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Have wondered about this. Here’s my theory: I think it’s sort of the opposite. But it is born, at least in part, in the place you’re talking about. I don’t think it’s love; I think it’s a kind of indifference. By which I mean, it’s like City don’t count and people — who see them (whether rightly or wrongly) as operating on a different plane and with different rules etc — are kind of resigned to them and have reached an acceptance. So, for fans of teams like, say, Liverpool or (even) United (despite being rivals in Manchester), if City win the league: shrug, yeah, whatever, what you gonna do? If this year Arsenal or in previous years Liverpool win the league — who you are competing with on the same level, who are your peers/challengers, for want of a better word, whose title win would be as good as yours would have been — it actually does hurt and it does mean something. It’s a “real” title win…and thus, by extension, a real title loss for your team. And I suspect that goes beyond just fans of those teams too to become more generalized. I know, I know, plenty of people will really dislike this, from both sides of the argument, and I might have to hide from the @s now as they all shout at me, but it’s about people’s perceptions and I reckon there’s something in that.
Anyway, sorry: a long tweet. Just a theory.
Hello everyone.
I am sorry for the increased inactivity recently, it is the lowest I have felt in quite some while.
Not only have I lost some passion, due to my favourite managers either getting sacked, or underperforming, but my personal life has been very tough.
Recently, I was laid off of not necessarily job, but one of my part time coaching gigs for underperformance. Of course, this hurt me very much.
So I looked to pick up a new part time hobby, and if you didn’t already know, my father is a chef. I picked up a love for cooking from him, so I suggested an idea to him which combines my 2 loves: Cooking and the tactical aspect of football.
The idea was to put a spin on regular French cuisine (his expertise), and serve all the dishes in formations, named after football managers I idolise. For example, the “Pep Bourguignola” — a twist on the French classic Beef bourguignon. And for the plating twist, the gravy would make the shape of the pitch, with things like the vegetables, pieces of meat being his 3-2-4-1 in possession formation.
I offered him role to be the head chef. A father-son business.
Unfortunately, he did not see to take this well, and felt I was insulting his craft he has worked years on, asking me whether I was autistic.
And really, I feel I have had some dreams shattered recently. So I am trying to find my feet, motivation, hunger again.
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Arsenal lose 1-0 away at the Champions after a 22 unbeaten run against top sides
“They aint brave enough to win at these grounds”
When Arsenal used to go away to these grounds and try to attack but lose 5-1
“They ain’t streetwise enough to get a result at these grounds”
Personally think some of the negativity allegations being made against Arsenal today are a little over the top; I saw two teams who played cautiously in a game settled by a freak goal.
@randomranger@henrywinter I think Arteta was too cautious today, yet we still edged the balance of play away at Anfield without 4 of the side that started for us regularly last season. Our front 3 had 2 players playing their third game for us ever. And we lost to a once in a season FK. That’s football 🤷🏻