If the sharters win, it would feel like it's actually their achievement and Arsenal's failure alone. Gutting.
I'm so fucking hungover right now and am at work, someone send help
Ha ha, I remember those days buddy, I have up the sauce december 28th and have never looked back. Keep in mind, I was hungover every day for 8 years and it was normal for me. But I feel you pain my friend. Make it though the day, lash the water into you and get some sleep tonight and you will be brand knew in the morning.
Congrats on being sober, my dad stopped about last year because it had a bad effect on him and he doesn't miss it one bit. Going back out tonight so it will just have to be a nap not a long sleep haha
Have fun my friend, and enjoy, when it comes to the point your not enjoying it any more and the hangovers are not worth it, it's not worth it.
Being an Irish man I do miss drinking but the negatives out way the positives.
Have fun brother!
TTFU, it's Friday.
I'm going out again tonight as well
Problem solved.
I still think we're going to win. Look at the table 10 games ago. Still plenty of time for us to sort our shit out and for spurs and Leicester to choke. Gettong a bit bored of the rampant pessimism. I mean, i know things don't look great, but there are still 10 fucking games to play. Let's wait another 6 rounds before we all shit the bed.
It's not pessimism, it's realism. Pessimism would say we're not gonna be top half. Realism says we're likely to finish 4th because that's what the board and manager want, and what we've done now for over a decade.
Horrible week of football for me. Local team got knocked out the FA Vase Quarters to a team we should have smashed, even their fans and players admitted it. Then on the coach back I had to deal with half the players and the manager being United fans.
THEN we lost a vital game in the league on Wednesday that could see us not win it. Not sure if I'm talking about Arsenal or my local team? I'm talking about both.
Why did the ox start over cambell when we played Barcelona?
A sign of things to come? :(
A little bit of backstory:
I might have the chance of going to England to work. I moved back to Portugal from Germany and regretted it pretty much since. I went from independent and living with awesome flat mates to living with my mum and brother again. I'm hating college/uni. No money of my own. The worst decision of my life, and I've made some pretty stupid shit.
I need to rethink my life and the choice to leave the country and work for a few years (saving some money in the meantime) and decide if I wanna try school again, and most important of all: clear my head, sounds pretty neat. Any counters to this, at all? If I end up not pursuing the call center job/not getting it, I'll be damned if I don't keep applying for other stuff.
The question is: Anyone ever had experience with call center jobs?
Any help/tips on what I should do would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I'm stuck in a rut.
I wouldn't move country for a call-centre job, mate. Try sticking it out at uni and get a job as a graduate in your field.
Call center jobs usually aren't the most fun jobs in the world, but if you don't mind doing it and need the money you should be fine.
Good luck either way!
Yeah, I'm not really worried about fun. When I worked in Germany the job wasn't particularly riveting, Uni isn't all that great either.
I also wanna try and start building a portfolio, that would be my side goal while working abroad, besides the money.
Thanks!
I worked in a call center for a year after graduation as a stop gap before I landed my full time engineering role. I hated every moment of it. The idiots you have to deal with on a daily basis, felt like the biggest waste of life.
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Is it not clear to people in this sub that all our players aren't shit and literally the worst player ever but that Wenger has sapped all confidence and motivation out of them.
Agreed. How man truly good players has he ruined, due to misuse or playing favorites. I still think it was criminal how he wasted arshavin on the left wing. He even tried it with ozil ffs! Imagine that, taking months before finally playing the world's best number 10 in his favored position.
A no show in the NLD tomorrow would tell me the players have turned their back on him. The game against Man United was early season Chelsea under Mourinho effort levels when they wanted him sacked.
I keep reading this stuff and I still don't get it. How can you tell that the players are unmotivated, and not simply short of confidence? How can you tell that they are "turning their back on the manager?"
When there is discord, usually, there is friction amongst the squad as well. But I haven't seen any obvious spats. The media is ravenous as fuck for tabloid bullshit stories. To the point that they will make them up. But we haven't had any "players fight," "x doesn't rate y" or "training ground punchup" stories. I don't think Arsenal runs any tighter a ship that any other football club with respect to media relations...
I genuinely don't understand where this is coming from. Other than extreme frustration in the results/performances plus a vacuum of explanations leading to rampant imagination.
Wenger out. Trump in. Make Arsenal great again.
(I'm not for Wenger out, read this somewhere on r/soccer the other day and thought it was funny.)
Literally had the best weekend of my life last weekend (bar the Utd result). Got married and found out I'm gonna be a Dad. Now all I need is a win tomorrow.
congrats! Hope you get your wish.
Congrats mate!
Congrats bud, those are two happy moments at once!
Please don't tarnish your glorious weekend by hoping these guys add a win. Lower your expectation I don't want you to get disappointed at such good times.