“Arsenal are ruining football by playing four centre-backs in defence.”
But here’s a stat showing that two of those “four CBs” basically live in the opponent’s half.
🚨 Zubimendi: “I think people need to be a little more careful about what they publish. I read that I could be close to joining Atleti, but that’s nowhere near the case.” @marca
This has legs. I’ve said since last season that it wouldn’t be long before he returned to Spain after falling down the pecking order.
Good player, but he’s not a Tier A player for the role Arsenal signed him for. He has some deficiencies in his game that make him struggle against high-pressing opponents, and Arteta has clocked this.
He’s also going to be 28 in February. This is the best time to retain maximum value on him. It would be a big step towards refreshing an ageing midfield that consists of Rice, who turns 28 in January, Merino, who is 30, and Bruno G, who turns 29 this month.
Even when Arteta was struggling with Arteta, they never chilled at 18th for 15 days.
The banter is getting to Man Utd fans seriously & it won't end.
Hallelujah somebody
Imagine a Nusa-Madueke wing pairing.
Double dribbling and creativity threats. A serious problem for opposition full-backs. The striker would be eating good.
Nusa-Gyökeres-Madueke for the rest of the season. We need to make this happen.
I want to remind everyone that in the 9 seasons Klopp managed Liverpool, he only ever finished in the top 2, three times. In fact, only TWICE did Pep stop him from winning the league.
Arteta on the other hand, is competing for the fifth consecutive season right now.
Yes, Klopp’s Liverpool were more explosive. But fortune rewards the tenacious and consistent. Competing for the title 3 times in 9 years does not reflect the dominance we are claiming. If you competed for the league 3 times and won 1, that’s a fair return.
IF Arteta wins the league again it’s because he competed OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. He dusted off one heartbreak and competes AGAIN.
Bottles the league? He competes the next season. Loses the league by two points? He competes the next season. Finally won the league? He’s competing the next season.
Arteta may not have finished with 90+ points in one season, but he’s in his 7th full season and is competing for the 5th time, having finished top 2 FOUR TIMES.
He, more than anyone else, more than Klopp in fact, deserves to win as many league titles. Maybe if Klopp competed more than 3 times he would have won more. Please don’t disrespect Arteta like this again.
Look at the amount of football Gyökeres generated in just a 20-minute cameo against Hull. He did absolutely everything better than Havertz.
At this point, it’s looking like the coach is intentionally not starting him just to keep Havertz in the team.
🚨BREAKING: No Arsenal team in the history of the Premier League have had more points after ten games played than Mikel Arteta’s current side in 2026/27.
Ten games played. Nine wins. Seven clean sheets. 27 points out of a possible 30.
The Gunners really want to win back-to-back league titles for the first time in 92 years.
Who’s going to stop us? 🏆
Last year they downplayed us by saying set-piece and dark arts and now its boring football. Bet your house they would swap their entire squad & manager and his dog for ours. Dishonest discourse to downplay our dominance. 14/15 wins. We are unreal.
No Saliba, no Rice, and no Saka on the pitch as Arsenal tried to break the deadlock against Hull.
Insert Konsa, Bruno G, and Madueke.
The level stays the same.
Utterly incredible squad building.
And, as ever, it was prepared for and planned before a ball was kicked.
Mikel 🫡