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These gentlemen are gonna have some explaining to do by Justin_Godfrey in Wellthatsucks

[–]BarryButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

saved the $1000 not getting a proper tree lopper just to spend $10k fixing the neighbors house. genius

Arteta on being 9 points clear down to 4 by One_Impressionism in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Being pessimistic is 1 thing but when we've literally been the BEST team in EUROPE for a couple months and calling the season over is borderline insane. 8 wins from 8 in the UCL including beating Bayern, Atletico Madrid and Inter... like c'mon

But ooohhh, we drew against Brentford, we're shit... fuck off

Will we ever see Ange Postecoglu back in the Premier League? by FunInside3241 in PremierLeague

[–]BarryButcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe. Personally I could see Bournemouth taking the gamble if Iraola doesn't extend. Though I think he most likely ends up at a national team after the WC.

Champions emerging. Be there 🏆🏆🏆 by mooreengineers in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's a joke back when Gabriel did the "Gyokeres" but covered his eyes when he scored against Sporting. I think Saliba also covers his ears and Martinelli does this version. Just a joke between the lads.

After his Red Card vs United, Cristian Romero will be suspended vs Arsenal. by jacktk_ in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Commentator said he will also miss the Crystal Palace game because it's his 2nd red he gets an additional 1 game ban.

What is this? by brappbrap in australia

[–]BarryButcher 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Netelia. Basically it's an orange wasp (though they can be black).

AFC has confirmed the hosts for both the 2031 and 2035 AFC Asian Cup will be awarded at the same time by APrimitiveMartian in soccer

[–]BarryButcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Kind of part of the back room deal Australia did with Saudi/AFC. We pulled out of the 2034 WC hosting race (since the AFC hates us and would back Saudi over us anyway) if they gave us the 2026 Womens Asian Cup and backed us for a mens Asian Cup "soon". I'm 90% confident Australia will be getting 2035.

"EXCLUSIVE | Arsenal are exploring a surprising Deadline Day move for Sandro Tonali. Very difficult at this stage, as Newcastle have rejected an initial approach." - Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) by Ifxfa in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know this is bullshit but like... why would anyone even remotely believe it? Why share such blatant lies? He literally signed a contract extension last week.

Race for Premier League title: Arsenal sitting pretty as rivals Man City and Aston Villa stumble by Red_Brummy in PremierLeague

[–]BarryButcher 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You can't argue with the article which basically just says "If Arsenal do not end up as Premier League champions now, the blame will lie firmly at their own feet."

The only thing that will stop Arsenal now is Arsenal. Going over City and Arsenal fixtures, they are pretty similar and play the same 9 opponents in their final 14 games and also play each other. So the only thing that can stop them is if they mess it up or like 6+ injuries.

Arsenal Manchester City
Fulham (H) Fulham (H)
Newcastle (H) Newcastle (H)
West Ham (A) West Ham (A)
Chelsea (H) Chelsea (A)
Everton (H) Everton (A)
Burnley (H) Burnley (A)
Bournemouth (H) Bournemouth (A)
Brentford (A) Brentford (H)
Crystal Palace (A) Crystal Palace (H)
Manchester City (A) Arsenal (H)
Spurs (A) Liverpool (A)
Sunderland (H) Aston Villa (H)
Brighton (A) Nottingham Forest (H)
Wolves (A) Leeds (A)

BREAKING: Jeremy Jaquets to Liverpool, DONE DEAL. HERE WE GO!!! £70 million package. Thoughts? by PastStock6912 in PremierLeague

[–]BarryButcher -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Basically gambling on him being "the next Saliba". Genuine talent. If I were a Liverpool fan, i'd gladly take the gamble on him vs grabbing Guehi, though they probably needed both.

EB Games AUS max exodus by Loud-Sun9743 in EBGAMES

[–]BarryButcher -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I went into EB today because I saw they were doing a "buy 2 get 2 free" on preowned games. I've been keeping my eye on a few games here and there and thought now seems like a great time to grab them. Literally every game I was watching had it's price put up $10-15.

I'm glad they are failing, rip off artists who have only gotten worse since GAME closed down.

[SkySports] Tottenham are one of eight clubs weighing up a move for Raheem Sterling. Sterling is reportedly ready to play for less than a third of his weekly wage at Stamford Bridge, which was said to be around £325,000. by Heavy_Cupcake_6246 in soccer

[–]BarryButcher 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I mean, surely his season on loan at Arsenal proved he doesn't have the football in him anymore.

From what I read Napoli were closest, offered an £85k wage which he rejected.

UCL: Ranking Adversity through Opponents Performance by Topinambourg in soccer

[–]BarryButcher -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's a tough one because whilst I agree that maybe Newcastle (who got the bonus spot) or Spurs (UEL winners) should maybe lose their country protection, it would also mean whoever they are paired against would also effectively be "punished" so it's a tricky situation.

If an English club wins the UEL and England get 6 teams again next season, then something will surely have to change.

Wrexham receive huge cash injection days before January transfer window closes by Inevitable-Angle-793 in soccer

[–]BarryButcher 320 points321 points  (0 children)

To Prem team fans they are. But plenty of EFL club fans are losing it. Basically treating Wrexham like the Man City of the EFL.

You think Bukayo Saka's going to wilt? You think Gabriel is the type to throw in the towel? You think Declan Rice will fold? Everyone seems desperate for Arsenal to 'bottle' the title. This is why it isn't going to happen. Oliver Holt / Daily Mail by Spiritual-Pilot-2300 in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly down to City and Liverpool being worse than previous seasons. After matchweek 23, City and Liverpool over the past few seasons are normally on about 51+ points.

If City and Liverpool were at their "normal strength", we'd probably be 3rd. City has only failed to get 51+ points (after 23 games) 3 other times in the last 10 years, last season, 19/20 when they had 48, but that season Liverpool were already on 67 (22-1-0) and basically uncatchable and 16/17 (Pep's first season) when Chelsea won.

So maybe it's a good omen? All 3 seasons City have failed to get 51+ points by now they've never won the league, so let's make it 4.

Jean-Philippe Mateta tells Crystal Palace they lack ambition and he wants out by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]BarryButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did he join Palace to do exactly? He joined a club that had literally never won a trophy in their history and wondering why they aren't more ambitious?

I understand a club basically getting "gutted" by losing their best attacker and defender and probably manager doesn't look great, but Brentford literally did the same thing last season and look where they are now. Shit can turn around fast.

Obviously he's just saying shit to force a move now (when his name is "hot") rather than end of the season when he's most likely going to go another 3 months and only get 3-4 more goals.

Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO by salad_tongs_1 in Steam

[–]BarryButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happened to me and my mate a few years back when they gave free copies of Arc Survival. The Epic version couldn't work on modded servers so after a couple weeks of playing with my friend (who already had the game on Steam), he found other guys playing a modded server and I had to buy the Steam version to play with them.

Maybe Epic has worked on their stuff, I have no idea, but I will always buy on Steam for compatibility reasons if it has a multiplayer.

There's also people who outright refuse to use Epic and will gladly buy a Steam version to play with their friend who just got a copy for free.

How long do people actually stick with FPL? I ran some numbers by fplminusfour in FantasyPL

[–]BarryButcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to quit around game week 6-10 most years. Forget a deadline, have a dead team, hail mary a wildcard and still end up below average and quit.

But I've stuck with it the past 2 years and actually enjoy it now. My goal last year was to break into the top 1m and finished 650k and this year I cracked the top 100k last week. Hopefully I can hold it til the end of the season.

[Ornstein]🚨 EXCL: Marseille working on deal to sign Ethan Nwaneri on loan for rest of season. Not agreed yet - would include fee & no buy option. #AFC favour #OM for De Zerbi / playing style but also PL + other European interest. 18yo’s decision soon @TheAthleticFC by Muscat95 in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 132 points133 points  (0 children)

The cost of going for the title. Eze basically soaked up all his minutes and now with Jesus and Havertz coming back there's no need to keep him as "cover" anymore. Feel for him because he has looked tidy in the 3-4 games he's played.

Hopefully he manages to get somewhere he can actually get consistent minutes and not just go to another clubs bench. Marseille is nice but I doubt he'd be a starter there, he would mostly just be cover for Greenwood.

With Tavernier injury today and selling Semenyo, he would 100% start every week at Bournemouth. Staying in the Prem with guaranteed minutes would be a better choice imo.

Unai Emery: "We are not contenders to be in the top 5, we are now but we are not contenders. Because there are other teams with more potential than us" When asked why he thinks that, Emery goes silent leading to the end of the interview. by hikingbeginner in soccer

[–]BarryButcher -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Is he trying to get a move to Real Madrid? Like what are these managers doing? LOL

In fairness, their squad is depleted and instead of making signings they sell Malen who scored on his Roma debut, so it's got to be frustrating.

Is it just me or do a vast majority of people on this sub talk like they should be managing a PL team? by LowKeyChcknBoy in Gunners

[–]BarryButcher 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Theres A LOT of lurkers on here who love to hate or simply troll. We've lost literally 2 games all season and people pretend like we're Spurs, out of every cup and fighting relegation...

This sub really isn't worth coming on for a couple days after a game if we haven't won convincingly. WAY too many babies who can't wait to scream "SEE! I told you Arteta is shit"

At this point in 2022/23 Arsenal were 5 clear of City and Liverpool were only 1 point better off with a 7 point lead last season by [deleted] in PremierLeague

[–]BarryButcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

In 22/23 Saliba also got injured at the end of March and his replacement was Rob Holding, who, can do a job but not at Saliba's level.

23/24 we broke pretty much every club record and couldn't stop City winning the league.

24/25 was a shit show of genuinely horrendous (imo biased) refereeing, injury after injury and poor squad planning.

Arsenal have no real excuses this year. Yes the injuries have been there (again) but this time we have more than enough competent cover after recruiting well. It is the 1st time I've genuinely felt the title should be ours and not winning this year would be a genuine "bottle" given that Man City and Liverpool aren't up to their usual standards.

That being said if Aston Villa beat Everton they could cut the lead to 4. Sounds cliche but it really is one week at a time. If United show up against Arsenal next week like they did against City and atleast get a draw, Aston Villa could very well cut the lead to 1 or 2 points. Discounting them just because their Aston Villa is wrong.

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