Let’s start with a quote from Mikel.
‘It wasn’t like we had to play them {young players}, because we had enough senior players. We played them because they fully deserved it.’
The most beautiful words I’ve heard all season.
The most beautiful Arsenal.com words of 2020?
INJECT IT RIGHT INTO MY EYES I WON’T EVEN BLINK!
My major concern after the Chelsea game was that Mikel had been pushed into dropping the toxic exChelsea duo by an unlucky covid exposure. That we’d see them return as soon as they were available. Well, it appears they were dropped because they are toxic. There might be something in the stories about the two of them bitching to Edu. It might be the shitty behaviour behind the scenes. It might be Willian’s shit performances in nearly every game. It might be David Luiz trying to shame Mo Elneny on the pitch. Whatever it was, I’m fucking glad it happened.
Phase two of the season starts today. Mikel is placing value in people that want to do the work. His embargoed press conference didn’t just land on ‘the kids done good’, it went to ‘they showed you a glimpse of what I’m trying to do here.’ He spoke of energy, movement, forward momentum, risk. All the things we haven’t been seeing from the senior players.
Now, it’ll mean very little if we play Brighton and lose like we did last time. My hope is that the temptation of complacency is overpowered by a desire to impress. We won’t destroy Potter’s team, they’re too well-coached, but I fully expect all 11 players to be present and to put on a show. This needs to be the 95 minutes that shows the Premier League the Chelsea game wasn’t a fluke.
We have some things going for us. They haven’t won in 5 games. Their last 3 games have been draws, though they have deserved more if I’m honest. We’ve also been lucky enough to have an extra day’s rest, huge at this level.
I don’t know how Arteta is going to think about squad rotation. Right now, it’s probably best to stick with what worked. Saka, Martinelli, ESR were absolutely key to our attacking game. Brighton like possession, just like Chelsea. I know Martinelli has played a lot of games, but damn, it’d be a big call to rest him. Lacazette was very good against Chelsea, he links play well when he has the space to do so, but you wonder if bringing Auba into the mixer would be a good move. Surrounded by 3 energy merchants is exactly what his game has lacked. What I don’t want to see is Nic Pepe on the field again. He’s not it. He offers very little. Our game dips with him in the 11. He’s had enough chances.
Midfield might see some fresh legs. Granit Xhaka will probably land minutes, deserved based on what he did on the last game, and also worth remembering he’s fresher because of his suspension. Mo Elneny had a pretty horrible game against Chelsea (lots of minutes), I’m hoping his place goes to AMN, who offers far more to the attack that Ceballos ever seems to.
The defence has to stay the same. Gabriel is out with covid. Mustafi shouldn’t be anywhere near the first team. Cal Chambers hasn’t had enough games. I worry a little bit about Kieran Tierney. He’s so imperative to our game, and Kola just isn’t a footballer, so he’ll likely play… but at some point, we’re going to have to get real about an RPL for him so we can keep Kieran going.
Tactically, we need to keep things straight-forward again. It was interesting to read Arteta say this after the Chelsea game.
‘We need to make life as clear, as simple, as efficient as possible for the players’
He’s owning the reality about the players he has. His vision of the game is too complex for the now. There’s too much to think about. The controlling nature of his ideas paralysed the players and the output was consistently robotic and uninspired. Giving energy to the frontline gave the midfielders permission to release the ball fast and early. Loosening the positional rules on the forwards gave them permission to improvise and create little pockets of art. Let’s do that again. If we can replicate that against Brighton, we’ll score more open play goals. Arteta’s big learning is that too many rules for creatives kills the joy. Freedom to express was Wenger’s strength and his downfall. Arteta needed to find a middle ground. Structure should be a platform to create in safety, not a bunker to launch occasional sneak attacks from. Planning creativity in a game of chaos is like scripting sex. You don’t do it, unless you’re in the industry, or a freak (which I know many of you are).
What I found very interesting about his prezzer is how chastened he sounded after a pretty exciting win. I suspect he put a lot of energy into crafting that win. He sounded broken, like he’d lost the game 3-0. Clearly, he’s been to some dark places over the past month. Questioned his worth. Doubted his abilities. Probably read a few mean tweets and wondered if he’d ever escape the moment. Well, that’s a good thing. Everyone goes to hell in their job, especially in the early years, the best don’t cave to the bad moments, or blame those around them. They learn their lessons, they make the changes, and they power forward.
Mikel loves this job, he gushes over how much he enjoys being the manager. He loves the club. But he’s made some very, very bad decisions in a structure that lacks proper checks and balances. Today is a chance to move forward, to show that the 2.0 version of our season is going to be better, to prove to the fans he’s the right man to take us forward.
Let’s see what the boys have for us. Hopefully, it’s something special so we can put 2020 behind us. Over to you, Mikel.
P.S. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST RIGHT NOW. Another one coming after the game.
Morning!
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Tr4phy
Buendia has been Man of the Match in 4 of Norwich’s last 5 games
I know it’s the Championship, but he was pretty hot last year in the PL too.
Could he be what we need?
AMN at LB if Tierney needs a rest, he’s done okay there previously. Auba for Martinelli if three games in a week is too much would be the other obvious solution. As for Potter it’s too early yet but future Arsenal manager?
Meh…too late
Buendia may cost more than you’d expect. Why would Norwich sell their best player cheap when they are pushing for the PL again and the riches that gets you?
3 points or the Chelsea win means little…
Andy
I agree. I reckon they would want north of £40 mill if they would even consider selling mid-season.
Absolutely GDaddy, I doubt we’ll be spending big so we’d probably be better off paying off the contracts of the wasters and improve the squad that way.
Buendia would be 30M+. Too much for us.
Luiz comes across as your typical Brazilian beach bum footballer.
Thinks he’s better than he is. Thinks he is a leader. Thinks he can do or say anything.
Basically he’s an accident waiting to happen, both on and off the pitch.
Optimistic post – but that’s what we would expect from someone who has staked their reputation on shaky foundations and is looking for any glimpses of justification.
But are we agreed Pedro that if William and Luiz reappear in the first team for the games in early January (ie the illness proves to be an illness) then any talk of Arteta’s “reset” is nonsense.
Please, no more talk on who we should be bringing in.
Concentrate on the present.
Pedro I agree 100% with your analysis. Let’s start off with both wing positions. Saka and Martinelli are the future of the club and outstanding prospects. Both had excellent games against Chelsea. Okay they are both teenagers and will from time to time be erratic or even have a poor game. What is important is that they have support behind them from decent fullbacks. Both Bellerin and Tierney may not be world class but they are decent players and both played well against Chelsea. All four players offer something which is important and that is “pace and legs”. Arsenal’s major… Read more »
So Pedro admits that the tactics has severely hampered our attacking play and made all our attackers look worse but our 72m winger doesn’t get any more chances with ( hopefully) improved tactics? Mkay. On the other hand Xhaka who had the whole team set up to hide his many weaknesses, constantly loses us points with his shit play and stupid behavior deserves more chances because he scored a free kick he gets on goal every 50th time? Seems fair and balanced that. All the reports linking Buendia to us mentions a price tag of 15-20m, don’t know where the… Read more »
Not sure about Buendia, particularly as we look stuck with Willian stinking the place out for another 2.5 years,
But £25mill, and offering them Nelson + Saliba on loan. might do the trick?
Freddie
😂 😂😂
Look at Aston Villa as an example of how a constructive recruitment program is run. Why is it that they can go out and bring in physically strong and intimidating players who are also technically gifted, for a fraction of the cost that we manage to do, Our players always have to adapt to the pace and intensity of the league whereas when I look at teams like Villa, it’s the opposition who have to adapt to the strength of the players. This has been the case at Arsenal ever since we left Highbury. Purchasing players who are basically not… Read more »
I said-a flip, flop, the flippie, the flippie
To the flip flip flop-a you don’t stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat…
Xhaka plays for very simple reasons. Partey is injured. Our other options are Elneny + Ceballos. Niles had one good game in midfield against United around 4 years ago, but his passing is hit and miss. It’s a busy period of football, and Xhaka has just had a 3 game rest, due to his idiocy. It’s all well and good repeating the mantra “Xhaka is sh*t” But anyone who think our current available alternatives are any better, isn’t paying any attention, Bissouma harassing Xhaka petrifies me, but until Partey comes back, we don’t really have a viable alternative. We should… Read more »
Any one who understands football, can tell you after few games if a young player has the talent or not. Now it’s a year and Arteta still sees something in Eddie, who is a nothing player.
Rich I know why Xhaka is playing atm, lack of options, and I agree that AMN isn’t the solution, prefer Elneny over him though, and Ceballos for that matter but there’s not between them on current form. Just find Pedros stance weird. Xhaka has been a liability and an absolute cunt on the pitch for going on 5 years now but gets a lot of leeway despite being shit even when the team conforms to him. = Gets infinite chances Pepe on the orher hand is played in a shit formation, with shit midfielders and no creativity behind him, with… Read more »
There’s plenty of players like Bissouma in the french league that we can pick up for cheap right now with many clubs there in financial troubles. Or we can chicken out and pay an extra 20-30m for someone else to take a chance on a player and then buy them if they succeed after a year. Chelsea, Man u, City, Liverpool can afford to do that, we have too many positions to fill still.
But first, I gotta bang-bang the boogie to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang-bang boogie
Let’s rock, you don’t stop
Andy.
AMN at LB if Tierney needs a rest, he’s done okay there previously. Auba for Martinelli if three games in a week is too much would be the other obvious solution. As for Potter it’s too early yet but future Arsenal manager?
I’ll take everything except Auba for Martinelli. Auba is absolutely tame on the wings, not crafty, not a dribble, CA t hustle to save his life. We have to replace Amrtinelli with someone who can match his energy. That’ll be Reiss. Auba should be playing center forward all day every day. He and Laca should be interchanging.
Freddie
That may be the case but then they see Arsenal coming and ramp up the asking price.
Said yesterday that Pepe has been made a scapegoat.
Imo, Arteta has handled him appallingly.
A singing on and on and on, on and on
Like a hot ready to pop the pop the pop dibbie dibbie
Pop the pop, pop, you don’t dare stop
Looking at all the top teams dropping points against the so called lesser teams, there is no easy game in the EPL. I hope that luck is finally on our side and we could win a few games to calm the nerve.
Nelson
Are we a lesser team?
If that is the case, we could pick up more points.
All it took was one win and you are back to writing like a love struck teenage girl
“He’s owning the reality about the players he has. His vision of the game is too complex for the now”
WTF is this? What vision?
“Mikel loves this job, he gushes over how much he enjoys being the manager. He loves the club. But he’s made some very, very bad decisions in a structure that lacks proper checks and balances”
So much for his love, bad decisions born of love or incompetence? I say incompetence
According to the Mail, we are getting:
Diego Costa
Riqui Puig
Joan Jordan
I hope we’re seriously not interested in any of them!
“His vision of the game is too complex for the now”
Geez but you are so desperate for Arteta to come good that now you see the earth as flat, Pedro.
You don’t see managers this bad but only once in a generation and sadly, he’s Arsenal’s.generational alright.
Anybody who doubts Mikel Arteta should listen to what he has to say. It’s not bulls**t, it’s honesty.
Tierney is the type of player in that the more games he plays , the stronger he gets ……if he’s fit , play him.
“Anybody who doubts Mikel Arteta should listen to what he has to say. It’s not bulls**t, it’s honesty.”
Pull your finger out!
Danny Big no to Diego Costa. Dont think we are interested in him. Haven’t seen much from Joan Jordan. Wr were linked to him when he was at Eibar. Haven’t followed his career to make a clear judgement. Big Yes to Puig. I know people might be thinking he is weak and fragile and what not. Guess what ? He’s got a huge ceiling. Last season when he played with Messi and co he didn’t look out of place at all. My Barca supporting mates said to me that he was the 2nd best player on the pitch a lot… Read more »
Time up “Any one who understands football, can tell you after few games if a young player has the talent or not. Now it’s a year and Arteta still sees something in Eddie, who is a nothing player.” I would call this a comment without substance… I’m sure during Ian Wright’s teenage years and in his early 20’s , he had many knowledgable people who understand the game who failed to spot his talent/potential. Harry kane looked decidedly average until Sherwood gave him the opportunity with a decent run i the first team instead of the odd game here and… Read more »
Graham, Love your U turn! The transfer window is about to open! 9.44. ‘Please, no more talk on who we should be bringing in.” 10.17 ‘Look at Aston Villa as an example of how a constructive recruitment program is run’ Completely agree with the type of player you see as a partner for Partey. We can pick up an athletic, imposing CM in the summer once we get money for Torreira, Guendouzi, Xhaka and Elneny and dispense with Ceballos. Azeez should be promoted. Don’t know if Patino is close enough to promoting but he’s getting rave reviews.We could get another… Read more »
Arteta is in the position he is because he is a novice manager who should not have been allowed any where near Arsenal , He is effectively learning on the job , playing billie big bollocks with Martinez is the most shocking and the most punishing for him we would probably be 3rd or 4th maybe higher if he called that right add to that Saliba as if anyone who has seen the st etienne games played by Saliba will no he should have been given an opportunity .The player management for Arsenal has been absolutely shocking as we are… Read more »
I am increasing thinking these posts are a spoof
His vision is apparently designed for an alternative future reality just like Arteta thinks that he actually won most of the games in an alternative quantum universe with odd probabilities.
Maybe Arteta is going to be revealed as the new Dr Who with Pedro as his sidekick.
Pedro, We all know that you are team Arteta till the bitter end, but you should stop trying to spin events that far. Arteta has not binned the Brazilian duo, they are just unavailable due them showing symptoms and only now restarting light training. He is not showing humility, he has to tone down the rhetoric because of the events. The journalists went after his refusal not to play the youngsters who according to him they were not ready. That good performance by the “not yet ready kid” and the enthusiasm that it inspired in fans and pundits alike meant… Read more »
“Anybody who doubts Mikel Arteta should listen to what he has to say. It’s not bulls**t, it’s honesty.”
It’s like his non-negotiables, it’s honest Bullshit!
“ARTETA BINS EX-CHELSEA DUO FOR SECOND GAME IN A ROW.”
Bless you Pedro, never knew that two players actually being sick equates/translates into somehow the Manager “binning” the? Genius revisionist writing!
Arsenal must rally over the next few games and I think it will happen.
3-1 arsenal win today.
Does LG have its own Karaoke section now?
Freddie your post at 9.55 is spot on.
How the fuck does xhaka always get a free run?
Those after training visits to the managers office are paying off, the ass licking douchebag.
And Pepe, despite his limitations in an all action press, is a quality player in the right system.
The fact our coach hasn’t had the right tactical setup to get the best out of literally anyone, let alone the offense, speaks volumes.
Don’t think anyone is fool enough to Liston to Arteta bullshit think it’s clear the man lies when he thinks he is required to .He certainly comes across as a bit of a cunt to be honest …all this non-negotiable shit which goes out the window when one of his pets misbehave just really really amateur and never dreamed the guy could be this bad
The double standards shown by both Arteta and some on this blog are quite frankly ridiculous.
And no I’m not saying Pepe is the answer.
But if Arteta can’t get our top scorer from the last few seasons on the scoresheet regularly then he surely has no real clue.
Bob N16
I live in Worthing, so I’m used to doing a U turn or two.
I didn’t highlight any players, just the system that Villa apply.
englandsbest
Back up your claims that Arteta knows what he’s doing.
Based on these past four months.
It’s not the New Year yet, so why not give it a go.
I won’t bite.
I promise.
RH
😂
” “He’s owning the reality about the players he has. His vision of the game is too complex for the now”
WTF is this? What vision?”
Unfortunately the only player to understand his overly complex hipster tactics is Ozil 😂
England’s best.
Not this shit again.
“Anybody who doubts Mikel Arteta should listen to what he has to say. It’s not bulls**t, it’s honesty.”
You seriously think another manager wouldn’t come in and try to say all the right things, even if he’s wrong?
And where has this honesty led us? To 15th after 15 games and a negative goal difference.
I’d take bullshit and a higher win percentage any day of the week.
He’s owning the reality about the players he has. His vision of the game is too complex for the now”……that’s some funny shit thats probably why he wants to extend there contracts right ?
Arteta is your typical “paralysis by analysis” type of coach.
Just an opinion.
“His vision of the game is too complex for the now.” Seriously? How is having one of the least shots on goal in the league too complex? I loved that we won against chelsea but it was because football is mostly simple. If you pick a strategy and you keep up with it whether it works or not then you are the problem. We were better against chelsea because arteta chose to field ESR who floated around. And there was no congestion on the flanks were both wingers and fullbacks were playing in the same position. Martinelli and Saka were… Read more »
Pedro seems to think that Luiz and Willian are bums. You can say what you want but you cannot question their quality. In no world is Luiz a worse player than Holding or Mari. And Willian plays a different game – passing around the box, freeing space for the full back, one-two passing, combinating at high speed, forcing the opponent players to vacant their positions so one of ours can attack that space. None of this has been Arteta style. He hasn’t done well but neither has Aubameyang and around 90% of our team. Pedro is pointing fingers at Auba,… Read more »
Tricky game today, even though we’ve had the extra day to prepare.
BHA are our bogey team and, as we all know, play some great football at times without always attaining a positive outcome
I hope Arteta has come to the realisation that the youngsters are the way forward.
Hopefully we get the three points, although a score draw could be the likely outcome.
Habesha
So true.
Arteta over complicates matters
I love this part of it “Arteta will turn it around”. Turn around what? The worst start of Arsenal in half a century? With a similar team to the one that finished 5th 2 years ago? It’s obvious that we will win games. We have better players than 70% of the teams in the league. Is this what turning around is? Getting the odd win? 8 out of 33 pts. Over 50% losses – 8 in 15 games. In any other club with ambition he would have been gone long time ago. In all teams, the first casualty of a… Read more »
Raptora, it’s damn depressing isn’t it!
And how our team were top 4 quality at the beginning of last season under a different manager (well also the start of this season too after the fa cup).
Now the team is shit and only new players could improve us.
I can’t even see the goalposts anymore as they have moved so far.
Young players can be inconsistent. It is Arteta’s job to get this balance right. The Chelsea result and performance was great but we must build on it. Anything less than a win tonight and more doubt will creep in.
Absolutely no way he should be signing anyone in January. We have a large squad and a number of promising young players. Let’s see him manage his resources.
I really hope Arteta turns out to be a top manager. But the jury is still out until he can string some wins and performances together.
It would be great if we start today with the same 11 that started against Chelsea but I don’t trust Arteta and expect him to fuck with the system.
People who still Arteta are like the guy falling from a skyscraper who think so far so good.
People who still support Arteta are like the guy falling from a skyscraper who thinks so far so good.
Brighton are definitely our modern day bogey team. I think they are unbeaten in 5 against us, today won’t be easy but hoping we can get a win.
Some light relief with Emile Sandé and Bellerin.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/dec/29/david-squires-on-the-endless-joyride-that-was-football-in-2020?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
I hope these Diego Costa transfer stories are a 100% false because I cannot imagine why we would be going after him
Graham 9.44
You can’t rule players out the team…. that’s cutting off your nose…you need to work the players to allow them to rediscover their best form…saying that, I really don’t want to see Willian in the 11 for a while…
Sadly, think it is only a matter of time before they pull the plug for a while on professional sport in the UK, again, we have a mutant to contend with now I am not a Covid Denying type or anything like that, and I am well aware of it’s effects, , but far from convinced by some of the data that the mainly behavioural scientists,: modellers and psychologists at SAGE are serving up. But, it seems the guy that matters, the PM is convinced by their every word. I know football with few or no crowds is irrelevant in… Read more »
Pedro’s back….in Arteta’s pocket again.
Maybe Xhaka can pull out another top drawer free kick again and Saka can score another excellent lob again, we’ll see.
Looks like Everton is not going to lie down and accept the decision to just postpone instead of forfeiting the Monday night game against ManCity. ManCity may face the same issue with Chelsea unlikely to willingly accept their next game to be postpone. The rules are clear, outside of police recommendation, safety consideration, medical restrictions, referee issue, a game can be postponed only if a team does not have 14 registered professional available or no goalkeeper. I doubt that ManCity can successfully argue that they did not have 14 registered available players out of both premier league squad lists: the… Read more »
Dissenter
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Costa and Eriksen = A Classic Arsenal Transfer Window
‘Just saying, we’ve managed 8 out of 33 pts in the last 11 rounds. The basis of expecting us to win 15 pts in 5 games when we’ve managed 17 in 15 games is utter IDIOCY’
🔊LOUDER!
Dissenter,
I would not mind Diego Costa for six months if he is really motivated and fit. If it is for longer then no. And no if he is still moody and unfit like he was at the beginning of the season at Athletico.
The only thing is that I thought that he cancelled his contract for family reason, so unless his wife or GF wants to come to UK, I can can’t see him joining Arsenal.
Valentin
Agreed that city shouldn’t get off so easily.
They definitely breached protocols to have that type of mass test positivity. The annoying thing was to hear them try to pin it on the carabao cup game against us.
If we get Costa and Eriksen I think I’m done for a while. Sacking our scouts to bring in has beens on high wages would be the epitome of absolute worst ways to do business.
But I feel like even 2020 arsenal aren’t even that stupid 😂
Valentin
Diego Costa is broken
He had cervical spine surgery last year and won the able to head the ball well enough.
He’s not the same player who was a beast for Chelsea.
To bring in ‘more’* has beens
Goobergooner
Agree with you.
The time for knocking Arteta
is not now we’ve just won a game. Let’s see if he has now learned his key lesson and picks the right players and does his utmost to clear out the crap. Go for youth
Yay winning streak of 1
Haha sorry northbanker, not trying to have a go at you there
Why bring in Diego Costa when he’s not given the likes of Folarin Balogun enough opportunities to swim or to sink?
I thought the emphasis was on ‘creative players’ , Costa has cervical spine surgery and there’s no way he should still be considered a professional footballer after that – he cannot head the ball with any meaningful. force.
“He’s owning the reality about the players he has. His vision of the game is too complex for the now. There’s too much to think about.”
As the posters above me have said, wtf? Is Arteta actually Marty McFly? Would make all the sense.
Had real danger of getting relegated with players like Auba, Luiz, Willian, Partey, Pepe, Lacazette, Bellerin, Tierney, Leno, Saka, Ceballos, Martinelli.
10 games – 1 win, 7 defeats, 1 goal from open play, 4 goals to 13 goal difference. This shit actually takes skill.
And there was me thinking it’s Christmas it’s not it’s Easter because Arteta has risen from the dead after one good result. Playing Martinelli again is irresponsible end of. The idea that Arteta has undergone a major personality change in the blink of an eye is naive at best, Pedro for someone who holds their credibility so close to heart how do you write some of this? The truth is we are looking at the Football End of Days and we have the equivalent of the 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse – the player = Xhaka really shit, the manager… Read more »
Riqui Puig looks way too creative to play in an Arteta side. Diego Costa however… that has Arteta all over it.
I already felt something was not right when Holding was selected as captain playing next to Luiz in the Everton game. Luiz is difficult to manage. On the other hand, Auba appears to be just a play boy. When the team is playing well, he’ll enjoy the game. But he doesn’t have a strong character to control the dressing room. Hopefully, there are still enough players who dedicate 100% to fight for the coach. That reminds me of Arteta’s “honest” comment of needing 5 to 6 players for his system. How do you want the players to feel with such… Read more »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1GpSBQqU1o&t=211s&ab_channel=ScoutNation
swkmoon, thanks for the link, it made me chuckle!
Y’all you leave Pedro alone and let him have this time to gloat.
You can tell he’s been sad the last two months after putting all his money on Arteta.
2-0 to the good guys today.
Diego Costa has just been release from his contract 6 months early by mutual consent 😧
If Edu signs him up?
Then there really is no hope for us.
Dissenter,
I did not know about Costa. I have seen him at the beginning of the season and he was clearly unfit and I thought that he looked disinterested. So yes maybe the injuries have taken a heavy toll on his body and he would not be a good deal even for a short term stint.
Just a reminder that if Leno goes off injured today, then we are going to be in a relegation dog fight.
Not sure who’s getting more stick, Arteta or Pedro. Much as I hope that Arteta is on a ‘learning curve’, it’s hard to be confident that the next 3/4 games will see us on a run that sees the team and the supporters get on the Arteta band wagon. Winning today would be massive, particularly if it’s convincing. We need to start well and show an intensity that puts Brighton on the back foot. The obvious difficulty is to balance the need for rotation and having the right players on the pitch to play on the front foot. I might… Read more »
Hahaha azed, we are already down as fans no need to bring out the low blows.
Nah if Leno is injured now it will be a blessing.
It’s if the window shuts and we haven’t bought an upgrade for the number 2 spot, then Leno gets injured; we will be proper relegation contenders.
Dissenter,
Any opinion on Joan Jordan from Sevilla?
He is said to be our main target now that Aouar is off Arteta wishlist.