We are in the retro season so tactics like Dycheball are fashionable again . Very little , if any, critique of park the bus , single striker for the long ball and spoil and foul and whine and dive . Jesus won't be the last to do a number on the ref. When Forest scored on a breakaway from their penalty area the commentators sounded like they'd never seen such a team effort . It was the only time they played football in the game FFS .
Tarquins have set the standard in the last couple of seasons. Arteta has resurrected the ghosts of George Graham and the Portuguese Bus Parker , including the latter's get in early with the pomposity , deflection and finger pointing in the post match . Now every Saturday morning B movie manager is at it . When we win it's because we "cheat" , having bought the ref , which has more traction because we are cheats anyway .
News outlets need clicks not truth so comments go viral within minutes and the supposedly neutral BBC producers are playing catch up on MOTD with the same populist game .
The second most important thing yesterday was to come away without any injuries or red cards. Well done boys for not letting it get to you . Foden and Harland set the tone , targets all day long , and refusing to loose it .
I watched the match on TV with a Forest fan and he was embarrassed by his team's shithousery . MGW is a talent and we could use someone like him to draw fouls, if Rodri would let him in the dressing room , but not yet impressed by Anderson when compared to the quick feet of Gonzales . But perhaps with better coaching .....
We missed Doku , not least for his tracking back , and Phil was wasted on the left but had the game in his pocket when he moved centrally . All in all a solid win and we are looking to be first in a three horse race .
