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  • Official: Mikel Arteta is the new Arsenal manager.

We've scored 15 goals in the last 2 weeks and people out there calling us Stoke, they ridiculed us for years for being soft and pushovers and now they can't take it.

    If you look at the top 5 top corner scorers in Europe, you have Leverkusen who almost won the Invincible treble and City in the top 5. It's clearly something other top teams also thrive on. The fact that we are better than everyone else at it should be applauded, but even our own fanbase find it worth criticising.

      Claudius

      His and Saka's corners got me thinking how they could be just as good scoring freekicks, but then I realised, I don't recall the last time we had a fucking freekick (in a central position), let alone who our freekick taker was, not to mention when we last scored one. Have we even been given a freekick this season? (I mean one that was taken centrally, rather than out wide where we crossed it in.)

        daredevil I've seen people who think we should be scoring more open play goals. I have not seen people say we should score fewer goals of any type.

        Its coming up to his 5th year anniversary at Arsenal in a couple of weeks. One piece of silverware to his resume.

        Would he have survived if he was at United?

        Lolz, as if United are the model anyone should be following at this point! 😂

        Segway you would think they'd have learnt a thing or two having been lost in the wilderness for the past ten years. Brain dead.

          SimplyThePest they are a weird fanbase. I saw their post match thread and some of them saying they didn't lose to us. Was an even match without set pieces. Most don't mind losing to us because we only scored from corners.

          Like it doesn't count lol

            Clrnc it's also not really borne out by what happened during the match. I know the first half was a nothing, but in the second half we created plenty of open play opportunities - we just didn't take them. They created nothing, one cross shot and that header and that was basically it. You can't complain about losing when that is the sum total of 90 minutes output.

            If they want to carry on like 2010 Arsene Wenger, that's their lookout I reckon. Let them get on with it.

              flobaba me too. Love us being physically dominant whilst being intelligent with it too.

              Mik Arteta is a serious manager.

              Was interesting to hear him speak about how we can improve still by introducing a threat with runs in behind and having someone in the attack capable of moments of magic.

              Leao and Isak please

              Sicario2 - Tier 1 Desperate stuff there, but I admit I'd despise Arteta if he managed another club. He doesn't have a scrap of decency or generosity towards other setups in him, that's one of his distinctive qualities.

              You can tell Arteta observes and learns from other - introducing new aspects to our armoury over time.

              Motivated intelligent competitive sponge that he is

              goon Yes, those "Supports: Arsenal" blokes in the linked thread give me the heebie jeebies. Very odd behaviour.

              goon Redcafe's pathetic. They were cheering City - their local rivals - on over us past couple of seasons.