Thought he was Gabonese?
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It looks like he fucked up a few relatively simple chances in this game too. I think he might have even smiled awkwardly after one of them. Iām sure Barca fans will be fuming and counting the days until this leech is gone from their historic club.
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Hello from the finished player
Wonder who heās addressing here?
Anyways thought he was āmoving onā
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Dragonball Z is fucking cringe lol
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Blasphemy 
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Weāve had loads of our players go to West Ham but Barcelona have taken a few from us as well.
Aubameyang, Petit, Overmars, van Bronkhurst, Henry, Cesc, Hleb and also Sylvinho but via another club.
They also chased Bellerin for a while, when he was a decent player.
Itās just as well theyāre skint and canāt afford any of our decent young players.
I get your point and I canāt prove it with data other than the circumstantial evidence of him having scored a lot of goals for Arteta pre new contract and at Barca but not at Arsenal after new contract.
I thought watching him though that his output dropped when he stopped making the same intelligent runs to attack spaces he used to and which would get him goals. I was sure I saw this but I canāt prove it.
Many great goal scorers do this. Lineker, Clive Allen, Shearer and Auba when playing well. Lineker would say a lot of the time heād attack a space and the ball wouldnāt go there but it did a minority of the time and heād get chances. Heād make numerous movements into spaces knowing it was often a game of percentages.
There is a more generous alternative view which is that as Artetas playing style became more embedded it didnāt suit Aubas playing style. This involves the number 9 tracking back defensively more. Perhaps that left less energy and time for the attacking runs.
It also possibly explains why Pepe looks more out of place this season because his defensive work is not so good and the team style is finally more evident in our play.
Personally I choose my theory over yours though. I think the rumours of his ill discipline (surely he was rich enough to get someone to pick his mum up from France for example or his brother couldāve done it) and growing party lifestyle all point to a loss in focus on Arsenal as his priority and I think that added to his lack of goals on the pitch. I also note that his time at Dortmund finished with some rancour although he still scored there in his final season more than his final one with us.
I guess weāll never know for sure either way and opinions will remain divided. Maybe one day there will be an honest autobiography that reveals all.
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I was about to like your post until you mentioned Clive Allen 
Obviously someone never got to experience the joy of Toonami.
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Samurai Jack fan?
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Didnāt expect it to be a popular opinion haha
Someone explain to me why they like it, help me understand itās appeal.
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Itās a massive part of peopleās childhood, itās like going around saying PokĆ©mon is cringe, you just canāt do that.
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If the answer is simply ānostalgiaā then fair enough, if someone tried telling me the theme tune to Arthur was cringe Iād lose my shit.
I thought DBZ was shit back when I was like 11 and loads of my mates were into it though, so Iām not changing my mind now, letās be honest. But was asking more out of interest than to have my mind changed lol
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Itās essentially a bit like Pokemon in that itās a gateway anime into the culture of genre for kids. Back in the 90ās there wasnāt tons of exposure to that kind of stuff so it was a breath of fresh air for kids who had been used to watching cartoons developed in the west.
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I think its shite aswell lol
Did as a kid do now
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Not that it served as any sort of gateway into the wider genre for me, I did enjoy Pokemon as a kid, so I kinda get it. Though I donāt have that great a lasting fondness in adulthood for Pokemon, so if a player did a Pokemon celebration and someone said Pokemon was cringe Iād be ok with that. But there are other childhood properties that I would respond to criticism of in such a way.
Anyway, thatās probably enough of a diversion from Aubameyang for the time being lol.
Not sure how I feel about seeing him do well at Barcaā¦ I always quite liked him and donāt bear him any ill will, but I donāt really like Barcelona any more and donāt like that weve goven them a player for free and heās helping their resurgence.
Thereād be no conflicted feelings and Iād be extremely fucking bitter if we werent sitting pretty in fourth lol
Dragonball Z was the defining cartoon / show for loads of kids. It was so different to watching stuff like Recess, Johnny Bravo, Dexterās Lab or whatever. Blended an overarching storyline with humour and non-bloody violence that hit the sweet spot. Other than Pokemon, most kids hadnāt watched anything like it. Basically all other cartoons were just individual episodes without any linking storyline or end game.
Iām not sure Iād do a Dragonball Z celebration as a 32 year old bloke though. But I guess if you score twice away in El Clasico, then you can do whatever the fuck you want tbf
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I love Dragonballz for the Frieza Saga. One of the most edge of the seat anime saga ever for me.
I still get goosebumps recalling how I felt when I watched it as a child.
I must have watched that saga 20-30 times by now
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Itās crazy seeing him transform they team and making it better. As they needed a striker to push them forward. Him and traore has pushed them forward I can see them wining Europa with him leading the line
Itās definitely the nostalgia.
Toonami showed a bunch of anime (and Johnny Quest for some reason) in a block intercut with little CGI skits and sometimes music videos. Like other people have said, it was so different from shows aimed at little kids that it blew my mind. It was also the first time I heard music from āThe Gorillazā which, again, mind blowing!
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