#ARSSOU

You could be mistaken for thinking that after so many misfires of late,  and points being lost from winning positions, that at home to Southampton would be the cure-all for shite displays and lack of any seeming direction from the coach, Unai "Dick" Emery.

The Xhaka incident still looks largely in the minds. That the fan-boys have their boy Ozil back in contention for a place and the boo-boys in general will be out in force, means that this looks like another day of infamy.

It's also a 3pm Saturday kick off. Only the second we have had this season.  The last was home to Wolves where we led and then capitulated and were lucky to get away with a point.

Whilst we moan we really need to give ourselves a slap.  We are currently 6th in the English Premier League.  We look to have little or no chance of catching the Top 4 who are already 8 points ahead. 

We are behind Sheffield United on goal difference;  a club that came up from the second tier this year and who made us look like clowns to win 1-0 at their ground earlier in the rot. All credit to them of course.

We are three points ahead of North London rivals Tottenham, but how this could change in one game. Places 5 to 15 are covered by those same 3 points.  Not all of them can win at the weekend as some will be playing one of the others in the group and given that some of them have even worse goal differences that would need a hefty win, then a loss to Southampton could mean mid-table by Monday evening.  

Now that ought to have Dick looking for a job in McD!

At the moment I will miss this game as the trains are up the swanee with engineering works.  What fun.

Update 23/11/19 17:58

Glad I didn't go. Another shit game and another draw snatched from the jaws of defeat. 

Doesn't auger well for Thursday night's Europa League game at home to Eintracht Frankfurt. 

2-2 today thanks to a Lacazette double.