Exactly what I said to my lad on the way off. The Arsenal game was chalk and cheese. We had 21000 fans and killed the atmosphere stone dead with a passive, soulless display from the off. Our only player who actually believed they should be on the same pitch was Ched.Just compare the performance tonight with the one we had a few years back against Arsenal.
I know we lost both, but the football on show was so so much better and we genuinely scared Arsenal for 90 minutes.
I’m not having a pop at the players as they simply aren’t good enough, but we’ve regressed so much. Really sad to see.
(FWIW, I absolutely didn’t expect anything tonight. It’s just so crap to see how bad we are. We offer nothing at all).
I can’t remember a PNE team with less basic football ability. It’s horrible to see.
And if someone wants to pay 5m for Whiteman, be my guest. What was his problem. Strolled around like he didn’t care.