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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    But the point is it took Arsenal and Liverpool years of building. They got to the stage where their squads were just missing one or two key players for what they were trying to do. It’s something that needs to be done over a few windows. Arteta must have had something like 8 windows now? We’re...
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    Conor Gallagher

    I don’t think he’ll come here but we have info saying Ange likes him and we know his contract is expiring. Then there’s Chelsea financial situation and their general decline over the last couple of seasons. Whilst all that still applies, I don’t think you can confidently say “never”.
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    Playing style under Ange is splitting opinion but he is right to prioritise growth over top four

    I agree. The point I was trying to make is that from an Arsenal’s fan perspective the last three or four years have been difficult, especially compared to what they have been used to. So I think we should be mindful of that and remind ourselves that these apparently big fundamental problems we...
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    The England Thread

    I think Southgate did tremendously well to turn the culture around at the time, but England still tend to exit a tournament when they meet a decent team. The 2018 WC and 2021 Euros were great in terms of everyone being really excited and England getting beyond the quarters. But I think if we’re...
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    Playing style under Ange is splitting opinion but he is right to prioritise growth over top four

    Although Arsenal won the FA Cup three times in the six seasons before Arteta joined. It had become their thing. Think about that- three times in just six seasons- whereas we’ve won it just eight times in about 140 years! So then they won it again in his first half season and nothing since. If...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Dejan Kulusevski

    Right now he’s one the few players we have with a little bit of guile. Nearly every other forward we have is a runner or presser. I like Johnson, Richarlison and Werner but we’re a bit one dimensional when they’re all playing. Even Son. Maddison and to a less extent Kulusevski give us...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    But even assuming we would have stayed 5th doesn’t say much. We finished 6th under Sherwood. And he’s generally treated like some kind of joke.
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Conte has been successful when he’s managed the most or second most financed teams in the league. Nothing wrong with that, but it is what it is. That’s when he does well. We can just agree that he was never going get that kind of situation at Tottenham. We actually spent a lot while he was here...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Timo Werner

    Yeah I think is spot on. Does he add value and quality to the squad? Of course he does. But is he a next level signing like van de Ven, Vicario or even Maddison? Does he shift us up a level? I’m not sure. I think everyone takes him over Gil and Solomon but the worry is we miss out on someone...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Fully agree and I have criticised Levy for just this kind of thing in the past. But it does feel like this is the closest we have been to having a really competitive squad for about seven or eight years. So I feel like we should give the club the benefit of the doubt for now. The same with...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    We also bought Romero a few months before Conte joined, and Bentancur and Kulusevski a few months later, and Bissouma and Richarlison in his second transfer window, and Porro in his third transfer window. We actually spent a lot and bought a lot of players. Ok he didn’t get every single player...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I think a lot of it is down to the fall out from the Poch period and Mourinho and Conte not winning anything here. Fans look at Ange and think what chance has he got when those lot couldn’t. Mourinho and Conte were uber pragmatic coaches who had won titles in the best leagues in the world. And...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Radu Dragusin

    Some of the posts since the Fulham defeat have been laughable. I get that people are unhappy with a really poor result but we don’t need to draw from that generalisations like Ange’s football is not sustainable, or Dragusin is mediocre. I think the frustration has gotten the better of people.
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Radu Dragusin

    How much of Drag did you see at Genoa to come to the conclusion he’s mediocre? Especially since he’s still so young. I’m not having a go, just surprised anyone could have such a firm opinion about him since he’s hardly played.
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    2023/24 - The Race For..................

    Agree. I think it’s something we need to take on the chin but taking it on the chin doesn’t feel nice. That’s what it means to take it on the chin. It seems blatantly obvious to me that we are at a stage where we just need to see something through. Maybe Ange won’t be the right guy but we just...
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