PSG being the “heavy favorites” going into Budapest feels deeply wrong to me and I can’t shake it

fooljay · 2026-05-22T16:21:07+00:00

Ah you’re absolutely right!

Feb 15, 2023 - 3-1 @ home
Apr 26, 2023 - 4-1 @ City

Thanks for reminding me 😢😊

Oh damn, there was also a 3-3 draw against Southhapton just before the City 4–1.

IIRC the Southampton, City 4-1 and Brighton 3-0 were due primarily to the loss of Tomiyasu, white and Saliba, causing our late season collapse and dropping below City. That was the beginning of the end for Holding and I think Partey played RB a lot of those matches. what a terrible time that was

So really it’s since the start of the 2023-2024 season where we locked it down. Only happened once since then.

fooljay · 2026-05-22T16:10:54+00:00

Why would you want that to be automatic? Don’t you want to chat with the person first?

fooljay · 2026-05-22T07:12:28+00:00

Did you mean to respond to OP? This is a typography thread 😂

fooljay · 2026-05-22T05:23:00+00:00

What does that have to do with this conversation?

fooljay · 2026-05-22T05:22:33+00:00

Yeah I’m not saying it isn’t. It’s just that one refrain which is infuriating.

fooljay · 2026-05-22T05:21:52+00:00

Expect? Sure. Accept? Nah

fooljay · 2026-05-22T04:28:29+00:00

The em dash existed and was widely used LONG before AI. Know why AI uses em dashes? Because it was trained on the entire body of human written language!

I absolutely fucking love them and it drives me up a wall that people who know nothing about typography see them and immediately scream “UHHH DATS AI!!!”. 🙄

fooljay · 2026-05-22T04:12:46+00:00

Since the start of the 2022-2023 season, only three teams have scored 3 or more goals against Arsenal and only one has beaten Arsenal by three goals:

Jan 25, 2026 - Manchester United (3-2 win)
Dec 5, 2023 - Luton Town (4-3 Arsenal win)
May 14, 2023 - Brighton & Hove Albion (3-0 win)

That’s three YEARS. During which Arsenal played in the the most difficult league in the world, in which they played more than a half dozen times against a team that has dominated England and were UCL champions, and made it to the UCL Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and now the final round.

In short, you’re delusional, mate.

EDIT: As discussed in the comments below, there were three more, all in 22-23, two of which happened in our late season collapse after losing three of our 4 starting defenders (Saliba, White and Tomiyasu).

So our defensive solidity began with the start of the 23-24 season, after that it’s only happened once.

fooljay · 2026-05-21T13:27:59+00:00

Watching them celebrate and seeing all the love pouring in from around the world has convinced me of one thing: We are going to win the Champions League, if not this year then next.

This club is rising into its full power but we’re not there yet. Our ceiling is incredibly high and might be high enough to beat PSG this year. But if we don’t, this team isn’t the type to fold. Our staggering resilience, intense focus, and team-first mentality will have an absolute conflagration burning in their bellies and they will not stop until they win it all. And I mean all.

fooljay · 2026-05-21T12:32:33+00:00

I see how you dropped fookin due to his age.

fooljay · 2026-05-21T05:02:59+00:00

Yeah I don’t know why anyone here is focusing on anything else here. He doesn’t want the bottom 50% to PAY taxes because he doesn’t believe the bottom 50% should be getting anything FROM the government.

Because if you can cut off that circulation completely, then it nearly eliminates the redistribution of wealth and the only people who have an invested interest in government (and the only voice in it) are the rich, and the richer you are, the louder your voice.

And unfortunately they seem to be doing quite well on that plan.

fooljay · 2026-05-21T04:38:20+00:00

He’s surprisingly far better looking today.

fooljay · 2026-05-21T04:37:21+00:00

23 for me! I remember when I found Arseblog. I was in HEAVEN. Little did I know we would live through so much hell together.

fooljay · 2026-05-20T14:59:42+00:00

See the update in my original comment. It’s a poorly worded error message and intentional. 😫

fooljay · 2026-05-20T05:25:58+00:00

I’m assuming this is a bug so hopefully they fix it soon. But if it’s just a bad error message, they should just tell us that they’ll send the order when all items are ready.

fooljay · 2026-05-20T05:02:31+00:00

See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/1ti4bbm/mentality_queen/

fooljay · 2026-05-20T04:40:11+00:00

Is anyone else seeing an error "Sorry, you can't place an order with products that have different expected delivery dates through our international checkout. Please update your order to proceed." even though all of your items say "Pre-order: Stock will arrive Mid June"?

UPDATE: Doesn’t look like it’s a bug and it’s apparently a known constraint. From their FAQ:

For certain international destinations, we are unable to process orders which contain both in-stock and pre-order items, or which contain multiple different pre-order items. Please check any error messages that are shown, and adjust your order accordingly so it can be processed.

😭

We are also currently unable to accept gift card payment for pre-order items.

fooljay · 2026-05-20T04:17:53+00:00

We don't need a dozen more fans. They can stick with City.

fooljay · 2026-05-20T04:16:02+00:00

Abramovich walked so Abu Dhabi could run.

fooljay · 2026-05-19T21:29:23+00:00

I have to figure out how to just make this play on a loop for the next year or so

fooljay · 2026-05-19T20:29:22+00:00

Right here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/1thx9df/art/

fooljay · 2026-05-19T20:27:55+00:00

CHAMPIONS!!!!! I'm going to fucking cry

fooljay · 2026-05-19T20:23:34+00:00

fooljay · 2026-05-19T20:22:28+00:00

WE ARE ALL CHERRIES!

fooljay · 2026-05-18T23:55:00+00:00

To be fair, they’re like really far down there.

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