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"The journey continues" - Mikel signs extension until 2025

Qwiss

The only reason Porto were able to disrupt is so much is because the ref let them. In most games they'd have gotten a few booking and had to stop the niggly fouls and time wasting.

Watching both legs of this really makes you appreciate the PL changes to added time and time wasting.

Claudius

Qwiss thought the referee was good first half, but the bastards eventually wore him out.
They have the lowest in play time in Europe (about 45 minutes). We’ve seen our referees struggle with Newcastle and Man City. They’d have no clue what to do with Porto. They kicked each other at some point and played dead. As a rule, players who lie down for an extended period should be taken off field

jones

Qwiss to be fair they were much better with the ball than most of our domestic opposition as well. Right bastards without the ball but the pace with which they circulated the ball in both legs was serious

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Let's not forget that we were without the pace over distance Martinelli provides, and that Saka and White were both unusually crap at the same time.

The whole team in general wasn't quite on it though. We need more elite talent in the squad, e.g. a new killer wide man so we don't have to start Trossard on the wing (yes I know he scored a lovely goal!).

Clrnc

The referee let a lot of things go. He didn't blow for foul excessively I thought

Coombs

Clrnc no but he let them stay on the pitch when they went down, and added no extra time at all. Played right into their strategy.

Clrnc

Coombs Oh yes definitely, he strictly blew to the whistle after 3 minutes, and 3minutes itself was already very little. Thought that was weird as well

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Clrnc officials are easily buyable in the CL, as we discovered in 2011.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Burnwinter

Found this tweet about this excellent mural via this Athletic bit from Amy Lawrence

Arsenal are a team of physical giants again — exactly as Mikel Arteta wanted

jones

Qwiss Auba is still class

Better compilation than literally any striker we're linked too

HomeSteak

jones he still is crazy fast

Burnwinter

jones Better compilation than literally any striker we're linked too

Loan him back, he'd probably submit to the rule of Arteta given progress since his departure

JazzG

jones Auba and Laca killing it in France, about their level these days....

lorddulaarsenal

Looks to be back in very good physical condition

Clrnc

lorddulaarsenal Was going to say that. Surprised he is still good. I caught a few of Marseille matches and he scored some tap ins, but this video showed a lot more.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Class.

Claudius

Burnwinter great compilation but also a perfect advert for why we shouldn’t bring him back. Auba is thriving in a much more open system than we can offer. We face the deepest defenses, and much more traffic than you see in that highlight reel.

Burnwinter

Claudius I wasn't serious but I guess that wasn't obvious ... but I agree it's a great compilation.

QuincyAbeyie

That video makes me not want to pay 100m for Gyökeres.

Burnwinter

QuincyAbeyie Football's in an epic striker drought and we're talking about breaking the bank for arrogant problem gamblers and Primeira Liga journeymen ... £100m is not the right price for "Plan B" options

Claudius

Burnwinter ha. 🙂 he looks sharp and healthy. I like watching his training videos. Body like a bird. Lightweight. Fast. I like to see our guys succeeding elsewhere. Too many of them have fallen off the face of the earth.

Speaking of training, saw Mesut pumping iron. He’s as big as Kolasinac now

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