Dan

Maybe it's that simple. Maybe not. We've not seen a drop off like this though from a player his age though before who was arguably the best in the league last season. Assuming that his injuries are behind him.

If Slot doesn't fancy Macca in his long term plans I don't know why he's continuing to play him when he's looking like he's got the legs of Casemiro and Fabinho combined. There's been something odd about his situation for a while though. He's not played well/consistently for 7 months now. We don't know the main reason(s) for that but it isn't looking good for him.

Outrageous second yellow in the Barca game. Fkin disgrace.

Based on.....one game?

Yeah Wenger is the one that jumps out who failed to manage it. Was really surprised at that. Arsenal last winning the title 21 years ago is another!

Don't know. Probably. He's someone who has more credit in the bank than anyone else though, I expect. I know he's a weirdo but he's also a bit of a genius as well. Only 3 managers have retained a top flight title in the last 45 years since Paisley did it in '80: Ferguson, Mourinho and Guardiola. Basically it's dead hard but Arne isn't helping himself.

It's a delicate balancing act for him now, isn't it? He's got to change things - personnel and tactics - to get the best out of this squad. The full backs are being deployed in a very strange way. Seems like we're expecting them to play like Trent and drift into midfield when they are all road runners who should surely be overlapping. Kerkez only looked something remotely resembling his Bournemouth version late in the second half when we were fully going for it. Isak thrives on balls into the box, yet we have no width - see above. Salah is still being give a free pass to not track back whilst contributing nothing at the top end of the pitch. Wirtz needs fully integrating in the setup that gets the best out of him. We don't really have an effective press either. This is probably a legs issue as only Dom and perhaps Hugo are quick and fit enough. Wirtz maybe. Anyway, he'd essentially be admitting that he's got loads wrong from pre-season and starting afresh which won't exactly instill confidence in the squad.

Isak and Salah, in particular, are getting loads of heat. It doesn't have to be one or the other anyway.

Yeah. Be better if we were playing a team who was coming off five wins on the bounce.

Didn't rule out a potential return to us in that interview which surprised me.

And the picking up the ball twice by their keeper. Nothing to see here. Carry on.

Oliver has risen to the top of refs who clearly set out to stick two fingers up at the home fans. He fckin loves it. I went in the ground yesterday quietly determined not to get too wound up by him. The plan fell apart within 2 minutes and by jove I gave him both barrels from that point forward.

Yes

That's a fkin long season.

He's not a RB and will keep costing us points back there. Chelsea's equaliser came down his side, he chose to do a mad throw in yesterday and got done at Galatasaray. Bradley was better yesterday without being great. Trying to plug attacking midfielders into full back can only work to an extent for a short period of time and should be a break glass option.