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    Complaints about heavy handedness of French police last night

    Which for me feels a bit like complaining that the Catholic Church doesn’t like women

    They live by the motto of “Fuck around, find out. Don’t fuck around, probably still find out”

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    Sometimes I can only guess at which bad results will make me angry

    The first leg I was fucking furious, but the two defeats preceding this drained me of the capacity for rage it would seem

    Plus as you well know whilst I actually didn’t think we’d lose on the night, I had zero confidence that we’d go through
    As I said before the game, I did have a strange optimism - I acknowledged we weren't favourites but I didn't feel it was as hopeless as you did. And to a point I stand by that, we played well last night. Their 'keeper made an early excellent save from Odegaard. That goes in and it's game on. Fine lines in football. We mostly dominated them, so props for that. But the fundamental issue - and this has been our problem all season - is we're just not dangerous enough going forward. PSG looked more dangerous than us going forward. I blame Arteta for that, not the players. They were doing their best but we just don't have enough firepower. It was a known problem last summer and his decision not address that was always one he would have to live or die by. It has been the latter.

    It does feel like Arteta has achieved all he can - which isn't nothing. He inherited a mess and made us genuine challengers, not this year but the last two. And he's taken us to a CL quarter final and then a semi-final. It's not nothing, but it's not enough either. For me he gets one more season, but it feels increasingly unlikely he will deliver the big trophies for us.

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    Arteta has stated that we were the best team left in the competition.

    He has entered the delusional and denial phase of the project.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    Arteta has stated that we were the best team left in the competition.

    He has entered the delusional and denial phase of the project.
    Just talked about this in the other thread.

    He's literally saying to the boys " more of this"....not sure how anyone improves with that sort of mentality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    Arteta has stated that we were the best team left in the competition.

    He has entered the delusional and denial phase of the project.
    Sigh. Yes, I saw that. That is a bit worrying.
    We literally lost both games

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    Also saw that he undermined Liverpool’s title win, alluding to points tallies from previous seasons.

    Just begging them to batter us on Sunday.

    He is losing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE View Post
    Just talked about this in the other thread.

    He's literally saying to the boys " more of this"....not sure how anyone improves with that sort of mentality.
    Inaugural winners of the Xg Trophy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Sigh. Yes, I saw that. That is a bit worrying.
    We literally lost both games
    Especially so when Wenger tells you, you’re wrong

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    Arteta has stated that we were the best team left in the competition.

    He has entered the delusional and denial phase of the project.
    Or he was saying this to try to maintain the morale of his players who had just suffered a heart wrenching exit. I don't agree with what he said, but I am troubled a bit by how we fans seem more inclined to side with a pretty entrenched anti-Arsenal press than to back what Arteta is trying to achieve.
    Putting the laughter back into manslaughter

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBK View Post
    Or he was saying this to try to maintain the morale of his players who had just suffered a heart wrenching exit. I don't agree with what he said, but I am troubled a bit by how we fans seem more inclined to side with a pretty entrenched anti-Arsenal press than to back what Arteta is trying to achieve.
    It's true the anti-Arsenal press want to ignore the refereeing decisions an injuries to say we've not won anything because we're crap - not true, obvs, but they also do touch on things closer to home with some of the analysis re Arteta, that's the bit that's harder to bat away

    Some of what he's introduced is childish - the cheesy anthems, dogs and pathetic 'army'

    He needs to take time to grow up this summer so we all get taken more seriously - and all of the above should be summarily ditched

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