Yup. The English Iniesta they say.
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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT5| One word to rule them all
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Yup. The English Iniesta they say.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Hey pulga how did you get that amazing tag?
The_Hitcher89
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Still wrong though
We'll have to see if he can keep it up. tbh, I rate Mata higher than Silva too, but Silva's been looking burnt out for practically the entire calendar year now so I'm not sure if that's him out of form or just being overworked.
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Really crucial three points today after the last two league results. Cazorla and Giroud were fantastic, nice to see Walcott get a goal too even if he needs to be shipped out ASAP.
pulga
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No fucking clue. Back in the gaming side there was this thread about how David Bowie was in every videogame ever. I disagreed. Got tagged just for that, I guess :lol
Talking about Fady; I think his twitter account was hacked last night.
The_Hitcher89
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Was Giroud playing as some kind of winger today?!
pulga
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Whatever he was playing at, he needs to do it more often. Good game from him today.
He should wear a suit while he plays. Looks almost human there.
What's Cleverly ever won? The facts are there
The_Hitcher89
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Why look human in a suit, when you can be superhuman in a kit?
No but he's got more options than Gervinho, a much better footballing brain, and as a team we look better and more of a threat when Giroud is on the field.
Joel Was Right
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Haha, listen to him 'destroy' the Invincibles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-JKr2d5Vo
Clearly an intelligent man
and he's a striker.
Gervinho is not a striker, is a pretty terrible finisher, is terrible off the ball, has a horribly inconsistent first touch, and has no aerial or physical presence in the box (partly because he's never in the box)... I don't get it. At least Walcott can finish.
Yes, he has great vision and football skills (specially for a striker). I watched him a bit when Bayern were interested in him and he assisted a lot of goals.
The_Hitcher89
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lol Stubbs
'people will be saying, maybe Arsene Wenger's building a teamwhich could challenge for the top 4 at least'
Gooners will be a bit pissed off if you don't challenge for the top 4, I think
'people will be saying, maybe Arsene Wenger's building a teamwhich could challenge for the top 4 at least'
Gooners will be a bit pissed off if you don't challenge for the top 4, I think
Clearly his job is to wind people up, get them to ring and text in to his employers which makes them money and thus pays his wages. He is very effective at it.
He does spout bollocks, but it's so entertaining to listen to the muppets who ring in and argue agains it, you can't win, so don't ring in :lol But also he uses facts and then puts a spin on it, and most people don't know how to react to it.
Classic examples are right there in that video.
"New Zealand went unbeaten at the World Cup. They are as good as Arsenal."
"That unbeaten Arsenal team drew 4 of their last 5 games. They played to draw. Manchester City this season always played to win."
Fact and Spin. Fact and Spin.
The_Hitcher89
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Is Owen Coyle walking the tightrope?
90TilInfinity
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Gervinho isn't bad off the ball, be fair. Whether he's outwide or central he always finds himself in decent positions.
It's easy to say Theo should play up top (not that you did, but that'll be the discussion for this week) when he's got 20 yards of grass to run into behind the defence, but no-one ever plays that high against us. West Ham did for a short period of time because they had it in their heads that they could win the game.
He wanted to say title then thought he'd be ripped into for thinking it, lol.
When does troll turn into JT? Skip Bayless is a quality troll. He'll skew and twist facts to suit his antagonistic argument. Adrian Durham is a JT. He'll ignore facts and use illogical analogies and insults to suit his antagonistic argument.
The Barclays Premier tightrope.
The_Hitcher89
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I shouldn't find this funny (and certainly didn't at the time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g9d27mR1784
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g9d27mR1784
Exactly. We won the title at White Hart Lane, City won the title on the last day of the season. No shit Mancini tried to get as many points as possible in the last league fixtures.
Well, Gervinho's not bad as a winger (though he's way too selfish and fucking refuses to cross the ball into the box) in making off the ball runs, but I've been very underwhelmed by his movement as a striker. He's always really deep in midfield, which makes no sense for a team that puts in cross after cross on the ground (which are always inevitably cut out anyways).
As for Theo, I agree completely which is why I say sell him in January while we still can and under no circumstances should his greedy ass get 100k/week. BUT, if we're going to play Gervinho as emergency striker, I say let Theo have a go too. West Ham stuck a lot of men behind the ball for the majority of the match and they got caught out on the counterother teams will get caught out too and Theo can punish them. A classic poacher-target man pairing would work great I think, especially if we need to rest key midfield players, but I can't see Wenger abandoning the 4-2-3-1.
That's a straight red. Have some morals you JT.
The_Hitcher89
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<3
The_Hitcher89
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See, your opinions on Bayern are heavily biased.
You have to admit, he's pretty boss
Yeah, he's cool. His celebrations are boss, like AvB's.
I also think that Walcott can only work as a striker with someone supporting him. He too doesn't have the technical skill nor the footballing brain to be successful as a lone striker. My main issue with Walcott is his contract situation. I am reluctatnt to want us to start him, he develops into a decent/classy striker, then fucks off at the end of the season for free. So for me until he signs bench is where he should be and if he signs then we can look at fitting him in but I personally am in favor of shipping both him and Arshavin out in January since they are surplus to requirements imo.
Get rid of Chamakh and Diaby as well and bring in an actual striker and a player like M'Vila and we'll be set imo. A decent back up goal keeper wouldn't go a miss either because I hate Mannone.
The_Hitcher89
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The_Hitcher89
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Fine here. Youtube's fixed as well
Why would you use Firefox in 2012? There's this thing called Chrome you know
Pfft, this is how a man celebrates
He didn't celebrate much, did he?
If I was a manager, I would act like him.
The_Hitcher89
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Chrome makes my laptop crash
@Fry, are you an awesome enough dude to do this in a CL semi-final penalty shootout?
Yes, I still miss him
RibbedHero
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It's a professional foul no doubt, but at least he didn't dive in studs up, this is a far safer foul for everyone involved.
TheGreatDivide
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Yay or nay? I'm gonna put an 8 fold bet on and an all 10. 8 right = £133 back on a £4.50 stake, all 10 = £615 back on £10.
@Fry, are you an awesome enough dude to do this in a CL semi-final penalty shootout?
:lol No. I would be on the corner flag of the opposite goal, probably peeing myself.
LOL dude calm down!
I hope Gibbs isn't badly injured. He has earned his call up to England so it would be a shame to be ruled out with injury now.
Just got an update. Wenger says this:
"He has a thigh problem just above his knee, I think he will be very doubtful for England.," said Wenger after the game.
That is incredibly disappointing for Gibbs. He earned his chance.
Just got an update. Wenger says this:
"He has a thigh problem just above his knee, I think he will be very doubtful for England.," said Wenger after the game.
That is incredibly disappointing for Gibbs. He earned his chance.
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