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Dutch

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  1. Hell yes we are. Ramsdale us in games this year, and he’ll hopefully iron out the mistakes. Goalkeepers reach their peak after age 28; he’s gonna be great.
  2. The longer we go without “Saliba agrees new deal, final details being sorted, Arsenal to announce soon” the more nervous I get. His agent is absolutely doing the right thing for him, as his value to the club was made starkly evident after his injury. He’s gonna get paid. But we do not want him to enter his final year w/no extension and have that hanging over next year. Easy for me to say since I’m not signing the check, but
  3. Watched it last night on Prime and very much enjoyed it. Damon and Affleck are always great together, and the soundtrack, basically every awesome song from 1984, fucks. I it got me interested enough that I watched The Last Dance episode that covered the shoe story; forgot he wore the Jordan 1 at his final game in MSG.
  4. Very true that you don’t want to be leading that metric, but being last by a bit isn’t good either. We can do with rotating a bit more to keep guys fresher at the business end of the season. That balance isn’t easy to find, though. Hopefully adding in the summer will get us closer to it.
  5. Will be hard for Pep to top this season. Treble, closing on a near 20-match win streak. He should probably “mic drop” and leave on a high note.
  6. PL: Also PL:
  7. Don’t blame Xhaka wanting to move on & leave on a high, and it would have been fitting for him to play Champions League football in our shirt after struggling through the down years. But we could have used him next year as depth and cover in MF. We CANNOT be last in this metric again next year.
  8. Great with a deep squad isn’t enough. You have to be damn near perfect. Arsenal would have needed 95 points (or 94 with a cyborg scoring 55 goals) to win this year. In other words: 1. The fifth best point total in PL history. 2. More than every ManUre title winner. 3. More than every Arsenal title winner. 4. More than every Chelsea title winner except 2004-5, who also finished on 95.
  9. “Is this a collapse? Arsenal have lost/are losing/will lose the league because they dropped nine points in four games across 17 days in April, when they kept scoring but just couldn’t keep them out. They collapsed/choked/lacked character because the squad wasn’t deep enough to allow for the loss of a key defender, because their best attacking players have no rotational backup and have grown weary in the last few weeks of an endless season. Above all they are an ordinary, mortal, very good team. As opposed to a generational winning machine treading its own path towards something entirely new. Near-perfection is the standard now. City have completed their 11th straight league win, doing all this at a point in the season when your average stretched and faltering champion team starts to tie up and feel the burn.“ Good article on how we didn’t “bottle it.” We just weren’t close enough to perfect. Yet. https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/may/14/arsenal-brighton-manchester-city-premier-league
  10. Our “Plan A” with our best XI is pretty damn salty. It’s enough to see off most clubs most days. It’s apparent, though, Arteta needs to get better at Plan Bs, when injuries hit and/or other clubs have a good plan. Hopefully another good summer window plus Jan 2024 will allow more rotation so we aren’t on vapor in April.
  11. Hopefully Pep gets bored after winning the treble and leaves. City only won two PLs before he arrived. It’s not just that they spend; it’s that they spend smartly and have the best manager of his generation whipping them into a machine.
  12. This fucking sucks, dropping 12 of 21 points, getting absolutely run at home. It was a hell of a season, and a successful one. We aren’t deep enough or experienced (players and manager) to win the League yet. Yet. But we will be soon. Add 3-4 difference makers this summer and go again next year.
  13. Guess y’all will just have to take three points from City tomorrow.
  14. Worst case: Bayern & Madrid. Best case (relatively speaking): Feyenoord and Leipzig. Hopefully, this will be our last entry through Pot 3 for long while.
  15. Underscores why we need to hang on to Tierney; we'd have no LB cover.
  16. In addition to those mentioned, I'll add Bubba Watson's second shot after his first went waaaaay back in the trees, in a playoff, at The Masters, with his first major on the line.
  17. Paging @shadow_operative…
  18. Any chance y'all could repeat this performance on Sunday?
  19. Cocksucker deserved to score the clincher for us. Side note: he sees a straight-red if he performs that same ”tackle” on Kane. Refs let an insane amount of stuff go against us.
  20. Another £250m from investment this summer and we in business. There are reports that KSE was ready to pay whatever for Caicedo and Mudyrk, but Arteta and Edu said no. Stick to the plan. They’ve gotten a taste of winning (Rams and Avs) and want to keep it going. Plus we’ll have CL revenue next year. Indeed. He’s an upgrade on Holding, If we could have gotten Kiwior some experience before Anfield and City Really, REALLY don’t want to lose Tierney this summer. Arteta needs to let him do what he was born to do - bomb down the wing and whip in a cross - as a change of pace. And, as noted, he’s better defensively. He looks lost trying to be Zinchenko. But that point is so valid. Use the squad.
  21. Yup x 3. That was a great result. St James’ is a fearsome atmosphere when Newcastle are good, and they’re good. Only their second (?) home loss this season. Weathered their opening, Cap took a beauty, then we held on before (I’d say) forcing Schar - who should have been off on a red by then - into an OG: he knew Jesus was behind him for a tap-in. Clean sheet and onto Brighton. Yes City have 16-7 players, but us winning also means Pep has to keep running out his stronger-st sides. Hopefully playing every three days for six weeks will bite them at some point. Ramsdale MoTM, but Jorginho had a low-key great performance today.
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