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Post Arsenal reflections 08:43 - Oct 7 with 1077 views

Have only seen extended highlights and was not at the match.

The first half was a little desperate at times in terms of hanging on and not conceding but given the opposition, probably expected.

It's time to end the Ross Stewart experiment. He's too fragile to be a starter, especially when up front on his own. Impact sub.

Dibling needs to be told to stay on his feet and not go to ground looking for a free kick. He was booked for a stupid incident and then was lucky not to be booked again for diving.

Last season Forest were using a low block, possession at the back and took around nine passes to get out of the defensive third. This season they have a high block, take four passes to get out of that third and are doing better. RM could do worse than look at how they did that.

Finally, we scored a soft goal and then immediately went into panic mode. We had opportunities to clear the ball and prevent both the first two goals against and instead chose to try to keep possession. That is naive and against a team at the top of the table, almost always going to be trouble.

I really, really hope that RM can be persuaded to learn something rather than be too stubborn. We're a commercial football club whose fans are loyal but exasperated. We are not a platform for one man's ego and refusal to look in a mirror.