Arsenal v Bodo/Glimt. 06/10/22. 20:00

[Letters]

Your problem is you think that it’s just an excuse to get at Arteta

That is my problem.
But it's based on seeing too many people being so entrenched in their views about a player or manager that they think everything they do is good/bad depending on their bias. I'll concede you're making a reasonable point here.

[Mac76]

No it’s called a waste of valuable resources in a bullshit competition that matters about as much to us as the league cup.

If you can’t close out a two nil lead against a bunch of Walrus fuckers you shouldn’t be at the club and sometimes opportunities like this are good at sorting the wheat from the chaff

Your problem is you think that it’s just an excuse to get at Arteta, where as even if I happened to think Arteta was doing a good job I’d still be annoyed by this decision. There’s no great underlying meaning to it all, I just think the whole point of these group stage games against sides like this, is that it allows you to put out the B Team and give your first team a rest.

I didn’t like that we started Martinelli or Gabriel either

This

i don't want to criticise Arteta, it's just he keeps provoking me to do so

we have nine games this month I think - so he needs to manage the squad better than this

you're right, Arteta was stewing a bit but as you say he should have trusted the guys that had got us 2-0 up (although he also should have started with Nelson not Martinelli, you can bring the better players on if you need a goal or two)

At 2-0 that game was dead as a doornail, bringin on Jesus, entertaining though his assist was, was nuts

incidentally i think Marquinos had a bit of a shaky game but he's not getting much game time so perhaps not surrprising