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AD-Free Episode 416 - November Mailbag

On this edition of the Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast Elliot (@yankeegunner) is joined by Clive (@clivepafc), Paul (@poznaninmypants) and Tim (@stillberto) to answer your questions about the attack, the squad, the future of the season, the upcoming transfer window and many others. All that and more on this edition of the Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast.

AD-Free Episode 416 - November Mailbag

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Any chance of signing grealish and feed auba 20smt goal this season?

LASK plays in Linz Austria (Linzer Athletik Sport Klub). So the American (although we wouldn't define us as Eastern Europeans) was closer than the English (Denmark, really?).

I love the Arsenal Vision Podcast. I look forward to each post and the general sardonic approach which, somehow - I think - uniquely captures the weird, emotional imbalance of being an Arsenal fan. I'm a yank too, so I know how weird it is adjusting to supporting a club that at times seemingly disagrees with everything you believe in as not only a football fan (Good ebening) but also unfortunately as an Arsenal Fan (but why 6 at the back against Harry Maguire?), and at the darkest times, a human being. So, i get the origin of your personality as an Arsenal Fan - it's the main reason I contribute monthly to Patreon -  and find you hilarious and, despite this post, I will continue to listen, and support the Patreon account, because what I'm about to write to you actually has very little to do with football and more to do with the human part of this game, First, I want to highlight a section of audio that immediately struck me as a not so uncommon combination of good intentions vs. ignorance:  I urge you to quickly read the transcript I painstakingly transcribed, because it's as important to read what you say as it is to truly understand what you're putting out into the world, and possibly into the ears of the player for Arsenal, Saliba, that you and I and we do care about. Paul - "But if the kid is like, 'No, there's nothing wrong. I want to play.' You know, he may not want it out there that, he's kind of suffering, grieving; the relationship may not be in place where, ya know, they're not on the same page. It could be we don't know, so we don't know right? -  'If that's the case Paul, the only reason I'd push back on that is, if that's the case, if he's the kind of person who wouldn't want that suffering made public, who wouldn't want that excuse put forward, I mean look it's such a hardship, I don't know how you would try to act like it's not happening, then I would argue that he's also the kind of person who would also want to push forward with his career at the top level, not be shielded from the competition, so -  "I'm sure he wants to play. He's made that clear. I'm sure - I think he would have wanted to play for St. Etienne if we weren't going to use him here.  I'll try to quickly make up for my previous lack of concision but, as someone who has experienced mental health issues, whether it stems from family grief or otherwise, you don't know a thing. WE as Arsenal fans don't know a thing. He is experiencing loss at the same time us Gooners are expecting greatness. It's an impossible thing we're expecting from a 19 year-old.  Elliot, you yourself have repeatedly, multiple times, in your recent posts, have used the same information to sympathize with a 19 year-old and, with the same hand, have used that information to criticize the club. And this is where I have turned a corner with your humor and your sharp opinions. This kid deserves so much more from us, not as fans, but as humans. And i urge you - even though you have seemingly not experienced the same hardships in your life, as you so frequently point out - to consider that you have no fucking idea what you're talking about. You have no idea what it's like to be 19 and lose a parent AND ALSO be expected to perform, AND ALSO be expected to interact with an international club because on some highly rational level we have paid some dollar amount. This isn't Auba at 31, this isn't Laca at 29, this isn't Willian at 32. This is a boy, and he just needs his fans to be like ya know what, whatever he's dealing with, I'm gonna trust the fact that people who know him personally know what's best, and I'm not gonna use my pod as  soap box -- JUST BECAUSE -- I wish he was matching Gabriel's output right now. Of course we want that, but we have no idea, ZERO idea, what he's going through, and I think your fellow 'casters in this episode demonstrated that far more than you have. That's not necessarily a criticism - because you're the hilarious instigator - I just hope that you can understand that Saliba needs to be left the fuck alone.   Again love the pod, your sarcasm, your general doom and gloom of the club bc that's what I've dealt with the majority of my Arsenal fandom, I just think this is a mental health issue that shouldn't be  glossed over because we want The Arsenal to do better. I love you guys, especially Clive, "I see what we're doing" PAFC  @Goonerbixler

Yeah my bad! I always do for the patreon mailbag pods. Not sure why I didn’t this time

not everybody is using discord or twitter. maybe you next time you can ask for questions here?


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