PL: Arsenal v Tottenham | Sunday, March 14 | KO: 16:30 UTC | Sky Sports

[Garrincha]

Sky saying he got caught talking to Douzi... Arteta had the phones tapped.

 

[Macho]

As if today couldn't get any worse, Freddie is a pundit ffs.

Fantastic pundit tbh, gives fantastic insight on the U23s since he actually coached them and even gave some of them debuts.

A million times better than the likes of Keown or Merson they are shocking.

 

[GoonerJay24]

You`d play Mari and Gabriel together?

Or Mari and holding have a good understanding.

Arteta really shows his inexperience with these selections, no Martinelli neither!

 

[say yes]

Then why put it out there? Why not use another excuse? Tactical reasons was popular for sometime.

My guess is no better than anyone elses.

Assume if it's something like Covid then Arteta wanted to be honest / didn't want to pretend he's dropping our best player / captain for the NLD for tactical reasons (which is obvious BS). I.e. It's not something he wanted to do, but the club have clear rules which need to apply to everyone.

But didn't want to say any more than that because otherwise the club is airing its dirty laundry in public.

 

[Beany]

What a club. The captain dropped for a disciplinary incident on the day of the NLD and his replacement wearing a ****ing hat in the warm-up.

Maybe Auba painted a smiley face on Laca’s pate whilst he was asleep.

 

[2Smokeyy]

**** off Arteta pls

Laporta and Arteta both needed at Barca.

#FreeMessi

 

[OSBK]

Bringing auba on late game is a good thing tbh. Auba aint gonna sprint away from the Sp**s cb, the play will likely be high pressing and so a better target man would be a good option. It all comes down to if the tactic works and when auba comes on are we still in the game.

 

[andeoch1]

I’m a little worried that Aruba’s teammates might drop the tools today as a FU to Arteta and we get mauled today

 

[AberGooner]

He's been solid for us

Apart from the numerous errors he's made in a short space of time.

 

[junglist57]

I hope Partey brings the A game - he’s been a bit flakey in the last few appearances.

And I hope we manage some sort of redemption today, god knows we need it after a absolute stinker of a season.

 

[Oxeki]

Convenient time to flex his muscles for sure, wonder if he would have done that if this was the exact same fixture but in the Europa league?

Yeah. He probably would have caved if it was our most important game of the season (Europa league knockout). Don't think he would have risked it because if we'd lost such a game, the fans (even his loyal fans) would have turned on him.

I hope we win today, just so I can hear how it was a tactical masterstroke to drop Auba and Pepe

 

[Sanchez11]

Why is Auba on the bench, no Willian is a bonus.

 

[OnlyOne]

Dropped because he was late you know.

 

[Macho]

I’m a little worried that Aruba’s teammates might drop the tools today as a FU to Arteta and we get mauled today

If they do that on derby day then they can all gtfo the club you know, honestly.

It's weird but it's not about Auba today.

 

[OnlyOne]

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Is Arteta trying to piss every single player off except Willian?

Seem so. Xhaka too you can put into mikel category

 

[Sniper Mik]

Imagine not being able to get your captain on board ahead of the biggest game of the season

 

[El Duderino]

At least Auba won't be bottling another NLD

Better late than never...

 

[CaseUteinberger]

From this:

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To this:


In less than 12 months...only under a dictator could that happen.

This is 100% on Auba. If the team has rules around certain things they have to be for all players at all times. Probably something stupid like coming in late on match day. I am honestly really disappointed with him. He is our captain and should do much better. He let the team and us down. That is the start and end of it!

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

So, did Auba take an unscheduled flight to Dubai?