Morning.
Additional to yesterday’s story linking us to Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow, Andrew Allen did a cursory verify of his damage report. Some hours later, when he had received by all of it, he despatched it on to me.
It’s really virtually spectacular in a approach, take a look. The sheer vary and number of issues he has injured down the years is eye-catching. What was that youngsters track ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’?! That’s his theme tune. With another bits thrown in.
.🎶‘And wrists and spleen and calves and tonsils and important organs and …’.🎶
I’ve stated earlier than I feel a part of the explanation gamers turn out to be a bit peripheral underneath Mikel Arteta is expounded to their damage points. I don’t know if it’s a case that he’s much less keen to make use of them lest they turn out to be vital after which their absence is extra acute, or if it’s a belief factor or he merely views them as weak, however there’s something to it usually.
The factor a few second selection goalkeeper is that you just want them to be dependable, and on the idea of this lad’s damage report, he’s something however. Additionally, my mind has already executed a factor the place at any time when I see his title, I instantly consider ‘Deuce Bigalow’ and on condition that is likely one of the worst movies ever starring the performing equal of Maroon5, however a lot worse, my advice to Arsenal is that we discover another person. Thanks.
There isn’t a lot else occurring from an Arsenal perspective, however the massive story from yesterday was the FA charging West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta with ‘spot-fixing’. The charge says:
The participant has been charged with 4 breaches of FA Rule E5.1 in relation to his conduct within the membership’s Premier League fixtures in opposition to Leicester Metropolis on 12 November 2022; Aston Villa on 12 March 2023; Leeds United on 21 Could 2023; and AFC Bournemouth on 12 August 2023.
It’s alleged that he immediately sought to affect the progress, conduct, or some other side of, or incidence in these matches by deliberately searching for to obtain a card from the referee for the improper function of affecting the betting market to ensure that a number of individuals to revenue from betting.
Mainly, they’re saying he intentionally received booked in quite a lot of video games to learn those that had guess on such an eventuality.
Take a look:
Tried to search out all of the Paqueta yellows talked about within the FA cost, discovered two up to now.
That is most up-to-date one, the place he jumps up and punches the ball vs Bournemouth.pic.twitter.com/Z23cVaZHxo
— Dan Critchlow (@afcDW) May 23, 2024
Whether or not it was the participant himself, individuals near him, or different third events, stays to be seen – however these are very, very critical expenses. Fairly distinct from those Ivan Toney was banned for, as a result of he by no means guess on video games through which he was taking part in. The potential ban for Paqueta if the costs are upheld may very well be as much as a life-time ban, and it’s important to assume the seriousness of meaning there’s some fairly damning proof to carry such expenses within the first place.
Paqueta denies the costs. He was, in fact, linked with a transfer to Man Metropolis final summer time, and he’s in all probability stuffed with remorse at this time that the transfer didn’t undergo. Given Metropolis’s skill to kick the can down the highway on the subject of expenses of wrongdoing, he’d have been retired a very long time by the point they ever reached any form of conclusion. Most likely with a load of medals and suitcase stuffed with asterisks, however he, like everybody else there, wouldn’t give a fish’s tit about any of that.
Okay, for some further studying this morning, Tim’s new column is about attacking risk, an attention-grabbing factor to think about given what number of objectives we scored final season. Have a read.
For now, have a very good one. We’ll be posting the audio/video of our stay occasion as a podcast/YouTube factor a bit later at this time, so hold a watch out for that.
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