Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

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@ThrobbingHood , look at all these motherfukkers on the #Artetaout bandwagon now. They were hedging those bets like the outcome wasn't certain. I think some of them actually expected a miracle last night!

:pachaha:

Having a striker isn't a miracle though :pachaha:yesterday's game was winnable we just aren't decisive enough.

Hopefully uncle Berta can help us in the attacking department because despite Artetas short comings, great recruitment can help even the most limited coaches as individual brilliance can break the monotony of our current system.

Jose lived of that for years when he played similarly drab football, he always had some great attackers...specifically great target men to rely on when he got the ball forward, probably why he fell off as soon as he went to clubs who just didn't have the money to give him that anymore.

As much as everybody is screaming for a striker we need a big big upgrade on the LW, once again Berta needs to address this cause I know Mikel is happy enough with Martinelli cause of "workrate", he probably wants a replacement for trossard more than an upgrade on Martinelli.
 

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@ThrobbingHood , look at all these motherfukkers on the #Artetaout bandwagon now. They were hedging those bets like the outcome wasn't certain. I think some of them actually expected a miracle last night!

:pachaha:
Even though I'm not an Arsenal fan I've said from day 1 he ain't a top manager and you need better:manny:
 

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They didn't need a stop gap striker before the January windows closed. They needed an upgrade.

Then the window closed and they lost Jesus and Havertz soon after. The need changed from upgrade to stop-gap. That said, a stopgap doesn't really change the result of the CL semifinal IMO.

And before all that. They didn't have a SD for the January window. So why are owners really going to allow a novice to complete an important transfer like that?
 

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Arsenal mandem, I think y’all should look at Cesc if you depart with Arteta. What mans has done with Como this season is very impressive.

For Serie A, granted the table finishes as is in MD 38, my manager of the season award is as such:

1) Conte
2) Raineri
3) Cesc

If not Cesc, perhaps Iraola

Iraola is great BUT. We need to see how he does when his team has to play every 3-4 days not every 6-7-8 days. That style has a short life cycle as it is.
 

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imagine future young soccers fans going back to watch all the highlights of past Balloon d'r winners and then they get to Raphina skill highlights :hhh:

if Psg wins the treble, it should go to Dembouz

if they don't, then Yamal
A reel of "injuries and inconsistency" you mean

Plus these kids are already watching footy through 15 second reels
:mjgrin:

At least we can agree on the young Goat Yamal tho
:ohlawd:
 

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Those managers don't sack managers because they don't win trophies. They sack them because clubs under their watch aren't progressing or they lose the dressing room. Development of players stall, or they drop so many points over a sustained period of time that they risk missing out on Champions League qualification. Stability is an underrated quality in a manager, and Arsenal are a stable club. They still pump out potential stars at an impressive clip.

Yeah, Arsenal need to make a big splash up front. They also need a new left winger because Martinelli isn't good enough.
 

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it's the arrogance in him ,he has far more arrogance in him than he does talent
Breh he’s heavily recruiting Zubimendi for the summer transfer window what are we even talking about? It’s like he gets a kick out of doubling down on him not needing a proper striker


He’s a psychopath and the delusion knows no bounds

His post match comments confirm this dude is out to lunch
 

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Breh he’s heavily recruiting Zubimendi for the summer transfer window what are we even talking about? It’s like he gets a kick out of doubling down on him not needing a proper striker


He’s a psychopath and the delusion knows no bounds

His post match comments confirm this dude is out to lunch
I've read his post match comments about how the best team in the CL this season went out :russ:

We were the best team in the CL until PSG knocked us out and then you could say they have been or even Inter as them 2 have made the final

Never once has Arsenal been the best team in it,
I suppose they deserve a medal though for knocking out Madrid :lolbron:
 

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I’m mostly still just very :unimpressed: about it all. Turkish from AFTV is my spirit animal and he summed it up masterfully post game. He said he saw two Paris mans crying in front of him yesterday. I want to cry, tears of joy. But the tears bc of sadness, frustration?? Those dried up a long time ago

I don’t want to make this a long post, but Arsenal is always a nearly club. Every year we the fans see what the team needs and someone somewhere behind the scenes doubles down and says “nah fukk that, we’re smarter than you”.

I’m not Arteta out, but he’s showing me a few things that are huge red flags. His recruitment has been shocking. There’s a few bangers in there sure but that’s just numbers. He’s overseen signings of Willian, Havertz, Merino (both of whom are better strikers than the position we paid big money for them), Calafiori, Tomi, Cedric, Vieira, that one guy from Brazil that played CB and was trash, Kiwior who in fairness hasn’t been noticed in Gabriel’s absence which is great. Selling players with no plan to replace

He’s shown an inability or unwant to play youth. MLS is in the team out of sheer necessity, Nwaneri can’t buy a game. He runs his starters into the ground. Shocking substitutions when chasing games, inability to coach an attacking style. For all his talk about ruthlessness he doesn’t drop players he likes out of form.

People keep saying he brought us back from the dungeons which he’s done a good job, but he’s been backed. That’s more than we can say for the previous two managers. I’d 100% prefer Wenger if he had Arteta’s backing from the board. Even Unai wasn’t given a fair shake. We don’t give him enough credit for the bones being there to a better side.
 
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Having a striker isn't a miracle though :pachaha:yesterday's game was winnable we just aren't decisive enough.

Hopefully uncle Berta can help us in the attacking department because despite Artetas short comings, great recruitment can help even the most limited coaches as individual brilliance can break the monotony of our current system.

Jose lived of that for years when he played similarly drab football, he always had some great attackers...specifically great target men to rely on when he got the ball forward, probably why he fell off as soon as he went to clubs who just didn't have the money to give him that anymore.

As much as everybody is screaming for a striker we need a big big upgrade on the LW, once again Berta needs to address this cause I know Mikel is happy enough with Martinelli cause of "workrate", he probably wants a replacement for trossard more than an upgrade on Martinelli.
Lmao , thats not why Jose fell off . His fall off began at Madrid. behind all that grand standing , was an insecure manager desperate for constant recognition and adulation. That insecurity bled to his tactics.

Even tho Pep will go down as the better manager. Weve always thought Pep was the humble one and Jose was thw opposite. But that aint the case at all, Pep is way more cold blooded than Jose. i doubt Pep cares about his players at all, only results :francis:
 
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