@janhopi It's an absolute sickness. The punditocracy absolutely frothing about us for <checks notes> playing effective football and looking like we might win something for once.
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Arse2Mouse
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Arse2Mouse
@arse2mouse
Toe-poked Arsenal opinion served semi-fresh. Currently exiled in 'merica.
Chicago, IL Beigetreten Ağustos 2010
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very weird commentary on TalkSport because they keep talking about Arsenal for some reason, a team who is not playing and is not even competing with Bournemouth or Man United. like three separate digs. even Pardew on co-comms was baffled about why he was being asked about it.
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He should be writing this stuff in his wish book not on X because it’s fantasyland stuff.
Jamie Carragher@Carra23
I’m well aware a lot of people don’t like to see Liverpool win, but most of them admired the football they played which is completely different to how they feel about Arsenal. I’m also very much in touch with how fans think, I’m one of the few pundits still on X!
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When he retires, I think Pep could be a kind of Oppenheimer figure. A man with a conscience, haunted by the horror of his achievements.
Arse2Mouse@arse2mouse
Of all the mangers we’ve had a rivalry with, I really don’t mind Pep at all. He’s obviously the goat, often talks sense, and doesn’t get baited by bullshit like this. Yes it sucked to lose titles to them by I just don’t feel the enmity of a Jose or (worse) Fergie.
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@julio_baps Yeah, that makes sense. I’ve definitely seen some northern fans still favour city though, but you’re probably right about the split.
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@arse2mouse A big, big differentiator between Utd fans from Manchester and 'Surrey/London reds'.
The former, in my friendship group at least, are begrudgingly backing Arsenal to at least take City fans down a peg.
The latter live down here and see Arsenal as their 'local' rivals.
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IMO generally speaking it’s the other big clubs that tend to be okay with City winning because the historical rivalry isn’t there, and you can just blame the money or the presence of Pep. I usually wanted City to win over Liverpool for example, even though it liked Klopp.
John Cross@johncrossmirror
For reasons I can't quite understand, Arsenal have gone from being very popular with neutrals to being, well, rather unpopular. I actually think much of this makes sense.
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@arse2mouse I also just think there’s an element of fans not seeing Arsenal as a threat to win anything major for 2 decades and now having a hard time coming to grips with it so they’re lashing out. It was always easy to criticize Arsenal for being “soft”, but those days are gone.
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But ultimately it’s whatever. Root for and hate whoever you want innit. There are no rules.
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Where it gets a little odd to me now is with Utd fans. They’re you’re supposed local rivals and have clowned you for a while. Odd to back them in anything. Likewise, Pep’s side - don’t forget the charges btw - stopped LFC winning multiple titles, so weird to root for them now.
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@KeenanTodd @Alexlewicki Yeah, definitely not ignoring the context of the crimes.
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@Alexlewicki @arse2mouse Yep same. I still think he’s a cheque book manager and is stained with 115 charges cheating but ultimately he seems like an ok dude.
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Of all the mangers we’ve had a rivalry with, I really don’t mind Pep at all. He’s obviously the goat, often talks sense, and doesn’t get baited by bullshit like this. Yes it sucked to lose titles to them by I just don’t feel the enmity of a Jose or (worse) Fergie.
City Report@cityreport_
Pep Guardiola responding to @JamieJackson___ probing him about a ‘fallout’ with Mikel Arteta and Arsenal using ‘dark arts’: “If you want to ask a question to try to create some conflict between me and Mikel or Arsenal, I am old enough not to do that. You are how many times here, did I ever use the words ‘dark arts’ about Arsenal? Did you listen to me? You think [they use dark arts?] Go to London and attend Mikel Arteta’s press conference and ask him about that…”
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@arse2mouse Yeah, he seems like a genuinely nice guy.
Also have a soft spot for his brooding, genius persona for some reason.
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@ashton_dan Almost every argument against our approach to set plays falls apart if you try to imagine it being made against any other top club. I mean, we were laughed at for complaining about a player getting elbowed straight in the face from a scoring corner.
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@arse2mouse Once he makes the (should be obvious) point that if you get a corner you have to take it, you do have to wonder what the usual pundits want to happen. Should you actively try NOT to score from the corner?
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Actually remarkable sense spoken by Kyle Walker about our set pieces. Mad that that seems so unusual currently. youtube.com/shorts/fZUqq7B…
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@arse2mouse Difference between people that actively play the game vs people that only play in their dreams and people that haven’t kicked a ball in over a decade.
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Is this what getting mogged means?
Chino@ChinoUTD
🚨 Vitinha on Chelsea trying to score a consolation goal: “At 3–0, the manager told us to calm down and let them play a bit more since we were at their home. We wanted them to get a consolation goal… but the score stayed the same. That surprised us.”
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@timstillman_ Yeah, defenders do seem to adapt more easily. We're on a pretty wild run of hits with White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Cala, Saliba, etc, etc. Tomy was good before the injuries too.
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@arse2mouse for attackers, I think you're probably right.
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Eze and Gyokeres so much more connected to the team now. No longer passengers waiting for a shot or a moment but both becoming much more a part of how the team builds attacks.
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