The College Dropout

I was desperate fit the Wissa one but he didn’t get a touch. having my worst season in some time. Ranked over a million. Going to aim for a sub 200k finish. Need to zag often but not every week.

He did that last season without Joe and Sandro. He’s just struggling a bit atm.

aye lad plus so much. Today was one of those games he usually owns - controls it brings composure. Nothing Today.

His quick throws led to 2 of our goals. That was excellent.

The issue isn’t defending a lead. We are usually good at that. Too many bad often we are off the pace.

He’s the manager. It’s his job to motivate the team. He’s the o my one to problem. Especially as it happens repeatedly.

It’s been pretty typical.

Still just 18. Crazy. He’s got all the technical attributes and a great size now. Could go up a level or two physically. I think that’s what he needs to start dominating games.

Looked finished. Would’ve rather Osulu those last 10 minutes. 🤔

What a barmy game. very poor second half.

Nah we are want them forever shit. They can still win the Europa league and be in the CL next season. We need their profile to fall year on year. Same with Man U. No Europe.

I’m not even a fan but of course he’s worth more than £30m. This summer anyway. im not convinced long term.

Madueke too.

I’m in desperate need of a Wissa haul and Mbeumo to not do anything more.

I don’t rate Cooper. But he was way better suited to them than RVN.

Full strength spurs are decent imo. Spurs being Spurs they won’t win the Europa League. It’s peak Man U to jam a way into the CL. How awful would that be?

Yes actually. Also they have Man City a tough game.

I think Villa give up on the league fairly soon. Which is a massive advantage that some of their competitors can’t do. Played a game more and 4 points off 5th.

Agreed. I like this PSG from what I’ve seen. Really open tournaments when you think about it. Inter, Barca, Liverpool, Real Madrid- good sides but beatable. Could get someone outside this to win easily.

This CL run for Villa could set them up for a massive run at CL next season and beyond. If they can get to the Quarters how much would they get from prize money, gates and additional TV? 50m+ surely? Plus most of the money from Duran. If they get to the quarters it’s a massive success if a season. Still in the cup too. The league doesn’t matter.

This is my thought.

Stadium sponsor, training kit sponsor maybe some more that i'm missing but these tend to be the biggest deals for clubs bar the ones we already have. If we have a bunch of short-term deals we can increase that should help. But it's the major sponsors, gate receipts, TV, comp money, player sales that generate the big funds.

Agreed. It's not negative. It's realistic. Thinking we'll grow 40% YoY without major changes to the rules is, in my opinion, naive and plain wrong. There's no reasonable forecast for that. There's not the obvious levers. We are like 2 or 3 deals away from our current ceiling. New stadium and other things will raise our ceiling. But that's 5+ years from today.

But the rules and infrastructure are rigged for Arsenal to become long lasting competitive. For one, you take arsenals league finished since the Man City takeover. It’s surely an average of 4-5th. That’s their average revenue position over that time too. Because Arsenal have the history, coefficient, the stadium, the location, the academy they are uniquely positioned to go from 450m in revenue to 600m. Thats allowed them to renew Saka and co. then go and splash money on Havertz, Rice, Merino, Cali etc. that’s allowed them to sustain a challenge for 3 years. Can we renew Isak, keep the rest of our stars then go again the transfer market? Latest noise is that we can. So we’ll see.

Isak has a blinking tic too. It makes me uneasy. He’s not far off serial killer vibes Isak. Too kind behind the eyes for that though. Guardiola is obviously insane. Obvious serial killer traits. The type to lie unprovoked. Get caught then smile during his mugshot. Guardiola’s the greatest league manager ever. Ancelotti best in the CL. We forget that his team threw away 1 final too. He should keep Fede at RB. Get others fit, they can win it again. Need to see more from the CMs though. As a kid I would spit during matches just because the pros did.