Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
As discussed before. The wonderful football post Dubai was played out with guys who are all still here, Partey aside.

The football we played this season was a choice, not a necessity. Although Arteta will tell you it was a choice borne out of necessity.

Suitable for some situations but not for others. Doing it every week, in every game, is a mistake. And no question it cost us points.
It won us the title.

Look, I don't want to side track this thread with a discussion about the relative merits of counter-factual history {we can do that in private} but imagine if I told you that had we played peter-ball not MA-ball last season, 80% of our 1-0 wins would have become 3/4-0 and the other 20% would have been 1-1, would you take it?

More goals, more sexiness, fewer points, one fewer trophy.

Your call.

I admit I know **** all about football. But suddenly everyone's an expert. It's like all those armchair general ****wits who say that Haig is a butcher and they could have won the western front better than him. No you ****ing couldn't, you morons. You know nothing about what was going on. Blackadder IV was a comedy, not a documentary.

I'll leave the football bit to MA. I'll stick to shouting "Skin 'im, B" and "Kick 'im, Gabby" at the screen.