It’s a huge weekend everywhere we look, in the FA Cup, Premier League, Championship, and National League. Arsenal, Illan Meslier and Cristian Stellini need to shape up sharpish…
one of their moments again on Thursday nightIt was bad. Oh so bad. The defeat to Sevilla was every bit as bad as anything served up under Ralf Rangnick or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer last season. We knew United still had in them to sh*t their bed and smear the walls, but the manner of their Europa League exit ought to end a number of Old Trafford careers.
It is difficult to articulate how much better Brighton were than Frank Lampard’s bunch of beleaguered Blues. The 2-1 scoreline certainly wasn’t an accurate indication of the Seagulls’ superiority. De Zerbi watched his side pepper Chelsea’s goal with 26 shots while putting on a clinic for Lampard and Todd Boehly on how to organise a team and run a club. United could be forced to sit through the same again on Sunday.The Leeds goalkeeper is a contradiction in gloves.
Leeds need more, especially if their defence doesn’t shape up sharpish. But Gracia isn’t a miracle worker – individually and as a unit, they have been making these kinds of mistakes for months now. Maybe Meslier was covering for them, butDropping their No.1 would be a huge call and an even bigger gamble given Joel Robles is their only viable alternative. But Gracia needs to find some way of motivating Meslier to demonstrate why others seem to rate him as one of the best prospects around.
They might not have bottled it, but they are wobbling and their margin for error is gone. Nothing but a win – and a convincing one, in terms of performance if not scoreline – will do on Friday night.The Italian was a surprising choice to replace Antonio Conte, even if only as an interim boss. Rather less surprising to everyone not named Daniel Levy is the fact that Stellini hasn’t changed a damn thing since stepping up to replace his mate.
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