Who suggested we overplay Max? Not seen that anywhere. Think he can cope with 20-30mins a week.

If he’s too physically fragile to be playing the adult game, he shouldn’t be in the first team. The collective back room experience has adjudged that he’s ready.

He should have played a part.

Exactly. Max is quick AND technical - not a combination offered by the other current options

Max has not had a dangerous amount of minutes in his legs this season. In fact he’s probably never played fewer. City are hardly tough men, they are physical technicians. Max is our best right wing option, he really should have played at least a final 15-20

Not sure physicality is an issue for Max.. you see what he did to Joe Linton pre season.

I suppose keen to know why we wouldn’t field our best player in a given position? To protect him? Agree he shouldn’t be starting against city but not to use him at all… suppose I just don’t get the point!

I usually agree with you both on most things but @gunnerblog.bsky.social I cannot see your point about Max. The fact of the matter is he is our best option on the right whilst Saka is out. Even with his lack of experience. Even with the risks of naivety out of possession / in transition. He just is.

oh my days the world ain’t so bad

Love how the democratic process of choosing a new leader can’t begin until the Labour powers-that-be have chosen a new leader

Randall Lane (Forbes), believes that we need billionaires to generate welfare. And then argues that we can use the fact that they care about their ego to induce them to give away more money.

That first claim is simply wrong.

And I have a better solution: tax the billionaires out of existence.

Oh my days I just did a small 🤮

The flimsy notion that developed countries are prosperous BECAUSE of the presence of acute wealth concentration is actually hilarious.

But it was the “Kanye / Buffet are in my speed dial list” name drops that finally brought my quiche back up.

Urgh.

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Hahaha these player ratings are so shit you amateurs

Why is does this represent the quality of our team, front to back

This is mental

re: Kai

In the league, that was the second first-half open-play goal by an Arsenal striker all season.

The other was Merino vs Brentford.

If you're ruing near-misses for his second/third against City, so am I.

If you're really blaming him: what.

Should start every game at #9 from here on.

If we go one to win it, the eye test failure be damned. The unpleasant method is conducted. Just.

But for a risk-aversion obsessive like MA, to try and squeeze shards of game theory margins from this season as he has done is a huge gamble.

All or nothing indeed.

Winning is just one metric. I would say the complexity of football stats, considering the depth and scope of in-game scrutiny, are up there with any field of analysis. If only gunners willing their team to be good are they only sets of eyes with rose tints, perhaps issue is with beholders of beauty!

Eyes don’t lie, but the right stats call tell you whatever you want to hear!

Runs like it really needs a roboshit

Ngl… I’m no way near as depressed as post Bournmouth. The “worst case” has been realised. I feel we hit rock bottom last match and this showed we are creeping back from the depths of shitness. Will it be enough? Who knows. But least we werent embarrassing today

Seriously? We have been ghosting through games and scraping results, all the while playing nail-extracting football. Injuries, fatigue and attacking doldrums have been clear for all to see beneath the results. City have finally clicked. Can we?

Ideally we’ll not need to beat West Ham. Spurs’ prem life must die

The bottle narrative is set already. If we don’t it’s an even sweeter triumph than if we’d not been shit since Xmas

Yeah I don’t get it. We showed today. Far from perfect but there was an actual team on the pitch we recognise as us. It’s not over. It was never getting won in April

Add timber and calafiori to the mix and this was done in March

That’s for end of season review. We have to focus on one thing for the rest of the season: not playing gyokeres

Does max still exist?