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  • Nuggsy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Of course! If anything it felt a little long winded xD. I don’t feel like I’m concise enough to get my point across without a block of text.

    Just to touch back on the Champions League, since I don’t feel like I really said what I was trying to get at. Part of my point around Arteta not playing Nwaneri was Arteta potentially playing it safe due to the changes of the format, as well as Nwaneri’s age and the responsibility that entails.

    But, it is hard to argue against our recent results. It’s disappointing to see how things have played out off the back of how well we ended last year. I can only look at the circumstances around those games and then wonder how things could have panned out. I also feel like International breaks every 3 games hasn’t helped the team to find rhythm with all the other difficulties we’ve faced.

    It does feel like Arteta needs to do something, but he and the staff may be struggling just as much as we are to point to a definite answer. Nwaneri seems like he could be it, but maybe that’s too much to ask, or he’s not ready? I don’t know. I do take your point on Fabregas and others and it’s hard for us to gauge how good he can be when we haven’t really seen him. But, I also want to see what Nwaneri can do, I’m just trying to see things from a different perspective I guess.

    It feels like we’ve been absolutely railed by our fixture list and we still have a few tough games ahead.