Whatever complaints MPs have about Keir Starmer, they are now descending into the kind of headless chickenry that - whatever and whoever the outcome - will make the situation even worse for Labour. If there is a grand plan starring Catherine West and a few PPSs, then it doesn’t feel terribly thought through. A period of calm would do none of them any harm. The general election is a fair way off. The next legislative programme is about to be unveiled. There are better ways to reach such an important decision and better times too. You are MPs not commentators who exist to feed a frenzy.
The Emirates tonight has been everything Mikel Arteta has wanted from this crowd for years. He's spent his entire tenure trying to weaponise the fanbase and this was the high point of that mission. The bus welcome, the tifo, the noise, the energy. Properly hostile.
‘At a time when the country is in turmoil and there’s a war in the Middle East...'
@TomSwarbrick1 questions the 'strange' timing of a video showing MPs dancing in Westminster.
Lazy journalism from @LRHunter4 . Yes he took over in Dec but the FA cup campaign only started in January and was all down to Arteta. Okay he’s not won a trophy since but to claim “he cannot claim” the FA Cup win, which he masterminded, is a joke. Lazy journalism @SkySports
📊❌ Martin O'Neill: "xG? It's total nonsense. You've got to remember what the game is about... winning football matches, that means scoring goals, not recording the expectation of them."
"'Expected goals' have only come about in the last few years. It's a clueless development. Some people just use these words to try to sound clever." (@guardian_sport)