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@thebottomcorna I can’t see how we are gonna win any of our remaining games. We have been so poor and show little fight or willingness to get a result. Needs to look how we use to play against city and go for counter football next weekend

We just need to ensure we do not lose to Manchester City next week and all will be fine. If our players actually want to win the title, they will play their hearts out and get at least a draw.

@ArsenalN7 Think if changes are made we still have a chance. Need to switch to a back 3 and drop Zubi

Do we stand any chance of beating Man City?

@FmCatenaccio Bargain. Think Mikel has his set players he wants and Berta hasn’t had full say. Madueke and Zubi show this. And he will 100% go for Gordon over anyone else

City signed him for 16million euros more than what we signed Madueke for..

@HarrySymeou I think the team needs a switch out. Too many players haven’t been used. Bring in Norgaard for Zubi. Switch to a back 3 of mosquera, saliba and Gabriel as our wingbacks backs are obviously an issue. Myles needs to play in midfield aswell, only one who can pass through the lines

We stunk the place out today. So many questions regarding the manager’s role in this, too many individuals performing at quite frankly unacceptable levels & rather than talking about how we’re going to respond, we need to actually go out and do it. This season it’s shifted from hope to expectation as far as I’m concerned and we simply have to deliver. You can lose games from time to time but we were lacklustre and disappointing in so many aspects of our game. Issues that have existed too long are yet to be rectified & as for the ‘narrative’ around us, we’re fuelling it ourselves at the minute. Recording the pod in the morning, any thoughts, questions or topics you’d like to hear discussed? Let me know.

@FmCatenaccio When Man City went in for him I don’t understand why we didn’t. Really he should have been signed instead of madueke although I do like him. And nwaneri should never have been sent on loan

Semenyo has scored 15 PL goals this season for both Bournemouth & City, that's 5 less than what Gyokeres, Eze and Madueke have all provided. That's not even Man City's main scorer... £190million spent and not a single one of them actually improved our starting 11.

@iAmJoshHunt @lauracomper Why hasn’t anyone thought about simply taking a different route. Whether by sea or air? Simple fix. Also, no surprise when you rely on other countries and are not self sufficient.

I want to talk about the scale of what’s coming for the UK over the next three months. Because I don’t think many people have joined the dots yet. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for over five weeks. Before this war, 135 ships passed through it every day. Now it’s 5 to 7. Over 600 vessels are still stranded. Iran has mined the strait, is charging tolls, and controlling who passes. The CEO of Abu Dhabi’s national oil company said it this week: “The Strait of Hormuz is not open. Access is being restricted, conditioned and controlled. That is coercion.” Two thirds of Gulf crude has no alternative route. 14 million barrels a day behind a 21-mile chokepoint. Energy bills are forecast to jump 20% in July. From £1,641 to nearly £2,000. The second major energy shock in four years. Petrol up over 15%. Diesel up nearly 30%. Wholesale gas rose 75% in under four weeks. Food inflation could hit 8% by June and 9% by December. Academics advising DEFRA say it could reach 12%. UK food prices are already 38% higher than before Covid. We’re only 62% self-sufficient in food. We import 60% of our nitrogen fertiliser. Red diesel for farming has surged 60%. Average arable farm income has fallen to £17,000, the lowest in over 20 years. Yesterday, China announced it’s halting all sulphuric acid exports from May. Sulphuric acid is essential for phosphate fertilisers, copper mining, oil refining, and battery manufacturing. A third of the world’s sulphur was already blocked by the Hormuz closure. Now the world’s largest exporter has pulled the other lever at the same time. The fertiliser crisis just got significantly worse, heading straight into planting season. Before the war, markets expected rate cuts. Now they’ve priced in two rate rises. Over 1,500 mortgage products have been pulled. Two year fixes have jumped from 4.8% to 5.5%. Nearly £1,000 a year extra on a £200k mortgage. Gone in weeks. Flights are next. A quarter of UK jet fuel comes from Kuwait, behind the strait. In early April, major carriers said they had five to six weeks of reserves. That clock is running. Ryanair’s CEO has warned 5-10% of summer flights could be cancelled. Iran’s strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG complex, which handles 30% of the world’s helium, is estimated to take 3 to 5 years to repair. Helium is critical for semiconductors and MRI machines. That’s not a disruption. That’s structural damage. Chemical and steel manufacturers are imposing surcharges of up to 30%. Analysts are warning of permanent deindustrialisation. European gas storage was at just 30% after a harsh winter. If the strait stays restricted through summer, Europe can’t refill for next winter. In Ireland, fuel protests shut down Dublin for four days. The army was deployed. Over 100 fuel stations ran dry, with warnings of 500 by end of the week. Downing Street has held talks on the potential for mass protests here. The OECD has downgraded the UK more than any other G7 nation. Growth slashed from 1.2% to 0.7%. Inflation forecast nearly doubled to 4%, with some saying it could breach 5%. Starmer and Trump spoke this week about military options to reopen the strait. The UK is leading a 30+ nation coalition. But the ceasefire is already fracturing. Iran re-closed the strait over Israeli strikes on Lebanon. Reeves is boxed in by fiscal rules. Higher gilt yields are eating her headroom. And I haven’t heard a credible plan from anyone in Westminster. Energy. Food. Fertiliser. Aviation fuel. Mortgages. Industrial chemicals. Semiconductors. Shipping. Government borrowing. Political stability. All under stress. All compounding. This country imports 44% of its energy. Has almost no gas storage. Imports most of its food and fertiliser. Gets a quarter of its jet fuel from behind a mined strait. Every structural weakness built up over 20 years is being stress tested at once. The next three months aren’t going to be uncomfortable. They’re going to be defining

@ArsenalZNE Plus whites positioning. Both at fault

Seeing lots of question marks over Madueke's defensive awareness in the buildup to Bournemouth's first goal 👀 I think he pulls inside too much and loses track of Truffert's run

@cmbftbl Fabregras 100%

Pick • Nagelsmann • Enrique • Iraola • Maresca • Fabregas • Alonso

@thebottomcorna I think against city we need to play a back 3, Norgaard and rice and Lewis skelly in midfield.martinelli and dowman on the wings and gyokeres and Jesus up top.

Arteta is beginning to make the mistakes of Wenger. In the days of Wenger his stubbornness not to adapt made us lose key games and ensure he didn't win more than 3 league Titles in 20+ years. Arteta's fear and conservative style to all games will be his greatest nemesis. I hope the fear is just mainly because of the need to break the jinx and win something if not we are in trouble.

@_Afcbanks I’m surprised they didn’t even check it, looks on side to me if you look at his feet

The guy is rarely caught offside but taking forever to release the pass is going to make it harder for him to time his runs.

@DailyAFC Norgaard needs putting in the time now. Zubi should not be starting. Think the players would play better pissed right now. Gabriel makes too may mistakes. Bournemouth front four was better than ours and the mentality when going behind is not good enough. 5 defeats out of 12

Arsenal players appearing to console Martin Zubimendi during the defeat to Bournemouth… ❌😫

@FmCatenaccio A lot of mistakes by Arteta today. Havertz up top with gyokeres has never worked unless last throw of the dice. We would have been better off playing Zubi in that position if needed as he should not be a 6. Rice should play that position for now

Everyone can see it, except for the bloke who gets paid to make the decisions.

@ArsenalN7 He shouldn’t be anywhere near the starting line up at the moment. Norgaard is well ahead of him in my opinion

Why were they all consoling Zubimendi during the game? What’s going on with him?

@Arsenalinsider5 I would add to that Norgaard as he obviously doesn’t trust him, madueke, Gabriel, zubimendi, kepa

Players I would sell in the summer: Trossard Martinelli Jesus Havertz White Ødegaard None are at the level at all.

@FmCatenaccio We can do a challenge then!

Have an urge to get back on FM, and fancy a save with a club in League 1 or 2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

@FmCatenaccio Go for Cambridge!

@FmCatenaccio I think it’s because he has a tendency to hold onto the ball for too long and fall over, putting us in a vulnerable position. Does it alot this year especially

@fryman7 I agree, I'd love to see this, but I can't see it happening. Rice has been needing a rest for some time, Merino is out injured, and still MLS hasn't had a sniff

I get that we need to sell, but letting MLS and Nwaneri leave would be a mistake imo

@FmCatenaccio Looks like he needs to reduce training intensity if he wants them pressing all the time. Should have signed players in Jan. - should have hit semenyo, should never have let him go city

Incredible to think that this is what the players are producing at this stage of the season, like they're out of ideas on how to play football

@FmCatenaccio I think that would be a discredit to socks. He looks like he’s playing bare foot on the street

Why does Odegaard shoot like he's wearing socks?