Gallowgate Toon

Willock isn't lazy at all but can look it at times because he can be passive. He's quite a strange player in that, at times, he can absolutely take over and is everywhere but then sometimes fade into the background of a game and not be seen for a chunk.

Miggy back in training is fantastic news. A great option for 20 mins off the bench for a few scenarios.

The manner of the result is what should be worrying for Arsenal. Up 2, cruising, and then struggled to string anything together for nigh on an hour.

Unbelievable match.

Bodes well for our Arsenal game. They've shown they can be rattled and struggle with the pressure of home crowds.

Been coming for some time. Great work from TAA.

This hasn't been good at all from Arsenal since the half-hour mark, like. Lost a lot of second balls.

Some of Arsenal's players are so likeable. Arteta and their fans are what makes them irritating.

Been over this before. Isak's goals to minutes ratio in La Liga was 1 in 2. He was a sub a lot in his first season which is understandable as he was 19 at the time. For 2 seasons, he was a 1 in 120 mins striker but had a final poor season. We marginally overpaid at the time but there were very evident signs past a single season that he had a lot of quality.

Pretty strong quotes about his ankle issues in the Chronicle. Says he twisted it in the warm up and it's been a persistent problem since January.

Brentford haven't lost at home since September. They're a dogfight of a team. We'll get more joy in general play. Villa are improved but their recent form has come against the bottom half.

Not sure he has a weakness. Ridiculous manager.

20 minute period where he just took over in that second half and it was enough.

Think he'd just picked up a knock. Thought he was generally fine and set up that good chance at the end.

Certainly looks back to his best. Some fantastic 50/50 fighting with physical defenders.

Interesting what happens in the summer with a new midfielder(s) to help unlock Bruno. I think we're seeing so much more positional fluidity that a specialist DM wouldn't fit in the majority of games, it'll be another who can do a bit of everything but is maybe more physically explosive than Bruno is.

While I'm pretty sure this'll be a draw, this current streak does feel like other Howe runs we've been on - it really wouldn't surprise me if we won the next 2 in decent fashion but then dropped points to Spurs.

You can easily flip that and say West Ham only had their 10 minutes of joy because we sat off after going 2-0 up. Even at HT, Bruno's stats were great. It's a bit weird to label Fernandez a top midfielder and then say Bruno isn't. So far, in the PL, Bruno is more successful at dribbling, duels, intercepting, gets dribbled past less, loses the ball less, and is more of a goal threat.

Paqueta lost the ball a lot, some really poor passes, and was ragdolled a couple of times, but he was a lot more persistent than I thought he'd be.

Watching that goal back and totally underappreciated him stopping the run dead to make it harder for Fabianski. I thought it might have just been pulling out of getting clattered but his movement seems way more purposeful than that.

1-1.

Love that he's using his left more. What a cross.

Been an exemplary run of games from him, like. He's actually just lush to watch when on form, both on and off the ball.

Good pull back for Willock. Considering I think he's working his way back from injury, I think he's looking pretty good. Fantastic bench option at the very least.

Some of his turns in tight spaces are genuinely excellent.