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Good post - I agree btw it was possibly an error (easy for us to say in hindsight) to bring on NM when GP did... thinking about it, it might have worked better to bring him on at HT to press home our 1st half advantage and un-nerve that nervy Arsenal defence. Waiting too long when they started...

I’m willing to bet, NM wanted to start ... more than anything. As a coach, former player ... would you have been happy being benched? Even if it were the case (and I’m no expert - you are, well you keep telling me or inferring you are) surely you start him and give him 45 mins and then rest...

Well no, not really. I felt he looked determined and yes he’s clearly up for the fight, but surely we all agree that he got it a bit wrong the other night. The assertion that NM was tired after not playing much in recent weeks and thus couldn’t start ... or perhaps that he was / is too tightly...

Hmmmmm interesting watching. Very interesting. The reaction to the Arsenal lineup was a clear sore point, i can’t fully follow his reasoning tbh... yes we’d probably need to rest one or two players ... but that lineup remains mystifying... I felt he was being deliberately obtuse with the...