I never thought I would live to see a world where an armed Gestapo are executing civilians in America. This is real Man in the High Castle shit.

Really good content.

So does this mean we need to sign Martin Gabrieilli?

This low-risk, safety first approach is so stifling. It's like the team are afraid to try a through ball or a forward run just in case they lose the ball so we are instead reduced to this endless cycle of shuffling it around from side to side and recycling possession.

I watched it. I thought him & Rodolfo Chikilicuatre were the two outstanding acts of that year.

For those brought up to believe that the rest of the world envies US democracy, how's that working out for you?

I mean it's only a small step from believing you need to wear the same pair of socks every match day to believing a magical sky wizard controls your destiny if you just think really hard.

There must be quite a high correlation between bible thumpers and football players. Look how many cross themselves or raise fingers to the sky etc as they enter the pitch. I think it is because pro sports players are prevalent to high levels of superstition already.

Maybe. It's just there has been lots of occasions this season where we are dogshit in the first half and seem to explode into life in the second. Makes me wonder if it is a deliberate ploy or the result of a bollocking at half time.

Do you think Arteta deliberately sets out his team to play pedestrian in the first half, only to explode into positivity in the second? Or are the players just getting a bollocking at half time? Game plan or reactionary?

First bit of positivity from Odegaard results in a goal, it's almost as if we should do that more often, this passing forward lark.

Our attacking play is so slow. How the hell are we ever going to break on Villa when they tun it over in attack if every single time Odegaard or whoever checks, turns and plays it back whenever we attack?

Is the worm in his head doing the thinking for him now?