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Arsenal have signed Trossard. Wonder what this means for Caicedo.

They did give him a lot of leeway. Getting rid of players he didn't see eye to eye with, and also tolerate successive seasons with poor league standings.

Interesting comments by Mourinho back when he faced Arteta back when he was still in the PL. Seems like him and Pep identified Artetas potential early on.

I've been dreading this possibility. And this won't be Mourinho or Conte when they normally go into meltdown

What specialists? 😝

Drogba the boss.

Has anyone noticed how we've agitated news outlets in the UK? Sky on youtube is constantly posting stuff about our spending, almost every other day. Just recently they posted a list of the top 5 spenders this season., and made sure to highlight Chelsea at number 1. No mention about the number of players we have out injured. But transfer fees? Oh yes.

Not the first time I'm seeing Rudiger top these lists. When he joined the prem, he clocked among the top 2 highest speeds recorded. He is a bullet train when he gets going. Not bad for a player that once suffered a serious knee injury.

Huh..never knew you were a Saints and a Chelsea fan. Same here with the Saints. Mostly because of family in NOLA, and of course the 'Cinderella story' like you mentioned.

Really hope David Fofana gets some minutes. If the game is going well, of course. Don't want him to be chasing a losing cause again, like against City.

I would have loved to seem him start., and agreed he did good against City. But with Potter clearly putting Havertz and Aubameyang ahead of him in the pecking order, I'm not optimistic about seeing him anytime soon.

Assuming you mean Datro Fofana. Potter elected to bring on Aubemayang at 0-0 as he opted for 'true and tried' experience instead of ability. I think he considered bringing him on at around the 75 min mark, but because our 1-0 lead was still at risk, he decided to just go defensive and resorted to Azpi and Kova instead. So Fofana went back to the bench. I'm thinking this might be another Zakaria situation where Potter takes a long time to determine that a player is ready (although he gave him plenty of minutes in the cup game to be fair). With all the incoming attackers and lack of domestic cup games, I'll be surprised if we see much more of Fofana this month. Probably best he goes on loan rather than rot on the bench.

He'll bring back the pace we've missed since Werner's departure, but I hope he has better ability on the ball to beat defenders in tight spots. Because we lack central midfielders to find attacking players with good through-balls, I fear that there will be more pressure on him to fashion chances by himself.

Stop playing Mount as a winger, for starters. With the new incomings he shouldn't have to, thankfully.

Arteta also seems a good character. Haven't had anything bad to say about him during his 3 seasons there. He never ran his mouth like Ole, and was sympathetic towards Lampard when he was going through a tough time here. He's setting a good example for his young squad.

Wrong topic

Full credit to Arsenal. I doubted their title credentials about a couple or so months ago, but they show with every game why they deserve it. I also thought they would falter without Gabriel, but they're showing how well drilled they are as a team.

Tottenham should have pulled at least one back by now. At least they look a bit better than they did first half.

Lol. Would have been hilarious if Spurs got that ridiculous penalty call in their favor.

He's not a deep lying midfielder., and that's what we are lacking.

Spurs are such a crappy side, but if there's one thing I've noticed about them this season, they often leave it late to get back into the game.

To be fair, he's often said how grateful he is to the match attending fans, who have shown a lot of appreciation for him even during tough times.

The long contracts are probably more to do with FFP more than anything. The downside is getting players to agree with those terms - because they are essentially forfeiting opportunities to bump up their pay with contract renewals, they might ask for higher wages to begin with.

Good debut for Badiashile. Clean sheet on first start is exactly what you want as a defender. And he looked confident playing in the PL for the first time. Even with his passing. Ziyech was also good today. More effective playing as a winger rather than inside forward or full back. I would have liked D. Fofana to play a part, but in the end not surprised he gave Aubemayang and Havertz the bulk of the minutes. Because that's just what Potter does.

Whoever was in charge of timekeeping tried their best today to give Palace a chance. 7 mins ET. And more time on top of that.