It used to be that criticism of Mikel Arteta for straying from his technical area was reserved for fringe parts of the internet and Richard Keys, although it could probably be argued that the two intersect on the Venn diagram of social media relevance these days. However, as people awoke on Wednesday morning following Arsenal's 0-0 draw with Newcastle they were greeted with the shocking reality that the viewpoint has become more mainstream.
Several outlets carried takes about as hot as the January weather claiming that Arteta had played a part in his team's failure to win a Premier League home game for the first time this season with his antics on the touchline. A clip of the Spaniard fervently appealing for a late penalty before exchanging heated words with Eddie Howe went viral, and his bench behaviour has now become a huge topic of discussion.
Some have called it disrespectful, others have called it inexperienced and Richard Keys has even... actually do we even go there? What's lost in the melee of commentators falling over themselves to express their indignation, is how inconsistent and incorrect this criticism really is.
