The Premiere of the Amazon doco was last night, from what I gather, there isn’t a lot to worry about. It’s an intimate look at the club through a lens you’ve never tried.
You’ll find out Arteta is a bit is a maniac for the club and he gives a shit.
You’ll like the players.
You’ll get the chance to feel what the players felt over the season.
It’s all good news for the club and hopefully it helps us build our fanbase as we introduce a new generation of stars to the world over the next few years.
I’m reading that it drops at 1am UK time. One of the directors shot Undateables. Amazing.
Some pop trivia? Who is the most used FPL of ALL time?
Gabriel Jesus THIS season.
The fans know he’s going to bang. I’m glad that it’s a bi-partisan feeling.
Answer me this: How many do you think opted for Richarlison?
My top 4 prediction this season is that Arsenal and Spurs will probably battle it out for 3rd place… but I gotta tell yah, I don’t understand the hype about their transfer window, I really don’t, I think we’ve had a much better one.
… but hey, just me!
The Premier League is introducing MULTI-BALL which sounds more exciting than it is… it’s basically there to stop time wasting.
Now, here’s a better idea. MLS has a League called Next Pro. It’s basically a development league like Premier League 2. They introduced a rule that says, ‘If a player is down for longer than 15 seconds, they have to exit the pitch for treatment and cannot re-enter for 3 minutes.’ You know what the effect was? Players tended to get the fuck up after a challenge.
Some say that teams could purposefully smash someone down so they exit… well, that’d be a booking or a red card if the intent was injury.
Premier League players have decided NOT to take the knee moving forward, feeling that the message had lost its weight. Listen, it didn’t really fuss me, but I will say, I stopped really feeling something for it because the gesture felt like part of the furniture of Premier League football. The point is to make it stick. I just hope that the league continues to invest in equality. More black and brown managers, coaches, match day officials, and execs at clubs would be a great start. I also hope grounds don’t go back to the dark ages this season. Football should be inclusive and you should always be free from concern. That wasn’t the case last season, we saw violence, discrimination, pitch invasions, even staff being assaulted. We need to do better. Hopefully that happens this season.
Aaron Ramsdale was busy on the internet yesterday showing off that he is now the new Arsenal #1. You can’t say he didn’t earn it. He did a great job last season. Back half wasn’t as great. He’ll need to show a more ruthless level of consistency this season if we’re to kick on. But one thing is for sure, he’s a lot better than most though, and he really went out of his way to own the shirt and the fans hearts last season. A top character and one we all want to see succeed.
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The review is in. Makes me want the team to add an extra 5 goals versus palace. Arsenal has been many things. Mediocre is not one of them. Underachievers sure. There is a new wind in the sails let the gunners terrorise the high seas all cannons firing.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/04/all-or-nothing-arsenal-review-mikel-arteta-is-like-a-supply-teacher-out-of-his-depth
Arteta…instead goes for a pep talk that manages to be both touching and baffling. First, he tells the players that, when he was a child, he had Spain’s first open-heart surgery. The lesson he draws from this is that there is a parallel between high-performance teams and the team of medics who saved his life – both are motivated by love of what they do. Bukayo Saka and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, understandably, look blank, as if they are wondering: are we supposed to be heart surgeons in this analogy? Because, honestly, that seems a bit of a stretch. Then Arteta draws… Read more »
Lol at that Guardian writer. Not that I’m not aware that 95% of all the shit the media publishes is gonna go for the hot take, and not like I’m Arteta’s biggest fan (not at all) but we did qualify for Europa League with a 13 point advantage. The writer is allowed to trashtalk us if I could sense his worry inbetween the words. Instead I’m feeling the condescending tone and it pisses me off. Eff him and anyone who looks down on Arsenal.
The Guardian can go do one.
I’ve noticed not with just Arteta but with other managers with these fly on the wall docs that they always fit in a curse or swear word at the end of their speeches/sermons,
I’m one of the lads. A man of the people.
“Let’s fucking do this” “This shit is on me”
Tbf there were other managers where you were lucky to catch a word that wasn’t a swear word back in the day.
Agbonlahor calling Arteta’s methods, and playing YNWA anthem during practice pathetic is the most absurd thing ive seen this week. One is a shit pundit/bum ex-footballer and the other is a good coach on his way to being a great one.
I know which one is pathetic.
I told y’all Dodger dude would most likely be a questionable owner. He only knows baseball.. That’s how you get good at baseball as an owner you chuck around crazy money at every available free agent. As baseball doesn’t have any salary cap rules. The one American sport that does not… they are free to spend as much as they want. So this is what he is used to. And with him being new to world football.. no idea who is advising him on who to throw money at. … Maybe has a dartboard.
The only thing notable in that first episode was Edu’s team board which showed the positions of the players.
Smith-Rowe was firmly in the CAM position along with Odegaard.
That was a sock in the eye for some of those that argue Smith-Rowe’s best position is out wider rather than central.
Edu and his team position board don’t agree with you.
I absolutely refuse to watch a scripted and not at all ‘fly on the wall’ docu-soap drama. And not should you. Get a life.
The knee? Is this not a subservient gesture? Never got that.
Ramsdale. Started like the best keeper in the world, ended like a twat. Shame about Leno. I liked him.
On an unrelated subject, I hope you have fixed rate mortgages. What am I thinking…you all live at home with mum and dad in their basement, clacking away at the keyboard, posting to Le Grove…in between Tommy tanks.
Saddo’s.
The Guardian has a clear anti-arsenal vibe. been there for years. i used to listen to their weekly football podcast but it just got so bad over the last few years i stopped completely.
i watched all 3 eps yesterday, better than i thought but had no idea how off the walls MA is, assumed he was much more gruff. i think its pretty good, we’ll see where it goes. definitely gonna watch it. and the scene w the cameraman giving the team speech was not bad
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Calmaté. Roman threw cash and won everything. Real have done it forever. It works. Always.
Haha Guns… sorry to disappoint… house is paid for.. I dont have a mortgage.
Zacharse
Everyone is anti Arsenal. Where have you been for the last 141 years?
Guns they had better advisers … though.. We see how long he is willing to throw money at the problem before he gives up on his new toy.
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Good man. I knew you would be an outlier.
But, you are wrong on the Chelsea thing. The new owner doesn’t need to understand football. He just needs to throw money at it. Money talks dude.
Reading Barceloma have agreed personal terms witj Bernado Silva. How on earth are they making all these signings and owing players there alredy.
Also, City looking weaker if that deal goes through
The guy Jeffries is using terms like Arsenal fans bleating. It’s obviously a demeaning term used by someone who has contempt for Arsenal or at least has an agenda . The writer uses the Lionesses to say they show the true meaning of football . I read the Guardian a lot but they do jump onto Right On movements very quickly and often turn a blind eye to flaws – examples being dreadful keeping throughout the competition. Ultimately he’s got an agenda and sounds a bit of a Twonk. TBF some posters are coming back at him. I think Barnay… Read more »
What a silly world we live in.
Arsenal is the passion that I cherish. A truly beautiful thing. We are now in the middle of something good. Pocket your little squabbles and pointless misdemeanours. We love this club! Pessimistic or optimistic. When Saka kicks the ball in the green grass to kick the season off, we should have hope.