The fact Nathan Patterson has to sit and watch this while six months of his development have been to put to one side so that Ashley Young can play and give fouls away. It’s maddening. The management of this squad, no matter how low on quality, has been dire.
JT I prefer him up front and Arteta should’ve moved him there earlier second half when it was clear we weren’t able to control possession anymore. But the first half was fine, you’re lying if you think otherwise.
PS Kai midfield worked fine for Palace, Forest, West Ham, Burnley etc
People are overvaluing some low xG chances because they’ve been humiliated all season and thought they had one last chance to save face about how wrong they were.
The stadium looks like this in the 40th minute too, club need to take some responsibility. They’ve made it impossible to get a drink and a piss unless you miss 15 mins. No other stadium is like this.
This is where you don’t need one player making loads of silly mistakes. Like trying nutmegs on the edge of the box or trying (failing) to bring down a booted clearance. He just gave them so much encouragement. Frankly Arteta needed the balls to hook Zinchenko after 20 mins.
Thought Coote (ARS-AVL) and Kavenagh (LIV-PAL) both really good today. Sure a couple of missed bookings but broadly both really good. It’s all we ask for. Don’t decide the game; let the players do that.