Good question. I’d say that Guardiola’s creation of that Barcelona team, the greatest club side of all time, should stabilize his legacy. If not that, then the amount of current managers who worked under him. In the Premier League alone, there’s Ten Hag, Arteta and Kompany. Although two of them aren’t doing too good right now.

But the general public has questioned Guardiola’s credibility numerous times. This would only further aggrevate it.

Nope. VAR is inconsequential. League viewership is more influenced by Manchester City turning it into the Bundesliga.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold. Seems like a dickhead. No, wait, that’s valid. Cody Gakpo. There is no valid reason there. Truly seems like a good kid. Don’t like him.

it ain’t happening anytime soon seeing as we’re going to sign Raya to a contract

Doesn’t mean I can’t comment on that being a mistake. I’m not under the illusion that my words are influential. But the goalkeeper situation will be a problem for the present and the future.

I know what the plan in possession is. Ramsdale’s problem is that he can’t execute it and has poor shot stopping abilities. Raya’s problem is that his positioning as a goalkeeper is a joke, on top of being too small to begin with, so every cross is a threat. But at least he catches some crosses. Ramsdale slaps them towards the edge of the box.

The point isn’t that one should start over the other. The point is that Arsenal needs a goalkeeper who’s up to standards.

Yeah, but you shouldn’t be, as both keepers have cost Arsenal during pivotal moments during their short time in North London.

If it’s because Arsenal are a far bigger club so it’s more of a story then that shows they don’t really give a shit about the situation, they just want to have a pop at Arsenal as usual.

Yawn, this shit again?

The funny part is the implication that both Raya and Ramsdale are #1 goalkeeper-level.

Now Arsenal are in a situation where they’ve dropped one guy for another guy who has already shown he needs to be upgraded on before they’ve even made the mandatory purchase for the guy.

He wasn’t.

Ronaldo seems within reach. Messi does not.

Jackson has a 7, really?

Because they reminded people of the Ajax 1995 team, that basically buttfucked all of Europe with a bunch of kids.

Ajax destroyed Real Madrid, who were the title holders for the third successive season that year, at the Bernabeu 4 goals to 1. That’s probably one of the biggest shocks of all time. The run was filled with spectacular upsets and memorable, highly dramatic football games.

That, in combination with their football heritage, is why people talk about Ajax and don’t about Villarreal and Lyon.

The problem is that offensively, Arsenal has lost several steps. Ødegaard is the biggest example, huge drop-off stats wise.

Having a solid defense helps a lot, I agree. And Arteta has opted to go for more control over a game in a style that’s more conservative in terms of wasting energy. There are still glaring issues. Most important one is that they have two goalkeepers who tend to throw away the hard work of the defense in an instant. Raya has directly been responsible for goals conceded in what six games now? And Ramsdale has been quite bad for over a year now. They need a serious upgrade in goal next summer.

They remembered that they were Fulham.

Nobody did.

I just remembered that Johan Cruyff once got so pissed at not being offered a new contract at Ajax, that he literally called and then signed for arch-rivals Feyenoord and immediately won them their first title in a decade at age 36, purely out of spite.

I’m not sure if that counts as Judas, but goddamn if it’s not the most hilariously petty thing to have ever happened in football.

Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds United.