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Arsenal are the only club that can do this to Real Madrid. It wasn't a battle, it was total dominance and battering of Madrid, the first I've ever seen against Madrid, in particular at the knockout stages. The most formidable attack Vs the strikerless clubs in Europe ended in a shocker.

Names on their own don't play football. Money anyone doesn't play football. Talent, skill, experience, history and and skill do not always guarantee victory. The mindset, determination, character have no substitute if you must achieve success in any football competition. Then there's mother luck.

I am beginning to think the gods have anointed Arsenal for this season's UCL. Forgive me, but I'm dreaming already.

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I'll be honest I don't really care about today's game because Wednesday is far more important and with that in mind I kinda would have liked to see Partey and Rice with a rest and probably Martinelli but you know. I mean Josh Nichols could have done an hour or so today no?

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Starting XI: Raya, Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney, Jorgi, Zinny, Rice, Nwaneri, Tross the boss and Marti.

Bench: Neto, MLS, Timber, Ode, Saka, Merino, Sterling, Henri-Francis, Butler-Oyedeji

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Very reasonable statement foxy.Insread of people just saying they respectfully disagree with a statement or opinion they respond with an insult.And so the tit for tat begins & tends to continue ,in some cases,over the years.

Ultimately,we’re all ARSENAL fans ( with the exception of a few trolls)who each in their own way want the very best for the club.

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There is zero decorum in this blog site. People calling others names and often getting well below the belt and even bordering racist slurs. Wasn’t like this even three years back. Why do we have to get so personal? What’s gotten to us?

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Stfu you can get into deeeez nuuuuuuttttttzzz.

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This was Arsenal’s first goal from a direct free-kick since September 2021.

For 4 long years Arteta let this malaise continue. As if, goals from free kicks don’t exist in football. Surprising all the more coz Arteta himself was a above-average scorer from direct free-kicks.

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From BBC:

Odegaard last scored from a direct free-kick in September 2021 and has not converted any of his 30 attempts since.

It's the Odegaard effect again. Far from the best or the most important player on our team, given star power while the actual superstars in this team - Saka, Rice and Saliba are playing second fiddle to the weaker player.

Saka's 2 corners against Real, were more dangerous than the 100 corners Odegaard performed in Saka's absence.

We saw Dec's free kicks. It stretches in everything really.

He is a shite leader as well, people that deserve the armband more - Gabriel, Dec, Saka, Saliba, Raya, Jorginho, Partey (if he didn't have the other thing), White, MLS one day, even Timber.

I do blame Arteta for all of the above.

Ode has no starting place and should be stripped down from his responsibilities one by one if we want to reach the summit of football.

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According to in match commentators Mbappe hasn’t scored a free kick goal in 26 attempts.

Some say he’s never scored one in his career.

I blame Odegaard.

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Mbappe is shit at FK. That's a fact. Ode's also shit at FKs.

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What’s Saka’s free kick goal record?

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Not sure he's tried to score a direct free kick or at least the number is quite limited. It's always someone else who tries their luck.

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Actually it’s Sid.With his longstuff!🤫😉😂

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Sid's an incel virgin.

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Closeted-- incel virgin.

{Not that there's anything wrong with that... 😆}

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Joke Friday

There are two friends names Un and Tom. Un was married and Tom was a known womanizer, but they got on pretty well.

One day they're hanging out when Un says to Tom, "Tom, how to you...perform for all these ladies? I tell ya, me and the missus, I have a hard time keeping it going for a full performance."

Tom says, "I don't tell many people my secret, but I'll tell you. When you're ready to have sex one night, go into the bathroom and bang your member on the counter a few times, THWACK THWACK THWACK. It'll get nice and numb and you can go on as long as you want!" Un thanked him and decided to head home early and surprise his wife and try it out.

Un gets home and sneaks into the master bedroom without his wife seeing while she's lying in bed. He takes out his member and slams in against the counter, missing twice cause his dick is so small, but finally makes a loud "THWACK THWACK THWACK" with his next efforts.

**********

From the bedroom, Un's wife excitedly yells, "Tom is that you??"

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Why is Vinai going to Spuds

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Clearly desperate. But other than writing this, i'm struggling to give a monkeys.

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I would imagine he's heavily incentivised to get them better commercially

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Arteta interview -

-on injury updates:

With Dec and Bukayo, they're both fit. It was just a matter of two kicks and they recovered well, so they are available for tomorrow. Ricky's progressing really well. I think to give you a timeline is difficult because he needs to step up, especially having more people around and how then he reacts after that, but he's in a good place.

- on there being four more days between Kai’s injury and the end of the season, than there was between Saka’s injury and his return:

So we have some extra days then. Let's see. Every injury isn't the same. The mindset of those two, though is very, very similar. They have a great injury history, great work ethic, are desperate to get back playing as quickly as possible, and great medical staff as well to look after them. So hopefully we can have him, but let's wait, I think. Once you get to the last stage of that rehab is when you can understand

- on which of Rice’s free-kicks he preferred:

It’s difficult, I don't know. The technique is very different in both of them. The range and the angles that he's got, both of them were excellent. They helped us to win the game, which was the most important thing.

- on if he is first in line to take all free-kicks now:

That's something that we discuss a lot. The different ways that he can create moments in and around the box, whether it is to assist or whether it is to score, because he has all the qualities. He can run into the box, he can eliminate people by dribbling, he has a long-range shot, he has deliveries on set pieces. That's where we're heading with him, to become a player who can decide games with very different tools as well.

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Salah and VVD renewing is great news for Arsenal.

Pool just fucked themselves ‘bigly’.

Just a matter of time before Salah spends his new money on latest model Ferrari, keeps changing its wraps, starts showing up late to practice using traffic or sick mother for excuse.

Pool will be forced to pay Barca to take him off their hands.

As for VVD, his luck with lenient refs surely will run out so expect at least six red cards for elbows next season.

I’m with raptora on this, Pool just fucked themselves.

This post is dedicated to Positive Pete btw, I hope it meets his pro Arsenal fan standards.

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They won't replicate this season's form, that's for sure. Ask KDB what it's like playing PL football at his age. Even Ronaldo came back and was meh. Good for them, though. More money in the bank and playing the next 2 years with their foot off the gas. They got nothing to prove. MLS and Saudi are still there in 2 years time for them.

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Ronaldo was scoring 25 goals In his first season back

How is that meh for anyone let alone a bloke in his late thirties

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Talking about winning the title with said goals + assists. Will Liverpool repeat it with both signing on and Trent leaving? No chance!

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54 g/a contributions and counting , slash it by half next season and you’d be extremely lucky to get that from a new £40m transfer , which is what his new base pay will amount to over this two year extension.

A no brainer.

KDB’s injuries killed his last couple of seasons, not a great comparison to Salah.

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Trust he won't replicate that. He will get more than half of that though because he's still that good.

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Great players obviously but the prem is so unforgiving on the body. Time will catch up very very quickly

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We have some obnoxious fans within our fanbase

There are videos out there of gooners approaching random Real fans and publicly shaming them after we won on Tuesday

Also home fans singing "Are you Tottenham in disguise" to Madrid towards the end of that game.

Doesn't it occur to them that Real have won the goddam competition 15 times and we have never won it even once.

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Lol, Diss.

The singing part is just football banter. It is part of English football. It is just a funny joke. Teams in relegation fights banter clubs far superior to them when winning a game. No one actually thinks we are better than Madrid and they are beneath us.

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It's bad karma, you're the one reminding us that the tie is not dead yet.

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The tie isn't over. We will need to kill it off. But it doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy the day when you are winning 3 nil against European Royalty. That is stadium going fans do.

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The first part sure sometimes idiots take it too far but the second part is just banter between fans. I doubt Real fans even get offended they'd have to know what spurs are for that. Diss for you to get up in arms over the second part literally makes me think you have zero sense of humor.

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Got to agree with mongo here

He's 100% right

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Vinai Venkatesham joining Spurs as CEO...huge move? I don't fucking know that club is hot garbage

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Where did you get that from?

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Ornstein -

"Tottenham Hotspur bolster hierarchy by naming Vinai Venkatesham as chief executive. 44yo starts in summer with responsibility for all operations on/off pitch. Former Arsenal ceo turned down other major jobs + will be regarded by many as a coup"

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Thanks

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Also Edu officially left like a gentleman today.

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Don't really care about the VVD and Salah renewals the bottom will eventually and abruptly fall out. I've always been of the opinion even during the Wenger years that if we take care of ourselves and do what we gotta do then it doesn't really matter what our rivals do. Now granted we haven't always done that but the hope is that Berta has us prepared for next season.

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"I've always been of the opinion even during the Wenger years that if we take care of ourselves and do what we gotta do then it doesn't really matter what our rivals do."

Very well said. I agree.

If we put ourselves in a position to consistently reach over 85 points, season in, season out, and push the 90 points mountain every once in a while, that's where I want to see us. Then nobody could say we had a bad season even if a team collects more points than us.

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Maybe you shouldn't have spent all that time dancing around the Liverpool grave, then when you thought all three would depart.

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Let’s see your dream summer & your realistic summer transfer window.. I’ll go first:

Dream shopping list:

Isak

Cunha

Bruno G

Kerkez - with 2 LB’s departing I’d like to see one arrive and MLS to cover in CM

A youngster like Nypan or Jobe Bellingham

Joan Garcia

Realistic

Sesko or Gyokeres or Ekitike

Nico or Semenyo

Zubimendi

Nypan

Garcia

Would like to see TP5 stay.. Trossard, Jorginho, KT, Zina, Kiwior to depart with the loanees

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'Realistic' is a pretty good window

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Sure is - either way, I am backing Berta/Arteta to bring us a massive window!

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Yup me too. Exciting times

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