@little_niggle welcome all of you from the mastodon side of the house 👍​

@Invincible_World @Mijn_Bergkamp yeah, especially given the admins might be forcing subs to go public and ejecting existing mods: https://famichiki.jp/@Tsutsuku/110537730270070245

@SteveToshSnotBarry @EFG
Inertia means most people don't *want* to move elsewhere. A longer blackout would just result in people scattering all over the place.

A short blackout keeps the community together, while also showing reddit what could happen if they don't change their mind.

So, less "virtue signalling"🙄and more of a two-fingered salute.

@I_am_the_grass It amuses me that we offered a record fee for her in January, only to now get her on a free transfer.

@little_niggle I posted this late to yesterday's thread, but am re-posting for greater visibility. It's a list of communities that have left reddit, and where they ended up: https://redditmigration.com/

@Astrealix congratulations to @poorlydrawnarsenal on getting engaged 👍​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnZuKFsZEQQ

@Astrealix @MHPengwingz @EFG alternatively, sexy pictures of Hector Bellerin. There would be more variety if nothing else 😆​

(edit) copying EFG

@Mijn_Bergkamp watching reddit go dark in real-time: https://reddark.untone.uk/

Always enjoy listening to Clive & Tim on the ArsenalVision pod. They made good points about fans getting on players backs before they've had a chance to find their feet - see Vieira. Going to need some patience with Havertz too, especially given how experimental our structure is at the moment.

#arsenal

@9point6

It's bait. Criticizing Arsenal will get a lot more views and engagement.

Compare to Jonathan Wilson in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/27/arsenal-premier-league-title

"perhaps the greatest reason for Arsenal to feel optimistic is that last season it felt they had to play at their maximum just to stay in the race; this season, they are top of the table with a sense of more to come."

Similarly, the Arsenal Vision pod pointed out that facing more low blocks forces us to play in a less fluid/exciting way.

It's noticeable how many more staff #arsenal have. They had to break out the folding seats as the bench doesn't have room for all of them 😂​

Oops, just realized there's a game on 🤐​

Nice to see Ramsdale get a Champions League game.

7amkickoff's blog on the latest PGMOL fiasco is good:

https://7amkickoff.com/index.php/2023/11/05/attwell-and-madley-incompetence-and-cowardice-award-newcastle-three-points-at-arsenals-expense/

"The on-field official Stuart Attwell was dropped from the Premier League select group of officials in 2012. He was dropped because he’d made a string of high profile mistakes, which included losing control of several games and making some wild decisions"

@I_am_the_grass I hope so. We could then claim that Utd are just a feeder club for Arsenal 😉​

@Astrealix Catsenal video on Havertz dropped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJRfwnW30E

Just in time for the "most expensive signing under Arteta" to still be correct 😏

@I_am_the_grass @Roxamir I hope you at least remain an honorary mod. You've demonstrated enough integrity to be trusted not to abuse those powers.

Regardless, your role in setting this up and keeping it going is appreciated 🫡

@Astrealix what did Bukayo do to EA Sports to deserve this?

https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-sports-fc24-unveils-quietly-horrifying-cover

#arsenal

@little_niggle @poorlydrawnarsenal I think it's best to give people the signup link (i.e. https://lemmy.world/signup) for a server where there's a community they're interested in. Removing the analysis paralysis of figuring out which server to join goes a long way to encouraging people to give it a go.

@Astrealix love that Ellen White is the only BBC pundit to predict that #Arsenal will win the league: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66434067

@Astrealix latest ArsenalVision pod posed an interesting question.

Which player who we wanted to stay, but left, would still be universally welcome back at the club (not necessarily as a player)?

For me, Santi would be an automatic choice.

#arsenal