Carabao Cup 2020/21

[AB13]

Wenger could have dealt with Arsenal's problems from a position of strength when they were still a legit contender and top team in Europe. Instead he allowed it to deteriorate to a situation where you have a borderline top 6 squad who get their pride from winning other competitions de-prioritized by their title rivals and being better than Everton South i.e. Spurs.

It was a classic situation where Arsenal were in a downward trajectory and he jumped off halfway down. Hiring meh managers afterwards hasn't helped, but it's also an easy situation to look like a 'meh' manager.

Wenger did the best he could with the financial backing he got towards the end, maybe not in 17/18 but he never underacheived.

I mean most of our problems come from the fact that we hired two absolutely incompetent coaches to follow up our biggest legend, so I'd say sacking Arteta and hiring someone genuinely good would solve a lot of things.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I don't think the transfer strategy was entirely beyond Wenger's responsibility. And Arsenal has been unable to recruit and sign good defensive players for a long long time. Wenger shaped the culture of Arsenal as the pretty, creative one among the Premiership's top sides, and it's almost like the club embraced that having forgotten that its glory years under Wenger had more to do with Patrick Vieira than just about any other player.

 

[Power Man]

Quite the gift by the keeper, Jesus...

hey if it helps Mahrez with his confidence, I’ll take it

 

[East Coast Bias]

So when is the City-Brentford match?

 

[AB13]

I don't think the transfer strategy was entirely beyond Wenger's responsibility. And Arsenal has been unable to recruit and sign good defensive players for a long long time. Wenger shaped the culture of Arsenal as the pretty, creative one among the Premiership's top sides, and it's almost like the club embraced that having forgotten that its glory years under Wenger had more to do with Patrick Vieira than just about any other player.

The sides with Vieira played the most pretty, creative football in the league. Ironically, if we had a world class midfielder who could win the ball like Vieira we would have won the league 3-4 times in the 2010s. That was the exact profile we missed.

 

[Gecklund]

The sides with Vieira played the most pretty, creative football in the league. Ironically, if we had a world class midfielder who could win the ball like Vieira we would have won the league 3-4 times in the 2010s. That was the exact profile we missed.

If you added a world class talent in a position of need to any of the top 6 teams, they’d win the league multiple times.

 

[AB13]

If you added a world class talent in a position of need to any of the top 6 teams, they’d win the league multiple times.

Maybe. But that was really all we were missing.

 

[King Makar19]

Can we FIRE OUR Clown manager...

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

The sides with Vieira played the most pretty, creative football in the league. Ironically, if we had a world class midfielder who could win the ball like Vieira we would have won the league 3-4 times in the 2010s. That was the exact profile we missed.

Thing is he never replaced Vieira with a player like that. Don't know if he even tried. Imagine Arsenal signs Kante a few years ago. It'd be a different team. The team never gained the stability again without an anchor like that.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Can we FIRE OUR Clown manager...

Who's OUR, exactly?

 

[spintheblackcircle]

So when is the City-Brentford match?

There isn't a fan without a rooting interest who doesn't hope Brentford pulls this off, right?

 

[King Makar19]

Arteta.
Clowning us starting Willian and Ceballos.

 

[S E P H]

I couldn't watch the match, but I told you lot like a month ago that Arsenal is one goalkeeper injury away from actually being relegated.

 

[AB13]

Thing is he never replaced Vieira with a player like that. Don't know if he even tried. Imagine Arsenal signs Kante a few years ago. It'd be a different team. The team never gained the stability again without an anchor like that.

Kante actually begged to come to us in 2016. Gazidis chose Xhaka instead.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I couldn't watch the match, but I told you lot like a month ago that Arsenal is one goalkeeper injury away from actually being relegated.

Well... even then... if they do not pick it up soon, they COULD be relegated.

 

[VEGASKING]

And a Victorias Secret model COULD fall in love with me tomorrow. Damn Covid ruined my chances of running into Josephine Skriver at a Raiders game this season.

 

[Power Man]

And a Victorias Secret model COULD fall in love with me tomorrow. Damn Covid ruined my chances of running into Josephine Skriver at a Raiders game this season.

If you keep telling yourself it's not gonna happen then it's not gonna happen

Believe

 

[East Coast Bias]

There isn't a fan without a rooting interest who doesn't hope Brentford pulls this off, right?

haha it was a joke. They haven’t drawn yet. But if United fall out I will definitely root for Brentford.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

haha it was a joke. They haven’t drawn yet. But if United fall out I will definitely root for Brentford.

I know it was, I guess I was just stating the obvious. I will do the same if Spurs are out.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Looks like Jose really wants to at least win one trophy at Spurs if he plays Kane in a League Cup match.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Is Bale injured or too out of shape to play more than a half?

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Oh dear, Stoke level, Lloris getting beaten near post.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Is Bale injured or too out of shape to play more than a half?

Or past it

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Good thing Spurs won that given they appear to have basically played their 1st team.