The Footie Thread

[4LEX]

Grealish is like Utd signing Berbatov years ago. Quality player but doesn't fit the style of the manager. Although I thouyt Grealish was one of the better City players today the rest were so bad, especially Ake and Mendy. The difference in class when KDB came on was huge, without him they're half the side.

No Kane and City won't win the title, the competition has got so much stronger. That said they'll sign him and win it by 15 points again

 

[arnieboy]

Over the moon with the Spurs result, we have been waiting so long for a performance like that.
COYS.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Newcastle are no great shakes.
Very dodgy penalty in fact shocking lad clearly got the ball.
But WH better team by a mile for me.
Thought Rice was MOM but Antonio was good apart from the pen.

Honestly didn't see the pen (winning) but saw the pen itself which thought was pathetic

Heard rice got turned inside out for first goal? God I'd like to sign Saint maxiam .. but clearly grew into the game

Our best 11 right now.. said beneramha (can never spell his name) looks class

 

[clubchamp98]

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Honestly didn't see the pen (winning) but saw the pen itself which thought was pathetic

Heard rice got turned inside out for first goal? God I'd like to sign Saint maxiam .. but clearly grew into the game

Our best 11 right now.. said beneramha (can never spell his name) looks class

He did but he’s not the first or last to be beaten by St M.

 

[GG26]

I've no idea how we haven't got anything at Leicester, much improved performance second half.
Get a cb and cm in and we could have a decent season.

Was an odd match. All the action was at my end, Leicester dominating the first half and Wolves the second. You were unlucky not to get anything from the game. The difference was Vardy’s finishing compared to Traore’s.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

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He did but he’s not the first or last to be beaten by St M.

Newcastle have a habit of having fast tricky players
Hatem Ben Arfa
Lauren Robert
Kieran dyer

Wilson scoring was as obvious as anything .. we must be his most scored against team

Now Lukaku is back that's another 3 goals let in a season

 

[Bazz]

Was an odd match. All the action was at my end, Leicester dominating the first half and Wolves the second. You were unlucky not to get anything from the game. The difference was Vardy’s finishing compared to Traore’s.

I was quite enthused by Traore's performance, made a boatload of chances the finish will come.
Having said that, if he finished every single one he makes he wouldn't be playing for us.

 

[Slime]

What a great opening weekend of football, some great goals too.
I think the Spurs win was the only real surprise of the weekend.

I know, I know, I just don't think the Brentford result was a huge surprise.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

What a great opening weekend of football, some great goals too.
I think the Spurs win was the only real surprise of the weekend.

I know, I know, I just don't think the Brentford result was a huge surprise.

I know what you mean..I was playing golf with a bunch of spurs fans yest (watched the game in club house afters with must of been 40 of them) everyone wrote them off. Kane looks off. New manager. Not many new players their just annoyed

Where as arsenal we all know Mikel is taking them backwards

 

[harpo_72]

I know what you mean..I was playing golf with a bunch of spurs fans yest (watched the game in club house afters with must of been 40 of them) everyone wrote them off. Kane looks off. New manager. Not many new players their just annoyed

Where as arsenal we all know Mikel is taking them backwards

But is Mikel taking them backwards? Or are they just not buying in the right players ?
Getting beat by Brentford is a shock but let’s see Brentford’s next 5 games to give it context.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

But is Mikel taking them backwards? Or are they just not buying in the right players ?
Getting beat by Brentford is a shock but let’s see Brentford’s next 5 games to give it context.

He guided them to no European football full stop

Playing one best strikers in league on the wing

Old Lego head was a bad appointment. His only real management experience is peps understudy , hardly deserved his position

 

[Lord Tyrion]

But is Mikel taking them backwards? Or are they just not buying in the right players ?
Getting beat by Brentford is a shock but let’s see Brentford’s next 5 games to give it context.

Arteta looks like he is playing the style he wants, not necessarily the style that suits the players he has. He can keep stubbornly sticking to his guns but that rarely ends well.

 

[harpo_72]

Arteta looks like he is playing the style he wants, not necessarily the style that suits the players he has. He can keep stubbornly sticking to his guns but that rarely ends well.

That’s the thing, if the board are behind him and want that football then they need to get the players in and offload.. there is always a period of change over where a team is neither one thing or another.
But having said that, the players are professionals and they need to give 100% of what they have to the manager not strop about like a bunch of petulant 3 yr olds … or is that too controversial an opinion to have about artistic/creative people??

 

[Orikoru]

Arteta is useless, I can't believe they've shown him this much patience. He seems to have consistently taken them backwards since his appointment. Any other club would have sacked him by now.

 

[Tashyboy]

Grealish is like Utd signing Berbatov years ago. Quality player but doesn't fit the style of the manager. Although I thouyt Grealish was one of the better City players today the rest were so bad, especially Ake and Mendy. The difference in class when KDB came on was huge, without him they're half the side.

No Kane and City won't win the title, the competition has got so much stronger. That said they'll sign him and win it by 15 points again

I don’t think Ake had a bad game at all, he spent 95 mins covering for the car crash that is Mendy. He is and has been hopeless since his knee injury. When Son scored what was Mendy actually doing. Souness pointed out that Cancelo should of followed the ball but why did Mendy not cover for Ake. Mendy has had a full preseason of training and still looks shocking.

 

[Tashyboy]

Grealish is like Utd signing Berbatov years ago. Quality player but doesn't fit the style of the manager. Although I thouyt Grealish was one of the better City players today the rest were so bad, especially Ake and Mendy. The difference in class when KDB came on was huge, without him they're half the side.

No Kane and City won't win the title, the competition has got so much stronger. That said they'll sign him and win it by 15 points again

I Know yesterday was only the first game, but I thought City were shocking. If City sign Kane and give him the same service as Torres got yesterday they will be 15 points behind the winners.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

That’s the thing, if the board are behind him and want that football then they need to get the players in and offload.. there is always a period of change over where a team is neither one thing or another.
But having said that, the players are professionals and they need to give 100% of what they have to the manager not strop about like a bunch of petulant 3 yr olds … or is that too controversial an opinion to have about artistic/creative people??

I agree but you have to work with what you have. If Arteta thinks those players can play Barcelona football then he is deluding himself. You have to play the football the players are capable of until you get in the right players for the style you want. If Arsenal can't afford or attract those players then it is a pipe dream.

 

[fundy]

Sacking Arteta wont change anything, he isnt the solution, but he also isnt the main problem, the main issue is and has always been the owners, board and the so called director of football, they way they have destroyed asset values and handled contract negotiations pretty much since David Dein left. They are saddled with a lot of unwanted played, on ridiculous contracts that no one else is close to wanting, Ozil just the tip of the iceberg.

For eg on friday there was no Lacazette, Aubameyang, William, Kolasinac, Bellerin, Cedric, Torreira. None are part of Artetas plan, they cant get a penny for any of them or even anyone to take them off their hands, and they take home over £1m a week in wages between them! Instead we are selling/loaning the young prospects that have their routes to the 1st team blocked by them

 

[DanFST]

I thought it was Wengers fault!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I thought it was Wengers fault!

They are still using his blueprint