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Thanks. That made me chuckle. Needed that.

Agree, those days are gone, that approach now has the opposite effect & slows the game down. Compare it to the yellow Rodri got at Anfield - it changed his game completely. And all that Neville bullshit that you can’t give a yellow in the first couple of minutes of a game (Jesus on Bernie).

Yep, sorry, wasn’t clear in my reply, know you’re a blue, and like you I would’ve loved Arsenal to have gone for it, because we would’ve won if they had. They didn’t gamble, because of the risk that carried. They couldn’t lose, so where i disagree with you is that arteta made the right call...

But the cost of failure today meant gambling was never going to happen. 9 to go and we are on their shoulders, I like it.

Agree with most of that, but in fairness to Haaland he was marked out of it, their CB’s were v good. But what he still does is take a couple of defenders away - we didn’t capitalise on that - Doku over thinking at times - but also because of the way the Arsenal midfield got back in the box to...

Yep, lots might be like that. Cherophobia. It’s not that some don’t want to be happy, it’s the fear of feeling happy, the risk attached to it. Something good leads to something bad & their personal word caving in. So insulate against that risk, I suppose it’s why some place emotional hedge bets...

It was always shit when we don’t win, but I disagree that it was a shit performance. They adjusted after we kept carving them open in first 15. Second half their midfield ran their bollocks off. So is that us being shit or them pushing their physical capacity to the limit? One of those days...

Fine margins. Foden not squaring to Haaland & instead smacking too close to their keeper, Doku rebound falling to their keeper. They had their chances too. Cool heads were needed & not many from either side played with a cool head, which is understandable. Momentum so important in a game & we...

No infatuation, the formation simply didn’t work against the Chelsea midfield triangle. No space & it meant Alvarez was often getting in the way. Credit to Chelsea there. Another game to learn from and then move on.

One of those games. We weren’t shite and am scratching my head at the amount of posts saying we were. We obviously weren’t out of this world, but we were not shite. They made it hard. Chelsea had a game plan, defended well and with the players they have, they posed a threat on the break. Few...

Appreciate you taking the time to put it all in one place, v helpful. Do the premier league have a death wish, or are they plain stupid or can they attack with a different angle? Not expecting answers from anyone, am just baffled that after UEFA and CAS they continued with their investigation.

And a lot of people still can’t get their heads around why any company would pay a big wedge to sponsor little old city or that some companies are astute, objective and can pick a winner

Journalists (and obviously use that term v loosely for Jordan) only do that when the interviewee is talking sensibly, rationally & in a way which shuts down the story. Jordan has no skill & a huge ego ‘I have legal experience as well’ cockwomble

Agree. But yet no debate on the delay in flagging for offside rule. Shearer was quickly shut down by the commentator when he started to mention it.

7 years ago if I’d been offered for 23/24 being 5 off the top after 17 games, on the back of a treble winning season and winning 3 titles in a row I would have sucked your hand off. 5 points. On the back of an unusual sequence of fixtures, with one of the best players in the world missing as...

I think you’re right. Certain teams know they’ve nothing to lose and will sit deep and wait for a mistake - that’s their trigger. It’s all such fine margins. If the ball had gone dead and the Stones sub could’ve been made then their 2nd doesn’t happen, the break in play, a shift in set up...

It’s a good point. Nothing wrong in celebrating, but my gut feeling is that Arsenal look too emotional/relieved at times, like they’re carrying huge amounts of nervous energy. That can be exhausting. Our job is to make their arses twitch all the time. Difference to last season is that Liverpool...

Obvs disappointed we didn’t win, but it was Interesting to see the current state of both teams and the reaction to what is essentially a pre-season friendly. Arsenal looked like they were at full pelt - and all they can do is try to limit us, rather than attacking. We are not ready yet...

Yep. If those figures are accurate the spend by the rags and Chelsea is incredible given the position of both in 2008. But that angle does not generate clicks.

Agree - and that’s why they won’t be selected. But according to many on here a while ago Ake and Rodri were shit. Apparently Rodri couldn’t turn and Ake couldn’t step up. Point is why the fuck do people slag off the players so easily?