Perfect Blue
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Present-day Mourinho seems more of an understanding and calm individual than when he was at Inter. Still, it's probably not worth it unless they get Balotelli for under 20m.
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Football Thread 13/14 |OT11| Schlong Days, Kipless Nights
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Wenger won't go for Balotelli. He doesn't fit the Arsenal bill.
FootballFan
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FootballFan
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Do it*
I hope he's back before the Southampton game. Don't think we'll need Ramsey against Aston Villa or Fulham.
Southampton are 28th of January so plenty of time to not rush him back.
Provided we beat Spurs in the FA cup and no draws that force replays we have a friendly fixture list for January.
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The_Hitcher89
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I'll take that as a compliment
Lambda Pie
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if you're getting desperate don't worry, Benfica plays today.
Now I understand why Messi suddenly wants to leave. GOAT.
FootballFan
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Messi is back in a week. Pretty exciting tbh.
This guy's stream is hilarious on ps4. Admitted to cheating on his gf with her sister the other night and someone put it on YouTube. He just a drunk "gangsta"
I really do hope Wenger rotates our squad a bit more during January. We aren't going to win anything if our squad is dead from tiredness when big games start in February/March.
That is amazing. Now I want to buy Arsenal toaster but I wonder if such thing even exists.You're not a true fan unless you own your team's equivalent of this and use it for breakfast every day:
Lambda Pie
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once you toast, you gotta wait 10 years to toast again.
The more I see that Eto'o and Oscar challenges the more I can't understand how they weren't sent off, especially Oscar. 2 feet, out of control in a scissors like action. Get fucked Chelsea.
Both teams deserved a penalty but Chelsea should have finished with 9 men. They're becoming the next Stoke now. Not attractive to watch and just want to play boring football kicking everyone. Get fucked Chelsea.
Both teams deserved a penalty but Chelsea should have finished with 9 men. They're becoming the next Stoke now. Not attractive to watch and just want to play boring football kicking everyone. Get fucked Chelsea.
Billy Big Bollocks
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The Eto'o foul was never going to be given by any premier league ref as a red card because it was in the 2nd minute of the game. Its one of those unwritten rules of football.
The Oscar one was worse and should have been a red but it was in the 94th minute so it wouldn't have changed the result of the game. Lucas was lucky as well that he got nothing for grabbing Oscars throat.
Chelsea play some very attractive attacking football. They are nothing like Stoke at all.
FlutterPuffs
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As a Malaysian, I am not surprised if this is true.
Looks like Allen is out for 6 weeks, and Sakho for about 2 months. I suppose this confirms 2 things;
1. Agger won't be going anywhere in January.
2. A central midfielder just became even more of a priority.
Think there needs to be a real exodus of Rafa's "old guard" in the summer though. Agger, Skrtel, Johnson, maybe even Lucas since it's becoming hard to see him ever again becoming the player he was pre-injury.
When you look at inconsitency in the side, it's always the same names being brought up.
1. Agger won't be going anywhere in January.
2. A central midfielder just became even more of a priority.
Think there needs to be a real exodus of Rafa's "old guard" in the summer though. Agger, Skrtel, Johnson, maybe even Lucas since it's becoming hard to see him ever again becoming the player he was pre-injury.
When you look at inconsitency in the side, it's always the same names being brought up.
Oh snap
Milchmonster
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I thought every club had one of those, blows my mind you guys haven't seen those.
Poor Joe, he's having shitty luck with injuries. Sakho will be a big loss.
I just don't understand why we would be interested in a shit player like Buttner. We already have one shit left back from United, we don't need another one.
Just recall BAE, there is no need to do anything else. Buttner would play just as little as he does right now, Rose will play most games. I can't see it happening.
Just recall BAE, there is no need to do anything else. Buttner would play just as little as he does right now, Rose will play most games. I can't see it happening.
i would keep lucas for now. but johnson can leave, thanks
Baki
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A French donkey. Lol, we played so bad though. Last years fixture was much better. Dat 7-3.
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Vivalaraza
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How has Sakho been so far?
Dude I know is always saying how he looks like a waste of money so far. (Note - this dude might share some of the same prejudices as bacon).
I would be very surprised if Lucas leaves, he is a key part to how the team plays. I don't really buy that his performances have dropped off markedly either, it's just a different role for him. Under Kenny he was basically one of the stars of the squad and had a lot more freedom in a destroyer type role a la Masch.
under Rodgers his role is quite different, there is little need for the bombastic tackles against Yaya Toure and the like anymore. Majority of Lucas's work comes in interceptions, the forward players do the 'tackling', and through their pressure force the mistakes that Lucas mops up. It sounds easy, but in reality it takes a great game intelligence and reading of the game which few players have, including Mascherano in his prime.
The flip side is that it's much less noticeable than outmuscling Yaya Toure, there are no gifs to be made of his role. Couple that with a diminished responsibility now that other areas of the team are really stepping up and suddenly people can't see what he brings. It's much the same as under Benitez were fans simply couldn't see what Lucas was bringing to the team and he was made a scapegoat.
Truly idiotic commentator after Torres burst past him late in the game.
"I dunno why Sakho backs off him. Why does Sakho back away there ?!?"
Because he'd done his hamstring you utter git.
Possibly, but i think were at the point now where we can safely say we don't need a backup for Lucas, but we need Lucas to be backup for someone else.
Sakho looks very good, but he also looks like he needs a little bit of a breather between games. He has lost his nerves a few times but overall I think the only issue with him is the same issue we have with all our CB's, where we just put too much pressure on them to save us when the enemy team is breaking.
He does all the things extremely well that CBs are supposed to do - he reads the game and tackles well, is excellent in the air and his distribution from the back is good. He's very patient when picking a pass and finds Allen or Coutinho with consistency. What we need is for our midfielders and our right back to not give the ball away when teams are creating forward momentum. Nearly every goal against us has been from a fast break where the CBs are completely isolated and it's not really fair to judge them harshly for not stopping goals when its 4v2.
Looked a bit uncomfortable in the first game or two, but since then he's been fantastic, aside from the mad 10 minutes he had against City. He's a bit like Agger in his ability to play the ball out of defence, and in fact he has the best pass complete % in the whole squad. He's physically intimidating too, which helps.
He's comfortably our best centre back.
Vivalaraza
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I guess Brian McClair had a gangbang once or something.
Lambda Pie
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i share the same birthday as Bruce Willis and Touré.
Lamela? Lawl. Do you have any bench players you'd be willing to sell us for about 5M? 'Cause that's what Marotta is looking for in January. Dead weight.
Could be Baldini invited him to talk about the inevitable EL Juve - Spurs final? Dunno. Who are the players Spurs are looking to get rid of?
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