Arsenal Thread | 2024/25

[Cityfan1977]

they sure dont seem to understand "stay humble" Funny that a guy from Norway has a better understanding of English then this Posh Londoners .

 

[paulchapo]

Because Haaland lost his control? Not only did he do that to Gabriel, he had a go at Lewis-Skelly, had a go at Gabby Jesus who wasn't even playing and then had his rant at Arteta.

Look a bit of banter and shithousery I'm all for, spices it up. But if you dish it out be prepared to get it back, particularly from a team like Arsenal who arent going to forgive and forget and to be fair to Haaland he took it. I'm sure the next time Arsenal play at the Etihad will be nice and spicy as well. There's hardly any aggro on the pitch when you play the Rags, seems like the games with the Dippers are a bit flat these days so I think it's always good to have one fixture when you know it's going to be an absolute clusterf*ck out there and seems it's this one. We used to have that against Spurs but even those games are tepid now.

See this is why I don't understand other teams fans coming on here. Now I'd like to think this forum is a bit fairer than other fans forums. Having said that do you really think any of us are going to agree with that absolute load of bollocks you've posted?
Your team were a bunch of shitehouses that day, even straight from the kick off when Havertz wiped out Rodri off the ball and should have been sent off. The rest of the game you used every dark arts in the book then cried when you conceded in the last seconds of the many you wasted.
I thought the Liverpool fans were a crying entitled bunch of cry babies but your lot take it to a another level. Go and swivel and take fat Robbie and the other cunts from Arsenal tv with you.

 

[ArtetaTechnicalArea]

I honestly cant believe what im reading. Some of you think Haaland is a qausi Queen Elizabeth/Queen Victoria. Someone with such reverence that you need to speak when spoken to, and not dare turn your back on. Who has seen the movie the Queen, where it depicts Tony Blair getting a lesson in formality before meeting the Queen. Im guessing there is someone at Man City who gives lessons in formality when a commoner or mere mortal gets to meet Erling Haaland.

Gabriel doesnt have to show anymore respect to Haaland than Haaland does to Gabriel. And given Haaland through a ball at Gabriels head, its almost comical for City fans to think Arsenal players should treat him like a de-facto member of the royal family.

Haaland is a footballer. He is not the fucking Pope.

 

[mancboy]

Because Haaland lost his control? Not only did he do that to Gabriel, he had a go at Lewis-Skelly, had a go at Gabby Jesus who wasn't even playing and then had his rant at Arteta.

Look a bit of banter and shithousery I'm all for, spices it up. But if you dish it out be prepared to get it back, particularly from a team like Arsenal who arent going to forgive and forget and to be fair to Haaland he took it. I'm sure the next time Arsenal play at the Etihad will be nice and spicy as well. There's hardly any aggro on the pitch when you play the Rags, seems like the games with the Dippers are a bit flat these days so I think it's always good to have one fixture when you know it's going to be an absolute clusterf*ck out there and seems it's this one. We used to have that against Spurs but even those games are tepid now.

You won the battle, he pointed to his gold badge and won the war, all this over celebration is cute but until you win a title or maybe even 2 then its just childish noise, when you have done that come back and be part of the conversation

 

[Scaley]

See this is why I don't understand other teams fans coming on here. Now I'd like to think this forum is a bit fairer than other fans forums. Having said that do you really think any of us are going to agree with that absolute load of bollocks you've posted?
Your team were a bunch of shitehouses that day, even straight from the kick off when Havertz wiped out Rodri off the ball and should have been sent off. The rest of the game you used every dark arts in the book then cried when you conceded in the last seconds of the many you wasted.
I thought the Liverpool fans were a crying entitled bunch of cry babies but your lot take it to a another level. Go and swivel and take fat Robbie and the other cunts from Arsenal tv with you.

What he said.

 

[mancboy]

I honestly cant believe what im reading. Some of you think Haaland is a qausi Queen Elizabeth/Queen Victoria. Someone with such reverence that you need to speak when spoken to, and not dare turn your back on. Who has seen the movie the Queen, where it depicts Tony Blair getting a lesson in formality before meeting the Queen. Im guessing there is someone at Man City who gives lessons in formality when a commoner or mere mortal gets to meet Erling Haaland.

Gabriel doesnt have to show anymore respect to Haaland than Haaland does to Gabriel. And given Haaland through a ball at Gabriels head, its almost comical for City fans to think Arsenal players should treat him like a de-facto member of the royal family.

Haaland is a footballer. He is not the fucking Pope.

no but he is a title winner, when any of your players can say that then come back and join the chat, until then STAY HUMBLE

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

no but he is a title winner, when any of your players can say that then come back and join the chat, until then STAY HUMBLE

Having been humbled at the weekend, we went out and bought a player we hope will balance our side again and get back to challenging for trophies.

Having humbled us at the weekend, Arsenal decided not to buy the forward they need to challenge for things as they scored a few goals.

We do, in fact, stay humble and grounded.

 

[mancboy]

Having been humbled at the weekend, we went out and bought a player we hope will balance our side again and get back to challenging for trophies.

Having humbled us at the weekend, Arsenal decided not to buy the forward they need to challenge for things as they scored a few goals.

We do, in fact, stay humble and grounded.

to busy concentrating on small wins to understand the big picture

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

I honestly cant believe what im reading. Some of you think Haaland is a qausi Queen Elizabeth/Queen Victoria. Someone with such reverence that you need to speak when spoken to, and not dare turn your back on. Who has seen the movie the Queen, where it depicts Tony Blair getting a lesson in formality before meeting the Queen. Im guessing there is someone at Man City who gives lessons in formality when a commoner or mere mortal gets to meet Erling Haaland.

Gabriel doesnt have to show anymore respect to Haaland than Haaland does to Gabriel. And given Haaland through a ball at Gabriels head, its almost comical for City fans to think Arsenal players should treat him like a de-facto member of the royal family.

Haaland is a footballer. He is not the fucking Pope.

You never reply to me because I show all of your contradictions so here we go again.

Your team that day was a bunch of shithouses, snide and horrible. Funnily though you all walked away feeling hard done to as you always do when you don't win. No issue with Gabriel having a pop at Haaland, the kid who nobody knows trying to mock him is the definition of stay humble. Your fans had a hard on for Haaland and his every touch. Funny though isn't it, the shit he took on Sunday was ok because he was a knob in the first game, yet you cry like babies over Adebayor, after spending the match signing racist songs about his family, but a knee slide had you all frothing. Fuck off you turd and when you can't reply to me, again, I know I have done my job

 

[mattcity5]

no but he is a title winner, when any of your players can say that then come back and join the chat, until then STAY HUMBLE

TBF, Gabriel Jesus and Zinchenko can say that. I wonder why?

 

[its a Barm]

I honestly cant believe what im reading. Some of you think Haaland is a qausi Queen Elizabeth/Queen Victoria. Someone with such reverence that you need to speak when spoken to, and not dare turn your back on. Who has seen the movie the Queen, where it depicts Tony Blair getting a lesson in formality before meeting the Queen. Im guessing there is someone at Man City who gives lessons in formality when a commoner or mere mortal gets to meet Erling Haaland.

Gabriel doesnt have to show anymore respect to Haaland than Haaland does to Gabriel. And given Haaland through a ball at Gabriels head, its almost comical for City fans to think Arsenal players should treat him like a de-facto member of the royal family.

Haaland is a footballer. He is not the fucking Pope.

The rags went to see the pope once.

 

[bitterblue78]

I honestly cant believe what im reading. Some of you think Haaland is a qausi Queen Elizabeth/Queen Victoria. Someone with such reverence that you need to speak when spoken to, and not dare turn your back on. Who has seen the movie the Queen, where it depicts Tony Blair getting a lesson in formality before meeting the Queen. Im guessing there is someone at Man City who gives lessons in formality when a commoner or mere mortal gets to meet Erling Haaland.

Gabriel doesnt have to show anymore respect to Haaland than Haaland does to Gabriel. And given Haaland through a ball at Gabriels head, its almost comical for City fans to think Arsenal players should treat him like a de-facto member of the royal family.

Haaland is a footballer. He is not the fucking Pope.

2nd again ole ole

 

[youngbob]

I find all this "stay humble eh" stuff from Arsenal to be really cute. They've been little more than a joke to basically everyone for about 15 years, so they're jumping like mad at the first sight that they might be a great team again. What's all this "stay humble eh" nonsense gonna be for if they come up short and win nothing - again? You can't go round giving it bigun and then get yourself knocked out of both cups in the space of a few weeks while lagging behind in yet another title race.

Fact is, ever since the Adebayor knee slide they've been absolutely desperate to get one back over City. That day dented their ego and that entire period, as we went past them in the league while nicking their best players, did so much damage that they've never really recovered. So, exactly like they're doing now, they'll cling on to literally anything to feel like the big boys in the playground again. "Stay humble eh" is all they've got, let them have it.

When we went to the Emirates in 2010 and deliberately stank the place out to get a 0-0 they chanted "Boring boring City" at us. The pro-Arsenal pundits were apoplectic at full-time and called us all the names under the sun they could think of. Said we were approaching football the wrong way and that Arsenal's tactics were pure of heart. We ultimately finished above them in 3rd and won the FA Cup while Arsenal finished the season empty-handed.

When we went there in 2012 and beat them 1-0 to get into the next round of the League Cup, that Arsenal lad Frimpong ripped his shirt off at full-time to reveal his "DENCH" vest and decided to give Nasri a slap for some reason. Arsenal fans had a big laugh about that and called Nasri a fool for leaving. Nasri ended up winning the title in 2012 and Piers Morgan had to give him £10,000, and then Nasri beat them to the title again in 2014.

Frimpong was last seen playing in Cyprus and retired at the age of 26.

What they really, really can't stand is that we replaced them in the old "Big Four". Even before Pep came, we took their place, signed their best players, and won their titles. We took Nasri and Clichy out of a team that had won nothing since 2005 and immediately made them winners and champions. And they couldn't fucking stand it. But because they were nowhere near the top table between 2016 and 2022 they could do fuck all about it.

Which is why the game that really got in their heads and broke them psychologically was the 2-1 win on New Year's Day in 2022. Arsenal thought they were on our level suddenly, but shot themselves in the foot with the stupid red card and the silly penalty they gave away. Then we nicked it at the end. And it went right back to the 0-0 in 2010 in their heads - pro-Arsenal pundits in fits of rage that we'd done a job on them, unable to comprehend what had happened, claiming some cosmic injustice.

Since then they've had a major vendetta against us - they'll never admit it but it's absolutely true. You can see it on their faces that we rattle them to an insane degree. Rodri celebrating that winning goal flipped a switch. But they bottled it and collapsed in 2023, then bottled it and collapsed again in 2024. Rodri spoke honestly and saw right through them, that Arsenal don't have the mentality to win title races because they fold under pressure.

Haaland looked them dead in the eye earlier this season and said "Don't start acting like big men until you become big men" and they still just do not get it. They think one win in the league over a depleted City side suddenly makes up for two bottled titles and somehow makes them top dogs over us. Forgetting, of course, Haaland's point - that they've done absolutely nothing to justify how uppity and arrogant they've become.

What's funny to me is that, finally, City aren't good enough to win the league, but Liverpool have just breezed past Arsenal despite spending fuck all in the summer or January. Because Liverpool as a club, as an institution, knows how to win. We beat them to two titles by inches but it never broke them - they never got this stressed about it. They just moved on, won the league ahead of us in 2020, and they're going to win the league again this season.

By June, Arsenal will have gone 21 years without a title. 24/25 was their season to do it: City have finally fallen, Liverpool have lost Klopp, and Chelsea aren't the finished article yet. But Arsenal still can't get there. It's eating away at them like it has been ever since Gallas burst into tears at Birmingham all those years ago. They deliberately misunderstand the "stay humble eh" comment because if they acknowledge the truth of it, they'll snap again.

Can you imagine what it would be like if all we had over Arsenal, after all this time, was the Adebayor knee slide? What would it say about our failure to reach our own objectives? If all we had for ammo against Arsenal was the Adebayor knee slide it would mean they'd bested us on the pitch for 15 years. Instead we've overtaken them in every department, on the pitch and off it, to the point where nobody at City really brings Adebayor up anymore.

It's like that scene in Mad Men when your man turns to Don Draper in the lift and says "I feel bad for you". Don doesn't even look at him, he just says "I don't think about you at all" and walks off. That's us with Arsenal. They can shout "Stay humble eh" until they're blue in the face but they're still gonna finish this season with as many trophies as us. Zero. Actually, scratch that, we've got the Community Shield, so we've already got one more than they do.

I wanted to like Arsenal under Arteta. He was a terrific assistant for City during an incredible era for us and he deserved to make it on his own. But ever since that run they had at the start of the 22/23 season, they've become so entitled and arrogant. A reminder for us all that Arsenal fans - despite the last 20 years - just expect to win trophies simply because they've turned up. A far worse bunch than Liverpool by every conceivable measure.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Last 2 season……

Prem league x 2
FA Cup x1
Champions league x1
Super Cup x1
Club World Cup x1
Charity Shield x1

Excuse us for feeling a little fatigued this year, winning takes it out of you….

Just for balance, can someone post the arse's achievements over the past 2 seasons?

 

[Mike N]

Did they have their parade yet?

 

[BlueRockape]

I find all this "stay humble eh" stuff from Arsenal to be really cute. They've been little more than a joke to basically everyone for about 15 years, so they're jumping like mad at the first sight that they might be a great team again. What's all this "stay humble eh" nonsense gonna be for if they come up short and win nothing - again? You can't go round giving it bigun and then get yourself knocked out of both cups in the space of a few weeks while lagging behind in yet another title race.

Fact is, ever since the Adebayor knee slide they've been absolutely desperate to get one back over City. That day dented their ego and that entire period, as we went past them in the league while nicking their best players, did so much damage that they've never really recovered. So, exactly like they're doing now, they'll cling on to literally anything to feel like the big boys in the playground again. "Stay humble eh" is all they've got, let them have it.

When we went to the Emirates in 2010 and deliberately stank the place out to get a 0-0 they chanted "Boring boring City" at us. The pro-Arsenal pundits were apoplectic at full-time and called us all the names under the sun the could think of. Said we were approaching football the wrong way and that Arsenal's tactics were pure of heart. We ultimately finished above them in 3rd and won the FA Cup while Arsenal finished the season empty-handed.

When we went there in 2012 and beat them 1-0 to get into the next round of the League Cup, that Arsenal lad Frimpong ripped his shirt off at full-time to reveal his "DENCH" vest and decided to give Nasri a slap for some reason. Arsenal fans had a big laugh about that and called Nasri a fool for leaving. Nasri ended up winning the title in 2012 and Piers Morgan had to give him £10,000, and then Nasri beat them to the title again in 2014.

Frimpong was last seen playing in Cyprus and retired at the age of 26.

What they really, really can't stand is that we replaced them in the old "Big Four". Even before Pep came, we took their place, signed their best players, and won their titles. We took Nasri and Clichy out of a team that had won nothing since 2005 and immediately made them winners and champions. And they couldn't fucking stand it. But because they were nowhere near the top table between 2016 and 2022 they could do fuck all about it.

Which is why the game that really got in their heads and broke them psychologically was the 2-1 win on New Year's Day in 2022. Arsenal thought they were on our level suddenly, but shot themselves in the foot with the stupid red card and the silly penalty they gave away. Then we nicked it at the end. And it went right back to the 0-0 in 2010 in their heads - pro-Arsenal pundits in fits of rage that we'd done a job on them, unable to comprehend what had happened, claiming some cosmic injustice.

Since then they've had a major vendetta against us - they'll never admit it but it's absolutely true. You can see it on their faces that we rattle them to an insane degree. Rodri celebrating that winning goal flipped a switch. But they bottled it and collapsed in 2023, then bottled it and collapsed again in 2024. Rodri spoke honestly and saw right through them, that Arsenal don't have the mentality to win title races because they fold under pressure.

Haaland looked them dead in the eye earlier this season and said "Don't start acting like big men until you become big men" and they still just do not get it. They think one win in the league over a depleted City side suddenly makes up for two bottled titles and somehow makes them top dogs over us. Forgetting, of course, Haaland's point - that they've done absolutely nothing to justify how uppity and arrogant they've become.

What's funny to me is that, finally, City aren't good enough to win the league, but Liverpool have just breezed past Arsenal despite spending fuck all in the summer or January. Because Liverpool as a club, as an institution, knows how to win. We beat them to two titles by inches but it never broke them - they never got this stressed about it. They just moved on, won the league ahead of us in 2020, and they're going to win the league again this season.

By June, Arsenal will have gone 21 years without a title. 24/25 was their season to do it: City have finally fallen, Liverpool have lost Klopp, and Chelsea aren't the finished article yet. But Arsenal still can't get there. It's eating away at them like it has been ever since Gallas burst into tears at Birmingham all those years ago. They deliberately misunderstand the "stay humble eh" comment because if they acknowledge the truth of it, they'll snap again.

Can you imagine what it would be like if all we had over Arsenal, after all this time, was the Adebayor knee slide? What would it say about our failure to reach our own objectives? If all we had for ammo against Arsenal was the Adebayor knee slide it would mean they'd bested us on the pitch for 15 years. Instead we've overtaken them in every department, on the pitch and off it, to the point where nobody at City really brings Adebayor up anymore.

It's like that scene in Mad Men when your man turns to Don Draper in the lift and says "I feel sorry for you". Don doesn't even look at him, he just says "I don't think about you at all". That's us with Arsenal. They can shout "Stay humble eh" until they're blue in the face but they're still gonna finish this season with as many trophies as us. Zero. Actually, scratch that, we've got the Community Shield, so we've already got one more than they do.

I wanted to like Arsenal under Arteta. He was a terrific assistant for City during an incredible era for us and he deserved to make it on his own. But ever since that run they had at the start of the 22/23 season, they've become so entitled and arrogant. A reminder for us all that Arsenal fans - despite the last 20 years - just expect to win trophies simply because they've turned up. A far worse bunch than Liverpool by every conceivable measure.

Bangin post

 

[cheekybids]

Just for balance, can someone post the arse's achievements over the past 2 seasons?

Bought a dog, hired a magician, beat City……

 

[cheekybids]

I honestly cant believe what im reading. Some of you think Haaland is a qausi Queen Elizabeth/Queen Victoria. Someone with such reverence that you need to speak when spoken to, and not dare turn your back on. Who has seen the movie the Queen, where it depicts Tony Blair getting a lesson in formality before meeting the Queen. Im guessing there is someone at Man City who gives lessons in formality when a commoner or mere mortal gets to meet Erling Haaland.

Gabriel doesnt have to show anymore respect to Haaland than Haaland does to Gabriel. And given Haaland through a ball at Gabriels head, its almost comical for City fans to think Arsenal players should treat him like a de-facto member of the royal family.

Haaland is a footballer. He is not the fucking Pope.

Threw

 

[cheekybids]

TBF, Gabriel Jesus and Zinchenko can say that. I wonder why?

& Raheem….

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Bought a dog, hired a magician, beat City……

No wonder they felt entitled to take the piss out of Haaland.