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true, but those last two were like 12 years old when arteta took over in 2019, so he definitely gets some credit for their development. and when he got here in 2019 our team had nobody of value to sell, hence why chambo is still our most highly priced sell ever. our squad cost vs squad value has done a 180 under arteta’s watch. he’s turned the club around.

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3 hours ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

Arteta crushing it being tied for highest squad value and winning zero trophies.  Crushing what?  The hopes and dreams of Arsenal fans?

the way you guys keep sprinting in here to expose yourselves as completely incapable of being objective is hilarious. again, the parallels between arteta and sark and numerous, they are essentially analogs of one another, and yet you all cannot stop claiming that arteta has done “literally nothing”, and that he’s “crushing the dreams” of arsenal fans, literally because he hasn’t won a trophy in the last four seasons. go try and say that dumb shit about sark on the football board and see what kind of reception it gets. all of your opinions are based on your feelings about arsenal, and not objective reality. 

and then you add the trophy thing on top. y’all used to shit on any trophy that wasn’t the league title or CL trophy. this board literally made fun of arsenal for throwing a parade for our 2014 fa cup win, and spent years denigrating the fa cup as meaningless when arsenal was winning it regularly. now all of a sudden winning the CARABAO CUP is a huge deal that has thumping your chests? winning the weakest europa league of all time vs teams none of us have ever heard of and can’t pronounce has you shit-talking an arsenal fanbase whose team is in a different galaxy in terms of quality and competitiveness? really? none of your (any of you) opinions are earnest, it’s literally just “whatever allows me to make fun of arsenal.” the way y’all so proudly expose yourselves as hypocrites is what has had me comparing y’all to maga. it’s seriously eye opening how irrational and fanatical all of this is. 

i used to respect the posters on this forum the same way that i do the posters on the baseball forum. there’s really no big fights, hostile shit talk, or any of that idiocy that comes with most of the other boards. but nobody, and i mean nobody, is on the baseball board going, “the detroit tigers haven’t won a trophy since 1984, literally nothing about that team or their manager is impressive.” because that would be fucking stupid and would get you laughed out of the thread.

so let’s be clear. this is not me shit-talking you guys. this is me earnestly coming to you and holding up a mirror, and asking you to look at yourselves and your completely indefensible, fanatical, juvenile takes on arsenal, and hoping that you see how clownish and unserious you all look. i came into this forum on match day 1 and bitched about the poor officiating in this league by citing the fact that man u should have been awarded a penalty against arsenal. that’s what objectivity looks like. that’s how an adult forms their opinions. not on fanatical feelings, but on objectivity and reality. i’d love to see even a modicum of that type of objectivity from this forum, and i hope we can have it some day soon. there is no rational explanation for yalls collective obsession with arsenal, a club that, according to y’all, is wholly unimportant and non competitive in the first place. it’s embarrassing. and it’s not honest. do better.

 

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if you can’t handle reading for three whole minutes, then just read this and marinate on it:

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3 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

To be fair the guy has won the COVID FA Cup. But if Arsenal wins a cup and no one is there to see it ...

Arteta keen to win cup in front of our supporters | Quotes | News |  Arsenal.com

ok that’s actually pretty funny.

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25 minutes ago, Derka said:

the way you guys keep sprinting in here to expose yourselves as completely incapable of being objective is hilarious. again, the parallels between arteta and sark and numerous, they are essentially analogs of one another, and yet you all cannot stop claiming that arteta has done “literally nothing”, and that he’s “crushing the dreams” of arsenal fans, literally because he hasn’t won a trophy in the last four seasons. go try and say that dumb shit about sark on the football board and see what kind of reception it gets. all of your opinions are based on your feelings about arsenal, and not objective reality. 

and then you add the trophy thing on top. y’all used to shit on any trophy that wasn’t the league title or CL trophy. this board literally made fun of arsenal for throwing a parade for our 2014 fa cup win, and spent years denigrating the fa cup as meaningless when arsenal was winning it regularly. now all of a sudden winning the CARABAO CUP is a huge deal that has thumping your chests? winning the weakest europa league of all time vs teams none of us have ever heard of and can’t pronounce has you shit-talking an arsenal fanbase whose team is in a different galaxy in terms of quality and competitiveness? really? none of your (any of you) opinions are earnest, it’s literally just “whatever allows me to make fun of arsenal.” the way y’all so proudly expose yourselves as hypocrites is what has had me comparing y’all to maga. it’s seriously eye opening how irrational and fanatical all of this is. 

i used to respect the posters on this forum the same way that i do the posters on the baseball forum. there’s really no big fights, hostile shit talk, or any of that idiocy that comes with most of the other boards. but nobody, and i mean nobody, is on the baseball board going, “the detroit tigers haven’t won a trophy since 1984, literally nothing about that team or their manager is impressive.” because that would be fucking stupid and would get you laughed out of the thread.

so let’s be clear. this is not me shit-talking you guys. this is me earnestly coming to you and holding up a mirror, and asking you to look at yourselves and your completely indefensible, fanatical, juvenile takes on arsenal, and imploring you to try to do better, for your own sake. i came into this forum on match day 1 and bitched about the poor officiating in this league by citing the fact that man u should have been awarded a penalty against arsenal. i’d love to see even a modicum of that type of objectivity from this forum, and i hope we can have it some day, and soon. there is no rational explanation for yalls collective obsession with arsenal, a club that, according to y’all, is wholly unimportant and non competitive in the first place. it’s embarrassing. and it’s not honest. do better.

 

 

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23 minutes ago, Derka said:

if you can’t handle reading for three whole minutes, then just read this and marinate on it:

IMG_0476.thumb.jpeg.ab10f838925d2fc8ac371e707dd0b45b.jpeg

 

I will say there is a big difference in the sports/leagues. There is only 1 thing to be won in MLB - the World Series. I mean the Tigers did win two AL pennants in 2006 and 2012, but lost the WS both times. Same with the NFL and NHL.

EPL teams play for up to 4 cups a year - EPL, FA Cup, EFL Cup and for those that make it, European Cups (5 if you count the Club World Cup). This is one reason why top teams are knocked for not winning hardware, because there are a lot of chances, especially domestically. You look at the Domestic Cups since 2010, it's a who's who of the EPL elite and some one offs, but not Spurs. The numbers are striking too since outside of Spurs no team in the Big 6 has less than 4 Domestic cups. 

Yeah, Arsenal is the butt of the jokes because when you look at the Big 6 they are the last one to get a trophy. Fuck even Man U has 2 since the COVID Cup. Your boys get a trophy, you are going to talk it up and the cycle will continue. Just suck it up buttercup and wait your turn.

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Question for the brain trust: With the stand-off between Fox and YTTV, I'm thinking about dropping YTTV for the streaming ESPN/Fox combo. I figured I would be covered for Premier League games because I already have Peacock. But are the EPL games that are shown on USA and NBC also shown on Peacock? I always assumed they were, but now I am hearing that they aren't. So if you want to watch the major matches this week, you have to have cable or a streaming package like YTTV or Hulu?

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1 hour ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Question for the brain trust: With the stand-off between Fox and YTTV, I'm thinking about dropping YTTV for the streaming ESPN/Fox combo. I figured I would be covered for Premier League games because I already have Peacock. But are the EPL games that are shown on USA and NBC also shown on Peacock? I always assumed they were, but now I am hearing that they aren't. So if you want to watch the major matches this week, you have to have cable or a streaming package like YTTV or Hulu?

Any match that airs on NBC will simulcast (simulstream?) on Peacock (replay same-day). It’s the USA and CNBC matches that do not; they become available for replay on Peacock the next day. Any match not airing on NBC, USA, or CNBC is “Peacock exclusive.”

And Goal Rush (their version of Red Zone) is really, really good. 

https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/premier-league?cid=2508sptplpkpdsearch17242&utm_campaign=2508sptpl&utm_source=pk_ggl&utm_medium=pd_search_acq_srcpy&utm_term=22899737213&utm_content=183553737349_769494246921&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22899737213&gbraid=0AAAAACqYaJoX_BT0vheec-EC96H5Xaj-T&gclid=CjwKCAjw2brFBhBOEiwAVJX5GLVefdNVST4BkDudpClL7rXymK58qMXJmHqTHFDuh-4sIg7oCffddRoCp5oQAvD_BwE

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1 hour ago, mdmost said:

I watch USA Network games on Telemundo or Exitos. Peacock covers the rest. NBC I have OTA for. 

Oh that's a good idea. I need to double-check I can get Telemundo with my rabbit ears, but that plan should work.

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1 hour ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Oh that's a good idea. I need to double-check I can get Telemundo with my rabbit ears, but that plan should work.

There's also a streaming site I can send you if you want to keep watching USA Network. I don't like the delay and I don't really watch games with sound up most times so it's something I don't do as much. It's one that won't give your computer the AID. 

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1 hour ago, mdmost said:

There's also a streaming site I can send you if you want to keep watching USA Network. I don't like the delay and I don't really watch games with sound up most times so it's something I don't do as much. It's one that won't give your computer the AID. 

I might take you up on that if I can't get Telemundo.

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