The Arsenal Club Thread - In Memory of robfosters

[jonneymendoza]

Yea I'm not pay a single dim. I should have canceled my red membership tbh as I ain't got no plans to dump any money on this club until they get there act together

 

[robfosters]

Yea I'm not pay a single dim. I should have canceled my red membership tbh as I ain't got no plans to dump any money on this club until they get there act together

All the money raised from ticket sales and streams is going to a mental health charity, not the clubs coffers.

 

[jonneymendoza]

All the money raised from ticket sales and streams is going to a mental health charity, not the clubs coffers.

Really?

 

[robfosters]

Really?

Yes, that’s why it’s called the Mind series

 

[jonneymendoza]

Yes, that’s why it’s called the Mind series

Ahh brilliant I didn't know. Soz.

Anyways I had f1 on at the time

 

[Somnambulist]

Wasn’t a great game - should have been 2-2 but no goal line tech and Partey’s ankle went. Mistakes by players you’d hope won’t be in the starting XI come the league proper.

 

[robfosters]

Wasn’t a great game - should have been 2-2 but no goal line tech and Partey’s ankle went. Mistakes by players you’d hope won’t be in the starting XI come the league proper.

Unfortunately, one of those is our number 1 keeper

 

[The_One]

Arteta/edu need to pull something like this off before the end of transfer window

got to be ine of the most surprising/shock transfers ever in the prem league?

july 2001 press comference is called by arsenal media told you might want to bring photographers

In walks david dein, wenger and sol campbell with cheesiest grins

no one anywhere had any idea arsenal were signing campbells from out big rivals

was the rest is history

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detai...onference-itn-england-news-footage/1045473992

 

[Somnambulist]

Looks like they’re still trying to get Odegaard back.

 

[omnomnom]

Looks like they’re still trying to get Odegaard back.

Cheaper then the massively overrated show pony that is Maddison.

 

[rebel rebel]

Always thought there should be a limit on how often a player can go out on loan.

 

[opethdisciple]

Surely Arteta and Edu have to be sacked.

There's a whole litany of mismanaged situations from these two.

The Kronkes need to go too but that will be a bit harder.

 

[rebel rebel]

I had such high hopes for Arteta after we won the FA Cup.Then he sold the wrong goalie and its been grim ever since.

 

[fez]

Arteta is a poor mans Ole and he has about 1/10th of the budget and started with a worse squad. Arsenal need a top class manager to get any sort of song out of this squad and even then I think there are 5 better squads in the league than Arsenal currently.

Unfortunately as the other big clubs have progressed, Arsenal have fallen by the way and they are really going to struggle to get back into regularly getting CL football without some big changes. They are going through a United style crisis after their long term manager left but they don't have the funds to just keep trying to spend their way out of it.

I like Arsenal so it would be good to see them back near the top. Its also good for the league.

 

[jonneymendoza]

Arteta is a poor mans Ole and he has about 1/10th of the budget and started with a worse squad. Arsenal need a top class manager to get any sort of song out of this squad and even then I think there are 5 better squads in the league than Arsenal currently.

Unfortunately as the other big clubs have progressed, Arsenal have fallen by the way and they are really going to struggle to get back into regularly getting CL football without some big changes. They are going through a United style crisis after their long term manager left but they don't have the funds to just keep trying to spend their way out of it.

I like Arsenal so it would be good to see them back near the top. Its also good for the league.

Damm.even worse than ole!

 

[fez]

Damm.even worse than ole!

I'm not sure hes shown anything to suggest he is any better. Its hard to compare as they are in very different jobs but I think both of them are not up to scratch.

 

[omnomnom]

I'm not sure hes shown anything to suggest he is any better. Its hard to compare as they are in very different jobs but I think both of them are not up to scratch.

Won a trophy?

 

[jonneymendoza]

I'm not sure hes shown anything to suggest he is any better. Its hard to compare as they are in very different jobs but I think both of them are not up to scratch.

I guess UNited have a bigger budget and can buy better players vs arsenal ?

i agree, at very best we are 5th best in the league, if that.

 

[fez]

Won a trophy?

Thats a weird metric. By that logic you should always hire a manager who has won any sort of trophy over one that hasn't.

Its such a strange way to rate managers. Take Poch for example. People say he never won anything with Tottenham as if winning one of the domestic cups would have been more of an achievement than getting to the CL final. Yes, I'm sure Spurs could have won some domestic cups under Poch if they ignored the league and CL more. Why would they do that though.

As we saw with England in the Euros as well, your draw in knockout competitions can make a massive difference. I wouldn't think Southgate was any better as a manager if he had limped to the Euros trophy on penalties against Italy. Hes still ****.

 

[HangTime]

One of the issues with Arteta is it looks like for whatever reason he may have 'fallings out' with certain players, not necessarily a big beef but basically decides he doesn't fancy X and then that's it, they are done.
Ozil was in the team before lockdown1, sort of a redemption following the end of Emery's rein, and then completely cast aside for project restart.
Torreira is out of favour, despite being our best holding midfielder.
Auba/Laca, you never quite know what to believe with all these rumours about Barca, but regardless he doesn't seem to get the best out of them. I don't see how Barca could afford Auba anyway, he's not going to take a pay cut.