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blue footed boobie posted:I hate to break this to you, but arsenal with go through at least one injury crisis and one spectacular collapse before this season is done and if they’re 4th after that crisis and collapse that will be A Good Thing. This is where I'm at with Arsenal. Joking aside and him making himself a meme from that hilarious documentary, Arteta clearly has some good poo poo going at the club right now and I'll happily eat some humble pie on my prior comments about him being out of his depth. That said if you peel the veneer back from Arsenal's first 11 there's holes all over the squad really quickly and you just cannot compete on 4 fronts like that as October has already started to show with the Southampton draw and PSV (a team Sevco "worst ever CL participant ever" Rangers put out in the CL playoffs) slapping up Arsenal's somewhat second string. However I do think Arsenal will make top four and unless Casemiro is murdered at the world cup I think United do too. What I can't decide is who makes the 4th spot since Spurs are hilariously prone to teams willing to take the game to them, Chelsea can inexplicably take an elephant gun to their own feet away to a side that's lower table and "up for it", and Liverpool are hilariously poo poo against teams capable of nicking the ball off their forward 3 and countering down Liverpool's right hand side. City are the champions elect in this scenario, obviously, the strength in depth is just embarrassing. e: Also Newcastle are clearly, given they're fourth, also a huge contender but they may also have a depth issue depending on January business. NinpoEspiritoSanto fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Nov 3, 2022 |
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:Genuinely hoping he can still go the WC, would be absolutely gutted for him and SK if not. that shits in 2 weeks
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:This is where I'm at with Arsenal. Joking aside and him making himself a meme from that hilarious documentary, Arteta clearly has some good poo poo going at the club right now and I'll happily eat some humble pie on my prior comments about him being out of his depth. That said if you peel the veneer back from Arsenal's first 11 there's holes all over the squad really quickly and you just cannot compete on 4 fronts like that as October has already started to show with the Southampton draw and PSV (a team Sevco "worst ever CL participant ever" Rangers put out in the CL playoffs) slapping up Arsenal's somewhat second string. Arsenal are title contenders, any fan of Arsenal not willing to admit that at this point has severe PTSD they can't overcome. Depth is literally an issue for every squad. Even City look a little lost without their robot. They have proven themselves. Fans of other clubs don't want to accept it yet, and Arsenal fans are apprehensive. I get it. Laughing off a challenge at this point is a fool's errand though.
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Week 1 "they'll drop off" Week 2 "they'll drop off" Week 3 "they'll drop off" Week 4 "they'll drop off" Week 5 "they'll drop off" Week 6 "they'll drop off" Week 7 "they'll drop off" Week 8 "they'll drop off" Week 9 "they'll drop off" Week 10 "they'll drop off" Week 11 "they'll drop off" Week 12 "they'll drop off" I am seeing a pattern here that doesn't quiet add up as of yet. Clearly they need some luck with injuries and if the ball ends up a yard wide or not, but that's how it goes. Favorites? No. In it? gently caress yes. Edit: And let me be clear, they lost to United and drew Southampton, but never in any of those games did you not see them fighting and close to it going either way. That's the major difference. Injuries and how they handle the top teams going forward are the biggest factor. City have lost plenty of games to bottom table opposition under Pep. Stop with all the automatic bullshit, and dare to dream. T Bowl fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Nov 3, 2022 |
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T Bowl posted:Arsenal are title contenders Heh
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Arsenal supporter here. I think I’ve seen that late-season collapse enough times that I have no confidence at all that this squad will go all the way. It’s just hard to imagine any slip-up not being totally and utterly punished by this Haaland-powered City team. I’ll have a shard of optimism only if Haaland pulls a hamstring or gets fat or something. Until then I’m just happy that we appear to be on our way to CL football again.
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TheRat posted:Heh The World Cup is favorable for Arsenal as in only a few of their players are going to be in it for the starting games long haul. Then the window opens up right after. Three games to maintain first before the WC - Arsenal away against a lovely form Chelsea quickly losing faith in their manager and new owner, and at home to an inform Brighton team... ....who just dominated a lovely Chelsea team. Then a bad Wolves team. Maybe Neves will know where he should land. ...We will see lads. T Bowl fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Nov 3, 2022 |
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Arsenal are going to win the title and then have it forever hang over them that partey was critical after he gets convicted
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Jose posted:Arsenal are going to win the title and then have it forever hang over them that partey was critical after he gets convicted Another Premier League Champions*
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Vinestalk posted:I think posting on these forums has done a number on blue footed boobie because the poor guy posts like someone who watches his favorite club play and wishes humanity would collectively walk into the ocean because of the futility of life It was actually watching arsenal OP E: to add to this, I think that Arsenal probably do have the second best squad in the league. I don’t agree that there are glaring holes in the squad. It’s pretty solid throughout, and I don’t think there’s a non-City team that is appreciably more deep. As far as the title is concerned, I don’t think Arsenal will be able to keep up with City’s quality, especially while Haaland is on track to score 69 goals. More generally, we have seen that Arteta’s squads can be incredibly streaky, and I’m not going to buy into him stringing together a whole season of top level performances until I see it. Also Arsenal have literally had a spectacular collapse every season since Eduardo got his leg chopped in half, and again I’m not going to expect them to go a season without collapsing until I see it. blue footed boobie fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Nov 3, 2022 |
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Bea Nanner posted:that shits in 2 weeks he's gonna wear the batman mask and inject painkillers into his eyeballs
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As it stands now Arsenal clearly have a good shot at it but it's also noteworthy here that the 2-point gap with City is tied for closest 2nd place team on this list and the tie is Liverpool in 2018/19 when we ended up with 97 points and lost the title by a single point so I still wouldn't be confident that Arsenal are going to be able to hold off Man City all season
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Villa are changing their badge and here are the two options that will now be voted on. I'm not a particularly big fan of either but I think the first one is dreadful so generic round badge it is. 
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That second one is just a recolored Chelsea badge, you can't fool me
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they both suck compared to the current AVFC badge wtf
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Quite like the circle badge but preferred the chunkier ones they had in the 80s. Bit too clean that one
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:they both suck compared to the current AVFC badge wtf Apparently it doesn't look good as a small social media profile pic so it must be changed.
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Frankston posted:Apparently it doesn't look good as a small social media profile pic so it must be changed. So it'll be the circle one then
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Frankston posted:football NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:soccer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXxqmAxDlYU
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pik_d posted:So it'll be the circle one then Not if they turn the club in to an NFT first!
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Frankston posted:Villa are changing their badge and here are the two options that will now be voted on. I'm not a particularly big fan of either but I think the first one is dreadful so generic round badge it is. bring "PREPARED" back imo the circle one there's plenty of space at the bottom both are shite etc
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Frankston posted:Apparently it doesn't look good as a small social media profile pic so it must be changed. perfect timing with twitter currently melting down
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Both badges look like a lion trying to ineffectively swat a moth
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whostolemyhat posted:Both badges look like a lion trying to ineffectively swat a moth lol
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Vegetable posted:someone post the current badge so we can compare them without googling Current badge:  New badges:
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Mickolution posted:Wasn't the current crest one of the first to have a load of bullshit marketing speak when it came out? I remember it being a bit of a meme around trp at the time. https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2016/04/06/introducing-our-badge-for-201617/ quote:The lion in the badge will be an important part of the complete overhaul of the Club's visual identity in order to make us more effective in the digital age.
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the lion was looking left, towards peace and harmony but now as you can see it has turned right, as an act of aggression and war
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Jesus, that was only 2016. I assumed since they're changing it again it was longer ago than that.
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Frankston posted:Villa are changing their badge and here are the two options that will now be voted on. I'm not a particularly big fan of either but I think the first one is dreadful so generic round badge it is. We doan need those steenkin badges.
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I wish Arsenal would change their lovely badge. It may have looked modern back when they did it but looks dated now and not the least bit timeless to have stuck with it this long.
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