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It’s not just that either but playing style

It’s so boring. I feel I have to apologise to people in my own home now after arsenal games when I take over my living room to watch our games because we don’t just play boring football. No. We make every game we play boring. We suck the life out of every single game. Even games that we score lots of goals. They are boring. Boring goals. Boring shots. Boring football. We are the antithesis of the club that wenger created. Arteta didn’t come in and take all that attacking verve and flair and add steel to it.

He threw it all away to make us an over expensive Everton

And what did it achieve? 1 FA cup

Wenger did more in terms of CL appearances, Top 4 places, trophies, good football and exciting goals in his last 5 and worst years than Arteta has in his 5 years

The banterest of banter years

With ozil giroud bellerin theo podolski wilshere and le Coq.

With no sporting director and nobody helping him carry the load

Just him and his old school methods

The previous eras under wenger (the cesc rvp era and the Henry/DB10/ Adams/wright/anelka era) are way beyond what we have seen since he was forced out

Arteta needs to deliver or every thing you said about wenger will look hollow and hypocritical

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Pedro seems to relish having the fringe view

His writing becomes notably more passionate when he’s trying to convince the masses he is right

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That Newcastle comparison is an odd one because we already have a brilliant core and foundation unlike them. We’re looking for cherry on the top type signings not a complete rebuild of a pretty unremarkable squad

But you knew that already

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You’re making yourself look dishonest with this take Pedro

You can’t truly belief this is where we should be? We had assets to sell but Arteta tanked them all

He told the world that they were not wanted

That they were toxic and up for grabs

We literally let the majority of the squad he inherited, leave for free

In the same way emery let so many of our attacking players leave for free when he arrived

2 managers giving our talent away since 2018

Ozil gunedouzi kola mustsfi auba Pepe laca mkhtaryan sokratis luiz Callum chambers Luca torreira bellerin Leno AMN elneny Cedric

Lakonga still here snd being perma loaned

KT same. Had value. Was tanked

Look at the youth that has left for free

Hutchinson patino Rekik Duberry Bierethjohn jules Ruell Walters

That is why Liverpool and city had more money than us. They made more of what they had, increased value and sold well and at the right time

You can only look at Arteta and edu for

That

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All these players sold for aabout £17-£20m

Not to mention that we paid off some of their contracts to force them out

When you factor that in, it’s a HUGE loss on the above talent

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Football isn’t just a business though

It’s a sport. Yes they are both but we are

Discussing the sporting side because it’s the sporting side that is the problem

Had we got it right then the business side would also be looking healthier

The business can only grow off the success of sporting achievements

We would be better off with last year’s squad than this year’s squad

That is the truth

And if that is the truth then it is because our sporting team made mistakes in the summer with who they chose to push out of the club snd who they chose to bring

Merino does not bring more than esr and vieira

Sterling does not being more than Eddie

We would be better off with esr veira Eddie and Nwaneri and saved our money for this or the next window. Saka would probably be playing now and fresher had these 4 been getting regular game time

Califiori has played how many games at cb?

We have 5 lb options available right now

One being an 18 year old midfielder who looks better than any of them

So was it really necessary? To ANOTHER lb who doesn’t play?

It’s been a disastrous summer window

Not just who we brought in but who we let go

Merino and sterling are total duds snd not what this squad needed at tjis very moment

But… we have game changers still

If Arteta is indeed generational then he should find a way to get this roster of attacking players scoring goals and winning games from open play

Wenger would

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great post

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By the end of last season, if Pedro was to do a combined Liverpool-Arsenal squad, he'd probably pick only Salah from Liverpool (and probably find ways to play him centrally or on the left). I assume this would be the case for most AKBs as well.

Midway to a new season, a manager came in, without signing anyone, has Liverpool banging, all of a sudden same Pedro and other AKBs are queuing up to tell us Liverpool is better because they spend more than us lmao 😂

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I don't even understand. Is Pedro saying all of a sudden that we can't win any trophy again because City or Liverpool spend more than us and have higher wage bill?

Last I checked his posts, Liverpool would require 5 years post Klopp to rebuild, Pep was leaving so we'd dominate.

So cos your I'll timed, hopium induced statements turned out to not be the case because of the incompetence of Arteta you want to change all your narratives?

Wenger never outspent anybody but he spent enough to win. He paid good players enough to win. That's the difference. If you only win when you spend the most and pay the most what's the use of generational? Might have as well kept Unai and be done with it eh?

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Pedro

On this occasion I have to disagree with your analysis.

Yes there was a long period post the construction of the Emirates Stadium when the club focussed on repayment of debts.

Yes the club lacked a single owner for a long time when both Kroenke and Usmanov were attempting to buy the club outright which prevented significant investment in team.

But NO that is no longer the case. Kroenke now owns the club outright and his spend on the

team in the last 3 years has grown significantly. Indeed we spent more in transfer market than

Liverpool in last 4 transfer windows and I would suggest also Man City.

However, Arsenal in contrast to Man City and Liverpool are a squad/team in "progress". They

are not the finished article. Their focus over last two seasons was to finish in top 4 of EPL and

QUALIFY for Champions League. However, no-one expected us to win realistically either competition.

This season there were expectations that we would compete with Man City for League Title.

On current evidence that may not happen for either club. So perhaps we should analyse why

that may be the case and not make the wrong excuses.

1. The club made the decision to operate with a relatively small squad. If you are competing in

4 competitions particularly in EPL and enlarged Champions League that is a risk.

2. Arsenal have suffered this season a sequence of injuries to key players which not only

upset the rhythm of the team, but has impacted on performance. That was obvious in the

Newcastle Carabo Cup game.

3. The club failed to recruit a top class Striker. That was the one major position in our preferred starting lineup which needed to be addressed.

So let's move forward. Arsenal need to redress the mistakes which have been made this year.

Assuming that we qualify for Champions League the club needs a well balanced squad to

cover ALL COMMITMENTS and not leave us depleted and exhausted.

There are currently in my assessment six positions in the squad, which need to be replaced

at the end of this season. First we need to recruit a top class striker That will cost mega bucks

both in transfer fee and wages.

The other 5 positions like GK, CB, LB, DMF and WING are squad players with potential to

upgrade. This needs smart recruitment and where possible promotion from U21 or Academy

as many of our competitors manage better than us.

Pedro makes the case for the difference in "wealth" of clubs and owners and cites the wage

bills paid by different clubs. Frankly that is not an argument. Man United are a wealthy club

but have been mismanaged for many years. The reason that Man City and to a lesser degree

Liverpool have been successful is that they have been "well managed" and "stable" clubs

for a long time.

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Our Pedro came up with the "money, money, money" narrative as a defense incase things go south when we face Man u.

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I truly pity you Pedro. you have backed a wrong horse. It must really be frustrating and draining to come back every time to defend him summersaulting and flipping, looking for anything that can make you feel good. Well if you don't know or you conveniently forget, the wages of those two club are mainly because they have many players who have been with them for a long time which means they have renewed several times. Not like us that put average players on 250k. Saka and Saliba have renewed just once.how much do you think they will demand if they decide to stay next time? What about havertz? Fortunately, he's been average, but if he's been good, how much do you think he would have demanded to stay, Jesus, martineli white Rice and others if they are good would demanding for more money. We are paying some much for players who have won nothing for years and you compare it to players that have won champions league, EPL and many trophies. Arteta has really been unfair to you.

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Pedro: ‘Liverpool and City spend £500m every three years more than Arsenal, because of consistent success - and if we keep going, we will get there’

The comments: ‘I don’t agree that makes a difference’

Never change guys, never change. X

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I wonder if every time Liverpool and City don't win the champions league do they stop and think...I wonder what the wage bill is like at Real Madrid and how can we match it to be successful. Or do they just think about themselves and their squad needs and how they spend their money.

Fact is it's 5 years nearly 800 million spent and it's struggles offensively and gaps in the squad and apparently nothing can be done about that unless he's adding to the wage bill. Went close last season though despite the wage bill being less than City and Liverpool's.

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Why were you up at 3am on a football blog? Depending on your lifestyle you should either be partying or sleeping

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Marko, I honestly wonder if you read back your stuff.

Yes, Manchester City think about how can they invest more and more money into their squad. That's the entire basis of their charges.

Yes Liverpool think about how they can keep pushing their wage bill up to compete and keep the very best players.

That is why Champions League is absolutely critical... because if you are consistently in it, you earn more money from TV, you create new fans, you drive better commercial deals, get high kit sponsors and... can spend more money on wages.

Madrid ownership tried to create a super league to give them more financial firepower to keep themselves at the top of the pyramid.

We went close last year and fell short because we didn't have the depth we needed... but it's hard to get to to the depth we need without the financial firepower those two have.

You've also owned yourself a bit by admitting that the manager you said was worse that Sean Dyche is overperforming.

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Pedro

It’s our sales.

Poor squad management. Over using first 11/12 every year

Showing the world he is tanking value year on year, basically squad player bonfires

Not being able to use players he doesn’t necessarily fancy any more kills the first team, kills the bench snd kills their value

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Takes a lot of cheek to accuse others of being lazy googlers if you’re Pedro.

No amount of easily attainable facts will throw him off a narrative once he sets his mind to it.

It’s quite amusing, actually

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What’s Olympiacos, Villarreal , and Sporting’s transfer spend and wages , Pedro?

Or was it PGMO the reason we couldn’t get past them?

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Our best attacking player cost Arsenal 0 in transfer fees

Let that sink in!

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Pedro,you are a Trojan.

The true blue Arsenal Trojan.

More power to you.

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Peds.. you are correct arguing with Internet peeps is pretty well pointless. but it is fun.. sometimes. Please tell me the story about peeps quitting their high paying jobs to start a dog bakery is true. That had me literally laughing out loud in an empty room.

Good post.. but I'm still expecting results, regardless, otherwise what is the point of being a fan..? I'm not here for the business model.

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