Your job is to deliver ragebait and not LARP as a tactico or give godawful takes on politics.
You do not have the framework to appropriately assess them, delusion is not equal to capacity.
Yet here you are, talking shit out of your arse. Focus on ragebait and be on your way.
Your job is to deliver the news and not analyze what you think we should do.
You do not have the framework to appropriately assess the situation; proximity is not equal to capacity.
A few extra millions matters for a youth player and the fact that you can’t seem to tell why it matters is exactly why you should refrain from giving your opinion on the deal.
ITKs sometimes get deluded into thinking themselves as decision-makers and it annoys me as all it does is seed unnecessary panic & division into the fanbase whose feelings about the club are determined from the latest news & result.
Don’t launder your proximity to the club as authority to endear yourself with the fans. Don’t get personally invested in the news. Deliver it and be on your way.
“Arsenal fans are unbearable”
Translation:
“I was dishing it out for years but now I am offended I have to take it, I find it oppressive and unbearable”.
I am always intrigued by the phrase ‘the neutrals’ in football discourse and I’m intrigued largely because they completely and utterly do not exist. It’s a phrase people hide behind, ultimately.
Enjoy the schadenfreude while you can. If you think this team is going to fall away, you're dreaming. We'll only get stronger, and when the time comes, you best be ready because there will be nowhere to hide. We're coming for you.
I will say this now while it’s fresh, any Arsenal player taking stutter penalties (especially after tonight) should be fined. I hate them so much and it’s my biggest “yer da” opinion in football but just twat the ball hard and into the corner.
Parade tomorrow. We move. 🤝
My beloved Arsenal fans.. Don’t be too disappointed… Be proud of this team and everything they’ve achieved. Keep believing and keep supporting them the way you always do. We are in the right direction. I’m so happy I got to experience this game from the stands with the Arsenal family for the very first time ❤️ Thank you for the incredible welcome and all the love. You made me feel like I’m really one of you, next year will be our time. Love you Gunners 🙏❤️
EUROPA LEAGUE was never the dream.
Not because I didn’t want it.
Because if I’m being honest, I never thought it was possible.
What kid would?
Especially when 12 years ago I was playing non league football in the Ryman Premier and Conference South, just trying to stay alive in the game.
What kid dreams about Europe when, two weeks into the off season, his dad has to tell him he’s been released by Watford F.C. over the phone?
I was heartbroken.
My dad looked at me and said:
“What are we doing tomorrow?”
To which I replied with the words he’d drilled into me my whole life:
“We’re training, Dad.”
So we trained.
Every single day.
My dad emailed every EFL club asking for an opportunity.
One club replied.
One.
That was all I needed.
An opportunity.
@WealdstoneFC and @wwfcofficial , I’ll always be indebted to you.
Then came the move to @SunderlandAFC .
A massive club.
A massive opportunity.
And I couldn’t wait to prove myself.
But 45 minutes into my debut… hooked.
“Rabbit caught in headlights. Waste of money. Get rid.”
Then came the Championship.
“He’s not good enough for this level.”
Then the Premier League.
“Let’s give him a debut and then get rid of him.”
I understood the doubt.
I’ve faced it my whole career.
And truthfully, you doubt yourself too at times.
But I’ve always tried to live by one mindset:
Outwork your doubt.
You don’t always need to see the full journey.
You just need to take the next step.
Then the next one.
And then another.
Even when social media tells you you’re not good enough.
Even when the voice inside your own head whispers the same thing.
Keep working.
Keep learning.
Keep showing up.
Because sometimes the places you end up are bigger than anything your younger self could’ve ever imagined.
To any young player reading this, don’t put a ceiling on yourself too early.
You genuinely have no idea where this game and life can take you.
And to the boys… thank you.
You removed the glass ceiling I’d placed on myself.
What a team.
What a club.
What a fanbase.
Sunderland… rocking all over Europe ❤️🤍
And in the words of Granit Xhaka:
“This is just the beginning.”