This is like watching Trump bankrupt a casino in real time. Except this time we are the casino.

Arseblog did a nice job of covering the adaptation to the man to man marking and how it relates to PSG and Arsenal’s approach with RBs.

Good point. With the miles Rice, Zubi, Caicedo, Rodri, Anderson etc. put in, their impact on the game diminishes. Fatigue and injuries creep in so a double pivot is seen as a solution.

I do wonder if Vinny Jr’s poor penalty will open the door for Haaland or Semenyo. Haaland doesn’t seem to flourish in the 2 striker City system.

Hilarious comments. I do wonder if an overlap would afford Saka more dynamic 1:2 options.

Hilarious!

I hope not!

What could go wrong? Murdoch, Ellison, Trump, Musk, Thiel… A bunch of self centered billionaires controlling the surveillance, algorithms and the news.

Did you notice how many Olympic athletes are just blurting out “fucking” in interviews? So great to hear.

Pushing goes on all the time near the goal. It is worrisome if Big Gabbie goes down too easily. I didn’t watch it again but it seemed like a 50/50 call.

Too bad he doesn’t play for City as that would be a gentleman’s pass back to the opponent.

100%. Loved Timber’s through the lines pass to Vik before he sat though.

You can’t blame the players. The Olympic committee let in little Kash Patel and the players are kind of goofing on him.

Taking on a player in the defensive 1/3 is dangerous as well all learned early in youth football. Dec did It again on the goal that was called back. BTW: Big Gabbie needs to take his push in the back falls out of his game. If he does that for Brazil in the WC without a call, look out.

Thank you Adam and I appreciate your work! You especially helped after the Wolves game with you sarcastic City v Newcastle posts.

As an aside, is there a stat that includes the “ 2nd hockey assist” for goal contributions. It seems football focuses so much on the goal scorer that we lose context on the important “second” assist.

Hilarious!

Respectfully disagree on the not using Norgaard for Rice or Zubi. The mental exhaustion of chasing 4 trophies must be mitigated with timely subs and rotation. Norgaard arguably is superior to Dec in line breaking passes as an aside.

The State of the Union address on Tuesday will showcase the mental decline and authoritarian ideals of Trump.

Goodly morning,

Is there an unwritten professional code for football players? The tackle on Viktor was deliberate, nasty and put Vik in danger.

Any thoughts on that nasty tackle on Viktor? That type of unprofessional tackle could have really hurt Vik and Arsenal.

So happy for Eze and Noni. They seem like really nice guys while bringing a dynamic that the team really needs.

Hilarious.

Have you noticed Foden has dropped to a big player at City? I know that doesn’t satisfy the British media but it is reality.

That is really too bad for Newcastle and Bruno. His ability has always been top notch while his professionalism has now risen to the level of a captain.

Crazy and chaotic final moments but I do think VAR had to check that sequence of events in the City box.

It seems Odegaard’s deep movement seems create issues with space management. Isolation of the striker in attack and issues managing against the break.

Hilarious. Honestly, it looks to me that Salah has lost his motivation and is going down too early and easy. Still, the extra time trip 2 yards out looked like a “clattering”.

Strange to see Liverpool supporters pointing at Arsenal after the City loss. As an Arsenal supporter I respect the work Liverpool have done over the years.

Great question.