Arsenal banter 5

22 Oct 2025 10:00:55
Morning all Ed's and fellow gunners. hope alls well. just wanted to give a shout out to our manager mr Mikel Arteta. some may agree and some may not. (which is the beautiful thing about opinions) . and this is only my humble opinion. he left a cushy little number at city. to come home to the arsenal the team he genuinely loves, just as much as we do. i wouldn't call it a sleeping giant, I would call it a giant that fell flat on its face and was in a comatose. toxic environment in the squad which was leading to a more and more toxic environment in and around our fan base. he came in and installed a much better environment in everything we were aiming to achieve. he has carefully put us back together again. helped us heal. we now have a squad to be super proud of and a real fighting chance of doing some great things. and as a fan of this great club. I'm thankful to being back where we are. silverware if possible would be the cherry on the cake. COYG/ VTH 🔴⚪️❤️.

22 Oct 2025 10:40:29
Love your post Gabi 😊.

22 Oct 2025 10:56:38
Well said Gabi.

22 Oct 2025 11:30:09
Thanks Sal. hope alls good and life is treating you well. 🙂.

22 Oct 2025 13:41:32
I can't complain Gabi, hope the same with you and yours.

22 Oct 2025 16:50:09
Alls good Sal…👍🏻🔴⚪️❤️.

22 Oct 2025 17:31:05
Hello Gabi mate, hope you and everyone are good. Mikel certainly had his doubters, me being one of them.3 runners up spots on the trot might be fantastic for some clubs but not for us. My main criticism has been his reluctance to change things I. e. subs but because I had tunnel vision there wasnt the quality in the bench to change things, but a big shout to Stan&Josh who put there money where their mouth was and Andrea Berti for getting the deals done and now we have all the bases covered.
Absolutely delighted for Big Vic last night to get a couple of goals.
He puts in a shift, pulls defenders all over the place and puts it about as well.
All in all, we are in a very good place
Take Gabi mate.

22 Oct 2025 18:03:44
Hi bill, hope alls good… regarding Arteta. I watched an interview with Mikel merino he claimed Arteta to be the best coach he has worked with. a lot of the players he worked with at city really rated him, pep really rates him. if you listen to any of our players and a fair few people in the world of football rate him. he’s built us back up, provided us with some decent squads over the last few years. now he definitely has the squad to take us to the promised land. if the squad stays fit, focused and hungry and also a bit of Lady Luck on the way. then I believe we are in with a real shout. COYG/ VTH.

22 Oct 2025 19:05:31
👍👍👍👍.

22 Oct 2025 09:56:47
Great performance against a very good Athletico side and a great start to the champions league campaign. Finally, we look like a formidable team with strong bench and everyone contributing 100%. Read some statistics that since returning to Champions league, we have won all our home matches 27-0, if true that is a sign of a great team. Only, if we had a little luck on our side in the semi finals last season. We need the luck sometimes in football and we definitely had that yesterday, Raya’s moment of horror and Alvarez striking the cross bar, if those two goals had gone in, it may have been a different night. I said it at the start of the season, Raya has this indecision in his game that we need to cut out, it can prove costly in important matches. This is not a complaint or I am not whining, just a critical feedback as I want us to keep improving and achieve great things. COYG!

22 Oct 2025 11:45:08
Morning Highbury. well said…by the way I was watching talksport online and the worlds biggest 🛎️🔚 that goes by the name of Jamie o’hara reckons athletic Madrid are bang average. what a melt. if the spuds had beaten athletic Madrid 4-0 he’d be raving about it for the next 10 years. still so twisted that he couldn’t make the grade at the Arsenal all them years ago. and yet the athletic Madrid boss came out last night and said the arsenal are the best team they have faced so far this season…last night was a tight game first half, second half we made one of the top teams in Spain look average by the way we took the handbrake off and put our foot down on the throttle hard. 🔴⚪️❤️.

22 Oct 2025 14:12:18
As if proof was needed O’Hara is a cock womble Atletico (same line up as last night) beat a full strength Real Madrid ( top of La Liga) 5-2 three weeks ago. Yep bang average! There’s a long long list but O’Hara is top of the worst pundits ever. COYG.

22 Oct 2025 16:49:24
Hi Sussex. hope alls good. your bang on geezer. I do watch talksport online just for the cringe comedy that o’hara and Cundy produce on a regular occurrence. o’hara’s latest bit of nonsense is arsenal are killing the game because they are good at long throws and set pieces. also the other Womble that is Jamie carragher almost a year ago today praised Bournemouth for the quick thinking well coached set piece against the Arsenal. Forward a year and he also thinks we are killing football. I think the mighty gunners are starting to scare them and they truly can’t handle it. 🔴⚪️❤️.

22 Oct 2025 07:41:01
{Ed's Note - Danny Pughnited has posted a new article entitled, A Turning Point For Manchester United Or Another False Dawn?

22 Oct 2025 07:12:20
What a result! Gyokeres with the double! Coyg.

21 Oct 2025 22:37:03
Decent result thought it was a very professional performance from start to finish. well pleased for victor. hopefully he can go on a bit of scoring streak now, what I will say about him. you can not knock the effort he puts in. I think once he gets fully used to this team and them to him. we will see him hit beast mode. then we will really be cooking. 🔴⚪️❤️. COYG/ VTH.

21 Oct 2025 22:47:55
Decent Gabi? I'd describe it as much more than decent mate 👍.

21 Oct 2025 23:07:24
Hi g62 hope alls good. it was a mr Kipling of a result…. exceedingly good. 🔥🔥🔥🔥.

22 Oct 2025 03:52:18
One thing I haven't seen mentioned much is that Gyökeres causes so much chaos that Martinelli has been getting far more space to play in. His goal (and MLS' run) tonight were our goal of the season so far for me. So pleased for Gabi.

22 Oct 2025 10:42:46
I loved the reception he got when he left the pitch, made me quite emotional for the guy.

21 Oct 2025 22:06:33
Very happy for Victor l, infact it looked like all the team were happy for him too.
Hopefully that can build his confidence.

21 Oct 2025 21:34:43
🍋 🍋 COYG.

21 Oct 2025 22:04:26
😂😂😂.

{Ed025's Note - i love it too.. :)

21 Oct 2025 22:06:30
Unbelievable result 👏 👌 👍

We can only expect Liverpool and their team full of superior players will hit Frankfurt for at least 8 without reply.

21 Oct 2025 22:10:57
When life gives you lemons, take the mick out of Ed025!

{Ed025's Note - "one swallow does not a summer make"...and thats my defence Sharpey M,lud.. :)

21 Oct 2025 22:33:47
Couldn’t resist Ed025, he’s scoring one in two in all comps but it his work rate that impresses me. Apparently he runs further than any prem striker but it leads to defenders and keepers rushing which leads to turnovers which are important! He seems popular with his team mates and they see him in training! My view is he’s one of us he tries his arse off he’ll do for me COYG Or is that a one game knee jerk? I don’t think so but WTF do I know.

{Ed025's Note - i hope he proves me wrong SUSSEX, but that has not happened since 1978 mate.. :)

21 Oct 2025 22:43:53
Ed25 you every time he scores you will see some lemons in the thread right hahahah.

{Ed025's Note - i would expect nothing less Moe mate.. :)

21 Oct 2025 23:21:31
I'm in Scotland, I don't have a clue what a summer is, mate.

🍋🍋 #COYG.

22 Oct 2025 07:38:15
It was a great win, and lovely for Gyok to get a double, but let's not forget Arteta and Merino were being slaughtered for achieving the same numbers last season. More lemons required!

21 Oct 2025 07:40:47
{Ed's Note - PatrikBurgher has posted a new article entitled, I'm Confident That Arne Slot Can Turn Liverpool FC Around

20 Oct 2025 07:39:36
{Ed's Note - LFC-S MANGO has posted a new article entitled, Is Liverpool FC In A Crisis?

19 Oct 2025 20:02:05
Never really perused the Liverpool pages till funding mentioned it here a few weeks ago.

They have a couple of posters that seem to really really dislike the Arsenal, and that's ok. But they say the most ridiculous things and I can't help take a little (maybe more than a little) pleasure in the fact that they're struggling.

#hadtogetthatoffmychest #COYG.

20 Oct 2025 03:34:45
Things have changed a tiny bit in that some acknowledge we have good players now. Last time I checked a month or two ago, I saw claims not a single Arsenal player would make it into the Liverpool team.

20 Oct 2025 08:35:56
I saw a couple say that just yesterday. That not a single Arsenal player would get into the Liverpool team. I find that extremely hard to believe and digest. It reeks of sour grapes.

20 Oct 2025 19:55:19
Would have said Allison but on balance Raya due to injury situations, then only Isak and Ekitike. Even then I’m liking Viktamin C Gyorkeres . Win lose or draw we go with who we have and I’m very happy with that
#alemonhowverydareyou COYG.

21 Oct 2025 06:20:07
Ekitike looks like an excellent player. Can't fathom why they dropped him to squeeze an off the pace Isak in. I'd have Ekitike, Gakpo and Gravenberch probably.
Excited to see what Gyökeres will bring to the table though like you Sussex, we haven't had a wrecking ball like him up top in decades.

21 Oct 2025 10:35:15
On current form, the only one I'd have in our team is Ekitike. The lads seem industrious and a real talent. Shame he has to compete with Isak in their current deployment.

19 Oct 2025 19:40:08
So Liverpools Man City 24/ 25 tribute act continues to look more and more like the real thing.

Wasteful upfront and woeful at the back. Obviously there's still time for them to snap out it but all opponents will fancy their chances against them right now.

20 Oct 2025 00:53:40
From 5 points behind to 4 ahead in only 3 games, a lovely early plot twist.

20 Oct 2025 17:19:58
Absolutely SW mate 👍 long way to go of course but things are looking extremely good for us as things stand 🤞🤞🤞.