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And, we’re off.......2018/2019

fundy said:
Juve are offering him 10m+ a year and Homer thinks he'll be taking a pay and play deal lol
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Do you think there is a chance Arsenal will go back to the table or is that it ? I expect Juve will be where he ends up. Shame as a certainly better than Xhaka by a mile

Tashyboy said:
Don't think we have heard the last of that little incident at the Emirates. ☹️ Knobheads
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What happened now ?
 
Stuart_C said:
Solksjaer has got to be THE Maddest appointment ever.

I get loyalty to ex players etc but this appointment smacks of desperation.

Some of those players need to take responsibility aswell.
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Maybees, maybe not.

I think they think CL qualification may be a bridge too far this season, as needs 2 other teams to blow up. Their probably not too bothered about the Europa league either. Solskjaer is probably the best short term CHEAP appointment that they can get, which also gives them 5-6 months to tap up....sorry, entice a new manager.
 
ColchesterFC said:
If you've got Ozil and Ramsey on over 500k per week between them that's a big portion of your wage bill going out on two players who can't be relied on every week. One turns up and puts in a performance occasionally when he feels like it and the other turns up and puts in a performance whenever he can be bothered to get off the treatment table..
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I know for that money, you could get a Sanchez........
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Do you think there is a chance Arsenal will go back to the table or is that it ? I expect Juve will be where he ends up. Shame as a certainly better than Xhaka by a mile


What happened now ?
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Someone at Arsenal lobbed what looked like a bottle of water which hit Alli the side of his head. If he was half turned, it would have hit him square in the face. Didn't look good at all. The crowd cheering don't help either.
 
Thought it was very naive of Arsenal to play such a high line when one of your 'centre backs' is Xhaka. Two balls over the top and it's job done. Shocking how easy that game was, in polar opposite to the league tie a few weeks back. Still it is only the League Cup, I'd probably have rather won the Prem game and lost this.
 
Orikoru said:
Thought it was very naive of Arsenal to play such a high line when one of your 'centre backs' is Xhaka. Two balls over the top and it's job done. Shocking how easy that game was, in polar opposite to the league tie a few weeks back. Still it is only the League Cup, I'd probably have rather won the Prem game and lost this.
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I thought Kane's control, turn and pass to Alli was a moment of footballing beauty. Yes they gave him too much time but it was straight out of the manual. One for coaches to show to kids.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I thought Kane's control, turn and pass to Alli was a moment of footballing beauty. Yes they gave him too much time but it was straight out of the manual. One for coaches to show to kids.
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That goal was superb. Kane had only been on the pitch a minute, that may have been his first touch. And Dele's finish was sublime as well. (y)
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I thought Kane's control, turn and pass to Alli was a moment of footballing beauty. Yes they gave him too much time but it was straight out of the manual. One for coaches to show to kids.
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It was sublime, but how much time was he given.

Not decrying it, but as a defender how shocking was that. A lump to the halfway line and 2 defenders 5 yards away standing like statues.
 
Orikoru said:
Thought it was very naive of Arsenal to play such a high line when one of your 'centre backs' is Xhaka. Two balls over the top and it's job done. Shocking how easy that game was, in polar opposite to the league tie a few weeks back. Still it is only the League Cup, I'd probably have rather won the Prem game and lost this.
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What’s with the top managers putting midfielders in central defenders.
Jose did it with Tomminey also and it didn’t work out.
The movement of top strikers is so good only top defenders know how to deal with it,sometimes knowing and doing are also hard to do.
 
pokerjoke said:
What’s with the top managers putting midfielders in central defenders.
Jose did it with Tomminey also and it didn’t work out.
The movement of top strikers is so good only top defenders know how to deal with it,sometimes knowing and doing are also hard to do.
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In Arsenal's case I think they were just struggling that badly with injuries that they have no centre backs left. You would think even a youth centre back would be better than shoving Xhaka there though.
 
They brought in Sokratis but then Mertesacker retired and they let Chambers out on loan who could have come back from his last loan and been a fringe squad player for this exact situation. Arsenal's big problem under Wenger is the constant refusal plug the clear and obvious gaps in the squad. That has begun to be addressed by Emery but to be fair to him, it's a massive job, the squad's a mess.
 
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