Ethan

Scriptwriter. Journalist. Former football writer (ESPN, Sportsnet, BT Sport etc).

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@themagic_tophat @AFCAMDEN Four away games in a row, culminating in the most in form team in the league, in a game that team considers a grudge match. It ws all but inevitable and even then we conceded twice from 0.1xG.
Ofc still some regrets —  plus the lack of game stealing attackers — but not that bad.

[Sarah @Sarahjdublin]

Another act has withdrawn

Irish acts like Aaron Rowe and Beoga are showing the world what having morals looks like

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@billycarpy Wonder if Eze or Zubi will feel (literally and symbolically) "pushed out" by being the guys forced wide in this.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@GrnCharlie Can't have that nationalism is anti materialism, it's a response to uneven development. And its record at winning social progress around the world is massive. There are reactionary strains, but even those aren't separate from materialism. Tom Nairn is the guy to read on this.

[ollie @olliefirth_]

Martinelli was nearly murdered for this btw from ALL rivals, not a word from anyone today though

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@ltarsenal Yes improve on Gyok as backup striker. Then wait around for a world class LW to be available and up for coming, from a position of strength.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@arse2mouse It's a demonstration of the absolute vacuity in almost all TV/fan analysis. A manager plays two sensational attacking seasons, then gets hammered by injuries the following two, but these are taken as his random new preference. Makes no sense from any angle.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@SVCarbaholic The fact the "rivals will improve" line was used even this summer of all summers showed it is absolute empty words. All the rivals changed managers, during a world cup year. It's a dream scenario and half the pundits couldn't see it.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@JexParkin You're coming out against outsourcing to monopolistic corporations and I'm glad to hear it. Start acting on it too and you'll really be onto something.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@orehnato Very odd way to talk about a club that has overtaken every single super team bar one over the past five years, with a transfer and wage strategy far cheaper than theirs. That didn't happen by wasting money on average players that don't fit.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@arsenalbarclays Getting players without a battle is a form of muscle flexing. I say this as someone disappointed that more didn't happen.
But also: Observe teams that get superstars — it's really only PSG, Real, maybe City. They pay wages that are far out of anything that sport alone can buy.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@Maleke_COYG @OlisaOsega Yes, I'm not overly confident either. But if you look at clubs that can be confident - City, PSG, Real Madrid - the wages they pay are out of this world when it comes to top talent.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@OlisaOsega And I emphasise these points against the context of my first question: If the market doesn't offer high value alternatives, I think we have a squad that can wait until Jan for maybe a Kroupi or someone else (I don't even know who!)

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@OlisaOsega Fair point, of course. My feeling is: Odegaard was really a sequence of impact injuries last season and lack of form. He seems to be coming out the other side of that and previously wasn't known as an injured player. Saka quite similar. Havertz I admit is a risk,but Gyok is there

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Thomas's sister explains that he's spent 14 years in prison for stealing a mobile phone, and he's still inside.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@goonerdave66 @RohanJivanAFC Find it weird if Palace don't take a look. Would like to see him inside right forward for them. Lot of supply from Wharton and Kamada and lots of space to move into danger zones (as Eze found.)

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

Disasterclass from Bournemouth. Much better team ends up losing because they stepped off for most of the second half when they clearly had it in them to take it away from City.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@davo_arid It's turnip obvious you turnip-moron. Turnip.

[Ethan @EthanDR_Scripts]

@YankeeGunner Saka-Odegaard-White(-Havertz) back together. Immediately resume being a great team. Maybe it was slightly odd that half the media accepted Arteta simply decided to make a boring defensive team without them.