Arsenal FC | 2025/26 Season

[Amjid Javed]

1st final reached in 6 seasons, yesterday was like watching paint dry. If your going play in final like this, make sure you win it

 

[MK7Z]

1st final reached in 6 seasons, yesterday was like watching paint dry. If your going play in final like this, make sure you win it

Agreed it wasn't a good watch - Chelsea came with an odd Game Plan and Arsenal were like fine we don't have to score. I mean obviously another goal would have sealed it but Chelsea didn't do anything. They do still have some good players in there especially midfield.

I love a good Subs bench pinch invasion celebration. It's only stuck up Premier League celebration police that whinge about it. Its very common in other leagues and International matches.

Funny how Arsenal players being told its only the league cup yet you have Fofana crying his eyes out. hahah hey Fofana its only the league cup you know.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Piers Morgan talks absolute Trash. Surely You Gooners can't associate with a absolute xxx end like him.

 

[GOSH11]

Congrats Arsenal....!

 

[MK7Z]

Piers Morgan talks absolute Trash. Surely You Gooners can't associate with a absolute xxx end like him.

I don't listen to him tbh especially with his narrative with the Palestine situation.

Also you might not know this but a lot of older Arsenal fans like myself still remember him when he was working for the Mirror and he published lies about 35 Arsenal fans being hooligans during a Galatasary match. They all lost their season tickets and some lost their jobs.

Was later proven they were ordinary fans caught up in the wrong place and the wrong time. The Mirror years later admitted that this was the case and they got it wrong but the damage to these fans was already done.

So yes in response to your statement - we dont associate with the cretin.

 

[GOSH11]

I still do not understand the need for a lightshow or whatever the heck that is before a game....

Some of the comments in the stands were amusing but I cannpt use them.to generalise a whole fanbase, based on comments of about a couple of dozen people at the game....

I am not sure how it looked on TV but when Chelsea pushed 3 up in attack for an Arsenal corner- the panic on the touchline was palpable. I think more teams might do that.

Emirates Saturday and Anfield Sunday In sha Allah, looking forward to a good weekend of football, In sha Allah

Congrats to Arsenal... the relief at the final whistle was clear but I was happy for their fans, especially the more seasoned and long term matchgoers.

 

[GOSH11]

The chant about singing in the northbank and winning the league at anfield and at the lane (twice) it is cute... feels awfully similar to what another club came up with first, albeit, the Arsenal version omits winning everything.... they need that European cup... I cannot stand Spurs + their fans keep mouthing off about winning the Europa league.

 

[MK7Z]

A few teams have tried that keeping men up when we have a corner. It has not worked yet and I hope teams keep doing it cos trust me we will benefit from it before the opposition does.

There is a reason its not done more often. Chelsea manager is actually just winging it. The guy talks so much nonsense. Linkedin Manager indeed

 

[MK7Z]

The chant about singing in the northbank and winning the league at anfield and at the lane (twice) it is cute... feels awfully similar to what another club came up with first, albeit, the Arsenal version omits winning everything.... they need that European cup... I cannot stand Spurs + their fans keep mouthing off about winning the Europa league.

oh here we go. Liverpool fans think they invented songs at Football matches.

Ironic that your actual anthem is one from another team. Couldn't make it up.....

 

[MK7Z]

I am seeing little digs coming again - Trying to be clever by giving credit but then having a small jibe at light shows, songs, comments, and mentioning the UCL ....

Then cry when Arsenal fans respond to the antagonising behaviour.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

oh here we go. Liverpool fans think they invented songs at Football matches.

Ironic that your actual anthem is one from another team. Couldn't make it up.....

Yep. Celtics anthem been hijacked by a bunch of jobless Uni - credit brigade

 

[Amjid Javed]

Agreed it wasn't a good watch - Chelsea came with an odd Game Plan and Arsenal were like fine we don't have to score. I mean obviously another goal would have sealed it but Chelsea didn't do anything. They do still have some good players in there especially midfield.

I love a good Subs bench pinch invasion celebration. It's only stuck up Premier League celebration police that whinge about it. Its very common in other leagues and International matches.

Funny how Arsenal players being told its only the league cup yet you have Fofana crying his eyes out. hahah hey Fofana its only the league cup you know.

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My mate who supports Chelsea was annoyed by the tactics last from his team.

Essentially Chelsea were trying to overloads the midfield so that it gave Arsenal limited gaps to pass ball through and then use their two wing backs to get in behind the Arsenal full back if they went forward. Liverpool and United exposed these gaps in league games.

However Arsenal just sat in and just played sideways and backwards and full backs didn't go forward. So just became a boring keep ball game.

When Chelsea did try to take risks in 2nd half they had no momentum. Keeping it tight was fine, as they only needed 1 goal to take it to extra time. But both teams end up just parking bus and cancelling each other out.

For Arsenal it's just bout win trophies by any means, long term this boring stuff we are producing isn't going to be sustainable to dominate over a long period of time

 

[Abdullah]

To have "sustained Sucsess" in English football whether it be Liverpool 80s, Man utd 90s / 2000s, Chelsea under abramovic, City under their owners.

All of these sides

- more money to spend then other teams
- they were seen as the most attractive team to join in the league or Europe
- the pretty much obtained all the best players
- Had world class managers
- The teams were visible head and shoulders above their peers in those eras

Now let's look at Arsenal right now,

- Are Arsenal going to outspend City or Liverpool? No! On top of that City and Liverpool are better are balancing books and it's a reason why they keep throwing money around in case of City
- Are Arsenal most attractive option in PL for players to join? For some players yes, some No. Its nowhere near the level where huge numbers of players are turning down other clubs just for Arsenal
- have Arsenal shown indication they will regularly dominate the domestic cups? No
- Have Arsenal shown indication they will dominate Europe? No, other than Real Madrid no one has shown sustained success in CL
- In regards to PL, even if Pep leaves, or slot was sacked these clubs can still attract managers like Luis Enrique, Anchelloti. Tuchel, Alonso etc. So it's not as though clubs are not going to be able to get other managers in who are top quality.

Whereas teams who had Sustained success had managers who were generational or levels above the rest. The other competing sides had decent managers at best

@Abdullah feel free to counter any of the above and exactly where sustained success is going to come from
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You are missing the point, sustained success is never a given, but setting the groundwork to have a go at it, is all you can do. Of course many factors are at play. For what it is worth, I think if fans were in the stadium, they would have made it toxic for Arteta to get through that period and he might even have been sacked.

Lets not forget the club was a laughing stock 6 years ago.

The great manager Wenger had 13 years after 2004 and did diddly squat, He spent around half a billion in his final 6 or 7 years too, so give me a break with any manager who is there for 6 years and spends money can do it.

I don't like Arsenal but opposition fans often give the best views on your manager and club.

The squad Arsenal have is streets ahead of everyone in the Prem and probably even in Europe. The defensive is pretty much impregnable with the way Arteta sets up, though it takes away from your attack. It doesnt cost you due to the corners factor which again you are streets ahead of of anyone in Europe. 28 goals to the next best in Europe being 20. You don't see 50% better than the second best in ANY metric in football.

The squad age is another HUGE factor, and experience of going close repeatedly means that once they get one over the line, it could open the floodgates. I am hoping it goes the other way and players want to leave for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Liverpool slot example from last season is flawed- he won it with someone else's team (a bit like Arteta and the FA Cup) but Arteta has built this from the bottom up himself.

 

[Amjid Javed]

You are missing the point, sustained success is never a given, but setting the groundwork to have a go at it, is all you can do. Of course many factors are at play. For what it is worth, I think if fans were in the stadium, they would have made it toxic for Arteta to get through that period and he might even have been sacked.

Lets not forget the club was a laughing stock 6 years ago.

The great manager Wenger had 13 years after 2004 and did diddly squat, He spent around half a billion in his final 6 or 7 years too, so give me a break with any manager who is there for 6 years and spends money can do it.

I don't like Arsenal but opposition fans often give the best views on your manager and club.

The squad Arsenal have is streets ahead of everyone in the Prem and probably even in Europe. The defensive is pretty much impregnable with the way Arteta sets up, though it takes away from your attack. It doesnt cost you due to the corners factor which again you are streets ahead of of anyone in Europe. 28 goals to the next best in Europe being 20. You don't see 50% better than the second best in ANY metric in football.

The squad age is another HUGE factor, and experience of going close repeatedly means that once they get one over the line, it could open the floodgates. I am hoping it goes the other way and players want to leave for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Liverpool slot example from last season is flawed- he won it with someone else's team (a bit like Arteta and the FA Cup) but Arteta has built this from the bottom up himself.

I've heard some over hyped nonsense in my time but this is right up there.

The club was a laughing stock 6 years?

Let's deals with facts, rather then a formed overhyped opinion.

The club won more trophies and got to more Cup finals in the 6 years before Arteta was in charge. Then his 1st 6 years. So all this golden period in last 6 years is a lot of nonsense.

The squad is streets ahead of everyone in the Premier league? Based on what? We are 6 points clear in the league, no different to Liverpool last season. If Arsenal squad was that far ahead we would be 10-12 points clear minimum right now. Stop Acting like Arsenal have turned the PL into a farmers league

Also getting carried away with the CL league stage means nothing, you simply play 8 fixtures which have zero barring on the knock stages. Liverpool and Barca looked amazing in last seasons group stages, then were knocked out in knockout stages. We will see how good this squad is on the knockout stages under pressure.

Also Arsenal attack is nowhere near "streets ahead of rest of PL or europe".

The likes of Martinelli, trossard, Gyokeres, madueke have been average at best. The fact the clubs resorted to using Merino and havertz as make shift strikers, thar shows how poor the rest of attack options are. Even Saka are one top class forward has been below par this season. But supposedly that's still streets ahead of PL or In Europe.

To dominate in Europe over a sustained period you need a world class or elite midfield like Barca had or real Madrid had, as well as elite forwards. These are only two clubs in last 20 years that have dominated periods in the CL. Arsenal midfield id nowhere near that level. The attack is nowhere near elite level.

Defensively Arsenal are best in europe, but you need a lot more then that going forward to win CL regularly. Inter Milan who had been rock solid in Europe got 2 CL finals, but their lack of elite quality in final 3rd got exposed.

Arsenal should get over the line this season but vast majority of the attackers Martinelli, trossard, Jesus, Gyokores, havertz are nowhere the level to dominate the league domestically or in Europe. Unless Arsenal seriously upgrade most of these players their ain't going to be sustained success.

Just like any other team, opposition teams will eventually find a way to combat set pieces and other things Arsenal are good at. You always have to keep evolving. It only takes 1 bad performance in the cups etc.. and your out.

All other teams that had sustained success over a long period had midfield and attacks way better than everyone domestically and in Europe. Arsenal don't have that, anyone thinking they do are seriously lying to themselves

 

[Amjid Javed]

@Abdullah feel free to have a look at CL Road Map.

Arsenal could have to go through Dortmund > man city / Real > Paris / Barca / Chelsea / Liverpool

Depending on how that draw is done, on flip side they could have

Leverkusen > inter > spurs / Newcastle / Chelsea

So there ain't going to be No easy route for any English team to the final. This notion Arsenal are streets ahead of rest of Europe is very premature

Plenty of better Managers in CL, plenty of street wise teams when it comes to knockout football, compared to league stages.

Everyone though Arsenal would smash PSG after the Real Madrid game. PSG tactically exposed Arsenal in both legs. Just like Inter did vs a rampant Barca.