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he means the world to me actually

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🥲💗

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this transfer window has just been 50 bullets to the head

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just saw merci arsène yh time to log off

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(＾▽＾)人(＾▽＾)

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everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads back to this:

in blackwater woods - mary oliver // theo walcott and jack wilshere celebrate v swansea city // theo carried off after ACL injury during NLD // jack suffering ankle injury requiring surgery // theo celebrating fastest arsenal goal (20s) // jack dribbles v everton // theo and jack celebrate 2015 fa cup

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princess </3

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carlos cuesta you are more than just a pretty face to me you're also an involuntary participant of a wholly pointless case study i have in serie a this season 🫶 (with cesc too because who am i if i don't make everything about arsenal somehow)

(rest is pasted from my twitter so sorry about readability this is just so i can keep record on 2 places)

...case study i have in serie a this season about how far funding and backing from owners > managerial decisions (comparison to como who have generous owners + a similarly 'prodigal' manager)

obv this isn't a fair comparison by any means (cesc has a 2 ssn headstart + first season tax with a weaker squad) but some of the differences (parma's players getting injured vs como's "luck" w injuries + cesc being a former player vs carlos' lack of playing background) make it more interesting

both carlos and cesc come from similar schools of thought in pep (cesc as a player in barca and who he credits as being tactically the strongest manager he's worked with, carlos as an observer when he did his little tour of europe but picked up many ideas from) and more importantly (to me) mourinho, carlos' role model (though mourinho never replied to his messages for his sabbatical lol poor guy) and cesc's favoured manager (on a personal level due to his man-management). however, both appear slightly more adaptable than their counterparts: cesc frequently changes his formation depending on his opponent and carlos has pragmatically adapted parma's playstyle to suit their players rather than use a set tactical system (it was possible maresca!)

i feel like the most 'wenger-like' quality that they both share is how they both place importance of the identity of a club in its success. cesc has already fleshed out a clear identity in such a short time at como, and carlos has repeatedly said in any interview he's given that he intends to do the same at parma. imo this is more important than any tactical influence but that might just be the arsenal in me talking.

the teams themselves have very different backgrounds in terms of history but they did both get direct promotion in 23/24 even though they finished very differently in 24/25 so the comparison of achievement has to be relative ofc but i'm so ready to watch this play out

como have already completed 11(!!) signings this summer, most notably morata on loan (the only loan transfer) with an almost even split between defensive players (3 cbs, 2 fullbacks, 1 dm) and attacking players (1 st, 2 rws, 1 lw, 1 am) to add to their 10(!!) jan signings (CRAZY)

parma on the other hand are much more reactive with their 5 signings so far, with 2 cbs 1 dm 1 cm and 1 st mostly being to balance out the st, lw, dm, 2 rws, cm, cb (leoni 💔) and rb they lost in this window (+ the aforementioned injuries) which still haven't been fully covered

i still need to wait to see a few matches to compare tactics fairly but from what i've seen of parma they can't afford to play more 'beautiful' football because of the lack of players at cc's disposal (which is so depressing) but believe it or not i doubt that's an issue cesc has

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I finally have a day off on a game day so I'm watching the game againts St Pauli right now after a long time missing the matches, it's like coming home I've missed them ;v;

Adeyemi's hair has gotten so long too, and it struck me with the need to draw him but I've got too many wips right now >:/

but this Adeyemi fanart from last year it's still one of my favourite arts I've ever made

plus all my other BVB art from last year

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stream went down i genuinely can't have shit but JURRI ILY

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what the FUCK is going on????

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it’s genuinely so upsetting that he was out 3 months last season with his ankle injury and spent the rest of that season trying and struggling to return to form and now he was finally finding his stride again, was one of our best players last week, and it’s all been taken away again

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my starboy omg he is inevitable 💗💗💗

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actually fuck off it was his 200th game too ☹️💔

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i would rather you shoot me tbh