Mikel Arteta: The Real Deal

[UpTheGunnerz]

Can’t wait for Mikel to bring home the CL and we will have some unity on the forum again
I imagine it will look something like this

 

[dka1]

Can’t wait for Mikel to bring home the CL and we will have some unity on the forum again
I imagine it will look something like this

Our first CL after what's been a frustrating league campaign would be very nice.

I think getting past Madrid is a tough ask though and that front line of Vini, Mbappe and Rodrygo is the stuff of nightmares.

But we do have a strong defense though and hopefully we can do something.

 

[Clrnc]

We actually do get meme’d just as much if not more than before.

We used to get meme’d as a complete banter club (like United are now) whereas now the meme’ing comes from a place of fear/envy.

Honestly I notice it more nowadays, probably coincides with the rise of social media but it’s not ridiculous at all.

It's insane they dont get it and missed out the original point to the reply.

When you are irrelevant the memes get lesser because nobody cares about you. It's like people not memeing about how bad Southampton is because the football world dont care. Liverpool is doing very well but the amount of memes of Salah being pocketed by Mendes hit the roof the past week.

 

[Clrnc]

I want to add to your point - rival fans and the media will not respect you, the coach or your players even if you win trophies. You are always one bad season away from being a banter club. Seeking validation or respect from rivals or the media is a fool's errand. Carragher doesn't even rate Salah, and the Egyptian rivals Gerrard as Liverpool's greatest ever player. Souness and Neville couldn't wait to rip apart Pogba - despite the Frenchman being an objectively better player than both.

I think there's a certain respect as to what Liverpool and Slot has done this season.

But I will never respect City trophies with their 115 charges. Pure cheats

 

[jones]

I'd give him a five year contract if he gets the CL. Even if it's playing the most vile Tetanyahu boko haram ball on the way that gives you Artetanus watching

 

[Clrnc]

I'd give him a five year contract if he gets the CL. Even if it's playing the most vile Tetanyahu boko haram ball on the way that gives you Artetanus watching

He should immediately get a bronze bust and the stadium name after him and a life long contract. A UCL trophy for us changes everything.

When I go into the Arsenal Museum and see us having an entire section dedicated to being UCL finalists a little part of me died.

 

[El Realista]

This is the kind of things I can't understand of him. 9 goals in favour and you are so freaking square mind you can't give the boy some minutes? No, because surely Mikel is the most intelligent being in football and he already predicted the guy won't make it so why bothering and better play Trossard like he couldn't use a rest ain't it?

 

[dka1]

This is the kind of things I can't understand of him. 9 goals in favour and you are so freaking square mind you can't give the boy some minutes? No, because surely Mikel is the most intelligent being in football and he already predicted the guy won't make it so why bothering and better play Trossard like he couldn't use a rest ain't it?

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I've gotta be honest, I am frustrated that we didn't get to see him at least get a run out against PSV in the 2nd leg.

Doesn't mean I don't back the manager, but if I've got my frustrations I'll say it....

 

[El Realista]

I've gotta be honest, I am frustrated that we didn't get to see him at least get a run out against PSV in the 2nd leg.

Doesn't mean I don't back the manager, but if I've got my frustrations I'll say it....

Exactly, what's the worst it could happen? He has a bad game? Merino didn't have a great game neither. With some luck he does well and we have a new prospect or at least we can sell him with a better sell value. I don't know, sometimes it's like he is like a little Chihuahua always trembling with fear.

 

[Tourbillion]

Completely agree. Just makes no sense not to give him a cameo in those circumstances.

 

[jones]

This is the kind of things I can't understand of him. 9 goals in favour and you are so freaking square mind you can't give the boy some minutes? No, because surely Mikel is the most intelligent being in football and he already predicted the guy won't make it so why bothering and better play Trossard like he couldn't use a rest ain't it?

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Nah everyone knows if you haven't broken into the first team at 17 you're rubbish and useless forever. Case in point Biereth who got 12 in 9 matches now

 

[goonerfamily]

This is the kind of things I can't understand of him. 9 goals in favour and you are so freaking square mind you can't give the boy some minutes? No, because surely Mikel is the most intelligent being in football and he already predicted the guy won't make it so why bothering and better play Trossard like he couldn't use a rest ain't it?

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I think it was worth playing him against PSV but I wouldn't pin your hopes on a 22 year-old who didn't score for league 1 Cheltenham last season. He is probably a Conference level talent.

 

[2Smokeyy]

I'd give him a five year contract if he gets the CL. Even if it's playing the most vile Tetanyahu boko haram ball on the way that gives you Artetanus watching

Bro I’d be in here praising him everyday like a few already do and saying he’s the best manager of all time if he somehow beats Real, PSG then Barca/Bayern/Inter in the final and brings us the CL.

Big ask but I wouldn’t put it past someone deeply involved in black magic

 

[Clrnc]

I think it was worth playing him against PSV but I wouldn't pin your hopes on a 22 year-old who didn't score for league 1 Cheltenham last season. He is probably a Conference level talent.

I agree. But 9-2 up and its quite sad to see that none of the young players are even considered for any minutes.

It's things like this that encouraged many of our young talents to look for first team breakthrough elsewhere. Many of them have been proven correctly by leaving us and getting game time much faster

 

[jones]

Bro I’d be in here praising him everyday like a few already do and saying he’s the best manager of all time if he somehow beats Real, PSG then Barca/Bayern/Inter in the final and brings us the CL.

Big ask but I wouldn’t put it past someone deeply involved in black magic

Same here but I fear Arteta puts his juj to use to get a contract for life rather than trophies.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Same here but I fear Arteta puts his juj to use to get a contract for life rather than trophies.

Signed and sealed by Death Row Records.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

I'd give him a five year contract if he gets the CL. Even if it's playing the most vile Tetanyahu boko haram ball on the way that gives you Artetanus watching

If, and it's a very big if, we win the CL, I'll have finally watched us win everything of worth under the sun.

At that point, I can see myself breezing through Tets' reign in relative silence

 

[dka1]

If, and it's a very big if, we win the CL, I'll have finally watched us win everything of worth under the sun.

At that point, I can see myself breezing through Tets' reign in relative silence

 

[Makingtrax]

Shocked by @2Smokeyy @Sapient Hawk and @jones entering into a Faustian pact. Never worked out well before boys.

Faustian: The term refers to the legend of Faust, a character in German folklore and literature, who agrees to surrender his soul to an evil spirit such as Mephistopheles, or Arteta after a certain period of time in exchange for the otherwise unattainable

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Shocked by @2Smokeyy @Sapient Hawk and @jones entering into a Faustian pact. Never worked out well before boys.

Faustian: The term refers to the legend of Faust, a character in German folklore and literature, who agrees to surrender his soul to an evil spirit such as Mephistopheles, or Arteta after a certain period of time in exchange for the otherwise unattainable

I love this post because you've taken the time to explain to AMs plebs, which are legion, the origins of the "Faustian Deal".

It pains me to say this, brother, but Faustian deals are all I have left. The way I see it, I'm already damned