Exactly the point I was going to make. We can't keep saying this current team is the best we've had in a long time until they actually win something that isn't a preseason friendly match like the Community Shield.
Still have war flashbacks about that old AFTV tweet asking if Mari and Holding was our best CB duo. I swear I survived Lockdown Arsenal, I can survive anything with this club.
When you think of it, Arteta joining Arsenal and covid came at a great time relative to eachother. The team's worst season of the century was played behind closed doors, saving matchgoing fans from travelling around the country to watch such a shitshow and when they were allowed back in we started to see progress back towards the top season on season.
He should of went during that covid time he lost 11 out of 16 at one point completely horrendous and still hasn’t got over the line throwing away every cup that comes his way
Same, I totally had forgotten how bad they were. I mean I remember seeing the notifications on FotMob of their losses all season but man that season was pretty bad. I remember how other team fans were making fun of how Arsenal were near the relegation zone and Tottenham on top. It wasn’t until the 2022/23 season where things came together and people began to trust the process. Although it took 3 years for it to work.
@rareschorban936 I don't understand what you are saying. There reason people are saying it's special it's because it basically lead to Martinez having a career and winning the wc
@Darwin-santos nice I was 2016. I was like damn not a good start to supporting this team. But with how we’re doing currently all those years were worth it
Changed football at the top level completely, Emi doesn’t cone on, never gets a chance at top flight football or goes to Villa and ends up at reading in the championship. Argentina never win the world cup, Emi is an npc player
Really some of the most difficult football I've ever watched. The amount of sideways and backwards passes with that back 5, the red cards, the howlers, the sitters missed.. But it proved one thing : TRUST THE PROCESS
Eduardo was actually quality though pre the infamous Birmingham incident where Gallas the captain through a strop and derailed our season. If there was a biggest What If it was if that Fabregas Van Persie team had done something
@billybrand9976 was that not 09? I agree we had a chance in winning league until gallas threw the toys out of pram. Also I loved eduardo.. Once bad challenge and he never came back as strong
@@michaelfoley906the first two seasons i started watching them they finished eighth two times in a row, but im still wondering how we won the fa cup like man united this season💀
So i asked ChatGPT to make a roast about lockdown Arsenal, and... It said this: Ah, Arsenal from 2019 to 2021, otherwise known as "Lockdown Arsenal," a time when the club's greatest talent seemed to be trolling their own fanbase. Let’s start with the fact that Arsenal, one of England's supposedly top football clubs, was out here playing like they’d stumbled onto the pitch straight from a pub league. Remember when the only things that stayed in form were the memes? Fans were locked down at home, but at least they were spared from watching this tragicomic display in person. Let’s talk about the performances, or lack thereof. Arteta's reign kicked off in December 2019, and at first, people thought, "OK, maybe he's Pep's prodigy, maybe there's a glimmer of hope!" How wrong they were. Arteta’s "project" was a philosophical piece on how to systematically underperform. The infamous 8th-place finishes in 2019-20 and 2020-21 were a masterclass in mid-table mediocrity. Arsenal became the poster child for clubs that excel at underachievement, turning the Emirates into a wasteland of shattered dreams. Their attack was like watching someone try to start a fire with wet matches. Aubameyang, after his golden boot-winning days, went from being one of the most feared strikers in the league to someone who looked like he forgot where the goal was. Captain Auba? More like *Casper* Auba, ghosting through games like he was allergic to effort. And Willian. Oh, Willian! Arsenal fans were promised a veteran playmaker, but what they got was a man looking for the quickest route to retirement. Chelsea must’ve been laughing all the way to the bank as they shipped him off. Three years, 220k a week? For what, a couple of assists? The man was more active on his Instagram stories than he was on the pitch. Arsenal signed him, and he instantly became the club’s unofficial saboteur. The midfield was equally tragic. Granit Xhaka, bless him, was consistently one red card away from personally sinking Arsenal’s top-six hopes. The man was a walking PR disaster, taking out his frustrations on the pitch by clattering into opposition players like a wrecking ball. Let’s not forget David Luiz, who continued his remarkable streak of defensive brain farts. Week in and week out, Luiz was out there like he had a bet going to see how many penalties he could concede in one season. The dude was a calamity, but hey, at least he kept things exciting for the opposition. Then, there’s the defense as a whole. Rob Holding and Pablo Mari? These guys were so slow it felt like watching replays in real-time. Mustafi? The man was defending his way out of professional football. It’s no surprise Arsenal needed to bring Kieran Tierney in just to have someone on the team who looked like they knew what defending was. Oh, and Arsenal's attack wasn’t just blunt; it was downright boring. Nicolas Pépé - the £72 million signing - was meant to bring fireworks but ended up giving us sparklers. Sure, he'd show flashes of brilliance, but mostly he looked like he was trying to dribble his way out of a maze and getting stuck at every corner. His decision-making was so poor that you could hear Arsenal fans collectively groaning through their TV screens every time he took an extra touch. Let's also take a moment for the squad's general mood. You know a team is in shambles when players are beefing with fans on social media and Xhaka is tossing the armband like it’s a frisbee. Watching Arsenal in these seasons was like seeing a long-term relationship fall apart in slow motion. Each match felt like a toxic argument, one side wondering how it all went wrong, while the other just sat there, emotionless, already checked out. Then there was Mesut Özil, who by 2020 was effectively being paid to do… nothing. He was ghosted out of the team like some sort of football Voldemort. His wages? Astronomical. His impact? Invisible. Arteta and the board’s handling of the Özil situation was so bad that it might as well have been an art piece on football mismanagement. And who can forget the FA Cup victory of 2020? Arsenal fans clung to that like a life raft in an ocean of disappointment, even though it was like sticking a Band-Aid on a sinking ship. "At least we won a trophy!" they said, as if that made up for the fact that they were nowhere near the Champions League spots. It was like bragging about winning a free pizza after your house burns down. When you thought Arsenal might finally turn a corner, they'd go and lose to teams like Aston Villa or Burnley. Yes, Burnley, whose biggest strategy is launching the ball into the sky and hoping for the best. Arsenal made them look like title contenders. By the time the 2020-21 season ended, Arsenal had been bounced out of the Europa League semifinals by *Villarreal*, managed by Unai Emery, the very man they sacked because he wasn’t good enough. The irony was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Arsenal were reduced to watching European football from their couches, as the "Big 6" became the "Big 5 and Arsenal." In conclusion, Arsenal between 2019 and 2021 was a tragicomic experience, a mixture of cluelessness, lack of leadership, and underwhelming signings that turned what was once a feared club into a running punchline. No crowds in the stadium? It was probably for the best.
I remember these times - I begged for Arteta to be sacked after Burnley 0-1 at the Emirates, the only time I wanted my team to lose and I’ll admit it. 😅
There is no way David Luiz kept playing in Europe’s best leagues so much time, him being Brazilian and scoring a couple bangers every 1-2 years really carried him 😂
@@badralomar720Chelsea and Newcastle had as many if not more injuries and they finished above you with a positive goal difference so injuries aren’t the main reason you were terrible
I love your raging rant videos haha. Yeah, lockdown Arsenal was super sad to watch. Imagine you stuck at home and hoping to cheer for your favorite team but then we got this Arsenal 😭
Me an Arsenal fan from London since '95 watching this: "Hmmm, yes. I remember this moment" My girlfriend a Canadian Arsenal fan from 2022: "What is this guy saying? Put the subtitles on."
lockdown arsenal was a loyalty test😭
The spuds have more European trophies than Assna
Just like Chelsea from 22/23 to now 😭
😭 fr though had me tweaking at weekends
I was there for the whole season
Fr no joke😂😂
As an Arsenal fan in lockdown im still in shock how we managed to beat Liverpool and city in the same week.....
Same here , those days were like nightmares
We were in the premier League promise simulation. It literally was anything is possible
I honestly almost thought of ditching the club
@@EniyisiEditz luckily you didn't
@@rishavranjan6656 I don’t get how we went from finishing 8th twice to finishing 2nd twice
crazy that this team has more trophies than the current arsenal team 😭
🤣🤣🤣
😂
I mean the final was against Chelsea with Anthony Taylor as the ref and even Spurs would win that final
Exactly the point I was going to make. We can't keep saying this current team is the best we've had in a long time until they actually win something that isn't a preseason friendly match like the Community Shield.
Lmao😂😂
Man lockdown was a deadass fever dream
No cap it really was.
@thejoulesthief6841 bro I mean it almost seamed like united were on actual title charge for some reason
@Slayqueen.x never said it was "a bad season" just that it felt like a fever dream
Likeee how did city lose 5-2 to Leicester and Chelsea Losing to West Brom 5-2
The title race in November being with liverpool, city, Leicester and Everton😂
Still have war flashbacks about that old AFTV tweet asking if Mari and Holding was our best CB duo. I swear I survived Lockdown Arsenal, I can survive anything with this club.
Lockdown Arsenal to Vibes FC to challenging for the top flight. The transformation under Arteta has been sensational
Lockdown Arsenal had some strange dark magic cause how did we even finish 8th with the caliber of games we played
To this day i still dislike david luiz. even mustafi wasnt a clown like this
Ike going through hell in path of radiance is much more easier that surviving lockdown arsenal
And the sad thing is they totally were. We were that bad. I don’t miss this period
When you think of it, Arteta joining Arsenal and covid came at a great time relative to eachother. The team's worst season of the century was played behind closed doors, saving matchgoing fans from travelling around the country to watch such a shitshow and when they were allowed back in we started to see progress back towards the top season on season.
And still united have 2 more trophies in that time lol
He should of went during that covid time he lost 11 out of 16 at one point completely horrendous and still hasn’t got over the line throwing away every cup that comes his way
@@franmulvaney792 if he'd been sacked back then would we even be close to challenging for the title now?
But it was lockdown. We already had one hardship, why double down on it for a double whammy. Still doesn't make it right.
And stop finished 8th lol
I did not realize how bad it was until this video. Thank you for your service and thank you for the changed times.
Same, I totally had forgotten how bad they were. I mean I remember seeing the notifications on FotMob of their losses all season but man that season was pretty bad. I remember how other team fans were making fun of how Arsenal were near the relegation zone and Tottenham on top. It wasn’t until the 2022/23 season where things came together and people began to trust the process. Although it took 3 years for it to work.
I forgot how bad it was, I had pushed all memories of lockdown arsenal to the deepest parts of my subconscious.
I wonder what it’s like for Chelsea they’ve spent over a billion in 4 transfer windows yet they finished 12th. Just crazy
Bro that Brighton game feels like a fever dream now, what a series of events 😂😂
The line, "it just wasn't Chelsea v arsenal, it was Chelsea v FA Cup Arsenal" Hit
The narration couldn’t be any better. Love this, funniest video seen in a while. Bring more of this. 😂
Thank you will do my bro ❤
Yay hi Lewis
The brigthon match needs to be studied as one of the biggest moment in football history
I don't get what's so special about that match
Your best team lost 3-1 and 3-0 to Brighton yet you don't talk as much about these matches
@rareschorban936 I don't understand what you are saying. There reason people are saying it's special it's because it basically lead to Martinez having a career and winning the wc
that match indirectly lead to argentina winning the world cup
@@cliffsmokerNah Brighton won the World Cup 😂😂
20/21 season nearly broke me as a fan. People don't realize the miracles Arteta has worked to get us where we are now.
you missed out on Schalke bro, they got chased by their own Fans during lockdown
He rlly didn't
2017-2022 was a true fan experiment. Arguably before 2017
2021/2022 Arsenal team was al right as far as I can remember
@agustin5650 it was only cuz of Saka and Smith Rowe
lol for real
@Darwin-santos nice I was 2016. I was like damn not a good start to supporting this team. But with how we’re doing currently all those years were worth it
When Henry dropped the Barca transfer video, we never recovered.
That run of 1 W 2 D 7 L really was dark times 😅
That's real Dark Arts!!
So bad we sacked our mascot 😂
😂😂😂
He clearly wasn't inspiring them enough😂
And the way Mikel ducked that sack must be studied. Bro used voodoo to keep his job😭
Lockdown Arsenal was definitely one of the football teams of all time.
1:37 this doesn't get talked about enough
Changed football at the top level completely, Emi doesn’t cone on, never gets a chance at top flight football or goes to Villa and ends up at reading in the championship.
Argentina never win the world cup, Emi is an npc player
Ill never forget you NHS Martial
Brooo we were so bad that I left being a football fan entirely for a year and took up basketball 😂. Thank you nets for seeing me through
Same here!
Really some of the most difficult football I've ever watched. The amount of sideways and backwards passes with that back 5, the red cards, the howlers, the sitters missed..
But it proved one thing : TRUST THE PROCESS
"But now, when there was nothing to play for, was time for us to get serius" 💀
that intro brings some 2016 memories
this has brought back a trauma i had spent so long trying to forget lmao
Without Covid, Arteta would’ve been sacked. Martinez would still be a 3rd choice Arsenal GK. Villa would probably be relegated.
The Team won FA cup.
Please revisit Arsenal 2010-2014...The Bendtner years.. for a history lesson on how far we fell.
😅😅😅the king days lol…. Hold Nicolas before he score again
2010 was crazy
We had Chamakh and Eduardo at top 😂
Eduardo was actually quality though pre the infamous Birmingham incident where Gallas the captain through a strop and derailed our season. If there was a biggest What If it was if that Fabregas Van Persie team had done something
@billybrand9976 was that not 09? I agree we had a chance in winning league until gallas threw the toys out of pram. Also I loved eduardo.. Once bad challenge and he never came back as strong
That troopz and Zah moment was epic, " we're 15th zah" 😂😂😂😂😂
I started watching them like a year before lockdown 😭, truama, but atleast we had football during lockdown
What are you talking about? We still have football.
Mate, you'd only been supporting them for a year, it can't have been that traumatic.
@@Diogo85that’s what i was a saying
@@michaelfoley906the first two seasons i started watching them they finished eighth two times in a row, but im still wondering how we
won the fa cup like man united this season💀
@@fpsalbania2013 Oh, okay.
Bro is bringing back memories 😂. It feels like yesterday. But atleast we finished 8
We?
8 what?
@@yuchoob during lockdown 8, the all or nothing documentary 5, the 2 consecutive
Worst team ever but won FA and community shield
Jheez this really brought back some horrible memories 😆 Good job on the video tho man!
Lmaoo thank you bro ❤
I remember how good winning the FA Cup felt. It was the smallest bit of light in the grimmest of times.
Ngl that 20/21 home shirt is cold
Actually all 3 shirts were world-class and I wouldn't trade any of them with a trophy
@@mohemida I know right
this video was pure CINEMA. You just had to be there.
This was the hardest time of my life as a gooner. We were so awful. I’m so glad we’ve come out of this period a great team.
Looking back I just laugh 😂 , how did I even still watch games on tv, I lived in boarding school , it was peak bro😅
This is gold man
Your narration is so damn hilarious 😂😂😂
Only 5 mins in and this vid is GOLD. i forgot how funny arsenal was during lockdown
"When there was nothing to play for it was time for us to get serious", that's been my life as an Arsenal fan. Hahahah so spot on
Quality video!! Make more of these man!!
Ur type of video lad 😂😂😂
Thank you bro more coming 🙏
at this period i watch Arsenal Woman to save own mental health
Damn man! The old prime idubbz intro music.
04:55 and that is the moment I subscribed
Our defense was so bad it was a shock we didnt get relegated
this was the funniest thing I've seen all day!
that david luiz performance will always crack me up😂😂😂
So i asked ChatGPT to make a roast about lockdown Arsenal, and... It said this:
Ah, Arsenal from 2019 to 2021, otherwise known as "Lockdown Arsenal," a time when the club's greatest talent seemed to be trolling their own fanbase. Let’s start with the fact that Arsenal, one of England's supposedly top football clubs, was out here playing like they’d stumbled onto the pitch straight from a pub league. Remember when the only things that stayed in form were the memes? Fans were locked down at home, but at least they were spared from watching this tragicomic display in person.
Let’s talk about the performances, or lack thereof. Arteta's reign kicked off in December 2019, and at first, people thought, "OK, maybe he's Pep's prodigy, maybe there's a glimmer of hope!" How wrong they were. Arteta’s "project" was a philosophical piece on how to systematically underperform. The infamous 8th-place finishes in 2019-20 and 2020-21 were a masterclass in mid-table mediocrity. Arsenal became the poster child for clubs that excel at underachievement, turning the Emirates into a wasteland of shattered dreams.
Their attack was like watching someone try to start a fire with wet matches. Aubameyang, after his golden boot-winning days, went from being one of the most feared strikers in the league to someone who looked like he forgot where the goal was. Captain Auba? More like *Casper* Auba, ghosting through games like he was allergic to effort.
And Willian. Oh, Willian! Arsenal fans were promised a veteran playmaker, but what they got was a man looking for the quickest route to retirement. Chelsea must’ve been laughing all the way to the bank as they shipped him off. Three years, 220k a week? For what, a couple of assists? The man was more active on his Instagram stories than he was on the pitch. Arsenal signed him, and he instantly became the club’s unofficial saboteur.
The midfield was equally tragic. Granit Xhaka, bless him, was consistently one red card away from personally sinking Arsenal’s top-six hopes. The man was a walking PR disaster, taking out his frustrations on the pitch by clattering into opposition players like a wrecking ball.
Let’s not forget David Luiz, who continued his remarkable streak of defensive brain farts. Week in and week out, Luiz was out there like he had a bet going to see how many penalties he could concede in one season. The dude was a calamity, but hey, at least he kept things exciting for the opposition.
Then, there’s the defense as a whole. Rob Holding and Pablo Mari? These guys were so slow it felt like watching replays in real-time. Mustafi? The man was defending his way out of professional football. It’s no surprise Arsenal needed to bring Kieran Tierney in just to have someone on the team who looked like they knew what defending was.
Oh, and Arsenal's attack wasn’t just blunt; it was downright boring. Nicolas Pépé - the £72 million signing - was meant to bring fireworks but ended up giving us sparklers. Sure, he'd show flashes of brilliance, but mostly he looked like he was trying to dribble his way out of a maze and getting stuck at every corner. His decision-making was so poor that you could hear Arsenal fans collectively groaning through their TV screens every time he took an extra touch.
Let's also take a moment for the squad's general mood. You know a team is in shambles when players are beefing with fans on social media and Xhaka is tossing the armband like it’s a frisbee. Watching Arsenal in these seasons was like seeing a long-term relationship fall apart in slow motion. Each match felt like a toxic argument, one side wondering how it all went wrong, while the other just sat there, emotionless, already checked out.
Then there was Mesut Özil, who by 2020 was effectively being paid to do… nothing. He was ghosted out of the team like some sort of football Voldemort. His wages? Astronomical. His impact? Invisible. Arteta and the board’s handling of the Özil situation was so bad that it might as well have been an art piece on football mismanagement.
And who can forget the FA Cup victory of 2020? Arsenal fans clung to that like a life raft in an ocean of disappointment, even though it was like sticking a Band-Aid on a sinking ship. "At least we won a trophy!" they said, as if that made up for the fact that they were nowhere near the Champions League spots. It was like bragging about winning a free pizza after your house burns down.
When you thought Arsenal might finally turn a corner, they'd go and lose to teams like Aston Villa or Burnley. Yes, Burnley, whose biggest strategy is launching the ball into the sky and hoping for the best. Arsenal made them look like title contenders.
By the time the 2020-21 season ended, Arsenal had been bounced out of the Europa League semifinals by *Villarreal*, managed by Unai Emery, the very man they sacked because he wasn’t good enough. The irony was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Arsenal were reduced to watching European football from their couches, as the "Big 6" became the "Big 5 and Arsenal."
In conclusion, Arsenal between 2019 and 2021 was a tragicomic experience, a mixture of cluelessness, lack of leadership, and underwhelming signings that turned what was once a feared club into a running punchline. No crowds in the stadium? It was probably for the best.
This isn't a roast, this is a diss track💀
@@Srikar-xi7mb a whole essay isn't considered a diss track😭
Thank you yt for recommending this channel ❤
This is a BANGER video man
Thank you bro ❤
4:04 aubameyang was putting a snus in mid game💀
You did bring me back bro HAHAHAHA! Great content i subscribed
lmaooo thank you my bro
What’s even more insane is arsenal had a better goal difference in that season then utd last season 😂
Yeah. Insane. Absolutely insane.
I remember these times - I begged for Arteta to be sacked after Burnley 0-1 at the Emirates, the only time I wanted my team to lose and I’ll admit it. 😅
Chelsea always saved us when we were at the bottom 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
2 minutes in I had to stop, i'm not ready to confront this history just yet absolute PTSD.
No fan base is more deserving of what we have now. Not just lockdown, the last decade of being an Arsenal fan has literally been hell.
Your narration is just stellar
Times like these make me thankful for what we have now… glad I stuck it out and got some deserved reward. Now let’s win the league
7:10 Was waiting for the Ross Barkley x Rob Holding showdown, ahahahaha that summed it all up
Bro I haven't laughed 😂like this in a while. Arsenal we've come a long way
This video is absolutely masterpiece 😭🙏
Bro ur video is fire 🤣🔥
We were so lucky going through this phase without fans in the stadium.
Ay yo this video is peak comedy , hey bro keep making more videos like this
100% man ❤
Narration was on point, apart from a little overreaction at places it didn't feel like it's a channel with only 3k subs 😂
Your jokes were great man, super funny video. You must be glad about how good they are now.
Bro I’m crying, you had me laughing the whole video 😂
You roast William was funny as hell 😂
Willian misleading performance 🤣🤣
Lockdown Arsenal was peak, just a vibe in the dressing room. 😂💀
Brah you deserve 5m and more subs even tho I’m a city fan
One day 💕
Sensational video my guy. Liked and subscribed 👍🏻
Thank you 💕💕💕
10:40 never forget the Laca-Xhaka-Saka combo
I’ve purged these games from my memory 😂😂😂😂
"Worst Team Ever " brought home silverware and Tottenham's golden period .......
It was so bad that it was good.
great vid, great bants!
Best non cap video ever made in history.
There is no way David Luiz kept playing in Europe’s best leagues so much time, him being Brazilian and scoring a couple bangers every 1-2 years really carried him 😂
Love this content keep it up bro
9:32 Man City were WHERE at Christmas???
Brilliant content!
This entire video is soo funny man 😂😂😂😂
11:52 ødegaard's first "i'm him" game since he joined on loan
crazy how we went 8th with an FA Cup and its the worst team ever but Man Utd does it and they think they are something... levels to this shit😂
united had 60 injuries your players were just crap😂
@@badralomar720 Exactly 💀
@Darwin-santos nothing you can do when your center backs get injured every time they touch a ball 😂
@@badralomar720Chelsea and Newcastle had as many if not more injuries and they finished above you with a positive goal difference so injuries aren’t the main reason you were terrible
@@mikeoxlong442 they definitely didn’t even if they had more injuries united has absolutely no squad depth
I cant finish this nightmare of a season video...nighmare recall.
How this Arsenal did the double over that UCL winning Chelsea, who beat Cuty 3 times consecutively that season, is still a mystery to me
dude you deserve more subscribers.
They’ll come soon by God’s grace 💕
@@LewisGLMamen♥️
The "you bring off aubameyang and bring on William" 😂😂😂😂 is always going to be funny to me i couldn't believe he took Aubey off
The translator is on point😂😂😂😂😂😂I love this
"getting clattered by ederson"
i swear he's the dirtiest keeper ever and he ALWAYS gets away with it
Harald Schumacher was the dirtiest keeper ever
I love your raging rant videos haha. Yeah, lockdown Arsenal was super sad to watch. Imagine you stuck at home and hoping to cheer for your favorite team but then we got this Arsenal 😭
I like this video man it made me laugh about the sorrows of Lockdown failures 😂. I'm an arsenal fan 🫶🏽
Brilliant video mate hahahahha Nicolas Bendtner 🤣🤣🤣
Waking up at 5am on weekends to watch that team get battered and make the most brain dead decisions I’ve ever seen was a pain I will never forget
Bro you didn't have to bring us back through this pain 😂
Im a lifelong arsenal hater but mesut ozil is my goat u already know i loved the downfall of arsenal
Find it mad I've just seen this in my recommended big up though keep at it bro didn't know you had a RUclips channel
Loveeee my g I hope you’re keeping well 💕
@LewisGLM I am bro keep up the good work and you'll make it big
Me an Arsenal fan from London since '95 watching this: "Hmmm, yes. I remember this moment"
My girlfriend a Canadian Arsenal fan from 2022: "What is this guy saying? Put the subtitles on."
😂😂😂
The Cabellos pass is crazy😂😂😂
proper banter fc we were back than and i had completely forgotten how terrible we were.