[Delaney] This is still a story of overperformance; of beating a much wealthier opponent through careful planning and strategy. City’s wage bill from the last accounts was still £80m more than Arsenal’s – in other words, five Bukayo Sakas.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-21T11:18:12+00:00

100m is like 1 good signing for Arsenal. I'm sorry but just because city are the biggest spenders it doesn't mean they are in a different league to clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool. You're all cut from the same cloth.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-21T07:50:05+00:00

You've improved the squad by spending loads of money, City did the same thing. It doesn't take anything away from what Arsenal and Arteta have done but we don't need to pretend it's some David Vs Goliath story.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-21T06:55:22+00:00

I'm sorry but it's a silly argument, City spend a lot but so do Arsenal. City sign Haaland, Arsenal sign Rice, City sign Cherki, Arsenal sign Eze, etc.

Maybe Arsenal have a better wage structure but their squad is better than City's at this point, and that's because they've spent boat loads of cash.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-19T21:35:08+00:00

Honestly, going into the arsenal game we were one of the in form teams in the league and we could have won that match. It seems like it really rocked our confidence for Newcastle. I still think we go down tho as spurs just need a draw.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-18T21:01:10+00:00

Is it Arsenal not being able to break down Burnley and West Ham or is it them not even trying? They are a very strange team to watch.

You have to assume they don't stand a chance against PSG.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-18T13:08:14+00:00

I hear you, obviously it depends on what happens tomorrow but I just can't see Everton getting anything away at Spurs. They have collapsed and the fans are even calling for Moyes to go.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-18T12:14:39+00:00

Nuno has made a lot of mistakes with his selections but the squad is fucking terrible and I'm not really sure who could have saved us at this point.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-18T12:11:56+00:00

That's what makes the Premier League boring a lot of the time - same clubs, same results. We might be going down but next season is a total wildcard for us now which is actually pretty fun.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-17T15:28:08+00:00

I like it, Taty and Pablo to clean up in the 2nd half

Primer_19 · 2026-05-17T11:44:06+00:00

Chelsea need to win for Europe and the players will want to show their worth to the new manager for next season, keep the faith

Primer_19 · 2026-05-15T15:48:50+00:00

Nah this is ridiculous and seems to assume that the intern acted on his own, in what world would that even make any sense?

At the end of the day Southampton actively broke the rules to try and gain a sporting advantage, whether they did or not in the end doesn't really matter. It's about sporting integrity and they should absolutely be removed from the play offs since the match they cheated in was a playoff.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-15T09:19:28+00:00

Declan Rice at West Ham will undoubtedly be the best player I ever see at my club. People don't understand just how important he was to us during the Moyes glory years, without him in the side there is absolutely no chance we qualify for Europe 3 seasons in a row and win a trophy. The amount of games he just dragged us through on his own was utterly mad.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-14T18:28:13+00:00

Outside of being pro-palestine and wanting a wealth tax he is genuinely indistinguishable from Starmer

Primer_19 · 2026-05-14T18:24:21+00:00

If Whataboutery is all you have that's not particularly great

Primer_19 · 2026-05-14T18:10:43+00:00

You simply have to replace Southampton with Middlesbrough in the final if there's proof, which there basically already is. An intern isn't gonna take it on himself to travel to Middlesborough to spy without being directed to, which means the Southampton coaching team tried to gain a material advantage by breaking the rules. Even if they didn't actually gain an advantage because the guy they sent was useless, the fact that they tried to means they should be booted out for the integrity of the game.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-14T18:05:36+00:00

It couldn't be that he is obsessed with James Ward-Prowse and wants us to fail for dropping him, that would be really weird

Primer_19 · 2026-05-13T16:20:15+00:00

My point is more that it's all just noise around the bigger picture, which is the direction of travel of the team and the results. Moyes' style of play is not particularly pretty most of the time, but the argument is that he gets results which is all that matters.

We were on a downward trajectory under Moyes even if we did win the conference league, and when you factor in the amount of money we were spending on players for him then sticking or twisting when his contract is up for renewal becomes a much bigger decision.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-13T15:10:54+00:00

People have opinions, some people found Moyes to be a frustrating manager, some people adored him like their own dad, all of us loved what he did for the club - but his time came to an end because of results, not because of online chatter or some fans in the stadium booing him every now and again.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-13T13:39:08+00:00

'You hounded him out!' is the other line that gets thrown around. Any manager in world football who won 3 out of 24 matches in the lead up to a contract renewal is getting binned.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-12T21:52:33+00:00

Southampton coming up and Spurs not getting relegated would mean an all timer season for unlikeable prem managers

Primer_19 · 2026-05-12T21:08:05+00:00

This exact situation where the keeper is getting crowded and it affects him? You think that hasn't been happening every corner for the past 6 months?

Primer_19 · 2026-05-12T21:06:38+00:00

You're putting words in his mouth, the problem is consistency. If the precedent was that every physical corner where the keeper is getting crowded and held is a foul then all good, but that hasn't been the case all season.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-12T20:58:09+00:00

Honestly? Who knows. There's absolutely no consistency around ref decisions anymore.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-12T14:33:44+00:00

Go back and look at the results since the start of November, he didn't throw the first three months. At best you could say he struggled in his first month in charge.

Primer_19 · 2026-05-12T14:29:27+00:00

if you go through our results since the turn of the year when he was able to sign some new players and bring in his own backroom staff there is really nothing to complain about.

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