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"The Arteta revolution has begun!"

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  1. PINKIE

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    Should be pretty straight forward Flos. Finished 8th twice and then 5th

    Target was top 4 this season. Exceeded that, finished 2nd and back in the champions league.

    I can see how this might be difficult to comprehend for a fan staring at the championship, but thems the facts Flossy lad <laugh>
     
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    Expectations change.
    Has he exceeded expectations set at the start of the season? For sure, yes.
    Has he exceeded expectations set from 2 months ago? Hell no!
     
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    So Ponky ... no improvement since the last time you came closest in 2015/16? KDEN <laugh>
     
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    Yeah that's the galling part, but like you say, if that was offered to us at the start of the season, we'd have chomped ya ****ing arm off.

    If we'd have drawn and lost those last few games at the beginning of the season and then battled City to a whisker of the title, it would be hailed as a massive achievement.

    So as gutting as it is, it's still been a brilliant season for Arsenal who have exceeded all expectations

    And anybody who disagrees can **** themselves in the bum with broom handle with loads of splinters.
     
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    Maybe you need some kind of visual tutorial to understand that finishing 2nd after finishing 8th twice is a vast improvement ?
     
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    If Leicester are no longer in the PL, does that mean we lose the talents of Fosse on the PL forum?!

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    If you win your final game ... and Citeh win both of theirs, you'll finish 10 points behind the Champions ... just as you did in 2015/16 ... so remote second again ... might even be worse than that, coz your wheels have well and truly come off ... were you driving the bus perchance, Ponks? <laugh>
     
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    No mate ... got a timeshare arranged by @Spurlock as a contingency ... I've got the Penthouse Suite and Libby and the Leeds boys have options over the box room ... <cheers>
     
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    I probably should have put quotation marks around the word talent, aye! <laugh>

    Would be dull without him though.
     
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    Reincarnation of HIAG <laugh>
     
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    Rather than concentrate on Arsenal's points haul in 2015/16 and this season Flos

    You should probably concentrate on the difference between Lesta's <laugh>
     
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    Let it go Ponky ... I'm not camping on that mountain with you and that's that ...
     
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    That’s right Flossy, you’re not.
     
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    A mere blip in history bro

    Normal service resumed again.
     
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    Not winning the league is gutting given where we were.

    Target was top 4 this season, so overall for the season, expectations have been exceeded.

    Challenge now is to strengthen in the summer and be capable of challenging City again, and sustain a decent Champions league run

    Given the season we've had, the football we've played and the manner in which Arteta has established himself as a top coach, we're now more likely to be able to attract the type of players that we need to do that.
     
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    This aged well <laugh>
     
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    I mean....yes....it did, he said exactly what happened didnt he? lol
     
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    Same thing happened to Utd tbf

    Hence me saying.
     
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    didnt they win the league cup?
     
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