Or is it just laughter? Everybody wants to beat Arsenal… Lots of people clearly keen to get their salty feelings about Arsenal off their chest yet again. Point on the doll where the nasty Arteta hurt you etc.
Glib response: Oh no, not our precious League Cup, that was my favourite of all the cups, now what will we do…. Saliba in particular was at sixes and sevens and games like this remind you a he is still young and has a mare in him and b whilst he can play pace and strength well individually, he struggles with a forward who has both.
Speaking to a Newcastle mate, we know at this point whoever gets the first goal in these ties is almost certain to win. Whilst some of the above qualities of Newcastle currently harm their ability to be the top level possession based team, man is there scary potential there and all young. Also tiring as the fan base has clearly decided in the absence of a genuine local rival, Arsenal are the team they want to hate the most same has happened with Villa so now we get grudge matches against half the goddamn league and everyone just waves Salah through their full backs with a shrug.
Maybe there is something to creating an anodyne winner… Tom also needs 10 days off in Dubai Leyton. We can absolutely hammer City and then get hammered ourselves by Newcastle. Both are brilliant wins through tactical planning from both managers and the skill and effort of the players from both teams. Is this what football has become? Should I only be happy if were winning trophies?
Am I watching football wrong? God football must be boring if you need to win every game to enjoy any of it and presumably a lot of miserable football fans. Does he come on as a substitute? Probably, but not ahead of Nwaneri.
