Arsenal FC | 2025/26 Season

[topspin]

Huge day and could end up being the moment it fully swung in Arsenal's favour

Fair play because it was looking precarious after the Wolves draw, since then it's 4 wins on the bounce combined with City dropping points back to back

After the draw to Wolves, I thought this was City’s to lose but looking back at it now, that result wasn’t ideal but not as bad as it seemed at the time. This Wolves team of late are performing well above relegation material.

 

[topspin]

Yeah not complaining

But it won’t be straightforward to get 5 wins in the last 7 games. I think they honestly need to inject some fresh legs especially in attack. This 16 year old kid is a good addition and he looks hungry

Generational talent. He’s like a 15 year old Tendulkar or Wasim Akram when he debuted for the Pakistan side as a 17 year old.

He has the highest ceiling of any Arsenal player I’ve seen.

 

[Amjid Javed]

After the draw to Wolves, I thought this was City’s to lose but looking back at it now, that result wasn’t ideal but not as bad as it seemed at the time. This Wolves team of late are performing well above relegation material.

The result was an awful one vs wolves, the reaction of the team after it to win game after game is essentially what was needed. At this point of season you can't drop points in clusters and we avoided that. We are still getting one good performance and 1 average performance a week from team. So things still have to improve, as if the average performances happen in Cups or europe, you can end up being knocked out of them. With points buffer we have we can get away with dropped points in league

 

[Amjid Javed]

Generational talent. He’s like a 15 year old Tendulkar or Wasim Akram when he debuted for the Pakistan side as a 17 year old.

He has the highest ceiling of any Arsenal player I’ve seen.

Has to managed properly in terms of game time, growth and opportunities. We've seen both ends of scale with exciting youngsters before in cesc and Wiltshire. One end up struggling with injuries, the other blossomed but didn't have right squad around him.

So Dowman physically has to be looked after in next few years, as that's where a lot of young talents fall away. Ability wise their are no issues.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Generational talent. He’s like a 15 year old Tendulkar or Wasim Akram when he debuted for the Pakistan side as a 17 year old.

He has the highest ceiling of any Arsenal player I’ve seen.

You do get carried away lol.

Few months back you labeled Delap as potential World Class.

Let the kid grow. Hes a talent. But its early days.

 

[MK7Z]

Yeah not complaining

But it won’t be straightforward to get 5 wins in the last 7 games. I think they honestly need to inject some fresh legs especially in attack. This 16 year old kid is a good addition and he looks hungry

They'll only need 5 wins if City win every game from now until the end..

Inshallah we gonna do it bro

Attack then needs to be re-assessed for next season but for this season do what you gotta do. It's working... We are the premier leagues top scorerers.

 

[MK7Z]

You do get carried away lol.

Few months back you labeled Delap as potential World Class.

Let the kid grow. Hes a talent. But its early days.

Delap in hindsight was not a great shout. But we've known about this kid for the last 3-4 years.

Trust me his is generational

 

[topspin]

You do get carried away lol.

Few months back you labeled Delap as potential World Class.

Let the kid grow. Hes a talent. But it’s early days.

This was one of your ex-players hyping him up the moon last year:

As for Delap, I stand by what I said. If we want to get into point scoring, should I pull up your posts about Declan Rice?

Also, if Arsenal do go on to win the PL, Rice is most likely to win PFA player of the year.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

This was one of your ex-players hyping him up the moon last year:

As for Delap, I stand by what I said. If we want to get into point scoring, should I pull up your posts about Declan Rice?

Lol forget Rio, Neville, Scholes

The same guys labeled Foden as the Stockport Iniesta. Rashford as the new Cr7 few years back. Typical ex players Get carried away.

Same with when we had Slippery G and Frank Lampard. Way over hyped.

 

[Amjid Javed]

If he ends up half as Good As Rooney he sould take that as a compliment

As long as he stays away from old grannies, he will be fine

 

[topspin]

Lol forget Rio, Neville, Scholes

The same guys labeled Foden as the Stockport Iniesta. Rashford as the new Cr7 few years back. Typical ex players Get carried away.

Same with when we had Slippery G and Frank Lampard. Way over hyped.

With the greatest of respect, your anti-English bias is getting tiresome.

Stevie G and Lampard were not overhyped. They were elite/world class level.

Also, you conveniently dodged the part about Rice. Any words about him if he does go on to win PFA player of the year? He currently has a 60% chance of winning it.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

With the greatest of respect, your anti-English bias is getting tiresome.

Stevie G and Lampard were not overhyped. They were elite/world class level.

Also, you conveniently dodged the part about Rice. Any words about him if he does go on to win PFA player of the year? He currently has a 60% chance of winning it.

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Im pretty much English. So there's no bias lol. Hard for a desi to understand how the English bias works.

Lol at Gerrard and Lampard being world class.

As for Rice I stand by my opnion lol
Decent player at best

 

[MK7Z]

With the greatest of respect, your anti-English bias is getting tiresome.

Stevie G and Lampard were not overhyped. They were elite/world class level.

Also, you conveniently dodged the part about Rice. Any words about him if he does go on to win PFA player of the year? He currently has a 60% chance of winning it.

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Ugarte is better remember.

We don't forget

 

[aboveandbeyond]

As long as he stays away from old grannies, he will be fine

Well then. Proved to be a man of many Talents then

250 Goals for Utd
50 for England
Grannies on the side

 

[topspin]

Ugarte is better remember.

We don't forget

Pot kettle black

You do get carried away lol.

 

[topspin]

Im pretty much English. So there's no bias lol. Hard for a desi to understand how the English bias works.

Maybe no such much for the English Man U players but as for the rest, you can smell it from a mile away. For example, I’ve seen you constantly ridicule the valuations of English players as well.

Lol at Gerrard and Lampard being world class.

Everyone has their own definition of world class. The strictest definition of this is being the best player in your position. That’s why I said elite/world class.

As for Rice I stand by my opnion lol
Decent player at best

But isn’t Ugarte better?

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Pot kettle black

Yep I admit it Ugarte like most of Ten hag signings been poor.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Maybe no such much for the English Man U players but as for the rest, you can smell it from a mile away. For example, I’ve seen you constantly ridicule the valuations of English players as well.



Everyone has their own definition of world class. The strictest definition of this is being the best player in your position. That’s why I said elite/world class.



But isn’t Ugarte better?

Ive always maintained English players are overhyped and overrated. Its the way our media works. They like to spin things.

Yet, when the same players who flop in major Tournaments at world Cups and Euros the same media ridicule them

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Bellingham is the only England midfielder I rate as potentially world class. At such a young age hes been quality.

Even when our Media who have no doubt shown discriminate reporting towards him on a number of occasions

 

[topspin]

Ive always maintained English players are overhyped and overrated. Its the way our media works. They like to spin things.

Yet, when the same players who flop in major Tournaments at world Cups and Euros the same media ridicule them

There we go. That wasn’t so hard was it?

Some yes, some no.

England have made 2 Euro finals and been making it to the latter stages of recent WCs, so there’s definitely enough talent in this English side. Southgate imo wasn’t good enough to take them over the line.

What do you make of England’s chances in this year’s WC? And Who do you think is better than them?

 

[Amjid Javed]

With the greatest of respect, your anti-English bias is getting tiresome.

Stevie G and Lampard were not overhyped. They were elite/world class level.

Also, you conveniently dodged the part about Rice. Any words about him if he does go on to win PFA player of the year? He currently has a 60% chance of winning it.

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Rice is an interesting one, he's played most of the games this season in the more advanced role and also sometimes in double pivot.

In terns of influencing games, along with Gabriel he's been our most important player. The one thing he has to improve on is assists in open play, as that's been non existent this season and that part of his game needs massive improvement. With him playing further forward, there is no excuse for him not to get assists in open play.

Definitely does deserve individual awards though

 

[Amjid Javed]

There we go. That wasn’t so hard was it?

Some yes, some no.

England have made 2 Euro finals and been making it to the latter stages of recent WCs, so there’s definitely enough talent in this English side. Southgate imo wasn’t good enough to take them over the line.

What do you make of England’s chances in this year’s WC? And Who do you think is better than them?

Definitely talent their, Southgate incompetent safety 1st management was main reasons for failures to beat Croatia in world cup and Italy in euros. England should have Definitely have won the euros

 

[aboveandbeyond]

There we go. That wasn’t so hard was it?

Some yes, some no.

England have made 2 Euro finals and been making it to the latter stages of recent WCs, so there’s definitely enough talent in this English side. Southgate imo wasn’t good enough to take them over the line.

What do you make of England’s chances in this year’s WC? And Who do you think is better than them?

Let's see buddy. We've had the luck of the draw in atleast 3 of the past Tournaments. As soon as we've played anyone decent which happened to be in semis or Final we lost.

As for this summers world Cup weather will play a big part. The heat and humidity will nullify alot of the Europeans bar Spain and Portugal.

I see the winners coming from
Spain
Portugal
Brazil
France

As for our chances. I see Quarters at best. We've got alot of issues both in defense and Attack.

Kane has no obvious replacement

Foden looks lost

Gordon hit and miss

Rashford hit and miss

Palmer hit and miss

Grealish out of form and injured

However. I do like Bellingham Anderson Rice Roger's in midfield. A real strength for England

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Rice is an interesting one, he's played most of the games this season in the more advanced role and also sometimes in double pivot.

In terns of influencing games, along with Gabriel he's been our most important player. The one thing he has to improve on is assists in open play, as that's been non existent this season and that part of his game needs massive improvement. With him playing further forward, there is no excuse for him not to get assists in open play.

Definitely does deserve individual awards though

This is why Eze has not really flourished. Hes more a link player who brings in others with pass and move philosophy. But with Rice, his strength in general lies with direct physical duals, free kicks, corners, throw ins, I agree Rice needs to massively improve his game from open play which will also make it easier For the likes of Eze.

 

[topspin]

Rice is an interesting one, he's played most of the games this season in the more advanced role and also sometimes in double pivot.

In terns of influencing games, along with Gabriel he's been our most important player. The one thing he has to improve on is assists in open play, as that's been non existent this season and that part of his game needs massive improvement. With him playing further forward, there is no excuse for him not to get assists in open play.

Definitely does deserve individual awards though

I remember in his first season (23/24) he got 15 G/As in the PL, so when you look at those stats purely at face value, the numbers we seeing now may appear to be a slight let down.

But after the 23/24 season, Arteta changed the system which we can see isn’t conductive to creating chances from open play.

Even though Rice plays as an 8, it feels like he’s playing more as a DM.
His average position is deep for a number 8, when compared to someone like Enzo Fernandez.

When we’re playing out from the back, we’re used to seeing Rice go deeper than Zubimendi to help the defence in bringing the ball forward.

We want to see Rice get more assists but I feel like we’re playing 2 x DMs with him and Zubimendi.

If you look at the amount of ground he covers, his interceptions, ball recoveries, set pieces and his leadership, he has undoubtedly justified his price tag.

If Arsenal do go on to win the league, he deserves PFA player of the year. He’s worked his socks off and I have to say it’s remarkable how he’s still going (not such good news for England going into the WC).

 

[topspin]

Definitely talent their, Southgate incompetent safety 1st management was main reasons for failures to beat Croatia in world cup and Italy in euros. England should have Definitely have won the euros

Spot on. Southgate isn’t even a PL coach. His tactics cost England dearly. A classic example is when his side were 1-0 up against Italy in the final, the Italians were there for the taking but Southgate decided to go defensive, that too well before half-time.

As for English players being overrated and overhyped. In some cases, this is the case but there are also those who don’t get the recognition they deserve. A good case in point is Harry Kane. A lot can change from now until Autumn but to date I think he’s the one who deserves to win the Ballon d’or.

 

[topspin]

This is why Eze has not really flourished. Hes more a link player who brings in others with pass and move philosophy. But with Rice, his strength in general lies with direct physical duals, free kicks, corners, throw ins, I agree Rice needs to massively improve his game from open play which will also make it easier For the likes of Eze.

One area that I would like to see Rice improve on is producing those line cutting passes to the likes of Eze and Gyokeres.

Arteta’s system is also to blame here and hindering his development in this area.

 

[topspin]

Let's see buddy. We've had the luck of the draw in atleast 3 of the past Tournaments. As soon as we've played anyone decent which happened to be in semis or Final we lost.

As for this summers world Cup weather will play a big part. The heat and humidity will nullify alot of the Europeans bar Spain and Portugal.

I see the winners coming from
Spain
Portugal
Brazil
France

As for our chances. I see Quarters at best. We've got alot of issues both in defense and Attack.

Kane has no obvious replacement

Foden looks lost

Gordon hit and miss

Rashford hit and miss

Palmer hit and miss

Grealish out of form and injured

However. I do like Bellingham Anderson Rice Roger's in midfield. A real strength for England

This is why I’m glad we have Tuchel. He knows how to win big games and is better suited for knockout tournaments than leagues. Southgate as a coach isn’t even PL level, so you can’t just blame the players, when they were clearly being hindered by an incompetent manager.

I would say Spain and France are the favourites for me, closely followed by England and Portugal.

I think Argentina are still better than Brazil.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Spot on. Southgate isn’t even a PL coach. His tactics cost England dearly. A classic example is when his side were 1-0 up against Italy in the final, the Italians were there for the taking but Southgate decided to go defensive, that too well before half-time.

As for English players being overrated and overhyped. In some cases, this is the case but there are also those who don’t get the recognition they deserve. A good case in point is Harry Kane. A lot can change from now until Autumn but to date I think he’s the one who deserves to win the Ballon d’or.

Its not Southgates fault 2018 world cup semi final against Croatia kane virtually misses a open net to make it 2-0
And 2022 Quarter final against France when he blazed over from the Spot.

International football is about having Man managers style Managers, not Coaches. Its high time These elite players took responsibility. Last Euros, bar Bellingham, rest were awful

 

[aboveandbeyond]

One area that I would like to see Rice improve on is producing those line cutting passes to the likes of Eze and Gyokeres.

Arteta’s system is also to blame here and hindering his development in this area.

He has to. Otherwise the midfield creativity wise will not function properly.

Have you guys actually played any levels of football. By this i mean proper 11 a side league football. Not the normal 7 a side Asians normally thrive on.

I played alot of Rugby and football in physically demanding leagues, where to be honest not many Asians thrived in

 

[Theo_14]

One area that I would like to see Rice improve on is producing those line cutting passes to the likes of Eze and Gyokeres.

Don’t think you’ll see that at all from Rice. That’s not his role. Occasionally you will see Zubi do that but really under Arteta it’s your fullbacks or centrebacks that provide the break line passes. Still think Arsenal need a proper #6 in the summer.

Crucial win against Everton but really Arsenal should count themself very lucky because Everton had opportunities. The real test will be against Bournemouth, they are in form and will be coming to win.

 

[MK7Z]

Don’t think you’ll see that at all from Rice. That’s not his role. Occasionally you will see Zubi do that but really under Arteta it’s your fullbacks or centrebacks that provide the break line passes. Still think Arsenal need a proper #6 in the summer.

Crucial win against Everton but really Arsenal should count themself very lucky because Everton had opportunities. The real test will be against Bournemouth, they are in form and will be coming to win.

Don't forget Arsenal should have had a clear Pen early in the game which would have put a different spin on the game. We are not lucky we get the job done. Luck only gets you so far.

Hate to be that guy bro but are you mixing Bournemouth with somebody else cos not sure what form they have been in?

They have won 1 game in their last 6 ( mainly draws) and scored 1 goal in their last 4 matches. Hardly a team going for the win cos they cant put the ball into back of the net.

And its not as though they have kept teams out defensively until recent couple of games.

Although I agree no game will be easy from now until the end.