Atticus Finch

Stood out to me as well. Sounds like he was an entitled b*****d every time he was behind the wheel

Reading the BBC text coverage of the prosecution explaining what he did. Good that the extent of his headloss is being spelled out, removing any grounds for excuses.

Villa aren't buying him. Another six months of him not even getting on the bench there will reduce his value when we try to sell to someone else. Might as well take him back, nothing to lose and everything to gain

Ramsey vs Mitoma doesn't exactly seem like a good plan. Whilst the subs might look odd in isolation they worked. Losing control when Ekitike comes off is a recurring theme all season, but we can't flog him for 90s - he had cramp just before coming off

I remember when Henderson left and Jurgen said something along the lines of he was great to have about the place, until he wasn’t playing at which point he became a dick to manage. Perhaps Mo is similar?

There was no right way to answer that. If he says Mo has to make the first move, then that is the headline and it backs Mo into a corner. If he says he will, then he looks weak and as if he is backing down. So taking a balanced approach was about as good as he could do

The contrast between Hugo and Isak is huge. Great feet, good link up, always looking to get involved

I think we should sack him to end the speculation

Establishment looking out for one of their own. Again.

Possibly even dafter than Hugo's red

We would have had more chances if his touch had been better on several occasions

And from being so sure footed in his decisions last season, Arne's only move when we are behind seems to be throw on an attacker for a defender. At which point the team is horribly imbalanced and gets worse. Taking a draw here or there would be a good starting point. Seems we are going win or bust

Feels most likely scenario. Or perhaps trying to exclude all the footage from his earlier driving, before he reached the crowds. Once that's allowed in any excuse of panic would not cut it. Pleased the witnesses won't have to give evidence at least, but they will all have been expecting to have to so not much comfort. His lack of taking responsibility is damning

Sadly it looks like there is no way back for Arne, who seems a decent man that for whatever reason can't solve the issues. However at this point are we trusting Richard Hughes to choose the replacement? He seems to have made a mess of the squad overhaul, leaving us imbalanced and with glaring gaps at centre back and on the wings

Not even that. He has a stake in a different fund with one of the funds that has a stake in fsg.

Absolutely brilliant. If he stays fit there is such a player there

Agree with this. The repeated failure to do the basics well is what is bothering me

Based on the BBC article from last month, it was the pre trial review

Looked like indecision, then weight was on the wrong foot. But Alisson is literally the best in the world at those situations (by a mile). Its a hard comparison

The owners statement is extraordinary. Calls out Rodgers as a lying toerag

That's not hindsight. Loads were saying we needed a winger if Diaz was going. With Jota's death and needing to replace Nunez, we needed two strikers though

Being even shorter won't help us defend long balls and long throws

What Jurgen used to be able to do on runs like this was go back to basics and reset. Arne hasn't shown any indication to do that. Whilst there are a whole load of mitigating factors, he is currently managing games poorly, which was one of his strengths last season. We need to tighten up, start with a better defensive structure, combinations that actually complement and improve each other, then build from there.

I am definitely not advocating for a change of manager, but he is struggling. The team set up isn't working and when we go behind he makes the team more and more broken and lop sided. Not according to Ajax

I agree, but there are loads of reasons why. Just very very frustrating