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But but this is best squad by a mile - July

But But I love Arteta, I won't call him out 🤡
- April

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Arsenal’s strategic problems started when they wasted £100m on Rice in 2023. The English tax is real.

This guy is not worth 50m given his deeply mediocre ability on the ball. That money would have bought two top quality attacking players in 2023 and Arsenal would probably have been in a better position today than they are with Rice.

It was not a value for money signing. A 100m player needs to have the ability to turn the game on its head. He should be a match-winner.
 
KingKhanWC said:
6 years without buying a proper striker is Artetas fault . A player maker would also help . Haaland & Cherki is what Arsenal does not have .

Declan rice also shouted it’s not done at ft but poor bloke ran like a headless chicken all day .

Arsenal played well at times , came to win the game but the quality in players is a big difference .

Arteta should prioritise champions league now , great draw and a final would be a great day out at least
:wenger
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Gyokeres is a proper striker. The problem is the midfield. They don’t create chances. £100m was spent on a rich man’s Henderson.

The midfield needs a reset otherwise Arteta will be forced to continue playing defensive football.
 
KingKhanWC said:
6 years without buying a proper striker is Artetas fault . A player maker would also help . Haaland & Cherki is what Arsenal does not have .

Declan rice also shouted it’s not done at ft but poor bloke ran like a headless chicken all day .

Arsenal played well at times , came to win the game but the quality in players is a big difference .

Arteta should prioritise champions league now , great draw and a final would be a great day out at least
:wenger
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It was fine Margins what decided the Game. City did not out play Arsenal at all.
Defending and finishing cost Arsenal.
 
Mamoon said:
Arteta will be criticized by the idiots but today was yet another example of the senior players letting him down in crunch situations.

Woeful defending by Gabriel for both goals. His head was not in place today.

Arteta has done everything for this club to win the league but ultimately it’s the players on the pitch who have to get the job done. They should all apologize to him in the dressing room and pull up their socks for the remaining fixtures.

The fans have even less bottle than the players so they will not act as if City won the league today but it is far from over. Both teams will be on level points if City win their game in hand, so there is no reason to believe that it’s over today.
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Even if we accept this to be the case then he still takes the blame because this is his squad

He signed all of these players so if the squad is lacking something then that is on him
 
Mamoon said:
Gyokeres is a proper striker. The problem is the midfield. They don’t create chances. £100m was spent on a rich man’s Henderson.

The midfield needs a reset otherwise Arteta will be forced to continue playing defensive football.
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He was out headed by Silva .

You will go back into the market in the summer .
 
Geordie Ahmed said:
Even if we accept this to be the case then he still takes the blame because this is his squad

He signed all of these players so if the squad is lacking something then that is on him
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We don’t know much control he has over the transfers. This info is usually not public knowledge. Things have changed after Arsene left.

I will judge him for on-field performances only. I agree his football is turgid but it’s a consequence of the players that he has. He has not crippled world class ballers. He is maximizing their output because this team won’t even be in contention if they try to play se*y football.
 
KingKhanWC said:
He was out headed by Silva .

You will go back into the market in the summer .
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There is no available striker in the market who will score more goals than him in this setup so I don’t think there is any need of going for a striker. The focus should be to invest in midfield and the LW role which has been dead for years.
 
aboveandbeyond said:
It was fine Margins what decided the Game. City did not out play Arsenal at all.
Defending and finishing cost Arsenal.
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Arsenal came close and had a coupe of great chances . They were not dominant but city has double the shots and 3 x more touches in the opposition box . Rodri and silva did control the midfield, just too good .
 
Mamoon said:
We don’t know much control he has over the transfers. This info is usually not public knowledge. Things have changed after Arsene left.

I will judge him for on-field performances only. I agree his football is turgid but it’s a consequence of the players that he has. He has not crippled world class ballers. He is maximizing their output because this team won’t even be in contention if they try to play se*y football.
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That's fair, I don't follow Arsenal enough to know what the situation is but from what I read and hear then he has a lot of control over transfers, and rightly so

Also, back in the summer you said this squad was the best squad, were you just being positive at the time or is it based on what you have observed this season?
 
Geordie Ahmed said:
That's fair, I don't follow Arsenal enough to know what the situation is but from what I read and hear then he has a lot of control over transfers, and rightly so

Also, back in the summer you said this squad was the best squad, were you just being positive at the time or is it based on what you have observed this season?
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Arteta definitely has influence in the market. He has been the manager for 6+ years and any long-serving manager has a voice in the market. However, they have Berta calling the shots as well as Josh Kroenke is involved as well, so we can’t say for sure that this is 100% Arteta’s team. It may as well be, but we can’t bet on it.

I was very confident with the midfield options before the season started but I am very disappointed with Rice as well as the impact Eze has made on the team. I was also expecting Odegaard to pick up his form this season but it hasn’t happened.

The midfield is in bad shape and makes it very difficult for Arteta to dominate the midfield against the best sides.
 
🤣🤣 Arteta doesn't have control of transfers..

Yeah he was forced at gunpoint to sign havertz and madueke

🤡🤡🤡
 
Mamoon said:
Arteta definitely has influence in the market. He has been the manager for 6+ years and any long-serving manager has a voice in the market. However, they have Berta calling the shots as well as Josh Kroenke is involved as well, so we can’t say for sure that this is 100% Arteta’s team. It may as well be, but we can’t bet on it.

I was very confident with the midfield options before the season started but I am very disappointed with Rice as well as the impact Eze has made on the team. I was also expecting Odegaard to pick up his form this season but it hasn’t happened.

The midfield is in bad shape and makes it very difficult for Arteta to dominate the midfield against the best sides.
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Midfield is the key area in big games. It influences everything. Hence Bernardo Silva MOM.
 
Geordie Ahmed said:
Also, back in the summer you said this squad was the best squad, were you just being positive at the time or is it based on what you have observed this season?
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Well done for calling out this 🤡 and his contradictions

This was best squad in league by a mile, a few others have rambled this non sense as well
 
🤣🤣 so when i said at start of season our midfield lacked creativity, certain Artetasexual said it was best talent in Europe. Now the midfield isn't good enough.

Enjoy your rotten tomato pie 🤡🤣

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Finishing 2nd is better than 3rd, 4th, 5th etc, but it's not just about the final outcome. It's also about the brand of football that we're playing and Arteta's inability to develop the front 4 and rotate players.

The brand of football could be excused if we could win major honours. Arteta seems more interested in his attackers pressing and how the team as a whole is set-up off the ball.

Also, he's brought the wrong players. Key examples being Madueke and Havertz. Combined they have cost Arsenal in excess of £110m. Chelsea have taken the club for mugs.

Nwaneri is much better than Madueke but somehow Artera has sent him out on loan, when we needed him for the business end of the season.

All the signs are there that Arteta isn't an elite manager. He crumbles when he gets near the finishing line.

City will win the league and this will undoubtedly be the mother of all bottlejobs.

Arteta needs to be sacked now.
 
World class depth 🤣🤣🤡🤡

But let's make excuses now on Berta's signings as Arteta doesn't control transfers 🤡

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Where's Mr Alias? Suddenly dissappeared after running his mouth earlier.

I've got my spade ready to bury certain Arteta fan boys
 
Amjid Javed said:
Where's Mr Alias? Suddenly dissappeared after running his mouth earlier.

I've got my spade ready to bury certain Arteta fan boys
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Yes but surely Arteta set up well for today's Game. He pressed from the front and played with intent.

Execution of the Game plan lies with the players who actually in general played really well!
 
MK7Z said:
That Havertz sword Arteta would die on..... Always knew it would kill him
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The fact that Gyokeres got less than 10 minutes at end was a shambles. No max dowman either.

Havertz got a fluke goal, and was **** as usual, same goes for madueke.

When Arteta is sacked or goes, these donkeys need to go with him
 
IMMY69 said:
Yeah I feel empty too.
I have to get ready and go play 5 aside now 🥲

Anyway, we didn't lose it today. We lost it last week against Bournemouth at home
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Disagree. Even a draw today would have meant it was in Arsenal’s hand. This match was predicted to be the title decider…it will be the deciding factor IF City go on to win it all.
 
SherWaqar said:
Disagree. Even a draw today would have meant it was in Arsenal’s hand. This match was predicted to be the title decider…it will be the deciding factor IF City go on to win it all.
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Not really. By losing to Bournemouth we handed the initiative to City where it was in their hands and they were no longer required for us to drop points.

It should have never have got to that point had Arsenal beat Bournemouth at home.

Yes today it was still in our hands but it was also in cities. Had we beat Bournemouth we'd still have a buffer so the defeat today would not have been as fatal as it is
 
Whilst we all knew certain donkeys madeuke, havertz would be exposed again today and certain others odegaard would flatter to deceive. One player who was very poor was zubimendi, positional play was atrocious, essentially also went missing again when we needed to dictate play. In comparison look at how Bernardo Silva dropped deep, demanded ball, made tackles and demanded play. Yes zubimendi may be tired, but to many of the bigger games this season he's been fairly average
 
Amjid Javed said:
Whilst we all knew certain donkeys madeuke, havertz would be exposed again today and certain others odegaard would flatter to deceive. One player who was very poor was zubimendi, positional play was atrocious, essentially also went missing again when we needed to dictate play. In comparison look at how Bernardo Silva dropped deep, demanded ball, made tackles and demanded play. Yes zubimendi may be tired, but to many of the bigger games this season he's been fairly average
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Arteta needed to switch it up but as we've known for years he doesn't have a Plan B or C.

The midfield that I would've liked to have seen was Rice play as DM with MLS as a number 8. May seem risky but Zubimendi was shattered. He's had all season to give MLS the chance to play him in his favoured box-to-box midfield role.
 
topspin said:
Arteta needed to switch it up but as we've known for years he doesn't have a Plan B or C.

The midfield that I would've liked to have seen was Rice play as DM with MLS as a number 8. May seem risky but Zubimendi was shattered. He's had all season to give MLS the chance to play him in his favoured box-to-box midfield role.
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Zubimendi at international level is use to playing with ball progresses in front of him. At sociedad he had similar type players in midfield, like at Arsenal. So he should be use to different styles. Problem is, he's not use to the all the off the ball demands in this boring formation, yes he's been stifled, no freedom. Even jorghino who left, has come out and said he hated all extra information and demands Arteta gave him. There is no p plan B, players are just being forced into everything. Either listen to Mikel or you don't play, its just dictatorship which no winning pedigree. I can see players getting fed up of it, even though they won't say it. I think MLS, nwaeri will be gone in summer if this manager stays. To much favoritism on trash players like havertz, odegaard, madueke, merino (when he was fit) and not enough freedom n trust in players who can create.

If I was gyokeres today I'd be pissed off at getting less than 10 min at the end.

Even Rice looks burnt out
 
Amjid Javed said:
Zubimendi at international level is use to playing with ball progresses in front of him. At sociedad he had similar type players in midfield, like at Arsenal. So he should be use to different styles. Problem is, he's not use to the all the off the ball demands in this boring formation, yes he's been stifled, no freedom. Even jorghino who left, has come out and said he hated all extra information and demands Arteta gave him. There is no p plan B, players are just being forced into everything. Either listen to Mikel or you don't play, its just dictatorship which no winning pedigree.
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Jorginho's comments about Arteta are quite telling. The last sentence summarises it perfectly. It's a dictatorship, so it's no wonder why Arteta turned down the chance to sign higher profile players. Like Aubameyang, there's no way, they would put up with this bs from the manager.

Amjid Javed said:
I can see players getting fed up of it, even though they won't say it.
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You can certainly see it in the body language, they feel helpless.

Amjid Javed said:
I think MLS, nwaeri will be gone in summer if this manager stays.
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MLS and Nwaneri deserve better. They're never going to develop under this manager.

Amjid Javed said:
To much favoritism on trash players like havertz, odegaard, madueke, merino (when he was fit) and not enough freedom n trust in players who can create.
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Bang on. They're his favourites because it's easy for Arteta to dictate terms with them.

Amjid Javed said:
If I was gyokeres today I'd be pissed off at getting less than 10 min at the end.
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Gyokeres should have started. There was a lot of noise about his performance against Sporting earlier in the week which was poor, but despite his shortcomings with his all-round game, he's still the best finisher in the team.

I know you're not a fan of xG, but I'll say it anyway. The fact that Gyokeres has outperformed his expected goals with a goal tally points to him being starved of service.

Amjid Javed said:
Even Rice looks burnt out
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Just like with Saka, this is another player that Arteta is going to kill. Rice had a slow start last season because he had very little rest after playing for England, who went on to reach the final of the Euros in the Summer of 2024.

For the same reason, I fear Rice is going to struggle in the beginning of the 26/27 season.
 
Arsenal should go all out for Enrique.

I don't want none of these Glasner Iriola types.

I'd rather take a punt on Cesc Fabregas over those mid table over achievers.
 
topspin said:
Jorginho's comments about Arteta are quite telling. The last sentence summarises it perfectly. It's a dictatorship, so it's no wonder why Arteta turned down the chance to sign higher profile players. Like Aubameyang, there's no way, they would put up with this bs from the manager.



You can certainly see it in the body language, they feel helpless.



MLS and Nwaneri deserve better. They're never going to develop under this manager.



Bang on. They're his favourites because it's easy for Arteta to dictate terms with them.



Gyokeres should have started. There was a lot of noise about his performance against Sporting earlier in the week which was poor, but despite his shortcomings with his all-round game, he's still the best finisher in the team.

I know you're not a fan of xG, but I'll say it anyway. The fact that Gyokeres has outperformed his expected goals with a goal tally points to him being starved of service.



Just like with Saka, this is another player that Arteta is going to kill. Rice had a slow start last season because he had very little rest after playing for England, who went on to reach the final of the Euros in the Summer of 2024.

For the same reason, I fear Rice is going to struggle in the beginning of the 26/27 season.
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*with a low goal tally
 
Facts are if these players fail to win the title this year, They will rightfully be labeled as the ultimate Bottle Jobs. No ifs and buts. They have relinquished a potential 12 point lead in the space of 2 weeks!
 
The comical defense of the players makes me laugh. “They are fed up”. Of what? Of the fact that Arteta has put them in a position to win the league?

Arteta has not held their feet. He is not the one on the pitch. Arteta didn’t ask Gabriel to lose his head and get owned by Cherki or sleep on Haaland when he literally has one job to do in that moment.

“Rice is burnt out” no he is not. This is what happens almost every time he faces a technically high quality midfield. The fact is that Rice is extremely mediocre on the ball.

He has a heavy touch, his passing range is very limited and he cannot maneuver the ball in tight spaces. Arsenal are lucky that Barcelona are out of the UCL otherwise Pedri, Frenkie and Gavi would have made Rice look like a Championship footballer in the SF just like Vitinha, Ruiz and Neves did last year.

If Arsenal fail to win the league from here, it is down to the players. They are responsible for what happened yesterday and what happened against Bournemouth.
 
So now the two clowns are rallying around Jorginho’s comments. Same Jorginho they used to criticize for a living during his time at Arsenal and claimed that it was a mistake to sign him 🤣

Well yeah I guess these two were right for the first in their lives and it was indeed a mistake to sign this rat.

These shallow comments say more about Jorginho’s character than they do about Arteta’s style of management.

Same goes for someone like Aubameyang, who forced his way to Barcelona only to get booted out in 6 months before flopping at Chelsea and then ending up in the French league.

We need to understand the context of Jorginho’s comments. He is still holding a grudge for the fact that he got little to no playing time in his last season at Arsenal but it was for a good reason - his legs were gone.

He was always going to be a very short-term signing and he had already served his purpose. I was a big admirer of his football especially during his prime years.

I thought he was a wonderful player and largely understated too at times because clubs like Napoli and Chelsea weren’t the best fits for him, but these comments reflect very poorly on him.

However, they shouldn’t come as a surprise because Jorginho’s career already tells us that he is a shallow person. He grew up in Brazil until the age of 15 and still decided to play for Italy even though he had no ethnic connection to Italy and was only eligible to play for them because he moved to Italy at the age of 15 and spent a few years there.

That is quite a dishonorable thing to do, abandoning your country like this. Brazilian footballers are extremely patriotic and dream of donning the yellow jersey once in their lives and then we have Jorginho who decided that playing for Italy would be better for his career because he didn’t have the chops to compete for a place with Casemiro and Fernandinho.

Shameful.
 
The downfall started when Arsenal and Arteta screwed up 2nd half of League Cup.

Rest all screw ups including the league loss yesterday against City are the consequences of the League cup final loss.

The minute the Gunners started playing trash in second half of the League Cup, I knew we were going to throw it away again.

From leading and competing for the Quadruple in the last 4th of the season to possibility of not winning anything.

Only Arsenal are capable of such bottling.

What's worse is that we played anti-Wenger ball to get so far. Complete ultra utilitarian positional football.

If Arteta doesn't win anything this season, then he should respectfully leave and we should get Cesc.

Cesc understands Wenger's 'pass and move'
 
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