There are moments where Graham gets excited where he has a look of a deranged Sam Rockwell about him.
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Is there another kind of Sam Rockwell?
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I literally came to post the same thing! 
Wife and I recently finished White Lotus season 3… As always, he’s a scene-stealer, playing a rather… Colourful character. His wife was one of the main cast if I’m not mistaken, I wonder what she meant of his delivery of certain lines.
Yeah, his wife is the downlow MAGA one of the group of 3 women.
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Scorpi-eye 
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Whistle too whistlery pmsl
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He goes a little far-ley at times..
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Why so many injuries?
Arsenal hiring our former team doc so they are able to even copy our injury record.
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They seem so solid at the back. Just 1 goal conceded till now against us which was from a stunning free kick. Defense wins titles and they now have Mosquera who looks solid replacement for helping out when Saliba/ Gabriel are injured.
They don’t have any excuses not to win something big this season. They have a squad good enough to cover for multiple competitions and injuries. I really hope they don’t though.
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That’s why I am enjoying the no trophy mocking while it lasts.
Suspect it could be their year in PL or CL.
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Agreed. The trajectory seems to be there in getting closer and closer before a team wins it. They seem to be making progress every season. The brand of football may be boring but it’s effective. Would have been less worried if their defense was fragile but they are so mean at the back. And it’s not like they don’t have the quality in attack even if Arteta refuses to use it to the optimum. But maybe that’s what keeping their defensive structure this strong.
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I’m not so sure. I think ‘their year’ was 23/24 - that’s when they seemed to be closest, and they should have won the league. It probably also coincided with them playing their best football.
They were nowhere near us last season. We won the league at a canter.
I think there has been a regression in terms of playing style. They have totally retreated into their ‘keep it tight and win a set piece’ approach and the football has become really negative and control oriented. I’m not sure you can a league playing like that.
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Thing is attack did cost them and they’ve basically bolstered there goal tally against Leeds and Ange balls Forest.
Man Utd can’t finish their lunch at the moment but really could and should have scored in that opening game.
Attack will again be what decides it for them, their defence didn’t cost them the title last season.
Defence is probably what decides it for us, which was the positive from the Arsenal game for me, can’t comment on Burnley they had that one attack in the first half I can remember that they put over from 18 yards out.
Bournemouth and Newcastle are no slouches in defence to be fair and we put 7 past them.
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Not just that. Arteta has come up with something hitherto unheard of in the game of football. The substitution. 
I mean, scoring goals from set pieces, bringing on substitutes who make a difference. Will football ever be the same?
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Furthermore on this I’m not buying the us as favourites I just can see the flaws in both teams, Gyorekes will pad but the two big games so far he’s looked lost.
City is a big game for him and them. City aren’t off the boil like last season but they are beatable. If Arteta goes for a must not lose type approach it again shows more his limitations. And managers like that have won the league but then if there are others willing to win every game you end up winning nothing.
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Yeah, their defensive solidity is what worries me when it comes to the title race (I won’t comment on CL just yet, I never know what to expect there, especially in this new format). I mean, it usually takes time to achieve it but, aside from their trip to Old Trafford, they looked excellent in that regard.
They are also winning games without Saka, who’s been unreal for them over the past three seasons, while Jesus and Havertz are still unavailable. Their defensive brand of football has also helped them achieve pretty good results against top six clubs, so when you combine all of that, it is a worrying prospect. I hope that delusional aspects of their fanbase and the crumbling pressure induced by the lack of trophies will prevail, though, and lead them to another season without PL or CL.
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I hope so. Patience is not something I am used to seeing from other clubs so this worries me. We’ll get to know soon though if they continue winning without really trying anything outside of set pieces and how they pivot if it doesn’t work out.
I am not concerned about us one bit though. Their biggest challenge is us slipping else they are not getting anywhere close. But in CL you can never say. Draws, luck lot of things come in play. But I really hope their fans lose their patience with Arteta if they don’t win CL or PL at minimum and the media puts that pressure given they now don’t have any excuses.
City will tell us a fair I reckon.
When have Arsenal not looked solid at the back recently?
That was never their problem. Scoring, creating enough was/is their downfall and that doesn’t seem to have changed much, despite the wealth of talent at hand.
Arteta is giving off Mourinho vibes; and not of the successful one.
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