@now_arsenaI What frustrates me about modern football is how fans are expected to accept poor quality football, inept managers, and pundits like Guillem who say it's fine for managers to fail for ten years as long as they keep getting back up.
Arteta is extremely lucky to be at Arsenal.
🚨Guillem Balague has said it perfectly… absolutely spot on.
Two things bother me about the narrative building around Arsenal.
First, we're told constantly that the Premier League is the most competitive league in the world. Fine. So what does it mean to be consistently fighting for the title in that environment? You can't celebrate the league's brutal competitiveness and then dismiss sustained title challenges as not good enough. Pick one.
Second, and in my opinion this matters more, failure in elite sport is not losing. Luis Enrique said it. Many others have said versions of it. Failure is not trying again. It's accepting the ceiling. It's going through the motions. Arteta has never done that. Every setback has been fuel for the next attempt.
The problem is social media runs on binary outcomes. Win or fail. Hero or fraud. No room for nuance. No room for the manager who rebuilt a club into genuine title contenders and is still hungry for more.
Simeone has been at Atlético for over a decade. Two league titles, two Champions League finals. Still no European Cup. Nobody serious calls that failure. They call it one of the great managerial tenures in modern football. And I'm convinced that given 14 years like Simeone, Mikel will win more leagues than him.
Arteta may or may not win the league this year. He may not lift the Champions League this year or next. But as long as he keeps pushing, keeps trying, keeps competing at this level, failure isn't what this is.
Find another name for it.
@now_arsenaI Dude! Simeone is twice the manager Arteta is! He won the league at Athletico when Ronaldo was at Real and Messi was at Barca! Klopp left Liverpool, Pep has been going through marital trauma the last 2 seasons and Arteta still can't get Arsenal over the line
@High_Thooughts@now_arsenaI So what do you suggest? That they should've lost the past games they won and won these ones? You know what position they'd be in now if they lost most of the games they've won already? This team has played more games than any other team in the league now besides Liverpool.
@now_arsenaI The issue with arsenal isn't consistency, it's not showing up in games that need to be won,they have the quality to dominate football but everytime something is on the line they fold under pressure.
@now_arsenaI Simeone won the Europa League his first season in charge, the Copa del Rey the next year, and then La Liga the season after that. He built up equity while doing it against behemoths in Barca/RM
@Esau_Matsiko As opposed to others, I hate Man city with every muscle of mine. Never liked the team and never wanted anything good to happen for them, same with Man United. So I believe one thing to 💯 % happen today is Chelsea will win this game. Let's go, Chelsea 💪💪💪
@Esau_Matsiko Now, as a Chelsea fan, this is sickening and disgusting to watch. Chelsea fans support Manchester city to beat their team, yet we want champions league and because they arsenal. This is so embarrassing, Chelsea fans, you make me sick🤮🤮. We need this game more than ever.
If there’s any team that can stop Arsenal, it’s Sporting CP. Arsenal haven’t faced a truly decent side up to this point, so an early Champions League exit is now more possible than ever.
The losses to Manchester City & Southampton may have caused a psychological blow, creating an element of doubt within the team, and Sporting CP could finish them off.
Sporting CP has done it before, they are the favorites to proceed to the UCL semi finals against set piece FC.
@ArsenalRadar cesc Fabregas can do better job than him, cuz he play more attacking football and plus he like possession game and his a very direct coache
🎙Ray Parlour believes Mikel Arteta will avoid the sack even if Arsenal end the season without a trophy. Speaking to talkSPORT...
🗣‘There’s going to be a lot of work done in the summer because there’s a lot of deadwood there. He needs to get rid of quite a few players if I’m being honest.’
He added: ‘I don’t think he’d lose his job. Who would you bring in. I’m looking at it realistically, who could you bring in for Arteta who could do a similar job.
‘I don’t know there’s many managers out there. Alonso I could imagine him going to Liverpool so who else is out there. Luis Enrique would he go and leave PSG?
‘I can’t see a better manager who could do a better job. They’ve got the faith in him.
‘Zidane could he do it in the Premier League? Arteta it’s how you lose it sometimes as well.
‘There’s a long way to go but I really believe he’ll be there next season even if they don’t win anything. It’s a big decision they have to make but I believe they look at it and say who is out there?
‘They will look at other clubs as well and say how many times do they change managers? You can have a big name and it might not work still.’
Next weekend, I’ll be hate-watching Chelsea to help Manchester City close the gap on Arsenal.
Liam Rosenior will have chance to win 6/6 of the remaining PL games. Anything to help Man City make sure Arsenal goes trophyless.
Tosin starting the game is a bonus for Man City.
🚨🎙️ | Declan Rice with a message to Arsenal F.C. fans:
🗣️ “One defeat doesn’t define us, it only makes us hungrier.
🗣️ We’re top of the Premier League and still in the Champions League. We could’ve been better, but that’s football.
🗣️ There’s still so much ahead, so we keep going, keep fighting for the badge and for the fans.” 🔴⚪️
🚨🎙️ | Jamie Carragher on Arsenal F.C.:
🗣️ “You can’t go from over 20 years without a major trophy to suddenly winning a treble or quadruple — that’s why I was never part of that conversation.
🗣️ The reality is, Arsenal have one main target now — the Premier League.
🗣️ If they focus properly, they can win it. The rest will come in future seasons.” 🔴⚪️🔥
Blueprint for Sporting CP coach Rui Borges on how to stop Arsenal from scoring goals:
● Don’t give Gyökeres space in behind the defensive line.
● Do not press Arsenal’s CBs, instead, prevent them from playing through the middle.
● Close down their wingers & do not allow them to win corner kicks.
We must remain united and support Sporting CP to knock Arsenal out of the UCL.
🚨🎙️ | Arsène Wenger on Arsenal F.C.:
🗣️ “You can’t expect a team to win everything, especially when they’re just getting back to competing for major trophies.
🗣️ The players aren’t lacking quality — they’re just dealing with pressure, with the fear of losing, and that can affect performances.
🗣️ It takes time to build that winning experience. You don’t go from a drought to winning a treble or quadruple overnight.
🗣️ Now they’re out of the domestic cups, I believe they will focus fully on the Premier League… and they have a strong chance to win it.” 🔴⚪️🔥
ARSENAL only wants the Premier league. Never heard them claim they want the quadruple. 🤷🤷🤷. People are pinning them on the quadruple and making it seem like the club said anything or emphasized that misleading topic..
🚨Well respected journalist Guillem Balague speaking on Arsenal… I couldn’t have said it any better!
The quadruple Arsenal talk started in January if not before.
That's setting an impossible bar that's been reached never in English football history.
If they win the Premier League, that IS a massive success. Reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, on the back of the semis last year, IS success. They are growing.
Comparing them to the greatest sides in history and then criticise them every time they fall short, more than holding them to high standards, is in my opinion just a way to deny them credit for what they're actually achieving.
Having said that, the defeat to Southampton is certainly a disappointment.
Both statements are true.
🚨🎙️ | Ian Wright on Mikel Arteta:
🗣️ “One day, I had a conversation with Arteta in the tunnel — it was in 2025, just after finishing second again.
🗣️ He told me something I’ll never forget:
‘I’ve noted every mistake, I’ve made every mistake, I’ve seen every mistake… but I believe I’ve learned from every single one of them.’
🗣️ You could see the sadness on his face when he said it.
🗣️ That moment makes me believe — he will cross the line and win the league this season .” 🔴⚪️🔥
🚨JUST IN: All 11 Arsenal players in the headline for either withdrawing from international duties or returning early were missing from the training photos released by Arsenal.
Mikel Arteta has already confirmed absences for Eberechi Eze, Piero Hincapié and Noni Madueke, while key names like Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba remain doubts after international withdrawals.
Despite the uncertainty, players like Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli were seen in training and could play key roles.
Arteta kept things vague, saying “you will see”, as Arsenal prepare for a crucial tie with bigger fixtures looming.