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That Essien goal is freakish.

At this point it can't all be down to Bruce. He should still be able to do basic things that aren't reliant on system or strategy.

Ba ahead of Rondon and Wilson easily. Wilson is a better option than Rondon under a manager like Bruce. Rondon is a better option than Wilson under a manager like Rafa.

Well now I'm just feeling sad....again...

I never understand posts like these, "our 13 next games feature teams in the same league we play in?!?!?!, how can we ever get points from teams in the same league we play in?! We'll easily get 12+ points from those matches, and nobody will understand how (rightly so), as per usual.

I'd love to see an interview with him about this. I'd love to hear what he thinks about that spell. Why he thinks he played so good, and why he thinks he wasn't able to replicate that form any other period of his career. It's not like what he did on the pitch was luck, like purple patches average strikers can find themselves in. He was bossing the midfield on a consistent basis for months against high level opponents. It's not like he was getting carried by his team mates, as he was the one that did the work to enable his team.

I understand Merinos desire to move on. He moved from Dortmund to get regular game time, and to then be sidelined by fucking Shelvey and Diame (granted in good form) I'd be getting restless pretty fucking quick too, but man I wish he had kept his cool for a bit longer and stayed on.

Had most of the matches at the end of last season and beginning of this on in the background while doing other stuff, but haven't watched any of the last 5-6 matches. My father wanted to see the matches since he couldn't go to the pub anymore after they locked down in Spain again, so I lent him my subscription. I didn't have the heart to tell him it will only let one unit watch at a time, as he wouldn't have accepted it if he didn't think I was able to watch too Kinda glad though, as my interest is close to non-existant and mainly use it to watch other matches.

The 94/95 team when they had the likes of Linighan, Morrow, Kiwomya, Selley, McGoldrick, Hartson, Hillier & Dickov just before Bergkamp came along was pretty rotten, like. They still had Seaman, Bould, Keown, Dixon, Winterburn, Adams, Merson and Wright. They have some technically good players now, but they lack a solid, reliable spine in the team to get the best out of their flair players. Back then it was the other way around. It's obviously easier to turn things around if you have a good foundation so no matter if it's Arteta or anyone else it will be a hell of a job. Dare I say impossible within the time board and fans will expect?

Forgot he was playing until you mentioned him. Same as against West Ham then. Another assist and goal incoming!

Has there ever been a season where 3 teams have not won a single game in the first 9 rounds?

¨ Doesn't this apply to every England manager since SBR?

Since we've got Biden and Pfizer now, can we please get the fucking takeover done and dusted before the year ends?

What is the highest amount of games for the bottom 3 teams not to win a single game? Surely the current teams must be getting close to a record now.

Fell asleep during half time. Thank fuck for that.

They are all the same shit in different wrapping.

What? Writing on phone so don't want to elaborate too much. Not saying hes played particularly well, but he seems a little sharper or more rapid than he's been ever since coming back from his injury. He hasn't run around with the Shola stroll today. I think the opposite. Been watching him and hendrick off the ball and neither of them give a shit. Jog jog, walk, jog, stop. Fair enough. I haven't paid any special attention to him. Was just a thought I got when i saw him on the ball during the short decent spell we had just after going behind.

What? Writing on phone so don't want to elaborate too much. Not saying hes played particularly well, but he seems a little sharper or more rapid than he's been ever since coming back from his injury. He hasn't run around with the Shola stroll today.

Playing some decent football atm. Longstaff looks sharp.

Wat..how can you possibly single out Darlow after that? Awful by Almiron.

He was just as average and forgetful as Hendrick. Funny to see how positive people are in this thread compared to the Hendrick thread after today.

It's easy to look good defending with 5 at the back when the opposing team doesn't have anyone with pace or particular dribbling ability. We saw this against West Ham and Burnley too. Another case of looking better than we actually are. No way we'd win today if Everton had Digne, Richarlison and James in the team.

Agreed. Almost Rafa-esque performance today. Just incredibly solid at the back. It's just the same as our West Ham and Burnley match. Teams with no pace will struggle against us.

Any chance we'll see Bruce take off a CB for Joelinton or Fraser during second half?

Oh and this. We're in a pandemic where hand hygiene is an important part of reducing spread of the virus. Filthy!