Arsenal 1st in the PL and unbeaten in the CL up to the Semi Final stage.
All with the second highest number of injuries of all PL clubs.
Yet Arteta’s name gets dragged through the mud, daily. Fools.
I live in an apartment complex. The guy above me stomps around at 2 AM every night. I was fed up. I marched upstairs to bang on his door and give him a piece of my mind. The door opened before I could knock. He was holding a crying baby. The apartment was bare. No furniture. Just a mattress on the floor and boxes. He looked exhausted. "I'm so sorry," he whispered. "I'm trying to walk him to sleep. The floor is creaky. I know we're loud." I looked past him. "Where's your furniture?" "Bed bugs in the last place," he said. "Had to toss everything. We just moved in. I’m saving up for a crib." My anger evaporated. "Hold on," I said. I went downstairs. I dragged my spare rocking chair up the stairs. "Sit," I told him. "Rocking is quieter than walking." He sat. The baby settled instantly. The next day, I posted on our building’s group chat: "New neighbor in 4B needs a restart. Who has spare stuff?" By noon, he had a crib, a sofa, a table, and three casseroles. He knocked on my door tonight. No stomping. just a quiet knock. "Thank you," he said. "We slept for six hours." Judge less. Ask more.
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Pep is finally met with the scenario of having to cope with multiple injuries to key players and City are straight on the phone to Guehi while simultaneously wrapping up a deal for Semenyo.
Compare this to last January when Saka, Jesus and Havertz all suffered long term injuries and Arteta had to make do with converting Merino into a centre forward and using Nwaneri on the wing.
And that’s without mentioning what they spent last January and summer. This is why the narrative around Arteta’s spending kills me. Fucking look around lads
The cognitive intelligence to track the runner and not follow the ball in a split-second decision.
How many defenders keep ball-watching and leave the runner free in his blind-spot?
Look at the speed he's processing information at, a 1% brain.