Problem I have is it was pretty much the Arsenal of last year.
I think this goes back to the distinction I made above. If it was just that he was quiet than you can very much excuse that, especially for a guy who arrived late in pre-season and has a team who need to get used to him as much as the other way around. But it was worse than that. When he got the opportunity to get involved he was shit and fucked up pretty much everything he touched. Sometimes things arent working for you. But sometimes players find themselves out of their depth, and this looks every bit the latter (albeit a conclusion I was already committed to from what I had already seen of him)
There is a delightful middle ground here where his athleticism and Arsenal’s overall game dominance allows him score a respectable number of goals, but doing so in a way that makes them worse. But he’s scoring enough to make it difficult for Arteta to drop him. I think this is a more likely outcome than the one where he is a proper success who shoots them to trophies.
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He looks a poor man’s Nicklas Bendtner 
I’ve delighted in making that comparison when talking about him to my Arsenal-supporting wife.
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Ah yes the sending off that was 100% a sending off? Regardless of where it happened.
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The PGMOL was unhappy with our victory, one we earned as a result of a clear penalty for united inexplicably ignored
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I cant believe Arsenal fans are not more conscious of Hillsborough and sensitivities around them winning the league that year
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He has to copy our brilliant, and original song. His effort is what a fax is to fine art.
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Them copying the Diaz song for Martinellini is bad enough. Now this… What’s next, they’re going to try sing YNWA before games?!
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They’ll copy the Chiesa song.
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The idea of Arsenal having to adapt to a totally different sort of player in Gyokeres and then abruptly change course by Merino now being his replacement is amazing stuff.
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Could SandCastle field a cheeky Isak bit from the low spending LegoMan?
Thats ALREADY the joke. It’s 3 posts above yours
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I assume they would have tried to engage him with a Saudi move.
Arsenal now apparently going for Eze from Palace due to Havertz injury, Spurs fans are understandably taking this news extremely well and being most complimentary towards Daniel Levy
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Every signing they make is greeted by some explanation on how this is another step to their manifest destiny of CL and PL glory.
It’s getting somewhat tiresome and the analysis around them is appalling. I will stand by my prediction that their best chance was last season.
Last weekend was a performance out of last season, gifted a point by a goalie error. That kind of luck doesn’t show up every weekend. They need something more.
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Eze will probably be a very good signing for them. They’ve gotten lucky with the Havertz injury.
Hopefully this doesn’t make it harder to get Guehi.
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If Arteta doesn’t win a trophy this year, the fanbase will spontaneously combust.
I hope he wins the lesser domestic cup so that he gets a stay on his execution. He needs to stay longer in the arsenal team because a competent coach can have them competing in next to no time with the team thats been assembled
Arteta is six seasons at Arsenal, with an FA Cup to his name. After spending a fortune.
If he was Liverpool manager we would be rightly dissapointed, and I doubt he would still be here.
The fans in the stadium seem to support him though, its very different to the last days of Wenger. Online its different. They want him out.
The trouble is, if they sack him is there another manager that would win stuff with that squad? And if that manager exists (Klopp, Ancelloti) would they consider going there?