Morning.
Additional to yesterday’s story linking us to Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow, Andrew Allen did a cursory verify of his harm file. Some hours later, when he had received by means of all of it, he despatched it on to me.
It’s really nearly spectacular in a manner, have a look. The sheer vary and number of issues he has injured down the years is eye-catching. What was that children tune ‘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 believe a part of the explanation gamers turn into a bit peripheral below Mikel Arteta is said to their harm points. I don’t know if it’s a case that he’s much less keen to make use of them lest they turn into necessary 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 couple of second alternative goalkeeper is that you simply want them to be dependable, and on the premise of this lad’s harm file, he’s something however. Additionally, my mind has already executed a factor the place each time I see his title, I instantly consider ‘Deuce Bigalow’ and provided that is without doubt one of the worst movies ever starring the appearing equal of Maroon5, however a lot worse, my suggestion to Arsenal is that we discover another person. Thanks.
There isn’t a lot else taking place from an Arsenal perspective, however the large story from yesterday was the FA charging West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta with ‘spot-fixing’. The cost 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 towards 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 every 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 a lot of video games to learn those that had guess on such an eventuality.
Take a look:
Tried to seek out all of the Paqueta yellows talked about within the FA cost, discovered two to date.
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) Could 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 costs. Fairly distinct from those Ivan Toney was banned for, as a result of he by no means guess on video games wherein he was enjoying. The potential ban for Paqueta if the costs are upheld may very well be as much as a life-time ban, and you must suppose the seriousness of which means there’s some fairly damning proof to deliver such costs within the first place.
Paqueta denies the costs. He was, after all, linked with a transfer to Man Metropolis final summer time, and he’s most likely stuffed with remorse immediately that the transfer didn’t undergo. Given Metropolis’s capability to kick the can down the highway in the case of costs of wrongdoing, he’d have been retired a very long time by the point they ever reached any form of conclusion. In all probability 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 additional studying this morning, Tim’s new column is about attacking risk, an fascinating factor to contemplate given what number of targets we scored final season. Have a learn.
For now, have a great one. We’ll be posting the audio/video of our dwell occasion as a podcast/YouTube factor a bit later immediately, so preserve a watch out for that.
