Oy! The excuses we’re suddenly prepared to make for not being good enough!
That poor old AW should have benefited from such lenient judgements!
I think twenty-two thousand years in charge, or whatever it was, suggests our former manager did actually enjoy a certain amount of broad, general goodwill.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."