So the scum have even more Euro trophies than us.

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We have a summer to make sure our players are properly prepared for the season, physically. Hopefully we have learned a lesson and will avoid some of the many muscular injuries we have had.

However...... as I have said before, the problem this season was not the injuries. The two strikers getting injured at the same time was very unfortunate but our form before that was poor. And when we get injuries, we have to be able to cope with them better.

I hope (and expect) that Arteta has learned a few things from this season. We have a great chance of being champions next year.

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Quite right. And astonishingly optimistic for you, Peter :-)

One of the reasons I have hope again is that Arteta has shown the ability to change, that he learns from the past. This was very much not the case with our French manager not so long ago where we seemed to fail for the same reasons, season after season after season.

If he learns, and we have a good transfer window, there is no one in the PL capable of playing at the same level as us, we just need to be more consistent, mostly going forward.

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Originally Posted by Peter

We have a summer to make sure our players are properly prepared for the season, physically. Hopefully we have learned a lesson and will avoid some of the many muscular injuries we have had.

However...... as I have said before, the problem this season was not the injuries. The two strikers getting injured at the same time was very unfortunate but our form before that was poor. And when we get injuries, we have to be able to cope with them better.

I hope (and expect) that Arteta has learned a few things from this season. We have a great chance of being champions next year.

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We need to stop dropping points to mid table sides beginning with a "B" :nod:

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Originally Posted by PSRB

We need to stop dropping points to mid table sides beginning with a "B" :nod:

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This management lark is easy

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

This management lark is easy

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Piece of piss, treble incoming.

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We need to stop dropping points to mid table sides beginning with a "B" :nod:

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A United supporting friend of mine said two years ago 'we'd have been in the title race if we hadn't spent half the season drawing with ****s'.

We've had the same problem this season. Not killing games off, and going into management mode. We need to stop being scared of teams and start killing them off.

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Quite right. And astonishingly optimistic for you, Peter :-)

One of the reasons I have hope again is that Arteta has shown the ability to change, that he learns from the past. This was very much not the case with our French manager not so long ago where we seemed to fail for the same reasons, season after season after season.

If he learns, and we have a good transfer window, there is no one in the PL capable of playing at the same level as us, we just need to be more consistent, mostly going forward.

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My biggest concern is Edu's replacement. His relationship with Arteta, and the shared understanding of transfer strategy, is going to be crucial to where we go from here. Will be a very interesting summer.

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Going forward, there is a strong argument for removing the Champions League place from the Europa League. It sort of made sense when the CL sides dropped in as there was a link between the two competitions. With that link gone you are just offering a champions league place to pub teams.

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Spurs winning the Europa sets the stage for more Spurs mockery next season.

1) they have to keep Big Ange now and he really has no clue how to compete in the Premier League.

2) They might squeeze into the knockout round in the CL because there's a fair number of poor sides from smaller leagues in there and they might get a favorable pool. I would say, however, that the smart money would be on a disaster.

3) this gives Spurs a chance to make a splash in the transfer market, but can Ange alter his tactics to play to the strengths of the new signings? Definitely not. He'll be throwing the new boys under the bus by November.

Rest easy, the schadenfreude will be just as frequent next season as last.

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Spurs winning the Europa sets the stage for more Spurs mockery next season.

1) they have to keep Big Ange now and he really has no clue how to compete in the Premier League.

2) They might squeeze into the knockout round in the CL because there's a fair number of poor sides from smaller leagues in there and they might get a favorable pool. I would say, however, that the smart money would be on a disaster.

3) this gives Spurs a chance to make a splash in the transfer market, but can Ange alter his tactics to play to the strengths of the new signings? Definitely not. He'll be throwing the new boys under the bus by November.

Rest easy, the schadenfreude will be just as frequent next season as last.

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I'll have you know he sacrificed the premier league in January to go 'all in' on the Europa League

Like ****ing **** he did :hehe:

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A United supporting friend of mine said two years ago 'we'd have been in the title race if we hadn't spent half the season drawing with ****s'.

We've had the same problem this season. Not killing games off, and going into management mode. We need to stop being scared of teams and start killing them off.

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We're more than capable of doing it as well as this run of results attests to

Arsenal 5 - 0 Crystal Palace
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PREMIER LEAGUE Tu 30Jan 2024
Nottm Forest 1 - 2 Arsenal
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PREMIER LEAGUE Su 04Feb 2024
Arsenal 3 - 1 Liverpool
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PREMIER LEAGUE Su 11Feb 2024
West Ham 0 - 6 Arsenal
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PREMIER LEAGUE Sa 17Feb 2024
Burnley 0 - 5 Arsenal
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE We 21Feb 2024
Porto 1 - 0 Arsenal
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PREMIER LEAGUE Sa 24Feb 2024
Arsenal 4 - 1 Newcastle
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PREMIER LEAGUE Mo 04Mar 2024
Sheff Utd 0 - 6 Arsenal

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Last season we lost out by two points having only dropped 4 points in the last 17/18 games. You don't think that's close?

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4 points isn't close - we needed City to lose two more games. It was never going to happen.