Is Timber fully fit? As good as each player is, they haven’t played in this composition this season.

His shooting is still very wayward. Movement and carrying very much welcome.

Yeah, and the Dubai boost isn’t there at all this season.

We’re not very clear about who is doing what in midfield and they are. Defenders going up to join the attack, which is great, but it’s not adding much to the threat.

It’s as if there is an expectation that we’ll win the game in the last 20 mins each time. Very odd. We started so much faster two years ago.

Stark… Merino already in the joint lead.

Him, Rice and Nwaneri held most of the match together.

It is always the hope that kills though, right?

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Lampardian, almost

Joelinton gets reffed differently

Wait, Joelinton first karate kicked him from behind and when Kluivert rose with a kind of “wtf, bro” denature, Joelinton shoved him. That’s the context. That Kluivert then took offence is kind of understandable.

Genuine lol. Save this one.

It has to eventually lead to more goals, right? Has to… right..?

I think you’re spot on. Game of control and minimisation of single-moment decisive acts (in pref of systematic breakthroughs), which relies on confident strikers to get their goals.

No other team seems to have so few teammates showing up to receive, right? It must be strategic but it’s odd to watch.

I really liked the football two seasons ago. It had sparks and interesting interlink play, plus we were so superior in most matches it was a breath of fresh air. Last year, it turned kinda Pep-like and that wasn’t fun, but we still won most times. This season, the lower win rates make it more obvs

100%. Either the backups are viable options or it’s a waste of everyone’s time.

Trossard had a purple patch last season, Martinelli the season before. The question I wonder is, was that a one-off or is this season a one-off? And also, are they less effective because of the system or is it just form / luck?

To quote a popular Brazilian soap opera (which seems fitting for this conversation): Los ricos también lloran ("The Rich Also Cry")

The stadium might cost a few bob.

Absolutely brilliant. Maybe the best one yet.

No one does anything unpredictable, apart from Saka and maybe O. There’s too much focus on standing in your spot and waiting for the routine.

Maybe keeping the second striker on the bench for so long is one of the issues, though. There’s not been a ton of striker rotation, and that was true when GJ was the front man.

The first 11 mins felt like a summary of the game. Ten mins of perfect domination by The A without a major chance. Fulham get the ball, pass, run, shoot, score.

He tried to scrawl 115 on his forehead?

Maybe odd choices, but Tarkowski or Craig Dawson. Or Evans. There’s something really impressive about the old guard CBs. They do a great job most of the time with no-fuss football.

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A glimmer of hope: we have no idea what'll happen. TL/DR ( from the article): "In a landmark study, the psychologist Philip Tetlock evaluated several decades of predictions about political and economic events. He found that 'the average expert was roughly as accurate as a dart-throwing chimpanzee.'"

Or… that he allows his opinions to influence his profession, as he intimates?

This place still feels a bit small, not football focused, but maybe we could try and connect Arsenal fans at least.

If you are an Arsenal fan, leave a reply, people can follow, also please repost or whatever it's called her and hopefully it can spread. #arsenal