I think the semifinal of the CL will finish them off.
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To quote Tony Evans from the Walk On pod, Iām not āhavingā Arsenal.
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Ah shit. I get you.
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Mikel Arteta spent the last three years edging Ethan Nwaneri only to get bored of him the moment Max Dowman turned 16. As a result he now has a schoolchild on the bench, who he wonāt use, and is turning to Leandro Trossard, who he actively tried to sell in the summer, to rescue the game at the Etihad.
(Liverpool have tried to sign Nwaneri before, and I still he think he has āfuture Liverpool playerā written all over him)
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Urgh, just found out Villa also beat Sunderland and still 3 points ahead of us.
Just wanna finish ahead of Yanited.
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Where does the expression āto bottle itā, come from ? When did this idiom enter the English language ? I should probably google, but who knows, there may be someone knowledgable here 
I suppose it means ādroppingā your bottle (milk bottle ?) and that it originally then refered to that milk bottle shattering and the contents being spilled, and that one therefore fucked up; but that is just a guess.
Bottle was slang in the 19C for courage or nerve, so I presume it has evolved into a verb from that.
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Cheers and thank you !
So lack of courage and then gradually becoming a saying or idiom, about lacking āsteelā/courage or mental strenght. It seems to now also refer to mental fortitude.
I am just nerding. I should probably google. I find a lot of oddities interesting
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Iāve heard that it was from cockney rhyming slang (Bottle and Glass = Arse), basically referring to when someoneās confidence goes they shit themselves.
However, Iāve also seen it suggested the origins are from glass blowing (if you dont get it right the glass deforms and so is thrown away) or from losing a game or bet and having to buy the opponent a bottle of wine.
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So basically you can just make up any explanation you like 
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Idiot Rooney thinks THIS Everton will draw against THIS City
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From Wiktionaryā¦
From Cockney rhyming slang bottle and glass, originally meaning arse. Lose oneās nerve was vulgarly lose oneās arse, euphemised to lose oneās bottle, clipped to bottle and subsequently given a dummy pronoun.
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https://x.com/footballontnt/status/2046129276647280967
If Arsenal and Man City win all their remaining Premier League games the title would be decided on goal difference (currently only one goal separates them).
If thatās level, the team with the most goals scored this season will be crowned champions (currently only two goals separate them).
If thatās level the side with the superior head-to-head record has the advantageā¦ that would be Man City.
It looks like the origin isnāt entirely clear (Oxford entry here):
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/bottle_n3#16303416
Often these phrases are either from working class slang (particularly Cockney Rhyming Slang) or military slang.
I had always assumed that bottle referred to courage gained from the consumption of alcohol (also known as āDutch courageā) and hence losing oneās bottle (of alcohol) meant that one lost oneās courage. However, there doesnāt appear to be much evidence for that.
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To be honest, that was always my assumption too
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