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doc rivers went on the bill pod today and said that the bucks were actually never going to win anything because they were 26th in spending and if fact if you look at their record against teams on the same spending level they were good

Ranking of unsuccessful touches/total touches among PL CFs: 1. Welbeck 23% 2. Ekitike 24% 3. Haaland 26% 4. Evanilson 26% 5. Joao Pedro 27% 6. Woltemade 27% 7. Watkins 28% 8. Igor Thiago 29% 9. Sesko 29% 10. Mateta 30% 11. Jimenez 30% 12. Brobbey 30% 13. Igor Jesus 30% 14. Armstrong 31% 15. Flemming 31% 16. Richarlison 32% 17. Wilson 35% 18. DCL 36% 19. Beto 37% 20. Gyokeres 40%

Arsenal fan here. Didn’t watch the game. I just can’t be bothered. I slowly stopped watching the games a few months back. It’s just so draining, uninspiring and boring. I think you only first realise what you actually enjoy about football when your team is doing really well while at the same time playing like Stoke City with great footballers. I became an Arsenal fan because I got inspired by Henry, Bergkamp, Pires, etc. Beautiful, creative, a bit chaotic, but with love for the game. I don’t think you become an Arsenal fan if you’re a young kid right now, because why would you? Who would inspire you? Raya receives the ball 38 times for Christ. Saka is the only one who gives us that feeling of “something magical might happen” and maybe Dowman as well. But the overall feeling of enjoyment of watching the Gunners is not there currently. There’s no love for the game anymore. There’s love for the result. But Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool have in recent years shown you can do both. I hope we win everything. Don’t get me wrong. But I miss Arsenal. Almost more than I miss trophies.

How much of a point does Arteta have about intense schedule? Nuanced debate. Rice played 10 hours more league football than Kane this season. PL doesn’t have a winter break, loves pre-season tours, engaged in 2 domestic cups. Yet AFC in "less challenging" side of CL draw... 1/2

Not a fan of Hjulmand but he’s showing Zubidoo and Decline Rice levels