Forest (a) - Instant Reaction

Julian Alvarez's buyout clause is only £21m! He'd be perfect for that Lacazette style false 9 role. This game proves we need that drop-deep striker. Playing on the shoulder (like Auba/Eddie) and wanting that perfect long ball over the top/through ball is a false economy. I'd give Laca another year, maybe 2 while we blood his replacement. We all like shiny new things, we like to fantasise about perfect Nth degree outcomes, but we should appreciate Laca's hold up play, the tempo and rhythm of his play and the chemistry he has with the players around him. Such relationships aren't garnered overnight, not in the real world. Any new player will need a period of adaption

We need to buy that Djed Spence guy. Was immensely good at right back. Extreme long and short distance pace coupled with good technique and dribbling. Future England RB, let's get him please...

Tavares blown out of proportion. We had 5 subs to work with.

Guys jeez can u give Nuno q break. Just recently when Tierney was fit he was struggling to get into the team due to Nunos performance. Agreed this was a horrible 30 mins and offcourse he would be upset on his own performance when he was taken off. So relax he is young guy and we will have inconsistency. You can condone xhakas Brian freeze every now and then but not young kids.

Then we decided to play at walking pace!!

It seemed to spread like a virus. Holding’s passing was also awful. We couldn’t find space between the lines.

I was at the game. Tavares was awful. Misplaced passes. Lack of effort to cut out a cross after he lost the ball. Arteta was going bonkers

Maybe you guys could find a suitably qualified sports physiologist to have as a guest.

Needs some analysis of who has had covid, how many days since a negative / certain antibody threshold met. From personal experience, as someone with a high 50s VO2 max but far from where these guys are with age and fitness. I am about 14 days from a +ve test. Really really mild omicron. My daily routine rotates between running 10-15k / swimming 2-3k / or lifting sesh. One day rest per week. Still today, I walk the dog an hour and im fcked. I’m getting really frustrated…. Not sure if there is any proper data out on professional athlete recovery times but everyone clearly affected differently.

Headline for next week, if we do have a redemption performance against Spurs/Pool: 12 Angry Man. Elliott put me on the payroll already.

Too many poor performances. Difficult two weeks ahead.😞

Ugh…Cedric

Nicely done Paul. Much better filling in than Cedric!

Much better performance than the team today.

Without Granit we were poor

4 FA cups in 8 years gave Arsenal no status or respect. Only 1 team left in the fa cup will think its been worthwhile come June. I'm personally happy to focus on top 4.

Jake Walker