PaulC Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Same old Arsenal. Good season for them finishing second though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, PaulC said: Same old Arsenal. Good season for them finishing second though Good season when Emery finished 5th and got them to the Europa League final to but they hounded him out for it. Media darling Arteta won’t though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Shame enn it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Man City "winning" anything doesn't count so it's another year without a Premier League winner as far as I'm concerned. Arsenal were never going to win it and whilst they will see it as a missed opportunity, I think the reality is that 2nd was the best they could really hope for. You can't compete with cheats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said: You can't compete with cheats. Will get lost in the laughing and calling arsenal bottlers but that's the truth Arsenal can't rest their £100m player by playing their £60m player, no one other than city can When Gabriel got injured rob holding played, City have a £40m back up for their £80m CB 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 it was a massive bottle-job. Whatever you want to say about their pre-season expectations, since the beginning of the collapse a few qweeks ago, they have shown no spine, and no confidence and been all over the place. They won't get top 4 next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 26 minutes ago, PaulC said: Same old Arsenal. Good season for them finishing second though That's what people will say, but they were 9 points ahead at one stage, they give it away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted May 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2023 Just now, foreveryoung said: That's what people will say, but they were 9 points ahead at one stage, they give it away. They got caught by a squad that cost double theirs... They were 9 points clear thanks to a record breaking start that they couldn't sustain The belittling of arsenal only serves to absolve the bullshit that is man city's advantage over everyone else, arsenal are no different, City have a huge advantage over them 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 9 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Will get lost in the laughing and calling arsenal bottlers but that's the truth Arsenal can't rest their £100m player by playing their £60m player, no one other than city can When Gabriel got injured rob holding played, City have a £40m back up for their £80m CB Arsenal have spent a fortune over the past 4 seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: They got caught by a squad that cost double theirs... They were 9 points clear thanks to a record breaking start that they couldn't sustain The belittling of arsenal only serves to absolve the bullshit that is man city's advantage over everyone else, arsenal are no different, City have a huge advantage over them Won't change either mate. Its as of Man City don't even try till half the seasons gone, like give us a head start. No one is better than them, if they lose, its just a lazy day, they win at will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 9 minutes ago, Rodders said: They won't get top 4 next year We will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) Saliba getting injured killed their title hopes. Edit: Since he got injured they've only taken 15 out of 27 points and shipped 17 goals in 9 games. Obviously it's not only down to him missing. Edited May 14, 2023 by sne 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 minute ago, sne said: Saliba getting injured killed their title hopes. Zinchenko out today didn't help them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted May 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: Arsenal have spent a fortune over the past 4 seasons But it's the same as when people villa should do better because we have spent £300m...its still not enough Arsenals squad apparently cost £530m, man city's cost £960m and that's not factoring in city's higher wages The fact is down the stretch arsenal fell off due to injuries and overplaying the likes of saka while City rotated their world class international £50m+ £200k a week player for their other international £50m+ £200k a week player and when that failed they brought in their 3rd choice international £30m+ £150k a week player Arsenal's spending and arsenal's squad is nothing compared to city's and ultimately that's what has done them, City have a better squad, arsenal have bench options that wouldn't get games at villa 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 25 minutes ago, Rodders said: it was a massive bottle-job. It wasn't really. They were over achieving and were always going to hit a patch of poor form. They never had the squad to maintain it over 38 games. I don't think they bottled it, they just aren't good enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 45 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: Good season when Emery finished 5th and got them to the Europa League final to but they hounded him out for it. Media darling Arteta won’t though. Arteta was getting absolute pelters from everyone including me. Luckily the board stuck by him because he's done a great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 They'll struggle next season. What's slightly overlooked is they chucked in the domestic cup competitions to have a real go at winning the league. Also went out of europe in first knock out stage so been playing once a week for many months now and still looked very leggy in last few weeks. Next season back in CL it will be much more high intensity midweek games so that will impact on league results unless they get 2-3 top players in. For all the stick Man. United have got they will still finish top 4 reasonably comfortably while winning league cup, getting to FA cup final and going further in europa so that's something Arsenal still have to prove next season given the squad strengths are similar quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 City have the strongest squad in the league, yes, but arsenal have still collapsed. Dropping points to bottom of the table Southampton ffs. Today they had enough to at the very least draw the game, they capitulated after going 1-0 down. Brighton have another game to think about during the week at Newcastle and have gone far in the FA Cup unlike Arsenal who went out early, yet played with much more energy. Obviously today's result affected us but if I were an Arsenal fan I'd be fuming putting on that type of performance and giving up the title even though mathematically they can still win it. Its spineless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Leeroy said: City have the strongest squad in the league, yes, but arsenal have still collapsed. Dropping points to bottom of the table Southampton ffs. Today they had enough to at the very least draw the game, they capitulated after going 1-0 down. Brighton have another game to think about during the week at Newcastle and have gone far in the FA Cup unlike Arsenal who went out early, yet played with much more energy. Obviously today's result affected us but if I were an Arsenal fan I'd be fuming putting on that type of performance and giving up the title even though mathematically they can still win it. Its spineless. Good point I'd check if Brighton are on the old inhalers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2023 15 minutes ago, Leeroy said: City have the strongest squad in the league, yes, but arsenal have still collapsed. Dropping points to bottom of the table Southampton ffs. Today they had enough to at the very least draw the game, they capitulated after going 1-0 down. Brighton have another game to think about during the week at Newcastle and have gone far in the FA Cup unlike Arsenal who went out early, yet played with much more energy. Obviously today's result affected us but if I were an Arsenal fan I'd be fuming putting on that type of performance and giving up the title even though mathematically they can still win it. Its spineless. Yeah kinda where I am. City are obviously miles ahead of them in terms of squad quality, spending power, experience etc etc. But I don’t think you can throw two goal leads away in back to back games, draw at home to the bottom placed side and lose 3-0 at home in a must win game AND also expect no critique of the bottling/collapsing/whatever variety. Man City being good/financially doping their way to another title didn’t cause Arsenal’s defeat today or the other results mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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