I think they could see the logic and that Chelsea would have a firing Palmer and Steve O to make a difference in the second half. They also thought Arsenal are "bottle jobs" and discounted our potentially title winning defence. Hopefully we win something this year and change a few mindsets!

Slow work day today, so I used this to figure out your starting word. Might start using that instead of mine (OPERA).

Powerful read, Tom, and a harsh reminder of the reality behind the veneer of top level sport. Thank you for sharing.

Shame he's a genocide supporting dick cheese. Was glad to boo him in person at the Black Sabbath gig.

Reckon it'd give this team a good run for their money.

My team:

GK: Lukasz Fabianski

LB: Armand Traore
LCB: Sead Kolasinac
RCB: Mikael Silvestre
RB: Stephan Lichtsteiner

DCM: Denilson

LCM: Albert Lokonga
RCM: Henrikh Mkhitaryan

LW: Raheem Sterling
RW: Willian

CF: Marouane Chamakh

Super Subs: Eboue, Cedric, Pablo Mari, Squillaci & Yaya Sanogo!

I'm here, even if I'm not bleeting / blue skeeting (yet). Happy to connect!

Agreed. Lots of style with not so much substance. I don't think TV execs care anymore, they just want something they can drip feed over a decade to maximize subscriptions instead of making something timeless (i.e. The Wire / Breaking Bad / The Sopranos). See also, the last season of Game of Thrones.

Jesus has definitely tapped his mana this week.

Just a totally normally run club doing totally normal things. Long may the chaos continue.

How many points do we need to be behind Liverpool on the 2nd of January (19 games played) to be in with a chance of catching them in May? (Emphasis on chance!) #arsecastextra

With the attack stuttering due to form, fatigue and injuries and clearly in need of a reinforcement or two... do you think Mikel will spend the war chest on a left back or a right back in January? #arsecastextra