Hope I'm wrong, but I'd have thought the chances of keeping Lewis Bate beyond this season are exactly 0.00
Took a couple of months to find his legs, during which time I was wondering what all the fuss was about. But now you can clearly see how good he is, and I expect him to be our best player over the rest of the season.
I'll be shocked if he's not at least playing in the Championship next season.
Also, the US commentators on the Arsenal game - Danny Higginbotham and, I think, Derek Rae (they were absolutely excellent, by the way) - didn't think that the "handball" would have been given by VAR. Something along the lines of it's a penalty if the ball strikes your arm in an unnatural position, but if you're using that arm to brace your fall, rather than in an attempt to block the ball, that's natural and fine.
Anyways, it is 100% clear that they need to rewrite the handball rule, because at the moment it is clear as mud.