Arsenal Thread | 2025/26

TonyColemansbagofapples said:
A big yellow taxi is needed for some on here occasionally
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By the way, I've got a genuine question for you. Did Tony Coleman really have a bag of apples to hand? Was he known for it? He didn't actually eat them during matches?
It so happens that it would be something he has in common with Robert Walpole, prime minister of Great Britain for yonks and yonks in the eighteenth century. He would produce an apple and sit contentedly eating it during the long boring sessions in parliament. His favourite variety was Norfolk apples, apparently.
It wasn't quite the done thing (then or now) in the Commons. But he didn't care. (Most parliamentary seats were in the private ownership of the grandees in those days. He had it sewn up. 21 successive years, I think, he was PM.)
I understand them both, though. Nothing better than a proper apple. Cox's Orange Pippins — heaven.
 
Tony Coleman won a League Championship and FA Cup with City, As far as I know, he gave one of his medals to a lad who he didn't know and swapped the other for a bag of apples. Never had it confirmed but not heard anything to the contrary.
He was, shall we say, a bit of a character and should he ever write an autobiography it would certainly be interesting.
 
bridgeno1 said:
Look I'm not seeking a fight and after this post I'll leave it be on this argument as I'm a guest on this forum and the mods have messaged me at times over my membership here to wind my neck in (and on reflection rightly so as they don't need a bunch of non-City fans coming here to wind up the regulars) but as a point of correction, re City fans not berating Silva, you can check out multiple matchday threads over the past 12 months and some members here have called him out for being too slow, seemingly not bothered etc. I didn't make this up.

Anyway I want to clarify that my comments on Silva were based on my perceptions of him today and not on his past achievements as he has been an unbelievable match winner in the past and at his peak was above the aforementioned Saka/Madueke etc. And my perceptions may be incorrect (not the first or last time I'll be wrong) as I don't see him day in day out like City fans will.

That's it, I'll leave it be, I'm not looking to make enemies, once again I appreciate that I'm a guest on this fine forum, something that absolutely would never be afforded to me on something like RAWK or thefightingcock and for that I remain very appreciative.
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The matchday forum and even player performance threads aren't worth taking too seriously.

Also, just note that we're allowed to criticise our own players but we don't welcome it by outsiders if it's as extreme as yours was - a bit like how it works with families!
 
bridgeno1 said:
I don't get the maths here. Arsenal aren't great at attacking, City haven't been as solid at the back, we've played 17 games and Arsenal are 2 points ahead despite the aforementioned. So how exactly does this make City more likely to win the league? Assuming the status quo remains Arsenal would win the title by 5 points. For that to change one of the 2 sides has to either get better from here on in or get worse. Knowing what's more likely is guesswork, albeit City do have form for going on epic runs.
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The maths? Maths is a big part of my job but at this point of season you need to do the eye test and you guys don’t look like winning it.
 
TonyColemansbagofapples said:
Tony Coleman won a League Championship and FA Cup with City, As far as I know, he gave one of his medals to a lad who he didn't know and swapped the other for a bag of apples. Never had it confirmed but not heard anything to the contrary.
He was, shall we say, a bit of a character and should he ever write an autobiography it would certainly be interesting.
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At the 1969 Cup final, he told Princess Anne to send his greetings to her parents.

A few days later, he received a message back from Elizabeth and Philip, returning the greetings.
 
bridgeno1 said:
This is fair enough re Saka. We have a striker (Gyokeres) who hasn't lit the world on fire, we play low blocks most weeks and yet there is always at least one moment every game where either Saka or Odegaard has a simple ball to put Gyokeres through or easy cross to him and the player doesn't do it. Saka in particular - he's a greedy bastard at times. So game intelligence is probably a factor.
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Your point about Saka is well made. He mostly gets very positive media coverage and is obviously very talented. But i have watched him closely on TV and I believe his decision-making in the final third is pretty poor. I am not sure he has improved much since he first burst into the Arsenal team. He does have great potential but has not yet achieved it.
 
TonyColemansbagofapples said:
Tony Coleman won a League Championship and FA Cup with City, As far as I know, he gave one of his medals to a lad who he didn't know and swapped the other for a bag of apples. Never had it confirmed but not heard anything to the contrary.
He was, shall we say, a bit of a character and should he ever write an autobiography it would certainly be interesting.
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I remember hearing him being interviewed on a late-night radio show a long time ago. He was a long-distance lorry driver in Australia at the time and he said he didn't like the Australians. Rum ****, as we used to say.
 
Roses are red
For Christmas I got coal
Arsenal win again
Without scoring a goal
 
Extra games for them could be good for us and Chelsea will be up for it (arsenal may still lose). They seem to be just about scraping though at the moment
 
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