Arsenal Thread | 2025/26

[mexico1970]

Arsenal 'hold meeting' as Sunderland accused of putting Gunners stars in danger

Arsenal let a potentially vital Premier League win slip through their fingers against Sunderland at the weekend and it appears that the Gunners have a complaint about the draw

www.mirror.co.uk

"It's not fair Sunderland moved their advertising boards so we couldn't do long throws! We're gonna write a letter to the PL saying it butt hurt our players and should be banned!"

Sunderland should have done everything possible to ensure that Arsenal had a fair crack at beating them :)

I'd love to see this bunch of whinging **** playing uphill on Plough Lane with the crazy gang kicking fuck out of them :)

 

[Blueboy73]

Arsenal 'hold meeting' as Sunderland accused of putting Gunners stars in danger

Arsenal let a potentially vital Premier League win slip through their fingers against Sunderland at the weekend and it appears that the Gunners have a complaint about the draw

www.mirror.co.uk

"It's not fair Sunderland moved their advertising boards so we couldn't do long throws! We're gonna write a letter to the PL saying it butt hurt our players and should be banned!"

It wouldn't be the first time the entitled Tarquins have written a letter.

 

[Bantamgaz]

They should go on to win it with a half decent manager a settled one but at some point his emotions will get the better of him snd they will blow up again

 

[DTKOAG]

Ha Ha

 

[Tuearts right boot]

We're reeling them in....

 

[bridgeno1]

Fair play to Everton for agreeing to move our match against them a day earlier to avoid us playing 2 matches in 3 days because of our EFL cup game with Palace being rescheduled due to their Conference League match.

 

[MCFC1993]

Choosing to play on Saturday night at Everton instead of Sunday at 2pm is certainly a choice.

 

[Vienna_70]

There’s still a long way to go.

 

[JRockBlues]

Didn't we try and get a game moved once and they told us to eff off. Pellegrini put out a junior side in a Lge Cup semi as a result if memory serves.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Didn't we try and get a game moved once and they told us to eff off. Pellegrini put out a junior side in a Lge Cup semi as a result if memory serves.

Got a vague memory that it was against Chelsea and we lost 5-1.

 

[Vienna_70]

Got a vague memory that it was against Chelsea and we lost 5-1.

That was the BBC’s decision to pick our Cup game for broadcast two - or maybe three - days before a crucial Champions League match.

We did take the lead, though.

 

[.db.]

Arsenal 'hold meeting' as Sunderland accused of putting Gunners stars in danger

Arsenal let a potentially vital Premier League win slip through their fingers against Sunderland at the weekend and it appears that the Gunners have a complaint about the draw

www.mirror.co.uk

"It's not fair Sunderland moved their advertising boards so we couldn't do long throws! We're gonna write a letter to the PL saying it butt hurt our players and should be banned!"

At risk of what… speeding the game up?

 

[mancboy]

Arsenal 'hold meeting' as Sunderland accused of putting Gunners stars in danger

Arsenal let a potentially vital Premier League win slip through their fingers against Sunderland at the weekend and it appears that the Gunners have a complaint about the draw

www.mirror.co.uk

"It's not fair Sunderland moved their advertising boards so we couldn't do long throws! We're gonna write a letter to the PL saying it butt hurt our players and should be banned!"

they are the london scousers.

 

[Vienna_70]

they are the london scousers.

I was going to say, they’re nearly as bad as Littlewoods.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

Arsenal are “a winning machine”, the best team in the PL” and to anyone in their right mind (Carragher and Sutton) they WILL win the title. Whether it’s my 115 obsession or not, I find the evidence for these claims is a little thin. Arsenal are top of the league and have only conceded 5 goals. True! But they have only played 3 teams which were in the top four at the time of the game - and they have not won any of them: two points from 6, 2draws and one defeat. Their wins were all against teams from the lower reaches of the PL at that time. And a further point; if, as Sutton claims, City cannot be considered contenders because we are too reliant on Haaland, how can a team so reliant on goals from corners be considered favourites?

 

[bridgeno1]

Arsenal are “a winning machine”, the best team in the PL” and to anyone in their right mind (Carragher and Sutton) they WILL win the title. Whether it’s my 115 obsession or not, I find the evidence for these claims is a little thin. Arsenal are top of the league and have only conceded 5 goals. True! But they have only played 3 teams which were in the top four at the time of the game - and they have not won any of them: two points from 6, 2draws and one defeat. Their wins were all against teams from the lower reaches of the PL at that time. And a further point; if, as Sutton claims, City cannot be considered contenders because we are too reliant on Haaland, how can a team so reliant on goals from corners be considered favourites?

I'm biased as I'm a Gooner so I'm going to try to be objective but take what I say with a large dose of salt.

Doing an 'eye test' on Arsenal vs City would currently lead to the conclusion that Arsenal are in general finding it relatively comfortable in their matches (with some exceptions) whereas City seem to be in more jeopardy at times. On top of that Arsenal have been winning with a depleted squad, many of whom are on the cusp of returning. Finally, objectively if a team of the season was put together now, more Arsenal players would be in it than City players.

This doesn't mean anything for what happens moving forward but as a Gooner what gives me confidence compared to previous years is Squad depth and quality of our 1st teamers compared to what we are up against. I always felt in previous seasons vs City that your 1st XI was better than ours. I don't feel that's the case today (again this is just a personal opinion, I've frequently been wrong before and frequently will in future). I suppose the one nagging doubt I have is the one player in the City side who I think would be an absolute no brainer to get into a combined City/Arsenal side is Haaland and he is so good that it's like having another 4 City players get into that side. What I mean is the differences between some City/Arsenal players might be 5-10% but Haaland is like 70% better than his Arsenal counterpart and that differential might be enough to win the league on its own.

 

[urban genie]

cunts never stop moaning

 

[urban genie]

 

[mancboy]

I'm biased as I'm a Gooner so I'm going to try to be objective but take what I say with a large dose of salt.

Doing an 'eye test' on Arsenal vs City would currently lead to the conclusion that Arsenal are in general finding it relatively comfortable in their matches (with some exceptions) whereas City seem to be in more jeopardy at times. On top of that Arsenal have been winning with a depleted squad, many of whom are on the cusp of returning. Finally, objectively if a team of the season was put together now, more Arsenal players would be in it than City players.

This doesn't mean anything for what happens moving forward but as a Gooner what gives me confidence compared to previous years is Squad depth and quality of our 1st teamers compared to what we are up against. I always felt in previous seasons vs City that your 1st XI was better than ours. I don't feel that's the case today (again this is just a personal opinion, I've frequently been wrong before and frequently will in future). I suppose the one nagging doubt I have is the one player in the City side who I think would be an absolute no brainer to get into a combined City/Arsenal side is Haaland and he is so good that it's like having another 4 City players get into that side. What I mean is the differences between some City/Arsenal players might be 5-10% but Haaland is like 70% better than his Arsenal counterpart and that differential might be enough to win the league on its own.

Your first paragraph confirmed that like most aftv idiots you have zero objectivity and are a blinkered moron.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I'm biased as I'm a Gooner so I'm going to try to be objective but take what I say with a large dose of salt.

Doing an 'eye test' on Arsenal vs City would currently lead to the conclusion that Arsenal are in general finding it relatively comfortable in their matches (with some exceptions) whereas City seem to be in more jeopardy at times. On top of that Arsenal have been winning with a depleted squad, many of whom are on the cusp of returning. Finally, objectively if a team of the season was put together now, more Arsenal players would be in it than City players.

This doesn't mean anything for what happens moving forward but as a Gooner what gives me confidence compared to previous years is Squad depth and quality of our 1st teamers compared to what we are up against. I always felt in previous seasons vs City that your 1st XI was better than ours. I don't feel that's the case today (again this is just a personal opinion, I've frequently been wrong before and frequently will in future). I suppose the one nagging doubt I have is the one player in the City side who I think would be an absolute no brainer to get into a combined City/Arsenal side is Haaland and he is so good that it's like having another 4 City players get into that side. What I mean is the differences between some City/Arsenal players might be 5-10% but Haaland is like 70% better than his Arsenal counterpart and that differential might be enough to win the league on its own.

I haven't seen enough of Arsenal to make a comparison between teams/squads but, as an opinion, I don't see anything outlandish in that.