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I fell asleep at HT.Pretty glad I didn't get up at 4 for this
No. Thinking fast and slow - Highly rated. I accept the point conveyed. But the book is boring as ****.Life of Pi?
No. Thinking fast and slow - Highly rated. I accept the point conveyed. But the book is boring as ****.
I thought that might be you for a second rimaal
I thought that might be you for a second rimaal
The mentality and character of the team had clearly improved. Before, during the days of Fabregas, Van Persie etc I've heard there were different cliques in the changing room and players weren't completely united.
The team of 2012 finished third and Wilshere was injured throughout. Just what are you talking about?
I am just bemused how much of an effect you think arteta had. We finished top 4 without arteta, we finished top 4 with arteta. Signing arteta in 2012 didnt make us a super team, it didnt even improve the team that much. Jack also played 25 league games that season.
I think we can honestly say the last "united squad" we had was the last title winning team. There will always be groups within groups in squads. Not everyone gets on, watch some of the interviews with the invincbles they didnt always get along.
Arteta was a average player and a medicore manager. He was lucky we didnt have chelsea cash or he would never have played for us.
With the respective lineups chosen, we were longshots from the opening kick. The team has clearly chosen not to prioritize this competition and instead thinks they can get a top-6 from the league. Have a feeling this might look pretty foolish in a few months.
As soon as you go back to Willian/Elneny/Bellerin/Pepe/Xhaka/Nketiah as the core of a squad you're right back to the same team that was absolutely sucking ass through November and early December. And not surprisingly, exactly the same results here.
With the respective lineups chosen, we were longshots from the opening kick. The team has clearly chosen not to prioritize this competition and instead thinks they can get a top-6 from the league. Have a feeling this might look pretty foolish in a few months.
We had to rotate. ESR, Tierney for sure with their injury record. Saka too. This kind of thing is a situation where you want to give other players a chance to impress. Well they didn't, but this was what a sensible manager would do in this kind of season.
Laca also needed some rest. Auba was gone for other reasons, and also needed a rest. Partey also needed a rest, coming from an injury.
This cup is exactly the cup we could let go of. We won it last year. Next opponent would have been Wolves I think. It's not easy match either. Now we can rest and train.
Top 6 is not far away, especially if we get Ødegaard and Partey stays fit now. And Europa League is much more important - it can give us UCL.
Anyway, no one else is pissed off about the refs than me and @Riou ?
Wasn't that Walker-Peters handball in the box very clear (69 minutes in the clock if someone wants to check)? Why no VAR? There was even free Cedric behind Pepe, who the ball was going to. The whole arm was in an unnatural position, and the ball hit the fist with a clear bump.
What can be the reason for not reviewing it, or not giving a penalty? It's ridiculous, and not the first time this season either.
Anyway, Southampton in the next league match should be ripe for picking with our normal starting squad.
Rotation is fine but the he always uses the same system regardless of the circumstances and players.
Playing two passive defensive midfielders when you have service reliant players like Willian, Pepe and Nketiah in attack makes little sense to me.
You’re giving the onus for linking midfield and attack to the fullbacks, one of whom is Cedric playing at left back and the other is one of the worst passers of the ball in the team.
Would’ve liked to see him have a player with a different profile like Azeez on the bench (yes i know he played the day before for U23s) to bring some vision and guile to midfield, but alas, we have our hierarchy.
Even MutableEarth has said that Azeez is not ready yet. Partey needed rest, so he doesn't get injured straight away, and Ceballos was injured.
Let’s think about this.
How is he going to get ready without any exposure to first team football? I’m just saying an option off the bench.
also, I have a hell of a lot of respect for @MutableEarth but this is not about what he thinks or otherwise.
To be fair, my own take is speculation on my part.Well, I trust the Arsenal coaches and MutableEarth on this more than our speculation.
It's not good for a DMF/CMF to get thrown in the deep end straight when young. That can ruin confidence. The jump to men is big, especially in EPL.
To be fair, my own take is speculation on my part.
That's just my opinion more than anything else. Physically and technically he could slot in quite easily, it is the intangibles that needs work the most - something he seems to be improving on rapidly as I've seen him this season.
Ultimately, we won't know if he's ready until he plays. It's just as possible that he makes his debut and immediately acclimatises to the challenge, such is his considerable talent. Personally, I think he'll just about be slightly behind the game if he starts now. But he's close.