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founder of thepivot

[Evan Cooper @Lacazest]

We all know what they’re talking about. 👀 https://t.co/vLib8zYR2B

[Forever Arsenal @Arsenal_N10]

Zubimendi body language says it all

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[HandofArsenal @HandofArsenal]

Arteta “I went to some of the players and told them, "I'm sorry, but I'll be picking the same lineup (against Fulham)."

They said to me: "Boss! We're here whenever you need us," and then they hugged me.”

[Leo🧪™ @Leo_nxgen]

Trivela pass to Nunes....the balls, the personality to try that... insane confidence aside the fact that he's top on the ball.

Trafford has been A+ this season. Imagine winning two of the competitions you played in... that's not luck, that's class.

[Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @timstillman_]

Regular reminder that clubs cannot pull players out of international duty. Injury withdrawals are entirely at the discretion of national teams themselves, nobody else. This close to the World Cup National Teams will protect their interests, they don’t want their best players injured, a 12 week injury and you’re out of the tournament.

[Agam. @theAgamSharp]

There was a calm to Riyad Mahrez that you can’t coach.

No rush. No panic. Just total control in moments where everything is on the line.

As a Man City fan, you felt it. The game could be chaotic, tight, suffocating and then Mahrez would receive, pause and decide it. That’s not just quality. That’s authority.

And that kind of player you don’t replace. You just realise, over time, how rare he really was. 🇩🇿💙

[James. @afcjxmes]

This makes a bigger difference than people realise. Raya consistently finds White here and we bypass their press every time.

[PD @1_2spaces]

Arteta putting the blame on Martinelli after failing to win the game. A thread.

[Connor Humm @TikiTakaConnor]

Arteta on why he played a back 3 against Mansfield and said Arsenal trained it for about 10 minutes beforehand: “There are players that are available and if we want to to manage the load and certain issues that we had in the team, we have to adapt to that.

“Sometimes it's not ideal when you have a day to prepare, but as well it was a challenge for all of us to see how we could adapt to that, which I expected under very difficult circumstances.”

Did you train it once?

“Yeah, once. 10 minutes.”

🎙️ @JamesOlley

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

🎶 The Arsenal boys, we’re on a bender, Thomas Frank is a silver member! 🎶

🤣🤣

[em9.aep @mcfc_ethanm]

diamonds-are-forever.mp4

[James Benge @jamesbenge]

The narrative of Arsenal as title bottlers didn’t really stand up to much examination before this season.

But it doesn’t matter what I think.

And this Arsenal team are playing like one that believes all the critiques and jibes of them. https://t.co/vYDhlMesgV

[The Different Knock 🏆 @DiffKnock]

Got a thought on Arsenal’s future & game model I’ve been slowly trying to articulate.

(Still WIP, could be wrong, but think it’s something like this & keen for feedback)

I love this Arsenal team.

I love its power, its consistency, the attention in all phases, so many of the players, the culture, the direction of travel & so much more.

I think arguably our biggest strength however, as is said so consistently by other managers, is our adaptability. We can play ANY type of game. A running game, a physical game, a chess game, a basketball game etc.

We are so, so hard to beat because we match anyone’s strengths.

But.

I think what it means is we can often play TO the game. We go to Brentford, for example SO aware of their strengths, the shape of our game SO dictated by how to hurt THEM specifically and stop THEM specifically, that we may lose some of those simple, Wenger-esque principles of focus on maximising what we do best.

You can’t just ignore the opponent nowadays. The game has changed, the gap has closed. You have to be alive to it.

But going into every game with so much of your thinking APPEARING to be — and again, a lot of this is just triangulation, it could be wrong — “ok, we’re going to stop them doing what they want and get them doing things they don’t want” sounds good and makes sense… but also means we are ultimately dictated to by the opposition.

You end up playing somewhat to a reverse of whoever you’re up against. And we can, and great… it wins games. But it can also muddy OUR identity, I think.

It’s like when people/institutions/artists try to be “counter-cultural”, thinking they’re doing something NEW, but really they’re as dictated to as anyone else by the culture, because they’re simply doing the mirror image of what’s normal.

I think that emphasis stifles this side sometimes.

The next “phase” of this team, I think, needs to see us be more dictatorial of the terms of a game. They love doing that? Great, it won’t matter today because we’ll be so good at what WE do.

You have to have different ways of winning a game of course, that is where the PL is going, but moving forward I would love to also have a clearer sense of “Arsenal love doing this” especially in the final third, that just overwhelms teams.

You need a headline “way” to truly dominate, change narratives and develop identity, I think. I think…

BTW — we are so lucky to be having these conversations, these “types” of “problems”. I just think this is the next stage of this team, where we might truly become “era-defining”.

COYG.

[. @saundzo]

Waking up everyday getting paid to speak about your passion. Providing for your close ones through your passion.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

🚨Well respected journalist Guillem Balague speaking on Arsenal… you’re going to want to read this!

“Let me tell you what everyone is saying about Arsenal across Europe.

“Arsenal are not seen here as a team that has stalled. They are seen as a reference point. As the team many look at when trying to understand where elite football is heading.

“The game has shifted, it is no longer enough to dominate the ball or to attack well. The top sides now compete in, and often decide matches through, the four phases that make teams excellent: organised attack, attacking transition, defensive transition and structured defence. At the highest level, those phases matter more than possession percentages or aesthetic debates.

“This is where Arsenal stand out.

“Under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal control space, time and another very important element, rhythm. They are aggressive without being chaotic, but can create chaos to find gaps, they are compact without being passive. Their pressing is prepared in detail, lose the ball and the reaction is immediate. The opponent is denied oxygen.

“Across Europe, this is understood as modern dominance.

“The key battleground today is transition. Not what you do with the ball, but what happens the instant you lose it. Defensive rhythm has overtaken offensive rhythm. Space is smaller and time is shorter. The teams that survive are the ones that arrive first, win duels, plus reset order before danger appears.

“Arsenal do this as well as anyone.

“In Europe, Arsenal are seen as a team that has absorbed Guardiola’s ideas and pushed them forward, they have strengthened them for a football world that now plays faster, presses harder, and it totally punishes hesitation.

“At the very moment Arsenal are being questioned at home, they are being analysed as a model.

“Progress is often uncomfortable and it rarely moves in straight lines. Arsenal don’t look lost. In my eyes they look early!”

[Bielsista @pedroelchileno]

No one can complain about offensive output when you create 15 shots, 4 big chances, 36 touches in the opp box and 2.4xG.

It’s a bad game, we missed clear chances, got uncreative in important parts of the game and did not take advantage of momentum.

But these comments about us not being good in attack, not being creative, etc are just ridiculous. No team has created as much as we did in this stadium.

[fåb @redfxb]

“But Arne Slot won us the title last season.”

[afcnewsroom @afcnewsroom]

🗣️ Mikel Arteta: “Declan [Rice] is constantly adding things to his game. He's constantly adding things to his role in the team. And I don't see where he can stop because he can still improve in a lot of areas and he wants to improve. So, yeah, he's such a pivotal player for us.”