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The veil lifts, and the alliance shines through. Introducing Sobha x @Arsenal, a Remarkable partnership of perfection.

#ArsenalxSobha #Sobharealty #TheArtOfTheDetail

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How do you have so many of your best players on the bench in arguably the most important match of the season.

I swear Eidevall's selections are all over the place.

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[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Man Utd going after Mackenzie Arnold to replace Mary Earps 👀

Is it happening?

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More problems for Manchester United, as sources indicate to @TheAthleticFC all signs point to Mary Earps, star at the World Cup, wanting to leave. Cut an isolated figure as players returned to Carrington. Arsenal interested.

https://twitter.com/AdamCrafton_/status/1699672555483787771?t=WRs-jrHeDicWoke122EcfA&s=19

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[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Are they expecting never to qualify for the next 8 years? It doesn't add up though. I think they're just ripping the band-aid off and saying we'll take the fine or whatever and load up on young talent now. Ideally if they hoard enough young talent they can even ride out a transfer ban.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world to c/gunners@lemmy.world

Hey folks,

Just wanted to give everyone a little update on the direction of our community as well as house keeping best practices moving forward.

I'll start with the hottest topic. As you guys are surely aware and have experienced, Lemmy.world has struggled with uptime recently. Long story story, the folks running this instance are saying this is due to the fact it is a targeted DDOS attack (post here).

Nonetheless, the mods did discuss the pros and cons of possibly moving to another instance or creating a "backup instance". Neither of these seemed viable as it creates a confusion, a fragmented /c/gunners community and difficulty in moderation. Most importantly, despite its issue, Lemmy.world's uptime isn't significantly worse than that of other instances despite being several magnitudes bigger (data available here). Being in the biggest instances significantly eases discoverability, especially for someone new to Lemmy. With that in mind, it seemed obvious that the best decision is to stay with Lemmy.world.

While we're on the topic of Lemmy.world, when Threads was just launched and also when Twitter (also known as X, but I'm calling it Twitter) started locking Twitter content behind sign-ins and rate limits, etc we announced temporary recommendations on how to post Threads and Twitter content. The idea was that eventually Lemmy.world would make a decision on what their relationship with Threads would be like. In the end, their decision was basically a wait and see policy.

So keeping in mind that Twitter API does not work with Lemmy (and Elon can go back to his old ways at any time), and some people have very strong opinions against Meta getting into the fediverse - let's create a simple rule around both Twitter and Thread tweets/posts.

Rules:

  1. There must always be a way for a user to view the full text of the tweet/post without having to click the Twitter/Thread link.

  2. There must be a link available somewhere in the post for those who want to view the source content

There's two "best practice" ways we can do this:

  • Screenshot the tweet/threads post, and short summary (including person who tweeted) in the title (because there's a very short character limit for posts on Lemmy) and then full tweet/post content in the body with the link below the text (also in the body). I recommend this as it is visually the best way to share content especially since football content often has photos as well.

  • Insert the link to the tweet/post in the URL field. Short summary (including person who tweeted) in the title and full text in the body. This is for people who don't want to screenshot the post. Isn't as visually appealing, but the user gets all the information they need anyway so I think it's fine - we don't want to create too many barriers of entry to posting.

Happy to discuss any of the topics above (or even others). I think we're fluid with our decisions - we're trying to make decisions that are as comfortable for all as possible and encourage interaction and engagement as we grow this community.--

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[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Caicedo 9 year contract hahaha

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[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thank fucking good we got our deals done early. Prices are going to fly up. Hope this is good news for our sales as the money trickles down from these big transfers.

I think we still have one or two incomings left in is to plug holes in the squad but it's gonna be predominantly outgoings so let's see.

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After Auston Trusty, Turner is another player on whom Arsenal make a few million in profit. Initial fee to New England was around £4.5m.

It's hard for a rich PL club to make profit on any signing. This is hardly season-changing money but any boost to the coffers helps.

https://twitter.com/jamesbenge/status/1689220806818050048

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The striker has attracted interest from Monaco as well as Inter Milan and AC Milan as Arsenal attempt to raise funds for a new central midfielder

Later in the piece:

Arsenal are seeking to make at least one more significant sale in order to bring in a number six, as Mikel Arteta seeks to add more variety to his midfield.

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Manchester City have concrete interest in Lucas Paquetá. Talks took place with West Ham this week 🚨🔵🇧🇷 #MCFC

Not an easy negotiation but City have added him to summer targets list, as @marcoconterio @geglobo reported.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1689050597079531520?t=mWd4IsM1bua_aTgoEYpSTA&s=19

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I wonder how much of this Timber at LB was the original plan for Timber or Mikel reacting to Zinchenko's injury.

His first game was at RB iirc so obviously Mikel isn't opposed to playing him there. Curious because if we've pivoted to having Timber at LB long term that means we now need another RB as backup to White (so we are not reliant on Tomiyasu's fitness).

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Guys, we're gonna win the World Cup

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Take that bald fraud

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Livramento to Newcastle. Think Trippier moves to LB. So Tierney move basically dead. Not sure how I feel.

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How much smoke does Barca have up their ass that they actually think they have a shot at Caicedo? They're begging players to give up bonuses and they think they can spend 120m euros on one player?

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Turner fee is £18m. Don't @ me lol

[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

So the rumours of Arsene holding a grudge are true. No Cesc or Robin at this lunch event even though both could easily make it to London.

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