It’s not just this season but cumulative load on those players, especially Havertz & Saka. Rice & Zubi are clearly knackered now too yet Norgaard who we thought was signed to relieve these 2 of minutes has played less than 60 minutes of PL football.
😂 very fair point
Fair enough. Sorry, I didn’t mean to be picky but it’s just in my opinion, every league game against City is a big game
We beat them 5-1 last season…
Anyone else worried Arteta is going to wheel out Bukayo when he’s not ready? 😬
This really summarises my feelings atm. I don’t blame other fans for wanting to be positive but I know my expectations for Sunday are very low. I just can’t see us really troubling City at all…
No
And players around him that can retain it too
It’s not just you 😔
I went into this game hoping to see something different in our performance. Nothing groundbreaking but just something that would see us through the tie and give a glimmer of hope for the weekend. After 30 mins, I’m afraid to say I’m just not seeing it
Makes for some spectacle!
😂 it’s been electric
Congratulations Anita & welcome Maja!
Fair play, I couldn’t do that to myself!
And why buy him at all if he’s not a tactical fit? He’s been absolutely fine when called upon in my opinion
Arteta has run Saka, Odegaard & Havertz into the ground in the last few seasons and we’re paying the price now.
I’ve been thinking about this for a while…Arteta clearly doesn’t want to use the squad until he has to and that is often too late. Mosquera & White could have taken more minutes off Timber. Norgaard should have for for Rice & Zubi.
I’ve a terrible feeling we’re going to get chinned
And look well rested. We look knackered and so ponderous on the ball
Yeah absolutely massive loss, we really miss him. And that’s not taking anything from Ben White but Timber is just a step above. Calafiori has played a lot of minutes recently so hopefully that’s just precautionary
Agreed. I think these odds are leaning too much into the league stage form of the remaining teams
Do we have any idea what’s going on with Timber?
Couldn’t have put it better myself 😂
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🤣
This is a joke
Could have held onto it a bit longer, it was a great run & through ball from Martinelli
I would yeah
I feel like there’s a lot of recency bias here but I get the points you’re making.
It was an incredible through ball…