• darkufo@lemmy.ml
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    I’m at the point with transfers that if Edu and Arteta want a player, then that is good enough for me. They have picked out enough talent and made some great signings that I’m happy to just let them do their thing without getting stressed about who/when we should buy.

    And anyone who does sign for us, I will cheer and back them 100%.

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      1 year ago

      We’ve consistently had more hits than misses at this point. Even the misses we might be able to offload and break even. The better the team does, the more it affords us to have a few duds here and there.

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      1 year ago

      We are probably the most engaged Reddit fanbase. Other subs have more users but I think we generally tend to have more activity than other subs, so it wouldn’t be surprising if we were kicking ass here too

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    Happy to see the community adapting to Lemmy, lets make this community (sub?) thrive during the blackout!

    Anyway, Rice? Always rated him.

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      Honestly, I hope it thrives after the blackout. I plan on staying for a while. Reddit just rubbed me the wrong way with all their profit chasing.

      Anyway, Rice? Great with some curry.

    • Mijn_Bergkamp@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I have a secret weapon.

      If I forget I’ll just blame the mods for not automating it…

      Also it should probably be at a better time than just 'I’m awake and we don’t have one yet

      • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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        1 year ago

        look, c/football’s transfer news is coming from “I’m awake and this is not up yet” so

        • Mijn_Bergkamp@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          True although I doubt much is being broken at half past two on a monday morning in the UK.

          Unless we’re getting our links to random brazillians agan

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            1 year ago

            I’m back in Hong Kong for the summer hols but that means UK afternoons aren’t gonna be posted on time haha; hoping other people help out.

            • Mijn_Bergkamp@lemmy.worldOP
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              Jealous, enjoy all the dim sum.

              Always a weird one as to when the DD thread should be posted, I know spurs do theirs at midnight

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                1 year ago

                Personally I like the way r/soccer did it which is having it move an hour every day so it starts at a different time each day with threads lasting for 23 hours.

                also yes the dim sum :D its good to be home again, though the heat…

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                1 year ago

                Probably 8-9am bst/gmt I reckon. That’s when rumours start flying around.

            • Matt_Sams_314@lemmy.world
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              What are you up to in HK? I’ve been a couple of times, but not post covid / gov ending freedom - has it changed much since 2018?

              • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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                1 year ago

                Just home visiting friends and all that for the summer hols, back from freshman year at university. It’s nice to be back, and as my favourite joke goes: can’t complain.

  • Jambo@lemmy.world
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    Howdy fellow ex-redditors. Wondering how many of you I recognise from the sub…

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        Well your name certainly doesn’t ring any bells…/s

        How are you liking this? Apart from it being noticeably quieter?

        • Mijn_Bergkamp@lemmy.worldOP
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          Sorry, real life rather rudely intruded oday and I haven’t got a Lemmy app.

          It’s not as slick as reddit but as I still mainly use old reddit it’s not too different.

          It really shows that for all Reddit tries to make things look cool and add paid for content, what actually makes it special is the amount of people using it. If everyone from r/gunners was on here there’s really no reason not to stay here and let reddit die.

  • Mijn_Bergkamp@lemmy.worldOP
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    Thought we might like a discussion thread, otherwise god only knows were everyone is going to post their hot takes when rice inevitably signs later.

  • Matt_Sams_314@lemmy.world
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    I went to the stadium / armoury yesterday to get the new shirt and decided to get the champions league patch on it to celebrate being back after so long out… terrible choice - the queue for shirt printing was over half an hour, they’ll definitely have more staff working it when the season starts, but be prepared to wait if you want it done in person!

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    I sort of feel like we’re missing the hot takes so… I really don’t ahve an issue with chasing Castagne.

    He seems solid, the Belgians still play him and literally no one has come out of the Leicester defence with looking good so I’m prepared to say it might not be his fault.

    Remember Ramsdale was relegated twice.

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      I trust in eduteta tbh, they’ve learned it; plus our last belgian went well and Stuivenberg has coached Castagne also

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          I think Lokonga is still gonna be good, we just improved faster than him unfortunately. You don’t get made captain at 21 if you’re not good. Hoping we send him on loan again next season to get regular game time.

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                  Clearly Kompany as a City legend told us to sign him to sabotage our title run /j Sambi’s gonna be pretty decent and I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t become a significant part of the Belgian national team eventually, just not yet

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      I remember really liking Castagne a season ago, he might just be great once he’s fully recovered from injury

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    Just got on here cause im an addict for arsenal news and discussions, anyone got a guide on how to use activity pub to browse and post comments on this community using mastodon?

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      Sorry to hear that. It is definitely worth it whenever you get the chance, but perhaps it might be worth waiting a little bit to see if they announce a ps5 pro? Heard some rumours it isn’t too far into the future.

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    Ngl, I miss both r/gunners on reddit and especially r/soccer. When the Mhhbop news broke my instinct was to go there. A shame they weren’t available but a necessary shame

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      The problem is that unless people saw the post about Lemmy prior to the blackout, it’s not likely that they’d find it on their own… I don’t think we’re going to see a huge growth spurt over the next few days