Citeh v Arsenal, Weds 17 June, 20.15 UK time, Sky Sports

[I am invisible]

this is what interests me too =- as i said on the match thread i hope Arteta just treats this as a kind of pre-seeason, and looks to the future in the sides he picks and who he focusses on - but as i also said, i am a bit pessimistic about that, i think'll be short term and conservative - hope he proves me wrong

I suppose I wouldn’t blame him if he went with experience, at least until any European hopes are over - if match day income is gone for the foreseeable, then there’s going to be some massive pressure on him to at least make the EL spots.

But as soon as we’ve got nothing much to play for I want to see us prepping hard for next season. If that means dropping anyone who we may need to sell to cut costs / raise funds, then that’s fine - protect those sales and focus on the future.

[WMUG]

It's entirely artificial, isn't it? It's not part of the real flow of life. It used to be, for me, when it was just about me. I think football, and sport, is probably the most selfish thing you can engage in. When life is crying out for some input, we all say, don't bother me now, there's a vital, crucial, earth changing event happening in sport.

Hypnotised. Drugged,. Distracted.

Football is about the community that exists around it, and that does matter.

[Mac76]

Football is about the community that exists around it, and that does matter.

agree, i get the sense most of the people on this board haven't actually been near a football ground for many years, if at all - if you go to games it's the social aspect around it etc that is what makes it important, and yes seeing the game live where you can choose who to watch and see it all in front of you instead of what the TV chooses to show

[WMUG]

agree, i get the sense most of the people on this board haven't actually been near a football ground for many years, if at all - if you go to games it's the social aspect around it etc that is what makes it important, and yes seeing the game live where you can choose who to watch and see it all in front of you instead of what the TV chooses to show

Doesn't necessarily have to be matchgoing, if you've got a solid group around you going to the pub, going round each other's houses and whatnot there's value in that too.

[Mac76]

Doesn't necessarily have to be matchgoing, if you've got a solid group around you going to the pub, going round each other's houses and whatnot there's value in that too.

yes, true

[Mac76]

wow, this is tomorrow already

i wonder if there being no fans at the ground might help us ?

probably not...

[Letters]

Lawro doesn't think so

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53049710

[Xhaka Can’t]

Lawro doesn't think so

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53049710

Not only do they have as he says, better players, the increase in substitutions permitted will widen the gap further.

City’s bench is superior to most other teams, us included.

[dazthegooner]

Amazing what you can get for over a Billion.

[Letters]

Only 24 hours till Arsenal’s next defeat