Super Kai

Do they think people have literally no memory of past events at all?

Yeah it’s just entirely nonsensical. A narrative created by people who don’t understand what they’re watching

Massive appreciation for Havertz today.

His sub made a massive difference towards Arsenal's ability to grab a foothold in this match.

Pressing and competing for aerial duels seems to matter…

Where Hugo says he’s using data, when he erm very much isn’t as what he’s saying isn’t backed up by any of it is a great example of Arsenal derangement syndrome

The Iranian regime was awful and if it was to fall and be replaced by something less corrupt and that treats its citizens better that would be good. It’s just entirely unhinged to try bomb your way to that outcome when anything could happen

Yep, think that will inevitably eat into their ability to play well in the league, they have to run the gauntlet to make the semis let alone the final. Chelsea away is a big game

Of course, or at least it’s about doing things people won’t make people vote for you. But I think creating, for example, a more logical tax system isn’t a rightward shift. Think they could theoretically improve the economy by intervening more and raising taxes (I.e., overtly tacking left)

Yeah I just think we are at the point of the season where you can just ride your luck all of the way to the end. It wouldn’t surprise me if they do drop points (entirely expect it at this point) but they might not drop an amount that reflects their true level

That’s a policy question and I am not sure a rightward shift helps on the economy (think it’s more complex than that)

City continue to not play very well, but it doesn’t matter much at this point in the season. They are very clearly not the juggernaut of previous seasons but does it matter? Less convinced

Why move rightward on the economy? Is there much of a voter base in them moving in that direction?

Something that’s fairly stunning about the people at the top of this government is they got there by (correctly) preaching the need to convince the electorate you have not the one you want…and yet here we are

Can see them struggling to accept that the various assumptions underpinning their understanding of how to win have fallen entirely apart. It’s no different to the Tories at the end, accepting those assumptions are wrong is too damaging to their sense of self

There is also little reason based on his stint as PM to suggest he would have been great if he carried on. Financial crisis didn’t show that he was a great PM, it actually saved his legacy as PM.

This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters.
If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

You can also read the text in English here: www.bundesliga.com/en/bundeslig... - maybe the best thing about this is exactly how specfic he gets about both the nature of and the solution to the problem.

Yeah and I think we just became a lot worse at stopping them play, that’s what stands out to me. They could progress the ball where they couldn’t before

Even when you look after they scored we were alright

Pass completion is lower for us after 65mins and we go from completing twice as many passes as them to less

Started looking into when the game turned on Wednesday and it’s pretty clearly when Eze and Jesus came on. Just very stark how much we struggled to keep the ball and perhaps more importantly stop them on the ball

Think so much of this season can be seen through the prism of an attack which is missing its three best players in Saka, Odegaard and Havertz. They’ve not been fit or at their best at all this season. The summer should have lessened the reliance upon them, it didn’t.

Or Gyokeres

I would not pick four direct players in attack against a deep block

It would be good if we passed it a bit more rather than just whipping it in for the worst aerial threat in the league

very much a game where an early set piece goal would be welcome

But we have options to balance the attack. Think Arteta needs to better accept that it’s horses for courses. It won’t be surprising if Martinelli and Gyok struggle

That front four is entirely incoherent against a deep block. Arteta doesn’t place value on the balance of attacking profiles, has shown that repeatedly this season

That attack is mental, in a bad way

Just think it’s been obvious for a while this project has a clear ceiling. Their membership is nuts and far removed from the public on issues where there is unified opinion. Their policy agenda is paper thin and confused (even by Westminster standards) and on the economy they have nothing to say.