Marc Jaffrey OBE

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[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🚨🚨🗣️ Wayne Rooney on West Ham United vs Arsenal Game: 🤯

“People keep talking about individuals, moments, luck, referees and all the rest of it, but when I watch Arsenal, I see a proper football team. I see a side that is coached at the very highest level. Honestly, if you don’t rate this Arsenal team or you can’t understand the level of football they’re playing, then I’m sorry, you simply do not know football. And I’m saying that as someone who’s played the game at the top level for years.

This Arsenal side are unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. They are so compact, so organised, so disciplined in everything they do. There are no gaps, no panic, no unnecessary risks. Every single player understands his role. When you watch them, you almost don’t even see individuals anymore, you see a programme. You see a machine. Everything is synchronised. It takes a very high football IQ and tactical understanding to truly appreciate the level this team operates at.

People will watch them and say ‘they’re boring’ or ‘they’re robotic’, but do you know what I call it? Elite. I call it winning football. I call it a team that knows exactly who they are. There’s a reason they leave no lapses for opponents. There’s a reason teams struggle to break them down. There’s a reason they control matches the way they do. That doesn’t happen by accident.

I backed Arsenal from the very beginning of the season to win this league and people laughed at me. People told me City would walk it, people said Arsenal would bottle it again, but look where we are now. Two games left and Arsenal are on the verge of becoming champions. And honestly, I’m delighted for them because they deserve it.

The fans deserve it as well. Arsenal supporters have waited a long, long time for this feeling. They’ve gone through years of frustration, banter, disappointment, nearly moments, false dawns, all of it. But they stayed patient. They kept believing in the club, believing in the process, believing in the manager and the players. Now they’re finally about to get rewarded for that patience.

I think Mikel Arteta deserves enormous credit because what he’s built is not just a good side, it’s a culture. There’s standards there now. Serious standards. Every player fights for each other, every player works, every player sacrifices. That’s why they’re champions in my eyes.

And I’ll say this as a Manchester United man, this is the level I want Manchester United to get back to. This is the standard. Watching Arsenal now reminds me of what elite football clubs should look like. The control, the hunger, the mentality, the structure. When you get to this level, football becomes enjoyable again for the fans because they trust their team completely.

Arsenal fans can finally smile again because this team has given them something to be proud of. And I genuinely believe this is only the beginning for them. I think they’re going to do great things over the next few years.

So to everyone who laughed at my prediction earlier in the season, you’re not laughing now. Maybe it’s time people start respecting this Arsenal side properly because what they’re doing is special.”

[Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords]

.@RobertGlasper’s Blue Note debut “Canvas” was released 20 years ago today in 2005! The album proved the pianist had jazz chops in abundance while a hip-hop sub-context lay just beneath the surface hinting at future directions he would take: https://t.co/f4LowGVSfD

[Guz Khan 🥶 @GuzKhanOfficial]

The Great Riot of Disinformation…☹️😬

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@lindayaX What rubbish. You'd do better reigning in your far right racist Great Leader RT'ing false EDF claims of two tier policing and taking on democratic leaders with slander. I'm out.
#imout #leavingX

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Stop pointing at us. And stop talking such corporate shite. And find a grown up to go and tell Musk to wind his neck in, grow up and stop thinking that just because you have a big toy doesn’t mean you have to play with it all the time

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@Aiannucci Very interesting article about Musk from a South African perspective https://t.co/XlLYfk6f6S

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

You have no idea what our wonderful country is really like and are, like the planet Mars, both toxic and empty.

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@Aiannucci Yes. And. 4.4 million people voted Reform. Fuelled by similar issues. Most won't throw bricks, but many will be as badly informed and potentially dangerous...

[Clive Chijioke Nwonka @CJNwonka]

Join us for the launch of Black Arsenal: Club, Culture, Identity at @BarbicanCentre @intelligence2 on 5 Sept, exploring the connection between @Arsenal and Black identity, with some v special guests inc former Arsenal midfielder @pauldavis_8 and @clivepafc https://t.co/xuzryS7yNd

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@Arsenal Little bit heart broken

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@caitlinmoran Hoping and expecting her to step up and step in soon. With an arm full of cats and millions of followers roaring loudly against neo fascists...

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

It's bold, for someone seeking votes, to hone in on "childless cat ladies" when the leader of Childless Cat Ladies is TAYLOR SWIFT.

[Gary Younge @garyyounge]

I hate the fact that I have to produce id to vote. Between 2019 and 2013 there were just 11 convictions and 4 cautions for voter fraud. It's not a problem. Yet here we are - demanding proof the young and poor are less likely to have. It's Windrush at the polls.

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@footballtweet @SundayShoutsFC Shit

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@YankeeGunner And all that, points to poor management

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

@HarrySymeou Wrong line up, wrong setup. Poor management. Great players.

[Marc Jaffrey OBE @MarcJaffrey]

Lineker 1 - Southgate 0
#England

[The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark @musicmarkuk]

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[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Hi @chrisfroome, instead of blocking people calling out your wife. Maybe you should have a word with her trying to outdo Katie Hopkins.