AFTV’s Lee Judges vents fury in an angry outburst at Arsenal being ‘outclassed’ by Southampton in the FA Cup quarter final.
After watching his side fall to a 2-1 defeat to Championship outfit Southampton, he criticises Mikel Arteta for heavy rotation/resting key players ahead of a midweek Champions League trip to Sporting.
Lee argued that the squad should have been strong enough to beat the second tier side, who have now extended their unbeaten run to 15 games.
Why are our key players NOT ON THE BENCH!? 🤬🤬
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Lee: You better go and win it. You better go and win it. Don’t stop winding me up, right? I’m telling you that now, right? A decent side and a decent squad, right? You have them here. Just in case things don’t go right. Why is he bringing on Gyökeres in? What’s he doing here?”
Interviewer: He needs to win the game.
Lee: What’s he doing here?
Interviewer: We need to win the game.
Lee: What is he doing here?
Interviewer: We need to win the game. He brings the goals.
Lee: So why aren’t Rice here then, and he ain’t playing? Gyökeres, you’re winding me up, right? Gyökeres has just played a qualifier, right? And another qualifier. He hasn’t been sitting on his arse for two weeks, right? But he’s here today. And that’s what I’m saying. If there’s an injury to Rice and whatever, I accept it. But if they’re on the fucking plane in Portugal, that is wrong, Cecil. Can’t you see that? They should be here on the bench because if things go wrong, you have them on.
Interviewer: I don’t know. You’re going to see them in sport, and that he’s rested them.
Lee: So what are you telling me then? This doesn’t matter then?
Interviewer: No, it does matter, Lee. But the players that he put out there and the bench should have been strong enough to beat Southampton.
Lee: But it wasn’t.
Interviewer: Well, that’s hindsight though. We expect Arsenal to have won this game today. That’s the truth. I know we haven’t. That’s hindsight.
Lee: But they haven’t, have they? So you have your players to come on and rectify it like most teams do.
Interviewer: You had Gyökeres, they had Saliba.
Lee: Man City played their full team today
Interviewer: They’re not in the Champions League. They’re not playing midweek. Alright.
Lee: So what happens when you get like that? Are you going to carry on like that?
Interviewer: I don’t know.
Lee: You tell me that now. He better win it then, if he’s doing that.
Interviewer: I agree with you there.
Lee: There’s no excuses now. You can’t turn around and go, alright, we were unlucky in the game. He has to win the Champions League because he’s tossed this away. Is that what you’re saying?
Interviewer: That’s fair. That’s fair.
Lee: Because he’s left players that should be on the bench today. I’m not saying about the 11. I’m saying that if things aren’t going right, like they weren’t, you bring on Gyökeres.
Interviewer: Yep, and Saliba.
Lee: Someone needs to tell Madueke, right, that there’s lines. And when they go over those lines, that’s that you’re out of play. Because he continually keeps running through them.
Interviewer: Fair. Fair. Finished off right…
Lee: I’m not going to stop, I ain’t finished yet.
Interviewer: Go on.
Lee: Madueke, right, I see him in a brace two days ago. And he’s on the pitch today. So don’t tell me about all of this and all that. You know what I mean? If he’s rested players today, right, if he’s rested players for today, for Portugal, you better go and win it. You better go and win it, right, at the end of the day. Because that’s what you’ve done.
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Here’s the social media reaction after AFTV’s Lee Judges unleashes emotional rant at Arsenal being ‘outclassed’ by Southampton…
@SilverWeb17: Get a grip… it’s just a game. I think he should be this angry about what’s happening in the UK and around the world..🤔
@3StripedJackal: Dread to think what goes on in this bloke’s private life. That is not in any way normal.
@Irishdanny77: As an Arsenal fan, I can understand why they hate our fan base. Cringe.
@willwbi8: God the aggressive finger pointing and shouting through his teeth 😬
@Jordan63628261: Mate have a word. That team and the bench actually should be pissing all over any championship team. And bottom half PL teams too actually. That’s what the money was spent for. Problem is they don’t have it drummed into them to fucking win every game like their lives depend on it
@Jonatha51816422: This guy is 💯% spot on, I have always said Arteta’s squad rotation sucks. The same players will play champions league n you expect them to win against Bournemouth
@Bluemoonie4: What a fucking bell. This lot are part of the Arsenal problem. The fans create toxicity. Remember the noise around Wenger, then Emery….abysmal fan base. That’s why the team crumbles
@Daniely79: Honestly this is an act. Middle aged man behaving like this
@AiddyLFC: Lee is wrong here. Players like Rice looked dead on his feet prior to the international break and a rest would’ve done him the world of good. Arsenal had more than enough to beat Southampton yesterday.
@wisey_afc1: This reaction is just embarrassing 🤦♂️
@dezb86: Happy Easter 😂 he better go and win it
@carefreecfc1971: the gift that keeps on giving
@peelypops: Imagine getting this animated over a game
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