BobbyPires7 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:55 amI think people need to remember how far off it we were when Arteta took over. We had the likes of Mustafi in defence. It’s going to take a decade to get us to where we want. Does anyone remember the absolute dross City signed over multiple seasons to get to the current financially doped football machine they now have? Jesus and Zinchenko were key in that first season to getting the belief back. We signed them for their winner’s mentality. However they were never good enough, which is why City sold them to us. We need to move them on and upgrade. Which is what we appear to be doing. As long as we are constantly improving I have no problem with the fact we signed them in the first place. We could never jump from the post-Wenger/Emery shit show to signing world class players. We now have Champions League football year on year and a “project” that people want to join.
Selective memory at best there buddy -
1. Emery had 18 months as manager at AFC - in his only full season he took the team to 5th place in league only missing out on top 4 by 1pt (partially self inflicted I admit) and to europa league final, so the "how far off it we were" stinks of exageration to me. He was sacked cos we were on a bad run 4 months into the season - the type of bad run that the cone boy went on a few times in those first few seasons, but because his english wasnt great and some players were undermining him, emery got the sack
2. In that only full season I remember the grove was rocking on many occasions, and the fans frequently sang about how we had got our Arsenal back. Players like torreira, guendouzi, tierney and martinelli were hailed as very good signings by the fans and meeja alike, and the passion and commitment they brought to the table was vital in the turnaround of that team. Fast forward a small bit and the cone boy came in and didnt want them for whatever reason and all of a sudden the revisionist opinions come to the fore slating them as not good enough

3. I find it comical when people keep moving the goal posts to allow the cone boy more time

4. Your transfer comments are baffling to me - you say that the two citeeh rejects were never good enough and we need to move on and are doing so, but for all the bu!!shit rumours that float around every transfer window, I dont see one rumour linking either with leaving


