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Absolutely destroying our momentum. Perfect for spurs.

Might have to follow suit if I get through football training ….

Was a 4am wake up in Perth. Worked through the day on 4 hours sleep and absolute misery all day.
Hopefully a good nights sleep tonight will give fresh perspective

Is having a big squad actually hampering us right now? Feels like Mikel is looking for solutions with personnel rather than changing things tactically.

Fair but as much as I love Andrew and James, I’d hope that Mikel would have a bit more foresight than them. Like if Cala doesn’t get injured in the warm up, would Saka in midfield have even been considered for this game?

My point is more that, this team clearly has issues and Arteta doesn’t seem to have the answers.

Saka starting in midfield after having only ever played there for 45 minutes a few days ago, screams of a manager scrambling for answers.

Yeah that’s fair, I think I’ve been scarred by the give aways recent weeks and to me seems like Chelsea are set up to create high turnovers so I’m okay with being sensible 😅

What does being more adventurous look like though? They’re clogging up the middle and sitting in a mid block.

Is it too simple to just say we play better when we play first?

That ball from Odergaard is exactly what we need from him

I’ve been quite relaxed until today. That performance has really made me worry. I just don’t understand how our offense can be so bad. And on an individual level, when was the last time one of our players scored a worldie in a game that matters? Rice vs Madrid

First game on the bench was December 1st. So about 6 weeks. Can assume Havertz re-integration will be similar

I think I’m frustrated by the results but unlike most I don’t put much blame on the players. We played twice since forest last played and away games are hard. I do think we need to find a solution to teams mid-blocking. Let’s make sure we’re setting ourselves up for success against United.

Ben white is dead on his feet

Any chance we can sub on the Wenger offside rule ?

I wonder how we navigate the next 10 days. Have a feeling Timber and White will game share with Timber starting this one. While MLS starts the next 2 at Lb (and a sneaking feeling Cala will be back for United). The worry is Gabi and Saliba

You’re not a fan of taking 3 business days to take throw ins?

The amazing ability to look incredible as a sub and then can’t do the basics when he starts

Is the Frimpong position because he spent 5 minutes rolling around in our box? 😂

Chris “you gave me no choice” Kavanagh

Anne Hathaway knows ball

Saka, Zubi, Odergaard midfield feels lightweight no? Specially when they’re running through us

It feels like we have to work twice as hard for our goals than opposition do. Rarely get easy ones.

Tarkowski sprinting the length of the pitch to complain to the referee is crazy.

Expected penalty - 1.5

Can’t wait for a week of bottlers narrative bullshit. 😩

I think yellow cards to Mosquera and Hincapie (and Zubi) + the fact they haven’t played together really made us afraid to take risks. Disappointing but I’ll take it

Odergaard for Zubi? Don’t love it
Maybe we’ll see Gyokeres for Zubi, drop Merino into midfield

We are incredibly lucky Merino is able to get up and walk. Anthony Taylor should’ve identified Caceido was overly aggressive from the start and managed him accordingly but he let him get away with stuff constantly.