Arsenal (H) - Sun 19th April, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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Gary James said:
History, Tradition, Class... I'm sure we'll hear a lot on that from Arsenal, the media, Arsenal fans over the coming days, so I've done this City v Arsenal comparison of historical achievements. It might be useful to shut people up or remind them:

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Manchester City v Arsenal: History Comparison

‘History Tradition Class’ is often used on Arsenal banners (particularly when they play City it seems; there was one at Wembley) and with the two sides meeting on Sunday (19 April 2026)…
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Superb as always Gary - forensic, data-driven, incisive, and an utterly devastating dismantling of the absurdist counterfactual.

Arsenal fans can go on all they like with their mythical stories of ‘history’ and ‘tradition’, but the facts expose them as nothing more than a wild, empty fantasy.

The lies they tell themselves to make them feel better for being a bunch of perpetual bottlers.

And that’s a fact!
 
akrh215 said:
Why is anyone nervous about Arsenal? We're flying right now and honestly their squad doesn't come close to ours on paper. Win this at home, easy.
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I agree, we've hit form, are playing with confidence and have a week to prepare.

I know it's a different game but, we shut them down a month ago and deservedly beat them and i think we'll do it again.
 
akrh215 said:
Why is anyone nervous about Arsenal? We're flying right now and honestly their squad doesn't come close to ours on paper. Win this at home, easy.
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Kinda disagree, I think they have a very good squad, parity with ours imo.
The difference is they're bottling it again and they don't have Pep. Their manager is inferior. Way too pragmatic.

They will park the bus on Sunday. We will have 70% of the ball. I see us winning easily.
The question is, will we have to play the ref as well as their 11.
Hope our players are careful not to give the ref any excuse for a red card.
 
akrh215 said:
Why is anyone nervous about Arsenal? We're flying right now and honestly their squad doesn't come close to ours on paper. Win this at home, easy.
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Only hard work, organisation and team spirit is gonna beat Arsenal, well that and a goal or two ..... they have topped the league almost all season, and right now, have more wins and points that we have ..... so yes, we must show confidence and a real willingness to work for each other, but we must NOT be 'over confident', complacent and half asleep ..... they have players who can hurt us !
 
Mr. Shush said:
I think Arsenal will go for the draw. I'm hoping Sporting run them ragged this week. If Sporting can score first, I think Arsenal's belief and mentality will begin to cave in. Yes, I'm sure that doubt and unease are already there after Bournemouth loss but - if Sporting can get a goal, Arsenal will be in trouble.

Still, we have work to do to unlock what will likely be a low block.
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Actually hope that they beat Sporting. The semis v Atletico will be very tough, but they won't want to pass up the chance of a CL Final and that could cost them in the league - Arteta won't know which one to target, and in current form I can see them losing one or two more regardless of the result on Sunday.

Sure, they will be hot favourites if they win on Sunday but I don't think even that will make the title a certainty, especially based on their form over the past couple of months where they've scraped just about every win they've had. They haven't been convincing for a long while except v Spurs, which you can't really take seriously.
 
We absolutely must score 1st,no if's,no buts,get that done and they will have to come out of their shell and that's when we finish it....fingers,legs,arms and eyes crossed:)
 
lasereyes said:
We play Palace at home not away. Arse have to go to Selhurst. But objectively our remaining games are materially harder than Arse's. That may not mean much given they are playing of course.
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Disagree. You can never tell which are the games you're going to win and which you're likely to lose. They lost at home to Bournemouth when just about everybody had it down as a home banker. Nobody expected Southampton to knock them out of the cup, or Wolves to come back for a draw after being 2-0 down.

You just dont know. I think both teams will drop more points and if we do I bet it's somewhere daft like Burnley.
 
Okay folks, which would you rather:

Arsenal compound their failure and misery by being eliminated, psychologically ruining them.

Arsenal get the boost of progressing through, but then having to balance two more vital games in an already vital time?

Tough one but I went them to lose, losing breeds losing
 
coolcity said:
Disagree. You can never tell which are the games you're going to win and which you're likely to lose. They lost at home to Bournemouth when just about everybody had it down as a home banker. Nobody expected Southampton to knock them out of the cup, or Wolves to come back for a draw after being 2-0 down.

You just dont know. I think both teams will drop more points and if we do I bet it's somewhere daft like Burnley.
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If we drop points at Burnley we don’t deserve to be anywhere near the title. They are absolute tosh
 
TheBlueCat said:
Arteta’s response to the bottle piss take was telling in my opinion. He looks like he’s cracking. His comments about being ‘on fire’ were hilarious. He looked ready to burst into tears. Arsenal fans must be embarrassed..
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Yep. All he needed to say was something like Arsene winjer used to say.. "I didnt see it, what are you talking about" and just move on. And his remark tells me that he might actually think that it was a goons fan with the bottle. Weird man.
 
akrh215 said:
Why is anyone nervous about Arsenal? We're flying right now and honestly their squad doesn't come close to ours on paper. Win this at home, easy.
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Guess because it's football and any outcome is possible. To think otherwise would be daft. Improbable things happen all the time. Would you bet everything on a City win? Doubt it.

Don't conflate City being the better team now (which I agree with) with a City win being guaranteed. Football doesn't work like that.

5:1 City :)
 
TheThirdDeano said:
Okay folks, which would you rather:

Arsenal compound their failure and misery by being eliminated, psychologically ruining them.

Arsenal get the boost of progressing through, but then having to balance two more vital games in an already vital time?

Tough one but I went them to lose, losing breeds losing
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Fuck it I want arsenal to have to play in the cauldron of the Metropolitana and face a Simeone team twice, get 3 injuries and lose to a last minute corner by a defender pushing Raya and not disallowed by VAR
 
TheThirdDeano said:
Okay folks, which would you rather:

Arsenal compound their failure and misery by being eliminated, psychologically ruining them.

Arsenal get the boost of progressing through, but then having to balance two more vital games in an already vital time?

Tough one but I went them to lose, losing breeds losing
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I am with you. I want the crumble to continue. Were they to lose against Sporting, I think their game would deteriorate further.
 
akrh215 said:
Why is anyone nervous about Arsenal? We're flying right now and honestly their squad doesn't come close to ours on paper. Win this at home, easy.
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Probably because many of us have been supporting them for decades & we know how football is unpredictable!
However, our Eccles Blue - who followed us home & away for ever - would gee us all up in a modest but positive way :-)
 
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