How else do you explain the last two games?

Stuart Robson’s bitterness when Arsene Wenger was manager was so sharp he got sacked by the club. When the Frenchman left, Robson seemed to ease off quite significantly and became not-at-all unreasonable.

Back on the comms with Freddie in charge and you could almost hear the hatred rising in his voice again.

I have no idea what this man’s problem is.

My mate called unexpectedly. I sat in his car and had a chat for five minutes during the first half and never for a minute thought I’d miss anything.

I didn’t.

People asked when I first noticed. I began to suspect when I realised we hadn’t been able to attack or defend and had no midfield for at least 18 months in a row.

Finish second in the group, get knocked out against Ajax, not have to endure more matches watching this team ultimately disappoint. It was a plan I could get on board with.

Alas, events conspired against us and we will have to watch Arsenal try to play more football as we topped the group with 11 points.

Why would you play an extra one?

Name me another side that could handball two deflections into their own net.

You can’t, can you?

At times, watching Arsenal you think, ‘OK, this has to be rock bottom.’ But it never is. There’s always something else that comes along.

Is that who we are now?

The brightest spark by far on the night, Bukayo Saka has now been directly involved in six Europa League goals this season (2 goals, 4 assists), and that’s more than any other Premier League player this campaign.

Gabriel Martinelli also added another assist to his tally for the season.