Former Arsenal Players Thread
santi taking a picture with a female east german olympian.
he left-footed winger said: “People say that he identified me as a player that wasn’t up to the level in his team, in his philosophy. It’s completely false. When he arrived, he had [Manchester] City’s philosophy. He had a squad that was filled with quality and back-ups in every position. When he spoke to me, he said he counted on me, he wanted me to do this or that, and you have to focus on that. He improved me in every way. He spoke to me the whole time, I watched videos with his assistants all the time. He really believed in me. He said I had incredible potential, so we need to extract that potential. At the end of the first season, he spoke with me and told me to do this or that. The second season comes along, I was a substitute. I was going mad. How could I be a substitute when he said he counted on me? Everything is spinning in your head. I was a substitute. It was at the time when they signed Willian. He is a number 10 or a winger. But he plays on the wing for like 11 or 12 matches in a row.”
Meh, he was just not good enough
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The whole situation was a mess. He did alright but he never got any momentum going for a number of reasons. I think he's right to feel a bit hard done by. He wasn't responsible for his price tag and it wasn't his fault Raul forced him on Unai who didn't want him. He did well enough in terms of end product too but when he'd have a bit of form he'd be dropped and never had the chance to put some form together. And signing Willian to play ahead of him was an absolute joke.
pepe out here gooning. no wonder he didn't make it here. did they do any research, he didn't turn into a freak when he joined arsenal. if they did a deep dive on his socials and had a p.i. follow him they would have figured out he was a freak. someone who puts a porn star (no matter if she can suck the soul outta you) front row at his presser isn't a serious person.
Can't wait to find/see some other angles....lordy!
David Luiz, underrated during his time here:
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David Luiz was a problem. A shit player and a poisonous presence. We improved significantly the day he left.
Qwiss 100%. The biggest help was showing younger players what not to do.
my lasting memory of him is the germany game where brazil got their shit pushed in at home and he was doing his fake crying bullshit like "please don't tear into me, it's not me i have passion and i love my country, it's these other fuckers."
This cheered me right up: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cy78868rnxxo
Coombs this is unfathomably heart warming stuff. Cheers!
He managed to still make a dig at us
I laughed so hard when I saw that result yesterday. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy