I mean we took a risk on him at the price we got him, he's shown that he was worth that and some more though.

He's also got a good contract length, young for a keeper so could realistically last 10 years for his next buyer & he is good enough to be keeper for a club that challenges for the league and he's likely only going to get better.

Obviously publicly knowing his situation won't help but we should really be making profit.

Any other club would get more for him

Isn't that a bit premature, pp? We haven't got an offer for him. It's only been established that he still wants to leave.

PP hates it premature

Crouchy on mastermind 🫠

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted about 2 hours ago
Isn't that a bit premature, pp? We haven't got an offer for him. It's only been established that he still wants to leave.
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he's been wanted to leave since November

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 43 minutes ago
Crouchy on mastermind 🫠
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How did I do?

full marks on your specialist subject...










being GHEY

Some people be FUMING about the City game

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 minutes ago
Some people be FUMING about the City game
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Tbf most half decent pundits gave us credit for the approach, if not enough. First team to stop City scoring at home in like 58 games or something?

But yeah lots of OUTRAGE that we dared not go all out attack and concede 5 goals to the current English, European and World champions!

I was happy with a draw before the game even kicked off. But there are 3 or 4 on this thread who always want to spin it negatively. That's how you can tell they don't support Arsenal. And that is reflected in the punditry as well. Closet Liverpool fans in the main!

City were there for the taking. Would have liked us to be more positive but still a great result. I had this as a loss before game, so it's a bonus point.

City were not there for the taking, as we would have found out if we had opened up.

Should have exploited City with their weakened £200m defence. How can you expect a €90m defender to perform in the PL?

Ironically, they were stronger without Stones. Liverpool were exploiting his walkabout in midfield all game.

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 11 minutes ago
City were not there for the taking, as we would have found out if we had opened up.
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Yep, shows a massive lack of understanding I think. We made City look toothless with our approach......suddenly pushing everyone up would have made them look a different beast

It is true though that a point suits City more I would say, Pep will really fancy them to take a few more points than us in the last 9 games, but not much we can do about that. If Trossard had squared that ball to Marti could have been a completely different story

comment by Chris H (U15205)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 11 minutes ago
City were not there for the taking, as we would have found out if we had opened up.
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Yep, shows a massive lack of understanding I think. We made City look toothless with our approach......suddenly pushing everyone up would have made them look a different beast
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Exactly. Think this was right up there as one of our best ever defensive performances in PL era

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 56 minutes ago
Some people be FUMING about the City game
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To be honest I thought we would have a chance to win this game. Yes, it's City. Yes, we havent won there for 8 years.

A draw in the end reflected what happened I think.

But we got the better chances, so there was more in it.

Arsenal need to think bigger.

comment by 50 No longer trusting the process (U1147)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Chris H (U15205)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 11 minutes ago
City were not there for the taking, as we would have found out if we had opened up.
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Yep, shows a massive lack of understanding I think. We made City look toothless with our approach......suddenly pushing everyone up would have made them look a different beast
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Exactly. Think this was right up there as one of our best ever defensive performances in PL era
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It was a defensive masterclass and you know what.

Arteta made us tactically variable. We can play in more than one tactical set up. That's god.

comment by Chris H (U15205)
posted 1 hour ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 minutes ago
Some people be FUMING about the City game
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Tbf most half decent pundits gave us credit for the approach, if not enough. First team to stop City scoring at home in like 58 games or something?

But yeah lots of OUTRAGE that we dared not go all out attack and concede 5 goals to the current English, European and World champions!

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It wasn't like City peppered our goal and just couldn't score

I know there's a sort of Big Club Vs Underdog thing sometimes but when Newcastle came to the Emirates last season and did everything they could to "win" 0-0 they were praised for earning a point

Spurs got praised for playing a high line with 9 men and getting slapped 4-1.

Arsenal are just talked about differently, nobody likes seeing us do well.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1775105939768533234?t=Bjx205cquMtm4XGytx26cQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/charles_watts/status/1775101766750630129?t=f6HIl7F72ZfEi_Z5ebrT9w&s=19

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Chris H (U15205)
posted 1 hour ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 minutes ago
Some people be FUMING about the City game
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Tbf most half decent pundits gave us credit for the approach, if not enough. First team to stop City scoring at home in like 58 games or something?

But yeah lots of OUTRAGE that we dared not go all out attack and concede 5 goals to the current English, European and World champions!

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It wasn't like City peppered our goal and just couldn't score

I know there's a sort of Big Club Vs Underdog thing sometimes but when Newcastle came to the Emirates last season and did everything they could to "win" 0-0 they were praised for earning a point
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That's why I see the criticism coming from closest Liverpool fans. If we had attacked them and lost, it was one less competitor, but if we had won? Liverpool don't really consider us worrying competition compared to City. And this is despite the tonking we gave them at the Emirates.