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Arsenal FC | 2024/25 Season

Its nice to see Arsenal fans and others still believing in the title. A long way to go, anything is possible in sport.

However both Arsenal and Chelsea need to string a lot of wins together. Imo Liverpool are still in 3rd gear and will improve unless they suffer major injuries, but have depth in squad to cross the line.

Jesus scoring is a huge bonus for Arsenal but it may stop Arteta from buying a striker in Jan , which imo will be a mistake. Jesus has scored 5 in 2 but against the same team, same defence etc.

Saka injury is bad news but I doubt he will be out for too long, possible 2 matches.
 
Mamoon said:
Style of play doesn’t matter. What matters is whether the team is in a position to challenge for the league or not. United were no closer to competing for the league when Ten Hag left than when he arrived. He didn’t move the club forward an inch.
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I'd disagree.
We have better players now to play possession based football with a higher defensive line than when ETH started.

He just needed more time like Arteta (nd less drama.)

You yourself have seen how injuries can impact a team this season, and we had a ridiculous amount of injuries last season and still do. We had 30+ back 4 pairings and 15 different CB pairings, and that doesn't even include your Mounts and Martials.
His first season was fine and as we have seen with Amorim, this requires a longer process than what some people would like it to be.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Its nice to see Arsenal fans and others still believing in the title. A long way to go, anything is possible in sport.

However both Arsenal and Chelsea need to string a lot of wins together. Imo Liverpool are still in 3rd gear and will improve unless they suffer major injuries, but have depth in squad to cross the line.

Jesus scoring is a huge bonus for Arsenal but it may stop Arteta from buying a striker in Jan , which imo will be a mistake. Jesus has scored 5 in 2 but against the same team, same defence etc.

Saka injury is bad news but I doubt he will be out for too long, possible 2 matches.
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He's out for 2 months. Won't see him before end of Feb.
That's probably it for the title
 
Geordie Ahmed said:
I saw the clip of Arteta saying he's out for many weeks

I'm not convinced he was being entirely truthful

I think he plays again in January
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Hamstring injuries in football usually mean player is out for between 4 weeks and 3 months. I agree it seems not as serious as could be. Huge risk to bring him back too early though.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Its nice to see Arsenal fans and others still believing in the title. A long way to go, anything is possible in sport.

However both Arsenal and Chelsea need to string a lot of wins together. Imo Liverpool are still in 3rd gear and will improve unless they suffer major injuries, but have depth in squad to cross the line.

Jesus scoring is a huge bonus for Arsenal but it may stop Arteta from buying a striker in Jan , which imo will be a mistake. Jesus has scored 5 in 2 but against the same team, same defence etc.

Saka injury is bad news but I doubt he will be out for too long, possible 2 matches.
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Arsenal won't sign a striker in January, Arteta and kronkes will claim an Xmas miracle has happened and the saviour Jesus riding on a donkey (havertz) will save them from spending any money

As usual Jesus will dissapear before Easter, havertz will keep only turning up against bottom half trash teams.
 
Saka loss is a major blow. To add to it... His so called backup in Sterling is out for a while to.

Looks like Trossard and Martinelli wil be playing on the wing.

Jesus maybe if Havertz starts up front.

But Jesus finally started scoring to. Sigh.

We need to be active in the window but we won't be.

Welcome to Arsenal Rashford probably
 
MK7Z said:
Saka loss is a major blow. To add to it... His so called backup in Sterling is out for a while to.

Looks like Trossard and Martinelli wil be playing on the wing.

Jesus maybe if Havertz starts up front.

But Jesus finally started scoring to. Sigh.

We need to be active in the window but we won't be.

Welcome to Arsenal Rashford probably
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I'm hoping Arteta has exaggerated a little and he's back sooner then expected...

My money is on Jesus playing on the right with Havertz up front but we'll see what Arteta does on Friday...
 
KingKhanWC said:
Hamstring injuries in football usually mean player is out for between 4 weeks and 3 months. I agree it seems not as serious as could be. Huge risk to bring him back too early though.
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If it's a full tear then yeah depending on the grading of it he can be out for ages

However if it was more of a strain then a player can be back in a couple of weeks

I could be wrong but just the way he answered I get the feeling he'll be back sooner than most think
 
IMMY69 said:
I'm hoping Arteta has exaggerated a little and he's back sooner then expected...

My money is on Jesus playing on the right with Havertz up front but we'll see what Arteta does on Friday...
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The Ipswich game doesn't really matter who we play upfront Jesus and havertz will turn up as they do for such level of team.

Issues arise in the 9 games in January against better sides, plus rotation will ge needed. I'd actually like to see Nwaneri used out wide, as I think he could do a job out there.
 
MK7Z said:
Saka loss is a major blow. To add to it... His so called backup in Sterling is out for a while to.

Looks like Trossard and Martinelli wil be playing on the wing.

Jesus maybe if Havertz starts up front.

But Jesus finally started scoring to. Sigh.

We need to be active in the window but we won't be.

Welcome to Arsenal Rashford probably
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Arsenal have two loan players already, so they would be able to get any more unless Neto or sterling was made permanent 🤦‍♂️.

Rashford would pretty much sum up this manager and his infatuation with other teams cast offs, like he's some sort of social worker manager.

I can see January being mix bag of hammering a few teams, then usual flatteing to deceive in other games.
 
Absolute clueless nonsense as usual.

Fans only tolerate George Graham, Mourinho, simone type football if a team is winning trophies, if your playing like Burnley and Stoke and ending trophyless then only excuse merchants like you are satisfied

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Amjid Javed said:
The Ipswich game doesn't really matter who we play upfront Jesus and havertz will turn up as they do for such level of team.

Issues arise in the 9 games in January against better sides, plus rotation will ge needed. I'd actually like to see Nwaneri used out wide, as I think he could do a job out there.
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Actually Martinelli did ok when he switched to the right so he could go that way...
I know it's Ipswich, but this is the type of game where we should try out a few things... Nwaneri out wide is also a good shout
 
Amjid Javed said:
Absolute clueless nonsense as usual.

Fans only tolerate George Graham, Mourinho, simone type football if a team is winning trophies, if your playing like Burnley and Stoke and ending trophyless then only excuse merchants like you are satisfied

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Nonsense.

There are no pictures and videos on a points table. Style of play doesn’t matter, the only thing that matters are the results.

Besides, style of play is subjective. No one is bound to be in love with how Pep plays or how Wenger played, people can dislike that brand of football as well.

Making football look enjoyable is the least of Arteta’s concerns and something that is at the very bottom of his priority list.

The objective is to win. How you do it is irrelevant and if you are not winning, then losing while playing so-called attractive football is no better than losing while playing so-called ugly football, so as usual, you are not making any point and simply rambling without logic.
 
IMMY69 said:
Actually Martinelli did ok when he switched to the right so he could go that way...
I know it's Ipswich, but this is the type of game where we should try out a few things... Nwaneri out wide is also a good shout
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With 9 games in a month, Arteta is going to have to trust his whole squad. Otherwise it was be just the same failures as any other season.

Nwaneri should be given a go vs Ipswich, Newcastle and man united.

Nwaneri is good at carrying the ball and can go past players so wide right would suit him.
 
shaz619 said:
I don’t mind sitting behind another / fellow big club like Nottingham Forrest for now, it’s just the other more boisterous smaller clubs above us though :yk

Yes it was worrying obviously and it’s new territory balancing squads for the EPL & CT so I recognise that some portions of our fanbase need to humble themselves when they criticise Unai & recognise where they are.

And I wish Arteta well to, last thing we want is another manager doing Ashura on himself ECW style :yk3
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What about Newcastle :moyo2
 
Some very good results for us today...
Chelsea losing to Fulham at home, City drawing and the icing on the Christmas cake, Spuds losing to Forrest...

Now over to Wolves and Leicester to deliver a Xmas Miracle...


Merry Christmas everyone
 
IMMY69 said:
Some very good results for us today...
Chelsea losing to Fulham at home, City drawing and the icing on the Christmas cake, Spuds losing to Forrest...

Now over to Wolves and Leicester to deliver a Xmas Miracle...


Merry Christmas everyone
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Lol. What have the Fallen Giants Utd done to the Gooners.🤣🤣🤣
 
🤣🤣 the objective is to win, yet your happy celebrating progress and 2nd place finished and 1/4 finals in Europe 🤡 contradictory nonsense as usual

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If this is how gun shy and awful Arsenal look without saka against relegation fodder, then the next 2 months without him are going to be very long indeed
 
Yup looking bleak.

Not getting backup for Saka for 2 years in a row has come back to bite them

January is around the corner to salvage the season but we all know the owners and the club won't do anything of note.
 
MK7Z said:
Yup looking bleak.

Not getting backup for Saka for 2 years in a row has come back to bite them

January is around the corner to salvage the season but we all know the owners and the club won't do anything of note.
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Saka's injury was no surprise when he's literally been run into ground by being over played.

I feel sorry for those who have gone to the last 2 home games and had to watch that trash vs everton and Ipswich.

You look at Jesus, havertz, Martinelli, trossard and none of these are players at a standard to win a title.

So now rather than needing just a striker, we probably need 2 or even 3 new forwards. Which under this ownership and manager won't happen.

If we play like we have vs everton and Ipswich in January we won't be winning many games.

The fact Arteta keeps flip flop on statements shows he's lost the plot.

In summer it was "we are short" then once he signed new contract it was "these are best owners ever"

Now it's "we will look for internal solutions" and then after Saka's injury he's saying "we are short again"

Kronkes have their shield to hide behind in Arteta, just like wenger in the past.

We already have 2 players on loan so we can't get in any more loan players. I doubt we will get an top signing next month either
 
Last night was poor but it could and should have been 3 or even 4 nil to us.
Gabriel's header should have nestled into the back of the net.

This has been the pattern of our play of late... we either smash the opposition or get a draw (especially when teams play the low block)...

It's going to be a long and tough January... lets see how we emerge from it
 
Oh god it gets better. Seems like we MAY have recalled Fabio Viera from Loan.

Not sure what solution he offers tbh
 
MK7Z said:
Oh god it gets better. Seems like we MAY have recalled Fabio Viera from Loan.

Not sure what solution he offers tbh
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That's a clear indication there will be no new signings.

Awful signing in 1st place, no shock he's been awful elsewhere

Lakonga, Vieira, havertz, Merino.. the recruitment of such players to play in midfield has been woeful,

Yeah it just keeps getting worse
 
IMMY69 said:
Last night was poor but it could and should have been 3 or even 4 nil to us.
Gabriel's header should have nestled into the back of the net.

This has been the pattern of our play of late... we either smash the opposition or get a draw (especially when teams play the low block)...

It's going to be a long and tough January... lets see how we emerge from it
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Teams which are open against us sporting, West ham and Palace have Been slapped.

It's clearly shows we can only play against teams who give us space.

This is something I told Topspin, but he chose not to listen.

Until we get more creativity into team against low blocks we will keep falling short. Also a clinical striker in tight games
 
Amjid Javed said:
Teams which are open against us sporting, West ham and Palace have Been slapped.

It's clearly shows we can only play against teams who give us space.

This is something I told Topspin, but he chose not to listen.

Until we get more creativity into team against low blocks we will keep falling short. Also a clinical striker in tight games
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Yes, low block seems to be your kryptonite, but their is a solution, move the ball quicker and stretch the defences.
 
Amjid Javed said:
That's a clear indication there will be no new signings.

Awful signing in 1st place, no shock he's been awful elsewhere

Lakonga, Vieira, havertz, Merino.. the recruitment of such players to play in midfield has been woeful,

Yeah it just keeps getting worse
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OK so this was false.

But the fact we sorta believed it could be true shows the shambles we are when it comes to transfers
 
MK7Z said:
OK so this was false.

But the fact we sorta believed it could be true shows the shambles we are when it comes to transfers
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I won't be shocked if get some substandard left overs from another club.

Another players whose career that mikel wants to save.

League is done. So reality is can any of the cups be won.

Watching how potent liverpools attack looks and how impotent ours is. Some major surgery is needed in attack positions. Which will cost a lot of money
 
It is mental the saviour did not budget for a Saka replacement, but it’s not too late if he uses his brains for the upcoming transfer window. With City having faded, this should have been Arsenal’s season to lose on paper.

Salah & LFC are in dreamland, and every match you see the LFC score and Salah is on the sheet for goals and assists, he’s having an all time great season.
 
2024 Premier League review:

Most points won - Arsenal
Most goals scored - Arsenal
Least goals conceded - Arsenal

But but but but Arsenal is in decline and Arteta is clueless. 🤡

Arsenal had a brilliant year and now it is time to build up on it in 2025 and go one step further.
 
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Mamoon said:
2024 Premier League review:

Most points won - Arsenal
Most goals scored - Arsenal
Least goals conceded - Arsenal

But but but but Arsenal is in decline and Arteta is clueless. 🤡

Arsenal had a brilliant year and now it is time to build up on it in 2025 and go one step further.
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All time great Ballon Dor season for Arsenal.

Who cares about annual stats.

The only ones that matter are the ones come May.

This is similar to Pakistan cake cutting for pointless achievements. Sigh.
 
MK7Z said:
All time great Ballon Dor season for Arsenal.

Who cares about annual stats.

The only ones that matter are the ones come May.

This is similar to Pakistan cake cutting for pointless achievements. Sigh.
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This is only the beginning. Look at where Arsenal were when Arteta took over and where they are now.

There is no doubt in my mind that Arsenal will win multiple league titles under Arteta. Impatient fans can call for his head but thankfully, the owners have better sense.
 
Amjid Javed said:
I won't be shocked if get some substandard left overs from another club.

Another players whose career that mikel wants to save.

League is done. So reality is can any of the cups be won.

Watching how potent liverpools attack looks and how impotent ours is. Some major surgery is needed in attack positions. Which will cost a lot of money
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It's credit to Liverpool how effective and fluent their attackers are. Salah gets the most praise but the runs and intent the rest show really helps him.

Liverpool are deserved leaders of the league.

It's mad how apart from Salah none of their attackers are world class or even close but are still better than all our attacking options barring Saka.

Sounds obvious but the only major difference between Liverpool and us is the front line
Our defense and midfield I personally think ours is better. But goals win you games.

Gross neglect and I'll keep saying it until we sign a proper striker. Gross neglect = fired in other forms of life.... Just saying
 
MK7Z said:
It's credit to Liverpool how effective and fluent their attackers are. Salah gets the most praise but the runs and intent the rest show really helps him.

Liverpool are deserved leaders of the league.

It's mad how apart from Salah none of their attackers are world class or even close but are still better than all our attacking options barring Saka.

Sounds obvious but the only major difference between Liverpool and us is the front line
Our defense and midfield I personally think ours is better. But goals win you games.

Gross neglect and I'll keep saying it until we sign a proper striker. Gross neglect = fired in other forms of life.... Just saying
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I was watching a podcast yesterday and someone gave a great example when discussing Arsenal forwards vs liverpool forwards..

The point came up about how when Jota is fit he's better than Jesus and havertz.

The response was, Jota is always injured

The next response was, yeah but Liverpool don't depend on Jota, and have enough other contributors that they can manage his game time.

Yet in our case we are dependent on Jesus or havertz to do a job.

Sharing the goals around in theory is fine, other then saka none of our players have never shown consistency to score goals regularly "when it matters" every season.

That's the difference, now on top of that mikel and Southgate pretty much have run saka into the ground and his major injury isn't a surprise. We've seen Owen and Rooney over played at a young age and it stunt their careers in the mid 20s.

Grade 3 hamstring injury will not only take ages to recover, whether he's same player again is debatable
 
Mamoon said:
This is only the beginning. Look at where Arsenal were when Arteta took over and where they are now.

There is no doubt in my mind that Arsenal will win multiple league titles under Arteta. Impatient fans can call for his head but thankfully, the owners have better sense.
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Do you still think Arsenal don't need a striker because Arteta won't bench Havertz?

I Have said lots of times Arteta has done brilliantly to get us to a level we are. But once the trajectory stagnates or goes backwards then he deserves criticism.

I personally want him to succeed but if he can't take us over the line then we need to try something else.

Arsenal was here before Arteta and will be here after.

Please don't be so naive and give credit to owners. If they trusted him like you say they do they would slap money on the table and say go get a striker.

Also Arteta needs critsicm for the diabolical recruitment.

We clearly needed a forward but we signed a midfieler he doesn't use and another left back.

Considering neither has contributed anything this season and we are halfway through the fee we paid for them combined was better spent on a proper striker.
 
🤣🤣 I remember spurs fans did same thing under poch, but but we got most points in a calender year 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ celebrating it like a title

Now you have bhavs, egal, Rory and PP comedy 🤡 posting this in different places online

Celebrating winning nothing

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Mamoon said:
2024 Premier League review:

Most points won - Arsenal
Most goals scored - Arsenal
Least goals conceded - Arsenal

But but but but Arsenal is in decline and Arteta is clueless. 🤡

Arsenal had a brilliant year and now it is time to build up on it in 2025 and go one step further.
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You forgot to add..


0 (ZERO) trophies won.

I hope Arsenal fans will want more in 2025.... a piece of silerware...EFL or FA cup is on. :salah
 
MK7Z said:
Do you still think Arsenal don't need a striker because Arteta won't bench Havertz?

I Have said lots of times Arteta has done brilliantly to get us to a level we are. But once the trajectory stagnates or goes backwards then he deserves criticism.

I personally want him to succeed but if he can't take us over the line then we need to try something else.

Arsenal was here before Arteta and will be here after.

Please don't be so naive and give credit to owners. If they trusted him like you say they do they would slap money on the table and say go get a striker.

Also Arteta needs critsicm for the diabolical recruitment.

We clearly needed a forward but we signed a midfieler he doesn't use and another left back.

Considering neither has contributed anything this season and we are halfway through the fee we paid for them combined was better spent on a proper striker.
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Havertz only turns up against bottom half of the league teams, no different to when he was at Chelsea.

Only delusionist like mamoon and topsoil think otherwise.

The fact most fans say that we still need a number 8 and a striker shows that havertz is a FTB and failure
 
Mamoon said:
2024 Premier League review:

Most points won - Arsenal
Most goals scored - Arsenal
Least goals conceded - Arsenal

But but but but Arsenal is in decline and Arteta is clueless. 🤡

Arsenal had a brilliant year and now it is time to build up on it in 2025 and go one step further.
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May i ask, which Trophies did this epic accumulation of points lead to?

Answers on a postage stamp please!
 
MK7Z said:
Social media cup
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Arteta has had too long, enough money and this is his team. I maybe wrong but only 2 players are still at the club when he started?

I think Arsenal have a chance to win something this year, esp a domestic cup. Still in with a long shot of the league, if Arteta buys in Jan. If he doesnt, the club has no ambition.

Saka is a huge loss imo, the team isnt the same without him.
 
Watched an interview of Henry for the BBC on YouTube and it perfectly describes where I am with Arsenal

Below is the link - in particular minute 10:05 - 10:30. I think a few on here will definitely relate.

 
I actually think Henry would be a top manager for Arsenal in the future. I think its only a matter of time, now he is more into coaching/managing.
 
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I actually think Henry would be a top manager for Arsenal in the future. I think its only a matter of time, now he is more into coaching/managing.
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His CV is pretty poor tbh but then again he wasn't handed Arsenal as his 1st job Like Mikel
 
MK7Z said:
His CV is pretty poor tbh but then again he wasn't handed Arsenal as his 1st job Like Mikel
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I dont think he took it seriously being one of the biggest stars in football history. He has big money jobs in TV, no pressure, no hate and keeps his legacy in tact. But it seems he wants to get into management at some level. The man has a serious football brain and imo at Arsenal he will inspire the players to a major honour.

A bit like Zidane at Real, no experience but just his presence and football brain, won them 3 CLs.
 
MK7Z said:
Do you still think Arsenal don't need a striker because Arteta won't bench Havertz?

I Have said lots of times Arteta has done brilliantly to get us to a level we are. But once the trajectory stagnates or goes backwards then he deserves criticism.

I personally want him to succeed but if he can't take us over the line then we need to try something else.

Arsenal was here before Arteta and will be here after.

Please don't be so naive and give credit to owners. If they trusted him like you say they do they would slap money on the table and say go get a striker.

Also Arteta needs critsicm for the diabolical recruitment.

We clearly needed a forward but we signed a midfieler he doesn't use and another left back.

Considering neither has contributed anything this season and we are halfway through the fee we paid for them combined was better spent on a proper striker.
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Two high priorities for summer window: Martinelli replaced with a technically superior and intelligent LW and Jesus replaced by a better number 9.

If none, or even one of the above does not happen, I will have a problem with Arteta.

I think Arteta will have more influence in the next two windows than ever before now that Edu is gone and a replacement has not been hired yet.

As far as the owners are concerned, the money is on the table but it is (was) up to Edu and Arteta how to spend money.

How can anyone question the ambition of the owners when they approved spending £105m on a DM? Edu and Arteta could have spent that money on lets say, someone like Osimhen or Lautaro Martinez but they chose not to, so the owners shouldn’t be blamed or criticized for the lack of investment upfront.
 
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How can anyone question the ambition of the owners when they approved spending £105m on a DM? Edu and Arteta could have spent that money on lets say, someone like Osimhen or Lautaro Martinez but they chose not to, so the owners shouldn’t be blamed or criticized for the lack of investment upfront.
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Because this is what they do. Signing 1 player is not showing ambition it's to appease fans. It works.

1 signing 18 months ago makes them ambitious? Give me a break.

As soon as Arsenal make UCL that's all they care about.

The requirements are the same as they were in the summer. So tell me if there was a review of the window. Who is at fault. Edu is now the easy target as he has left when in reality they all failed the transfer window.
 
MK7Z said:
Because this is what they do. Signing 1 player is not showing ambition it's to appease fans. It works.

1 signing 18 months ago makes them ambitious? Give me a break.

As soon as Arsenal make UCL that's all they care about.

The requirements are the same as they were in the summer. So tell me if there was a review of the window. Who is at fault. Edu is now the easy target as he has left when in reality they all failed the transfer window.
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100% spot on, 1 so called marquee signing, before reverting back to type the following windows in not showing ambition.
 
KingKhanWC said:
I dont think he took it seriously being one of the biggest stars in football history. He has big money jobs in TV, no pressure, no hate and keeps his legacy in tact. But it seems he wants to get into management at some level. The man has a serious football brain and imo at Arsenal he will inspire the players to a major honour.

A bit like Zidane at Real, no experience but just his presence and football brain, won them 3 CLs.
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Henry for me is equivalent to Gerrard, Rooney . Their super star status as players far outweighs their ability as coach/managers.

His best place is alongside Puucking Parrots Neville and Caragher on sky football.
 
MK7Z said:
Because this is what they do. Signing 1 player is not showing ambition it's to appease fans. It works.

1 signing 18 months ago makes them ambitious? Give me a break.

As soon as Arsenal make UCL that's all they care about.

The requirements are the same as they were in the summer. So tell me if there was a review of the window. Who is at fault. Edu is now the easy target as he has left when in reality they all failed the transfer window.
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Lack of funds wasn’t the issue in the previous summer window. Edu and Arteta didn’t want to add to an attack that scored 91 goals the previous season.

Arsenal spent money where Edu and Arteta felt that they needed to. In hindsight you can consider it a mistake but hindsight is always a luxury.

If Arsenal would have bought an expensive forward that would not have clicked, people who would have said that there was no need to tinker with an attack that scored 91 goals.

In terms of first XI, Arsenal are covered in all areas now except LW which is clearly the weakest link and there must be some investment in the summer now.

Another point worth noting is we don’t know the extent to which Arteta and Edu were on the same page the previous summer. We also don’t know if it had anything to do with Edu deciding to quit.

Next summer will be interesting because Arteta is likely to have full control of the ins and the outs.
 
Mamoon said:
Lack of funds wasn’t the issue in the previous summer window. Edu and Arteta didn’t want to add to an attack that scored 91 goals the previous season.

Arsenal spent money where Edu and Arteta felt that they needed to. In hindsight you can consider it a mistake but hindsight is always a luxury.

If Arsenal would have bought an expensive forward that would not have clicked, people who would have said that there was no need to tinker with an attack that scored 91 goals.

In terms of first XI, Arsenal are covered in all areas now except LW which is clearly the weakest link and there must be some investment in the summer now.

Another point worth noting is we don’t know the extent to which Arteta and Edu were on the same page the previous summer. We also don’t know if it had anything to do with Edu deciding to quit.

Next summer will be interesting because Arteta is likely to have full control of the ins and the outs.
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It's always next summer isn't it. Never address current needs address them in the summer when there are other needs that surface.

We are always playing catch up this way and then think the summer after we'll deal with what should have been dealt with the previous summer. So the circle continues.

I promise you 100% that if Arsenal had bought a striker no pundit, fan or expert would say they did not need a striker. A striker is an x factor.
Gets you goals no matter the situation.
He might lack in other areas but a striker is someone who can put it in the back of the net when given the chance. Strikers instinct and all that. Something we don't have.

This season still can be good for the players if they get thier hands on some silverware. UCL is luck of the draw so you never know although we don't have a good record against the big boys with heritage.

Season is not over and if Arsenal want to still have a special season then get some players in.
 
🤣🤣 so latest excuse is Arteta and edu weren't on Same page 🤦‍♂️. This from a 🤡 who said Edu had done a gud job.

Now it's - but but Arteta didn't have full control of transfers 🤣🤦‍♂️🤡

Arteta personally asked from Jesus, Zinchenko, Vieira, calafori, Merino, havertz etc...

More and more excuses from the Arteta bhangra boy..

The humiliation of Liverpool finishing above Arsenal, after you ran your mouth again like a 🤡 is fully deserved
 
KingKhanWC said:
You forgot to add..


0 (ZERO) trophies won.

I hope Arsenal fans will want more in 2025.... a piece of silerware...EFL or FA cup is on. :salah
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Arsenal only chance of trophy is EFL Cup.

According to Arteta bhangra boy it's last priority, but if Arsenal win it. He will be running around in his underpants in caves of Peshawar calling him best young manager.

This 🤡 simply wants to celebrate meaningless statistical achievements then actual trophies.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Arsenal only chance of trophy is EFL Cup.

According to Arteta bhangra boy it's last priority, but if Arsenal win it. He will be running around in his underpants in caves of Peshawar calling him best young manager.

This 🤡 simply wants to celebrate meaningless statistical achievements then actual trophies.
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A trophy is better than 'challenging stats'. To beat Newcastle over 2 legs, leading to a win against either LFC or Spurs in the final would be a good achievement. The fans will pack out Wembley.
 
KingKhanWC said:
A trophy is better than 'challenging stats'. To beat Newcastle over 2 legs, leading to a win against either LFC or Spurs in the final would be a good achievement. The fans will pack out Wembley.
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Unless your Newcastle, spurs etc.. where you haven't won trophies for ages, then so called title challenges in PL era are remembered.

Big clubs are big clubs based on trophies they win.

But one shameless 🤡 will keep making excuses.

The semi final vs in form Newcastle won't be easy for Arsenal
 
Amjid Javed said:
Unless your Newcastle, spurs etc.. where you haven't won trophies for ages, then so called title challenges in PL era are remembered.

Big clubs are big clubs based on trophies they win.

But one shameless 🤡 will keep making excuses.

The semi final vs in form Newcastle won't be easy for Arsenal
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Liverpool will rest a couple of players v Spurs in the first leg. The others will play their best XI, Arteta has to against Newcastle, as you say its a tough fixture esp over 2 legs.

The fixture is even tougher as the first leg is only 3 days after the previous match. If Arsenal can pick up 3 points away at Brentford and Brighton before facing Newcastle, they may rest the odd player.

Jan will be a test for a few teams, both Arsenal and LFC play 8 matches.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Unless your Newcastle, spurs etc.. where you haven't won trophies for ages, then so called title challenges in PL era are remembered.

Big clubs are big clubs based on trophies they win.

But one shameless 🤡 will keep making excuses.

The semi final vs in form Newcastle won't be easy for Arsenal
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Its obvious how the tie will go.

Newcastle will come for a 0-0 at the Emirates as they know they will be faves at St James Park


The 1st leg if Arsenal don't get an advantage might be the most boring game you've ever seen.
 
MK7Z said:
Its obvious how the tie will go.

Newcastle will come for a 0-0 at the Emirates as they know they will be faves at St James Park


The 1st leg if Arsenal don't get an advantage might be the most boring game you've ever seen.
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Newcastle always come to the Emirates and park the bus, usually time waste etc..(however, we are even worse at this under Arteta)

With no saka, it means others will have to step up. But yeah I get it will be boring 2 legged affair to watch.

It might however give the team a good idea of what CL knockouts be like against a good defensive side who can hurt you on counter attack.
 
Havertz not in squad, Rice on bench

Nwaneri starts and out wide (this is something I called for and mentioned)

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Good save by Raya to block that cross, Arsenal shouldn't be letting balls over the top to expose gaps
 
WTH was that from Raya, shouldn't be getting beaten on near post

1-0 Brentford
 
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