Bottled in the most wet fart like fizzling way. Didn't even let them play to win it.
ARSENAL OFFICIALLY BOTTLE IT! Arsenal fans now backtracking....2nd will be a great season for us! Surely that has to be seen as a failure??
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Some people actually thought Arsenal were going to win it. I mean, how clueless do you have to be?
This is a pretty sad ending to the season for Arsenal. Of course they will be disappointed to have fallen short in the latter stages of the season. Over the course of the season I don’t think they’ve done an awful lot wrong, they’ve played some great football, Saka and Odegaard look like class acts. Their form has deserted them on the last hurdle which I think a lot of people expected, it’s a young team with little experience in the title race and up against a City team which are way too good.
The problem for them is that they’ve over achieved all season. Arteta is going to have a hell of a job on his hand getting his team to go again.
The problem for them is that they’ve over achieved all season. Arteta is going to have a hell of a job on his hand getting his team to go again.
2 wins and 9 points out of 24 is horrible. That's cracking under pressure
Apt way for it to end.
Dropped points in 6 of the last 8.
Ridiculous.
Dropped points in 6 of the last 8.
Ridiculous.
I previously said in this thread that their good run of form was an anomaly & their fans piped up, I’d suggest you pipe down cause you won’t be getting 2nd or higher next year.
Carragher was convinced they had it in the bag and he's the best pundit according to some.
In typical City fashion, so hollow. Whereas we had a proper classic come back in our last league game in the league in 99 which was also needed to win the league.
Also happy for Forest, hopefully they are safe now.
!Biggest bottle job in Premier League historY! 
I’m a bit sympathetic to the fact their squad was never going to able to compete with the frauds, but deary me they fecked it quite royally.
They’ve been incredibly well received in the media. Absolute bottle merchants. 9 points out of the last 24….2-0 up against Liverpool and West Ham. Southampton, Brighton and Forest and they couldn’t win these games when it mattered….embarrassing
You actually have to be insane to deny they didn't bottle it 
Yeah two things can be true, City do have an amazing squad and will probably finish the season in dominant fashion, but come on.
Yeah two things can be true, City do have an amazing squad and will probably finish the season in dominant fashion, but come on.
Arsenal could end up 13 points behind City. Can they even use the argument that they were actually in a title race?? They can't have it both ways.
But yeah, feck Arsenal and their disgusting fans!
But yeah, feck Arsenal and their disgusting fans!
Arsenal doing the courageous thing to avoid the agony.
And this generation shall also pass away....without seeing the title.
And this generation shall also pass away....without seeing the title.
Yes Forest are safe now.
Out-spursing spurs in a season where spurs have been very spursy is impressive, fair play.
2 wins in the last 8 league games.
Undeniable bottle job. Spursy...
Undeniable bottle job. Spursy...
The Vincibles.
Worse than Spurs 2015
There was a genuine hype machine generated by the press and Sky in particular because they have always had a soft spot for Arsenal since the Wenger/Henry/Vieira days where they were insufferable and constantly lavishing praise on them. To be fair, that Arsenal team was a winning team with great players, but you could tell that Sky were absolutely loving the fact that there was someone providing United with a genuine challenge, and they went over the top and acting as if Arsenal had reinvented football.
This team had a nice run to put them in a good position, but a lot of those wins were scraped and they always looked suspect at the back. You could see the cracks appear long before they finally started to bottle it.
Even so, they have collapsed it in a spectacular way. City are going to win a title race they were more or less out of at walking pace.
This team had a nice run to put them in a good position, but a lot of those wins were scraped and they always looked suspect at the back. You could see the cracks appear long before they finally started to bottle it.
Even so, they have collapsed it in a spectacular way. City are going to win a title race they were more or less out of at walking pace.
I am sure they will say well done great season lads after being so many points clear not too long ago. Bunch of losers
First 19 PL games:
2.63 points per game (100 point season if the form continues)
Next 18 PL games:
1.72 points per game (65 point season if the form continues)
What a staggering drop!
2.63 points per game (100 point season if the form continues)
Next 18 PL games:
1.72 points per game (65 point season if the form continues)
What a staggering drop!
Yeah they’re safe. Agree, ive a soft spot for a proper romantic old club.
Yeah I've just looked at their form since new year and it's been patchy at best.
They could somehow manage to finish closer to us in 4th than they do to City.
Embarrassing really, for all the plaudits throughout the season, and the bravado from their fans and arrogance from the Arse boys to end up with a wet flannel of a season.
Folded like a cheap deck chair on the British seaside in winter.
Embarrassing really, for all the plaudits throughout the season, and the bravado from their fans and arrogance from the Arse boys to end up with a wet flannel of a season.
Folded like a cheap deck chair on the British seaside in winter.
They also deserve respect for trying to achieve a 0% unemployment rate amongst professional footballers.
Arsenal led the Premier League table for 248 days in 2022-23, the most for a team who failed to win the title in English top-flight history.
But but they didn't bottle it.
But but they didn't bottle it.
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They did go from 5th to challenging and I think they played like it, they got on a crest of a wave, in games one half they looked great then the next half they looked like last seasons Arsenal too many times but hung on until the last couple of months. Gary Neville could see it as well.
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Damn that sounds pretty horrific when it's put out like that.
It was obvious, I said it numerous times. It was obvious that those players were nowhere near as good as the League was suggesting. Plus at the same time, Liverpool were crap, Chelsea were crap, City didn't really start playing til January, even we didn't really have a proper striker for 90% of the campaign. Fair play to them, they took advantage of an absolute anomaly of a season where everyone else underperformed but ultimately the truth came out on the end. They'll be back to EL spots end of next season.
he didn’t get sacked because he didn’t win any trophies, he got sacked because we were doing terribly in the league the following season.
I agree if he won Europa league it’s huge, why you ask? Because it’s a sign we can play and fight in Europe. It’s about improvement, if Arsenal add to this season they can once again challenge and possibly win the league, that would lead to the big trophy, not an FA Cup.
do you mean a Leicester fan verse Newcastle on Monday
Unfair on the relegation battle to have Forest play Arsenal.
Not a bottle job though. They've done it in the most Arsenal way too.
Gary Neville said earlier in the season City would win it by 10 points and he’s not going to be far off
The question is who gets to keep the dog when Arteta gets sacked?