Arsenal Thread | 2024/25

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bridgeno1 said:
We started getting teams doing low blocks against us from last season onwards. Without Odegaard we struggle to get through them and I think that's one big reason we developed the set piece weapon basically as an alternative threat meaning teams can't just give away corners and free kicks and rest easy.

Re bringing United down a peg - there will never be the animosity between United and Arsenal in the way there is between City and United for obvious reasons however fans of a certain age will remember the Rags trying to kick 7 bells out of Arsenal (ratboy Neville being a prime culprit) and generally being absolute c*nts so it's nice to see them wallow in their swamp for a bit after being physically dominated.
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Rags shoudve had at least 3 or 4 red cards..never seen thuggery like it
 
bridgeno1 said:
In any case it's always a huge pleasure to bring a new United manager down to earth and remind them what they've got themselves into. Long may it continue.
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This post deserves to have as many likes as there are Walton sisters. I can't remember how many were born together in 1983, but there were a lot of them !!!
 
grandsolo said:
Why is it when you’re chasing a match your players are never hurt yet when you’re winning, every touch results in a fucking 10 minute medical diagnosis? Cheating bastards
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I wonder if they have got on top of their cramp issue?
 
manclad said:
Yes pal, I looked it up and they were/are known as The Walton Sextuplets.
And an accompanying photo showed them as they are now, 41 year old women, some with children of their own.
" Tempus Fugit ".
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Ohhhhhh those Waltons. I thought you were on about Goodnight John Boy.
 
ArtetaTechnicalArea said:
I remember when Joelinton when two hands into Gabriel at St James park last season. Gabriel was told he 'needed to be stronger'.
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Being physical while challenging for and winning the ball is different to pushing someone in the back when you've got no intention of going for the ball. Arsenal's set pieces literally always have one or two players whose only job is to block off the keeper with no intention of playing the ball. If a defender did that against an attacker, they'd go down and it'd be given as a penalty.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Being physical while challenging for and winning the ball is different to pushing someone in the back when you've got no intention of going for the ball. Arsenal's set pieces literally always have one or two players whose only job is to block off the keeper with no intention of playing the ball. If a defender did that against an attacker, they'd go down and it'd be given as a penalty.
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No rule is being broken. A player can stand in any position he wants, if that position is strategically to block a keepers pathway to the ball, then all's fine.

No more different than player running a channel to drag a player out of position to create space for another. Both have no intention of playing for the ball.

Nothing wrong with our set pieces. We are just a big team that is physical. I remember when everyone used to laugh when Bolton, Blackburn, and Stok would body us of corners and throw ins. But now Arsenal batter the rest of the league via the set piece, and clubs are now writing letters to the PL advising of 'dark arts', and trying to get the rules changed to negate our set pieces.
 
manclad said:
I looked up The Walton Sisters on Google and it came up with -
Erin Esther Walton
Mary Ellen Walton
Elizabeth Walton

And I knew that I was on the wrong page straight away.

"Good night Jim Bob !!!
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A few years ago, Mrs Vienna and I visited Waltons's Mountain, the boyhood home of the series' creator, Earl Hamner.

It is very tourist-oriented, and they must make a fortune every year, given how popular the programme was.
 
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