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Dabbled in podcasts, sport writing but now I’m just getting my weekends ruined by Arsenal for the passion of it.
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Am I overly harsh on Odegaard? I just think he’s been so off the boil recently and a guy I thought was WC before I don’t think is anywhere near it. Maybe fatigue or injury, but he’s worrying me… #Arsenal

I love the Zubimendi transfer, Jorginho and Partey replaced in one fell swoop. By all accounts he seemed Madrid bound so this is a great coup

If Jesus has done his ACL in the other knee then, and I realise there’s a person here and I feel gutted for him, but as a club we have a high earning pit which we can’t move on now

Talking close to 600k wages there I realise, but I just don’t see how we cope without anyone coming in

I’m triggering Nico Williams RC tomorrow. The mood of the entire club is dour, a genuine exciting signing could be a real galvanise, on and off the pitch. Also, a cheeky £20m bid for Rashford I’m not against either…

Raya for Martinez’ penalty mind, woof

#Narrative

This is a joke but genuinely, we’re so indirect when we attack. There is 0 penetration, just no direct players amongst our team

If we got points for every time we ran to the corner we’d be the best sporting team the world has ever seen.

Be it fatigue, I think more likely he’s never really shaken off this injury, but he’s well below his usual standards

Concerning Odegaard…is this a safe space?

Really hard to watch Havertz at the moment, especially when the entire fan base want an actual striker

If Jesus is badly injured, and it doesn’t look good, by not getting a forward this month we’re basically writing this season off.

That’s the tie over. We won’t be scoring against them at St James Park, our attack isn’t anywhere near good enough to play a well drilled defence. We’ll be fine against United and Tottenham though they’re garbage at defending

Is this a safe space? Because I want to come clean, I can’t actually remember a game this year I’ve enjoyed watching us. We’re predictably dull going forward

What does Martinelli do well anymore?

That Estupinian tackle today was outrageous, honestly is there a point in a referee if you can do tackles like that and stay on the pitch!?

Its rare that I’m not muttering after Trossard or Martinelli touch the ball

Havertz for Merino at half time. I think Kai is being a little overwhelmed there, hasn’t played there for a while and isn’t looking comfortable. Don’t think he’s been bad, just think Merino gives more control

Always believed

Jesus either plays like he’s got all the time in the world or no time at all, never the in between

We’ll go big in the summer for a forward, but game by game this is looking like a missed opportunity this season. Every game feels must win and I think that’s filtered to the players, not willing to risk it so just real conservative turgid stuff

Have we dropped off our just stood still? #Arsenal

It’s very much concerning that we’ve only got 1 goal tonight (so far) in comparison to the chances we’ve had.

William Salibum #Arsenal

Can someone convince me please that Martinelli is useful? All I see is a headless chicken who’s output has dropped off a cliff

Partey has these kinda games where he just doesn’t seem to be switched on, he worries me

Multiple thoughts, mainly why on earth is Nunes on the wing? TAA is weak defensively, lazy critique but true, so you’d imagine Pep would give him something to think about? Also Gundogan and Walker don’t look like they’ve got another title charge in them

I knew the Emery chat would die down after his first season, longevity has never been his strong suit. I remember we did alright when he started as well

One of my new favourite things in football is how vexed Gary Neville gets at substitutes being made

Wait stop this is silly now

Is anyone else amazed that Fabianski is stil starting in the premier league? No shade, just incredible longevity #Arsenal

Hope Partey and Merino are back for the United game. Against a back 3 I think Partey can be particularly handy 🙌

Good showing tonight and I’m going to start feeling hopeful again, I’m ready to be hurt

Oh and for the first time in a long while I felt Trossard was an asset again, maybe it was Odegaard lifting the level but ye felt he deserved some praise

Really enjoyed today. Straightforward win, excellent build up play and our general control was back. No injuries, no suspensions and 3 points! Just what we needed. #Arsenal

Can you set up alerts on here to warn me when Fabrizio Romano and the only fans girls join? Just so I know when this place is on the decline and start muting