Grunthos

Oh yes.  Yessss.  Mmmmmm, yeah.  *smokes cigarette*

Need to consider a Rogers shirt for my wardrobe.

Just now, Hank Scorpio said:

What were Martinez and Cash doing

They tried to spoon, but couldn't work out a safe word.

Oh, that ball from Leon.

FFS.

Ollie don't sleepwalk, lol.

Fulham have sharpened up considerably.  We won't get through the half by sleepwalking.

50/50 call in the end.  C'est la guerre.

Review pls.

Ollie.  Yasss.

A straightforward offside call, and they got it right.  Cherish the moment.

McGinn completely gassed but still fighting.  As you'd expect.

Six handballs in one play.  Dayumn.

That, Donk, is why you don't start.

Well, thanks for bottling that one, sir.

Oh, Emi.  Don't do that to me.

Need those subs, Unai.

Most of the sloppiness looks like fatigue to me.  We'll be fine with the right pattern of substitutions.  Thank God we have a strong bench and a manager who knows how to use it.

Definitely tiring now.  Every minute we're getting slower.

Well, Arsenal certainly watched the tape and are better prepared than Citeh were, but I don't see a lot of difference for us.  Excellent organization in the back, strong work in midfield, bright ideas and good focus.  We won't go wire-to-wire holding their balls in a vise, they're better than that and we can't be perfect all the time.  But, damn, this is great stuff.

YASSSSS

Was at work, had to watch on replay and already knowing the score.  Citeh spent the whole first half not understanding what kind of match they were in, and I expect Pep counted himself lucky to be even at the break.  He lit some fire under his squad, and the first 15 minutes of the second half they actually tried to win the match... what's most impressive to me is that we didn't care, we just ate it all up and kept total control of proceedings.  Then from minute 60 on we bossed them utterly.  All of our possession was effective, all of theirs was utterly wasted.

We go again. 

*Two* horrible shots from Haaland when wide open in front of goal.  Obviously Citeh should flog him off to a lesser team, pronto.

Spurzz gonna Spur.