Claudius As soon as Stan had full control, there was an energy and seriousness around the club that we hadn’t seen since before the board started selling their shares.

Thats re-writing history. As soon as Arteta arrived there was an energy and seriousness. Before that we had full control Stan allowing Raul to act shady and Mislintat signing his busted old mates. We had Unai looking for players and getting ones he never wanted. If we hadn't signed Arteta and he hadn't power pointed them into being serious I doubt it would have happened at all.

      Qwiss

      Arteta brought the seriousness, but the purse strings seemed like they were starting to be loosened prior to that. The clown show was all Gazidis' work.

          Lukazan Yeah the way he dribbles and pass, really can't think of anyone. Sometimes it looks like he's going to lose the ball and then he skipped past the defender like he's a fool.

            goon I think once the Kroenke's took full control they were willing to put in the money. I think initially when Raul was running things I think they were got stung a bit so had to take a step back.

            Like you say when Arteta came in, him along with Edu bought some proper focus and strategy into our transfers.

                What a baller. Can you imaging him actually staying back then. Overmars leaving was fine, he was a permacrock and Pires was better for us anyways but Petit was just elite. Luckily we ended up getting Gilberto in the end after the world cup but Petit-Viera could have been so much better.

                JazzG I think once the Kroenke's took full control they were willing to put in the money.

                It was both the having full control, and the fact that the club was sliding badly at that moment … certainly the investment has been about protecting their asset.

                The big KSE incentive for keeping us around CL territory is the exit to some kind of entrenched "super league" and the step up in stock value from that … if we drop to the mid table for five years that falls into question.

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                  I'm a simple man, post anything about Thierry, don't even care what it is, and I will automatically like it faster than he moved when he outpaced Hyppia and Carragher back in the day.

                  That one is beyond my narrow understanding of the world.

                    Wojciech Szczęsny in Foot Truck: - Where did I disappear before the penalty shootout against Wales? Official or unofficial version? I went to analyze the penalties in peace. And "in peace" means with some smoke"

                    What a fucking legend

                    8 days later

                    Some former players had a better day. Xhaka scored a screamer as he won the Bundesliga (cue the memes about players leaving Arsenal and winning leagues immediately etc) and even Maitland-Niles of all people scored the winner in the 16th(!) minute of injury time for Lyon.

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                    Feel like Henry's found a niche being the motivational guru for these young players rather than being their manager.

                    4 days later

                    Former youth player and bench warmer Omari Hutchinson seems to have had a decent season at Ipswich (think he's one Championship POTM a couple of times). Shame it didn't work out for him with us (not sure why we weren't able to send him out on loan).

                    Scored a couple of cracking goals yesterday for Ipswich.

                      Don Pacifico Ispwich supporters desperate for the club to be able to buy him. He's been brilliant for them, seems like fulfilling his promise

                        Meatwad perfect UCL player for transition. We would have won against Bayern if we had a carrier like him in midfield

                          Its amazing how Wenger managed to keep us competitive with players like Hleb in the team. Then again it was his fault for signing mediocre players in the first place.

                          nothing but respect for that move. if arsenal were so fuckin stupid to not trademark it themselves they deserve this result. jens should license it to them for certain occasions though. while i respect going for the trademark, his plans sound hokey as fuck. there is no way i would pay to watch in 2024, the invicibles vs 2004 manyoo. these flabby and sick events don't appeal to me. sit your ass down.

                          UK trademark law is quite from different from the US. arsenal used it in merchandising long before he filed for the trademark, so they would be protected here. also Preston NE owns the trademark to "Invincibles". In the US adding "The" wouldn't make any difference, especially since both are football related.

                            Meatwad trademarks in the US and in Europe require you to defend them aggressively.

                              Can't find the Wenger thread but

                              Pique would have been a big success here. Pity Wenger didn't want to fight Barcelona

                              Maybe. I don’t recall him pulling up any trees at Man U

                              God will never forget that day, still remember that moment like it was yesterday. One of my all time great memories as an Arsenal fan. Bould putting Adams through to score, just showed you what our new football was about.

                              Good times.

                              RocktheCasbah Something I just saw on my twitter timeline, the above clip does not have the original Tyler commentary on it. I am guessing due to copyright issues they are using a dubbed on version, the original one is below.

                                  JazzG oh wow, hadn't noticed that at all but it sticks out like a sore thumb now you've pointed it out. Thinking about it, I always remember Tyler saying "put through by Steve Bould..."

                                  The other weird one is when you see Overmars goal at Old Trafford, that generally seems not to have the original comms on it either now.

                                      Twitter seems to think it might be copyright issue but yeah once you've heard the original it defo sticks out like a sore thumb. I heard the version you attached a few years ago and remember thinking I was going a bit mad because in my head I remembered it sounded different.

                                      Meatwad

                                      This is something I learned the hard way. If it's in the same class, it doesn't matter if its slightly different, it will be successfully challenged.

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                                        RocktheCasbah The other weird one is when you see Overmars goal at Old Trafford, that generally seems not to have the original comms on it either now.

                                        Another one with the original commentary changed!