Arsenal is through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2010.
Wow.
14 years out in the cold. And here we are. What a feeling!
I’m a touch emotional about it because I wasn’t sure we’d ever get back the peak of European football. The club allowed itself to sag and bloat under a manager who had declined, they made a horrible mistake hiring a meek replacement paired with a horrendous football director… they finally saw the light and hired Arteta.
So few wanted to accept hiring someone with City and Pep ID was a good idea, no one wanted to accept he had the sauce, and people constantly ridiculed the idea he was generational.
Where are these guys now" They’re Steve Ballmer laughing at the iPhone. Alan Hansen saying, ‘You don’t win it with kids.’ Gary Neville scoffing at the Arsenal strategy. There are so many people that have helped pull Arsenal back from a very dark place and I hope all of them are enjoying this moment.
Arsenal has been honest about who they are, what the strengths of the club could be, and they’ve gone all-in on a strategy that required taking a lot of pain along the way.
4 years into Arteta’s tenure, and we’re one of the 4 best clubs in Europe.
That is mad. Wild. Crazy. Too good to be true.
The FC Porto game was absolutely disgusting. We won, but I felt dirty. Like I’d tripped an old lady to win a sack race. I’d forgotten what the Champions Le...