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It's crazy that Arsenal have lost 2-0 at home to a side that we beat 4-0 away recently.
That's the Premier League this season, though. All over the place. Raya didn't make a save.
If Bayern can get the job done in the week, then the Arteta Out lot will resurface.
 
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If Citeh do not win all their remaining games, then my
prediction that the PL champions would need less than
90 pts this season will come to pass.

Will soon know whether my Spurs one was accurate ...
 
Udinese v Roma has been abandoned after Evan Ndicka collapsed on the pitch.
You can clearly see him gesturing to his heart area while he's on the floor.
He was conscious when they stretchered him off to take him to hospital.

Hope he's alright and it's nothing serious.
Is this happening more frequently or are we just able to see it because of the cameras everywhere?
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
It's crazy that Arsenal have lost 2-0 at home to a side that we beat 4-0 away recently.
That's the Premier League this season, though. All over the place. Raya didn't make a save.
If Bayern can get the job done in the week, then the Arteta Out lot will resurface.
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Can’t even begrudge them the win either because they thoroughly deserved it. We had 2 days more rest, they were missing vital players and they still outplayed us for the whole second half.

I said earlier that I was a bit worried about Arteta’s squad management because he keeps players on for longer than he should (even in games where we’re cruising) and doesn’t give fringe players enough minutes. Then when he does throw fringe players on, they look very rusty. Is it any wonder when they never get a chance to sharpen up? They struggle to make an impact because they’re not match fit.

It’s really infuriating that he barely uses his bench proactively. People keep saying he doesn’t trust the squad players yet…then why keep these players? Why insist they have to stay at the club? He spent £35m on Fabio Vieira and never used him. He rejected bids in the past for Smith Rowe and never plays him. He doesn’t use Nketiah anymore. Then he throws them all on today when we’re chasing the game and look lethargic.

He’s overused the starting XI and that was a huge reason why we looked lethargic second half.

Emery even said afterwards that he didn’t change anything (tactically) from his side in the second half, Arsenal just started to play deeper and didn’t press as high, which gave them more impetus.

This is two years in a row where Arteta’s naive squad management looks like costing us what could have been a hugely successful season.
 
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