Marc Thain

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@MoArsenal86 In your opinion who would be?

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@InsideArsenal89 We'll be back. This is just the beginning. The dynasty has just begun. ⚽ ♥️

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@InsideArsenal89 Merino winner in extra time.... bookmark this!

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@Dobbo0107 Jesus Christ....that's a 'delete your account' level tweet 😂

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@HandofArsenal I'd pay a lot of money for video footage right now!! Don't do this to me Per!

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@HandofArsenal 😂😂😂

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

Chelsea hijacking our Mudryk deal for us to go on and sign this fucking guy instead might be one of the best pieces of transfer business in football history! 😆

[Leandro Trossard @LTrossard]

The moments we live for. 🏆❤️

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@Afc_Sakzi Fucking goosebumps! Wow!

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@premierleague

[Ebere @EbereEze10]

I swear imma make It and when I do, they're gunna show this tweet lol

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@AndyHa_ Thank god it's not just me.... 😂

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@InsideArsenal89 Yes

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@InsideArsenal89 Oba
Penta
Trick
Demon
Rhea
OTC

[Guillem Balague @GuillemBalague]

Two things bother me about the narrative building around Arsenal.

First, we're told constantly that the Premier League is the most competitive league in the world. Fine. So what does it mean to be consistently fighting for the title in that environment? You can't celebrate the league's brutal competitiveness and then dismiss sustained title challenges as not good enough. Pick one.

Second, and IMO this matters more, failure in elite sport is not losing. Luis Enrique said it. Many others have said versions of it. Failure is not trying again. It's accepting the ceiling. It's going through the motions. Arteta has never done that. Every setback has been fuel for the next attempt.

The problem is social media runs on binary outcomes. Win or fail. Hero or fraud. No room for nuance. No room for the manager who rebuilt a club into genuine title contenders and is still hungry for more.

Simeone has been at Atlético for over a decade. Two league titles, two Champions League finals. Still no European Cup. Nobody serious calls that failure. They call it one of the great managerial tenures in modern football. And I'm convinced that given 14 years like Simeone, Mikel will win more leagues than him.

Arteta may or may not win the league this year. He may not lift the Champions League this year or next. But as long as he keeps pushing, keeps trying, keeps competing at this level, failure isn't what this is.

Find another name for it

By the way, if City wins the league, the achievement would of course be enormous.

[Zuhum 🏆🥇🔴⚪️ @zuhumomar]

People don't grasp how cathartic an Arsenal title win would be for the sport of football; it would be the triumph of a pure project. A real process. A legally built revival. It would be a genuine story of sporting meritocracy standing against the sportswashing nations.

[Jan Aage Fjørtoft 🇳🇴 @JanAageFjortoft]

There’s a weird agenda around Arsenal right now.

“Boring.”
“Only set-pieces.”
“Bottlers.”
“No winning culture.”

Let’s talk facts:

Went away to Brighton.
Took three massive points.
Stayed ahead in the title race.
Increased their lead

Was it a classic? No.
Did it need to be? Also no.

Title races aren’t won on vibes. They’re won on results.

We’ve seen champion teams grind out ugly away wins for years. When they do it, it’s “mentality.” When Arsenal do it, it’s “boring.”

Three points. Away from home. Under pressure.

That’s not bottling.

That’s growing up.
That’s getting closer to the title

[Steve Kay @stevek9KS1TV]

Arsenal are bottlers” is one of the laziest narratives in modern football ,and it doesn’t survive contact with reality.

2022/23: Youngest team in the title race. No one expected a challenge. They finished on 84 points and accelerated the project by years. That’s overachievement, not bottling.

2023/24: Took arguably the best club side on the planet to the final day. Won 16 of their last 18 league games. Finished on 89 points. That’s title-winning form in most seasons. Losing narrowly to a machine isn’t collapse, it’s elite competition.

2024/25: Decimated by injuries across key positions. Defensive rotations disrupted, midfield balance constantly shifting. Still competitive. That’s resilience.

2025/26: Seven points clear. Composed. Structured. Mature. Strong defensively. Managing games better than ever.

This isn’t a team that crumbles. It’s a team that has grown year on year, from promising to contenders to dominant.

The only reason the “bottling” tag exists is because Arsenal dared to compete earlier than expected, and people froze that moment in time.

Progression isn’t bottling. Pushing greatness to the brink isn’t bottling. Building sustainably at the top level isn’t bottling.

It’s called evolution.

And when the trophy comes, the narrative disappears overnight.

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@Lacazest Spot on brother....someone check on @MoArsenal86 shit all over Gyokeres and Raya last week...very quiet this weekend.

[Marc Thain @thainm10]

@EduardoHagn It's going down to the wire, if you expected anything else, you're naive. First PL title in 23 years ...of course it was always going to be this way. Buckle up, enjoy the ride and savour that life changing moment when we lift the cup come May! 🇵🇪⚽🏆