Arsenal Thread | 2024/25

Arsenal are the 1st Top Division English side to score 5 or more goals away from home 6 times in a calendar year.

Undoubtedly Arteta will be claiming that as a trophy.
 
Ridiculous the criticism Arteta gets from our own fan base. I've always said, if this fanbase ever pushes Arteta out, we will slide down the table. We were banter when he first joined, and now we compete at the top end. Doing well in all competitions, although could do better in the league.

If we were ever stupid enough to bin Arteta, he would be the next Manchester City manager (Pep would lobby the Man City brass for Arteta as his replacement and they would listen to him). We would 'go and get Zidane, Alonso, Ancelotti but Zidane only wants France and never wants to live in England, Alonso is going to Madrid, and Carlo is likely to retire or move into international football. We would then nosebleed a De Zerbi appointment and call it 'ambition'.

Who needs enemies when you have a faction of your fanbase plotting your destruction from within.
 
bridgeno1 said:
Arsenal are the 1st Top Division English side to score 5 or more goals away from home 6 times in a calendar year.

Undoubtedly Arteta will be claiming that as a trophy.
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We are the highest scoring team in England across all competitions. Last season and the season before were our highest ever PL scoring seasons. Yet apparently Arteta can't coach an attack.
 
ArtetaTechnicalArea said:
We are the highest scoring team in England across all competitions. Last season and the season before were our highest ever PL scoring seasons. Yet apparently Arteta can't coach an attack.
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I think the issue is we're a bit streaky. We will spank a couple of teams but then fail to convert in key games. Last season, Villa at the Emirates, we should have been 3 or 4 up by halftime yet we didn't convert, they get a couple of goals on the break and we finish 2nd. This season, Fulham away, Partey misses an absolute sitter. Chelsea away, Martinelli misses an easy chance at the end. Everton at home, just can't score.

Presently we are 3rd behind Chelsea and Liverpool. We know we are miles better than Chelsea and probably feel we have the edge on Liverpool but those teams have nicked goals when they needed to. You can win 6-0, 7-1 and draw 0-0 in 3 games but the team that wins each match 1-0 is in a better position.

It is hilarious that Gabby Jesus all of a sudden looks like prime Aguero! Long may that continue as it would make a massive difference to have another genuine goal threat.
 
ArtetaTechnicalArea said:
Ridiculous the criticism Arteta gets from our own fan base. I've always said, if this fanbase ever pushes Arteta out, we will slide down the table. We were banter when he first joined, and now we compete at the top end. Doing well in all competitions, although could do better in the league.

If we were ever stupid enough to bin Arteta, he would be the next Manchester City manager (Pep would lobby the Man City brass for Arteta as his replacement and they would listen to him). We would 'go and get Zidane, Alonso, Ancelotti but Zidane only wants France and never wants to live in England, Alonso is going to Madrid, and Carlo is likely to retire or move into international football. We would then nosebleed a De Zerbi appointment and call it 'ambition'.

Who needs enemies when you have a faction of your fanbase plotting your destruction from within.
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City fans won't accept Arteta, but the rest of what you say makes sense - all I'll add though is when you spend big money and get paid millions a year the expectation is you win things. End of. That's why the salary is so big. Doesn't matter if City are the competitor- you get a big transfer kitty and get paid millions a year to solve that issue. So Arteta does need to win something.

We do have a chance though. I think the league will be a stretch but the League Cup is the lowest hanging fruit. I also think in the CL, over 2 legs we'd be a nightmare draw for any team and whilst we aren't favourites, I'd fancy us against anyone. We'll probably win our last 2 games and finish 2nd or 3rd - nightmare scenario though is that means we'd play the winner of the play off between a decent side and a side that just scraped into the play offs and the way things are going that could be Man City who become the 'shit' play off side, but by that stage of the season will have gotten their act together and be an altogether more scary opponent.
 
bridgeno1 said:
City fans won't accept Arteta, but the rest of what you say makes sense - all I'll add though is when you spend big money and get paid millions a year the expectation is you win things. End of. That's why the salary is so big. Doesn't matter if City are the competitor- you get a big transfer kitty and get paid millions a year to solve that issue. So Arteta does need to win something.

We do have a chance though. I think the league will be a stretch but the League Cup is the lowest hanging fruit. I also think in the CL, over 2 legs we'd be a nightmare draw for any team and whilst we aren't favourites, I'd fancy us against anyone. We'll probably win our last 2 games and finish 2nd or 3rd - nightmare scenario though is that means we'd play the winner of the play off between a decent side and a side that just scraped into the play offs and the way things are going that could be Man City who become the 'shit' play off side, but by that stage of the season will have gotten their act together and be an altogether more scary opponent.
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What benefit is there for Arsenal in sacking Arteta in current circumstances and 'trying' a new manager. Best case scenario we continue to compete for the league which is what we are doing now, worst case scenario we appoint a dud and slide down the league. Its the equivalent to flipping a coin to win 1 pound but having a 10 pound liability in you lose. The risk-reward is skewed overwhelmingly to the bad side.

As for City fans 'not accepting' Arteta. Doesn't matter, if Arteta were available in a time Pep deices to move on, Pep would lobby Man Cities board and the board would follow.

Since when did football club management even listen to fans? And to be honest, rightly so, fan sentiment is often wrong and overly emotional.
 
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