Maybe find a different keeper : Paqueta’s charge

Morning.

Further to yesterday’s story linking us to Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow, Andrew Allen did a cursory check of his injury record. Some hours later, when he had got through it all, he sent it on to me.

It’s actually almost impressive in a way, take a look. The sheer range and variety of things he has injured down the years is eye-catching. What was that kids song ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’?! That’s his theme tune. With some other bits thrown in.

.🎶‘And wrists and spleen and calves and tonsils and vital organs and …’.🎶

I’ve said before I think part of the reason players become a bit peripheral under Mikel Arteta is related to their injury issues. I don’t know if it’s a case that he is less willing to use them lest they become important and then their absence is more acute, or if it’s a trust thing or he simply views them as weak, but there is something to it in most cases.

The thing about a second choice goalkeeper is that you need them to be reliable, and on the basis of this lad’s injury record, he’s anything but. Also, my brain has already done a thing where whenever I see his name, I immediately think of ‘Deuce Bigalow’ and given that is one of the worst films ever starring the acting equivalent of Maroon5, but much worse, my recommendation to Arsenal is that we find someone else. Thanks.

There isn’t much else happening from an Arsenal perspective, but the big story from yesterday was the FA charging West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta with ‘spot-fixing’. The charge says:

The player has been charged with four breaches of FA Rule E5.1 in relation to his conduct in the club’s Premier League fixtures against Leicester City on 12 November 2022; Aston Villa on 12 March 2023; Leeds United on 21 May 2023; and AFC Bournemouth on 12 August 2023.

It’s alleged that he directly sought to influence the progress, conduct, or any other aspect of, or occurrence in these matches by intentionally seeking to receive a card…

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Publish date : 2024-05-24 07:25:17

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