[FOOTBALL] Premier League's back (13/14/15 August)

[Pleb]

Today

Hull v Leicester City (Sky) - 12:45
Burnley v Swansea
Crystal Palace v West Brom
Everton v Tottenham Spurs
Middlesbrough v Stoke
Southampton v Watford
Man City v Sunderloland (BT Sport) - 17:30

Super Sunday

Bournemouth v Man Utd (Sky) - 13:30
Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky) - 16:00

Monday Night Football

Chelsea v West Ham (Sky) 20:00

Celtic playing Inter Milan in the International Champions Cup when the Scottish season has already started is a bit lol really.

[Kikó]

I'm going to Bournemouth on Sunday. Shame there is no Pogba as he's banned from Italy but we should have enough. Hopefully Rooney did enough to drop himself last game.

[Lewis]

It's the 'Nissan Super Sunday' now... AND IT'S LIVE!

[Giggles]

Sky are showing live Saturday 3pm's over here now too (Everton Spurs this week) so there might be some fancy shit you can do with the box to get that live too.

[niko_cee]

http://bbc.in/2blUl3y

:D

[Mazuuurk]

Brilliant :D

[Magic]

What the fuck. :D

That's ten times anything joe.co.uk can come up with.

[Bernanke]

That's the best thing I've seen all year. :D

[Giggles]

Is it worth installing a VPN for?

[Byron]

I think that's guaranteed the Licence Fee for the next year.

[Chrissy]

Looking forward to this season as a neutral :)

[Smiffy]

.....

[Giggles]

Hull v Leicester City - Leicester
Burnley v Swansea - Draw
Crystal Palace v West Brom - Draw
Everton v Tottenham - Tottenham
Middlesbrough v Stoke - Middlesbrough
Southampton v Watford - Draw
Man City v Sunderloland - Man City

Super Sunday

Bournemouth v Man Utd - Utd
Arsenal v Liverpool - Arsenal

Monday Night Football

Chelsea v West Ham - Chelsea

[Shindig]

To ice this shit cake, I'm stuck at home now because some electricians are testing the place out. THANKS, CIRCUMSTANCE!

[Ian]

United back to ruin a couple of hours of my Sunday. :drool:

[GS]

It's a shame it's starting again, as I now feel obligated to watch certain games. Having a break for three months was excellent.

[Boydy]

It's a shame it's starting again, as I now feel obligated to watch certain games. Having a break for three months was excellent.

I know what you mean. I felt like that during the Euros and that was worse because it was three games a day sometimes and because it was over so quickly I felt like I really had to. At least this is only a couple of games a week.

[Shindig]

No post today.

Milburn Stand A - Paddock L1A-DD-9. If anyone's sitting there, my tickets have been nicked.

[randomlegend]

It's a shame it's starting again, as I now feel obligated to watch certain games. Having a break for three months was excellent.


I know what you mean. I felt like that during the Euros and that was worse because it was three games a day sometimes and because it was over so quickly I felt like I really had to. At least this is only a couple of games a week.

Why don't you just....not watch it if you don't enjoy it?

[Foe]

Leicester looking poor here. Ruining my accumulator at the first hurdle. Didn't realise this was the early game. :mad:

[Trancemeister]

Who the hell scored that?

[Raoul Duke]

Looking forward to seeing Linekar's pants tonight :yn:

EDIT: Leicester to get relegated

[Weaver]

Diomande's been credited with the goal.

Enjoy the game, Shindig, couldn't be bothered to go along today but I hear it's a sell out anyway :gs:

[Shindig]

I'm be enjoying it from home, man. :( Don't have the time to get over to St. James' and reissue the bugger now.

[Angelsaint]

This has draw written all over. Not even funny to be honest.
This striker Leicester bought is very good or defenders not used to his style of play. To follow.

[Boydy]

I put a tenner on these Leicester dickheads.

Lee. :panda:

[Lewis]

Cheats.

[Lewis]

Mauled by the Tigers. :drool:

[Lee]

Well at least Schmeichel's distribution is still good.

[Pleb]

What a start this is :moop:

[Reg]

Not sure if it was Mahrez or Gray that the throw went to, but that kind of lack of tracking back is so annoying. He saw Snodgrass free, it's just a fifteen yard run - hardly like he's got to run from one area to another - but he expects someone else to spot the danger and do the work for him. Grr.

[Magic]

Not looking like a mug now am I.

[Lee]

Won the league mate.

[Boydy]

How the fuck did this lot win the league?

[Lewis]

That weird little Jamie Vardy lookalike has left Twitter (presumably to play in his place today). Leicester are doomed.

[Magic]

Time to wildcard and get these useless cunts out. :harold:

[Lewis]

Being the first champions ever to lose your opening game is bad enough, but doing so in a relegation six-pointer is shambolic.

[Angelsaint]

Fuck! Lost good money. Fuck you Ranieri.

[Trancemeister]

Starting elevens

Burnley Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Boyd, Jones, Marney, Arfield, Gray, Vokes

Swansea Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Amat, Kingsley, Britton, Cork, Fer, Barrow, Routledge, Llorente


Crystal Palace Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Jedinak, Puncheon, Zaha, Lee, Townsend, Wickham

West Brom Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Olsson, Evans, Gardner, Fletcher, Yacob, Phillips, Rondon, Berahino


Everton Stekelenburg, Baines, Funes Mori, Jagielka, Holgate, McCarthy, Barry, Gueye, Mirallas, Barkley, Deulofeu

Tottenham Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Wanyama, Lamela, Eriksen, Alli, Kane


Middlesbrough Valdes, Nsue, Barragan, Gibson, Friend, Clayton, De Roon, Adomah, Ramirez, Downing, Negredo

Stoke Given, Bardsley, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Pieters, Whelan, Imbula, Shaqiri, Bojan, Arnautovic, Diouf


Southampton Forster, Cedric, Yoshida, Van Dijk, Targett, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Davis, Tadic, Redmond, Long

Watford Gomes, Cathcart, Prödl, Britos, Amrabat, Capoue, Behrami, Guedioura, Holebas, Deeney, Ighalo

[Davgooner]

Alli


Not any more mate.

[Shindig]

Glad I stayed at ha'em.

[-james-]

Everton have looked handy. Harry Kane looks finished.

[Giggles]

Everton have looked handy. Harry Kane looks finished.

Didn't he start last season absolutely muck too?

[Shindig]

Relax, lads. Sunderland lost the first six under Keane before they stormed it. :uhoh:

[niko_cee]

Mr Littlewoods would be absolutely shitting himself in days gone by.

[randomlegend]

Man City with Kolarov at centre back and David Silva as one of the deeper midfielders.

Pep trolling.

[bruhnaldo]

Happy opening day fellas!

Looking forward to Januzaj coming on and scoring 17 goals since he's been held back by United and Dortmund this whole time.

[bruhnaldo]

Oh no, the commentator just made a "Peps' about to give the team their first 'PEP TALK'." joke.

He's English, too, so not America's fault for once.

[Magic]

We're fucked.

[niko_cee]

Just clocked the Lord Benitez score.

:harold:

[Lewis]

Man City with Kolarov at centre back and David Silva as one of the deeper midfielders.

Pep trolling.

Not to go all Tuesday night at Stoke, but ours is the league where that sort of thing gets found out sooner rather than later. Think Michael Carrick at centre-back, or that Christmas where Chelsea had Hilario and no proper defenders.

[Magic]

My captain is playing DM? FFS.

[Raoul Duke]

Absolutely spasticated attempt to win the ball then. Always going to be a penalty.

[phonics]

Even odder, it seems that it's Gael Clichy at center back.

[Lewis]

You can see already how replacing Joe Hart with a more comfortable passing goalkeeper is central to the entire system.

[Trancemeister]

Look at the size of Kone

[Smiffy]

.....

[Ian]

I'd be cashing out but then I'm a coward.

[Byron]

Yeah I'd be inclined to cash out as well. It's not as big a payout but that's still very good money.

[Samadini]

You'll blow the £200 on other high risk bets so there's no point in cashing out.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Would be nice if BT didn't mention Joe Hart every other fucking minute.

[John Arne]

Cash out, and put £121 on QPR at 23/10.

QPR win, you're £500 up, QPR lose or draw you're £100 up.

[Magic]

Nah just another season languishing in 16th.

We've always had one or two talisman to drag us out. When Taylor goes we're fucked.

[-james-]

2/1 is a fucking awful price for QPR tomorrow. Robbery.

[John Arne]

Yeah, I was surprised to see them so short.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's killing one bird with two stones.

Well played Rio.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Defoe :cool:

Pep :harold:

He can't even do it against Sunderland on a sunny Saturday evening in Manchester.

[Mazuuurk]

Hehehe I would just love it so much if Guardiola gets completely fucked over in the PL in games like these, because he thinks he can play like with Barca or Bayern.

Seriously Barca - Eibar is not the same as City against Hull, or whatever.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck you McNair.

[randomlegend]

He just seems to be doing things which are REVOLUTIONARY for the sake of proving his GENIUS when they are actually just retarded.

[Mazuuurk]

I hate these new graphics. Specially on FPL, but also when watching on stream as well. So fucking horrible. Burns my eyes.

[randomlegend]

Although maybe the plan all along was to bewilder the opposition centre back into scoring an own goal.

[Kikó]

McNair is bollocks though so it doesn't take much.

[Adamski]

Pep :cool:

[Adamski]

He just seems to be doing things which are REVOLUTIONARY for the sake of proving his GENIUS when they are actually just retarded.

Or, you know, creating 5v3 overloads in the midfield which in turn drags opposition wide players and defenders into the middle allowing the four forwards a lot more room in the offensive third.

[Reg]

Man City with Kolarov at centre back and David Silva as one of the deeper midfielders.

Pep trolling.
Pep selections and Pep 77% possession. Sunderland got Pepped right up.


Waffdon must have cheered the Everton selection.

[randomlegend]

Or, you know, creating 5v3 overloads in the midfield which in turn drags opposition wide players and defenders into the middle allowing the four forwards a lot more room in the offensive third.

:wanker:

[SvN]

Just clocked the Lord Benitez score.

:harold:

Glorious scenes.

[Lewis]

They aren't 'pants', Crisps, you massive midlife crisis.

[GS]

I think we can excuse him.

[Reg]

His crap puns. :D

[Yevrah]

I see Everton and Tottenham drew 1-1 again.

[Raoul Duke]

Gary :drool:

[GS]

David Moyes resorting to the tried and tested deflection strategy of citing a supposedly incorrect decision from about three minutes before the opposition score. It's almost hard to believe he's been useless since leaving Everton.

[Lewis]

David Moyes' Sunderland are a couple of top-half cast-offs and an idiot from the French league away from donning it.

[Lewis]

lol at Smallpockets sweating his bollocks off in that Floyd jumper.

[Mazuuurk]

Lew, are you watching all the games...now? :cab:

[Raoul Duke]

Match Of The Day is on

[Lewis]

It is, but I've got eight monitors on the go to stream every match like Dennis Nedry.

[John]

Another mistake leading to a goal from Stones today. He's a liability, but he does Cruyff turns in his own box so 'Pep' will adore him.

[Mazuuurk]

You know, back in the days when you were still fat, I always pictured you as basically Dennis Nedry minus the glasses.

[John]

Eric Dier looks like something out of Saved by the Bell with that new hairdo.

[Lewis]

Another mistake leading to a goal from Stones today. He's a liability, but he does Cruyff turns in his own box so 'Pep' will adore him.

I've read a lot of 'Yeah but with "Pep" coaching him...', as if either of his previous sides could defend against comparable opposition.


You know, back in the days when you were still fat, I always pictured you as basically Dennis Nedry minus the glasses.

Our 3rd Rock from the Sun cosplay could have been mega.

[Mazuuurk]

Another mistake leading to a goal from Stones today. He's a liability, but he does Cruyff turns in his own box so 'Pep' will adore him.

I reckon he will do better for Pep than he might for anyone else. He seems a lot like the sort of defender who is suited for an extremely high back line where the duties will largely be distributional anyway.

Whether that is "enough" I've no idea.

[Reg]

The SEETHE on here if Pep wins the league with John Stones Cruyffing his way to player of the season, David Silva his fellow centre back, and the full backs playing as funky inside right and lefts.

[Raoul Duke]

Try playing Clichy as centre back against some absolute unit like Andy Carroll and it'll be interesting.

[Raoul Duke]

Middlesborough being back in the league always reminds me of Ravanelli/Juninho. What a time to be alive

[John]

The SEETHE on here if Pep wins the league with John Stones Cruyffing his way to player of the season, David Silva his fellow centre back, and the full backs playing as funky inside right and lefts.

The most likely source of seethe will be if all his wanky 'Xabi Alonso as sweeper' style pointless tinkering gets them biffed by Bournemouth and a third place finish. I could see you leaving the board if that happens.


I've read a lot of 'Yeah but with "Pep" coaching him...', as if either of his previous sides could defend against comparable opposition.

Stones will be his Pique, only not as big or as good. His best chance of becoming a proper defender would be a manager who'd slap him every time he took more than three touches and hit him with a haymaker if he tried a backheel. Guardiola will take him out for dinner when he does those things, so he'll only get worse.

[Lewis]

That's Xherdan Shaqiri done for the year. Bag of shit.

[Raoul Duke]

I'm not ok with Hughes's beard

[Lewis]

Stones will be his Pique, only not as big or as good. His best chance of becoming a proper defender would be a manager who'd slap him every time he took more than three touches and hit him with a haymaker if he tried a backheel. Guardiola will take him out for dinner when he does those things, so he'll only get worse.

That sounds about right. Remember when he mysteriously turned shit for a couple of seasons when Barcelona started having to defend a bit?

[John]

One of the Football Weekly bods reckoned that de Roon bloke at Middlesbrough was going to be this season's Kante, having had the most tackles and interceptions in Serie A last year. We're in for a couple of years of interceptions being the new assist, aren't we?

[Reg]

I think I would probably cope, John. He's not my uncle or something. Plus I don't like City very much.

[niko_cee]

I always thought it was Dennis Nerdy. Mind blown.

[ScousePig]

David Moyes resorting to the tried and tested deflection strategy of citing a supposedly incorrect decision from about three minutes before the opposition score. It's almost hard to believe he's been useless since leaving Everton.

Try about 30 seconds ie the move from the goal kick led to the penalty, but yeah.

Encouraging yesterday, despite our shocking looking line up with most of our midfield out. Love played well.

[Bernanke]

60 minutes until Zlatan-time. :cool:

[randomlegend]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp0Q68OW8AAF4Qc.jpg:large

United line-up.

[Magic]

Rashford in the u21s or loaned to Norwich?

Edit: lol saw the subs.

[Giggles]

Fellaini and Rooney? Jesus, he's had a whole summer.

[randomlegend]

Well Pogba's suspended. Rooney still lingering though sadly.

[Magic]

Cook starts. :(

[Andy]

How can anyone think Fellaini is a better option than Schneiderlin?

[Giggles]

Mata is a bit of a shocker.

[Lewis]

I was going to ask who is behind 'Zlatan', but Juan Mata will probably get subbed after fifteen minutes.

[Reg]

I was going to ask who is behind 'Zlatan', but Juan Mata will probably get subbed after fifteen minutes.
I think Rooney will be behind Zlatan every game.

[randomlegend]

Ouchie.

[Ian]

How can anyone think Fellaini is a better option than Schneiderlin?

We bought Schneiderlin and then barely gave him a chance. I really don't want the same to happen again this year but I fear the worst. Fellaini(mania) as a holding midfielder. :sick: I maintain that, while not good enough, he has his uses but this isn't fucking one of them.

[randomlegend]

This has been shit so far, but on the upside Bailly is quality.

[Waffdon]

Mata, Rooney and Fellaini :sick:

[randomlegend]

That was a nice move. Rooney probably should have done better with the chance.

[elth]

I "love" that £30m these days for a club like United is what you toss away on a decent squad rotation player.

Enjoy that bench Mkhitaryan.

[Magic]

How is Cook doing?

[randomlegend]

I "love" that £30m these days for a club like United is what you toss away on a decent squad rotation player.

Enjoy that bench Mkhitaryan.

He SURELY isn't going to bench warm for long. Wonder if Mourinho doesn't quite think he's match-fit or something.

[Ian]

Whatever it was he was trying to do first hit there was seriously lol but I'll take the luck.

[randomlegend]

Can we employ the van to abduct Rooney, so we can have Mata in the middle and Mkhitaryan on the right?

[Lewis]

I was lolling at Mata chasing that down trying to prove a point, with his little legs getting him nowhere. Goal of the Season candidate for me.

[elth]

He SURELY isn't going to bench warm for long. Wonder if Mourinho doesn't quite think he's match-fit or something.

Yeah, the minor Cups start soon so he'll get a run.

Seriously though, he's probably not a permanent benchwarmer like, say, Depay is, but he's clearly not an Ibrahimovic "first name on the team sheet" player either. He's just a guy. He's the equivalent of £10m on Diego Forlan in 01/02 or whatever.

[John]

Mkhitaryan is better than that. He'll be a proper first team starter before long. I reckon RL is right and he's got a niggle or just isn't quite up to speed.

[Lewis]

'Tony V' looking like peak Cafu was the highlight of that bollocks half. What a trooper.

[Ian]

Nice dive, you fat cheat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rooney back to his best!

Edit: That was clearly a premonition and not lolling at him for missing that earlier chance.

[Waffdon]

Mata, Rooney and Fellaini :sick:

Just the latter now!

[Ian]

Well in, you fat cheat.

[Lewis]

Eric Bailly is a beast. He makes Paulp Ogba look like fucking Urkel.

[randomlegend]

Rooney :cool:

[randomlegend]

Eric Bailly is a beast. He makes Paulp Ogba look like fucking Urkel.

He's fast becoming my favourite player.

[Lewis]

He's fast becoming my favourite player.

He looks quite composed as well. I thought he was meant to be a bit of a mess on that front.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Zlatan :cool:

[Waffdon]

This Man Utd team is likable as fuck once the Armenian and Abgop Laup come in.

[Ian]

He looks quite composed as well. I thought he was meant to be a bit of a mess on that front.

He's gone steaming into the back of somebody a few times in the games so far so at some point he's going to get three red cards in one game for dragging his studs down somebody's colon but other than that I've really liked the look of him.

[Lewis]

Shit 'keeper. His head's in Madrid.

[Trancemeister]

Arsenal Cech; Bellerin, Holding, Chambers, Monreal; Elneny, Coquelin; Walcott, Ramsey, Iwobi; Sanchez

Liverpool Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Klavan, Moreno, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Lallana, Coutinho, Mane, Firmino

[Gray Fox]

So we're out for blood then? I like this.

[Waffdon]

That Arsenal team is so shit. Liverpool playing five "10s" :D

[Giggles]

Jesus that's a ropey looking Arsenal team.

[Magic]

If Mane doesn't score a million goals this could be my worst FF week ever.

[Gray Fox]

He's my captain so I need about 5 from him.

EDIT: Where's Xhaka?

[GS]

What the fuck is that front six about, exactly?

[Ian]

The piss and wind in there.

[Foe]

Arsenal spunk 30 million on xhaka, play a formation with 2 'deep' central midfielders and he still doesn't make the first 11?

:mad:

Yet the position of need,
CB, is sorted with "not good enough last year" chambers and a CB who conceded a billion goals at Bolton in the championship last year.

Frustrating.

[Yevrah]

At this stage, Wenger's just a massive twat.

[Foe]

Thankfully, Liverpool have Moreno at LB so there's still hope.

Walcott on pens. Fantastic.

[Boydy]

Why is that FUCKING TWAT still starting? There was a whole summer to find a new left back.

[Boydy]

What a save.

[phonics]

Theo Walcott.

[Raoul Duke]

Walcott :henn0rz:

[Reg]

His meany rivals can spend 85m on one player, the market has gone crazy, and he's stuck with only a couple of Champions League wingers and a couple of World Cup winners. He's the only one upholding decent traditional ideals. It's just not fair!

That's a nice goal though.

[mugbull]

NBC, the giver of gifts and football, don't have a working stream. Great stuff

[John Arne]

Jon Flanagan can't be any worse than Moreno.

[Gray Fox]

Please if there is a god, sub Moreno off now.

[phonics]

Theo. Walcott.

[Yevrah]

Moreno would do well to at least try and mark Walcott.

[Lewis]

This is the perfect game for Arsenal to win, because then they can say 'squad depth, mate' and not bother signing the players they need.

[five time]

Moreno was miles out of position for the goal as well.

Milner being the best left back in the squad by a long way :lol:

[Reg]

What happened to that Joe Gomez guy who filled in there? He looked really good.

[John Arne]

Returning from a long term injury, and recently picked up a little knock. He'll be back soon.

[Gray Fox]

8th place is going to be tough to repeat on this viewing.

[Samadini]

QPR few minutes away from victory and Liverpool look shite.

You alright Smiff?

[Smiffy]

.....

[Boydy]

Moreno added stupid hair as well to make me hate him even more.

[Trancemeister]

Holy fuck that freekick

[John Arne]

Fucking beauty.

[Boydy]

:drool:

[niko_cee]

Can we pay that guy who made the TTH video a bit more and get him to kill Moreno?

[Gray Fox]

Can and Arnold on for Wijnaldum and Moreno. Then please take Moreno out back and shoot him.

[Mike]

That free kick was something extra special.
We're in trouble if we don't make a change and get Moreno off.
Mane winner though, right?

[Smiffy]

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[Smiffy]

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[Waffdon]

The fuck is this commentary all about?

[Foe]

Same old Arsenal. :(

[Waffdon]

That was amazing. Some cross.

[Max Power]

Liverpool have played some lovely stuff this half.

Might as well brace yourself now for them winning the league

[Ian]

The state of this rabble.

[bruhnaldo]

Klopp is such a fucking cunt.

ESKIMO KISSES BRO

[Lewis]

Not to get too excited about Liverpool, since Arsenal are shit, but lol at Daniel Sturridge.

[Waffdon]

Haha, Liverpool should piss this by about five now. They'll do this a fair bit this season, Liverpool, but they'll have about half a dozen games where they lose 0-1 or draw 1-1.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Gray Fox]

Is it too early to say it?

[Waffdon]

Going gets tough and the injuries flow.

[Davgooner]

Fucking laughable.

[bruhnaldo]

Aaron "Better than Pogba" Ramsey injured? Fuck off, if true?

[Smiffy]

.....

[Giggles]

Is it too early to say it?

Please do. It's so much better when you lot actually believe it.

[bruhnaldo]

Is it too early to say it?

Might as well get it out of the way now..

[Dark Soldier]

Its a fucking riot. Fair fucks to the scouse.

[Waffdon]

SCENESsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[Gray Fox]

Wenger out? :rosebud:

I actually mean this as opposed to the other thing.

[John]

Fucking hell Mane. Arsenal look abysmal. Chambers has taken a roasting off Mane and Firmino.

[bruhnaldo]

Alex "THE OX" Ox

[phonics]

This is a fucking terrible game. Can someone be competent for 30 seconds?

[bruhnaldo]

Need an Arsenal 3rd to make things unbearably intriguing.

[Lewis]

Now you bring your thirty million defensive midfielder on.

[Waffdon]

Great advert as to why both these teams don't have a chance at the League.

[Smiffy]

.....

[niko_cee]

The top bullet point on the BBC live text summary.

:D

This is still eminently fuckupable.

[bruhnaldo]

Well then.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Waffdon]

Southampton </3

[Ian]

Seven goals and I'm still bored. I might just be dead inside.

[Waffdon]

That Ibrahimovic song is a belter. Man Utd fans are the GOATS.

[bruhnaldo]

Klopp's lost his glasses because of all the PASSION.

[phonics]

Just me or was that the dullest 4-3 ever?

[Gray Fox]

I thought it was good. On the rare occasions we got the ball down and went at Arsenal we looked pretty damn good. Klavan looked decent but we need a new left back pronto. The last 10 minutes all fizzled out though.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Lewis]

Proper State of the Board discussion on Sky, as if Arsenal have just shat out of a World Cup. They've had this stadium for ten years, yeah; but have they acted like Barcelona? Insight.

[Manc]

Running riot. :drool:

[Boydy]

That really wasn't running riot. It was for a bit then they got lazy again.

[Lewis]

Thierry Henry questions whether Arsenal are still the first choice club for 'big players' coming to England. When were they?

[SincereTheRebel]

Wenger thinks this is football manager. Just buying young defenders from leagues below and putting them straight into your first eleven.

[Lewis]

lol at Corporate Jose praising the physios there.

[GS]

That should work well. We won and played some great football going forward, but it also highlights the painfully evident need for a new left back and some defensive stability.

Arsenal were shit, mind you.

[niko_cee]

May as well just go and buy Bertrand and Fonte.

[Jeet]

Arsenal have only won 1 of their last 7 opening days fixtures. Prepared!

First 2 games of the seasons are CL spot rival and the champions, this is not the time to be resting players you fucking twat Wenger.

Cannot wait until he leaves, knowing Arsenal he'll be made Director of Football and be in charge of transfers.....

[Spoonsky]

That was awesome.

[Kikó]

Zlatan Ibrahmiovic he's our Swedish hero :cool:
http://i.imgur.com/UrOMrxZ.jpg

Bournemouth's ground is class. Love the smaller stadiums. On the pitch, decent and Fellaini isn't stinking it out - Rooney continues to do so. Ibra is class.

[Waffdon]

Arsenal Fan TV is amazing.

[Yevrah]

Arsenal Fan TV is amazing.

Has there finally been a mass acceptance that their manager is stealing a living?

[bruhnaldo]

Has there finally been a mass acceptance that their manager is stealing a living?

the man in the video i'm watching literally just said "let's look at your wages" or something lmao

[Danny]

From almost being the hero to 'ah bollocks'

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[Lewis]

'Fella. Talk about net spend. Don't talk about spend. Talk about net spend.'

[Jeet]

the man in the video i'm watching literally just said "let's look at your wages" or something lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvnAZM9c6k

Has a point, first game of the season and no CB and no forward. Moans about inflated transfer fees whilst we are charging £1000+ for season tickets

[Yevrah]

The stadium's all but paid off (no?) and you're literally shitting money - the stubborn fuck wants putting down.

[Kikó]

Arsenal TV is worse than anything Weng has done.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why don't these people just cheer the fuck up. If they'd drawn 0-0 today the same people would be whingeing about the lack of a cutting edge.

[Sam]

Probably be down to them getting thumped today was all rather predictable.

[Magic]

I fucking hate football. Bring back the Euros.

[Davgooner]

This coming days after one of the full-kit-wankers said we were on for the quadruple.

Also, you can add a keeper to the list of things we need. Cech continues to be shite.

[Raoul Duke]

Is Wilshere still not fit to start?

[Davgooner]

Fresh injury mate keep up. Should be back SOON.

Worth noting that Santi 'he's a month away from full fitness' Cazorla was deemed OK to bring on though.

[Manc]

Wijnaldum impressed on reflection. That Spanish twat needs to fuck off asap.

[GS]

They definitely need a new left back, because there's no way you can be going into the season with James Milner as first choice left back and that abomination as the reserve.

It makes you wonder why we sent Flanagan on loan. They nearly won the league with him at left back, for fuck sake - and he can't be any worse.

[SincereTheRebel]

Question

Why didnt oxlade start? He has been playing well pre reason from what ive saw and read. Him and cazorla having no summer tournument but starting on the bench confused me.

[niko_cee]

Also, you can add a keeper to the list of things we need. Cech continues to be shite.

How about Head and Shoulders?



It makes you wonder why we sent Flanagan on loan. They nearly won the league with him at left back, for fuck sake - and he can't be any worse.

It is an odd one. Even if you thought Gomez was going to be first choice, Flanagan's a great back-up since he can cover both sides reasonably well.

[Spoonsky]

Was it under Rodgers that he was sent on loan? His moves look worse and worse in retrospect.

[niko_cee]

No, Rodgers played him (possibly force of circumstance), then he died for about 15 months and by the time he was back Brendan was gone. Maybe that long lay-off has wrecked him. He's only played a few times since. Did he play for Burnley at the weekend?

[Luke Emia]

No, Rodgers played him (possibly force of circumstance), then he died for about 15 months and by the time he was back Brendan was gone. Maybe that long lay-off has wrecked him. He's only played a few times since. Did he play for Burnley at the weekend?

He didn't play no not fit enough. I think the injury has finished him. Another Martin Kelly.

[Baz]

When Liverpool nearly won the league, Flanno was often right back with Glen Johnson on the left.

[Davgooner]

Arseblog's worth a read this morning. This is a laugh:

Post-City:


We could see that we have played together for a while now, so there’s a good fluidity and understanding in our game … physically we look ready.

Post-Liverpool:


Physically we are not ready … we are not capable of maintaining the level, because not all the players have the same level of preparation.

Mate.

[Magic]

Got that Arsenal coffin on order mate? :harold: