The European Super Cup is a friendly.
As is the Charity Shield. As is the Club World Cup. But that does not mean we can all have a good laugh at Tottenham this morning.
Had Spurs won last night, their fans would have been unbearable. They would have anointed themselves as the best team in Europe (17th best in England). They would have been signing “Champions of Europe” everywhere they went – lads, it was funny when West Ham did it ironically. It is just embarrassing for any other club to do it unless they have wont he Champions League.
To bring last nights game into perspective, it was PSG’s first pre-season match of the season. Their last game of 2024/25 only happened a month to the day of yesterday’s match – that post-season friendly final against Chelsea.
Four weeks off and they were back in action, using the Super Cup as warm up game as part of their preparation for the new season.
Meanwhile, Tottenham prepared like it was the Champions League final. They had designed their pre-season around the Super Cup and were desperate to win it. So it his hilarious that they lost.
And the way they lost – leading 2-nil into the 85th minute – was all a bit Spursy.
Arsenal have recently been labelled “bottlers” and “the team players go to retire from trophy”. It really is poor banter to label the 3rd most successful team in English history as either of these.
One Europa League (or in Newcastle’s case a League Cup, in Palace’s case an FA Cup or in West Ham’s case the Conference League) does not suddenly make you a more successful club then The Arsenal. And it is a fact that had the likes of Harry Kane, Son, Alan Shearer or Mark Noble joined the Gunners, they would have been infinitely more successful.
I am also laughing at the “Glasner wins the same in Phase One as Arteta has won in Phase Six”.
If we are including the Community Shield (which Palace fans do), then Glasner has not won more. Fans seem to forget that Arteta’s trophy haul is 1 FA Cup and 2 Community Shields.
The phase stuff becomes really boring.
Every club has “phases” they work in. Mini goals that aim to improve season upon season. But it is only Arsenal and Arteta that get mocked for it. and we are not in Phase Six. In reality it is:
Phase One: Removing the deadwood and getting back into the top 4
Phase Two: Moving from top 4 to title challengers
Phase Three: Continual improvements to maintain a title challenge
In the real world, there is nothing beyond Phase Three. There is no realistic phase where you can guarantee the league title. All you can do is continually make improvements and tweaks season on season to maintain the title challenge. And we have been in Phase Three for the last 3 seasons.
I know this will not suit the narrative of the negative nancies who like to chat rubbish for e-likes, Who lie on the internet to impress strangers. But even winning the league will not make the intellectually defective goons happy. They live a miserable, miserable existence with their only happiness when someone likes one of their posts.
We are closing in on the start of the season. It is a tough start with our first 3 away games to Man U, Liverpool and Newcastle, and a home game against Manchester City to contend with.
To bring our start into perspective, we have:
Beaten Man U twice at Old Trafford in the league since 2006
Not beaten Liverpool at Anfield since 2012
Lost 4 of our last 5 against Newcastle at St James Park
Beaten Manchester City twice in the league since 2015
I do not expect us to get off to a fast start, and that will bring out those negative nancies from under their rocks. The only positive is we get 4 of our toughest games of the season out of the way early. And we might be able to hit them cold before they begin to build rhythm and momentum.
UTA.
Keenos
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon 
Hilariously poor and childish article… typical nonsensical comments from a delusional Gooner. Let’s not forget… Arsenal are the champions of failure and “Bottling”…
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You do realise The spuds last league title is closer 1897 than 2025. Arsenal the third most successful club in the UK
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Yeah, because you’ve done brilliantly with all that money spent of late… abject failure kings.
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1 trophy in 17 years v 9 trophies in 17 years.
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Forever in your heads rent free… how many European Cups have you won recently?! #TrustTheProcess
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You do realise Islington was in the old Middlesex don’t you lol
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Until 1889. Meanwhile the area Tottenham resides in was Middlesex until 1965. Tottenham have never won the league as a London club.
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Just remember, this is a game Arsenal will never play in and you will never see in your lifetime
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Arsenal have played in at. And it was in my lifetime. Thanks for reading.
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What a bizarre article that says so much more about the author’s insecurity than it does about anything else. Firstly, the odd emphasis on the fact that the town of Tottenham used to come under the authority of Middlesex. So what? It is still Tottenham, mate. I suppose it’s some kind of response to the knowledge that Arsenal started out in South London. That is an uncomfortable fact for a club that has chosen an anthem chant of “North London Forever”. Perhaps it ought to be changed to “North London Forever – except when we were in South London”. And why have they chosen that anthem? Insecurity again. What other club sings about staying where they are forever? After all, Arsenal are the only club in the top flight that do not associate their name with a place. Which of course means that the owners have a very portable product, and in these days of elite clubs starting to play league games in foreign countries, you have to wonder what the odds are on Arsenal popping up in Dubai, Saudi or New York. Let’s not forget that Woolwich Arsenal became the country’s first franchise club when they dropped the location from their name and moved to North London. So it’s no surprise that the fans have decided to tell the board that they want the club to stay in North London forever, but I wouldn’t hold much hope for that happening. Money talks.
Secondly, why have you written this article? Arsenal are a top club and their fans, lots of whom are my friends, have lots to talk about and hope for in the coming season. So why have you seen fit to write about Spurs – again, a club that your fanbase allegedly has no respect for and is not in the least bit interested in? You should really write about Arsenal. Oh, and I’d learn Arabic if I was you. Al-Arsenal can’t be too far away.
Good luck!
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cheers Keenos,
excellent piece, I laughed my ass off how Sp…rs lost everything under 5 mins.
but I don’t really get why Sp…rs fans are coming here except they like a good spanking :))
sour-sour grape
if coming second for 3 years in a row is so easy why are all other teams finishing below us
up the mighty arsenal
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Still waiting for the video to come out- “ How we win the first 85 minutes of a friendly”. One to rival the CL final video “ How we were level for a minute”.
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