Mikel Arteta should drop the skulduggery and focus on football
was everything he normally isn’t – clumsy, rash and cheap. It was the latest in a catalogue of uncharacteristically stupid split-second decisions which have cost Arsenal points and games.
Chasing this perfection is also impacting the fanbase, a large portion of which appear increasingly consumed by conspiracy and fear, with the genuine belief that the league and refereeing body are out to get them. It shouldn’t need reiterating that they aren’t. Howard Webb wasn’t controlling the VAR decisions on live TV. Arsenal are causing their own problems – the players have taken responsibility for that fact and the fans should too.
It’s worth saying in all this that what Arsenal are doing is not original or unique or even particularly dark. There’s no issue with the morality of their constant harassing and niggling, just with its efficacy and usefulness.The only team it appears to be hurting is them – the risk simply isn’t justifying the reward. For all the talk of this being a discipline problem, it’s hard to call it that when it’s so clearly a sanctioned plan poorly executed.
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