Arsenal haven't had a good time lately.

Well, it's not that Arsenal are currently struggling to compete for four consecutive places in the Premier League.

Now so is the British overlord Arsenal.

This year, Arsenal, who have won three consecutive top-flight titles, unexpectedly fell behind in the league, and the championship was taken away by Black Cat Sunderland. Although they will soon make a comeback and regain the league title in the near future, Sunderland, Preston North End and Wolves are all catching up at a fast pace, Manchester City is also on the rise, Arsenal fans don't care about this, the increasing number of trophies under Chapman and his successors in the past few years has made Gunners fans increasingly demanding, this season has been seen as a failed season for Arsenal, although this season Arsenal still won the FA Cup - and eliminated Bristol Rover, Liverpool along the way, Newcastle, Barnsley and Grimsby reached the final before beating Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium.

In 1930, Chapman led Arsenal to win the first major championship in the team's history, which was the FA Cup, and Wenger won the FA Cup after many years without a title in the future. But the common denominator is that Arsenal fans are unhappy when only the FA Cup can be won.

The Gunners are the most expensive and box office highest, and the 60,000 standing tickets at Highbury Stadium are often sold out – these are not the things that future Arsenal fans will "enjoy" alone, and this is already the case in this era.

It can only be said that Arsenal fans in this era have indeed been whipped up by the team's past success, and this 30s, which they think are beginning to "gradually fail", "knock out the slower and slower veterans", and "start rebuilding", is actually a past that is difficult for them to dream back to.

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It was a historic day when the Arsenal players unveiled the bust of Herbert Chapman in Highbury – the famous bronze statue that fans would see for the first time when they stepped into the East Stand, and the ice prince Bergkamp famously said: "Every time I pass by this bronze statue, I am always a little timid, his eyes seem to see everything in my heart." "The big names in the Gunners, Arsene Wenger, Thierry Henry, Tony Adams, Patrick Vieira, Bergkamp have to walk past this Chapman statue every time they play. Previously, the most important feature of Highbury Stadium was Chapman's bronze bust, but Arsenal moved to the Emirates Stadium and erected a new bronze statue of him outside.

It was 1936, less than two years after the famous manager's death, but Arsenal already felt that they had been away from the mentor for too long. Especially now that the team has won "only" one FA Cup, everyone misses this epoch-making wizard even more.

Although it was summer, the players of the Arsenal first team still solemnly wore dark suits to attend this solemn moment, which made Lu Zhuhu, who came in a hurry, sweating profusely and wearing short sleeves and big pants, feel a little embarrassed, and only dared to watch from a distance with some other enthusiastic fans who came to watch from afar, embarrassed to be too far ahead.

By the way, on the London subway when he came, Lu Zhuhu felt that it was too dark, and he didn't know if it was a psychological effect, and it felt like it was all the smell of urine and dead rats...... Belch...... After all, it's seventy or eighty years old...... How wise it is to see how wise it is for my Great Celestial Empire to prohibit eating on the subway......

In the middle of the Arsenal club lobby in Highbury, irreplaceable Arsenal captain Alex James slowly lifted the curtain, and then the bronze bust of Herbert Chapman stood silently.

The players all stared at the bronze statue with solemn expressions, and Ted Drake still owed a debt to move forward - to see if there was any error between this statue and the head coach in his memory.

I don't know who got up, the applause rang out slowly, and then the players, club staff, and fans all burst into huge applause together, and even Lu Zhuhu couldn't help but applaud, after all, this old man has really made a great contribution to modern football, not to mention WM, like the player's back number, night games are his first initiative, and a generation of grandmasters deserves it.

Arsenal will miss him even more in the future, although Chapman has won very few titles, with only three League One titles in the league and two months after his third league title in 1934. However, the Arsenal dynasty he founded was in fact not fully surpassed by the Reds until Liverpool rose to full strength in the 70s. Chapman's winning percentage is not very high, with a total of 403 games in charge of Arsenal, winning 201 games, drawing 97 and losing 105 games, which is far less than Wenger's 436 games in the same period, winning 251 games, drawing 108 games and losing 77 games - so in 0304, the Gunners hierarchy and fans have been chanting that Wenger, who has won three Premier League titles, has thrown off this ancient figure in all aspects.

Who would have thought that more than ten years later, Wenger's league title will stay at the number "3" - I don't know if it will stay "forever". (Wouldn't it be better to have one more!) ）

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Taking such a day to "visit" Arsenal, Lu Zhuhu felt that he was a bit of a mistake, in fact, it is said that everyone should be happy to give a statue of a celebrity, but the team's recent situation has made this ceremony even more gloomy. However, "it's all coming", Lu Zhuhu can only continue his purpose.

After the ceremony, Lu followed the team's head coach, George Allison, to the other party's office.

Allison is thinking about his own thoughts - obviously he is a very successful head coach who led the team to complete the grand feat, but he is still shrouded in the light of his predecessor, and the current performance of the fans makes him even more chilling, blocking the road and pointing at his nose to scold him for being incompetent, and shouting that the team is disbanded and rebuilt The head coach is out, is this what he should be treated as a gold medal coach? The future of the team also gave him a headache, with meritorious retirement, continuous injuries to the main team, and the youth army could not be connected...... What to do next season is the bigger question......

With so much thought that he didn't notice that he was followed by a young Asian man.

Lu Zhuhu didn't dare to look rashly all the way, and waited until he entered the office and sat down, then sorted out his instrument and said, "Sir-"

Alison was almost startled by him, only to find such a person, his brows instantly twisted, interrupting his thought of the opening remarks, and asked directly: "Who are you?" ”

"I'm a player from China, our team is about to compete in the Olympics in Berlin, and I'm here to visit you because you want to—"

"Get out!"

"Huh?" Lu Zhuhu was stunned.

"Shall I say it again?" Allison's eyes were full of fierce light: "Get out!" F·uc·k off！ Get lost! ”

Lu Zhuhu was a little incredible, and his feet hadn't moved yet.

"Smack!" Alison pushed the document in front of him and shouted, "Security staff! What are you eating? Do all cats and dogs put them in my office?! Get this guy out of here! ”