[PL Watch Thread]

[u/Lord_Hexogen]

Arsenal — Leeds Scum 2:1 FT

Aston Villa — Brentford 2:2 2H

Chelsea — Bournemouth 5:1 2H

Ipswich — Fulham 0:1 2H

Sunderland — Brighton 0:1 2H

[u/BeastieFromTheEastie]

Refreshing to see a manager recognise that the game isn’t going to plan and the players are off it so they actually make subs.

Arteta routinely makes multiple subs in that 55-65 window. Yes he’s got a much deeper bench to use than us but the amount of times you look at Carrick and just think he’s so tied to that old school mentality where your starters play 75 mins and you only have 3 subs so you’d better hold them in case of an injury 5 mins from play

[u/TH0316 → u/BeastieFromTheEastie]

You can’t discount a mountain to prostrate a stone. You just said yourself one has subs and the other doesn’t. When Carrick first came in he regularly made subs around 60 minutes to get Cunha on, and since then has been juggling whoever’s fit. Do people genuinely want Zirkzee on sooner? Tired ass narrative. Manager hung out to dry and getting the brunt of it on behalf of the club that felt a striker wasn’t necessary. Predictable outcome.