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Arsenal FC 2023-24: Passion, Energy, Clarity

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That's not true. Chelsea has a £500m bench.

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2023 saw a bunch of amazing signings, a ton of progress with the squad, a league a reason where we boat raced every team in the league that doesn't have a £500m bench. we're back in the champions leag

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Disappointing outcome, but I had an unbelievable experience last night.   Took a stadium tour before the game.   Watched from the North End nosebleed, and would do it all again in a heartbeat.    

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So I avoided PL news all weekend for so that wouldn't get spoiled for me? 

On 12/9/2023 at 1:31 PM, Ted Lange said:

Out played them pretty handily after about 15 min, but nothing to show for it.  Blew 3 big chances, triple the xG, can’t do that vs an excellent AV side.  Unless AV has a rash of injuries they are gonna be a top 4 team. 

Exactly this. Should have had at least a draw but Villa took their chance while we wasted our three. Villa have won their last 15 home matches since we beat them last year.  Not "unbeaten" with a few draws mixed in; Won. Cannot afford to be profligate with great chances against a side that good.

Flush this "poopah" as Jamie Tartt would say and move on; hopefully ZERO first XI play in Eindhoven this week. 

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Emery always has been a very good manager, but he had a near-impossible job in taking over late-Wenger Arsenal. Front office was unsettled (multiple sporting directors in his 1.5 seasons), a dressing room with senior players who didn't buy-in and undermined him, and fanbase clearly upset at the malaise that had set into the club.  Despite that, he had us on a ~ 10-match winning streak his first season, made the EL Final (which to this day I firmly believe we would have won had we faced a European side instead of a London Darby v Chelski in Baku), and brought Academy products Saka and ESR through to the first team. Nothing but respect for him, and I hope he leads Villa to a second place finish this year - behind us of course.

It took Arteta a few years to get the rot out of the club, fully backed by a stabilized front office of Josh and Edu, and KSE's funding once they acquired 100% ownership of the club.

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Emery always has been a very good manager, but he had a near-impossible job in taking over late-Wenger Arsenal. Front office was unsettled (multiple sporting directors in his 1.5 seasons), a dressing room with senior players who didn't buy-in and undermined him, and fanbase clearly upset at the malaise that had set into the club.  Despite that, he had us on a ~ 10-match winning streak his first season, made the EL Final (which to this day I firmly believe we would have won had we faced a European side instead of a London Darby v Chelski in Baku), and brought Academy products Saka and ESR through to the first team. Nothing but respect for him, and I hope he leads Villa to a second place finish this year - behind us of course.

It took Arteta a few years to get the rot out of the club, fully backed by a stabilized front office of Josh and Edu, and KSE's funding once they acquired 100% ownership of the club.

I agree with all of that, but my grapes would still be sour with envy.  

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15 hours ago, dbecks said:

Is it still set up where A1 plays B2 in the first knockout round? For some reason it’s been a while since I closely followed Champions League football…

If so, FC Copenhagen would be a nice matchup.

lol @ ManUre.

No, there's a draw for the Round of 16.  Group winners v runners-up (exceptions being you cannot face another club from your country or a a club in your group). 

ManUre... They just need to give Ten Hag another 10 years.

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Good news, but fuck the FA and PGMOL. De Zerbi running onto the pitch didn't elicit a card, yet Mik got carded and suspended for jumping up to celebrate a 97' winner, in an away match, at the ground with the smallest technical areas, which suspended him for a top-4 clash.

PGMOL really fucking hates us; we shouldn't expect any calls to go our way. Maybe Kroenke needs to pay for all the refs to have an all-expense-paid vacation to Colorado to ref his grandkids' youth leagues.

Fuckers.

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i’ve been a supporter since 2010 and we’ve never had a player like him. i’m enthralled with his play. rice, saka, saliba, and odegaard are truly world class. gabriel is not far behind imo. if we can sign a real deal goal scorer this summer we’re going to be in position to win any trophy we compete for for years to come. i have to believe that signing a prolific striker is mikel and edu’s main focus in the transfer market. i can’t wait to see what they have up their sleeves.

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