I think it’s because we are champions, we won the league by 10 points well before the end of the season, we have over delivered on one of our weak points (Wirtz), and replaced/strengthened with incomings, improving or par with replaced players (yes, including Trent). Arsenal’s signings on paper will not close a 10pt+ gap. We are missing Diaz, Trent, Jota and Nunez, and only two of those played a lot of minutes.
The ONLY upside I see from Arsenal is that they have only changed 2 starters, while we are most likely changing 4+. (Arsenal 3 with Eze).
The issue has been less rushing him back and more over burdening him during periods where he really would have benefited from a lighter workload. That really doesnt look like it is even an option for a manager who has learned nothing given what this injury looks like being. But we’ll see.
I just found this… under some suggestions for copying our songs..
All round the Fields of Emirates Road
Where once we watched Thierry Henry (and only he)
Gervinho balding on the wing,
We had chants we tried to sing,
But they’re copies from the Kop of Anfield Road.
An arse-cannon upon our chest
We are men of Arteta’s best
A team that plays the gooning way
And finish second every may
There’s a huge difference though in copying songs from a different country / different sport to copying them from your direct title rival. Could never imagine Liverpool fans singing “glory glory Liverpool” when United where dominating and we were the chasing pack. It’s beyond shameless.
You give the average football fan (person) too much credit. I remember Leicester fans chanting ‘Champions of England, you’ll never sing that’ to us not long after they won the League.
Going through life sometimes feels like if it didn’t happen yesterday, the majority of people won’t believe it happened at all
I wonder if Arteta looks at his squad and thinks: “What would Pep do?” And then goes on to do it, minus passing the ball around until the opposing team cracks.
It’s an astonishing window from them . If this goes through it will be 7 new senior players, 5 of whom went there with the intention of being a regular and little to nothing raised in sales. And Liverpool are buying the league?
