Has he exactly had a form dip though? Or is it because so much is going through Gabriel in form that it just looks like it. I can't really remember any obviously bad mistakes Saliba has made, and that left foot pass out of defense he made earlier doesn't make me think he is a player struggling for confidence.
FT FUL 0-3 ARS Completely dominated them from the get go. Fulham had only one dangerous spell mid 2T. We took our chances well: 5 of 7 shots in 1T on target. Away support was fan-tastic! Could've probably pressed harder to run up the score, and peg back Citeh's GD, but... Arteta and his boys managed 2T maturely, with all 5 subs used, about as early as one could've expected, and... The second coming of Jesus. Really just what the doctor ordered... and the liege keeps the master in his shadow.
Massive win. Fulham have been in good form all year, I thought we were up for a 1-0 or 2-1 win especially after a European match the other night. Clean sheet. 3 goals. 3 points. Lovely.
Can I just say that I'm sick of us being on Peacock so much. Haven't we met our quota already?! Roku stick for some reason craps out 2-3X per match, so I have to keep my iPad handy to pinch hit. Stupid. Also, Roku adds 15-20 secs of buffer delay. Gimme USA channel coverage on my DVR and I'll be an even happier boy.
AND a hattrick of assists for Leo Trossard, which we both failed to recognize in our summaries. Tisk, tisk.
They've been outperforming their underlying metrics. I suspect they'll start to flag a bit in the last two months but we'll see.
Just read that we are apparently the first London club to win five away derbies without conceding. It’s a bit of a curio, obviously, but impressive all the same.
I'm so glad we got him not Mudryk. We will get a young skilled winger on future. But Leandro is epl proven and has been in England for a while. Knows opposition and teams style and personnel well. No adjustment time needed.
Agreed, Salvia has ten minute spurts of peak performance, but since martijuana has been in play more salvia has certainly dipped
The outlay required for Mudryk was outrageous for such an unproven player who isn't even that young. He's older than Martinelli and Saka!
They mentioned that to Arteta in the post-match interview. I loved his response. It was something like "that's really great, but it's not a title."
I choose to be believe Arsenal were never serious after the $40m mark and just ran the price up for Chelsea.
It's a stat that does little for me. And apparently Arteta too, who was asked about it in his tunnel interview.