The pundits who are saying City is poised on Arsenal’s shoulder are just repeating history. They never give a reason for their view. I can’t see any logical reason for Arsenal to bottle it again and City is certainly weaker than previously. City’s January transfer outcome could be significant.
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Arsenal Thread | 2025/26
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Blueboy73
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Five of the eight titles we've won since 2012 have gone down to the last day.We've been 2nd last 3 seasons and worst we will finish is 2nd this season barring something unthinkable. No reason that trajectory will change unless the owners decide they no longer want to invest. We used to sell our best players as 4th place was fine. We won't do that now with the caveat that we need to actually win something else the Salibas etc might be tempted to push for a move to Madrid etc.
Re the battles with the Dips, that season where you got 100 and they got 99 I can see it (was that the season where you won all your games after Xmas?). Aside from that season City seemed to win it pretty comfortably and from an outsider one rivalry that seemed most intense was the Aguerooooo season where you pipped the Rags to the title.
I would hardly describe that as winning it "pretty comfortably"
Blueboy73
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Why don't you just admit that you benefitted from a poor decision?A bit misleading:
'The panel voted 3-2 that the on-field decision by referee Sam Barrott to not award a penalty was incorrect.
It also voted 3-2 that video assistant referee (VAR) Michael Salisbury should have sent the match official to the monitor to change his decision.
Three panel members noted "Saliba carelessly kicks Barry with no contact on the ball" and they felt it was a clear and obvious error.'
So 3 vs 2 but that doesn't account for the 3-5 VAR Officials and the ref, which would make it at least 6 v 3 that say it isn't. Bluemoon will keep telling us it was stonewall though
Hardly a peep from the media about it and quickly swept under the carpet yet anything involved City is foresnically highlighted ad-nauseum.
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I hate that clubs like arsenal get away with this sort of shit. That our media would ignore it because its their favourite clubs. If this is City the shit hits the fan
I hate that clubs like arsenal get away with this sort of shit. That our media would ignore it because its their favourite clubs. If this is City the shit hits the fan
Deel is HQ'd in San Francisco and even if it was HQ'd in Tel Aviv I'd still support the deal as A I am a big supporter of Israel and B we can separate the actions of Netanyahu with Israel as a whole.
Heck, Trump's just started blowing Venezuela up. The UK blew the shit out of Iraq on the premise of 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'. Pretty sure nobody is boycotting them and neither country had a bunch of lunatics come in and murder thousands of their people to trigger it in the first place.
Anyway this isn't a politics thread so that's the one and only comment I'm making on the matter in this particular thread.
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I hate that clubs like arsenal get away with this sort of shit. That our media would ignore it because its their favourite clubs. If this is City the shit hits the fan
From one genocidal sponsor (Rwanda) to another one....
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I think I’m right in saying that 6 of our 8 title wins since 2012 have been on the last day. You’ve bought into the media narrative that City winning = boringWe've been 2nd last 3 seasons and worst we will finish is 2nd this season barring something unthinkable. No reason that trajectory will change unless the owners decide they no longer want to invest. We used to sell our best players as 4th place was fine. We won't do that now with the caveat that we need to actually win something else the Salibas etc might be tempted to push for a move to Madrid etc.
Re the battles with the Dips, that season where you got 100 and they got 99 I can see it (was that the season where you won all your games after Xmas?). Aside from that season City seemed to win it pretty comfortably and from an outsider one rivalry that seemed most intense was the Aguerooooo season where you pipped the Rags to the title.
EDIT: beaten to it and it might be 5 not 6. The point stands though
Blueboy73
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It's only *boring/ *uncompetitive/ * a farmers league (*delete as appropriate) when we win it.I think I’m right in saying that 6 of our 8 title wins since 2012 have been on the last day. You’ve bought into the media narrative that City winning = boring
EDIT: beaten to it and it might be 5 not 6. The point stands though
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They have NOT lost at home this season..amazing from a promoted team..and with 7 Key players at afcon. Take 7 key players away from us and we ain't getting a point there that's for sureleague is probably theirs. After that expect them to fuck off down the table again.
It will be normal service resumed soon enough.
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i know its meant to be a race to build this 'global brand' bollocks but i think teams should be built on representing their local communities.... it's not great when 'fans' come from some small Angolan village or wherever ... Fans are meant to go to games...these global fans should be following their local teams... but that's not the modern way I know ..but the modern game is shite...as match goers are far more pragmatic...social media fans are as you say..unstable and over emotional..and don't really understand the gameIts a result of over a decade of unprecedented success also evident in the newer the platform the more followers eg WhatsApp channels City > 23m compared to Arsenal 11m In fact City are 4th overall behind Real Barca and Netflix just ahead of UCL channel
Gordyola
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Absolutely agree. For me there are fans (fanatics) who follow a club / player without any actual “physical” connection and supporters who have for various reasons connected generally because of a family tradition or a local one and the attend gamesi know its meant to be a race to build this 'global brand' bollocks but i think teams should be built on representing their local communities.... it's not great when 'fans' come from some small Angolan village or wherever ... Fans are meant to go to games...these global fans should be following their local teams... but that's not the modern way I know ..but the modern game is shite...as match goers are far more pragmatic...social media fans are as you say..unstable and over emotional..and don't really understand the game
To be a power in the PL both are needed, for me City have taken the latter for granted to build the global support despite, the local work that’s done by CiTC. An opportunity to correct some of the wrongs is available when the North Stand additional seats become available
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If City dont win the league it would be as funny as fuck if Villa did
malg
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They're going well. Had a slip up but have regained their composure. They're not reliant on worldies and big players stepping up. They're an extremely functional until and are top in merit.
I hate that clubs like arsenal get away with this sort of shit. That our media would ignore it because its their favourite clubs. If this is City the shit hits the fan
Israel are commiting a genocide and I'm strongly against us allowing a sponsor from that regime. As most Arsenal fans on ArsenalMania are. I think the owners are scumbags for accepting this sponsorship. I hope Arsenal fans speak out against it, although I suspect many will turn a blind eye
I also hope Man City fans are against their owners role in the Sudanese Genocide, which is currently happening:
- The UAE government, and by extension Sheikh Mansour, is accused by UN officials, human rights groups (like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch), and intelligence sources of providing weapons, funding, and logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
- RSF attrocities - The RSF militia, which has roots in the Janjaweed militias from the Darfur genocide in the 2000s, is accused of committing ethnically motivated mass killings, widespread sexual violence, mass displacement, and other crimes against humanity in the current Sudan civil war. The United States has formally declared the RSF's campaign in Darfur a genocide.
Israel are commiting a genocide and I'm strongly against us allowing a sponsor from that regime. As most Arsenal fans on ArsenalMania are. I think the owners are scumbags for accepting this sponsorship. I hope Arsenal fans speak out against it, although I suspect many will turn a blind eye
I also hope Man City fans are against their owners role in the Sudanese Genocide, which is currently happening:
So again tell us, how 'shit is hitting the fan' for you, when this is happening and there's nothing but crickets? I hope ethical Man City fans speak out against this too. Will they, I doubt it
- The UAE government, and by extension Sheikh Mansour, is accused by UN officials, human rights groups (like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch), and intelligence sources of providing weapons, funding, and logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
- RSF attrocities - The RSF militia, which has roots in the Janjaweed militias from the Darfur genocide in the 2000s, is accused of committing ethnically motivated mass killings, widespread sexual violence, mass displacement, and other crimes against humanity in the current Sudan civil war. The United States has formally declared the RSF's campaign in Darfur a genocide.
Asking the question to any fan base about any government killing any innocent people is pretty much a brain dead question!
Bottom line your point scoring like the majority of fans do! talk football keep politics out of football.
Israel are commiting a genocide and I'm strongly against us allowing a sponsor from that regime. As most Arsenal fans on ArsenalMania are. I think the owners are scumbags for accepting this sponsorship. I hope Arsenal fans speak out against it, although I suspect many will turn a blind eye
I also hope Man City fans are against their owners role in the Sudanese Genocide, which is currently happening:
So again tell us, how 'shit is hitting the fan' for you, when this is happening and there's nothing but crickets? I hope ethical Man City fans speak out against this too. Will they, I doubt it
- The UAE government, and by extension Sheikh Mansour, is accused by UN officials, human rights groups (like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch), and intelligence sources of providing weapons, funding, and logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
- RSF attrocities - The RSF militia, which has roots in the Janjaweed militias from the Darfur genocide in the 2000s, is accused of committing ethnically motivated mass killings, widespread sexual violence, mass displacement, and other crimes against humanity in the current Sudan civil war. The United States has formally declared the RSF's campaign in Darfur a genocide.
Not getting into all that, you make some good points, but don't let the United States determine what is right and wrong in this world at the moment.
Blue2112
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I think results wise we are surprisingly 6/12 months ahead of schedule in our transformation but ultimately performance wise I think we will slip up enough times, especially away from home (Villa, Newcastle and Sunderland all dropped points we could have won) and this should see Arsenal win it comfortably enough. Next season I would expect us to be much closer to them.
If we picked up a domestic cup and finished second id be incredibly happy with that for this year. The CL has as shown in the past doesnt always get won by the best team so we have as much chance as any on the night.
If we picked up a domestic cup and finished second id be incredibly happy with that for this year. The CL has as shown in the past doesnt always get won by the best team so we have as much chance as any on the night.
GOULDYBOBS
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This is what happens when you let the Yanks in
Your fan base are in a unique position that if you put up banners against the UAE actions in the Sudanese genocide in your stadium, you could potentially shame your owners into stopping a human catastrophy. But yea make it all about 'your scoring points' after your own fan was doing that and I agreed with him 100%. I wonder why you didn't tell him off.
Point scoring again we are football fans!