would be super harsh if Mikel lets Reiss go after the new contract. Reckon he's staying for rotation in cup games and possibly a super sub for league games.

This whole skill challenge thing is so unapologetically American hahaha I wonder how the all-stars match will go...

last season I remember watching the game with American commentary and it sounded like a WWE match

think I caught a bug or something, not feeling too great at the moment. At least there's an Arsenal game later! (doubt ill be able to catch it...)

also this big lull in transfer activity is killing me, so much activity regarding the back to back to back havertz + rice + timber deals for it to go radio silent on the latter two for over a week now... I need closure!

at this rate both the announcement videos better be BAFTA worthy or we riot

I honestly cant wait for the video of the (supposedly) double medical tomorrow. It'll be like this video from 3 years ago (ft. Tierney and Luiz) but MUCH more exciting

Wearing last year's away kit smh

A very warm welcome to Mod @Eabryt@lemmy.world !

EDIT: edited the sidebar to raise awareness on our WFC team: https://lemmy.world/c/arsenalwfc

Love the new banner!

edit: and community icon (I think it changed?)

We can see how things go in the preseason. Mikel can test out Rice/Kai/Timber and here on Lemmy we can test Match Threads/ HT Threads. Win-Win.

Doubt it'll be as toxic as reddit, the community here seems more mature.

Yeah it’s deffo nice here right now! I think I’m just excited for the two other signings, I just want a bit of closure

Yeah I’m fed up with the Mlem app, I’m now using wefwef and Memmy, both seem to be much better so far

Smh why do football club accountants have to have the weekend off? And why am I still f5ing for news even though I know this? Silly season…

Today’s the last day for most third-party Reddit apps before they shut down indefinitely. I’ve been on Apollo from its inception and alien blue before that. Countless F5s, comments, “war chests”, ups, and downs during that time.

These apps and r/Gunners are the reasons why I became a “Redditor” in the first place. I really hate what’s going on with the platform now, how greed is seemingly at the forefront of any decision. How the app is becoming less and less about the users and their contents but more and more about squeezing said users out of every quid (avatars, coins/gold, ads, etc).

I know it’s going to be hard to stop getting on Reddit since it’s become such an ingrained part of my daily routine (would literally just whip out my phone and refresh the sub every so often daily) but I’ve decided after today I’ll start to wean myself off it.

The plan going forward is to just check the sub on my PC/Laptop and at least try to use Lemmy as a mobile replacement. I know that’s going to be hard initially as the community here, whilst comfy and nice; is still only a tiny fraction of the sub hence an understandably lower level of activity comparatively. It’s silly season after all, aren’t we all anticipating the latest updates even if they’re just what we know but worded slightly differently, as infuriating as it may be?

I’m very happy to see that we’ve carved out a space for ourselves here, and how it isn’t just dead after like a week. Let’s try to make this place as active as we can! Post whatever you deem to be interest and we can all shit on/praise it in the comments together. On the sub I’ve always been a commenter but I’m trying to make an effort and post any tweets/updates from notable sources here to keep activity levels up. I’m very glad to see some familiar names becoming regulars already, which is nice! Makes this place feel more and more like a true r/Gunners alternative.

Anyway, guess I’m done here with my little ramble. It’s been a weird week… 🦀🦀🦀