Rohit wrote:

We should also get good value for Holding.

Absolutely. He's a very solid player. Like Claud says if he goes we'll be saying thanks for the service, etc as he's behind some really good defenders now. People being pricks about him can fuck off though.

Nothing too wrong with Holding and he's done great work for us, including in that five-at-the-back regime Arteta likes to use when we park the bus.

Gabriel, Saliba, White, Tomiyasu, Holding, we've had legendary centre backs, but I question whether we've ever had this much depth in the position, albeit with a few of those players expected to cover other areas. If I were Rob Holding I'd be thinking about a move to be first choice somewhere.

Mari is out of hospital following surgery, but his recovery's expected to take two months. Not sure how much of that is gonna be trauma leave, given how horrific what happened to him is.

https://archive.ph/3MI0Z (archive of paywalled Athletic article)

The Athletic wrote:

The 29-year-old told Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport: “Today I was lucky, because I saw a person die in front of me.”

That stays with you. Really feel for him and his family.

Great gesture by the players when celebrating the first goal. Wish him a speedy and complete recovery

6 days later

Balogun with goal number 8, this time from the spot. Also has 2 assists

HomeSteak wrote:

Balogun with goal number 8, this time from the spot. Also has 2 assists

Next summer we have a very important decision to make with him v Eddie

Too lazy to find academy. Young Duberry.

2 months later

Haven't followed a great deal of how he's been getting on, but surprised how deep he's picking the ball up in most of those clips.

85% pass completion rate - comfortably the best in the side.

Yeah. Looks like they have playing him at CDM recently which don't think suits his game personally. Was playing a more advanced role earlier in the season. Good experience either way

    Doc I wonder if that's where we have him pegged to play. He's a lot better at the defensive side of the game than I thought and his distribution is obviously good. I don't think he brings enough to the table going forward as an 8. People will point to Xhaka and if he can do it etc. But Granit's positional sense and movement is actually world class which is a side of the game that people overlook.

      Tavares scored again, got to 5 goals this season, but also got sent off last night.