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First half yet again dreadful Another late throw away of points Battered Arsenal get at least a few more if Hermansen isn’t in goal for us pulling off worldy saves Robbery of the century if we somehow got out of that with a point… which is crazy really that we actually came close to it

Arsenal get 10 if we don’t have Hermansen

JJ!!!! Wow!!!!

Everton winning…

JJ!!! Best right back at the club!!

Can’t wait for Cooper to carry on with us like this until about 65 minutes as well Other managers would be changing this up and making subs at half time

Parking the bus yet both goals coming from Arsenal players getting loads of space in the middle of our box

Not surprised as Winks has just let Trossard jog in to space in front of him

Only one in my work FPL who has Palmer, having great fun in the group chat

We just can’t have him in charge for the next 4 league games after today, they are massive Needs to go at full time

Buonanotte is in the way of the ball getting through to Rice

Martinelli was his man he has let get away from him

You saying JJ wasn’t at fault at all for that?

How the hell has he been allowed that much space in the middle of our box

Basically unless Ayew is injured, he will start

Championship: Harry Souttar is starting for Sheff Utd vs Portsmouth Tom Cannon is starting for Stoke City vs Middlesbrough Ben Nelson is starting for Oxford United vs Burnley League One: Silko Thomas is starting for Wigan Athletic vs Exeter City Amani Richards is starting for Exeter City vs Wigan Athletic League Two: Brandon Cover is starting for Port Vale vs Swindon Town Chris Popov is on the bench for Barrow vs Gillingham National League: Brad Young is starting for Hartlepool United vs Forest Green Scottish Prem: Sammy Braybrooke is starting for Dundee vs Aberdeen

Under 21s kick off at 7 at home against Stoke City 1 H. French 5 H. Godsmark-Ford 4 B. Grist 3 J. Lindsay 6 H. Cartwright 2 J. Joseph 10 M. Golding 7 L. Briggs 8 T. Onanaye 11 J. Evans 9 K. Pennant 13 S. Bausor 16 L. McAlinney 12 J. King 15 D. Hill 14 B. Amartey

Nothing reported about it yet so I would assume so

Reject the compo and take them to a tribunal every time to get more money and add ons and sell ons etc. Unless we fast track them there isn’t much else It sucks

Cooper spent all of pre-season playing him out of position Then until the Palace league game he gives him hardly any league minutes in favour of his Prem experienced fetish players Finally starts him and he has 2 goals in 2 games and was probably our MOTM in 1 of those games Cooper is an idiot I wonder how long it will take him to realise he also needs to be starting Fatawu at the same time

Possibly a longer wait for semi-auto offsides https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5796572/2024/09/26/premier-league-meeting-apt-vote/?source=emp_shared_article Elsewhere, the introduction of semi-automated offside technology was discussed. The league had been aiming to implement the technology after one of the autumn international breaks — the second of which begins in 10 days — but this now may not come until the winter.

Steve Cooper Pre-Match Press Conference vs Arsenal Injuries? “We had a few bumps and bruises and some lads didn’t make it on Tuesday. Everybody came through Tuesday fine. Jannik Vestergaard is not available. It’s the same squad as the last Premier League game.” Fan chants? “You’re never too far away from a challenging time. Sometimes it’s far, sometimes it’s unfair. If you don’t like it, don't take these jobs. I accept that. I will always try to understand fans’ perspectives and my initial reaction is not to be too defensive and see why the feeling is the way it is, and then try to do something about it. Like everybody else, I’m never too far away from being questioned. I see it as a good opportunity to show the real me, to show how well I want to do here and how strong I am as a character, and how good I am as a coach. The mark of a strong leader is standing up to difficult times. We’re trying to thrive on the challenge of the Premier League. Nothing’s changed in terms of our preparation for Arsenal. We’ve got to keep building to get the results we want. I’ve never been more determined than I am. Every supporter’s reaction is authentic and they pay a lot of money. I’ll never get too high from praise nor too low from criticism.” Arsenal are toughest test? “Definitely. They’re an incredible team who have been in great form for a number of years. They’ve been challenging for trophies. We’re coming up against a really tough opponent. It’s these games that you have to embrace and not fearing failure. That’s what we want to do, to back ourselves. We want to go for it.” How to approach Arsenal? “Everything in our game has to be right, on the ball, off the ball, set-pieces, they’ve scored some important goals from set-pieces. Everything has to be perfect, including the mentality and belief. We need to be mindful of where Arsenal’s strengths are.” Gulf between top and bottom? “I don’t know if it's the biggest it’s ever been. We’re not the only side not to win a game. There’s a big group of teams who are one result away from each other. The guys who have been competing at the top end are well-oiled machines and they’ve been put together with great investment. But I don’t think you can go into a game thinking: ‘Let’s just get through it.’” Not going to define season? “We’re not going to go into any game seeing it as a free hit or a bonus. I can’t think of anything worse. If I as a leader said that, I wouldn’t blame players for not listening. We have to back ourselves to achieve the right result. Very rarely is it plain sailing for a newly-promoted club. I know Leicester should never have been in the Championship, but granted we were a Championship team last year and we’re still transitioning to being a Premier League. We know it wasn’t going to be easy. But we back ourselves to be in the league next year. Me and my team, we’re proud to be part of this club. The supporters discontent, we have to own that and give them a team to be proud of and excited by.” What improvements do you want? “We’re only taking one game at a time. We’re working daily and trying to promote the team we want to be. What we really want to do is put a complete performance together that gets a result. We’re put together some really good things, but we need to be consistent through a game, and we haven’t done that. We started well at Palace but then we had a spell where we under the cosh. Against Everton, we were poor for the first half but were the dominant team in the second half. We have to be at the level all through the game, because that’s what the Premier League demands of you. The players are clear in how we want to play, we train it every day. We have to show it. If you don’t have a way of playing, you don’t know what it looks like when it goes wrong. But we do have a way of playing. We believe if we perform it consistently, we’ll get results.” “You do get punished when you drop your levels. The way I’m asking the players is not easy tactically nor technically. But when we get it right, we’ll attack well, dominate games, get good territory, and it will be exciting with the high full-back, the winger coming inside for the box midfield.” What are your core principles? “When it comes off it looks great, but when it doesn’t there will be questions. We want to play with the ball if we can. We want to play exciting football. We want to create overloads in certain areas to hit the hotspots where we can hurt the opponents. That’s with a number of players in the middle. Then it’s about having width from a high full-back and a wide winger. When you get up the pitch, it becomes a numbers game and you need to get numbers in the box. There’s lots of things we’re working on. But we believe we’re going to succeed and getting through tough spells defines you.”