Dave AFC

@talkSPORT 100% right in 3 seasons time Arsenal will be the team to beat in England no doubt about it🔴⚽️ People just need a bit of patience

Fatality Rate for Greyhounds racing is 0.03% 1 in 3000 extremely low risk Fatality Rate for Horse Racing is 0.25% 1 in 400 still low risk but 8 times higher than dogs Greyhound Racing just got banned for being ‘cruel’ in Wales… Wake the fuck up.

Imagine social media during the Invincibles season: ▪︎ Knocked out by united in the FA Cup semis ▪︎ Knocked out by chelsea in the champions league ▪︎ Knocked out by middlesbrough over two legs in the league cup semis And they’d still be calling it a "failure" 😭 Social media has fried your brains

@Coral No because you a muppet if you ever leave early!

Have you ever left a match early and regretted it? 👀

Apparently half the squad need to be sold... 🙄 Performative, reactive crap, as is normal for much of the Arsenal fanbase.. This same squad could be the first Arsenal squad to deliver a League Title for 22 years! Get a grip ffs!

@fan_banter All the usual muppets embarrassing themselves as usual!

AFTV's Lee Judges vents fury in angry outburst at Arsenal being 'outclassed' by Southampton - fanbanter.co.uk/aftvs-lee-judg… #rovers #bristolcity #cafc #pusb #dcfc #dcfcfans #hcafc #itfc #lcfc #boro #utb #millwall #ncfc #oufc #pompey #pnefc #qpr #twitterblades #sufc #swfc #saintsfc #wxmafc

@AwayDaysFB O’hara can’t say nothing! Seems to had forgotten his team are getting relegated! The ultimate humiliation! Proper clown

Piers Morgan can't face a morning interview with Jamie O'Hara after going out of the cup yesterday.. 🤣

@FPL_Zlatan So many stupid people on this app it’s unreal! So many supposedly Arsenal “fans” who can’t wait for us to lose! Best advice ever is don’t argue with stupid people👍

The best thing you could ever do after your team loses is avoid social media. The narratives are unbelievable and 99% reactionary nonsense.

Gyökeres' box movement is top. Some say he is not aesthetic. I disagree. His link play is extremely underrated. But, not only that, few players in the entire sport strike through the ball like him. Has improved as the season went on - credit to him and the staff. Complete #9.

This is such a horrendous take because Arsenal have spent less than all their rivals bar Liverpool since Arteta took over, starting from a far worse positions. Certain projects have spent way more and haven’t even challenged for a league title in the best part of a decade or more

I can’t believe how many times I have to say this exact thing. Arsenal gave other clubs almost a decade long head start in the arms race and have caught up and surpassed some… while the other clubs are still spending Y’all take Arsenal for granted

@SkySportsPL Yet again the only team not allowed to lose a game! We wasn’t bad,just didn’t take our chances and Southampton did🤦🏻‍♂️ Why’s no one questioning Liverpool’s attitude AGAIN! Embarrassing agendas

"For Arsenal, the most disappointing thing for me was their attitude." Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards on Arsenal's FA Cup exit to Southampton, via BBC Sport 🎙️

@TheAthleticFC They were brilliant 😂😂😂😂

Thomas Tuchel may have given Manchester United fans a glimpse of their midfield future. England’s 1-0 defeat to Japan saw the German coach pair Kobbie Mainoo with Elliot Anderson. It was a partnership that seemed born of necessity, rather than an official test drive ahead of an upcoming World Cup campaign, but did 70 minutes against Japan provide enough glimmers for United? 📝 @Ankaman616 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/71666…

Rewind about a month and Havertz was loved, Gyökeres hated. Now it's the other way around. In a month from now, it'll likely change again. Do you realise what's wrong with that? How that way of viewing the world is incredibly reactionary and overly emotional? Please, wake up.

Bournemouth game next week is biggest game for 20 years! It’s the 2004 Liverpool home game all over again! Win the game and we’re be fine🙏🏻

9 points clear in the league. Very good chance to make the CL semis. Momentum has shifted but we are in a very strong position as long as we wrestle back the initiative in the next two games. No excuses - we have the squad and we have the experience. Come on you Gunners.

I am beyond calm about Arsenal from here until the end of the season. Last night's emotional outburst from the masses was predictable, but also predictably illogical. In moments like this, true analysts comes to the fore and the weak are separated from the chaff. The charlatan's reveal themselves in broad daylight. Unfortunately, they take up 99.9% of the population. Anybody who complained about Arteta's system, the balance, certain players not succeeding because of the coach, or even those complaining about certain individuals not being up to par are almost all completely mistaken. We learnt nothing new about Arsenal last night. Not one thing. From a tactical or player-based point of view. The reality of the situation is that Arsenal came up against the most in-form team in England and played a rotated team due to injuries. This is not an excuse, as Arsenal should still be beating Southampton, but losing to them becomes less of a surprise when considering the context. Arteta's selection was incredibly balanced. I only saw one other analyst on this platform say this, and he is correct. Completely. Yet he is being 'dragged' for it. The first half performance proved that to be entirely correct, too. Arsenal were dominant against a Southampton team who didn't press. However, Southampton did have some moments. Why? Because Mosquera, White, and Gabriel all made unforced individual errors which negatively impacted the flow of the game. That's football, and it can happen, but it certainly happened far too often last night which made the game basketball-y. Then, as the game wore on, Arsenal got weaker due to their injury situation. It was 1-1 at the time and Arsenal had Dowman in the #10 - a role that is instrumental to organising Arsenal's press and exerting control on the game. As good as Dowman is going forwards, his non-existent attempt at a counter-press for the first goal conceded, lack of defensive intensity, and immaturity to organise the press is why he will only be used as a wildcard late on in games against deep-lying defences or when Arsenal need a goal. Right now, he is a total passenger defensively. Then, to make matters worse, Gabriel came off injured and Havertz came off as well (no doubt to manage his load). Arsenal were simply not as well co-ordinated as they typically are defensively as a consequence of these factors all taken together. Arteta picked a rotated team which got weaker as the game went on. The second goal summed up their issues. Southampton kicked long from a goal kick down Mosquera's side, he failed to win the initial aerial duel, and instead of Arsenal having one of Rice, Merino, or Havertz to compete for the second ball on the left, they had Zubimendi, who also failed to win the duel. From here, Southampton scored in transition. Would that have happened if Arsenal didn't have injuries or need to rest Gabriel, Rice, Merino, or Havertz? No. But it did happen, and knockout football is ruthless. One loss and you're out. But does a rotated and injury-hit Arsenal team losing to Southampton mean that the club are in crisis mode? Or that the system is fundamentally broken? Or that there is genuine concern over the Premier League title race or the Champions League situation? Not to any attentive viewer, no, and here's why: In the Carabao Cup final, City surprised Arsenal tactically. Mikel and his staff should have come up with solutions at half-time, but they did not. Players also could have helped on the day, sure, but they suffered too. But, like I said at the time, would Arsenal rather be surprised tactically in the Carabao Cup final or in the league game against City? The answer is so obviously in the cup final. Now, when the league game comes around, Arsenal will be prepared to face that likely City set-up. Trust me on that. Plus, despite losing to Southampton, the balance in the team was excellent. We saw that in the first half. Just because individual errors and a weakened performance as the game went on may skew that notion does not mean that Arteta's system is flawed or that any individuals are not up to par or anything ridiculous like that. Remember, none of Raya, Timber, Saliba, Hincapié, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, and Gyökeres started. That is quite literally Arsenal's XI outside of Gabriel, and he came off injured too! Realistically, the argument being thrown about regarding the defeat to Southampton is that because Arsenal's second string XI lost, the entire season is in jeopardy. I mean… come on! What a lot of nonsense! Remove emotion from the situation. Zoom out. Realise that Arsenal are 9 points clear in the Premier League with 7 games to play. City have a game in hand, sure, but that game in hand is against Chelsea away. Plus, Arsenal have to play first in the Premier League against Bournemouth at home, giving them the opportunity to extend the lead to 12 points with 6 games to go. Arsenal are also in the quarter finals of the Champions League against Sporting Lisbon. The weakest team left in the competition. If you said this was the situation to any Arsenal fan at the start of the season, they would have bitten your hand off for it, and rightly so. Plus, I don't buy into the notion that Arsenal are in bad form as they enter the business end of the season. What a whole load of contextless nonsense that is. City sprung a tactical surprise in the final. Arsenal will be better prepared for the league game. Plus, against Southampton, Arsenal played their second string XI. They are one off occurrences. The only legitimate concern Arsenal have at this point is their injury situation. The likes of Timber, Gabriel, Hincapié, Rice, Saka, and Trossard are key figures who Arsenal need to be fit and firing to see out the season. Plus, knowing the freakish nature of these guys, I don't expect them to miss too much football from here on out. They are almost all athletic freaks and mental giants. Outside of that, I couldn't be more calm and confident about the situation. Plus, on a personal level, last night revealed that my mission on this platform is far from complete. I still have so much work to do to educate the masses. So, so much work. I feel outnumbered in this moment, but I will not waver. I never have. Not since 2017. And I am not about to start now. Signing out, EBL.

Everyone was furious Timber, Saka, Eze, Rice, Trossard and Hincapie came back early from internationals. They’re all missing an FA Cup quarter final. You won’t hear anything from the media. 😴😴😴

@PricedUpBet As much as you want,no one else’s business!

In your opinion, how much should an adult be freely allowed to deposit and bet on a horse race without having to prove that they can afford to do so? 🤔

It is amazing how the British media are making excuses for Liverpool saying it is difficult getting 5 new players into a starting eleven. Do these pundits even know Gyokeres, Zubimedi, Mosquera, Hincapie, Madueke, and Eze are all new players at Arsenal? And 4 of them are regular starters? The hypocrisy stinks to high heaven.

Not sure why Liverpool fans are upset you been cheering for Man City all season.