Slippy

Optimistic Arsenal fan

[Slippy @slipmaster14]

@specsgonzalez

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@fkhanage @Dialsquare10 Appreciate you FK. Too many London based fans try to make us feel inferior on a daily basis.

I would do anything to see the emirates just once but never get the chance. For some of us, our only chance is European games outside the UL when we pay stupid prices just for one game

[Slippy @slipmaster14]

@LyesBouzidi10 I tend to agree but if you look at what Flick expects from his forwards and how we’ve moved into a data driven recruitment era, this makes a lot of sense.

Gordon is one of the best pressers you’ll find who won’t have the wage expectations of other left wingers with his skillset

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@lewano77 @FPL__Raptor I can’t think of any team that wouldn’t rotate if the league is won. Saliba, Gabriel, and Raya would definitely be benched.

Agreed on those needing minutes but Gyokores isn’t one of them.

[Slippy @slipmaster14]

@fplshere9992 @YankeeGunner @clivepafc @timstillman_ Up to them but sometimes legal matters are tough to discuss publicly

I truly don’t care about legal matters. Stick to talking about this Arsenal team on the verge of something special

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Unless Linus can ease my fears the way @YankeeGunner @clivepafc and @timstillman_ do after every game week, he can get fucked.

AVP forever!

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: A popular Arsenal fan podcast is at the centre of a legal dispute over a claim that its founder has been cut out of its burgeoning £60,000-per-month earnings.

The ArsenalVision podcast founder, Arsenal fan Linus Morris, claims that fellow fan and podcaster Elliot Smith took control of the business and refused to honour a contract between the pair that would entitle the former to 7.5 per cent of revenue.

Morris is seeking compensation from Smith, a US national who now hosts the podcast, for lost earnings and breach of copyright.

@SamWallaceTel has the full story ⤵️
https://t.co/kjMjFvx4B9

[Slippy @slipmaster14]

@karelprince_ It’s mostly online. Met plenty of Arsenal fans in England and nothing but positive interactions

People on social media are just sad and angry. They’ll do anything to feel superior which includes trashing fans who would do anything to see the team play live

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@CM_Maestro Gyokores, Gabriel, Ben White, and Trossard were on smoke tonight big up each one of them because they coming off of tough seasons.

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@CM_Maestro Arteta is responsible for 50% of our UCL semi finals and 50% of our finals

No-one will say my bad but crazy things were said on his name.

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@mancity_talk Sure looks like they were all cringing

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

The mind boggles at the number of Arsenal fans who’ll have this bookmarked in the event of them actually winning the title.

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@DougieCritchley @AFCchxrlie @Gradient_Sports Is that as a result of rotation?

I don’t complain about fatigue and I think Arteta’s game model is to blame partially but the “just rotate” take isn’t it

Ruben Dias is out and City can just get Guehi, don’t like Marmoush? Get Semenyo. Mid title race

That’s the difference

[Adam Keys @adamkeys_]

There are so many mistruths spoken about how Mikel Arteta and Pep Gaurdiola rotate.

The overuse of Rice (4,000 minutes) and Zubimendi (4,097 minutes) is a frustation, and it's showing, as it's been equally matched with the underuse of Norgaard and Lewis-Skelly, so options to rotate from the start or within games have been there.

Following Atletico, #Arsenal now have 13 players on more than 2,000 minutes, City also have 13. Both clubs have 10 players on more than 2,500 minutes, howeverw hen it comes to the 3,000 minute mark, Arsenal have seven and City have five, although we have played more games.

However, it's overlooked that Guehi and Semenyo have skewed their numbers, as each arrived in January and have clocked 1,240 and 1,567 minutes respectively since joining, however they have played 4,072 and 3,412 minutes respectively when you combine their minutes at Palace and Bournemouth. It's also worth noting that Semenyo has clocked 420 more minutes than Arsenal's most used attacker (Gyökeres), whilst Guehi has clocked 300 minutes more than Arsenal's most used defender (Saliba).

The assumption that Pep has ratoted more effectively than Arteta is simply not true. Both have used their squads extremely effectively, with Arsenal having 19 players on 1,000+ minutes (plus two on 990+), whilst City have 22 players.

This season, Mikel has only fielded the same team in back to back league games on two occasions, due to a mix of injuries and rotation. Whilst we there are clearly areas of improvement required with the rotation of Rice and Zubimendi, most others have been used in line with what you would expect, with the exception of Timber who has suffered due to White's injuries, like White did with Tomiyasu's injuries.

Finally, both teams cover huge distances in every game, and along with Leeds, top the running charts. As of the 28th March, Arsenal averaged 114.4km per game, whilst City averaged 115.7km per game, however both Rice and Zubimendi are in the top 10 players for distanced covered.

It's much easier to pull headline numbers, or make big statements that to actually look into the rotation and balance of work that has taken place, but this has been a huge areas of growth for Mikel Arteta this season, and it's a major reason why we have competed so strongly on three fronts.

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@FPL__Raptor Get Saka 🤞🏾

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@syohannes7 @htomufc Has that been confirmed? Thought it’s just a rumour

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No blue tick. Just talking shit for the love of the game.

Salute 🫡 timeline needs soldiers like you

[T'Oluwalope @EmeritusTolu]

@naphtrax We finished 8th with Arteta. He's the only manager that's finished 8th in the 21st century with Arsenal.

He came in at the end of the transition period — Arsenal had a transition period from 2007 after Emirates was constructed.

He's entered the club in the era of stability and

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@LickshotLippy There’s no Arsenal fan on the planet that would “have concerns” when winning the league after 20+ years waiting. It’s all for clicks

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@rioferdy5 Considering the fact that Gabby never won a trophy and his greatest honour was a prem player of the month. I think Foden with 5 prems, a PFA player of the year and playing at an international tournament should take his advice and not listen to it

https://t.co/o7jH9sE5YP

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

❌ "No apology!"

🤫 "They didn't even get to refuse to their school football team! I won't listen to people like that!"

Agbonlahor fires back at #AFC fans who criticised him for wanting Gunners stars suspended for dropping out of their international squads! 🔥

[Slippy @slipmaster14]

@LickshotLippy There’s a conversation to be had around wingers / whatever Foden is in the league especially in possession based teams. They are told to hold width and by the time they get to the box, it’s clogged.

Semenyo has performed (lot of games centrally) but who else? League wide issue

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@TegoSigel Waiting for someone to misinterpret “mid” in this context. Someone let me know when it happens