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"Stay" for how long? The rest of the season? Another 3 years?

If he's mentally already on his way then I'd be inclined to twist as soon as possible

10, I think. But he's naturally a No.6, isn't he?

Well, that question got answered tonight. Decent cameo. Hopefully earns him a berth on the bench in the PL.

Did what we needed to do. No more, no less. Good to see some of the youngsters getting first team experience. Thought they were decent enough, Watts probably the best of the bunch. JWP never put a foot wrong yet again. My MotM

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Yep, defo got something about him. Arguably our best player in the first half. Bugger... Adams should score

I thought Jankewitz was more of a No.6 than a No.10

Shouldn't Long be unhappy rather than grinning like a Cheshire cat when he gets subbed?

Ah...

What's happened?

Have you not seen DT post on this forum before...?

A fraction on the line

Damn... Close...

Should be 2

A full strength Arsenal?

I reckon we'll win by 2 or 3 playing the way we're currently playing

It's all or nothing with our set-up though. 60% busting a gut and 40% taking it easy wouldn't really work. Just a hunch anyway. Could well be wide of the mark

I mentioned this earlier but I suspect much of our seemingly lackluster performance is down to Ralph instructing them not to bust a gut if we don't need to. #selfpreservation

Wouldn't expect them to really given its a relatively unappealing rescheduled game.

Comfortable first half but nothing special. Yet to get out of second gear really. Good to see the youngsters looking confident on the ball though. Would be tempted to bring on Adams and Armstrong to inject a bit more tenacity and experience into proceedings but there's also an argument for sticking with the youngsters to protect the first teamers. 3-0 final score I reckon.

To protect JWP from being the latest player to pick up a muscle injury perhaps?

Given our current injury 'crisis', why would we bust a gut when we don't need to? Excellent game management so far IMO

One suspects we're under orders from Ralph not to get out of second gear if we don't have to

Very impressed with Watts so far