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I'd have settled for getting to the Europa Conference, but the World Cup? That would be fucking amazing!!!! #WTFILN

Except Arsenal accumulate a squad of youngsters with the intention of them growing together, with the potential to win the league one day, maybe this year. We accumulate a squad of youngsters with the intention of selling them on before we get to that winning things stage and starting all over again. Although to be fair, once we've been through that cycle 3 or 4 times we should have raised enough profit to then be able to retain a squad that could challenge for honours*. Realistically it's taken Arsenal several years to get themselves back to that stage. * Edit: This plan of course relies on the assumption of us not getting relegated in the meantime

I'd agree. But if SR policy is attracting the young up and coming kids the attraction of first team football and a stepping stone to something bigger is probably a bigger attraction than the manager himself. A big respected name is probably more likely to attract older well established experienced players, something we are blatantly desperate for at the moment.

Presumably Ralph himself does, otherwise he'd have done the decent thing and walked by now.

How was the Block 1&2 area on Sunday. It looked to from the highlights that there were still people sat in Block 1 although camera only captured the first dew rows

You look at that XI + bench. Probably 2, 37, 8, 10 guaranteed starters (some would argue about Adams, I still think he's our only up front option atm). The others just look totally interchangable. Can't make up my mind, does that mean we have a strong bench, or a sh|t starting XI ? Edit: Tongue in cheek question, think we all know the answer

Just had to Google him. Confused by .... Homesick for Wales so moved to Spain.??? Can hear the You Don't Know What You're Doing chants being warmed up already. But Sounds like a dream team. Saints and God. I mean I can't see God stopping Haaland scoring against us, but he should at least keep us up.

I think it was meant to be as well as, not instead of. For whatever reason it didn't come off. I've only just realised everyone, including Aribo, he was already aware of through already working with them and/or their agent. Maybe he's used up his "pool" by bringing them all here and decided to jump ship before he was expected to find us some unknown talent for January.

You pretty much echoed my thoughts. Probably the nearest thing to Koeman around. Highly experienced player and pretty decent managerial record. Yes they've struggled in Europe this year but that's at CL level, wer're not expecting anyone to have us competing at that level (yet lol) but at Europa level (which should at least be something for us to aim for) he's done ok with arguably a squad that doesn't come close to our "worst squad in the PL. Not sure how he fits with the bringing on kids philosophy though.

Rangers are out. Giovanni von Bronkhurst anyone?

Starting to lose interest now. Keep coming back once an hour to see the anouncement of the new boss and Ralph is still hanging on in there. 😠 Are SR not even reading this thread? Between us all we must have suggested every suitable manager going - and a few unsuitable one's too - surely one of them wants the job.

Definitely. Even without the character building aspect, why go and spend a few weeks in hot sunny Florida and expect them to come back and be at the peak of their fitness in the coldest period of our season.

Probably just the law of averages. Playing for us a keeper gets more to do than at any other club. Oh for those days of FF and his consecutive (was it 5??) clean sheets when he was so well protected he hardly had a difficult save to make.

Things now look so bad I'd happily move for Gerrard or Lampard. Not as manager obviously, but even at their age either of them should strengthen our midfield and probably end the season as top scorer as well.

That photo has become legendary but I've forgotten what they had the hump about. Wasn't it really trivial. like parking or something?

Why would anyone have a target of between 7th & 12th, and not just top 12. If he'd scraped top 6 would have been sacked for over-acheiving? Or did the club specify that we don't want any of that European nonesense again?

In principal I love that outlook, but the downside is it doesn't matter how good at those situations you become, unless you're constantly evolving the fewer situations you train for the more predictable you get (probably why our superb-for-a-while pressing game started going wrong) and easy for the opposition to nullify and/or overcome. .

She should fit our style perfectly, she was great as Inspector Clouseau.

Christ, if he goes into Saturday's match knowing it's his last, in a show of stubborn arrogance he'll probably make 11 changes and instruct them to line up in a F**k You formation.

Surprised Joachim Low has been without a job since England knocked Germany out of the Euros last year. Is that through his own choice? Could we persuade him to have a bash at the Premier League?

What's TSP? And what time tomorrow? Is it worth me staying up another hour?

At least those smug grins will be wiped off the faces of Leicester and ManUtd fans when they realise one player on his own can score as many as their whole team scored against us.

Benitez is available?!?!. Never realised. And we're putting up with this sh|t sleepwalking us towards relegation every week!! To be fair chances are we'll go down with him in charge as well but at least we'll have some fun on the way. Get him in now.