- How close is the relationship between ManC and the media?
- “Arsenal dont look like champions” as we reveal the line up tonight. Maybe.
Arteta is quoted as saying, “It doesn’t look good at all but we have to wait and see,” and he confirmed that the medical team were concerned.
As Arteta pointed out later in the same interview, “This is man-to-man for 96 minutes in every action. There’s no breathing. The stress, the quality, the intensity, the level that you need … it’s unbelievable. It’s the highest level. And those things happen, unfortunately.”
Arteta, like all of us, wanted a win not a draw, adding that “You could see that right from the beginning – the mindset, the purpose and the intention that the team has, to be very dominant, to come here and cause problems to Bayern. To press them and attack them…. We were the better team in the first 25 minutes, we got the goal … unfortunately we also got the injury of Bukayo, which was a big setback.”
So it looks like we will be without Saka for a while, including of course Everton at home on Saturday, although after that is a League Cup match which he woouldn’t have played in anyway.
Still at least we now seem to have moved away from the ceaseless “boring boring Arsenal” reportage in the media, with just the anti-Arsenal support trotting it out when other words fail them. And for a moment the media have stopped trying to excuse the total collapse and failure of ManU. They made eight signings and had seven sales with a net spend of £98.7m in the summer and still lost 4-1 to Como. “Oooops,” seems the most appropriate word at this point.
Still, watching last night it was rather difficult to equate what we saw with the headline from the Telegraph that Morale has plummeted at Arsenal as job cuts spread discontent
How do you measure morale? I’ve no idea, and since the Telegraph reporters don’t work at Arsenal I doubt that they can measure Arsenal’s morale either. But we could try this: Try this “Arsenal are rotten – led by a cross-country runner in Declan Rice – and almost as offensive as Manchester Cheaty.” Football 365 produced that one.
And one thing strikes me. For most people, watching professional football is a hobby and one that can bring enjoyment. But for some of these commentators they seem to have picked a hobby that makes them utterly miserable and negative. I mean, wouldn’t stamp collecting be more satisfying?
Perhaps we can help them on their way….
