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Mathieu Flamini Has Clearly Become The Whipping Boy After Arsenal Loss

Conor Neville
By Conor Neville
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Simon Kuper has said that the way to make good decisions is to listen to the wisdom of crowds. One needs to canvas a wide variety of opinion.

The opinion of the crowd appears to be that one shouldn't bring in Mathieu Flamini in games like this. Or in any game, according to some of the more hardline commentators.

Arsenal went down 2-0, in the end, tonight and particular scorn was reserved for Flamini's cameo. He came on as an 82nd sub and was culpable in the concession of an 83rd penalty.

Needless to say, almost all of the hostile tweets wondering why you would bring on Flamini in a game like this were sent after the penalty had been conceded, though some trumpeted their earlier clairvoyance.

He has become the whipping boy for tonight's loss. Despite the fact that he came on with the score already at 1-0. He is currently trending in Ireland. Here's a flavour.

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But some offered a contrary view, focusing instead on Per Mertesacker's wooden touch which put Flamini in bother.

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