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JuveJay

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Mar 6, 2007
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Don't Arsenal normally start the season well? Hell, I remember Ozil was one assist away from having a statue erected outside the Emirates after the first 10 games last season.
 

Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
Jul 13, 2013
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Yep. I believe their cycle over the last three years has been:

1.) Great start, talks about winning the league.
2.) Rapid decline in results and performances at around january, Arsenal drops 5th or below.
3.) Strong finish, manage to just about reach the 4th place.
 

reallegends

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Jan 12, 2013
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If Everton had not fucked up at the finish line,Arsenal wouldn't have even managed to get 4th.I dunno what happens to Arsenal in the mid season.Theyy get knocked out of UCL(round of 16) and enter in a free fall in the league.
If Wenger could get some consistency around January-March,they could become serious title challengers in the league.However,in the UCL,they are destined to always go out in the round of 16 or,at best,quarterfinal.
 

Badass J Elkann

It's time to go!!
Feb 12, 2006
69,034
Yep. I believe their cycle over the last three years has been:

1.) Great start, talks about winning the league.
2.) Rapid decline in results and performances at around january, Arsenal drops 5th or below.
3.) Strong finish, manage to just about reach the 4th place.
As true as that may be, something which hasn't been mentioned is that arsenal hired one the German NT fitness coach who is supposedly very highly rated when it comes to injury preventions and conditioning, that could be a massive boost for arsenal in not letting the season slip away. Not saying they will necessarily win the league but i wouldn't be surprised to see them do better than in recent years
 

Vialli_92

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Mar 7, 2013
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As true as that may be, something which hasn't been mentioned is that arsenal hired one the German NT fitness coach who is supposedly very highly rated when it comes to injury preventions and conditioning, that could be a massive boost for arsenal in not letting the season slip away. Not saying they will necessarily win the league but i wouldn't be surprised to see them do better than in recent years
Wenger is mostly to blame, Ozil has a history of not being the fittest player yet he still made him play 90 minutes continuously until he was burned out and then had to take a break mid season as he had no energy left.

Wenger does it with a few of his players, he doesn't rotate enough and it all catches up with them after the flying start they have.
 

Badass J Elkann

It's time to go!!
Feb 12, 2006
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Wenger is mostly to blame, Ozil has a history of not being the fittest player yet he still made him play 90 minutes continuously until he was burned out and then had to take a break mid season as he had no energy left.

Wenger does it with a few of his players, he doesn't rotate enough and it all catches up with them after the flying start they have.
I think that is why they hired the German fitness coach to limit the effects of that this season.
 

Vialli_92

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Mar 7, 2013
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I think that is why they hired the German fitness coach to limit the effects of that this season.
If Arsenal dont have a mid season disaster like they do every year that German fitness coach should be knighted by the queen :D

I just dont want Arsenal to win anything they have some of the most cocky fans i have ever seen.

The FA cup sums it all up, by the looks of it u would have thought they won the CL but no they won an FA cup which nobody cares about in England.
 

Osman

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Aug 30, 2002
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@Fred Arsenals new captain is Arteta, and his deputy captain is the BFG.


I was thinking since Arteta's future with Arsenal will prolly end after this season, they prolly should have just named the BFG as the captain.
 

Ocelot

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Jul 13, 2013
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The most annoying thing about that forum is the inside language that is so obnoxiously used.

Muppet this and muppet that and feck this and feck that.
True, though I imagine this could be the case with this forum as well for outsiders - maybe less with inside languages, but inside jokes are literally everywhere.




I love them, just for the record, but I could easily imagine them seeming annoying or arrogant for others as well.
 

AFL_ITALIA

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Jun 17, 2011
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You want my deck, you society member?
Was about to post this :D

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Check out their Valencia friendly thread....Somebody just posted this:
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That's sad.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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@Fred Arsenals new captain is Arteta, and his deputy captain is the BFG.


I was thinking since Arteta's future with Arsenal will prolly end after this season, they prolly should have just named the BFG as the captain.
why not Walcott? hes there since 2005 or so (and he is "only" 25), the longest of all players. and who is BFG btw? :D
 

Osman

Koul Khara!
Aug 30, 2002
61,504
Ocelot knows whats what :tup:


Sad thing about making Arteta captain is it basically ends Arsenal title hopes, since him being made captain means he will for sure remain starter (cant have captain on bench again like Vermaelen), which means that there wont be a quality starter DM/CM signing that they badly need to take them to next level. Wenger pretty much signaled the status quo of 4th hunting with this announcement.
 

Ocelot

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Jul 13, 2013
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since him being made captain means he will for sure remain starter (cant have captain on bench again like Vermaelen), which means that there wont be a quality starter DM/CM signing that they badly need to take them to next level. Wenger pretty much signaled the status quo of 4th hunting with this announcement.
True, haven't thought about that yet...

They would actually be rather dangerous with a second quality holding midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 next to Ramsey, even with Giroud upfront.

Are there any concrete rumours yet with which player they're planning to replace Vermaelen with? Chambers played at CB today, but that surely can't be a permanent transition.



Another remark, did anyone else not really like Sanchez' performance today? I mean as I already said, I fell asleep at the 40th minute and woke up at around the 80th, so I missed a substantial part of the game, but what I saw during the time I watched didn't convince me at all. Sure, he showed his amazing close ball-control and dribbling, but also made very poor decisions for a player of his profile at times and was largely ineffective. As Zach would say, a lot of flair and fancy with no end-product.
 

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