Europa League/Conference League Games - 27 October '22

[MCFC1993]

In fairness, if you're going to put in a lacklustre performance it may aswell be in a europa group stage that you've alredy qualified from. Didn't watch any of it so can't comment on the performance, I was just surprised Arteta played such a strong side in the first place, and then that such strong side lost.

Arsenal weren't good last night, like you say, not a bad game to do it in but it now means they can't afford to slip up against Zurich in their last game, so he'll have to go relatively strong.

Arsenal haven't actually played well since they played Liverpool, they've played 5 games since then. 2 narrow Europa League wins, 1 win against Leeds that could have been dropped points but for a penalty miss, a draw v Southampton and last night's loss.

I think the World Cup break will come at a good time for them.

 

[theres only one carlito]

i was driving through stretford at 7:15 home from town and realised united must be playing - i hadn't thought about it, nonone at work mentioned it.

but even for city, chelsea, west hame tonight. who gives a fuck about european football?

there is a buzz of saturday and sunday afternoons when big premier league games are on, lads going to the pub, putting their fucking ‘accas’ on etc.

for champions league and uefa cup the tv audiences are miniscule; there’s no highlights show on terrestrial tv anymore and for city at least many of the premier league season ticket holders don't attend because they either don’t want the extra expense or can’t be bothered midweek which I completely get.

last time i went to champions league game up in the third tier of the bell end all the usual season ticket holding faces around me were absent and it was wall to wall chinese tourists plus empty seats galore. the atmosphere was shocking

not sure what my point but it just feels more and more football served up like slop in a trough and we’re the pigs stuffing our faces with this mediocre crap.

cancel the nations league, cancel the league cup, cancel the euros and just have a world cup every four years with a much more spaced out qualifying period.

because this football shit is 75% of the time boring as fuck

But some people say they’d trade it for a premier league? A hattrick of premier leagues as well! And they accuse you of not Having the best interests of the club at heart! Deary me. We live in a weird world.