Still think 15 will be a bridge too far as everyone says that’s amazing.
I think conceding somewhere between 20-25 is certainly possible though.
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This is exactly why Arteta can coach a possession based style and Wenger couldn’t. In those 2009-10 to 2015-16 seasons under Wenger the team fell apart in two parts and oppossing teams could overrun our defence.
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Didn’t we only concede 13 in the league in 90/91?
Boring, boring Arsenal.
I think it was eighteen when Graham won the title, which included a 3-0 loss to Chelsea.
The big difference between the defence Mourinho assembled, compared to Graham was Chelsea spent a record amount on buying a couple of world class players for every defensive position and Graham spent about 2m on our defence.
Gallas, Terry and Cech formed 3 of the 5 players in the backline and none of them were signed by Mourinho 
And the two main back up defenders (Glen Johnson & Wayne Bridge) were also not signed by Mourinho.
So really you’re saying mourinho got lucky 
That’s fair enough but the strength in depth in all positions gave Mourinho a massive advantage over every club, apart from Man U who spent as much.
The defence Graham assembled of Dixon, Winterburn, Adams, Bould and O’Leary, were either from the youth team or cost less than 1m, which is a far greater achievement than what Mourinho did, especially as it was almost the same defence that Wenger won the double with.
As you might have guessed, I’m not a big fan of Mourinho or Chelsea. 
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We’ve come a long way under Arteta. This was us only a short time ago…
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I hated that guy. Never wanted to sign him to begin with I could tell what an average defender he was and lo and behold Wenger finds £35m for him lol
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You hated our World Cup winning defender! 
I did too! He was a master of conceding a goal and then looking round at the rest of the team in shock and awe with his hands up in the air. I remember completely losing it at the Emirates over Zaha’s goal (shown in those clips).
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So so so many suspect transfers under wenger towards the end and some of them for big money lol
£35m for Mustafi, Christ alive
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that’s about the equivalent of £70m in today’s transfer market lol.
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Didn’t we get Big Gabi for £32m from Lille?
And Saliba for £30m?
BIG LOL
Yups! Gabriel was even less I think only like £27m.. or maybe it rose to 32ms w/add-ons
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No pun intended
Heinze doing the defenders prep talk.
Where is Airpods Albert? He seems to have been sidelined a bit
https://x.com/sm3agunners/status/1982725040920572187?s=46&t=eJpgg6uHWRsStnASv-OePg
That’s a good question. Maybe he was sacrificed? 
The greater good!