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Bukayo Saka would already be a Ballon d\u2019Or winner if he played for Luis Enrique and not the \u2018coward\u2019 Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n
The \u2018nauseating\u2019 Arsenal obsession continues in a Mailbox also featuring Michael Carrick as a \u2018cheap gamble\u2019 and the Premier League dominance of European football.<\/p>\n
Send your thoughts to theeditor@football365.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Dear 365,<\/p>\n The dissembling and House of Lies bollocks from Arsenal\u2019s Islington MAGA-nutjobs continues apace. Sigh. First: Arsenal\u2019s MAGA PR Agents writing in their droves to repeat their coordinated party script \u201cYou all told us we played pretty but ineffective football under Wenger, now you criticise us for playing compact, solid football\u201d.<\/p>\n Yes yes, of course dear El Pulizon Pom-pom wavers. You see, when one thinks of eg, food, the only options for the digestive system are feast, or famine \u2013 right? One extreme or the other. Naturally, there isn\u2019t a middle ground, only extremes. Which is unsurprising coming from the north London happy-clapping factory-reset automatons, extremist views are bound to be presented when you\u2019re having to watch extremist haram-ball every week! These lot are being radicalised OFFLINE, it\u2019s literally happening at 3pm every Saturday at the Emirates! Someone get Prevent to take a look at this ASAP, the extremist Pulizon Al-Qaedaball has brainwashed the Pulizon lovers!!! 😂😂😂<\/p>\n In my view, the three most successful club managers of the last decade+ are, in no order: Pep, Luis Enrique and Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\n Fantastic managers who\u2019ve won it all at different clubs, demonstrated adaptability and an ability to improve attacking players immeasurably (yes yes, Arteta<\/strong> fans don\u2019t know what this looks like). The second point came from Andrew the Gooner in the mailbox \u2013 and you could tell pretty quickly with the desperate whining that it was an Arsenal fan! I find it so odd that the fan of a team top of the PL, and in a CL Final is so dam miserable! What\u2019s up wee Andrew? Very much sounds like unless the State media doesn\u2019t report \u201cRECORD CROP HARVESTS\u201d, that it\u2019s all soooo unfair. Of course, I could point out the breathtaking hypocrisy of Gooners, how they denigrated all the successes of Chelsea and Citeh with \u201cfinancial doping\u201d and \u201coil money\u201d, how they made out that Cesc being tapped up by Barca was \u201ca cheating club that need to be expelled from UEFA\u201d (see? They were mental back then too!) oh and not forgetting the now-defunct PGMOL DEEP STATE! Really strange we hear nada about the PGMOL DEEP STATE this season (oddly coincides with Arsenal being the beneficiaries of more big decisions than Citeh, or any of the Big 6. Weird). Anyways, I don\u2019t know if Andrew does parties but his question killed me:<\/p>\n Andy. You literally watch EL PULIZON bore the world shitless for 90 minutes every week! So you are obviously cool with this! Chill yo 😂😂😂😂😂<\/p>\n On a fair note, well done to Arsenal for making the CL final. The celebrations were naturally OTT, and naturally, comparing it to PSG\u2019s dressing room celebration is dumb (because PSG literally just won it and made back to back finals, different mindset)\u2026. It is seriously nauseating how much rival fans and pundits obsess over Arsenal. Endless essays about how \u201cinsufferable\u201d Arsenal fans will supposedly become if we win the league or the UCL, and therefore why \u201canyone but Arsenal\u201d should win.<\/p>\n Funny thing is, I\u2019m not even sure Arsenal fans would be half as unbearable as you lot already are.<\/p>\n Most Arsenal fans I know are terrified. We\u2019ve been here before. There\u2019s trauma attached to this club. The general mood is cautiously optimistic at best, not loud confidence.<\/p>\n But the constant policing of our celebrations is what\u2019s actually becoming unbearable. You guys have spent so long predicting how unbearable Arsenal fans would be that you will end up creating the very thing you claim to fear.<\/p>\n At this point, if we do win something big, we will end up being in your faces purely out of spite. Seems like there\u2019s a clear split between football fans and indeed humans in general.<\/p>\n In one camp there\u2019s \u201cthe result is all that matters!\u201d and in the other there\u2019s \u201cwho wants to win like that?\u201d.<\/p>\n I see it plenty in computer games, where there are people who will use every hack, mechanic abuse and cheat to get a win. Then there are others who want to win \u201cright\u201d. And there\u2019s usually huge antipathy between the two.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve a relative who\u2019s a long time City fan, back from way before the money. The cheating and money drove them away from supporting the club, they gave up their season ticket nearly a decade ago after supporting them for 40 years.<\/p>\n I am also absolutely sure there are many many Arsenal fans who struggle with the potential pleasure of winning but doing it in such a way. For them and me, glorious failure is far better than ugly success.<\/p>\n Same with England. I would rather never see us win a trophy than do it playing terrible football *throughout*.<\/p>\n For me that last word is key, though. If Arsenal play scintillating football against PSG and win through that, I will cheer them on. Same for England.<\/p>\n If I\u2019m being consistent then even if they only win via some heart-pumping moment or two of pure joy \u2013 as per United in the 99 final \u2013 then I will cheer them on. Damn, I even cheered on Drogba when he was out-diving the Barca cheats.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t we watch the game for the joy of the sport? Those moments of magic and genius? Those are the bits I remember. Some dancing feet, a Bergkamp touch and spin, an R9 shoulder drop and curl, a bombastic Rooney\/Tevez\/CR7 counter attack etc. Trophies don\u2019t really matter, they\u2019re just nice to have if they reward honest superiority.<\/p>\n In plain terms, if you\u2019re someone who wants success at any cost including the soul of the sport you claim to love, we can\u2019t be friends. It\u2019s a tricky one,<\/p>\n If you look at the managers after Moyes then it\u2019s a mixed bag,<\/p>\n 5 trophies won, 2 Fac, 2 Efl and one Europa.<\/p>\n Solskjaer lost in a Europa league final 11-10 on penalties. He also got 2 champions league qualifications<\/p>\n Ten Haag won two trophies and one champions league qualifications.<\/p>\n Mourinho won two trophies and one champions league qualification.<\/p>\n Van gaal won one trophy and one champions league qualification.<\/p>\n Amorim lost in the worst Europa league final ever!<\/p>\n So United haven\u2019t been bereft of trophies like Arsenal etc. they still will win something g every other year! Not a real disaster.<\/p>\n New manager, carrick has qualified them for the champions league. But it\u2019s been a much better watch than Mourinho, Van gaal, ten Haag and amorin but still not great.<\/p>\n The problem is? Who else? Utd have taken risks on successful managers of smaller clubs and even proven winners.<\/p>\n I would suggest that unless ancelotti, flick or Enrique become available then carrick is the only option. The rest are the same failed gambles, carrick will be a cheap gamble. Iriola must be tempting but a major gamble.<\/p>\n If he fails then wait to get the best. Alonso won\u2019t work for Utd like he didn\u2019t for real. Xavi has no real experience. Maybe klopp if he fancied it, or even perhaps in a year guardiola after a rest. READ MORE: Who will be Manchester United manager next season? Carrick odds-on favourite<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n He won it with SeVILLA If SS Virtus Villa of San Marino plan to win the Europa League, they should sign Unai Emery READ MORE: Aston Villa destroy Forest as genius Unai Emery takes Dean Smith\u2019s team to Europa League final<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n I see Rice has bottled the Football Writer\u2019s Association Player of the Year<\/strong>. Standard Arsenal bridesmaid position again. What a flop. Whether you like the new Chanpions league format or not, I haven\u2019t heard anyone talk about the knock on effect that it has screwed up the other European competitions.<\/p>\n Clearly, the UEFA cup or previously European Cup winners cup was always the secondary European trophy but now the other European cups are a joke.<\/p>\n Last year the final had the worst Utd team in decades against one of the worst Spurs team in decades. This year we have a currently very out of form Villa strolling into the final and Palace strolling into the other final.<\/p>\n Firstly, should Villa and Palace win as they most likely will then it is a nice trophy for them and they will have deserved it. But what is the point in European trophies that the English teams are basically favourites from the moment they qualify as everyone else from the continent of note is in the champions league.<\/p>\n I\u2019d suggest the premier league forfeit their places and give them to the Championship clubs that just miss out promotion to the premier league. READ NEXT: How every Premier League club can still qualify for Europe this season<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\nArsenal \u2018extremism\u2019 and Arteta \u2018cowardice\u2019<\/h2>\n
As usual, there\u2019s too much sewage to dissect but two particular nuggets are giving me endless hilarity.<\/p>\n
One thing all three of these managers have in common? Every single one is known for playing risky, progressive, attacking football. Every single one. Klopp is another honourable mention, and again \u2013 it is enterprising, attacking football. So it\u2019s pretty weird and as ever, intellectually dishonest to hear Arteta\u2019s fanboys make out that the only way \u201cto win\u201d is to exude Extremist content that involves 90 minutes of turgid tripe. If anything, it displays Arteta\u2019s managerial cowardice and inability to develop attacking players. Said it before and I\u2019ll say it again: if Saka was managed by Luis Enrique, he\u2019d already be a ballon d\u2019Or winner. Because Enrique turned Dembele (Barca reject) into a powerhouse player and Saka is every bit as talented as Dembele, if not more so. Arteta is incapable of improving any attacking players, but instead of admitting that, north London MAGA prefer to make out that their soporific dross is \u201cthe only way to win\u201d. Obvious counterpoint here is \u201cwhat would you know about winning\u201d etc\u2026Like me advising Beyonce what it takes to win a bloody Grammy hahaha. 🙄<\/p>\n
But this CL final is a poisoned chalice for your lot. Because you\u2019re about to witness a manager who earns less than El Pulizon, has a lower wage bill, and has spent far less in transfers on his first 11! According to Islington MAGA, it\u2019s \u201cimpossible\u201d to compete with \u201cfinancial doping\u201d \u2013 so, given the clear financial superiority El Pulizon\u2019s lot have, I naturally expect a straightforward Arsenal win. That\u2019s how it works, right?
Stewie Griffin (loving the mailbox SDS , aka STEWIE DERANGEMENT SYNDROME! 😂😂😂)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018Nauseating\u2019 Arsenal obsession<\/h2>\n
Mubashir, Gooner from Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nWin at all costs<\/h2>\n
Badwolf (Now the question is, what if you play great football throughout but win via terrible football? I can accept that, it\u2019s been earned.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nNext Man Utd manager<\/h2>\n
Tony Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\nEmery\u2019s Villa<\/h2>\n
He won it with VILLArreal.
He\u2019s about to win it with Aston VILLA<\/p>\n
Olatunji A. Aworetan<\/strong><\/p>\nRice the bottlejob<\/h2>\n
RHT\/TS x (West Ham are going to win a PL classic v Arsenal at fancy prices this weekend)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nPremier League dominance in Europe<\/h2>\n
Jon, Cape Town (Or let Arsenal enter, then maybe they\u2019ll finally win something in Europe)<\/strong><\/p>\n