Arsenal Thread | 2024/25

[deegee33]

Should have been an electrician.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Have these tarquin cunts blamed City yet for there dropped points and Rice sending off.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I was intrigued by comments on the TV coverage that Arsenal's '23-24 season was their best ever after the Invincibles in that they got more points, won more matches, scored more goals etc. There may have been other stats but it was difficult to hear! This inspired me to see how Arsenal's record last season compared to other clubs' records, especially City's, since Pep arrived at the Etihad. It is hardly surprising that their 89 points would have got them in the the top 4 in each of the seasons since 2016 but 89 points would have won them only one PL title - that of 2020/21 in a season played largely behind closed doors or in front of very small crowds. The Invincibles would have won only one more title but would have lost all others since Leicester's title comfortably.

The point of this is not to argue that Arsenal are not a very good team or that they lack "the winning mentality" or to justify any other football cliche but simply to show that for most of the last decade winning the PL takes not a good team and manager but an exceptional one. United haven't won it in a decade, Liverpool have won it only once in its entire history, Chelsea haven't won it since 2015. Spurs have never won it! And Arsenal haven't won it for 20 years. The main reason for this is the presence in the PL over the years of many/most of the top coaches in Europe and South America, most notably, of course, Pep Guardiola. I am cocky enough to believe that Arsenal winning the title this year has comparatively little to do with Arsenal. If City perform as Pep wants them to City will be champions again: if City let their standards drop then Arsenal have a great chance.

 

[bennyboy]

This wasn't a red though

2 bookings is a sending off.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Have these tarquin cunts blamed City yet for there dropped points and Rice sending off.

Apparently the fans booed them off at fulltime. The Muppets on arsenal fan tv are usually claiming its their title to win at this time.

 

[danielwood5]

Have these tarquin cunts blamed City yet for there dropped points and Rice sending off.

Lots online are saying decisions like this only happen as Howard Webb sends his referees to Saudi Arabia and Dubai for jollys so because of this the league make sure City win.
This kind of thing happens every year, referees clamp down on certain things harsher than they used to at the start of the season, the rules bite a red shirt team on the arse and then their fans, either online, in the pundits booth or their client journalists, make a big deal of how hard done to they are and how "this isn't what fans want to see" and the rules are quietly dropped. All because a red shirt team had to play to the same rules as everyone else.

 

[urban genie]

Just seen that thing that Rice got a second yellow for. My life that is soft. After reading comments on the other thread I thought he'd hoofed it away......if Rodri gets a second yellow for that at our gaff this place would go fucking mental. The conspiracy thread would have 100 pages added.

He was also obstructing the free kick, so a straight yellow for that or flicking the ball away

Arteta amd tarquins are concentrating on the flick away, but obstruction is the bigger offence and so not harsh at all.

 

[Vienna_70]

Apparently the fans booed them off at fulltime. The Muppets on arsenal fan tv are usually claiming its their title to win at this time.

I took it that they were booing the referee.

 

[citizen_maine]

2 bookings is a sending off.

I know - I was trying to point out that it wasn't a 'soft' red like Rodri's

 

[blueish swede]

 

[Rochdale Blue]

I took it that they were booing the referee.

I don't know, but it's still funny. Can't wait to see what the City hating, Nosferatu lookalike has to say, especially if we get a result this afternoon.

 

[jimharri]

I'm trying to imagine Ty's reaction this afternoon.

 

[Gingers Dad]

2 bookings is a sending off.

Unless you're Graham Poll

 

[PuncturedBicycle]

"That's great and all boss but Edison was a known advocate of direct current over alternating current which seems more like a Sean Dyche style of play."

underrated comment

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

underrated comment

That's okay, I'm satisfied with my comedy having more of a cult following

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Either kicking the ball away is a yellow or it isn't. Now the rule is often applied in an inconsistent manner but the ref got it right here. He didn't hoof the ball into the crowd but he kicked a fair bit away from his position. The moral of the story is clear, if you are on a yellow thread very carefully indeed.

Rice.....

.....Stupid is as stupid does.

If Kova had done that today I'd be more annoyed with him than the ref or the rules.

A great example that Pep and City's group of Captains can remind the players of before and during games.

Self inflicted injuries are often the most painful and long lasting.

Fuck the moaning arses.

Spuds and City next......an early chance to choke these imitators City, do it !!

 

[BridgyDids]

Arteta and Saka both bemoaning the Rice second yellow (which is a yellow). 3rd game of the season.

If the result at Spurs and City don’t go there way they will absolutely implode this season. Heads are not wobbling yet, but there is a little tremor.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

City have to be the 'All Blacks'....ruthless, relentless, remorseless and take the league away from arse.

It can't be won in September, but it might be lost !!

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Did starling miss any 1 on 1s today or did his house get burgled AGAIN ??