Yes but absolutely everything gets searched. You could buy something from the Armoury and get the clear plastic bag searched and tagged. That being said you can bring most bags in. I’ve seen people in suits clearly coming from work to a match get in with large briefcases/computer bags. And the lines to get searched are pretty quick usually.

KT I sort of understand, we had arguably better options and it seems like Arteta was making selections purely on form. I would not say that Raya is significantly better or makes less mistakes than Ramsdale. Pair that with Arteta’s odd comments about substituting keepers when he first brought in Raya and his frigid attitude towards Aaron in interviews etc, it feels like something went down behind closed doors that we don’t know about and now Arteta is doing this out favoratism/straight up power move.

As much as I love Ramsdale and would be devastated to see him leave, at it is clear many of his teammates would also be, he fully deserves to be playing consistently and to have the full support of a manager behind him. Not sure what’s happened between him and Mikel this season because they seemed to have a great relationship up until recently and he even got a big new shiny contract at the beginning of the season, but it’s bizarre and Ramsdale deserves better.

I burst out giggling so quickly that it scared my actual cat.

Those might be the palest legs I’ve ever seen but at least he puts them to good use.