Connor Dukes

Film Nerd / Arsenal

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Emirates tonight was popping off. What a season ❤️❤️❤️

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Paraguay might be the worst team I’ve seen since South Africa yesterday.

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@Babygravy9 This is the prince from Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

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@Manny_WhatElse

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@_WokeNonsenseFC Well, he is a gooner…

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She knows ball

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Lamine Yamal asked his mum to name an underrated player, and she picked Arsenal’s Merino. She says she’s a big fan of him.

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Arsenal parade was sweet, but Tuesday 19th May 2026, after we were officially crowned PL champions. You really had to be there, & I’m sorry if you weren’t

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@letsjavit You’re hilarious

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The Arsenal players arriving to the first meeting at the training ground since being crowned Premier League champions… ❤️🥹

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What a sad little life Jane

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My joy in this title winning is that NOBODY will say they carried this team to win it. This title belongs to everyone. And I mean EVERYONE.

Yes, Rice was elite.
Raya was elite.
Gabriel and Saliba were elite.
Timber was elite. Five players you point to and say — these are the best five this season. Fine.

But let me ask you something.

Do we win this title if Martinelli doesn't score that last-second equalizer against Man City?

Do we win it if Eze doesn't produce two maverick performances against Spurs to kill them off?

Do we win it if Saka doesn't score that one clinical goal against Brighton at the Amex — one goal, 1-0, job done?

Do we win it if Ødegaard doesn't come on and, like a man possessed, creates something from absolutely nothing? Do we win it without Trossard's goal against West Ham? Those two guys stepping up when it mattered most?

Do we win if Max Dowman doesnt come off the bench against Everton and wins us the game?

Do we win if Madueke doesn't score against Brentford (1-1) to keep the pressure on City?

Do we win if Merino — despite the whole world screaming "don't bring him on" — doesn't come on at St James' Park and scores the goal that wins it. Against chelsea to score the equaliser when they were ten men?

Do we win if Zubimendi doesn't score those two bangers against Nottingham Forest to help us put them to the sword 3-0.

And remember the beginning? Calafiori. Set piece. 1-0. Day one, telling us exactly what kind of season this was going to be. Do we win if not for him?

Then Zubimendi gasses out and Myles Lewis-Skelly walks into the team like he's been here for years.

Do we win if Kai Havertz didn't score from a corner, 1-0 against Burnley — doing exactly what the team needed.?

When Calafiori got injured. When Timber got injured. Do we survive without Mosquera and Hincapié coming in and performing at a level nobody expected? Do we survive without Ben White?

And even beyond all that — Jesus, Nwaneri — they weren't the league's critical performers, but they were around. They took the load off in cup competitions. They kept people fresh. They mattered.

This is what I find so incredibly beautiful about this title.

Nobody carried it. Nobody can look at this squad and say "I did that." Because everyone did that. From the starter who kept a clean sheet to the sub who came on for 15 minutes and scored. From the academy kid who nobody expected to the veteran who showed up when the season needed him most.

This is not a one-man trophy. This is not even a five-man trophy.

This is 25 men, a manager, a coaching staff, and a culture — all deciding in the same moment that this is the year.

Good old-fashioned football. A team sport. Beautiful, mehn.

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@mohbii @Lea_EFC Cope more

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WHERE’S YOUR MENTALITY NOW?