I don't think there's evidence to suggest that Trent shouldn't be trusted. Especially defensively, he's been more switched on this season than I've ever seen him. There's no disputing the effort was shit today, but you can't possibly call it a trend over an outlier

Hard to disagree

Exactly. He was far from the outlier

Yep, but that's why you build leads. There's always the potential for days like this

Incredible talent, but needs a clear role at wherever his next stop is for me. If he moves to England, I'm not sure he has the physicality to play centrally but could be a wonderful left back. Could just as easily be an elite ball-playing centreback in a less physical league

It takes a lot less energy. I'll say that

Far from it, but there's also zero chance my old ass makes it close to midnight!

Mountain time for the win

That would be Biblical

I don't think he's disingenuous, I just think he's easily influenced. Folks like his brother and his best mate may have colored his thinking. That makes him human, not a rat

I'm not as decisive. I don't like it, but I recognize that he's not the one who put the club in this position.

He's given most of his life to the club -- if his heart is elsewhere, shit happens. I'm only concerned if his head is elsewhere

Doesn't change the fact that he's under contract for this club. If he's putting forth the effort Slot wants to see, you play him and you likely win trophies. You don't just assume he'll be unprofessional

It's always possible, and it wouldn't be the first time the media was used as a bit of a pawn, but the noises aren't great. And I'm hopelessly positive

He can and likely will win us trophies this season. I'd expect any offer from Real to be derisory at best -- certainly not worth what you can get out of Trent for the remainder of the season.

Not sure that works when the system is largely designed to run through the player on the right

Best laid plans, I suppose. But I really don't think he fits what Arsenal do from the right