The College Dropout

Also I think a lot of talented footballers are getting squeezed out of the game by superior athletes. I think Ollie Watkins is a great player no doubt. And Emery has refined his game and maybe actually has him running less? But one of his competitive advantages is his supreme fitness and conditioning. The way he did ESR on the weekend, none of our strikers could do that after 85+ minutes. They don't have the physical capacity/conditioning. Some of that might be tactical (less pressing from Watkins potentially) but Watkins has played so much football this season he's definitely an uber athlete. 3,715' minutes which doesn't include added time. Isak has 2,477' and is gassed by 70 minutes each match.

The human body and mind is still the human body and mind. The strikers of today and especially ours do way more intensive running than strikers of yesteryear. Back in the day, you had 2 strikers and neither pressed. And the players of today are also far more athletic. I remember Craig Bellamy and Kieron Dyer being so much faster than some of our opposition. You don't really get that anymore. The base level is so much higher.

Yesterday was pretty much curtains anyway.

EMI Martinez prevents a clean sweep of exists for PL sides. Liverpool didn’t even give it a good go.

Frimpong scores. Game over.

Drinking missed a sitter. Badly.

Salah and Diaz off. Klopp’s not thrown in the towel but he’s not risking it all

Atalanta look nervey in defence

Arsenal should’ve never sold him. Better than what they have and has personality and balls in huge moments which Arsenal desperately need.

Always felt like Lille would lose on pens.

Yes. But West Ham owners aren’t super ambitious.

Aye.

Great chance for West Ham tonight. The next game after a team secures a league title is often a loss (in the same season).

By 6-7 of the richest clubs in the world.

You just know if one of them wins the FA Cup they'll finish 8th in the league. Chelsea would have to go on a mean run to get 6th and win the FA Cup.