yeah the modern football fan is different, the way they consume the sport is different, i can't remember a conversation about field tilt, progressive passes and XG growing up, the intangible qualitlies of footballers that you can see just by watching someone play is a indication of their actual quality IMO.
no i just enjoyed us being a great team lol, we're a diffrent club now so maybe that has something to do with it, the expctations have changed significantly under this new management and ownership people are much more forgiving and patient.You never talked about how many progressive two footed tackles Vieira had, or Parlour's expected pints per match were off the charts back in the day with your mates?
What kind of a fake Arsenal fan were ya!
That's right.Yeah Calafiori has proven to be a great midfielder the 0 times he's played there.
Don’t think we’ll do this. It’s far too slow and prone to high turnovers.
We’ll go for a workmanlike midfield, so Kai dropping into the 8 and Jesus coming in as the CF. That allows for rotation between 8 and 9 in game.
Martinelli and Saka to play out wide to give us that ability to attack space.
This is my prediction.
Martinelli —- Jesus —-Saka
——— Havertz — Ødegaard
——————-TP5
Timber—Gabriel—-Saliba—-White
——————Raya
Wonder if Calafiori gets a start provided his knock isn’t too bad? We’re loosing Rice’s pnp and could do with an extra big lad in the box.
Who takes our corner kicks now Rice is out? I was confident we'd score a couple from there as tinspurs are atrocious defending them but not so much now
Had a dream we won 1-0
Not from the left, we out-swing about 5% of corners, I would guess either Nelli or Trossard from that side with no Rice.Saka
What's feels more frustrating in your opinions?
1) Losing because of injuries and unfair suspensions (let's say this happened in the NLD). It's somewhat out of our control, but leaves an annoying 'what if'.
2) Losing at full strength from just not being quite good enough (let's say this happened in the City game). It's in our control, but 'fair'.
Asking more about the hypothetical that the specific NLD/City games.