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Jan 27, 2023 7 tweets 4 min read
Eddie Nketiah has gone from squad player to taking centre-stage in a title charge.

This @TheAthleticFC piece gives you some insight as to the work Eddie & the club have undertaken to make that happen.

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On the first day of his first transfer window as Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta recalled Eddie from Leeds.

It was a decision that upset Marcelo Bielsa & Leeds, who had planned for a season-long loan & didn’t receive a refund.

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Dec 26, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
The thing about saying a manager should go is that you will always be right eventually. It’s a nice easy position.

So when do the people who said the manager should stay get to be right?

I say that if you said that after the first three games, or after Everton, you were right. Obviously he shouldn’t stay FOREVER. Obviously things change. January looks pretty tough for a start.

But those people - the ones who showed patience or understanding - deserve to get to enjoy being right sometimes. And right now feels like one of those times.