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Panda

Arteta needs to figure it out. We could all see that team he picked on Saturday was an absolute joke. He has enough tools at his disposal and these are all the tools he picked so time to get creative.

An Odegaard injury was always gonna fuck us after the summer window so of course it happened but he needs to do better with the team selections.

Burnwinter

Panda Arteta needs to figure it out. We could all see that team he picked on Saturday was an absolute joke

Honestly it's easy enough to say that, but the way Arteta sets up, he generally plans to change the game after the hour if plan A isn't working. Then with Saliba off we were pretty fucked.

Clrnc

HomeSteak no big deal if we lose. At least we can focus on other competitions early

Claudius

Clrnc you don’t quit the league race in November. lol. 😂

Clrnc

Claudius with mancity and the corrupt league you do

Coombs

Claudius I dunno, man. This really isn't very fun. Maybe it would be nice to no longer be the main challengers for a while, let Liverpool and City duke it out while we quietly win the CL.

awooga83

I think the Liverpool match is a big test of us and what we are about as much as Liverpool. Prior to Bournemouth there was a lot of talk on podcasts etc of how they have it all to prove but based on how we've started this season I think there are some big questions for us as well. We haven't managed to be as defensively strong this year and Liverpool look to have a better attacking set up so will be an interesting match up.

For me they've done way more even now then I thought they would as I guessed they might struggle to gel under a new manager and show consistent results even against some of the lesser teams but they've done it so far and a win against us and I think you would have to feel they would be the team leading the charge against city. That 10 game mark is where I start looking at the league more seriously about the kind of seasons that may be playing out.

Panda

Burnwinter The problem against Bournemouth was that he picked the wrong plan then.

Qwiss

RocktheCasbah I can tell you now if we lose to Liverpool on our own pitch I am melting down and melting down hard!

Claudius

City are broken, which is why our broken start is frustrating. Bournemouth was a chaos, but we should ideally be 3 points up and City 1 down right now. That’s what’s annoying. But I’m far from despairing. People also gave up last November, yet we ran it to the last day.

Burnwinter

Panda It was a bad result and I guess in theory a more gung-ho approach might have prospered, but I'm not yet feverish enough to condemn us for not managing to win a match with ten men.

On other days waiting the opposition out a bit and either nicking a set piece goal or making adventurous subs with half an hour to go has worked for us. Generally play is more broken up and inviting for opportunistic forwards towards the ends of matches, and we lack creativity and incision in the senior ranks with our present injury list.

As others have pointed out, this was our first league loss in 2024 or whatever, so we do need an ounce of perspective about whether we know how to prepare for matches and secure points in the league.

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