HELLO I AM BACK.
A sorry mess of a week. I was peeling a potato and a peeled one of my best typing fingers. Not a good look. Though I did realise through the process that the peeler works down the potato… and back up. Did you know that? I did not.
Less about my injured finger, more about Arsenal, I hear you, I hear you.
Thomas Partey is out again. The Ghanaian superstar is struggling once again with injury. I don’t think he’s managed 3 games in a row for us this season, which is pretty devastating considering he barely missed a game during his entire term at Atleti.
A lot of people are asking questions of our medical team. I think that’s a huge miss. The player, for me, is struggling to adapt to a new league, I think there’s some bad luck in there, and you also have to consider what a horrible year it’s been to be in the Premier League. Too many games, too little training, total abuse of the talent that entertains us by the governing bodies.
Most teams are struggling with injury problems this season. We tend to minimise our own issues as impactful on the overall football, but sympathise with others. Our injuries this season have been detrimental to our form and position in the league.
Look at Liverpool. They’ve fallen off a cliff. They’ve lost 6 in 10. That’s terrible for a team that looked invincible last season. Lose a few key players, drop a couple of big points, lose one of the best keepers in the world to Karius form and it all falls apart.
Arsenal hasn’t had their best midfielder all season, and arguably, we’ve not had our best striker in the right frame of mind since August. You have to search for reasons why those problems are occurring, but the problems certainly give you some mitigating circumstances that are hard to avoid.
If we beat Leeds tomorrow, we’ll be 6 point off Liverpool. I know we’re not making a go at the Premier League table, but that’s kind of nuts at this stage of the season considering they’re 4th.
Beating Leeds is going to be tough now. Very tough. Thomas Partey is THE RESISTANCE when it comes to pressing. Granit Xhaka is… well, let’s be kind here… really not very good against high octane sides that’ll apply pressure to his every move and see his weaknesses as an opportunity.
The manager can either risk it and hope our midfield works under the stress or he’s going to look at other options.
There was an early picture of Martin Odegaard and Dani Ceballos sitting on balls talking to Arteta. Dani Ceballos doesn’t have buckets of pace, but he can certainly move with the ball. Martin Odegaard is more than capable of playing in a double pivot. He’s press resistant and he has sexy abilities when it comes to fastballs zipped in behind pace. We saw that with one of his passes to Nicolas Pepe last week that the Ivorian should have done better with.
We saw every available combo last time Partey was out and it was very, very miserable for a long time. I think we need to play against Leeds United, I don’t think we can afford the risk of having a midfield that doesn’t have any legs or energy to deal with their attack.
I’m not quite sure what we’re going to do in attack. Leeds can be got at if you can beat the press. Their centre backs are susceptible to being stretched on the break and they aren’t very good at defending setpieces. Auba looked really poor when he came on against Villa, but he’s our talisman. Willian shouldn’t be in the squad. We really need energy in our front three and we need to give Leeds something to worry about tomorrow.
Arteta has to show up with a solution. The three points here are the difference between a decent run in the next few games and an absolute disaster of an order of magnitude I don’t want to contemplate. I don’t have the sympathy to give for another bad run. Let’s work with what we have, take strategic risks, and try something interesting… because we really, really need to move on from the last two games and take advantage of other teams dropping points. I know it’s an ambitious thought, but wouldn’t it be nice to see a full 90 of good football after a week on the training ground?
A little bit of contract talk. Arteta is confident Arsenal are going to keep Flo Balogun.
“I’m still very positive that Flo is going to stay with us and it’s what we’re trying to do as a club, and it’s what I’m trying to do as a manager,”
“As far as I know from last week again, the player wants to be here. So, so far I’m positive.”
I don’t know how the sell is going down, but it’s clear there is a path for him at Arsenal. He’s a teenager. Lacazette will be gone this summer. Flo will be 22 when Auba’s contract ends. I’m not sure Eddie is going to be here much past the summer. He will land chances, I’m just not sure holding the club to ransom for minutes is the right way to go about it.
Going to Germany would probably work out for him as well, but really, does he want to go to another league and watch his mates he grew up with smashing it in a superior league? I have no idea tbh, but it would be a smart decision to stay with a club in transition. If he was an established 9 at 22 years old, that’d be kind of spectacular. Doing it in Germany? Not so much. Impressive, but the path to glory is here.
There’s also some talk that we’re chasing down Sporting forward Tiago Tomas. I take any rumour out of Portugal with a huge grain of PR, but he looks decent and I’d be game for Arsenal signing any young talent that looks like they could blow up into a future mega sale. The striker moves a little like a cross between Lewandowski and Auba. I wonder if we’re going to be in the market for £20m 18 years olds this summer considering the climate, if we are, then it’s a good time to find them with the football world reeling financially.
Big summer ahead. Matteo G is going to fetch decent money, Dino Mavrapanos continues to impress, some of our loan signings will find homes and we have a few Hale-Enders that’ll fetch a pretty penny.
FINALLY. Arteta and his family recieving death threats? It’s grim. If you put a video on Twitter that has a copyright infringement, you are suspended fast, if you do it twice, you lose your account. Call me optimistic, but there must be an algorithm that can detect ‘I WANT TO KILL YOUR FAMILY.’
There has to be some accountability at these platforms at some point. Football Twitter is disgusting at times. The public comments on Instagram are beyond disgraceful as a standard. Racism, homophobia, and violence just seem to be part of the discourse if you have more than a 1000 followers on these places.
Sad thing about all of this, the people that do it really want the moment of attention that comes with being called out. These people are cowards. They have no power in their real lives. The internet is an opportunity to feel important for a moment. What a pathetic way to live, but, that is 2021 for you.
Right, BIG game tomorrow, let’s see a big result!
See you in the comments. x
TUAG
Spot on Willian adds nothing when he comes on.
Waste of space.
Shitty manager , we have the talent but no master
Great first half. No mention of Manager
Lose two goals Managers fault
Big gamesssss coming up. He rested legs
Hit post twice as well 2nd half.
Great game. Lerds played part as they have all season.
Onwards to Thursday
Diss, not shocked to see you in a salty mood after a win.
‘Enjoy the win’… yes, that is the gist of supporting a team.
6 points behind Liverpool!
Kenyan, 2 behind Spurs.
Well spotted Jamie
@Pedro “Very exciting going forward… we’re on the right path.” Hahaha! Doesn’t look like Arteta is learning any lessons anytime soon. Said he’d play Willian tdy and he did, totally to the detriment of the team. Yet all you can say is well we won. No mention on the manner in which we won. I suppose that’s not important anymore.🤔🤔 And sarcy comments like ” I’m sorry we won tdy ..” won’t cut it. That was rank amatuer hour substitutions. Which on another day loses or draws games for us. The more you keep posting stuff like that the more… Read more »
I don’t think Willian deserves game time but he isn’t responsible for defenders switching off.
Arteta has become a prisoner of willian’s wages, he will never admit he was wrong signing this joke of a player so unfortunately we will have to watch that OAP playing for next 2 seasons
Pedro
Winning is not what some people on here want. Beat a good Leeds team and they aren’t happy at all. So they moan about something. Hiding in plain sight.
We’ll beat poor Benfica, they were second in the group to the mighty Rangers FFS.
What’s there to fear????.
Just seeing him being interviewed makes me want to throw up. Fucking clueless
A welcome 3 points, head shaking decisions by our illustrious leader. Why leave Auba on after he has got his hat trick? Willian still being put on ahead of our youngsters. We have the nucleus of a very good young team, however the trick is going to be to maintain the cohesiveness of the group, when the same old faces keep coming on, at about the same time every game. All hands are needed in this super intensive season.. Enjoyed 50 minutes of the match, but still think this is too big a job for Mr Arteta. Hope I am… Read more »
Very mixed emotions here. Yes, Pedro we are on the right path my friend! We have the arsenal style back in our play which is absolutely beautiful to see. We still have a few that just aren’t up to scratch and still landing game time. The love affair between Mikel and Willian has to end, it’s actually embarrassing for all parties (player, manager and spectators) . Hector Bellerin is also way below the mark and needs to be sold and replaced – he will (bizarrely) fetch a pretty penny! Apart from that we scored 4 goals in 47 minutes, had… Read more »
Mark,
Doesn’t look like he’s learning lessons?
We just scored 4 against Leeds. We had more attempts at their goal. We largely controlled the game. Kept them to under 9 attempts at our goal.
‘Not learning lessons’ doesn’t really marry. BUT, you are happier when we’re failing, so I can see why you’d like to push that narrative.
Marc
The starting 11 blew Leeds away. Guess who selected it?
Won 4-2 against a good team. Come on mate, no need to join the trolls on here by whining.
tunnygriffboy
Arsenal’s problem tonight is that once we started replacing our midfield Leeds started to gain upper hand.
Playing Partey, Xhaka and Smith-Rowe is an excellent combination, but once these players leave the pitch we struggle to keep control in that area.
Ceballos is okay as a bench player, but otherwise we are short of squad players in that department.
Great win today pummelled Leeds into submission and now top 4 beckons.
Jayjay,
“Arteta has become a prisoner of willian’s wages, he will never admit he was wrong signing this joke of a player so unfortunately we will have to watch that OAP playing for next 2 seasons“
Scary thought to think about it, I don’t think my heart can take it for another 2 and 1/2 years.
Good win.
Arteta’s in-game management is trash.
Also, he is clearly trying to freeze Martinelli out.
SWG, yeah, I’d put him firmly in the bin… let’s hope he’s benched for Benfica. He’s shite.
No we didn’t control the game. At all
Anything going against our momentum and we look like babies again.
Pedro.
I think you need an Arteta Out blog for this lot & the trolls.
The agenda is high, this win has really pissed them off. Transparent as cling film.
Time Up RI emember in one of the first game I saw Saka play, I was impressed by his balance when running with the ball. G Neville said in the same game, this young player the best 17 year old I’ve seen since CR7. It was an Europa league game and this teenager had about 7 dribbles and was unlucky not to score a goal. And I remember Neville saying ‘I’ve not seen a debut like this since I watched CR7 made his for ManU’ or something like that. Diamond eyes insisted Emery needed not buy January, all he needed… Read more »
Z Arse
” rather willian play for a bit than potentially sacrifice the brilliant career ahead of Gabi.”
Just looking for some attention with the above comment. Sad.
Karim, not at all? Really? That’s what you saw?
SWG
“You can’t see this is heading in the right direction you should give your head a good wobble. I agree with most of you on the Willian decisions and how frustrated Gabi must be and it’s truly mid boggling but the identity is coming. It was never gonna happen overnight.”
This.
Pedro
Come on mate, I get what you’re saying about our 60 excellent minutes, but I’m pretty sure you got nervous at some stage too.
This team is getting better and better with each game.
Man City next to feel the full force of the red machine.
Pedro
Not learning lessons’ doesn’t really marry. BUT, you are happier when we’re failing, so I can see why you’d like to push that narrative.”
It’s not a narrative Pedro. He’s still playing Willian ahead of others more deserving. Martinelli, well we all know he doesn’t like Gabby, but Pepe deserved minutes based on his recent form, don’t you agree?
If not ,Why don’t you tell us all what Willian brought to the game today??
I can’t wait for your answer.
2 wins off 4th. Incredible really.. Robbed at Wolves & Villa in our 2 previous games or we would be there already
Poem for Valentine’s Day:
Roses are red
LeGrovers are blue
Arsenal scored 4
Leeds only got 2
Time up
I am deeply sorry for scaring you, but that’s the scenario for next 2 seasons, I already started taking tablets for my blood pressure and I’m only 40
Karim, there’s a big difference between not seeing any control… and saying, during the game, against one of the most brutal attacking teams in the league, we suffered at times.
No Partey and no Tierney and we scored 4 and took the 3 points. Today is a good day. Odd so many would rather complain because their agenda is damaged for a week.
Great win.
Not perfect but easily good enough.
Some people would find a negative in a perfect performance.
Karim, not saying you have an agenda.
Jayjay cor blimey mate – you sound like the hardest man in Poland. Either that or you’re completely up yourself.
Tell everyone on here then why human rights watch is wrong and the polish government is so wonderful. Otherwise, you just sound like a frustrated right wing blowhard.
I provided evidence. You should do the same you berk.
Pedro,
You really shouldn’t be bringing in the high pedestal horse then you can’t be bothered to show up after losses.
Wow! We just beat Leeds and the comments read so toxic. Some of you are just miserable. Get a life and some joy in your lives chaps.
Moaning on the basis of how Leeds would have beaten us if their goalkeeper was any better. Really? How about what the outcome would have been if David Luiz didn’t get sent off against Wolves, did that make any of you happier that we would have won?
@Mark
He bought a lovely hairstyle into the game, that’s a beautiful Afro. And you barbarians expect him to run around and ruin the.Barnet. You lot expect 2 much from a guy on 200k a week
“” Diss, not shocked to see you in a salty mood after a win.”
Don’t think I have ever read a positive comment on here from this guy to be fair. Strange.
underrated, I write 330+ blogs a year and record 100 or so podcasts, don’t talk to me about showing up… especially if you are here after the losses because you enjoy them more than wins.
Chris, thought Odegaard was a bad signing. What can you say?
Though it will remain on the record, that he spent 18 months battling for Unai.
Anyone dwelling on the negatives after such a scintillating game of football needs to give their heads a shake.
At no point did we look like losing.
@Jay-jay
If you are really taking tablets for blood pressure at age 40 because of Arsenal, then you must have nothing really important going on in your life. You are a mere supporter, stop pretending the club means more to you than anyone else…. Jeez
A bit of pearl clutching on here tonight. I won’t lie and say I thought 3 points were certain, but the boys did enough.
Very satisfying win and some terrific performances. I had a feeling Leeds’s defence was going to be shaky esp after Phillips was ruled out.
Marc “It’s not a narrative Pedro. He’s still playing Willian ahead of others more deserving. Martinelli, well we all know he doesn’t like Gabby, but Pepe deserved minutes based on his recent form, don’t you agree? Yes it is a narrative. Why else would you be so obviously unhappy within a mile mute of a result? Have you seen our fixtures over the next 2 weeks? You cannot play everyone, they will break. He is rotating and he got it right because we beat a very good Leeds team. We have: Benfica in Rome Thurs, Man City (h) Sunday ,Benfica… Read more »
Alright, we’re in a better position than 2 months ago and we do play better.
However, we’re still far away from consistently controlling games imho.
City will tell us where we stand anyway.
Willian shouldn’t be anywhere near the match day squad. Arteta needs to cut out the special treatment for certain players. Other than that, good win, could have scored 6 or 7 goals to be honest. Bring on Benfica.
What would Wenger have done with these kids😳
ES
Dont disagree with you. However we got run hard games coming up and if you couldnt rest legs today when could you?
I am still sitting on the fence on Arteta. Some how we play amazing football in patches during the match. and at other times he makes baffling decisions regarding subs and team selections. I mean willian being in the squad is disgraceful to me. If that was any young player arteta would kick him out. If he made better decisions we might really get better. But when player hierarchies are based on favoritism, It is hard to do that. Any way I hope he makes better decisions in the future. This team has a lot of talent. Managing it better… Read more »
No worries Pedro ! Have to admit I never expected us to win today after all.
Ode a proper no 10 good movement on and off the ball.
Boy did good
The anger at arteta is mainly aimed at his decision to keep playing bloody willian and bellerin.
We were so close to a 5star display and he killed it stone dead sending on the Brazilian fuuck wit
Karim, most did… Xhaka and Dani against Leeds? Was a worry. But, we did well. Leeds beat Leicester a few weeks ago. We put 4 past them.
Good day. 6 points from 4th. No chance. But at least we didn’t fluff our lines again.
A win against Leeds
Coming off the back of two losses
Arsenal are in 10th place, with more losses than wins and breaking all the wrong records this season
Arsenal look like they will finish 10th or worse
There’s your complete picture
Karsa “Anyone dwelling on the negatives after such a scintillating game of football needs to give their heads a shake.At no point did we look like losing” This. The negatives come from two different agendas on LeGrove 1 Arsenal fans who don’t like Arteta and see every victory of his as a criticism of their stance. They feel hurt. 2. Rival fans trolling. There is no way any Arsenal fan should be moaning after a 4-2 win in which their troubled Goalscorer suddenly finds form.. Can you imagine a Spurs fan moaning if Kane scored 3? This is weird blog… Read more »
No TYAG, Don’t give Pedro ideas, let him come up with stuff all by himself. 😂😂 You just know you none of the superfans will answer that simple question. I’m glad we won, but it’s concerning ( whether others wish to admit it or not.) How especially with’fine margins’ how the gloss was taken from this result with the negative, customary Willian sub. Pepe and Martinelli sitting there not feeling the love , Willian is getting. 🤔🤔 Must remember; Trust the process don’t ask difficult questions otherwise you’ll be deemed a whiner,agenda driven plastic fan. Bollocks! I call it as… Read more »
Kroenkephobe
Never said polish government was wonderful but I am polish and know better what’s going on in my country than some silly human rights watch controlled by that hypocrite Kenneth Roth, like I said stop making comments about something you have no clue
I can hear it now.
Yeah, but Leeds were shit.
And Leno was shit.
And Ballerina was shit.
And Luis was shit.
And Cedric was shit.
And Xhaka was shit.
And Ceballos was shit.
And Auba was shit.
And William was shit.
And Elnehny was shit.
Arteta out.
And Ceballos was shit.
SpanishDave, yep Odegaard has tidy feet and good vision. I thought he did very well. The starting 11 all seemed to click today.
underrated Coq, we’re 6 points off 4th. How you can say we look like anything defined in a season like this is beyond me.
The ghastly critics are out again ! It would be lovely to enjoy what in many senses was a very exciting performance. .But far too many people on here only come on to moan
Can’t complain about today’s win it’s just that willian thing ffs, wake up tets
Good win but Arteta needs to let go of William. We need to be giving time to people who will contribute next season.
A friend of mine put a cover version of Hotel California on Facebook. Facebook told WEA and the cunts told her to take it down or they would sue
No Pedro, arteta is not learning any lessons considering he’s still putting willian on the field.
AFC 4 “Have you seen our fixtures over the next 2 weeks? You cannot play everyone, they will break. ” Bit of a weak point. Giving Martinelli 30 mins won’t break him! In fact didn’t Arteta say he needs to regain his rhythm? So how’s he gonna do that with Zero minutes??? If he plays in the upcoming games he’s not gonna have had any minutes for a while. Is that good preparation. Nah it doesn’t wash no matter how hard you try to excuse Arteta’s shot decision making. Mate you sound like you’ve got an agenda. Just saying what… Read more »
There is no way any Arsenal fan should be moaning after a 4-2 win in which their troubled Goalscorer suddenly finds form.. Can you imagine a Spurs fan moaning if Kane scored 3? This is weird blog on match days, they come out pissing on the result. The salty ones.
AFC Forever . Thanks for some perspective and commonsense . This has become a meeting place for trolls and Sp**s fans . Football is rarely perfect . That was much better and Arteta picked a good starting eleven that played with a tempo that blew Leeds away
pedro what you dont say is everyone has a game in hand below liverpool. And Everton and villa also have two games in hand. there are too many teams between us to refer to liverpool as the bench mark. We are too inconsistent. My hope is arteta gets his act together and surprises us with a europa win.
Kroenkephobe
Have a good read about your hero
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/jonathan-foreman/the-twitter-hypocrisy-of-kenneth-roth/
Pedro,
Based on simple math and probability
Been a wayward season for most teams but that’s not gonna change. You are expecting the waywardness to increase for the large number of teams above us and parallelly Arsenal to suddenly find stability, neither of which is likely.
“underrated Coq, we’re 6 points off 4th. How you can say we look like anything defined in a season like this is beyond me.“
Can someone remind Pedro our next two games against City and Leicester!. We would be lucky to get a shot on target with Arteta playing Willian false 9 against city again.
Ceballos is so frustrating, he puts in nothing performances, and then bosses it today. There is talent in there somewhere.
I thought ødegarr added another dimension, a very exciting diamond up front.
A very entertaining game all round.
Robbed at Wolves when in total control and then robbed at Villa, so today was a test. Especially when the Saka pen was overruled by VAR, easy to let heads go down. They didn’t The 11 Arteta selected all did their jobs and exposed Leeds weakness with movement. They are a high pressing team but we left them chasing Shadow’s. Ceballios, Odegaard, Saka &vESR in particular moved the ball too quick for the Leeds pressing. So full marks to that team selection. 4-0 down they had nothing to lose and Saka lost his man at the corner. Then Belerin was… Read more »
The only remote justification ( doesnt mean its acceptable) of not bringing on Pepe or Martinelli in place of Willian is that both will start for us against Benfica , with Laca up top. With this same line up playing against City . Other than that I think Willian is shit , and Nelson should play instead.
I think we should not over react after this win. Leeds defense is perfect for Auba to shine. Any other EPL team wouldn’t give Auba and even “Luiz” so much room to play. However, Arteta’s attack is definitely taking shape. No one praise Dani Ceballos. I find him together with Auba and Saka are our three best players today.
Kris
Shut up and let people enjoy the win , if you aint carried away by an Aubameyang hattrick , wheres the fun in football then ?
Good win Respect to Leeds fighting back with broken arms and legs.
It’s obvious now Willian has a contractual clause of some sort in his contract. Either that or Willian has pics of
1) Arteta wearing Blackface
2) Supplying the moped and knife to attack Ozil
3) He actually rates Willian
I’d go for B
Jayjay Yeah mate, but you’re neglecting to mention that in my original post, I said the Polish Government (repeat government) was the problem. In your hot headed post match state, you’ve allowed yourself to think I was being xenophobic about Poles. No, I was talking about the Polish state. Re read it. You baselessly suggest that I know nothing about in-country Hunan Rights. Understanding comes down to reading and weighing up evidence, not by being geographically close to government oppression or mediaeval legislation about reproductive rights for women. HRW is a credible source among many – tough shit if you… Read more »
Marc “Mate you sound like you’ve got an agenda. Just saying what it seems like’ You are right, I do. It is simple: I want Arsenal to win and when they do it makes me happy. I support whoever the Manager is and understand how long it takes to build a team. We are a long way behind other clubs from player recruitment & investment, so I think it is cheap to create an unrealistic expectation in the hope it doesn’t get met. I don’t profess to he an expert just a fan of many years who absolutely lives &… Read more »
“Don’t say anything about Poland as you have no fucking clue what’s going on in my country you fucking twat, don’t make comments based on someone else’s opinion“
Overly sensitive about your national pride there Jay Jay?
AFC
I think Mark and Marc are two different posters.
Ceballos had a great game. With and without the ball. Gabriel defended well. It is important we rotate, there are a lot of matches to play & different tactics require different team selection. All Managers are complaining about injuries due to the schedule & no pre-season so I am surprised people don’t get this. Rotation is key to the back end of the season, especially if we go further in the Europa.
Nelso
Thanks, probably missed that!
PedroFebruary 14, 2021 19:04:45
underrated, I write 330+ blogs a year and record 100 or so podcasts, don’t talk to me about showing up… especially if you are here after the losses because you enjoy them more than wins.
Lol
That’s wenger’s infamous interview of 1000s substitutions right there!
Andrey
Emery didn’t win an FA Cup. I don’t know what you watched under Emery but we were a shambles against transition and would have got worse. Arteta inherited this squad & has had to ship out a load of dross too. I was pleased when Emery was sacked. Even his press conferences were as confusing as his tactics.
When we lose, we was robbed
When we win, forget the small details
Whatever can go wrong with this Arteta❤️💓💕
Very good movement in the final third, Smith Rowe , Odegaard and Saka are all intelligent and unselfish footballers and considering their ages , play with great maturity… We are setting up well for next season.. Concerning was the overturning of the first penalty as all we hear is that it must be a clear and obvious error for a decision to be overturned , which it clearly wasn’t. I’m sure the usual suspects on Le grove will find a way of agreeing with the VAR decision. This decision also had an affect on the decision in the 2nd half… Read more »
“Concerning was the overturning of the first penalty as all we hear is that it must be a clear and obvious error for a decision to be overturned , which it clearly wasn’t.”
Exactly! Seems we have rotational rules in the EPL
I think most on here are happy when we win. Its like no one can post an opinion now without having some sort of agenda. I think a lot of criticism is at the coach. By December we were out of the race and much of it was his doing. I think folks forget he put us here…. he dittered and and was unable to adjust when we needed it most, and now that he has, we have better results but its a little too late. Anyhow, I am not a fan of Mike for many already said reasons. I… Read more »
A.V
“Many average managers and teams have won FACs”
That being the case, I’m sure you would agree that you have to be a very special manager to win 3 titles in a 7 year period with a net spend of next to nothing…
Hola
Bam all but outright asking Pierre for his elite power rankings.
What a joker
Great goal well deserved Fulham 1 up..
Jayjay,
That link you posted was a monumental non-sequitur.
In football terms, it’s like me asking you how you thought Hector played tonight and you sending me a reply about why Northampton Town are known as the cobblers…
A poor effort. Just to recap – your homework was to defend the Polish State’s record on human rights. Try again or don’t bother. You’ll understand why I’m not fussed either way.
If it’s the latter, try to do something more useful with your time than trying to sound like a pound shop or zloty shop hard man. It’s easily seen through.
The conspiracists are out on force. They forgot Bamford had a shout for a pen which could have made it 4/3.
They’re the same people who found excuses for Arsene for over 10 years while the club sliding down.
debating about the manager decisions and players performance is what football fans do
Any different opinion has become an agenda now!?
The only agenda here is the spin some are making for Arteta
Alistair Campbell would be proud of it!
Ps was anything mentioned in the sky sports studio re Saka’s penalty which was overturned? I didn’t see or hear anything at HT and missed the FT analysis..
I’m quite confused as to how it was a clear and obvious error.. was pretty 50/50 either way I thought. Which should warrant the on field decision to stand? I could be wrong here but I really don’t understand VAR
Pedro, I was as nervous as anyone when Willian came on. And my first thought after we conceded the first goal was that we’d need to go another 10 minutes without conceding a second (we didn’t, and I got nervous). That said, I don’t think that the critics should complain about the choice of subs until we see who Arteta picks for the Benfica game. My sense is that he was saving an injury stricken Gabi in case he needs him then, and took Rowe-Smith off for the same reason. Willian, in this context, was more dispensable, given orders to… Read more »