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So the Arsenal game was a big setback, but even though we got thrashed on paper, they weren’t that much better than us. Decisions went against and the ref was atrocious, to my mind.
But all good runs come to an end and it’s best to end it against a top side rather than the likes of Forest, who are struggling.

Squad news and we have seven players out. As much as Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres were imminent starters about three weeks ago, they’re now still a couple of weeks away. This annoys me about Emery. Why say it, if you’re not sure? Either say they’re weeks away or just say nothing. Ross Barkley is injured (ahem), Harvey Elliot isn’t going to get a look in, although I wonder if we can bung Liverpool a few quid to remove the compulsory buy thing. I suspect Emery might actually use him if he doesn’t have to lay out the transfer fee. Evann Guessand is unavailable because of AFCON and Onana is, well, Onana AKA Mr Glass. Emery says he’ll be out longer than Mings and Pau, so that’s probably about six weeks then. Given that...