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[Suen]

ozil could've had three assists under his belt in the first half if it hadn't been for walcott's incompetence as not only a footballer, but also as a human being. he fizzled out a bit in the second half, but whenever he has the ball, he exudes class. overall, a pretty decent debut.

walcott's the reason this ended up being such a tough game.

giroud, please be okay.
please.

Told you guys, Özil is great but that part is one of his biggest problems, ask anyone from Madrid-GAF. He simply does not have it in him to last the entire game, hope he can fix this because then he'd be a fucking monster (almost, he needs to shoot more)

 

[bobito]

He's in Brazil

You live in Brazil and choose to watch Joe Allen and friends?

Has to be a good reason for this?

 

[arkon]

I fucking love this gif. Amazing.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

New manager - Same old Stoke. To be fair though it's what they are good at.

Having watched a bit, their football wasn't super Stoke-esque. They were countering through City rather impressively.

 

[jtb]

Good three points. I can't wait to see this midfield in action w/ Arteta back. Wilshere looked pretty lively on the wing, Walcott was absolutely terrible. And 4 in 4 for Giroud is a damn solid return; gotta hope he can keep up his fitness.

Defense looked pretty clueless as always, which was a bit surprising given Flamini and Ramsey should've been providing a lot of cover for defense. But weren't (though Ramsey was fantastic going forward today). And Sagna's just not a center half. And Chesney is still shit.

I'm really worried that this fixture congestion is going to kill our squad before we can even get other players back to rotate. It could get pretty bad in the next couple weeks, especially if Giroud picks up a long-term injury.

Pass was just a bit too far behind him so he could only get a touch on it with his toes. Done his knee in by doing that.

not his fault the pass was shit

ah, I see. Shame, hopefully it's not too bad.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I fucking love this gif. Amazing.

Hopefully we'll have reason to spam it at around 10pm Monday night

Wanna co-op Dota vs bots later? I'm not good enough to single-handedly keep a lane under control, and my AI partners keep deserting me lol

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

You live in Brazil and choose to watch Joe Allen and friends?

Has to be a good reason for this?

He's also a Bayern fan.

 

[Meier]

Wow, GREAT headed goal by McAuley. That was incredibly important for West Brom.

 

[Into]

Finally, some real football.

JUVE!

 

[RaGe_pt]

Stoke would beat Benfica at the Britannia.

Love that statement man!

 

[valeo]

Good result but I feel a bit uneasy about it considering the referee decision when it should have been 2-2.

I just hope Giroud isn't out for long, we have CL in midweek and then Stoke on Sunday.

Fuck that, it makes up for the shitty decision in the Villa game.

Plus, he blew the whistle early. It's not like he waited for when it was dribbling into the net. Refs do that all the time. Should've played advantage, but he didn't - so too bad Sunderland. Plus Altidore thought he was playing NFL , not football, and started a wrestling match with Sagna.

So Giroud might be out? On top of that we have CL coming up, fucking great news. We'll have to depend on Podolski (shit) and Sanogo (not proven) to do the job. Walcott only knows how to run fast, Ramsey has shoot-phobia and so does Özil. Ramsey and Cazorla pls save us.

Podolski is out injured long term and Sanogo has a back issue.

We are fucked if Giroud is injured, but we knew that months ago. Seriously think we are a striker and a CB away from having a title challenging team which makes it all the more frustrating we didn't strengthen in those positions.

 

[Scum]

Thank you, based Eriksen! Time for some food.
Oi, Arnie. Can you afford a new denim yet? Or waiting on more results?

 

[Carbonox]

Ben Arfa is fucking stunning.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Is Eto'o starting?

 

[Salvadora]

I'm really worried that this fixture congestion is going to kill our squad before we can even get other players back to rotate. It could get pretty bad in the next couple weeks, especially if Giroud picks up a long-term injury.

I'm terrified of that myself. It kills me that our squad is bare bones only a month into the season. Just doesn't seem fair.

Giroud was the worst possible injury we could have had.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Especially when there are better italian coaches like Guidolin for example

Why would a 57 year old Guidolin leave Udinese and Italy for a relegation threatened PL team? He probably doesn't speak a word of English either.

 

[cremino]

Forzzaaa JJuuuveeeee!!!!!!!!

And FUCK Inter

 

[kiun]

Ramsey is fucking back.


Giroud really has good link-up play.

That Ramsey goal was simply sexual. My goodness. What a volley.

The best crosser of the ball in the league does it again.

Jenkinson ??

 

[jtb]

The reason why Wilshere was so effective on the wing today was because we had so much possession and Sunderland really restricted the space. That's when Walcott's at his worst. But it's still really important to keep him in the squad, especially against better teams, because he will get space and he will be the only one capable of exploiting it.

 

[Xhenxhefil]

wtf is your avatar

His name is Kutter. He takes great pleasure in causing pain, and seems curiously keen to receive punishment in return.

Spoiler

It's a character mugshot from the original Carmageddon.

 

[Yurt]

Derby Italy and there's no Italian in their team.

Fucking shameful.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Love that statement man!

More like Benfuckup

amirite?

 

[qindarka]

Is Eto'o starting?

Yeah.

 

[Tc91]

yes

Only thing you'll be winning is a place in the Europa League.


FORZA JUVEEEEEEEE

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Jenkinson ??

Yes

Ok, will watch the Chelsea game then.

 

[Meier]

Is Eto'o starting?

That's what NBC said.

 

[Yen]

There needs to be a 'Rodgers winks while Moyes flusters' version of this

 

[bud]

Told you guys, Özil is great but that part is one of his biggest problems, ask anyone from Madrid-GAF. He simply does not have it in him to last the entire game, hope he can fix this because then he'd be a fucking monster (almost, he needs to shoot more)

to be fair, he wasn't the only one. sunderland were the better team when they scored. i think he recovered decently after that, like the rest of the team. he does need some time to adapt, though; there were a few instances where he probably thought he had enough time to react only to get tackled and give away possession.

 

[Brinbe]

lol city

 

[Hindle]

I'm surprised at the Villa score, I thought they were coming together as a team.

City dropping even more points as well? A case of welcome to Stoke for Pellegrini lol.

 

[cremino]

Derby Italy and there's no Italian in their team.

Fucking shameful.

Inter is always a shame

 

[Fry]

You live in Brazil and choose to watch Joe Allen and friends?

Has to be a good reason for this?

I don't see a problem ...?

 

[Fergie]

Lol BT Sport delaying Inter vs Juve by 15mins. WTF.

MLS is on.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Trying to think up an engineer joke about City result but I didn't watch them play. What happened?

 

[Yurt]

Vucinic jogging in a counter attack

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Ramires and Mikel

Eugh


Hope to see Delefoeueeloefueo and Lukaku today

 

[arkon]

Jenkinson ??

Who else? CJ25 is a beast.

 

[qindarka]

City dropping points isn't that bad. Stoke are a very hard place to get an away win, barring their shitty period in the second half of last season.

Ramires and Mikel

Eugh


Hope to see Delefoeueeloefueo and Lukaku today

Lukaku is on loan and can't play against us.

 

[Salvadora]

Only thing you'll be winning is a place in the Europa League.

steady.

tongue in cheek, m8.

 

[K1LLER7]

"Thankfully Januzaj seems happy where he is. There’s also a clue in the name - Adnan is of Arabic origin meaning ‘settler’ or ‘to stay’. Thankfully it’s far easier to pronounce too."



from Mirror article

 

[ShogunX]

Having watched a bit, their football wasn't super Stoke-esque. They were countering through City rather impressively.

Fair enough but at Anfield they were very much Pulis Stoke although it was the first game of the season.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Derby Italy and there's no Italian in their team.

Fucking shameful.

Typical nationalistic Juve values.

Ramires and Mikel

Eugh


Hope to see Delefoeueeloefueo and Lukaku today

Doubt Lukaku can play, can he?

 

[Arnie]

Thank you, based Eriksen! Time for some food.
Oi, Arnie. Can you afford a new denim yet? Or waiting on more results?

Dortmund, Real, and Barca results nets me £25 which pays for three pints and a Nandos. That then saves me £25 of my own money which shall go in the jar marked 'naughty denim'.

By the time October's icy wind blows through my windows ill have some fur lined clobber.

 

[GorillaJu]

So they showed a slow motion replay and Martin Atkinson blew the whistle after Jozy had already won the challenge and muscled off Sagna.

Ugh, what a ... god. No words. Fucking hell. Sunderland deserved a point.

 

[TheLucifer]

I don't know why the fuck is it still called Derby d'Italia.

Juve-Milan is the real derby.

My man.

Destroy them pls.

 

[jtb]

also, just one clean sheet in four matches is really poor, and not good enough.

 

[Meier]

Trying to think up an engineer joke about City result but I didn't watch them play. What happened?

Wasn't pretty. Just grinded it out -- Stoke had a few good chances. I thought we might nick one since Huth should probably have gone off for good for the last 10+ mins but he somehow still played.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Aww, Mourinho looks depressed




Good.

 

[Arnie]

Trying to think up an engineer joke about City result but I didn't watch them play. What happened?

Stoke didn't give them any aerospace to play.

 

[Showaddy]

Thank you, based Eriksen! Time for some food.
Oi, Arnie. Can you afford a new denim yet? Or waiting on more results?

Seems my predictions about Sigurdsson being shit was wrong. I feel it's balanced out by my prediction that Eriksen could be the difference in our teams performance