Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Arseblog has pointed out today that while the likes of Gabriel and Pepe apologised for red cards that weren't anything like as unforgivable as Xhaka's behaviour, there has been a deafening silence from him; and that this points to disparity in the team. He makes the point that Xhaka is the cornerstone of the culture we need to move away from if the club is going to progress, and he is right. I never want to see this prick in an Arsenal shirt again, and the fact that Arteta will undoubtedly pick him again once he has served his ban sums up my disillusionment with our manager.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
I've felt that way about Xhaka from about six months in from his starting with us - he showed some promise at the start but quickly was exposed as a slow clumsy f****r with a bad attitude on the pitch, but what's become ever clearer since is that his one talent appears to be sucking up to the manager and being the teachers' pet.
the contrast between the way he's treated and the way players like Guen, Oxil and Pepe have been treated is unbelieveable
i'd love to see a proper manager with balls come in and tell him to do one
Rumours that Martinelli could be in the squad tomorrow as not involved with the U23s tonight. That would be a big boost to have him back.
Possibly but it is 9 on the bench now, so it might be just for the numbers.
Arteta was speaking enthusiastically about him though so hopefully he'll be involved very soon.
It seems we were underplaying it.