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What a terrible super Sunday. Don’t feel so bad now that I spent the afternoon in the pub only paying half attention to football
 
Not impressed with Arsenal today. Gyokeres looked like a Championship striker (which he was).
Very physical and committed (Un-Wenger like) but don’t look like they have the gears Liverpool and City can go to.
Utd still look like rabbits in headlights in the penalty box. But Cunha and Mbeumo were decent. May scrape top half, you never know.

I thought you deserved something from the game, Mbuemo and Cunha will cause other teams a lot of problems. Goalkeepers were the difference today swap them round and you win.Unfortunately I think the goons will get better and will be delighted to have taken the points home today without being at their best.
 
I thought the Arsenal goal was iffy. Arsenal player definitely backing into the keeper. That's not allowed, surely.
 
What do people make of the handball decision last night?

I would be annoyed if it was given against us. It's one of those I can see why it was given by the on field referee and it was never going to deemed a clear and obvious error by VAR, and that would have been the same if it hadn't been given. Harsh in my opinion.
 
Arsenal have apparently given Trossard a pay rise to £250k pw.
His contract length is unaltered and expires in 2027. He's 30.
 
Arsenal have apparently given Trossard a pay rise to £250k pw.
His contract length is unaltered and expires in 2027. He's 30.

And then people at the club will complain that we can't shift him next Summer. This reputation we have for being 'bad sellers' is all self-inflicted. Because we do dumb **** like this. I actually can't believe we've done this. Not only is it unnecessary, it has absolutely zero benefit to us whatsoever.

Trossard's been a good servant to the club, and he's contributed his fair share.
For £26m, he's been a very good signing.
But it was time for him to go. It wasn't time to give him a pay rise that will prolong his stay at the club.

I think there's an argument to be made that you guys have better and more dynamic attackers than we do.

Pathetic and lazy squad building that will get us nowhere closer to winning the title. Or any title for that matter.
 
And then people at the club will complain that we can't shift him next Summer. This reputation we have for being 'bad sellers' is all self-inflicted. Because we do dumb **** like this. I actually can't believe we've done this. Not only is it unnecessary, it has absolutely zero benefit to us whatsoever.

Trossard's been a good servant to the club, and he's contributed his fair share.
For £26m, he's been a very good signing.
But it was time for him to go. It wasn't time to give him a pay rise that will prolong his stay at the club.

I think there's an argument to be made that you guys have better and more dynamic attackers than we do.

Pathetic and lazy squad building that will get us nowhere closer to winning the title. Or any title for that matter.
I feel like I may have struck a nerve! <laugh>
I won't ask about Havertz...
 
If anyone is desperate to watch Eze play soon, there's plenty of tickets for Palace tomorrow.
First ever proper European game and their famous support seems a little short, for some reason.
Genuinely no idea why. £29 and it's half that for kids and pensioners.
 
Eze is a perfect fit for Spurs - especially with Maddison injured. But I’m not sure how he fits into the Arsenal team, unless he plays off the left in place of Martinelli, which is not the best way to utilise his skills.

If Eze comes to Arsenal, he becomes our best creative midfielder and best left winger. He may not be a 'natural' left winger, but he's played on the left before and his qualities exceed what I've had to watch from Martinelli and Trossard. He can even play at LCM.

Truthfully, I'm not sure where we'll be playing him or whether he has a 'fixed' position, but he has qualities that no-one in our squad has and adds an extra dimension to how we attack.