And then after that when we try to tell all the AKB chaps on here how you pointed this out before it even happened they'll give the "Wow, hindsight is always 20/20 vision".. Despite the fact that here you are, predicting the predictable.
And nothing to do with letting Alexis and Özil running down their contracts. Two players who are easily worth over 100m. Nothing to do keeping players on the payroll who are not contributing: Walcott and Campbell. Imagine how much our #squadcost would be if we can manage our resources better.
Jeez man, you're a med student. If you don't understand probability, who does.
The more money you put into a team the higher up the table it's likely to end up.
Jeez man, you're a med student. If you don't understand probability, who does.
We've spent half what City have and are about 5th spend. We're hovering around 5th/6th. How is that mediocrity? You're looking at the minutiae and not the overall picture, a common mistake.
Could we do better, of course, Sp**s are for a start with a slightly less spend. But what are their circumstances, and is it right to beat Klopp and Wenger over the head with them.
) the most is that some are trying to justify our mediocrity mostly because of net spend.
I saw a team that battled hard on the pitch yesterday bro. They were outgunned by more skilful players . . . but not by much, and got no luck with the ref.I'm not talking about the table.
And tbf I don't really care if we don't win the league.
Football in my opinion is more than just winning.
I'm talking about mediocrity because this club can do so much better. For the last few years we've been playing at the level we're expected to play (one of the greatest club in the country) only half a season.
Last year we had a great first part of the season only to play like a midtable team for the most part of January to April.
And don't get me started about Champions League where we became so bad lately it was embarassing where we used at least to compete with the best team in Europe during 2 games with even less ressources, and much better teams (against barcelona in 2011 for instance which was one of the greatest team ever IMO).
What pisses me off (sorry if it sounds aggressive I don't know another word to express it English is not my main language
Ofc net spends plays a big part in modern game. I won't deny that.
But we're just not working good/hard enough on and outside the field.
I really think we can do much better even though the likes of City and Man Utd can spend a lot more than we do.
But I'm frustrated because I have the feeling we can do a lot better. This club has so much potential: financial ressources, great stadium, great city, great fanbase, great history.
If other teams in Europe can compete with the most powerful clubs in Europe, why don't we?
What has net spend to do with the fact our team looks like sometimes they don't want to work hard on the field? (the game against Liverpool was a disgrace as was our second part of the season last year)
Don't tell me we couldn't improve our midfield last summer when we've had a +£20M net spend.
I'm not even expecting Arsenal to win the League.
I just want to enjoy watching games again. To enjoy following this team. And to have the feeling we're doing the best we can within our own ressources.
I loved the Fabregas era even though we haven't won anything. This team was really exciting. It played great football. There was a lot of exciting players to watch. It was a joy to see our young players develop and make them very good players.
I was proud to see Arsenal compete with the best clubs in the premiership and europe even though we've spent only £10M during the summer.
Right now I don't enjoy watching games but I still do because I love this club.
There's a toxic atmosphere around the club and they're doing nothing to fix that.
We all know it's just a matter of "when" things are going to get really bad once again. Like it did last year.
It's getting boring.
First time I'm seeing this again. Xhaka is beginning to develop a reputation as a bit of a flipping idiot but I expect better from the captain. It's an example of one of the many little things that we do wrong that you don't need money to fix.
I saw a team that battled hard on the pitch yesterday bro. They were outgunned by more skilful players . . . but not by much, and got no luck with the ref.
Other teams stop and put their hand up these days to try and influence the linesman during an obvious offside, it's not just Arsenal ( I don't like it though)
Champions league we've often got through to the last 16, where we meet Barca or Bayern.
We are not mediocre by any real definition of the word.
Money is increasingly more important, no point in comparing the old days. Football is changing fast.
In my view, like a lot of our fans, you suffer from 'confirmation bias'.
Confirmation bias, is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
That's my diagnosis.
He does owe him an apology, doesn’t mean he has to give him one though and he probably won’t.Stop defending English players because they dive it's embarrassing and that's why England national team always fail.
When Alexis dives or Suarez we never stop hear about it but when English players dive like Sterling Alli they end up saying he not that type of player
There's no doubting refs were blatantly conspiring against us back then, when we and Man Utd were going at it. I'd laugh at anyone who tried to argue against that. After that, there were some high profile outrageous decisions tht went against us too. We wasn't the first or last team to get bent over by officiating at Camp Nou though.
Im not one for making up stuff to make myself better, but that pen was soft and Sterling went to ground rather than being forced off his feet. He doesn't even do it well.
http://arsenalist.com/f/2017-18/man...-nacho-monreal-foul-which-led-to-penalty.html
Totally agree with this.
