tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57421563595092515432024-03-13T06:01:07.162-07:00Why Do We Do It? Arsenal fan. Grumpy old (make that middle aged) man. Daddy (maybe Disney Dad) professional (sometimes). Trying my hands at this writing lark . Hope to post at least once a week. Will attempt to post on any topic but Football is a sure banker. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-7783056301231359242018-08-10T23:36:00.002-07:002018-08-10T23:36:12.996-07:00IT IS THE PREMIER LEAGUE HOPE THAT KILLS<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It is here again. Another season of the Premier League kicked off Friday night with Leicester losing by the odd goal just like they did last season when they lost 4:3 to Arsenal Wenger’s Arsenal in a cracking game at the Emirates in August 2017. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">When Arsene announced his exit from Arsenal on April 20, 2018, I was stunned and I was also worried that I might lose my emotional attachment to Arsenal and football. I am delighted that the emotional attachment is still there. While I haven’t quite moved on from Wenger and the disgusting behavior of many towards him, I am hoping Arsenal do exceptionally well this season and into the foreseeable future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What kind of a season should we expect from Arsenal? As I have always tried to say to anybody who I engage with, it is going to take a while for the legacy of Arsene to disappear from the dressing room. Wenger recruited every single one of the players in the squad bar Guendouzi, Leno, Lichsteiner, Torreira and Sokratis. And all of the five new signings will not start or line up against Manchester City on Sunday. So it is still Wenger’s Team with a different manager. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Why am I saying this? Every single Premier League Manager has been allowed the proverbial 3 transfer windows to turn things around. Jürgen Klopp finished 8<sup>th</sup>, in his first season, Guardiola was sprinkled with ‘sand dust’ in his first season with Man City so nobody should expect miracles from Unai Emery. Come back at the end of the 2019/20 season if you want to assess Unai Emery’s work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If Unai manages to get Arsenal playing good football, makes the Gunners more difficult to beat, and ensures they are very competitive in the Top 4 race, this will count as extraordinary success. Let nobody sell you any snake oil that Emery has come to perform miracles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I believe Arsenal have recruited very well in appointing Emery. His pedigree and trophy count speak for themselves. But he has an uphill battle to fight. He needs to face down the deep-seated referee and media bias that is the cross of Arsenal. The club’s executives need to help him here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Unai needs to cure many of Arsenal’s opponents and the pundits of ill repute who belief that Arsenal can be bullied. I am 100% positive that Lichsteiner, Sokratis, Torreira and Mavropanos will cure bullyboys of this misguided belief quickly. I am looking forward to Arsenal been referred to as dirty again and I will swim in the tears of opposition and so called neutral fans who dare point this out when the fun starts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The below defines Unai’s success this season in my opinion<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Good football with the team being difficult to beat<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Competitive irrespective of where we finish in the league <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Significant progress in all cup competitions <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Opportunities given to many deserving youths <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Asking for more from a manager who is aiming to turn a juggernaut around is asking for too much. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">With respect to the rest of the league, I have seen nothing to suggest Manchester City wont win it again. I don’t think they will run away with it because I doubt the Premier League will be dire for two consecutive seasons. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">All the so - called pundits are 100% certain Liverpool will be the closest team to Manchester City and it is easy to see why they have this view. Liverpool appear to have bought very well and have shored up / upgraded a number of positions. However do not forget that the Premier League can be a first season graveyard for overseas goalkeepers with big reputation. Claudio Bravo, David De Gea etc. Even Klopp’s judgment in backing goalkeepers is suspect. Maybe Allison will be an exception. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">For Liverpool to get anywhere near the title they will have to convert the following results where they dropped points last </span>season. Home draws with Watford, Burnley, Man United, Spurs, Chelsea, Everton, West Brom and Stoke. Liverpool lost away to Man City, Man United, Spurs, Chelsea and Swansea. They also drew away with Arsenal, Newcastle, Everton and West Brom. For the relegated teams (West Brom, Stoke and Swansea) substitute with the newly promoted sides - Cardiff, Wolves or Fulham. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make up the 25 points difference between Man City’s winning tally last season and Liverpool’s points finish, the latter will have to change all their losses last season to wins. That will provide a 21 points swing and two of the draws into wins to overcome the advantage City had over them last season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If City start from where they left of in May, it is difficult to see how Liverpool will come close. The points Liverpool dropped last time out was not due to Liverpool playing squad inferiority. Perhaps you might want to look at the Manchester United and Chelsea losses as an indication of so called world class players not been able to handle the pressure on big occasions and point to both managerial and player naivety for the draw with Arsenal. Liverpool’s ability to beat Man City should not be conflated with the ability to win the league. They will have to match City’s results against other sides to have a chance. Next season is always their season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many pundits and social media commentators have made a mountain out of the whining and whinging Mourinho during pre season. I believe this was a show put on for the benefit of the media and gullible fans. United will be as dire as last season, Mourinho will be insufferable but United will die fighting before they give up that second spot. I believe both Mourinho and the United hierarchy are happy to declare the season a resounding success if they finish behind City with less than double-digit points. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chelsea are an enigma. As a Top Four club, they have ‘yo – yo ed’ more than any other top club. There is always one crisis every other season. It is almost like Roman Abramovich deliberately sabotages his managers the season after they win the league. Given that Maurizio Sarri the new Chelsea manager comes with huge praise from his fellow managers and seeing how close Napoli came to ending Juventus stranglehold on Serie A last season, please don’t rule Chelsea out of a league championship win if City falters. I want to believe they will be there or thereabout as a Top 4 side. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tottenham are my major pick to drop out of the Top Four. I will go one step further and add that St Totterigham Day will be back this season even if both sides finish out of the Top Four. Tottenham are financially handicapped because of the new lavatory they are building in Middlesex and as a result were only able to buy Jackshit during the transfer window. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watch out for Everton because of the Marco Silva factor. Watford were in the Top Four after a few games last season. Do not rule out Everton displaying the same early season form. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Same with Pellegrini at West Ham. A combination of his pedigree and their summer efforts might mean they are strong contenders for the Rest of the League race (Outside of the Top Six).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Difficult to see how Neil Warnock will survive seeing the sums his fellow promoted clubs have spent. Strugglers from last season like Southampton and Huddersfield will find it tough going. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The premier league will welcome minor superstars like Fabinho, Seri, Mina, Meyer and Fred.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bring on the in - game panic attacks, the ruined weekends, the over reactions and moronic social media abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Infuse the hope drug into my veins again. Make me dream of Arsenal winning the title. Wake me up in May hopefully when we lift the Premier League title again after 15 years. Better 15 years than 30 years. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-45030112498556961312018-05-26T05:14:00.003-07:002018-05-26T05:24:09.918-07:00The Post Wenger Arsenal Years Are Here<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I am still mourning. I am still sad that Arsene is gone. I hope he comes back one day. As a fan; as an ambassador; or as the board chairman cum chief executive. I pray he doesn’t have to come back on a rescue mission as that will mean something terrible has happened. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you think I am living in the past and my head is stuck in the sand, I forgive you in advance. I pray Arsenal never experience a tiny fraction of the worst-case scenario of the recent change in management. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger leaving was always going to happen. In previous comments, Arsene had indicated a desire to retire sometime in 2021 or thereabout. So he was always going to leave but he decided to leave earlier principally given the way some fans have behaved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are a thinking person, you will see there is more to his leaving than this singular issue. But what is the point of dwelling on the underlying issues when Arsene himself for the sake of the club is keeping schtum for now. I hope one day, we will read all about it in the memoirs of Arsene, Ivan and any other major person associated with Arsenal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Ivan Gazidis, Raul Sanllehi & Sven Mislintat deserve big commendations and massive accolades for the job they have done in conducting the recruitment process and in appointing a very good manager in Unai Emery. The less said about the part they played in the departure of the previous manager the better. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is now all about facing the future rather than holding on to the past. We have not forgotten the past but there is a new manager to support and the club is bigger than anybody including the shareholders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I think Unai Emery was very bold in the way he handled his first press conference following his announcement. To open up yourself to the potential ridicule by speaking in a foreign language that you are not totally comfortable with is high risk and Unai carried it off with aplomb. No doubt this is a sign of someone who is ready to take a measured high-risk action and achieve the desired high reward. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I love Mr. Emery’s antecedents especially his time at Sevilla. That was the only time I knew anything about him. I wish to thank him for destroying Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp in that Europa Cup final in May 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you Emery also for that 2:1 smack down of Mauricio Pochettino and Espanyol in December 2011. On behalf of all Arsenal fans, I hope you continue to beat down both men going forward. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am 100% certain, your numbers against Mourinho and Guardiola will improve significantly as Manchester United will continue to be poor or Jose will get fired and Guardiola will soon go for another sabbatical. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope for great things from Mr. Emery. His record of dealing with the up and coming talents in Sevilla is a huge testimonial of what he can achieve with Arsenal. The absence of any destructive influence like Neymar or Cavani in the Arsenal dressing room is another reason to be hopeful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">While we are hopeful, we must give the new man a chance. The British football media and pundits have always insisted that new managers must be given three transfer windows before demanding results. I hope they extend the same courtesy to Unai Emery and not get on his back for the whole of next season and the first half of the following season.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We have also seen how the media have fawned over Mauricio Pochettino and have unanimously awarded him the title of the best manager in England for winning nothing and choking during semi finals and finals left, right and center. Please in the name of all that is decent, kindly ensure that Unai Emery benefits from the same accolades irrespective of results. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The most important group however who should never get on Mr. Emery’s back are the fans and the three executives who brought him in. If Arsenal are not achieving the desired results but are clearly not going backwards, it should be a time for introspection that perhaps we were wrong all along and not because the previous manager was past his sell by date or that the new man is not quite right. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I fervently hope Mr. Gazidis will find a way to withdraw his comments at Unai’s first press conference when he said a team of Arsenal’s stature should not be 6<sup>th</sup>in the Premier League. Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea have all finished lower than 6<sup>th</sup>. What is it in Arsenal’s stature that makes finishing 6<sup>th</sup>earth shattering?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If Mr. Gazidis had said a team of Arsenal stature should not be almost 40 points behind the league winners, I will not argue at all. You can finish 6<sup>th</sup>and be only a few points behind the winners in a competitive league. So 6<sup>th</sup>is not the problem, the lack of competitiveness is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester City, United, Liverpool, Chelsea, that club down the road will be back next season. Some of them will spend significant sums to improve their current squad. No Arsenal fan and no right thinking person will argue that City and United have more money than Arsenal and will outspend Arsenal again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Liverpool in the last two years have spent c£200m on Salah, Mane, Chamberlain, Wijnaldum, Van Dijk and have committed to spending another £55m on Keita this summer with perhaps £75m Fekir incoming. Yes they have been helped by selling Suarez and Coutinho for significant sums. But they have only c£70m in debts compared to something like £300m debt at Arsenal. This allows for significant scope for spending which Arsenal does not have. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Chelsea barring any issues the owner might have with the British government are likely to spend big this season after spending over £200m last season and over £100m the season before. Forget the over one billion pound debts hidden in its books as it is owed to one person and not to any bank. Don’t forget Chelsea are also quite adept at manufacturing record-breaking transfers to some obscure places. David Luiz to a Malaysian Club for £100m must be a deal they are working on at the moment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Now to that plucky club down the road. The one with no money according to gullible people. They have almost completed their tin pot stadium at a whopping cost of almost a billion pounds. That scummy lot have been fortunate to borrow money when interest rates are a pittance. They have recently given their manager a massive reward for failure. In the past two seasons, that club that does not spend money (according to the same gullible people) have spent over £200m in the last two years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The squad Mr. Emery has inherited needs a lot of improvement and also needs to deal with the expectation of the young lads to break into the first team. While I agree with Mr. Wenger that with the addition of two or three players, the squad will excel, I think even with the addition of the two or three, we will not equal Manchester City in squad talent or ability. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Amongst the Top 6 goalkeepers, nobody will claim that Petr Cech is the best. Amongst the Top 6 Centre Backs, I would have backed Koscielny as the stand out boss two years ago; I don’t think he is close now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am excited at the new manager’s plan to play pressing football when we are out of possession and to be protagonists when we have it. I believe this will help ease some of the defensive pressures on Arsenal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If Unai Emery can make us more difficult to beat while playing attractive football, if he can challenge competitively for all four competitions we will be playing next season, he would have over achieved in my opinion. Top Four, winning trophies will be a bonus especially with the comments in this <a href="https://twitter.com/awhite66/status/1000035637679022083" target="_blank">link</a> that I definitely share <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my preview of the 2017/18 season, I got something half wrong. I believed both Manchester United and Manchester City won’t win the Premier League. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am glad that my prediction was at least half right. Having a team that dished up the most diabolical football you will ever see since Sam Allardyce’s Bolton, win zero trophies was a very good thing. To then see Chelsea defeat them at Wembley in the FA Cup Final using the most 'Joseic' tactics ever and watching Mourinho bitch and moan about this lose made the season sort of worthwhile. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester United have been dire and it is a measure of how bad the premier league has been this season that they managed to get second place. When Manchester City defeated United at Old Trafford in December 2017, the difference was eight points. By the end of the season, the gulf in class had grown to 19 points. Diabolical. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are deluded or caught in the Jose Mourinho warp, you can talk about progress. But winning three “massive” trophies last season to ZERO this term and playing the most turgid football after spending north of £350m is not progress. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Quit that nonsense about 81 points would have won the league in 6 previous premier league seasons. So was Arsenal’s 75 points last season. It would have guaranteed a top 4 finish in many other seasons. It was only one point behind Liverpool. It was classed a failure then and so is United’s 81 points now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For a squad of equal ability to finish 19 points apart is disastrous and no positives should be taken. Certainly not after United lost to all the newly promoted sides and have racked up their 19<sup>th</sup>‘watching paint dry’ draw since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. Coming 2nd and ending the season with 81 points was no achievement for this expensively assembled side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">Overall it has been a poor Premier League season. I have seen lots of statistics demonstrating how dire the season was. This stat comparing the 2003/4 season with the 2017/18 season made a huge impression on me. Please see the link <a href="https://twitter.com/Dangerjenkins/status/995215599436517376" target="_blank">here</a> .</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">“teams from 8<sup>th</sup>- 20th had more points (in 2003/4) than today including the bottom 6 teams which means the standard of football was better in 03/04”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You can disagree all you want but be clear that the standard of defending is worse now than it was a few years ago. They don’t make Sol Campbell, Steve Bould, Prime Kolo Toure, Steve Bruce, Japp Stam etc. any more. Consequently attacking sides like Manchester City have benefitted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester City winning by record points deserves some applause but their records are diminished. All the pundits expected them to go the next 10 years undefeated, win the quintuple and the world cup but it wasn’t to be. They lost. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact they were torn a new strip by Liverpool at Anfield and by United at the Emptyhad. Yes they have won the league and broken records but the one that matters most remains unbroken. They can have another go at equaling Arsene Wenger & Arsenal’s Invincibles record next season. I will be rooting for them to fall on this particular endeavor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As an Arsenal fan, everything that could go wrong this season has. Right from that game at Stoke. The referees set out their marker very early. And they succeeded in derailing our season. God forbid Liverpool win in Kiev. I might just decide to hide away forever. This is one time I am hoping the bookies are right and the officials genuinely have a Real Madrid agenda and will do everything to make 13<sup>th</sup>a lucky number for Zidane’s Team. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The season itself started on a great note for me as a Gooner. I was hoping the fresh legs from non-participation in the Europa League by the first eleven will give us some serious boost. It did a bit but not enough. The first game of the premier league season on that Friday night was spectacular with the 4:3 win over Leicester. Our defensive and midfield frailties were apparent but we had the ability to score goals especially with our record signing Alexandre Lacazette. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Then the referees struck when Lacazette’s equalizer was denied by a phantom offside call at Stoke. We saw glaringly dodgy refereeing decisions again in October at Vicarage Road, in November at the Empythad and when the issue came to a head with that phantom penalty call by Mike Dean of Thieves at West Brom in December. It is perhaps fitting that West Brom have now been relegated. Shame Tony Pulis wasn’t in charge for this one. But our cards were doubly marked from when Arsene called out the Dean of Bent Referees. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Transfer sagas also played their part in wrecking the season. First it was the ‘will he, wont he’ with ‘significantly improved but still plays a cross field pass to nobody’ Oxlade - Chamberlain. He then decided not to turn up in a match against the team he wanted to join. The Alexis Sanchez circus was also a factor. I think Wenger deserves a Sainthood for bringing two devils in Sanchez and Manchester United together. You will never see a pair more deserving of each other. I wish them more piano playing days together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It was one bad away result after another. One bad luck game after another. We stemmed the tide after a while and delivered a set of spectacular home results overall. We just couldn’t crack our away form. I know Arsene alluded to it been a mental issue, however I have a feeling the players felt they were playing against their opponents and the referee in away matches. These same guys did the business in the Milan and Moscow away games in the Europa League. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I was never bothered about the rubbish ‘Arsenal are yet to win an away point in year 16xx” bandied about in the mainstream media and on social media. For two years running, Arsenal was the best premier league side in two calendar years. Did our detractors and fake pretend fans pay any attention? Why should I pay any to their silly narrative?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The League Cup final was heart wrenching. Another poor referee call cost us the first goal when we were very comfortable and should have been a couple of goals ahead if Aubameyang had been a bit more clinical. If only Lacazette was fit, if only Monreal wasn’t injured early in the match. If only, if only, if only. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Our second shot at glory during the season was wrecked by bad luck also. The sort of bad luck you probably remember from the 2011 League Cup final. A miskick in defence by an Arsenal defender gifts the opponent an undeserved goal coupled with a shit goalkeeper in a relegation bound team having a blinder cost us the final. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Same way we lost the Europa semi final to Atletico. There were 3 or 4 bad luck moments leading up to Griezmann’s goal at the Emirates. We could and should have killed that game at the Emirates with clinical finishing despite Oblak’s great goalkeeping. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I couldn’t bring myself to watch Atletico lift the trophy in Lyon. That should have been us. That should have been Alexandre Lacazette lifting the trophy in his backyard. That should have been the boys wishing Arsene a wonderful au revoir. But, C’est la vie <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes Life. It kicks you in the gonads whether you expect it to or not. It did it again when the worst possible thing that could have happened this season happened when Arsene Wenger decided he had had enough and made up his mind to leave. Forget what idiots, fools and morons say, Wenger called time because of many issues. I can speculate till kingdom come on these issues but I wont. Wenger wanted to go quietly but the Club wanted his departure to be marked with an almighty bang hence the club announcement and the timing of the statement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So we have had the marvelous goodbyes to Arsene both from genuine Arsenal fans who turned up en masse to wish the great man farewell and fans of other clubs like Leicester and Huddersfield. We have seen many fond farewells from many big-hearted people like Sir Alex Ferguson and the management of Huddersfield who specially honoured an authentic Football Great. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My heart will forever ache at Wenger’s departure but I always believed he will call time when he thinks it is appropriate. And he did. So please ignore any small-minded ungrateful lout who thinks Wenger was sacked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal have lost many greats this season. The greatest of them all, Arsene Wenger is gone. Vic Akers too. Boro P – Wenger’s most loyal assistant has left the building. Colin Lewin after serving for 23 years – gone. Santi Cazorla appears to be leaving. Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud, Francis Coquelin, Kieran Gibbs, Szczesny, Gabriel, Sanogo, Debuchy. All loyal servants, all wonderful individuals. All gone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">An end of many eras. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope we never see a rotten season like this again. I hope we experience many of the Wenger era highs in the future but brace for the ride guys. I think it will be very bumpy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe next year will be our season. It is a sad day when you have to adopt the favourite phrase Liverpool fans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">All of these emotions I have experienced in the last few hours. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to say thank you to Arsene. You have given us joy in the last 22 years. I trust you will continue to give joy in whatever you decide to do following your few weeks of rest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I genuinely hope you are happy. I genuinely wish you happiness. As a person who has given so much joy to football fans, you deserve plenty of good things in life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I can only imagine your parents raised you to be a thoroughly decent person as it is not a coincidence that in all the clubs where you have played and worked people have nothing but good glowing words to say about you and how you have positively impacted their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">From when life had little or no material privileges to when life had significant resources like it did in Arsenal, you looked after both the emotional, physical, physiological and psychological well being of the people around you. Your good nature, good heart and kind consideration did not start yesterday, it is who you are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I listened to your interview after the FA Cup victory last May and your words will stay with me forever. You are happy with your unique and unmatched achievements of winning the 2004 season undefeated and winning Seven FA Cups. I hope and pray that those two records remain unmatched in my lifetime. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Building the back four that went the whole season undefeated for less than eight million pounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene I salute you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly the philosophy of free flowing football was always likely to have its own drawbacks. Just like any philosophy. But you have done your part and done it well. It is left to others to build on your legacy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think very highly of Arsene Wenger. I didn’t want him to leave Arsenal until he was ready to retire. Sadly that has not happened. Arsenal and the club have announced his goodbye effective at the end of this season. I wish Arsene well in all his future endeavors. I hope the Chairman of a huge European club will appoint him as Manager so the idiots who think his wages at Arsenal is a big deal can collectively choke on their hatred. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">After we lost to Brighton away, all the messages coming out of the club appeared to indicate Wenger had had enough. I wrote <a href="https://www.thecable.ng/imagining-post-wenger-landscape-arsenal" target="_blank">this</a> article then. </span>Nothing has happened since I wrote the article to change my mind. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am glad Wenger has decided to leave as many of us right thinking people believe he will do if he felt it was time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am glad that my assertion that Arsene Wenger was ready to walk away last summer is now accepted following recent comments by BBC Reporter David Ornstein. I believe David gets all his briefing from sources close to the club’s CEO.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There is nothing I can add to the millions of accolades heaped on Wenger. His stature as a colossus of the game will endure forever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The announcement of his departure has also unearthed a lot of hypocritical vermin masquerading as humans. People like Ian Wright, Lee Dixon, Kevin Cambpell, Martin Keown and Thierry Henry. These so called legends are worse than snakes and will hopefully get their comeuppance in life. You can choose to recognize their worthy contributions to Arsenal as players and still recognize their disgraceful and reprehensible behavior as humans. All for the sole reason that Arsene did not allow them turn Arsenal into a circus and refused to switch on the gravy tap. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">This is why 'these lot' hate Wenger. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">They have nothing going on in their life. Ian Wright has lost almost all of his memorabilia from his football playing days because his wife couldn’t pay storage fees. I have seen storage fees advertised for a £1. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am glad none of the rumors of imminent managerial appointments include Thierry Henry. We have heard Patrick Vieira and Mikel Arteta get mentions but it looks like Thierry Henry will be permanently confined to the fringes. He deserves worse. A man who went around all our opponents teaching them stuff prior to our games with them, pumping up their confidence to take on Arsenal, encouraging Alexis Sanchez to leave. Yet his countrymen like Lacazette, Aubameyang and Koscielny are all at Arsenal and not for once did he think he should come and do the same for them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To all those who believe they have succeeded in getting Wenger to leave, I wish you well. You might think you’ve achieved something but trust me, this is hollow. This is empty. It took you over 5 years to achieve your aim. I hope you will be man enough to own your decision in future. There is a no returns policy on the choices you have made. Enjoy it and revel in it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Why you hate a man whose life mission was to bring joy is beyond me. A man who has won silverware 6 times in the last 5 years. Every single one of them enjoyable to millions of Arsenal fans worldwide. Yes there have been days of sadness but the joy has been more than the pain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I know we live in a different world where the majority of the people are self obsessed, entitled and are easily led by negativity but the venom against Wenger is unprecedented. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Many including so-called legends and public broadcasters who are obliged to be balanced are so invested in supporting the agenda that he was sacked. So what does that do for you if he was sacked? How does it add to your bank balance or emotional well-being?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Many don’t want the team to do well especially in the Europa League because of Wenger but these lemmings genuinely believe they are Arsenal supporters. How absolutely untrue that is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Many use his salary as a weapon to clobber him whereas he is earning half of what Mourinho and Guardiola are earning and does more work than either of those two. The fact that he is now likely to double his earnings elsewhere will not make these haters pause.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Many hatefully blame him for everything that has gone wrong in the past even when a discerning person can see Arsene has always been collegiate in his approach and will front up for decisions taking by others without betraying any confidence. The time has come when Arsene no longer has to defend anybody. The Board, the Chief Executive, the Chairman and Owner will now have to answer for their decisions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Many are patiently waiting to blame Wenger for any mishaps next season and forever. Any misfortune will be blamed on Wenger. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">But guess what, Wenger’s place is secured. People like Ian Wright, Thierry Henry, Kevin Campbell, Lee Dixon and Martin Keown will never impact the amount of lives Wenger has impacted positively. These snakes will be a little footnote in the history of Arsenal while there will be a huge chapter on Arsene. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As for the ordinary fan like me, don’t join the Wenger haters’ bandwagon. If you cant see what Wenger has done, please be patient. In a few months time, you will see the good things Wenger did for Arsenal Football Club.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger has to go when he wants to go. In my opinion he has earned
the right and I say this because I am convinced Wenger will go if he realizes
he is the problem or when he knows the club doesn’t want him or need him. Wenger
is not there because he needs the money or the status, he can get the same
money elsewhere and the status at a few clubs that are better than Arsenal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">A few months ago, Wenger gave <a href="http://www.beinsports.com/en/premier-league/video/wenger-exclusive-i-would-sacrifice-my-own-job/746187" target="_blank">this</a> interview and said he was ready to sacrifice his job for the values of the club. If the
values of the club are threatened, he will leave and he was ready to leave in
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He is staying on to preserve those values, the same values we
Arsenal fans admire about the club. Yes, the on field results are atrocious but
there is more. What we are seeing on the pitch is a reflection of a bigger
issue that obviously has nothing to do with poor coaching and by inference a
lot to do with off the field issues. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Arsenal. The ‘take take take’ type. When it is finished, it is off to the next
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Ozil’s new contract is a £52m one. It was negotiated by the might of the new
guys and the Chief Executive. If not for the problems partly created by the
anti Wenger element within the club, Ozil’s contract would have maybe cost £15m
less. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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club is left facing a bill of a few £31m per failed contract extension /
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generous sweetheart agents deal that doesn’t happen now and people start
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look at all the transfer deals we hear about. Manchester United and City get
absolutely dicked about on transfers but because there is an unlimited pot,
they don’t care. The continentals appear to do good business and will turn away
from financially awful deals. Nobody in Europe was willing to cough up the £40m
they knew was going into Raiola’s pocket on the back of the Pogba deal. Only
Manchester United did. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Moshiri and Kenwright. At the moment, the only place where you think maybe they
are getting the financial side of transfers right is Chelsea. Mr. Roman Abramovich
keeps a mafia like eyes on the purse. They also do a few selling deals that
tell you they are sleek operators and not ignorant willing victims. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sanchez stats have improved significantly since they came under Wenger’s wings.
Koscielny famously came from Ligue 2 in France. Iwobi was a boy the Academy
wanted to let go at every review because of his height. Bellerin has come from
nowhere, Monreal doing great stuff. All down to Wenger’s coaching. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">When did Wenger become a poor coach / manager? People level
allegations of staleness, stayed too long and whatever spurious things they
want to allege but poor management? Absolutely no evidence of that bar the
results. I agree you get judged by the results but the results are not a
reflection of a manager’s ability. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I have looked at all of our Premier League loses this season and I
cant see which one you can blame on a lack of coaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Stoke – referee. Penalty denied. Equalizing goal denied.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Liverpool – dressing room bust up due to Oxlade Chamberlain
departure <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Watford – 2 goals against Arsenal that should have been disallowed <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester City – 2 dodgy goals against Arsenal. Offside and dubious
penalty <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">United – gifting opponents 2 goals and failing to score 10 odd gilt
edged chances <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Bournemouth – goal keeping error <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Swansea – defensive and goal keeping error<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Tottenham – dubious goal. Harry Kane foul on Koscielny <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">City at Emirates – Ok, maybe we were poor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Brighton away – goal keeping errors <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Please feel free so say what you like to the above assessment. Can’t
be worse than what others have said. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Out of these losses, I want to blame Wenger for our defeat to City
at the Emirates. Why? I think Arsenal should have called the match off. We
don’t do enough skullduggery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be
fair, it does appear the Premier League wanted the match to go on. Secondly I
though Arsene should have been a bit more cautious / more defensive but my
impression is that he went a bit more attacking because the collective decided
that was the way to go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene does not need to teach a senior professional not to give horrible
back passes or hospital passes to teammates. If you think Petr Cech and David
Ospina are not getting enough training, it is pointless you reading this or
having an argument with you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My view is our players’ confidence is shot. I could blame the Oxlade
Chamberlain issue, the Sanchez issue, the referee’s gang up, the size of Ozil’s
new contract, AFTV digging out Bellerin, arrival of Aubameyang making it look
like Lacazette had been relegated. But I don’t know if that is true, it is all
speculation. Only one man, his staff and the squad know what the issues are and
I back that one man to solve the problem. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He has made it clear that job security is not the top of his
priority. He has made it clear he does not plan to resign. If the board want
him gone, they should STOP BRIEFING THE PRESS and make a case to the majority
shareholder. If the majority shareholder refuses to pull the plug, the board
should come out and make a statement backing the man and should back him wholeheartedly.
The Board should stop worsening the situation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">When Wenger goes. Hector is out of the door. I believe Kosc will
follow too. Ozil might wonder if he wants to stick around, Nacho maybe and who
knows who else. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">When Wenger leaves. The vultures will sink their teeth into what is
left. The things Arsene didn’t allow them do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Poor results from the new man will be blamed on Wenger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If it ever goes pop in a few years time, it will also be blamed on
Wenger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">But I know the good man did a lot for the club. He dragged the club
into the 21<sup>st</sup> century and birthed the most successful period of the
club ever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Until he decides to walk away, I remain in support of him and I am
convinced he will walk away if he thinks he is the cause of rot we are in or if
he loses the dressing room. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-75755984242356349582018-02-18T23:58:00.003-08:002018-02-18T23:58:47.405-08:00Arsenal Football Club – Don’t let the Bellerin Oxford Union Speech Go To Waste<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I don’t like AFTV.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I wrote a blog about my dislike for what they do a year ago. You can
find my article <a href="http://babagrumpy.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/arsenal-fan-tv-right-or-wrong.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My views are unchanged. They have been reinforced by the publication
of Hector Bellerin’s comments at his Oxford Union lecture. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a lot to like about Hector.
Articulate young man. Following his passion in addition to his professional
career as a footballer. Came to England at age 16, even speaks English with a
cockney accent when he wants. What is there not to like. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I was looking forward to Mesut Ozil reeling the cannons out at his
appearance in the same venue on Tuesday February 20, 2018. Sadly this has now
been cancelled. The organizers claim this is due to reasons beyond their control.
I suspect Ozil has decided to cancel due to the storm over Hector’s comments. I
was quite looking forward to Ozil going harder at the so-called legends who in
my opinion are worse than AFTV morons. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, I hope Hector’s comments are representative of the squad. We
already know what Arsene Wenger thinks of idiots. We’ve seen the Club’s Chief
photographer’s tweet too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am happy that Hector’s comments have riled the AFTV lot. To be
fair to them and with the exception of the big moron DT and the laughable
Leegunner, they have coordinated their replies and it is on message. ‘Hector
has a right to his opinion but we disagree yada yada’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What a joke AFTV. Thanks for giving Hector the right to his opinion.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">None of the AFTV responses has however addressed the key issue
Hector raised on AFTV amongst the over a dozen other subjects he talked about. The
central issue is:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘YOU CANNOT BE A TRUE FAN
WHEN YOU ARE PROFITING FROM THE MISFORTUNE OF YOUR CLUB’. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Robbie and AFTV believe it is their right to profit from Arsenal’s
failure on the pitch. If this failure was natural, maybe you might excuse them
but these guys actively try to create a negative vibe around the club, the
players and amongst fans. They spearhead meaningless protests, wish the manager
dead and then profit from the poor results brought about by their action and
have the nerve to say that they don’t control which videos go viral. They know
which videos have gone viral and do everything to replicate the
conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Because Robbie, DT, Claude, Leegunner’s collective IQ is lower than
that of a tuna sandwich, they assume they are talking to their fan club whose
IQ is non existent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">While I am certain nobody begrudges the next fellow their daily
bread and a little extra, we all object to that fellow making a mug of us and
earning their crust at our expense. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">The excuse that spending their money gives
them the right to be dickheads is off & rotten. You want an example of
passion & commitment and spending money; <a href="https://twitter.com/Wellwod/status/965225458123071488" target="_blank">see</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">what our fans in Belarus went through to attend the Osterstunds match. They don’t slag the club</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The AFTV lot only profit when things are negative. So they make everything
negative <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We win games – NEGATIVE. The other team was shit <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We draw games – NEGATIVE. We were shit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Referee shits on Arsenal – NEGATIVE. That’s an excuse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal wins three FA Cups and three Community Shields in four years
– NEGATIVE. They are shit trophies nobody wants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I remember when we drew with Middleborough last season to go back to
the Top of the League. Guess what the imbecilic DT said – “STOP SINGING WE ARE
TOP OF THE LEAGUE YOU FOOLS”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">That is what it is all about. NEGATIVES. Fake rant to generate
YouTube views. And how much does 100k of views get you? Apparently £60. That is
what these collection of Judas sell out their club for. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">They are making Arsenal laughing stocks for the sake of maybe £600
for a million YouTube views. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much of
a low life do you have to be? Attempt to destroy what millions enjoy because of
£600 every week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">AFTV on the other hand makes extra especially with the advertising
from Sun newspaper and Ladbrokes. And this is where the Arsenal commercial
department should be targeting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I understand Arsenal Football Club does not want to be seen as a
Goliath trampling down on a mickey mouse fan group. However Arsenal should be
looking beyond the reputation risk here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">These AFTV guys are making money using Arsenal’s name. I can bet the
club has retained many intellectual property agents around the globe to ensure
only duly licensed parties are allowed to use the Arsenal name for commercial
purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is it different with AFTV? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">AFTV are making money using the Arsenal name / brand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">AFTV are actively working to undermine the results Arsenal gets on
the pitch <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">AFTV are creating a rowdy situation after matches and there have
been a few bust ups <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">AFTV are actively encouraging abuse of players <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal should ask them to either stop using the name of the club
and its properties anywhere or ask them to open their book and take whatever
percentage of the income the club normally takes with any commercial partner.
This money should then be donated to The Arsenal Foundation / Arsenal in the
Community to avoid any David / Goliath backlash. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">AFTV as it is, is only benefitting Robbie, the collection of regular
rubbish talking heads and opposing fans. Let The Arsenal Foundation and the
projects the fans genuinely care about benefit too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am glad fans are working them out. Poll results after poll results
show that are useless to the fan base. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While not quite Nazi Germany & Hitler,
anybody who continually toes the ‘AFTV is just fun and harmless’ is an enabler.
All those in the ‘Robbie is such a nice guy’ club are enablers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Nice guys don’t try to damage something they love. Nice guys don’t
give platform to those wishing our manager dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-91222293969582095842018-01-27T07:50:00.002-08:002018-01-27T07:50:26.697-08:00ASKING WHO GOT THE BETTER DEAL ON THE SANCHEZ MKHITARYAN TRANSFER IS A STUPID QUESTION?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The answer to which team got the better deal in the Sanchez
Mkhitaryan exchange is simple.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">IT IS A VERY STUPID QUESTION.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It goes back to the Media’s ability to control the narratives and
generate more eyeballs and social media engagements / clickbaits. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">More Nonsense. More money for the Media people with many lazy sports
journalists who crowd source almost all of their articles from social media
postings of lemmings pretending to be in the know. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">First off. How do you quantify better deal? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Money gained / saved? Player impact? Trophies won at the end of the
player’s contract? How pleased the fans are with the transfer? The manager?
What exactly are you measuring? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What are the facts and not some meaningless search for social media engagements?
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">THE FACTS <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal were reported to have valued Alexis at between £30m and
£35m. They had accepted (subject to been able to sign a replacement) a £60m bid
by Manchester City lodged almost 24 hours before the end of the Summer transfer
period. As Arsenal couldn’t sign a replacement, a decision was made to keep
him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There are rumors potentially now supported by the reactions of
Arsenal players to Sanchez departure that Alexis was not popular in the
dressing room. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Overall for Arsenal and in his career, Alexis Sanchez’s goals stats
are phenomenal. However he was part of an Arsenal Team that finished Fifth for
the first time in Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal career. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi goals stats since he couldn’t join Manchester City in the summer
and up until his last game for Arsenal was on a downward spiral. Seven goals,
three assists and 38% shooting accuracy in 19 Premier League matches compared
with 24 goals and 10 assists in 38 matches the previous season. <a href="https://www.premierleague.com/players/4973/Alexis-S%C3%A1nchez/stats?co=1&se=79" target="_blank">Source</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">His reputation for ball turnover / dispossession are legendary.
While many passionately dislike him for this, others give him a pass because
they believe he is trying to work some magic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Since he joined Arsenal, his overall game stats have improved
remarkably and shows that those who claim Arsene’s best days are behind him are
misguided or just liars. Arsene Wenger improved Alexis Sanchez. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward to the January transfer window. The player still wants
to leave. The numbers he wants cannot be matched by Arsenal. PSG and Bayern
couldn’t make the numbers work and so eventually too Man City couldn’t cough up
the dosh. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">THE TRANSFER <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">At the start of the January transfer window, Manchester City knew
clearly that Arsenal wanted £30m to £35m. Just like in the summer, some smart
arse in Man City thought they could low ball Arsenal and wait till the last day
of the transfer window. They wanted to pay £20m. How utterly ridiculous and
disrespectful? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">They thought he was worth £60m the last window, why were they
offering a third of his value in the next window? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It was either they didn’t really want him or they thought Arsenal
were desperate. I suspect the latter and Man City’s dithering allowed
Manchester United come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had Man City
coughed up the extra £10m to £15m, Alexis might be their man now since they
reportedly already had a player contract agreed with his agent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Now he is a Manchester United player with rumors that his total
package can be something like £600k per week if you include bonus payments.
Staggering. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal effectively got their £35m valuation although not in cash
but definitely in a player like Mkhitaryan. If you don’t think he is worth £30m
to £35m in today’s market despite all the issues he had with Jose, there is no
helping you. Yes he is coming on possibly bigger wages than average squad
players but just realize that Arsenal don’t get dicked about in the transfer
market. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal have made a name for not paying over the odds. Whatever they
are paying Mkhitaryan he is worth it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition, they get a player very much in the mold of all of
Arsene’s successful projects. A Dennis Bergkamp losing his way in Inter Milan,
A Thierry Henry who had lost his confidence in Juventus, A Patrick Vieira who
was out of sorts at AC Milan, a Mesut Ozil disillusioned with life at Real
Madrid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal get a player who is urbane, a citizen of the world and a
gentleman who speaks six languages. No wonder he couldn’t get along with Jose
Mourinho. A player who can start on a clean slate, bond with our growing German
contingent and with the rest of his colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What does Manchester United get in return? A player who has publicly
showed his disdain for his teammates. Sulking and throwing tantrums in front of
the whole world both when things are going great and when the team is having a
bad patch. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is not as if Alexis Sanchez is going into a Manchester City who
are winning absolutely everything except when they play Shaktar Donetsk and
pesky Liverpool. He is going to a team who have struggled to win many matches
this season. A team well known for their preparedness to win and lose ugly and
throw silly tantrums unbefitting of a two year old because their opponents are
playing music. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I honestly can’t wait for the looming confrontation between Jose
Mourinho and Alexis Sanchez. And it will come. Mark my word. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If Alexis has no respect for Giroud, no way he is going to think
highly of Romelu ‘Touch of a Bricklayer’ Lukaku or the midgets in the Manchester
United dressing room. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition, Manchester United get a player who has already torn up
their wage structure. Forget all the protestations about bonus payments etc.
The top line figure is what other players like Pogba et al will be aiming for
and they already are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester United protesting that the overall deal is what justifies
them paying him £600k per week doesn’t wash with me and shouldn’t wash with any
right thinking person. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Paying a 29-year-old £600k on a 234 weeks contract till he is 33 or
34 on top of the £35m for Mkhitaryan makes it a total shell out of £175m for
Alexis Sanchez if all the bonuses and image rates milestones are met. Plus rumored
payments of £15m to Alexis’ agent and a pay off to Mkhitaryan and his agent and
it is conceivable that the cost of the transfer can easily top £200m all in. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If United had waited till May, they could have saved £35m
straightaway and the payments to Mkhitaryan and his agent. There is no
guarantee anybody could have matched them on the wages anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">All of that is now spilled milk. However who got the better deal
will be determined ultimately by the end result. Will both United & Arsenal
play better because of Sanchez’ departure? I will say yes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Will Manchester United win the big trophies they crave because of
Alexis Sanchez? I will stick my neck out and say not a single chance. As long
as the ‘money no object’ guys in blue are in the Emptyhad and the referees
remain in their pockets, Mourinho is not winning the Premier League. Similarly
in Europe, I expect them to go out in the next round or to be massacred if they
get to the quarterfinals. It won change next season either.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With his recent transfer to Valencia, I am 100% certain many now
know a lot about Francis Coquelin.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He joined Arsenal at the age of 17 after been scouted by Gilles Grimandi.
2 years later he alongside Alexandre Lacazette & Antoine Griezmann won the
U19 Euros Championship for France with Francis playing 84 minutes in the final
game and Lacazette scoring the winning goal. Francis was also a member of the Arsenal
2009 FA Youth Cup winning squad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As Francis himself commented in his goodbye message to fans, he came
as a boy and Arsenal was part of his growing up to be a man. He considered
Arsenal his second family. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I remember when I first watched Francis in the 6 nil League Cup defeat
of Sheffield United. I heard great things about him that night – his versatility
and the fact he was very much one for the future. He played at right back as a
substitute. His all round play was good. He was confident and you could see he
was enjoying himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He featured many
times in positions he didn’t prefer just to do a job for his club and manager
and this perhaps contributed to his delay in nailing down more starts for the
first team. It is a measure of the lad’s level headedness that till today, he
is not one for a social media circus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Like almost all the French players I have watched, he is technically
gifted as a footballer and the comfort level on the ball is something you don’t
see often with footballers trained in England. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes he didn’t turn out to be a world-class footballer. But world-class
teams don’t have 11 World Class Players; there are many non world-class players
in the Barcelona and Real Madrid squads. Also you don’t need to be world class
to win trophies in your playing career. After all Jamie Carragher & Djimi
Traore won the UEFA Champions League. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Also not all promising players fulfill their potential. Only Jack
Wilshere has had a comparatively better career than Francis Coquelin at senior
level amongst the Arsenal 2009 FA Youth Cup winning squad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Similarly with the French side that won the U19 Euros. Only
Griezmann and Lacazette have done better than Coquelin. If you look at the
England squad that went to that Euros, only Nathaniel Clyne could be said to
have anything close to the career Francis has had at Arsenal. And Francis has
won more trophies than Clyne. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">While many are happy to jump on the ‘he didn’t progress’ bandwagon,
I dare say he has been unlucky. He has had to wait his turn behind players like
Diaby (before his injury), Denilson, Song, Fabregas, Rosicky, Nasri, Eboue,
Ramsey, Wilshere, Arteta, Benayoun and then Ozil and Cazorla before he got his
opportunity in 2015 due to key injuries. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Apart from the Class of 92 at United, how many Academy Players have
top clubs like Liverpool, United, and Chelsea produced? So Francis not
developing into a top player isn’t the capital crime many want to turn it into.
Just like Francis got his opportunity by chance, a player like Marcus Rashford
got his opportunity the same way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Everybody in United was raving about James Wilson who was going to
be the new Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen and Van Persie combined into one person.
But Wilson is now playing in the championship and Jose is gradually changing
young Marcus’ game into a variation of his surname (THRASHford)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Another bandwagon that many jumped on is the low fee supposedly paid
by Valencia to Arsenal despite the over inflated price in the market and the
fact that Coquelin had a long term contract that was only renewed 12 months
ago. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">At something like £45k per week, handing Coquelin a contract
extension was a no brainer. He does more than enough for £45k. Not renewing his
contract at a time when his very good partnership with Santi Cazorla was still
a thing would have been poor management. At the time Francis’ contract
extension was announced, it was thought Santi was only out for the short term. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Deciding to sell him 12 months after extending his contract is what
any business will do. Individuals wake up one morning craving a ‘Grande Macchiato
Skinny Latte’ (If there is anything like that) and go to bed drinking some
dross in a can. Businesses change strategic direction and reverse operating plans.
Why should a club not change its decision when the facts change? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Coquelin wasn’t getting game time again because of competition. His partnership
with others hasn’t quite worked out as it did with Cazorla. So the boss has let
him go for the sake of his own career. Why is that such a hard thing to comprehend?
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">On the transfer fee, people accuse Stan Kroenke and the Board of
Arsenal of not wanting to spend money. How can you then turn around and accuse
them of throwing money away by selling a player at a lower fee than his
transfer value? If they don’t like spending money, they are unlikely to be
throwing it away. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal have gained something of a reputation for not paying above
their own valuation of a player in the transfer market, why is this perception
no longer true when it comes to selling a player? Why should Arsenal sell a
player below its transfer value?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">2 years ago, Nzonzi was £7m to the same Valencia. This season
Konoplyanka left Athletico Madrid for Schalke for £11m. These are players that
can be considered considerably better than Francis. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It might interest the moaners to realize that Valencia apparently
paid Arsenal more than the players’ market value, contrary to their over
inflated opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/laliga/transfers/wettbewerb/ES1" target="_blank">See Link Here</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is very arrogant for ANY Arsenal fan to believe they know more
about player valuation than the professionals working inside the club. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Even if Arsenal sell Coquelin cheaply. So what! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To help him get a decent sign - on bonus and wage at Valencia. He
deserves every penny. He helped the club recruit his good friend Alexandre
Lacazette and served Arsenal loyally for almost 10 years. I don’t understand
demanding loyalty and not reciprocating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, valuations are not about opinions. So please take a step
back on this one and don’t plead that bullshit about the right to an opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If Arsenal have a sell on clause, they might potentially be getting
something out of the 80m euros buy out clause Valencia has slapped on Coquelin.
Hopefully when Real Madrid, Barcelona or PSG pay that money in 18 months time,
25% of that will come into Arsenal’s pockets. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-11736718308464064282017-12-24T13:54:00.000-08:002017-12-24T13:54:01.561-08:00Emmanuel Eboue – Sad Case. Challenging To Solve<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I woke up to the story of Emmanuel Eboue’s present challenges on the
Mirror Newspaper Twitter feed on Sunday morning.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It was so sad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Talented professional at age 34 is sofa - surfing at his friend’s. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Dad no longer has access to his kids.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">One time millionaire with the world at his feet loses everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Man losses everything to his Ex - wife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">A man approaching his middle age, suffering from mental health
issues / depression. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is very sad. And I dare say, it is something many might probably
be able to relate with. Not that we’ve all made millions and now lost the money
but we probably might be able to relate to a time when we were flush and are
now skint. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We all also know one person or the other who might have fallen on
bad times and is now surviving due to the generosity of friends and family. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We also know many families that have split for whatever reason and
the split has led to one partner having to probably start all over again
financially. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What is perhaps even sadder for Eboue is that he has had a few
issues in the last 15 months. His FIFA ban for a year due to unpaid agent’s
fees. An aborted transfer due to ‘failed’ medical’, his mental health issues
and others that might thankfully not be in the public space. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">From everything you read about him, Eboue appears to be a genuinely
nice guy. No doubt one who kids around a lot and one who potentially embarrasses
his teammates in a very nice way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It would appear he was never the politically correct or prim and
proper type. Thierry Henry apparently told him in a nice way to comport himself
at Buckingham Palace when the Arsenal Team went to visit the Queen. Did Eboue
listen? Did he hell!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He apparently made the Queen laugh by requesting that Her Majesty
allow him work for her by tending her famous corgis. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What a jolly man. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He also had a very vulnerable side, as he appears to have cried
after he was booed at the Emirates and he told Arsenal he no longer wanted to
play football again. He was so deeply affected by that occurrence that many
years later, he showed his young son the video of what happened to him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Emmanuel’s path to Arsenal followed a well-worn path. Asec Mimosas
to Beveren in Belgium and then to Arsenal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had many good times as a player both for Arsenal and for his national
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He definitely lived his dream and
didn’t do too shabbily after he left Arsenal for Turkey. His departure was the
start of his problems apparently. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Images online show many happy times with his Ex too. But sadly all
of this is now in the past. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As recently as a year ago, Eboue was very grateful to his spouse for
her support but the same spouse is now the butt of all criticism for Eboue’s
fate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Mirror interview / video, he didn’t specifically lay into his
Ex. It appears his ire is mostly with the justice system in the UK. It is
however unprecedented that any court in the UK will render a man homeless.
There is a lot we don’t know and might never know. Is the court aware there are
properties elsewhere? Turkey, Cote D’Ivoire? Is there any connection to the
agents’ fees that Eboue didn’t pay? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">How has the Eboue’s mental health issues been treated?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With medication or with therapy? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If with medication, is that perhaps why his last medical found “abnormal
blood values”? Is that curtains for his football career? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I have seen many on Social Media appeal to Arsenal to give him a
role. I hope the club can help him one way or the other. Helping him doesn’t
necessarily mean giving him a job. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I suspect the club is in a sort of a difficult position here. If
Eboue is not legally allowed access to his son, why will Arsenal where his son
plays employ him knowing he might have access to his son through his
employment? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It appears long before now, at least more than 12 months before the
interview in the Mirror, not many of Eboue’s old Ivory Coast / African mates
have helped. It appears only Lomano Lua Lua and his ‘confidante’ (the lady in
the background during his interview) have helped out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if this suggests there are things in the background many do
not know. After all none of us can claim to know Emmanuel Eboue more than
Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If I had a magic wand, I will make his life better and his pains go
away. But I know that there is never a silver bullet to a complicated life
issue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There are kids, family, money, health & legal issues involved
here. I think the issue King Solomon in all his wisdom had to deal with was
mild in comparison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-52813164430612568872017-12-18T09:56:00.004-08:002017-12-18T09:56:55.164-08:00Why Arsenal Fans Should Never Be Allowed To Run Arsenal Football Club<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Of course its never going to happen not with the garbage you see
many post on the internet.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">But just imagine. If Arsenal fans were running the club, the
following Managers would have managed Arsenal in the last 10 years:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Owen Coyle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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almost relegated Dortmund is even better than the Liverpool version that has
won sweet FA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span>Mauricio Pochettino – the one
that is only good at putting pressure. The self styled Council Bedsit tenant
who scoffs at a modest townhouse <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">And if you are not impressed with that managerial shortlist. You
have to be with the player version. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Left to some know it all fans. These fans that have a solution to
every one of life’s problems. The following players will now be playing for
Arsenal: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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super star going – according to some of these pretend fans as I like to call
them, Arsenal can buy any player they want. Kroenke has more money than Croesus
and there is a money-printing machine in Arsenal’s boardroom <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In case you think the above is made up, please read <a href="https://news.paddypower.com/football/2015/10/23/arsenal-first-xi-might-look-today-piers-morgan-charge/" target="_blank">this</a> article and
be aware that there are many Arsenal fans who actually buy into the views of
the (non) person that is the subject of the article<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again if these self styled super fans have their way, the current
squad will be decimated.</span></div>
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binned instead of scoring the goals that won Arsenal 2 FA Cups (that important
trophy when Man U win it) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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off the premises instead of being the proud winner of the 2017 Puskas Goal
Award, joining the 100 goals club at Arsenal and surpassing Eric Cantona’s goal
records <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Arsenal contract revoked despite having a goals to minutes’ ratio that is up
there with the very best in the game and closing in on the all time appearance
record under Arsene Wenger <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Nacho Monreal would have been
surreptiously returned to Spain in embarrassment despite his versatility and
several record-breaking performance in several roles for the Arsenal Team<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Hector Bellerin will now be a
sailor learning to cross the Atlantic if only Arsenal & Arsene had listened
to Arsenal fans after Hector’s performance at Dortmund <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Arsenal would have had to
demand a refund from Real Madrid for Ozil because the Arsenal fans are unhappy
that a super creator like Ozil is not patrolling the length and width of the
pitch, clattering everybody & eye gouging anybody who stands in his way
like a cojoneless Troy Deeney<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Sanchez would now be the
President of N5, although at this moment, many will be up in arms and actively
seeking to impeach him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You get the picture. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It has come to the stage where Arsenal, Arsene, the boys winning is
not enough. Our opponents are always shite when we win. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Many disgruntled fans made it clear last season that even if Wenger
won the League, they still want him gone. Unreasonable in my opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Winning the league is the only thing that matters. On that score
Guardiola should have been fired last season. He had enough opportunity to
change all the right backs and left backs. He chose not to. He had unlimited
money to spend. He had considerable time to prepare for his first season. He
didn’t. All of a sudden now, he is a genius. With all the noise about GuarDOUGHola you will think he can switch his genius button off and on as he pleases. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Same with Jose Mourinho. He ought to be condemned to the dustbin of history.
He had all the time to prepare for a title challenge at United. He came 6<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He took Man U backwards. A team that missed Top 4 by whiskers. </span>After spending almost a billion in the last
few years, United are on course again to have another limp performance in this year’s
league. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My suggestion to the fans that think they have the solution to all
of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>world’s problems let alone that
of the Arsenal is: GET A GRIP! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to him reads the health report of the players. Arsene knows when that player is
at his optimum. Please confirm you have read such reports before moaning about substitutions or the starting 11<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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coaching crew see different combinations of players in defence, midfield and
attack in training every day. You only see it for 90 minutes or less and you
want everybody to take your word that certain combinations work better than the
manager’s choice. Pfffft<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Arsene, Gazidis, Law etc. have
significant experience in player transfers, contract negotiations etc. but you
that can’t make head or tail out of your mobile phone contract is sounding off
on social media, jumping up and down and directing Arsenal on what to do. Unbelievable<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Like my previous advice on pundits who know nothing and don’t have
the humility to let people know that they are bereft of ideas on certain issues,
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Give the ‘KNOW IT ALLs’ a wide berth. They are frauds</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-10014577522958739642017-11-27T00:54:00.000-08:002017-11-27T00:54:01.477-08:00Football Journalists & Pundits – Why Do We Listen To Them<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">I never spare the BBC or any other media person in all of my posts
on Twitter or in any of my articles.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The media / press / journalists or whatever you choose to call them,
pride themselves as the Fourth Estate of the Realm a throwback to the time when
Royalty reigned. In today’s democracy, they are supposed to be the group that
holds the Executive, Judiciary and Legislature to account. But they are not. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Even if they are. Who holds the media to account? In most societies
especially in Western style democracies, there is a body similar to the Press
Complaint Commission. The reality though is that the media is
unaccountable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Media houses ruin the reputation of individuals and apologize in the
footnote of Page 109 of the index 5 months later. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be fair? They hack the phones of
murder victims and only get to pay peanuts 15 years later. That is not
accountability. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In most countries with something of a ‘free press’, there has been
as many media scandals as there are political ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet there is a huge lack of belief in
politician but many still give the media a pass. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is fair to say that the media especially in Western Countries are
part of the Elite. Majority of them all attended the same elite universities; they
move around in the same social circles and buy into each other’s agenda
depending on their political persuasion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There is an adulterous relationship. This is especially evident when
a newspaper pays an MP almost a quarter of a million pounds to write a few
words. You also find out that a senior journalist can be planted at the heart
of government at the behest of an unelected Press Baron. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is this adulterous relationship that has delivered Trump as
American President and Brexit. The media has not been held to account and are
allowed to promote their own version of events rather than the detail of what
is actually happening or what has happened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t get me wrong, we as individual members of the public have been
complicit. Especially the very gullible amongst us who take the words of these
press people as gospel. We have refused to think for ourselves and once we
adopt a position, we become so welded to that position that we refuse to
countenance any other position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Like political journalists, like sports journalists. We need to all
realize they have a product to sell to us. If we don’t buy they will go
bankrupt and they might as well do, as there is no value to the role they are
currently playing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Some might disagree because they think they inform, they entertain,
they produce content etc. I disagree. Does it matter if Amazon is the
broadcaster for La Liga and the Premier League rather than SkySports? Does it
matter if Facebook takes over the rights to Match of the Day rather than the
BBC? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Not a jot in my opinion. We might sadly still see the same mugs on
the programs but there will be a very satisfied smile on my face especially
with the BBC lot knowing that those pretend pundits are not being paid from my
TV licence fee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You might also think about all those wonderful stats that the match
commentators and presenters spew before, during and after matches. Well OPTA do
them without adding any bias to it. They also tend to present a more rounded
set of stats rather than present only the ones that supports their bias like
the media do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What the L does it matter that Arsene Wenger hasn’t defeated Spurs
in the league in 7 meetings when he has defeated them 3 times in the last 3 Cup
ties? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am perfectly happy for us to do away with the sports media and
football pundits. The effing lot of them. They no longer serve any purpose
especially as with the advent of Social Media they now realize their original
role is redundant. Majority of what they claim to be content and exclusives
nowadays have either been on social media for a week or it is stolen from
their.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If I want to see how Mesut Ozil lives, I don’t have to wait for
anybody to do an interview with him. I go to his social media page and splurge
to my heart’s content. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If I want to understand Arsene Wenger’s football philosophy and
reasons behind his tactical decisions match in, match out, I watch videos on
Arsenal.com and listen with a keen ear. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If I want to genuinely understand what a disaster referee Mike Dean
is, I go to whoscored.com or follow a regular person on social media who
understands stats and is upfront with their bias. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Football journalists don’t understand football, they don’t
understand football finances and football management yet they lay claim to
speaking authoritatively on these subjects. English football journalists and
media especially. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Any media person who calls Ozil a lazy footballer should have their
licence to practice withdrawn. How can such a person pretend to understand football?
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Pundits regularly mouth of about managers and sometimes about other
players. Some of these pundits have had varying degrees of success as
footballers. But how does your success as a steam rolling Number 9 helps you
understand the Number 9 role a player like Alexander Lacazette plays today. I
am looking at Alan Shearer here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I doubt Shearer has never had to dribble the ball past anybody ever.
What gives him the right to criticize or claim to understand Sergio Aguero’s
talents? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">This is before we start to talk about their criticism of managers.
None of them has had anything close to a career in management. I used to
heavily criticize Gary Neville before and during his time as Valencia Manager.
I have piped down because Gary has displayed some form of humility since he
came back to the Pundit’s couch. He now understands management better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Football journalism and punditry today is all about gossips, click
bait articles, making stuff up and generating controversy. They are constantly
looking for the next manager to be fired, the next under pressure manager, the
latest made up dressing room bust up and the latest manager who has never won
anything but is the best since sliced bread. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is so easy to see why they can never be enamored of a club like
Arsenal and a manager like Arsene. The club doesn’t leak like a sieve. There is
nothing to see here, move on but guess what, they still make stuff up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">But when they are called out, they become crybabies. From their
articles, you come away thinking these guys are so knowledgeable and would have
made a success of running multiple football clubs if only they had gone into
that line of work. Not true. When it comes to the crunch, they shirk
responsibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine how they all jumped on the Everton transfer window
bandwagon. Top 4 / winning the title was the target for Everton they said. All
tosh. Rubbish. Mourinho and his giant basketball players were going to win the
league. They were last seen struggling to beat Brighton, their big bully of a
striker lashing out in frustration. I hope he gets a well-deserved ban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Just look at Adam Crofton and the miserable band that tried to
support him. The media and their cohorts are quick to pounce on anything anti
arsenal – the AGM, the defeat at Man City and Stoke. They said nothing. They
were not interested only to start bleating when we defeated their darling Spuds
and now Burnley. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">They wheeled Troy Deeney into their studios to traduce Arsenal
players. Very unprofessional of the media and of Troy Deeney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They promote Pochettino, a manager who has
won nothing and whose realistic chance of winning any silverware is between
zero and nil. They give the AFTV lot the air of oxygen because they know it
drains the confidence of the Arsenal squad. If there is any anti Arsenal bandwagon
going, the media and pundits will jump on it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The reaction of the majority of Arsenal fan base in the past week
has been commendable. If the general public can rally against the media like
the Arsenal fan base have maybe Brexit & Trump might be a thing of the
past. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The power is in our hands. Stop reading, watching, listening to
them. They will soon go away like a Polaroid Camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Almost a year ago, I wrote <a href="http://babagrumpy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/the-184th-north-london-derby.html" target="_blank">this</a> about the 184th London Derby. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Aside from the fact that yesterday’s match against the Auld Enemy
ended in a win for the Arsenal, almost everything happened the same way as last
season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal Players very much up for it. Totally outplayed Tottenham</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal fans were very much up for it. Our fans made the Emirates
hostile for the pretentious Middlesex lads</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene laying the grounds for this match too by calling out the
referees, with his team selection and tactics.</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">A couple / few things were different though<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Tottenham boys were perhaps a bit overconfident with all the
trash the media had written in their favour. So they left their rotational
fouling game in Middlesex. They brought their Diving A game though. The
Emirates pitch wasn’t conducive for Perfect 10 diving as Captain Kosc and his
boys made it tough.</span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">And. Arsenal WON. Did I say that before? Sorry forgive me while I
gloat. WE WON. We blew up the Media and the Pundit’s HOUSE OF STRAW leaving the
Spuds huffing, puffing and chasing shadows.</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Something else made a difference in the match. It was something
Arsene did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the last fortnight especially following the disastrous
officiating at The Emptyhad, Arsene has been relentless in focusing on poor
officiating. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The mainstream media, the WOBs & their acolytes didn’t want to
know. A pretend Arsenal fan actually wanted the FA to ban Wenger. It is amazing
that a former Arsenal player defends this poor excuse of a human. Can’t get
proper legends anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There are a few notable exceptions to this disgraceful behavior by
certain so - called legends though:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Dennis Bergkamp. Always has & always will be the embodiment of
class & respect</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">David Seaman – he gets it. Arsene has earned the right. Let him be.
Let him manage.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Lauren – always positive</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">So are Gilberto and the Great Kanu too.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Honourable mentions to Johan Djourou and Emmanuel Eboue</span> </li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">On a related tangent, how can you be considered a legend when all
you try to do is destroy the confidence of your old club’s players? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Are Martin Keown, Kevin Cambpell & Ian Wright that broke that
they will say anything against Arsenal for a few crumbs? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyways back to the North London derby. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene focusing on poor officiating ensured that Mike Dean was put
on notice for the match. “WE ARE WATCHING YOU” was the message. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Responsible and reasonable Arsenal fans played their part too. Since
Mike Dean was announced as the Centre Man for the match, there have been lots
of stats and videos dissecting his refereeing performance. Some of these stats
are shocking and clearly deserving of investigation by Parliament since the
media, the FA and Premier League are in cahoots with the PGMOL and won’t do
anything about the revelations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Mike Dean’s penalty decisions’ stats is further evidence of corruption
in this sport we love so much. I am interested in seeing the same sets of stats
across all the Premier League referees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Any government worth its salt will be all over this issue like a
rash because essentially the common man who desires to watch his team play a fair
football match is being fleeced repeatedly by a cartel of Premier League
Officials who are only interested in selling a fairy tale to the world, the FA
who are happy to take a share of this filthy lucre and the PGMOL and its
officials who like bandits will do anything to ensure they get sprinkled with
some of the ‘readies’ flowing within the game. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am happy Arsene’ strategy worked yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without the focus on the referee, Mike Dean
would have awarded all of the 50/50s to his buddies at Tottenham. We would have
been left ruing what could have been. Those lowlifes who are not fit to lace
Arsene Wenger’s brogue shoes would have been saying tosh about his managerial
ability.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We cannot rely on this type of intervention every week. The system
needs to work better. Preferably with the use of technology. Other leagues are
now using it or planning to. There is absolutely no reason why The Premier
League & The FA should not be using VAR / more technology from next season.
They should end the charade and stop gaming football.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">On final note, the result of the derby was delightful. With one well-placed
header and a vicious head shattering shot, Arsene silenced the following: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 1) </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The Media (They have been
especially livid and clutching at Tea Cups. In case you are not up to date, please see this <a href="https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/931895814720548864" target="_blank">link</a> ) </span><span lang="EN-US">Arsene made them rip apart all their doom laden pre
written articles </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 2) </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Pundits (The MOTD presenters
were very meek yesterday) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 3) </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Pochetti – NO Trophies<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(borrowed from @Stillberto) The best manager
in the whole world not to have won a single trophy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As per @Reuenewal Mauricio is the homeless man
chasing a 4 bed house in Kensington while yabbing those who live in Council
flats. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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these lot on Social Media has been very rare over the last 24 hours) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> 6) WOBs (till the next rumour about
Arsenal is circulated. Maybe at some point before the next Arsene Wenger press
conference on Wednesday) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> 7) </span>The brainless bots who have
been predicting an Arsenal loss for the last two weeks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 8) </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">The Doubters<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope Arsenal & Arsene puts a permanent gob stopper on them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Now on to the next one. Bring on Cologne. Hope the cup players who
will normally play and those who didn’t get a game in the derby all travel and
put in a decent performance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As far as I am concerned, any 11 put out by Arsene Wenger is the
best 11 Arsenal has got to offer for that match. Any tactics or non- tactics
deployed by Arsene Wenger for any match is the best tactics for the match. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As true fans, It is not our place to question the selection or
tactics. It is our place to support. When we as fans are up for it, we can
often make a big difference. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-25158042513000149212017-11-04T09:26:00.002-07:002017-11-04T09:26:32.029-07:00Arsenal Are The Last Team Beat Manchester City. Same Same Tomorrow <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal were at the end of a poor run when we met Manchester City at
The Emirates in April 2017.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">We had back-to-back
losses to Watford and Chelsea in The Premier League. Two heavy losses to Bayern
Munich in the Champions League and a further Premier League back to back loss
against Liverpool and West Brom.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The only good news we had in that period were our wins against Hull
in The Premier League and the 2 FA Cup wins against Sutton & Lincoln. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Just like we fear the City clash tomorrow, I feared for the worst in
April. Leroy Sane scoring within 5 minutes of the start further compounded my
fears. We got a well-deserved draw. There was nothing in our run of matches
before and after that game that suggested we could withstand their firepower
but we did. Much to the bellyache of the dotard pundits and naysayers
masquerading as Arsenal fans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Three weeks later, we met them at our ‘home’ ground otherwise known
as Wembley. Not only did we match them man – o – man –o, we bundled them out of
The FA Cup ending Guardiola’s hope of winning ANY SILVERWARE at all. I hope
forever <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t forget that earlier in the season, they needed a dodgy goal
(two dodgy goals even) to defeat us at The Emptyhad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Nobody, not the WOBs, Pundits, negative Arsenal fans gave us a
prayer in all of our matches against Guardiola’s side now and in the past. But
we have done him dirty in all the clubs he has managed in his coaching career.
Arsene Wenger is the only one who has inflicted this type pain of him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">They are good side no doubt. We all expect them to be good after
investments approaching £2b in a short space of time. But looking at this team,
how does he differ to previous Man City teams, especially from last season.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I guess we will be playing against Gabriel Jesus for the first time.
Compared with the last City side we played, Clichy, Kolarov, Jesus Navas,
Fenando & Ihenacho all gone. It is unlikely Toure, Kompany & Bravo will
feature on Sunday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Using City’s last game v West Brom & Napoli as a guide, we are
likely to face Ederson in goal, a back four of Stones, Otamendi, Walker & Delph.
A midfield of Fernandino, De Bruyne & Silva and a front three of the other
Silva, Sane & Jesus. Sterling and Aguero will most likely feature at some
point. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I hasten to add that apart from Bernado Silva, the Arsenal boys know
all of these players intimately. They have played against them and defeated
them times and times again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the combinations are different, the weak links have been
taken out of the Man City squad, they look good and have the results to match
but we are not exactly playing against the globetrotters of football. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">They are beatable and if Arsenal don’t do it on Sunday, someone else
will do it very soon in the Premier League. As long as it is not a Mourinho
team, I am very fine with that outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, I will be pleased with any 11 Wenger lines up against
City. I don’t care<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what any newspaper
hack or pretty face on TV says or even the Twitter warriors. When you manage a
team of players’ week in week out, then come back and criticize Wenger’s
selections. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I disagree with the praise heaped on the current evolution of the
Man City squad. Yes, Pep has stayed true to his philosophy of ‘If you don’t
have the ball you can’t hurt us”. Fair play to him. It is this philosophy that
is making many froth at the mouth about the improvement of Stones and Otamendi.
They have not improved in my opinion, they have only been protected by the
attacking play in from of them. Otamendi will forever be Giroud’s bitch in my
book. The sight of Giroud melts his brain. Not sure but Oli’s good looks have
that effect on people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">One good thing for Arsenal is that to a large extent, City will
allow the Arsenal players play and rotational fouling will be at a minimum. All
I expect is for the Arsenal players to convince us the fans that they have left
everything on the pitch on Sunday. Nobody has the right to ask for more than
that. There will never be a wrong word said about a team defeated by better opponents
in my book if they have put in their absolute best. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Results are impacted by too many issues – error strewn refereeing,
dodgy referees, luck etc. to give a few examples. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">At the end of the day, win or lose it is only 3 points at stake.
Trophies are never handed out for 11 matches. Seasons are not defined by the
same number of matches either. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Three months ago, Arsenal were shit with not a prayer of getting
into The Top 4. Everton was going to beat Arsenal to 6<sup>th</sup> place
otherwise known as Manchester United’s new birthright. 10 matches later, we are
level with Chelsea in 4<sup>th</sup> place after 2 losses due to Stevie Wonder
referees. So guys, results of Sunday’s match don’t matter in the grand scheme
of 38 matches. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you insist on moaning about the Arsenal, Wenger or anything
connected to Arsenal Football Club. GET IN THE BIN and roll around with the
murk in there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">All I want is for the Arsenal boys to give a thoroughly good account
of themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Come On You Gunners <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-4620264665365129592017-09-25T00:29:00.000-07:002017-09-25T00:29:04.742-07:00Arsenal & Alex Oxlade – Chamberlain<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Some players leave Arsenal and you go absolutely ballistics due to
the loss of their on – the football - field talents. Judas van Persie &
Csnakes Fabregas comes to mind.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Some leave and you feel <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- good
riddance! William Gallas on my mind here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Some leave and you shrug your shoulders knowing we will be fine.
There have been many like these. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What I usually don’t like is when a player the club wants to keep
ends up leaving. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially if they are
in the first team, if they are a game changer or are very close to realizing
their potential. In situations like these, it potentially results in the team
and manager trying to rebuild which can hamper the team’s ability to compete or
win titles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal have suffered a lot from the last type of departure in the recent
past. Principally because of money i.e. the financial constraints the club has
had to deal with. A good technical player like Alexander Hleb left and left
something of a hole to plug, even a barely above average player like Alex Song
leaving had its impact. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Since the departure of Judas in 2012 and until the summer of 2017,
Arsenal had not lost a single player it wanted to keep. That is very
encouraging. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">When the rumors started that Alex Oxlade Chamberlain (AOC) didn’t
want to sign a new contract at Arsenal. I discounted the rumors. Surely not
him!!! When the rumors got louder, I wanted the club & manager to make an
example of him, dump him in the reserves and see how he feels with losing his
England place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">While I admired his power and ability to take on defenders and his
sometimes good crosses for some crucial goals, I didn’t think he was
exceptional. Financially I assumed he was one player the club could afford to
take a loss on as he signed for £15m in 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I sort of kept my counsel when Arsene started to say these very nice
things about him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had seen nothing to
suggest that Oxlade Chamberlain is John the Baptist to Kylian Mbappe’s Jesus
Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene sees him everyday in training so he knows what he is talking
about. In retrospect seeing as Sir Alex Ferguson has unreservedly commended
Arsene Wenger’s poker face during negotiations, I have come to believe that
Wenger had the said poker face on when making those comments about AOC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It would appear that Arsene Wenger & Arsenal ended up selling Liverpool
a Custard Cream biscuit without the cream. Liverpool paid double the value
Arsenal paid Southampton for AOC 6 years ago. And soon when Klopp gets to
another final that he is fated to lose, they will pay Arsenal another £10m. In
effect, Liverpool have paid Arsenal every single penny they paid AOC in wages
and bonuses during his 6 year stay at Arsenal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">On AOC taking a pay cut to go to Liverpool. This is not true. It is
one of those urban legends. <a href="https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david/status/904618820073132032" target="_blank">Here</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">is David Ornstein, a man who appears to have top level access in
Arsenal saying that AOC was offered a sum approaching £180k if Arsenal
qualified for Champions League.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The base sum was comparable in my opinion to the salary he was
offered at Liverpool. So AOC did not take a pay cut or forego any money to join
Liverpool. This wasn’t some altruistic decision. He went for certainty,
guaranteed money instead of ‘maybe’ money. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He appears to genuinely want to work with an expressive manager like
Klopp. He has probably been regaled with stories by Adam Llallana &
Nathaniel Clyne of how touchy feely Klopp is. Conte and Wenger although not
outwardly alike are not the hugging / cuddling type. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I genuinely doubt it is anything to do with playing in the middle
too. I dare say if Alex watched himself in the middle for England, he will
never cling to the desire that he wants to play in the middle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In terms of technical ability, he is nowhere near anything Arsenal
has in the middle either as a screen for the back 4 or as the playmaker. I
think he will need to cure himself of this harebrained scheme that he can pull
the strings in the middle. Francis Coquelin has more football skills than AOC
and needed to come to the realization in his own mind that his future in the
Arsenal team lies in his ability to break opponents play up not ‘playmake’ for
Arsenal before he got a decent run in the side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If AOC thinks he is going to get in the Liverpool team ahead of
Coutinho, Llallana, Emre Can & Henderson, I have some snake oil to sell to him.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">With his departure to Liverpool, AOC has been jeered and derided by
many including Arsenal fans. Nobody of note has stood up for him, or his move
and his performance in the Liverpool shirt. These includes Klopp who made a
glib remark about AOC needing a fresh start. I can’t imagine a 23 / 24 year old
needing a fresh start! FFS! Leroy Sane is 21. Raheem Sterling is 23. They
didn’t leave their club for a fresh start. They left to improve the club they
are going to. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Emile Heskey, a Liverpool legend no less was very scathing about AOC’s
performance in the League Cup loss to Leicester. <a href="http://www.givemesport.com/1150875-emile-heskey-has-summed-up-alex-oxladechamberlains-performance-v-leicester" target="_blank">See here</a> When Emile starts to slam you, things must be really bad. I wonder if AOC’s dad
had any input in this move. I will be staggered if he was supportive. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">While AOC’s performance is new to the whole country and the big wild
wide world,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is regular fare for
Arsenal fans who have tolerated his 6 years of injuries and stop start performance.
Arsenal fans are not bitter at his departure, they are incredulous that a mug
paid £40m for him and are determined that the mugs should not forget that fact.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">People should stop making out that Arsenal fans are bitter with AOC
leaving The Emirates. If there is any lingering bad feeling, it has to be down
to AOC’s deceit. The word on the street is that he was committed to leaving way
before the transfer window opened and already had his eyes on Anfield. He then
changed his mind to Chelsea, changed it again to stay at Arsenal and changed a
few more times before settling for Anfield on the eve of the closure of the transfer
window. All of these while leaving a bitter present when he couldn’t even
pretend he cared one bit during the Arsenal away game at Anfield. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Guess what Liverpool fans? The tongue that was used to emotionally
abuse the ex is right in store for your lot. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am disappointed with the deceit. I get the fact that club’s can
generally dispense of players when they want but Arsenal don’t have this
reputation. Be upfront with a manager who has stuck up for you for 6 years and
tell him you want to leave not dropping rat poop all over the place by liking
silly videos on the so called Arsenal Fan TV one minute and kissing the badge
the next minute. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Last season, I watched an ill disciplined Oxlade Chamberlain
flailing his arms all over the place during one of the Bayern matches. Also
during the first league match this season, he was openly irritated with Theo at
least twice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">While I feel somewhat chastened that a player has left Arsenal, I am
happy to see the back of a player who didn’t want to play for the club. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish him well as long as he doesn’t turn out to be the next Kylian
Mbappe. I am glad we have seen the back of him. The cheek of wanting to go to
Liverpool and develop like Sturridge & Henderson and end up with Sweet FA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">On to West Brom tonight. Please. 3 points only. Even better if it
goes in off the backside of Handsome Oli for his 100<sup>th</sup> Arsenal goal.
A man deserving of all the plaudits and accolades for his consistent
performance and loyalty to the badge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-4473449990197810802017-09-17T01:33:00.001-07:002017-09-17T01:33:07.499-07:00ARSENAL FANS: DO YOU KNOW THE CLUB YOU SUPPORT<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I am sorry to disappoint you. I wasn’t born in N1 or anywhere near
North London.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I haven’t owned an Arsenal season ticket since the days of Herbert
Chapman. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly I wasn’t at Anfield with the 500,000 Arsenal fans that were
present when we famously won the League at The Mersey. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">However, I have read a few things about Arsenal and I believe not
many supporters understand what they have signed up to as Arsenal fans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">By way of background, I came across this advert (on Social Media as
you do) published by Arsenal in their search for a manager in 1925. Please see
what appears to be a copy of the advert itself <a href="http://thearsenalhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1925-05-11-Athletic-News-manager-advert.jpg" target="_blank">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">“Arsenal Football Club is open to receive applications
for the position of TEAM MANAGER. He must be experienced and possess the
highest qualifications for the post, both as to ability and personal character.
Gentlemen whose sole ability to build up a good side depends on the payment of
heavy and exorbitant transfer fees need not apply."</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see in the advert, Jose Mourinho will be immediately
disqualified from applying for or getting this job. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So when you ask Arsenal to spend loads of money - Think Again!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You might think that advert was in 1925 and Arsenal has since
changed. YOU WILL BE WRONG. You can read <a href="http://www.cityam.com/246004/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-says-spending-big" target="_blank">this</a> and thank me later <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The club believes in a self-funding model and even if that is to
change, will the 2 billionaires owners contribute proportionally to enable
Arsenal go on a spending splurge like the drunkards at Everton? Or the
Spendthrifts at Manchester United? While I sort of feel sorry for Usmanov for
owning almost a 3<sup>rd</sup> of an organization and not even having a token
seat on the board, I understand Kroenke not putting a dime of his money into
the club while someone else enjoys a 3<sup>rd</sup> of the reward. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you feel really strongly about this spending money stuff, ask
Usmanov to sell his shares to Kroenke. And maybe just maybe Stan might feel
more inclined to spend on the club. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">On a similar note, I read an interview by Petr Cech during the last
international break. Now, if you know Petr very well, you know he doesn’t fit
into the ‘dumb footballer’ mold. He is a very smart cookie. If you want to read
the interview, please see it <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsene-wenger-is-not-obsessed-with-winning-like-jose-mourinho-says-arsenals-petr-cech-a3629411.html" target="_blank">here</a> . <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Key words here are: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">‘ARSENAL ARE NOT A WIN AT ALL COSTS CLUB’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">‘THE FOOTBALL PHILOSOPHY IS PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">‘IT IS NOW PART OF THE DNA OF THE CLUB’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So if you are a fan and you are advocating for win at all costs
mentality, do you truly understand or appreciate what you are supporting? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you think that’s just a player mouthing off, <a href="http://www.espn.co.uk/football/arsenal/story/3198234/arsenals-arsene-wenger-winning-ugly-is-wrong-approach-as-proven-by-england" target="_blank">here</a> is Wenger in
his own words <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I bet that sent a rocket up the arse of the English media &
their punditry circus. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To be fair, Wenger has adapted. Notably that famous win at the
Etihad. I have also attended many matches where we played pragmatically after
heavy defeats. He can adapt if he wants but seeing as he is the manager of
Arsenal Football Club, he alongside his team decides the technical approach to
every match. I am afraid your job as a fan is to SUPPORT. It is up to you to
support or not. If you decide not to support, can you truly be referred to as a
fan? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger has been very constant on his desire to play beautiful
football. What we admirers refer to as Wengerball. The beautiful passes, the breathtaking
team goals. There was one passage of play against Cologne last Thursday that
should surely have been rewarded with a goal of the season contender but for
some brilliant goalkeeping. If you genuinely love football, you must love
Wengerball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger also recently said during the International break that he won’t
exchange any of his 3 EPL titles for One Champions League trophy. You can
accuse him of cynicism. That’s up to you. But he is on record as saying it and
I believe him. So please stop taking paracetamol for Wenger’s headache. And while
you are chuckling at the back, try to take his Golden EPL Trophy away. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manager’s philosophy or style of play matters to the truly great
sides and great managers. Pep will die on the altar of his style. It has
yielded him the square root of zero in England and with Otamendi and Stones in
his backline, I expect him to end up with zero again this season. Yet you want
the man who outthought him in the FA Cup semi finals to change his style. Take
a ticket and wait; you will be served soon or never. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to believe Stan Kroenke buys into Wenger’s philosophy and the
club’s approach to spending. Kroenke is a billionaire and a capitalist. They do
nothing out of gratitude. If it's not working for them they do something about
it. It will cost him nothing to erect a statute outside The Emirates Stadium for
Wenger or name a stand after him, appoint him honorary Life President etc. and
still get rid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He had a chance to do all of this last May, as there would have been
no pay off to Wenger. He could have appointed a cheaper pliable young man
making his way in the trade who will give his right arm to have Arsenal on his
CV. But Kroenke did none of these & reappointed Wenger. But I see you have
more sense than Kroenke. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">None of those moaning including Usmanov & the Nigerian
billionaire who wants to buy Arsenal in a few years time feel the financial
impact of negative results & poor outcomes more than Kroenke. If Arsenal's
value depreciates by 1%, that is approximately $12m out of Kroenke's pocket.
Yet you think the club is in shambles and is about to collapse potentially
resulting in a $1.2b loss to Kroenke and he will do nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Be patient if you are unhappy at the moment, only 2 possibly 4
seasons left till Wenger retires. You can save yourself the heartache by not
supporting till Arsene leaves or you can adapt fully & SUPPORT THE CLUB. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Four years is a short period in the life of anybody or institution.
Once Arsene leaves the good old days you yearn for or the new brighter days
that are around the corner with the next rumored Arsene sacking will be here.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Stop your insanity of asking for Arsene's departure over and over
again as you keep getting the same result. Arsenal FC comprises of the real
financial owner with the largest financial stake (Kroenke), the administrative
management (Gazidis et al) the football management (Wenger et al) the football players
and us the fans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In terms of decision-making hierarchy, we the fans are on the lowest
ladder. Everybody should play his or her part. As fans that will be cheering
the boys to the rafters like the Cologne fans showed us on Thursday even when
their boys were 3 – 1 down. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes it is difficult to cheer the recent performance at Anfield but
like the majority of the stadium going fans at the Bournemouth & Cologne games
a few days ago, we put the Anfield performance behind us and cheer whether it
be the Carabao Cup or the Europa cup. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Ahead of the Chelsea game, don’t forget there can only be 3 results
if the match goes ahead and is concluded. A win for Arsenal, a draw or a loss.
None of these results will mean the world has ended. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-73214854373503596202017-09-01T06:49:00.001-07:002017-09-01T06:49:28.365-07:00Talk of Arsenal’s Demise Is Unfounded<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal is in trouble.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The club is finished. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The club is a shambles. Even Aaron Ramsey confirmed it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The club is poorly run. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene Wenger is finished <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal is a banter club (what exactly does this mean?) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">All the players are deserting the club<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Training routines no longer exist<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger Out. Kroenke Out. Gazidis Out. Bould Out. Everybody Out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is all Wenger’s fault. He runs everything in the Club<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Gazidis should fire Wenger (struggling with this one as Wenger runs
everything in the club) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am struggling to find something original to say this morning
except the fact that all commentators including myself are talking, writing,
postulating based on hot air. Nobody has details of what is going on. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Even those who are somewhat knowledgeable are only privy to a small
snippet. Ramsey almost thumped Koscielny & laid into Alexis they said. Has
that been happening for ages? Was ‘laying into’ the culture of a dressing room
who have been encouraged to be transparently open and forthright with one
another or is it evidence of a meltdown and breakdown in relationships? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Anybody apart from the manager and a majority of the players who
tell you this confrontation is evidence of one thing or the other is not only a
liar, they are fraudulent as well and are seeking to deceive people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Commentators are constantly looking for the nearest molehill to turn
into a mountain and those who hang on to their every word are willing to roll
off the cliff in hysteria with the slightest of motivational push. When the
super fans, uber bloggers, media pundits & low IQ former players say: JUMP,
the sheeply fans go: HOW HIGH<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What exactly do they say is wrong with Arsenal? What are the
symptoms? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Is there a problem with the legal department not vetting agreements
properly? Not seen any. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Are there issues with logistics? Hotel accommodation, transport
between venues etc.? Nothing wrong there that we have heard of. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Is HMRC investigating Arsenal for not paying its taxes, national
insurance etc. Has Arsenal been sighted for breaking any government
regulations, corporate governance practices? None that I am aware of. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Are any young / academy players’ parents complaining about
safeguarding issues? Not at all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Are there financial problems? The club scrambling around to pay
salaries? None that I know of. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Are there disagreements at Board level? The media have speculated on
this. Ivan Gazidis said in April that poor results and fan revolts last season
will be a catalyst for change or ensure that Arsene Wenger is a catalyst for
change. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What he exactly meant nobody knows because none of speculators are
mind readers. They read everything they wanted into his remarks and are sadly
disappointed that Ivan Gazidis hasn’t made their wish come through. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">This <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/30/arsenal-ivan-gazidis-change-arsene-wenger" target="_blank">link</a> gives a summary of Ivan Gazidis’ recent meeting with
Arsenal fans. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Gazidis seems to be saying that the changes are
evident in the backroom – new contract negotiator, new fitness guru & Jens
Lehmann.</span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The evidence of the change stares you in the face. Arsenal were
ready to sanction the departure of 2 players who have barely stayed a year at
the Club. They were ready to keep 3 players whose contracts were going to run
down within 12 months at a possible opportunity cost of £150m between them. They
critically reviewed the position of the manager before renewing his contract. 2
players were brought in early in key areas where we needed reinforcements and
both had active parts in pre season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger loves Giroud and it appears the love is mutual and still he
opened the door for him to go. A large number of young players were let go and
many promoted into the periphery of the senior squad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I see change where you see nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If the Board didn’t want Wenger, how come the same board gave him a contract?
People talk about the influence of Kroenke. While I understand Gazidis not
walking away as he is an employee, why have the other board members not walked
away when this ‘bad’ Kroenke arm-twisted them in renewing Wenger’s contract?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Difference of opinion at Board level is a healthy thing as long as
some are not trying to undermine the position of others which is what I believe
is happening behind the scene at the moment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I noticed a sly post by David Ornstein who appears well briefed by
the Arsenal hierarchy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was using the
Calum Chambers situation to negatively highlight a change of mind by Arsene.
Clearly Executive management is most likely briefing David Ornstein. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">With all respect, I don’t think Mr. Gazidis is happy with the
situation at Arsenal. I believe he is the only football CEO in this peculiar
situation where the manager retains significant soft power in the club. And now
with Josh Kroenke (Stan’s son) increasingly becoming more influential in the
affairs of the club, Stan is in for a harder / more challenging time and
appears to be trying to cement his own position. While I understand human
nature, I don’t think he has gone about things in the right way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The decision to appoint a director of football was an attempt to
whittle down Arsene’s power. And It failed miserably. The role of the DOF is
currently distributed amongst a number of people with Arsene having the final
say on football matters and Gazidis having executive overview of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the decision making process while the board
ultimately backs the decision with funds & support. Nothing was wrong with
that format, seeking to change it was needless and divisive and has contributed
to all the nonsense talk about Arsenal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Based on our knowledge of Arsene, it is conceivable that he has
stood firmly as a praetorian guard making sure there are no untoward ethical or
transfer issues as we see elsewhere. Perhaps Arsene is preventing many from
earning free money. These ethical stance has its repercussions and that’s potentially
why many are pillorying Arsene in the public place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Ex players who are not allowed to turn the club into a circus are
vociferous on air and on social media in their baseless and negative comments
about Arsene. Tony Pulis & Sam Allardyce are managers of the year material
but Arsene is finished. Mauricio Pocchetino is the world’s greatest manager but
Arsene is rubbish. Pep Guardiola will get it right in Season 3 after inhering a
£1 billion toy project and spending £500m more. Mourinho has won the league
after 3 matches. Jose has only gone and spend £2 billion to achieve this feat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The FA Cup is not the biggest trophy any team in England can win but
it is still a fantastic trophy to win. My 3-cup winning experience over the
last 4 years will remain with me. My abiding memory of the joy Arsenal gives to
me. Irrefutable evidence that Arsene is not finished and the club is not in disarray.
After all when Pogba FC won it recently, it was a big trophy but when Arsenal
and Arsene win it, it is nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Beware Arsenal fans. Top 4 was nothing until Liverpool won it. It is
now a trophy. Even Liverpool fans are proud of it. Whereas Arsenal fans disdain
it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Just wait till Klopp or Pochettino win the FA Cup. All the glory of
that competition will return. Either of them might go on to be joint winners of
the manager of the season award for getting to the final of the FA Cup let
alone winning it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Arsene that is rubbish and has finished has defeated
Tottenringham, Manchester United, Manchester City & Chelsea in winning its
3 FA Cups in last 3 years. Funny enough, it defeated Aston Villa too. That
relegated team that comprehensively wiped the floor with Liverpool. The
Scousers should thank Aston Villa from protecting them from an embarrassing
thumping at Wembley on Slippy Gerrard’s birthday. But they are never grateful I
know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsene’s team are 3rd on the composite premier league table over the
last 2 seasons but he is rubbish. Yes he hasn’t won the premier league for 14
seasons but Liverpool haven’t won it for 28 years. But Liverpool have fired
many managers in that time, yes and the latest one is worse than Brendan
Rodgers. How can any manager who engenders the best hope of an historic club
like Liverpool be worse than Brendan? How? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">But contracts have been allowed to run down says many who think that
handing out £15m 3-year contracts are like handing out sweets. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There was no way any sane person will hand out a contract renewal to
Oxlade Chamberlain until he started showing what he was about week in week out
towards the end of last season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The club publicly wanted to renew Ozil & Alexis contract at the
start of last season until the idiots who only think of their ego and pockets
intervened and ensured the club went into a negativity spiral. Ozil &
Alexis stalled on renewal and here we are but the club is to blame. No blame to
the doom mongers, the bed - sheet protesters and the sheeply fan who failed
miserably in their quest to get Arsene out and will continue to fail. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Pep Guardiola was embarrassed many times last season and same thing
as started this season. He is no changing how he sets out his team. But Arsene
should change his because Billy Blue Balls says so. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite their collective abject failure, Pep, Klopp & Pochettino
are not finished. I actually think Pep will never win the Premier League but that
doesn’t mean he is finished. But the manager who dumped him out of the FA Cup
and ended the season 2 points behind him is rubbished. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">How does that work? Where is the logic?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My advice to many who support the Arsenal is to please elevate your
mind. Free your soul. Use some of your god given power of reason and stop
letting agenda driven individuals think for you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I was tempted to write a pre – match article on the Mayweather v McGregor fight but life intervened and I couldn't. Not that I know a lot about boxing but seeing as this was the
most talked about event on planet earth aside from the mismatch that is Trump v
Kim Wrong Un, I thought I should dabble a bit. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Mayweather v McGregor fight</span><span style="font-size: large;"> was a mismatch
too.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To be perfectly honest, I don’t understand what is fascinating in us
watching other humans knock lumps out of each other. I guess some get their
kick from this type of thing. But I always have my heart in my mouth at the
amount of punches these people exchange in the ring. It gets worse when you
read about fatalities amongst boxers and permanent damage to any part of the
boxer's body or mind. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not against people earning lots of money but the total purse
Mayweather & McGregor were fighting for appears somewhat obscene. $400m can
change a lot in today’s unfair & awful world. But eh, they didn’t force
people to give them the money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The purse is somewhat linked to the title of this article as many
belly ached way before the match that it was a scam. Many of this belly ‘achers’ ended up promoting the fight by their moaning complaints, stayed up late
to watch the match & talked ceaselessly post match. In all of these
you contributed to the scam. You helped the advertisers and the betting
companies get a decent return on their money by making the event the most
talked about on planet earth. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For those who said Mayweather v McGregor was a circus act at the
very beginning and shouldn’t have been staged, I ask you to come into the real
world. Please leave your ancient civilization and come into ours. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">People have become millionaires from reality TV. I believe the
Kardashians are collectively close to their first billion off the back of a
very graphic video. People become rich & famous from changing their birth
gender so why should we not be allowed the privilege of watching the Mayweather
v McGregor circus act?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In today’s world, we love to push boundaries, we love to break
taboos. The ordinary no longer moves the many. A proper / normal boxing fight
is now for the pure boxing enthusiasts. That is a limited market if you are a
major advertiser. As a global brand, you want a bigger market. So why not
combine nosy parkers, curiosity shoppers, adrenaline junkies, money miss roads
and circus enthusiasts into one place, shave their heads with the biggest
circus show on planet earth and make lots of money?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I don’t blame Mayweather & McGregor. I think many of us will
gladly get into a lion’s den for $100m as long as we can come out with some of
our limbs in place and non-permanent brain damage. I blame all those who made
the fight possible especially Joe Public including those who watched on dodgy
streams. You helped the advertisers with eyeballs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I was looking forward to McGregor getting his 'arse' properly
whooped. I can’t stand the loudmouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately that pretend boxing legend Mayweather isn’t the man to
administer the ass whopping. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes. I said it. May weather is a pretend legend. A fake. I will forever remain surprised and amazed that this buffoon dare compare himself to Muhammed Ali. If any boxer ever did this,
you know they are beyond redemption. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">With many boxers, the effect of being punched in the face over a long period is manifested by physical injury. The effect on Mayweather is manifested via irrational behaviour as seen in many of the videos that have been circulating post this mismatch. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For all those patting McGregor on the back for going 8 rounds and
putting up a decent outing. MORE FOOL YOU I say. You don’t pay a man $100m for
a decent outing. Maybe if he was paid £100 per round and he performed as he did
against Mayweather, I might be tempted to join in the ‘He Tried’ chorus but
after collecting $100m, I am sorry. He is a fraud and should be shamed to
return his purse. You don’t receive $100m for effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OR You should never receive $100m for effort.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So where do we go from here world. A few friends have suggested the
following match up: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Messi v Ronaldo in the boxing ring. Lets settle the billions of
twitter fights once and for all. The purse should be in excess of $1b per
fighter. Winner takes all. Hopefully I get a decent percentage of the purse for
sharing this innovative idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To that suggestion, I will add McGregor v Jose Mourinho. Both are
loud motor mouths but only Jose will be allowed to use his mouth. The younger
man can engage MMA style only. I hope McGregor will be a able to last the
distance in this match up and doesn’t do too much damage to Jose’s mouth &
the source of his silly comments. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-64134529057631710982017-08-28T00:32:00.002-07:002017-08-28T00:36:04.791-07:00ARSENAL LOSE TO LIVERPOOL – AMAZED THE WORLD HASN’T ENDED<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">We were badly bruised at Anfield.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We put in a shitty performance and got the commensurate outcome. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Blip? Same old same old? Somewhere in between? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I guess you have your point of view & some have their entrenched
opinions. Good luck. I am not here for you. I hope I can help a few who like
myself need some anchor on what the future looks like and possibly some
soothing over the bruising at Anfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am amazed that the world hasn’t come to an end this morning going
by the reaction to the defeat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger is useless!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger has lost it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger never had it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger is destroying his legacy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal will be relegated!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Those supporting Wenger are the problem!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Arsenal board is useless!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Kroenke is the problem!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Why should Wenger keep players who want to go!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Why should Arsenal sell players!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly the critiques cant make up their mind. The Malcontents cant
get anything right. I hope things become clearer and we can all see that Wenger
isn’t the problem. Yes he has his football philosophy which has its own
consequences and can sometimes yield a result like this even when the players
put in all the required effort. Also this same philosophy can serve you the
best of football. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Learn to look beyond Wenger when something like this happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For starters, only a few people know what is going on and something
is clearly going on behind closed doors. I don’t claim to know more than any of
the malcontents. We all see the same things and conclude differently. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In my reading of the situation, there was a fight for the soul of
the club last season and some within the hierarchy were heavily invested in the
departure of Arsene but they lost and have clearly continued the same fight this
season. They want the team to sink so they and their minions can indulge in the
‘WE TOLD YOU SOs”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We all watched the first game of the season, the boys had technical,
‘on the field’ issues largely around set pieces defending and ball turnover in
critical areas. For the first game of the season, this is understandable but
they were full of fighting. They also gave their all at Stoke albeit with a
different result. The Liverpool performance is an outlier. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need more matches to build a definitive
picture. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Everybody with an ounce of sense must first of all ask themselves
why? Why was it different at Anfield in game 3 of the season? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I don’t know but I can piece a few things together from Wenger’s
comment and say there is infighting at the club. This infighting is affecting the
confidence of the dressing room. Those behind the infighting want Wenger to
walk away because the owner won’t do their bidding by letting Wenger go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">Wenger is reported to have told a French station that “There is a
lot of uncertainty in the squad”. The in house media also published an article
where he said “…..and there are some reasons, but I don’t think I have too much
to come out on that now"</span><span style="font-family: "times";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The squad is experiencing a huge makeover. Alexis, Ozil & Oxlade
might still leave in the next few days considering their contract
situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perez, Gibbs, Chambers,
Debuchy, Mustafi, Akpom might still leave for different reasons, Gabriel has
left, Jenkinson & Bramall have gone on loan, a few long term youth players
have also left permanently and some on loan. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">These are players with friends, supporters, mentors, mentees within
the club and it appears to be at the heart of the lack of confidence. Yes other
clubs deal with the same issue but other clubs don’t have the family style
atmosphere that many snidely accuse Arsene and Arsenal of cultivating. So such
changes in a side just coming out of what appears to be a very challenging
dressing room situation a few months ago might suffer this kind of deflation
and awful result. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I agree these are professional footballers who earn trillions but
they are also humans. In all of my defense of footballers, I always ask you not
to forget the role confidence plays. It is the be all and end all for a
talented footballer. Knock their confidence and you see a Messi performing at
the level of that famed Manchester United legend – Bebe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the difference is it might take a lot to
knock Messi’s confidence and that is the big difference between exceptional and
good players. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So where to? The malcontents can continue with their baying at the
moon. Arsenal have good players and wont perform at that level again for a
while as I hope the end of the transfer window will bring some clarity and
those who remain can perform to the standards we have come to associate with
the team. And no that is not bottling. While getting results against fellow Top
6 sides gives you bragging rights, it is not worth more than 3 points. The same
points you get for beating a team in the relegation zone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Not having a shot on target in a game is a meaningless stat. A
feeble shot at the goalie counts as a shot on target while a penalty shuffled
to Row Z is not a shot on target and you never get a better chance of scoring
than from the spot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">At the end of October or at the end of Week 10 of the Premier
League, we will reassess Arsenal’s position on the log. We have to do better
and we will do better. If we play at the same level like we did at Anfield and
at Crystal Palace & West Brom last season, we will lose to pretty much any
side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am still a fan of Wenger and I believe the man should leave when
he wants to. I hope he is very grateful to those who are concerned that he is
destroying HIS LEGACY. YES IT IS LEGACY. Thanks for your concern. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, Pep Guardiola, Klopp & Pochettino still haven't won shish. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Wenger has led worse and better sides. He will fix whatever the issues
are and I believe the day he thinks he cant fix it, he will ask to walk and
perhaps be the first manager to pay a club compensation for leaving which I am
sure Kroenke will refuse. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You thought a finish outside of the Champions League places will be
the end of Arsene, you were wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Now you think relegation is your next target to force him out. Good
luck to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Although unverified, the word on the street is Wenger can walk into
the PSG job at any time. The malcontents clearly don’t deserve him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To those who think winning 3 FA cups in 4 seasons and 3 Community
Shields in the same timeframe is papering over the cracks, please buy some
oxygen and inhale. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Arsenal & Arsene will be ok. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-65807116877395716612017-08-21T07:58:00.001-07:002017-08-21T07:58:18.114-07:00Arsenal: Who Let The Sheeply Zombies Out
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<span style="font-size: large;">With 10 minutes to go at The Emirates at the start of the current
Premier League Season, I could only
imagine the meltdown on Arsenal social media. Thankfully Ramsey & Giroud
saved Arsenal’s blushes and ensured we didn’t start with a defeat.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Reading a few comments on Social Media after the Leicester match, I
came to the conclusion that the only way Arsenal can avoid the negativity this
season is to win all the remaining 37 matches. Nothing else will do even the win
will only placate a few of the Sheeply Zombies and not the many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">On to Stoke. Coming so soon after we tonked them last season, I
thought the 3 points away at Stoke were very much within reach. Sadly it wasn’t
to be. It is tough playing 11 v 11 let alone 11 v 14. Arsenal played against 11
Stoke players and the 3 match officials. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As far as I can see, we did everything, even scored a legitimate
goal but the over eager linesman whose motive remains unknown but very
suspicious flagged off the Lacazette goal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">At the very minimum, I hope this is the type of refereeing decision
that results in the PGMOL dropping the
official permanently from refereeing future elite games. I am however not
holding my breath that the PGMOL are neutral arbiters. We know their
antecedents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The loss is sad. Put down a marker by winning your first 2 games,
good mood all around before the trip to Anfield and a chance to defeat
Liverpool. It didn’t happen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What is sadder still is Arsenal twitter / social media. No sense of
collective disgust and hurt that we have been robbed again. No objective review
of the match itself, no constructive criticisms of the manager and the players.
Led by the media, led by the pundits, led by the wolves on Arsenal Fan TV &
so called uber Bloggers, it has became
open season on Arsene. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh he played this one out of position” Oh he played that one out of
position”. This is something Arsene has been doing since Adam was created. And
he has got his invincible golden premier league medal to show for it. Yes many
moons ago. But he has also done it a few weeks ago. Make that a few days ago.
Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. GET OVER IT<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh Arsene is past it, look at Pep, look at Jose, look at Conte,
look at Pochettino” Pochettino has now been in the same league with Arsene for
4 years or thereabout and in that time, Arsene has won 3 decent trophies and 3
Shields while Pochettino has won zilch. He has not even been invited to
participate in the Community Shield.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Pep, Pochettino & Klopp won the square root of nada last season
but yet Arsene is the one that is ‘past it’. Yes Pep is new in the league but what is
Pochettino and Klopp’s excuse? In 4 Head to Head encounters, Arsene has bested
Conte 3 times. But yet, Arsene is past it and Pochettino is the best manager
since FIFA17 came out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am tired of writing the same things every time and I wonder how
come the moaners and sheeply zombies are not tired of saying the same old tripe
time and time and again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Following the events of last season, the club has pleaded that a
positive atmosphere is important to success, the club has not promised an
unbeaten run, the club has promised effort and determination on the part of the
players, so far, the club has delivered in 3 matches. Are we going to deliver?
Are we going to be the genuine 12<sup>th</sup> man who kept faith with 8
minutes to go at The Emirates when we played Leicester? Or are going to spend
the whole season yelling abuse at the club and Arsene? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are one of those saying same old same old, you are very
wrong. Yes we lost a match we could have won but we are 2 points ahead of last
season. Yes it might all evaporate by this time next week but why not think it
might also get better.? Why are you only prepared to highlight the negative? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For one last time, if Arsenal is all your life such that the only
thing you do is rave and rant on social media after every loss, GET ANOTHER
LIFE. Get a different hobby. Football
might not be for you. Football games have 3 outcomes and you will have to get
one of those outcomes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In case you missed it, Arsene has just signed a new contract. He is
here for at least 2 more seasons. Arsenal, Kroenke, Gazidis, Wenger, those shit
players you deride, the club jersey you abuse, the high ticket prices you moan
about are all part of Arsenal. You can’t love one part and ignore the other.
That is self-deceit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly you are entitled to your shit opinion but can you try and keep
it to yourself. You have tried to force Arsene out through abuse, through those
deluded ‘grovey’ blogs, through those wanking protests, through the silly
banner fly-pasts, through sending abuse to club sponsors, directors, owners,
shareholders and other legends in support of Arsene and YOU FAILED WOEFULLY. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You naively assumed that finishing out of Top 4 meant Arsene will be
gone. YOU GOT YOUR SUMS WRONG. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What next? Are you going to try and get the team relegated to make
your point? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My suggestion once again is to give it a rest. Watch the football
and take the result for what it is. Saturday at Stoke was largely on the match officials.
No more lame knee jerkers on Social Media. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">STOP BEING A SHEEPLY ZOMBIE and follower of individuals who are
making money at your expense of YouTube videos. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To the thousands of positive and supportive fans. Keep at it. Lets
review where are by Week 10. The U23s are playing tonight, you can watch Super Jack
Wilshere for the super expensive price of £4!!!! and it looks like it will be a
sell out based on the amount of ticket the club has released. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">That is proper support. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-77282967041050088982017-08-13T10:29:00.003-07:002017-08-13T10:29:55.502-07:00‘Ring Side’ Observations From The Arsenal Leicester Season Opener<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">What a cracker said most neutral fans.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Save my heart said Arsene Wenger and millions of genuine Arsenal
fans around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I wasn’t going to attend Friday night’s match but changed my mind at
the last minute. I was at the stadium 3 seasons ago when Referee Anthony Taylor
gifted Aston Villa 3 points at the season opener at The Emirates. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I watched helplessly on TV 2 seasons ago when Dimitri Payet
introduced himself to the Premier League by defeating Arsenal in the season
opener. I was back for more at the start of last season when injury misfortune
again cost us 3 points as we lost to Liverpool in a game we looked very
comfortable at the start and played poorly for 20 minutes in the 2<sup>nd</sup>
half. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So this time around, I was going to sit it out. Not watch on telly
or in the stadium. However like most addicts, I couldn’t resist. Off to the
stadium I went. Stomach in knots. Couldn’t eat, couldn’t drink. Very tensed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The match got off to a brilliant start. What a goal by Lacazette! He
didn’t snatch at it, he steered and planted it. The boy learnt football
properly. It is not a hobby. He is technically gifted and will display his
technical bag of tricks many times during the match – close control, retrieving
the ball in tackles, dribbles, crosses, scrapes etc. He has got it. A shame he
is competing with Antoine Griezmann for a starting berth in the French national
side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly Mesut Ozil gave away the ball in the lead up to the Leicester
equalizer. Cech should have stayed home for the cross and Xhaka should have
been more physical with Okazaki. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Again for Leicester’s second goal, we gave the ball away cheaply,
this time by Xhaka but I blame Elneny. He gave Xhaka the proverbial hospital
pass but as Xhaka’s handicap is his reliance on one foot, he probably couldn’t
turn the other way, to recycle the ball away from that particular quadrant.
Holding compounded that error by staying off Albrighton and allowing him
deliver something of a perfect cross for Vardy to score. One of Monreal or
Kolasinac should have been more physical with Vardy as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Holding had a poor game as he gave one more ball away that almost
resulted in a goal when Okazaki headed wide. I was of the opinion that Vardy
body checking Holding was the start of Holding’s challenges during the game but
it appears his game was more impacted by having to cover gaps left by Bellerin.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Holding will get better as a friend assured me last night on
twitter. As Arsene Wenger said at a Football Writers Association Talkshop
recently, he plays him consciously knowing it might cost him points but the end
result is the development of a fantastic talent. Holding will come good. “YOU
KNOW”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">Our overall play was fantastic. Our win against Leicester at the end
of last season was a turgid affair. This one was free flowing. We had many
spells when we played champagne football. Heart racing, pulse raising, stomach
sweeting stuff. As I said in my season preview, I dare any team to play openly
with Arsenal. You will have your ‘Asses Handed Out To You’. Our play was so
sweet I noticed Mo Elneny ball watching once, admiring the passage of play.
Must have been an out of body experience for him. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at the match highlights again, I noticed Lacazette was
aiming for goal in that touch before Kolasinac laid it on a plate for Danny
boy. Lacazette will score many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For me Leicester’s 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> goals could
probably be excused. I know people crap about poor set piece defending etc. but
it happens, I think if we hadn’t given the first goal away, we could have won
Friday’s match by a four goal margin or something. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought Xhaka apologizing for causing 2 of Leicester’s goal was
very brave of him. He is a man’s man. A strong voice in the dressing room I will
imagine. I was very impressed with his interview with the Arsenal in - house
Media after the game. Impeccable command of the English language all in less
than 13 months of arrival in England. Massive big up to him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Then Arsene changed it. Brought in the big guns – Aaron & Ollie
and changed formation. Someone on twitter said it was the 0 – 6 – 3 formation. Maybe
it was 1 – 6 – 3 with Cech not needing to stay in his post and playing the
Libero role of old. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Before then and at 10 minutes to go, I was almost heart broken but I
felt for the club and Arsene more. Thinking that the club didn’t need this sort
of negativity around it this season. We did the job by starting the game well
and we have almost wrecked it unnecessarily. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Aaron & Ollie had other ideas though. It was a delightful cross
from Lacazette that almost handed Aaron a goal from his first touch. Watch that
move again and you see Matty James fore hand smashing Ramsey and that knock
winded him a bit. It was what the Leicester players were doing all game,
physically pulling players back, trying to maim Lacazette, tugging at Ollie’s
shirt and that was exactly how they won the league. Foul Foul Foul! DIRTY! It
is a big shame that referees allow this nonsense to continue. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Its not wrestling guys, it is a football match, only the goalkeepers
are allowed to use their hands. At a point during the game, Ollie had to make
it very clear to Harry Maguire that they are not mates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of those “ don’t touch me mate, keep your
flipping hands to yourself”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I noticed Alex Oxlade – Chamberlain’s frustration at some point
after Theo came on. It appears Theo wasn’t given him a passing option and he
was visibly irritated. The lack of option from Theo happened again not too long
after this incident although there was no visible reaction from Oxlade the
second time around. I wonder if there is a bit of history there. I dare say
Theo has kept Ox – Chambo away from the flanks for a few years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Lacazette dribble of 4 or was it 5 of the Leicester players just
before the Giroud goal was sweet. Hopefully he is our key to unlocking those
massed ranks / coaches / trailers / trucks parked in front of opponents
goalposts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Leicester fans appeared to be more vocal as away fans are usually.
Those of us in the home end were no slouches either. Vardy’s 2<sup>nd</sup>
goal appeared to suck the life out of us a bit but we actually found our voice
before Ramsey’s equalizer. Singing when your team is not doing well is the
stuff of legends and we Arsenal fans need to aspire to legendary status as we
demand of our Team.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As for the Media highlighting negatives - Alexis sad face and not
his happy face and Wenger’s body language when the boys were collectively
trying to give all of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>us heart attack. I
say kudos to them. It obviously works for them. And guess why? Arsenal fans
bite. Especially the 'WOE IS US' moaners. The media will satisfy the demand if
it is out there. If it is not, they will soon stop. So it is in your hand
genuine Arsenal fans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Also the pundits wont stop bleating about the Ozil handball before
one of our goal. You will expect sensible people to balance this out with the
obvious <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ndidi handball / penalty
incident. Sorry they only have eye for Ozil. If I was Ndidi I will be suing for
discrimination. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am somewhat invested in Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho & Alex Iwobi.
I believe these 3 with a lot of the players in the age grade England squad are
the future of my birth country, Nigeria’s football. People have commented how
Ndidi was made to look ordinary, I think Arsenal made it so. They bypassed the
middle and shifted it from flank to flank with several Hollywood style passes
and Leicester too was pumping it straight to Albrighton and Mahrez. So I am not
worried about Ndidi. Still a very good player in my assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I did find it bizarre though that Shakespeare brought on Kelechi, an
attacker at three all. It is well and good claiming some of the glory for the
title winning season but the good and the great always know when a draw away at
a Top 6 club is a very good point. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">After all said and done, I think Arsene and the players know better
than me, you, the pundits and even the legends of the game. I am only a
passionate observer. Gary Neville retired from competitive football 6 and a
half years ago, Jamie Carragher<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>retired
a year or so after him. It will soon be 4 years since Thierry Henry retired.
The game has changed, the nature of the players has changed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Personally, moaning fans do my head in. As an individual, I am
distraught that I have to breathe the same air and walk the same surface of the
earth as murderers and child abusers. I feel the same away about sharing a
passionate love of Arsenal with some who call themselves Arsenal fans. I wish I
could do something drastic about both scenarios. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">To the moaners, to all the ‘nothing is good for us’, HOW CAN YOU
MOAN / COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING 3 POINTS!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am perfectly happy with 37 more wins like Friday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After watching a few pre season games this time last year, I was
bold enough to say Manchester City and Manchester United were not going to win
the league last season.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">You might want
to read my write up before the start of last season <a href="http://babagrumpy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/manchester-united-manchester-city-will.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I got a few things right and some very wrong. For example, I was
wrong in thinking Arsenal had a sneaky chance to win the league as long as The
Spuds came 2<sup>nd</sup>. The Spuds bit was right but sadly for all lovers of
good football and decency within the game, Arsenal lost out again after looking
good for some part of the season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The former things have now passed. A new season starts today. I am
excited. I am looking forward to it. Not the heartaches or the rotten post
match moods. Just the joy. The pleasure of booking match tickets, the
excitement of waking up on match day and travelling to the stadium, the sheer
delight of mixing with fellow like minded fans, the knot in your tummy before
matches, the post - match contentment that your players have put in a decent
shift or the fulfillment from getting a result even if it was nicked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">That feeling is now with us for the next 10 months. I am hoping for
more highs than lows. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Who will win it this time? Don’t look at the pundits for answers.
They have been spectacularly wrong on the last 2 occasions. This time, they
have been unanimous in giving it to Manchester City or Drawchester United. No
doubt both teams especially City have added well. The key factor in my opinion why
Pundits are lapping up Pep & Jose is the reputation these two enjoyed in
the not too distant past. Pundits are holding on to this doe eyed belief that Jose
is not a busted flush and that Pep can hack it in a competitive league. We
shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">While City look to have cured their defensive inadequacies, I don’t
see what United have actually done. Surely Lukaku’s goals will replace
Zlatan’s. What next? United scored 31 goals less than Chelsea the last term, 32
goals less than The Spuds. Where will United make up this deficit? I do not
expect Henrikh Mkhitaryan & Perpetually Missing Pogba to start popping up
with double-digit goals tally for the season. Kolewerk. United are not winning
the title this season. The earlier they drop down to The Europa in December and
smash it again the better. Jose has pedigree in this trophy. At least if he can’t
win a hat trick of Champions League, he can win The Europa 3 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It is amazing why the bookies have made Chelsea 3<sup>rd</sup> favorite
for the Premier League. The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Roman Abramovich
deliberately sabotages his coaches after winning the league because he realizes
that winning back-to-back Premier Leagues is extremely challenging. Nothing
else explains some of the chaos we have heard from the leaks & speculation
coming out of Stamford Bridge & Cobham.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Apart from the handicap of successfully defending EPL title wins and
their Champions League participation, I think Chelsea will be close again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Pundits have also derided Liverpool. Some have written them out
of Top 4 for this new season. Considering they scrapped through last season, I
totally understand why. However even if they lose Coutinho, I think Liverpool’s
energy is too much for most teams and they will be very competitive for a top 4
place. I however think they can’t win the league simply because the energetic
style of play can’t last for 90 minutes every game and for the 38 games season.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The biggest disadvantage I believe the Spuds will have is
psychological (Wembley + Wages issue + Bottling DNA) plus the fact that whoever
replaces Kyle Walker won’t compete with Kieran Trippier the same way the later
was pushing Walker in training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
barring significant injuries, sadly the Spuds will become established Top 4
side going forward. I have seen nothing to suggest Drawchester United are as
good as Totteringham. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Where do I think Arsenal will finish? I am not sure. Every year, I
hope we are going to win the league again. It hasn’t happened so far but it
might happen again soon. At the minimum, I will shake hands on a Top 4 finish
right now. However it might just be this season when everybody is unanimous in
writing Arsenal off, that we go in and snatch it. Stranger things have
happened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">For Arsenal to win, just like Leicester and Chelsea recently did, we
need the proverbial rub of the green, For the PGMO to assign referees who are
inclined to referee matches the way it ought to be played, for referees to favor
us the same way they favored Leicester’s wrestling defenders 2 seasons ago and
Chelsea’s Mixed Martial Art wingbacks last season, for opponents to lose the
plot and play proper football against Arsenal instead of building a miniature
version of the Hadrian Wall in front of their goalposts and for other title
contenders to implode for one reason or the other. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If these things happen, Arsenal will win the
Premier League. You heard it here first.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am positive Lacazette will plunder many goals. I like the steely
look about Kolasinac, I will like more solidity in the middle of the pack from
existing players or new joiners and with this, Arsenal can have a successful
season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I believe the above clubs will be the Top 6 with guess who retaining
their 6<sup>th</sup> position. If they are not careful though, Everton might
usurp their new birthright and they will have to jostle with West Brom,
Bournemouth & Southampton for Top 10. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">With the challenges at Newcastle, I doubt Rafa Bentiez can gate
crash the Top 10. Survival will be a bonus. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Wagner of Huddersfield has promised to be true to his philosophy
of playing good football. I think this is a mistake. If he sticks to this, they
are going down with a disastrous point tally. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I suspect Brighton will cope better than Huddersfield as I think
Chris Hughton will play a more cautious game in the Premier League <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I worry for Stoke. It might just be bye bye to the Premier League. I
wont miss them though. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Watford, Burnley, Swansea, Palace, Leicester and West Ham are very
vulnerable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My relegation tip is Huddersfield, Watford & Burnley. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My tip for the league is Arsenal. Like you expected me to write all
of this and tip someone else? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">BRING ON THE NEW SEASON <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The way some who claim to be Arsenal fans jump on negative
information, deliberate misinformation and untruths designed to paint the club
bad is short of amusing. It sometimes reminds me of how a minority of Nigerians
who lost their livelihood in May 2015 will never let go and will revel in every
piece of negative news about their country.</span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As we go to Wembley this afternoon, nothing but a win will matter to
this lot despite the fact that a competitive football match can only have 3
outcomes. Even with a win, many will tell you it was a nothing victory anyway.
Their club should only be winning the big trophies. I would really like to know
if these fans are winning the big prizes in their own life. Shouldn’t they be
trying to match the same standards they set for the club they support? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Lucas Perez joined Arsenal late in August last year a few days
before that transfer window shut. Many including some Arsenal fans touted him
as a panic buy and a second choice after Jamie Vardy reportedly spurned
Arsenal’s overtures. It will be interesting to know if any of those who
considered him a panic buy and a squad player are moaning about what they
consider Lucas’ poor treatment by Arsenal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Hands up who expected Lucas to be a guaranteed starter at Arsenal!
NO WAN.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If indeed you thought he was going to start in any of the front 3
position ahead of Alexis, Giroud, Danny, Theo, The Ox, I dare say football is
not your thing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t get me wrong, I like Perez, I like and support any player who
puts on the Arsenal jersey. They are good enough for me and deserving of my
support and affection. I think Perez is a damn good player but in nobody’s
world is he ahead of any of the 5 players I listed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">He reportedly moved to Arsenal for c£17m and is now apparently
available to move for c£14m. Any of the 5 players I listed will command
multiples of that transfer fee even with their current contract situation and
football reputation. So no, none of those players are Lucas Perez’ mate. They
are better players.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What do the stats show? According to Squawka (link - <a href="https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/892057521451663363"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/892057521451663363</span></a>),
Perez has damn impressive stats. 9 starts, 948 minutes, 7 goals, 5 assists and
directly involved every 79 minutes. Good. His total appearance for Arsenal last
season is 21 with 7 goals, 11 in the Premier League, 7 in domestic cups and 3
in Europe. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">His one goal in 3 appearances last season is surpassed by Alexis
Sanchez’ 3 goals in 5 same term, Giroud’s 2 in 5 and Theo’s 1 goal in 2. Yes
Perez’s goal stats are better than Danny Welbeck’s and Alex Oxlade -
Chamberlain. It might however interest you to know that the Lucas Perez that
was not treated well had more appearances than Danny Welbeck.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You can review all of Lucas Perez’s appearances at the end of this
article. His appearances will reveal that he has been involved either as a
starter or a substitute when he has been available to play. The only exceptions
are when he is injured or has played a 90 minutes match 2 or 3 days before the
next one. The dynamics of what player to bring on from the subs bench depends
on what happens during the match. The manager naming the player in the side
tells you that he wants to play him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">This link: <a href="http://news.arseblog.com/2017/03/lucas-perez-declares-himself-satisfied-with-arsenal-move/">http://news.arseblog.com/2017/03/lucas-perez-declares-himself-satisfied-with-arsenal-move/</a>
shows the player<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>acknowledging the
pecking order at the Club and talking about his good relationship with the
manager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So much for poorly treated.
What sort of arrogance or stupidity makes us fans / passionate onlookers no less,
believe we know more than managers and professional outfits in how they pick /
choose / select players?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What is this the thing that a player who is well paid and considered
to be a well integrated member of a team has not been treated fairly because he
hasn’t been played more times than players who are better than him individually
or better suited to the side’s style of play. Oh! If only my employer will
treat me poorly to do less. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I get the player’s desire to feature more, his passion to aim for a
spot in the Spanish national side and his genuine upset feeling that a new
signing has been given his shirt number. His upset feelings about his shirt number
are very valid and forms part of the stick some want to beat the club
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also helps that he has a very
active agent who has briefed the press repeatedly since Perez started with
Arsenal. The club has since apologized and it appears the communication process
was less than ideal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Taking the shirt number away is no big deal in my opinion, it’s a
big dog eat small dog world when you compete with other Alpha professionals and
earn telephone number type salaries. But not handling the communication well
was very<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>un - Arsenal. This is not the
first time numbers have been taken from one player and handed over to others in
Arsenal but this is the first time it has created such a kerfuffle. So you have
to wonder if the club has dropped its communication standards or the attitude
of the player involved has had an impact. I know what I believe. I will leave
you to make up your mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">If as reported, Lucas moves on in the next few days, I will wish him
well. I have enjoyed watching him play live many times. I have enjoyed his
goals and I have seen good chemistry with teammates on the field of play and
training. I believe the club has treated him well everything considered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he is making a stand and walking away
from something that doesn’t work for him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">What about you? When are you going to walk away from this toxic
relationship where you believe every bad thing about Arsenal? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">ALL LUCAS PEREZ APPEARANCE
FOR ARSENAL <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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game for the club after his arrival. (v Southampton at The Emirates)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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next 2 matches and made a cameo appearance in one of those matches (PSG &
Hull away)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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thereafter (Forest away)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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next one (Burnley away)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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next match against Swansea at The Emirates<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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minutes against Ludogrets at the next match at The Emirates<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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match at the same venue against Middleborough<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Reading in the Cup at The Emirates until he was almost murdered by one of the
opponents. It was reported after the match that Lucas will be out with injury
for 6 weeks plus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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match v Stoke at The Emirates<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">Twitter, Blackberry Messenger and Whatsapp are the 3 social media
platforms I use. I assume it is right to classify BBM & Whatsapp as social
media </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">I don’t know what happens on Facebook. I hear it’s a wild wild
world. I enjoy the Twitter interactions despite the presence of many loonies. I
hope no one classifies me as one of the loonies </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">One very annoying thing on twitter though is the attention
individuals with batty ideas get. I wonder why this is the case when there is a
near consensus that we should stop making stupid people famous. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t get me wrong; I am not saying the world will be free of
loonies or batty people if we all ignored them. I am realistic enough to
realize that loonies will always be with us whether they are Arsenal fans or
just plain old nutters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">There are big loonies and small ones. I have a suggestion though on
this issue of loonies. I have written articles in the past about high profile
ex - celebrities, so called legends, pundits, journalists etc. I have tried to challenge
their stance on many matters relating to The Arsenal and I think people who
genuinely care about Arsenal need to continue in this path of letting the high
profile & big loonies and nutters know that some of us don’t buy into their
BS. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We should be challenging these big loonies because they help form
the opinion of others. They usually have an agenda or an axe to grind. And
people listen to them. Our focus should be on these ones. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Debunk their assertions. Challenge their
rubbish agenda so people with 2 brain cells can see them for what they really
are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">My one exception to challenging the big loonies is Piers Morgan. His
only career now is to insert himself into any controversy going. He is not
interested in the truth or facts. His only currency is getting a reaction. Winding
up the Arsenal fan base is a sure fire way for him to maintain his relevance
and the fan base indulge him time and time again. Rather than engage with him.
Just ignore. Perhaps like me, you want to block him peremptorily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The other big beasts however sometimes have something to protect.
Journalistic integrity perhaps, desire to be seen as having football knowledge
& insight, which ensures that many observers, look up to them. Some of
these like most ex Footballers who are now pundits are washed up wannabe
football managers. They were probably brilliant footballers in their day but
can’t successfully coach schoolboy teams. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These ones sit in front of millions on the TV
and pontificate to Arsenal fans about a legendary and well-decorated manager
and Arsenal fans lap up their drivel. These ones deserve our full attention.
Engage with them and debunk their lies and negative narratives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Others like Ex Arsenal footballers / legends who are looking for
relevance, or looking for some limelight. They think nothing of slagging of the
manager for their own selfish reasons. People who never knew what was happening
in the Board Room during their time at Arsenal all of a sudden embellish
something the chef at the Emirates Stadium’s Diamond Club told them and they want
fans to believe they have a copy of the Board meeting minutes in their hands.
All gloves are off with these ones. We should never let their innuendos and
negative narratives stand. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Not to forget the Super Fans on social media. The ones who have succeeded
in monetizing their love for Arsenal. The ones who are perpetually after their
regular dose of the 5 minute fame thingy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The blogging hack whose negative articles are bitterly stuck on repeat.
The ‘You Tube’rs who believe that 300,000 people watching their videos all of a
sudden turns them into authoritative football people and the club has to listen
to them before taking decisions or ELSE. (Or else they are going to throw their
toys out of the tram). These ones are particularly deserving of opprobrium.
There should be no live and let’s live with these ones. There is no fellowship
between the Lion & the Sheep. These foxes in sheep’s clothing should not be
allowed to profit further by trying to poison the atmosphere for others. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">At the bottom of the pyramid of nutters are many random people who
have seen the faux rise of these Super Fans and believe they can ape the Super
Fans by writing outlandish opinions on social media. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I think Arsenal fans who are genuinely embarrassed by the ‘woe is
us’ and the ‘world is falling down’ lot should start ignoring the minions at
the bottom of this pyramid of nutters. These minions with their stupid &
wide off the rational scale opinions about Arsenal football club should be
blanked. Ignore them and hopefully they and their 13 followers will get the
message and disappear into a well-deserved oblivion. I will now be doing this
going forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to ignoring the minions, I will recommend that both
barrels be trained at the Super Fans. Challenging the insinuations and fake
news these faux Super fans peddle will yield more positive results in the long
run. These Super Fans thrive on the adulation of the fawning public who think they
are a reliable and good source of information. Correcting their lies, clarifying
their innuendos and providing the correct background to misleading posts will
go a long way in helping the genuine Arsenal fans out there who are only interested
in open and honest dialogue. The ones who are only interested in information
that is unvarnished with an anti Arsenal agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We can do it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02036291127423967844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742156359509251543.post-13149445327362563062017-06-21T00:38:00.003-07:002017-06-21T00:38:40.760-07:00A Review Of Arsenal’s 2016 / 2017 Season<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It has taken me a while to calm down from that totally unexpected FA
Cup win at Wembley. That win ticked all the football boxes you will ever find.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Football Bloody Hell box<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>–
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Shut the Pundits Up box<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>– <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Desire & application box<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>–
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tick<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Holding bullying Costa box<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>–<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It was wonderful and beautiful that none of these so-called football
experts saw it coming. It was a glorious end to the season. One capped with the
renewal of Arsene’s contract. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The season didn’t start well with the loss to Liverpool. We had to
contend with an injury crisis in Central Defence. Sadly it was the same way the
season ended. There was only one goal between both teams. It wasn’t the best
start to the season but given the injury issues it wasn’t an unexpected result.
But it set the tone for a febrile season amongst fans. The reaction was over
the top and I had to write <a href="http://babagrumpy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/arsenal-wenger-post-liverpool.html" target="_blank">this</a> article a few days after the match.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The season improved from there. We were marginally better off at Leicester.
We could have won but we were lucky not to lose too. The ship steadied after the
Watford game where we won comfortably. We were somewhat fortunate with the
Southampton game and were definitely lucky with our draw at the Parc Des
Princes. I was at that game and if PSG had put 4 past us as they later did to
Barcelona, it won’t have been an unfair result. In PSG, I saw a team enthralled
with their own ball playing skills, content to play sideways rather than
forward. We rode our luck and with some inspirational goal keeping by Ospina,
we got a very good result against a team of such talent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The weaknesses in the team were obvious even in the PSG match. Lack
of concentration and misjudging the flight of the ball to concede very early in
a game; Alex Iwobi and later Alexis Sanchez not offering cover to Nacho
Monreal; and the ease with which Arsenal’s midfield is cut out when the other
team is attacking. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Hull, Forest, Chelsea & Basel matches took me to cloud 9 and
back. What a time that was to be alive. Proper Champagne football. Playing
football the Arsenal way as we love to sing. I was certain this was our year
and that a Domestic League and Champions League double was do - able.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Burnley and Swansea wins were very tense affairs. We were lucky
to win both despite the fact that we were the better side in both matches. Although
we comprehensively defeated Ludogrets, they were not the pushovers that the score
line suggested. They came close to scoring 3 times after we had our breakthrough.
It was sweet to watch but appears to signal the start to the disruption to our
season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Santi Cazorla was kicked in this match and he has been out since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We struggled against Middleborough and were
lucky to get a draw. We were not fluid enough likely due to the Santi effect
and were overran in midfield time and time again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
match against Reading was anything but routine. I remember a ‘make me shine’
save by Emi Martinez, notable solid performance by Ainsley Maitland Niles (our
latest World Cup Winner) but Reading was no pushovers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a bit tough at the Stadium of Light and it appeared it was
going to be one of those days when our French Commando stepped up and rescued
us. In the 2<sup>nd</sup> of the head to head with Ludogrets, some of our
nervousness returned and we required a magical performance from Mesut Ozil in
scoring the Champions League Goal of The Season to take all 3 points in
Bulgaria. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The first leg of the North London Derby was remarkable for the
rotational fouling by the Spuds and the referee’s reluctance to book them. They
got a point of a well dodgy decision, which affirmed my belief that the wankers
otherwise known as T*ttenham under Pochettino are never going to win anything. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I still can’t understand what happened at Old Trafford. I suspect
they put something in the water or sprayed it into the air anytime we visit. We
were largely anonymous and alarm bells started to ring for me. We struggled
against a shambolic United side and were fortunate to get a draw although United
themselves had only one attempt on goal for the entire match. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We were lucky to draw against PSG at The Emirates and at the same
time careless not to win. Although nobody could say for a certainty but it
appears Alex Iwobi’s mind was on his substitution and didn’t track his man for PSG’s
equalizer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Our win against Bournemouth in the League contrasted sharply against
the loss to Southampton in the League Cup. I am one for not caring about the
result as long as my team puts in a decent performance. The performance was
just not there in the League Cup loss. I expected a lot from our side and I
didn’t see it. I am always on the lookout for what the substitutes and squad
players are contributing when given a chance as this gives me an insight into
the intensity of the competition for places within the squad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Normal service resumed at the London Stadium against a poor West Ham
side. Basel & Stoke were well beaten despite some skullduggery and dodgy
refereeing in the Stoke game. We were top of the League and it was all looking
good. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Then the wheels came off. I had started to get nervous watching our
matches and didn’t watch the Everton one. I knew it was going to be a tough
match but I expected us to win. They played the ‘lets kick Arsenal’ game very
well and the referee allowed them. He also dashed them a complementary offside
goal as a bonus. It brought an end to our 17-league match unbeaten run and
denied us the chance to go top of the table. I was positive we will make amends
at The Etihad and grab at least a draw. Again we were undone by dodgy
refereeing and some below par performance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">As expected the West Brom match was a tough one but narrowly
navigated successfully. Surprisingly Palace offered little resistance and then
we went 3 behind at Bournemouth. That was disastrous and unexpected and was
again symptomatic of our soft underbelly. I interpreted the point earned at The
Vitality as a sign of mental strength but it appears in retrospect to be the
sign of a struggling team. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Our game against Preston North End was tricky but we came through. I
listened to the Preston Manager on radio the day before our match and I was
filled with dread. While I understand that philosophy plays a big role in how
you play and you must take the smooth with the rough, I worried that we have
become too predictable and easy to neutralize especially if we have off days
and the opponents were willing to kick our boys with the connivance of the
referee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">2 of our next 3 games were a doodle. The best football I watched us
play this season was the 5 nil against Southampton. Performance against Swansea
was ace and accentuated by the results of Swansea’ matches after the defeat to
Arsenal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Burnley game was a tough one and a game on balance we deserved
to win. We followed that with an inexplicable loss to Watford. This is one
result that continues to baffle me. We were complacent and gave voice to the
faux fans that had been waiting for things to go bad. We followed this up with
a loss to Chelsea and 4 other losses in 7 matches. The less said about the
embarrassing losses to Bayern Munich the better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually thought they were very beatable
this season but the manner of the losses was awful. I was positive we could
turn it around after the first leg and quite bullish in one of my articles.
Unfortunately it wasn’t to be. Both losses unleashed the gates of hell on the
terrace and in the Arsenal Fan TV studio that is the Ken Friar Bridge side of
The Emirates. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We somewhat scrapped through Hull before the first Bayern game,
safely navigated the loss / loss game versus Sutton United, lost to Liverpool
at Anfield where it became apparent there was something wrong in the dressing
room. I try to observe body language and it was obvious the French boys had
some sort of beef with Alexis. The British boys didn’t appear to think too much
of him either. And Ozil appeared to be in some sort of camp on his own. This
was about the time he seemed to row back on ‘his future depending on Arsene
staying’ comments. I have also noticed the ‘heads down’ thing after our exit
from the UCL.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Lincoln City was a good distraction but the capitulation against West
Brom was awful. The pretend fans were now in full batshit mode. Flying banners
on aircraft & increasingly toxic atmosphere. We managed to string 2 decent
results together after this match – drawing against Man City and hammering West
Ham, only to be Spread Eagled by Crystal Palace. This in my opinion was our
worst result of the season. Lack of fight, easy to bully. This was the bottom
of the barrel and we scrapped it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">We changed our formation after that and went on a run that saw us
only lose one match till the end of season. We won 9 out of 10 games and only
dropped points in the North London Derby. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">A different albeit positive result in any of our matches against
Liverpool, Man City, the NLDs; Watford or Middleborough at the Emirates;
Everton, Palace, West Brom, Man United, Bournemouth & Chelsea away; could
have seen us finish within the Top 4<sup> </sup>for the 21<sup>st</sup>
consecutive season since Wenger’s arrival. Ultimately it was down to one point.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arsenal was so awful that we missed out
on Top 4 by WAN FAKIN point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be some grey matter transplant by the pushers of the ‘Arsenal is Awful &
Wenger is past it’ narratives. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I used to be so upset when people moaned about same old same old Top
4 and Champions League participation. But I am no longer upset. Many Arsenal
fans don’t unfortunately deserve their team finishing in the Top 4 since they
are so disdainful of it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester United prosecuted an entire Europa League campaign to
basically finish in the equivalent of the Top 4. Yes you get a ‘plasticky’ type
trophy at the end, but it is very much the equivalent of finishing in the Top
4. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">In the 13/14 season when we finally broke our 9-year trophy duck,
there were lots of debate on whether finishing Top 4 was better than winning
the FA Cup. I was firmly in the ‘finish in Top 4 camp at the expense of the FA
Cup’. Ideally doing both as we did that year is best but having witnessed our
13<sup>th</sup> FA cup victory live at Wembley, I wouldn’t sacrifice that for a
Top 4 finish. Although I was in the stadium in 2014, this year’s FA Cup victory
was sweeter. I was tempted to take my tiny knob out and piss on the pundits and
fake fans who wrote the boys off but I didn’t think they were worthy. Mustn’t
piss on a WOB if he is on fire. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I was disappointed that a season that promised so much ended with us
missing out on the Top 4, as I wanted Arsene to preserve his record, however
missing out provides us an opportunity we should grasp. Use the League Cup side
to prosecute the Europa League so the first team squads’ legs can be fresher
for the Premier League long haul. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I am hopeful that the formation change represents Arsene’s desire to
vary his approach & philosophy a bit. I hope the boys can put in 38 of that
type of FA Cup final performance. I hope we can unleash Rob Holding on any
bullying opponents. He has got guts. That one. He is definitely a future England
and Arsenal captain. Costa & Arnautovic are still having nightmares from
their encounter with him. I hope we can sign a player that can unlock massed
ranks when teams decide to play 10 men behind the ball against us. I hope there
is a Kylian Mbappe type in our development squad that will come of age next
season. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully we give it a right go and see if we can win THE LOT this
forthcoming season </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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