Can anyone give me a rationale argument for why Everton gets done but city and Chelsea don’t.

Why have you done this

The look Saliba has when he looks around. Hes like oh you guys gonna die tonight.

They’re not really like for like. Partey definitely gives us something different there. Our vertical progression with Rice on the pitch is noticeable worse.

Not that Rice is a worse player - but Rice is an excellent 8.

The solution is pretty obvious - it’s just that Partey is unfortunately injured.

Going to be harsh on Ramsdale and say that you want that sort of game as an out of favour keeper - you want something to do. If it was a breeze and he didn’t have any opportunity to make some saves and prove himself that’s worse.

So the team absolutely did not let him down - he was poor and that’s unfortunate

Well ok - but we need to prioritise the easy goals over the harder goals. This team badly needs to score goals from inside the box - if that comes at the expense of the lower xG goals from outside the box the trade off is obvious.

But Martinelli just needs to figure it out. Hes more than good enough.

It shouldn’t be taken that way. That’s why I specifically put in the first sentence. We just know that Jesus isn’t a 0.5 G/90 player and that is what this team needs. So if Eddie can get there I think he should start despite being a worse footballer.

Probably bad timing to say this because of the hat trick and it’s not really about that - but - if Eddie can average between 0.5-1.0 G/90 he needs to start over Jesus no matter how much better Jesus all round game is.

This Arsenal team needs to score goals. More than that - this Arsenal team needs to score easier goals. It’s all well and good having Saka, Martinelli, and Odegaard scoring from outside the box but we need goal threat from inside the box and if Eddie can get into a groove there he needs to start for me.

Calling them “third” kits is probably misleading at this stage. They’re a marketing thing for adidas and they’ll want all three kits to get sufficient air time to drive sales.

The highlighter kit is the way it is to target a particular customer. The “third” kit is targeting the other type of customer. They want to sell to both and associating the kit with positive memories is what will drive sales the most so it needs air time.

Jesus needs to step up big time also. We need goals.

People are harsh on Eddie but if Eddie gets into a grove of a goal every game or two he needs to start.

No reason Jesus doesn’t play up top.

Nah - it’s easier to make a positive difference than maintain a high level. Something broken where you feel you can turn it around is actually exactly what you want - there is a question of being set up success obviously but generally a struggling big club is quite attractive