Jake Manzi
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Jake Manzi
@Jake_Manzi90
Sportsman & Family Man. Nobody remembers 2nd Place! #Winner #DestinedForTheTop
North London Katılım Ağustos 2012
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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 IMO 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
By the way, if City wins the league, the achievement would of course be enormous.
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What have we all just witnessed... 😳
➡️ Max Dowman ⬅️
Absolutely incredible
Come on @Arsenal 🔴⚪️
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@Arsenal
Absolutely brilliant!! So impressive
Come on lads!! 🔴⚪️
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@afcstuff "Acquired for up to $91M from Crystal Palace" Why stop here? Fingers crossed its announced in Icelandic Krona soon enough! 💪🏻
"Acquired for up 11 Billion Krona"
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That’s certainly a big number when viewed in isolation. Maybe we should compare it with league peers?
Oh. I see.
So we should also assume no excuses for Chelsea, Man U or Spurs not to win the PL or UCL either, right?

talkSPORT@talkSPORT
❌ "An FA Cup or League Cup isn't enough." 💰 "Since Arteta arrived, he's spent €1.1b..." ⏰ "It's time to deliver now. No excuses!" Andy Goldstein says there's no excuses for Arsenal if they fail to win the Premier League or Champions League 🔴
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A dad can lose friends. He can be misunderstood by his own family. He can carry the weight of criticism and still sleep just fine at night.
You know why?
Because his mission isn’t to be liked by the crowd. His mission is to be respected, trusted, and loved by the only audience that matters his children.
One day, those kids will look back and realize why Dad said ‘no’ when everyone else said ‘yes.’ Why he stood his ground when it would’ve been easier to bend. Why he took the long road, even when the short one looked tempting.
A father doesn’t measure success by applause. He measures it by the way his children see him when the world is quiet and by whether they know, without a shadow of doubt, “That’s my dad… and I’m proud he’s mine.”
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@RadioEuropes @JDVance
What did Keir say about free-speech in front of President Trump?
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@CPFCHQ Hes worth €700K according to transfermarkt...
Nothing to see here just 971.43% markup
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Done my bit for the summer.
The good massively overrides the vile.
Viktor Gyokeres will get more than support, big signing and hopefully loves it at The Arsenal. 🔴⚪️🇸🇪
Credit: Humour part from a black cabbie! 😉👍
Also to @AlGreen165 👏👏🎵
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How can we go from Rodrygo, to Eze, to Madueke 🤦🏻♂️
Transfer News Live@DeadlineDayLive
🚨 Arsenal’s talks with Chelsea and Noni Madueke are progressing positively. 🤝 A deal worth around €50M could be sealed by the end of the week. ⏳ Mikel Arteta is a big fan of the Englishman and believes he can turn him into a top-class left-winger. 🌟 (Source: @espn)
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