WhateverItTakes
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A Serious Man
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He's always had questions around his work rate and consistency. He is coming off a great year but I'm not convinced it'll hold or that Wenger is a manager capable of motivating him every game. I'm not very high on any of the big striker signings to be honest. They all have a lot of potential but I'm not thinking twice about predicting Kane for the Golden Boot.
MrS
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I think Roma will have a bad season. They've lost Totti, Wojciech and Salah and haven't replaced them. Really hope Napoli can win Serie A but Juventus have gone wild again in the transfer market and will have Douglas Costa and Bernadeschi on the wings. Looking forward to seeing how the season plays out.
MrS
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Yeah they did didn't they. Mad ting. There's surely no way Roma will be in the top 3 with how Napoli, Juve and AC Milan will play.
Lacazette will smash in the goals Wally scuffs, Giroud skies or Welbz air kicks.
We've not had a clinical striker on this level since RvP.
That being said, I think he's still quite below the highest quality strikers in the game.
Sleeve sponsorship added to Liverpool shirts. Almost like a new signing. 🤢
Just like that, the nicest kit we've had in years is ruined. Oh well, at least it's not Tinder.
WhateverItTakes
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Makes the CL more important than ever. It'll free us from this pain.
Kane will score more than all of them.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Yep, best English striker in years
I agree. I was just ranking the new signings. It'll be interesting to see how many Aguero & Jesus rack up between the two of them.
Yeah I agree that none of them are really spectacular.
It's been years since the premier league had some real awesome strikers. Kane always seems a good bet to be up there, but what worries me is Tottenhams lack of transfer activity. I don't think their squad is that good. No real depth, and add Wembley to the equation (where they have a bad history) and I feel this season will be a disaster for them.
All Tottenham need is 3 injuries, Alderweireld, Alli, and Kane and they're fucked lol. I know you could apply that logic to a lot of teams in the premier league, but it's when you look at teams like Man City that you realise how good their squad is. They could lose De Bruyne and Aguero and not really affect them.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Certainly hope so
21st century cowboy
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Our home has form has not been great over recent years but that will have to change this season if we have any hope of staying up.
The amount of missed chances we had was shocking.
I think our defense is going to be the biggest unknown going into this season.
I always want a Yorkshire team to do well (unless it's Leeds or Bradford)
ReplacementPelican
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I think most teams would swap most players for Kane, easily one if - if not the - best premier league striker. Very fortunate he's English.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Can't believe her was in our youth setup and we let him go
MrS
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Ouch. Really bad summer for Roma. At least Nainggolan signed a contract extension.They lost Spalletti tooOne of the best coach in the league. Milan still need a top Striker and a midfielder to improve the bench.
What's going on with Tottenham this summer? Do they have to use the money generated from the sale of Walker and Bentaleb to fund the new stadium? They can't really afford to not bring in new players if they want to finish top 3 again.
Edit: Spot on, OCDguy
Probably, with proper service Lukaku might come close.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Sleeve sponsorship added to Liverpool shirts. Almost like a new signing. 🤢
Cringe.. Last thing the shirts need is more sponsors
Bob Mortimer's Harry Kane impressions mean I can't look at him without laughing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYBNFWpLQ54
Don't worry you'll finish higher than them in my opinion
A team I think are going to surprise a few people this year is Everton. I can see them creeping into the top 4...
Exactly.
People say Arsenal are tight, but Tottenham are on a different level lol.
ReplacementPelican
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As an Arsenal fan I legitimately didn't know this, fucks sake.
Don't worry you'll finish higher than them in my opinion
Exactly.
People say Arsenal are tight, but Tottenham are on a different level lol.
The Spurs are in a tough spot. Elite players are arguably out of their price range and anybody they buy will be an expensive squad player. They are better off rolling with what they got for one more year and play youngsters.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Yeah I posted it on the last page, absolutely mental.
A homophobe who doesn't score, nearly 20m
Prices are getting stupid
Well hopefully the youngsters will step up. I still think they're in desperate need of some squad players though. A few key injuries would affect them more than a lot of other top teams in the premiership.
I wonder how long Kane and Alli will stay there too. I could see Alli playing abroad at some point.
Speaking of expensive players, Bayerns transfer business is something else, they spend relatively low amounts on players and have some of the best players in the world.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
At this point, I'm worth about 2.5m, and I'm chubby and shit at football
We (Spurs) should have signed Zaha and Sigurdsson at the beginning of the window, proceeded with all of our outgoings as planned (minus Walker) and called it a day.
This window has been a joke, and is likely to go down as the worst window in the club's history (worse than 2012 Nelsen and Saha).
We could see Poch, Alli, Eriksen and Toby all leave next summer.
This window has been a joke, and is likely to go down as the worst window in the club's history (worse than 2012 Nelsen and Saha).
We could see Poch, Alli, Eriksen and Toby all leave next summer.
I don't see it in all honesty. Everyone's predicting them to do well based on their signings, but they've lost their top scorer and haven't really replaced him, and all their signings are really slow. Where's the pace at? Don't really see where the goals are coming from either; Bolasie is awful, Mirallas is incredibly inconsistent, and Rooney is Rooney.Don't worry you'll finish higher than them in my opinion
A team I think are going to surprise a few people this year is Everton. I can see them creeping into the top 4...
Audioboxer
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Ehh, were it not for smashing 7 in the last 2 games (hardly typical) of last season he wouldn't have won the golden boot. On top of that Spurs were a much better attacking side than Everton.
Lukaku scoring goals won't be the challenge that United have this year. He'll net 25 in the PL probably and that's fine. The issue is getting the rest of the squad to notch 50 more between them.
Don Draper's Hat
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That Andre Gray transfer fee is genuinely more surprising than the Neymar one. The fuck is going on?
brokenbeans
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I'm not sure how I feel about a possible Ibra return 🤔
Out of that, de Bruyne surely?
brokenbeans
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This is same for me, I want Jesus but he's a lot of my budget to be stuck on the bench.
snoopeasystreet
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Sleeve sponsorship added to Liverpool shirts. Almost like a new signing. 🤢
That'll make up for missing out on the CL. Smart move.
I've been looking for a way to swap Mahrez for KDB, but I'm still .5 mil short.
Edit: Just found my solution. Welp, the league is surely mine.
Disagree with you on that part. Bolasie when he was fit was one of our better attacking players we had and that including Lukaku
The preoblem we are facing right now is that we have way too many Central midfielders and not enough wide players. Bolasie is injured, Lennon is out of form and Miralles (as much as I like him) will not get to start every game.
This means our plays will be very narrow, mainly being focused on opening defense through prices balls to striker (Thats where Siggurdson comes in). Pace doesn't matter when we are not focusing on width, but we need midfield dominance which we sort of don't have. Klassen is slow, Davies is raw, Shneiderlin and Gana are Defensive Midfielders and Barkley is off. We need attacking minded players which we currently don't have
That's who I've gone for - it's weakened me elsewhere but he's just so fucking good
Bayern operate in a complete different market but they are starting to feel the squeeze as well.
Is there any reason you guys didn't go for Hernandez? I think you'll be fine if you sign a striker, but like you say they squad is unbalanced as it is.
Roberto Larcos
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None of the above. Pep rotates too frequently and sub's players off early. It's a bitch for FPL.
GoldenCrow
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Yup you rarely get the 90 min bonus.
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