"There's a therapeutic idea that we create ourselves afresh every day, in full control of the person we are or, to answer the Stone Roses' question, we're not etched in stone but sketched in the sand. It's a liberating, comforting, affirming and daunting reality. A liberating, comforting, affirming, daunting reality and not one easily inhabited, because changing ourselves is difficult consider Mikel Arteta, to pick a name at random."
"His excellent work albeit with serious boardroom backing turned Arsenal from a rabble into title challengers but in each of the last three seasons, his desperate, flapping intensity and scalding sense of injustice surely transmitted to team and crowd, wins bringing respite more than joy and anything else disaster multiplied by travesty. We can't say it's been the difference; we can say it isn't helpful."
Tottenham may adopt a flexible 3-4-2-1 with Vicario; Dragusin, Palhinha, Van de Ven; Gray, Bissouma, Sarr, Spence; Gallagher, Xavi; Kolo Muani, plus listed substitutes and Peter Bankes as referee. Arsenal lines up 4-3-3 with Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard, with named substitutes available. The notion of remaking oneself every day can be liberating and daunting, but personal change is difficult. Tactical transformation under Mikel Arteta has been clear, yet his past intensity influenced team mood; calmer demeanour has not fully shifted player attitude, and a lack of freedom and confidence risks costing the title.
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