Morning all.
We play Man Utd on Sunday at dwelling, however they had been in midweek motion final evening in opposition to Crystal Palace. On condition that we now have a ‘free’ week, and so they performed 90+ minutes, that’s helpful for us. As is the eightieth minute yellow card picked up by Casemiro which implies he’ll be suspended for the sport. The previous Actual Madrid man has been excellent for them this season, and whereas he brings management, craft, high quality and expertise, his doubtless substitute – Scott McTominay – brings kicking folks with impunity. Numerous kicking. A lot kicking. So, a lot kicking and booting of legs.
What number of occasions will he foul somebody earlier than the ref even bothers to take discover? I estimate – and that is based mostly on previous historical past – round 634 fouls till the official says ‘Hey, I’ve received my eye on you. One other 12 fouls and I’d take into consideration supplying you with a warning earlier than I allow you to make one other 60 brutal assaults on somebody’s ankle at which level I’ll don’t have any alternative however to make the totting up gesture after which there’s little question a yellow card will probably be issued after one other 6 fouls together with a knee excessive lunge which places an opponent in intensive care’.
It’s swings and roundabouts, innit. David de Gea is upset concerning the suspension for the Brazil worldwide, saying, “I don’t get why Arsenal don’t play as we now have to play in the identical week and so they don’t. Now we’re lacking considered one of our greatest gamers. I don’t perceive.”
To be trustworthy, I don’t actually get it both. The Everton recreation has but to be rescheduled and this may be have been an excellent time to play it, however for some cause it wasn’t. I believe Mr de Gea must take this up with the folks at Sky Sports activities and BT Sports activities who finally resolve when these video games happen. Squeezing it later within the season when the stakes are even increased and the strain is mounting even additional in all probability makes for an excellent broadcasting determination and first rate scores, however that’s not on us. I believe if you happen to’d requested Mikel Arteta if he’d fancied a midweek recreation in opposition to an Everton facet who’re so dangerous their followers have been pushed to creating protest banners which learn like kindergarten poetry, he’d have been effectively up for it.
As for final evening’s outcome, it’s a must to say it’s first rate. It seemed as if United had been set to take all three factors earlier than Michael Olise’s ridiculously good free kick grabbed Palace some extent on the loss of life. How lengthy earlier than we get the ‘Olise to Arsenal’ stuff chundering away on social media and many others? Don’t get me improper, he’s an excellent participant and I believe he’d really give us some real depth, however I believe we’re on the level now the place anybody who does something good and appears remotely like he’d match goes to be spoken about as a possible switch goal. How sensible is Olise? With simply over 10 days left of the window, realism begins to merge with a little bit of panic, however I’d say ‘Not very’. Is that this a reverse jinx? Completely not.
Talking of which, Man Metropolis tackle Spurs on the Etihad tonight, and after what occurred within the derby with that absurd offside objective, they are going to be out for revenge. To not point out the truth that Spurs beat them twice final season, so you possibly can mainly wager your home on Metropolis destroying them tonight. On the finish of this recreation, Erling Haaland will stand over the hardly respiration semi-corpses of Eric Dier, Lenglet and Romero, laughing at their pathetic makes an attempt to suck air into their lungs as he enjoys the plunder of his 4 objective haul.
“HA HA!”, he’ll suppose to himself (that’s Norwegian for “HAHA!”), and afterwards, having kicked off about being the one one in entrance of the cameras after a nasty outcome, Antonio Conte will drag Daniel Levy by the ear into his post-game press convention, and say, “Now, you clarify why we’re so dangerous. Cazzo fai, sfigato?!”
That may imply our lead is lower forward of the United recreation on Sunday, however as we’ve proven this season greater than as soon as, when the strain is on we will reply. There’ll, after all, be loads of time to stay up for that recreation over the subsequent few days. For now, I’m gonna stroll canine.
Have an excellent one of us, again tomorrow with extra and a model new Arsecast.
