After losing to Man City first in the Carabao Cup finals, and against Southampton in the FA Cup Quarter Finals, Mikel has come to his senses it seems. We started a Cup final with Kepa in the goalkeeping department who was responsible for the first Man City goal, Martinelli wasn’t introduced before 82′ minute mark, Saka was shite for most part of the game yet Madueke, a 55m player, didn’t get a chance till we were 2-0 down. Against Southampton, we played the worst team we could have picked from the 25 players and we lost. Raya, Saliba, Gyokeres, Zubimendi, Calafiori, Madueke were used as substitute when it was too late.
I don’t give a fuck if you say we have injury problems. I can name 2/3 players in each position and if the manager is stubborn to rotate when it matters less, don’t expect MLS to come and play a superb game in the quarter finals.
After the two cup exits, either Mikel has come to his senses or the board reminded him of the Champions League money, because we are playing the strongest team today against Sporting in the first leg of Champions League Quarter Finals.
Raya is back. Kepa shouldn’t start a game that matters, ever again. Timber is out with injury so White gets to play. We are back to the Rice-Zubi-Ode midfield and Madueke starts ahead of Saka probably because of an injury as Saka is not even on bench. I didn’t read the website, nor watched the press conference because I am still angry with what has happened in last 2 games.
There’s a path of redemption, in fact 2 for Mikel. Win Premier League / Champions League and you get to keep playing your shite, boring, bollocks way of football for few more year. It’s been 22 years since we last won Premier League and as someone pointed out on Reddit the other way, you were there for 7 years of that 22 year period. Anyone saying Mikel still needs more time is dump enough to guess that it’s almost 1/3rd of the time since we last won the league.
Right, 2 minutes to go. I don’t have much hope since Madrid/Bayern, Barcelona/Atletico, PSG/Liverpool are also in the mix and if you can’t beat Southampton, you won’t get pass through any of these 6. I do believe that we can win the league, it would be a different level of fuck up if we don’t.
So, yeah – I am still positive for a title this season. After 22 years, if we do, I can bear this crap pass-till-eternity football for couple of more years. Else, you can guess.
Game time.
Ambarish
Its never personal, personal.
Wicksy , loves it really.
If he didn’t, he would not post his cobblers.
But he can’t answer this simple question.
At any other elite club , would this cunt have survived finishing 8th twice?
Yes or No.
Sometimes the British humour goes above my head :))
Ambarish
They are only words they are
not weapons. Stick and stones and all that.
Trust me, Wicksy loves the attention.
I am as cuddly as Win the dog in real life. And I am sure he is as well.
But this cunt in charge is still a cunt and should have been axed fucking years ago.
You have to standards and principles in life.
Cunt.
AF and Hoopah—a big shoutout to you both…you clearly have completely different posting approaches, but both are greatly appreciated…it’s so fucking hilarious that these two interloping cut and paste fucks have continually attacked many of us on here for what they perceived to be our misplaced arrogance, yet they never miss a chance to go full-blown braggart whenever they supposedly hit on one of their multitude of Captain Obvious predictions…how many times have you read the line “as I said” or something similiar in their respective posts…unfortunately what they’re bragging about is usually some empty calorie nonsense such as this gem “As I said weeks ago here, they’re really hard to achieve”, when speaking about quadruples, trebles and doubles…what a fucking revelation…here’s hoping that these two stunned cunts find their way back to the echo chamber from which they came…unfortunately no one gave a flying fuck about their Willy Loman level takes there either, so we’re probably stuck with them until they can shoot their “I told you so” bukkake loads once we actually win something…Cheers
Amabrish—btw that was the toned down version
Looking forward to watching PSG – Liverpool tonight hopefully should be a good match.
Last night was hardwork.
PSG football on a different planet and we’ve got cunts who’d rather keep Arteta.
Transfermarkt squad values:
PSG €1.21 billion
Arsenal €1.23 billion.
One plays stunning football the other has a cunt as manager.
Fucking BT commentators so biased towards Liverpool.
Scousers are fucking vermin and should all be slaughtered.
Does Slot want the sack – making 4 changes 2 nil down and not bringing on Salah?
The scousers will lynch him.
Fart Fraud, you’re still living in 2020. We came eight once under Tets after after full season. And 2nd 3 times.
Let go of your the angry 2020 Fart, when the facts change, rather than double down on your irrationality, move with the times old man.
Or support the oppo if that makes you happier. Perhaps write some posts telling us how all the other mangers are better and maybe even explain why. It would be amusing if nothing else.
“We won! But Arteta’s still a cunt because we came eighth in 2021!” seems such a weird perspective.
Squeaky Vera, still pining for Xhaka and Aaron Ramsdale, angry at coming 2nd.
I’m hard pressed to recall when you’ve ever had a view that didn’t rely on something you made up yourself. Remember when you used to wail about Saliba hating Arsenal and no young players ever wanting to play for him with zero evidence apart from your loon imagination? When the facts are so consistently against you, perhaps learn to listen to people like me. And listen to learn rather than finding things to rage about.
Cheers squeaky.
Marc, the squad values aren’t what was spent. Is this really what you’ve let yourself get wound up about?
Fair to say, a lot of players have increased in value under Arteta. That deserves praise not vulgar language in an attempt to impress the ‘popular’ lads.
Fart Fraud, tell us how you cheered for Spurs in the last few derbies.
Did it bring you joy?
Achoo—how fucking ironic you lying sack of shit…I can’t even imagine being so delusional as to accuse someone else of making shit up when you continue to spew the same fabricated nonsense ad nauseam…I’ve never pined for Xhaka, in fact the exact opposite, you Hellen Keller-esque fucktard…obviously any conversation involving our former bird-loving fuck of a captain was too nuanced for your gerbil-sized brain to comprehend…hardly surprising considering…for fuck’s sake loosen the strap on your helmet already…have a great day numbnuts!
Aitcho
If your so stupid that you can’t see that Arteta with a squad that’s worth more than PSG’s plays awful fucking football (and still hasn’t won anything with his own “team”) and PSG play fantastic football and win things then maybe football and maths aren’t your thing.
So Atletico madrid are 2 up on barca with the home leg to come….perfect.
First dispose of sporting and then hopefully Atletico in the semis, it couldn’t be scripted any better from an Arsenal point of view and if we do reach the final, yes it will probably be against PSG or Bayern but in a one off game anything could happen.
Only 9 months ago a very average Chelsea side beat Marc’s favourite team PSG 3-0 in the world club final..Luis Enrique, who is Marc’s favourite manager, was thrashed by a chelsea side that have failed to beat Arsenal for almost 5 years under Arteta, which begs the question would Enrique struggle in the Premier league if his team gets taken to the cleaners in a final by a team sitting presently in 6th position in the league…
Apparently the narrative is that city are chasing us down in the title race but the truth is that Arsenal have been pulling away , a 5 point lead became a 7 point lead which then became a 9 point lead after city bottled it against those 2 high flyers forest and west ham.
City have Chelsea away on Sunday, another team on paper they should dispose of comfortably…but will they as all season they have come up short in the league when the pressure was on.
We have Bournemouth at lunch time tomorrow who haven’t lost since jan 3rd , so a tough tight game may be the order of the day , Bournemouth are a side who draw way too many games but it shows how difficult they are to beat , whereas city’s opponents Chelsea are the opposite but they are capable of springing a surprise.
Let’s hope that Arteta doesn’t come out with the old cliche of every match is like a cup final as the evidence is there from the league cup final that we may fail to perform.
If the league does go to the last game of the season , we have palace away who may have the conference final 3 days after they play us so that may work to our advantage.
Wicksy
So you’re going to judge Enrique on a pre season friendly rather than the record win in last seasons CL final?
Do you not realise how stupid that make you look?
Marc, you don’t quite get this. I’ll do it in small words.
The value of a squad is only a notional value of the players in it. Our squad is more valuable because the players are good and that’s due to Tet’s management of them.
The value isn’t what we paid.
Now if you’re going to hold up a state backed money laundering entity with a single UCL to its name and a bunch of farmer’s league titles you’ve really you’re more irrational than I feared.
Let’s look at it this way, players like Saliba, Gabriel and Saka are worth more now than what we paid for them. Who would you attribute that rise in value to?
But of course, you go ahead and cheer for toy town clubs laundering dictator states’ money if getting angry over stuff you got wrong is your preferred way to navigate life.