Weekend Football (August 25-27)

[bruhnaldo]

All Fixtures 15:00 GMT unless noted

Premier League

Saturday

AFC Bournemouth v Manchester City 12:30 (Sky)
Crystal Palace v Swansea City
Huddersfield Town v Southampton
Newcastle United v West Ham
Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion
Manchester United v Leicester City 17:30

Sunday

Chelsea v Everton 13:30
West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City 13:30 (Sky)
Liverpool v Arsenal 16:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley 16:00

TV Fixtures

Friday

Real Sociedad v Villarreal (19:15 Sky Mix, Red Button)
Bristol City v Aston Villa (19:45 Sky Football, Main Event)
Real Betis v Celta Vigo (21:00 Sky Red Button)

Saturday

New York Red Bulls v NYC FC (Midnight, Sky)
Alaves v Barcelona (17:15, Sky Mix, Sky Red Button)
Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (17:30, Sky)
Girona v Malaga (19:15, Sky Red Button, 19:45 Sky Football HD)
Levante v Deportivo La Coruna (19:15, Sky Red Button)
Las Palmas v Atletico Madrid (21:15 Sky Football HD)

Sunday

Orlando City v Vancouver Whitecaps (00:30, Sky Football)
Feyenord v Willem II (11:30 Sky Red Button)
Dundee v Hibernian (12:30, Sky Football)
VVV-Venlo v Ajax (13:30 Sky Red Button)
PSV Eindhoven v Roda JC Kerk (15:35 Sky Red Button, Sky Sports Mix )
Eibar v Athletic Bilbao (17:10 Sky Football HD)
Espanyol v Leganes (17:15 Sky Red Button)
Getafe v Sevilla (19:10 Sky)
Real Madrid v Valencia (21:10 Sky Football)
Montreal v Toronto FC (Sky Mix 21:30)


http://www.skysports.com/watch/football-on-sky

[bruhnaldo]

Idk what the fuck the difference is between Sky red button/mix/football so I just noted them all cause I'm sure it means something

[Reg]

http://www.live-footballontv.com for the UK channels, Bruh. Some games (Man Utd, Roma etc) are on BT.

Sky Sports mix and football are channels, and red button is a digital service that basically works as a channel.

[Max Power]

I predict that John Terry will retire before the end of the season. Looking shit and frustrated for Villa.

[John]

Just seen this from yesterday. I thought Mandanda was the one black goalkeeper who wasn't fully off his nut, but apparently I just hadn't seen enough of him.

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[Danny]

Apperently the ball was dead

[Giggles]

You'd know by the camera.

[Toppedogge]

I haven't been able to watch much of the footie so far this season and I don't even care. I actually forgot my own team was playing the other day. Is this the end?

[Giggles]

It's still interesting enough but if it did disappear tomorrow then I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

[Toppedogge]

Who do you follow? I'm a Liverpool fan but it's all very boring. I like watching us as we are good at times but you know what's going to follow. It's like groundhog Day.

The big transfer fees started me off. It's probably been talked about on here lots already but it's too much. I'd snap Barcelona's hands off for the Coutinho money. It's ridiculous.

[Lewis]

Some finish that. The sort of thing you rage-quit Football Manager over.

[Dark Soldier]

Absolute stonker

[Pleb]

Dat cross :drool:

[Trancemeister]

Holy fuck what a goal that was.

Shame he´s on the bench in the fantasy. Would otherwise be the 3rd straight week I've a goalscoring defender.

[igor_balis]

good game, this

[igor_balis]

fantasy football is shit

[SvN]

That's better than Cisse's a few years ago I reckon.

[Giggles]

Of the 5 games that are on, Sky pick West Ham and Newcastle. Coma written all over that one.

[niko_cee]

Bonjamin Mendy is a pronunciation I can't be getting on board with.

[John]

Of the 5 games that are on, Sky pick West Ham and Newcastle. Coma written all over that one.

Palace v Swansea, Watford v Brighton and Huddersfield v Southampton are no more likely to be wall to wall excitement.

[Lewis]

That Bournemouth tosser blew that up the other end.

[Giggles]

Palace v Swansea, Watford v Brighton and Huddersfield v Southampton are no more likely to be wall to wall excitement.

At least one of the promoted teams would be of a little interest rather than those two nothing cunts playing each other. They're just two more Aston Villas.

[niko_cee]

Promoted sides you say?

[igor_balis]

i don't like sterling but he's done fuck all wrong there

[SvN]

Indeed. He didn't run into the crowd, they came onto the pitch and mobbed him.

[Giggles]

Promoted sides you say?

Well yeah I know, but they don't count. We've see their shit too many times before.

[Gray Fox]

Was that just a game of we keep playing until City score?

[John Arne]

I haven't seen a replay, but the last foul before City scored look nowhere near a foul.

[igor_balis]

it just felt like a poor referring performance all-round, especially the last half hour or so. can't remember many specifics but there was a few times I thought "hm, not sure about that"

[randomlegend]

Mike Dean is an utterly contemptible human being with one of the most punchable faces I've ever seen.

[igor_balis]

that's pretty much what i was getting at

[niko_cee]

Not hoping for much from Brighton today. Best case scenario is that Ryan avoids chucking one in and they somehow burgle something from a set piece.

[Reg]

I think we'll score and draw.

[Weaver]

That red card from Britos, man. I like how he had the nerve to complain about it.

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[GS]

If you're going to do a tackle like that, why waste it on somebody as shit as Knockaert?

[Giggles]

:D to even question the red he must have a neck like a jockeys bollocks.

[Samadini]

Merino is so much a better footballer than Colback :drool:

[niko_cee]

Getting rumped at home by Huddersfield and Swansea does't bode well for the men of South London.

[Reg]

Big opportunity this. But Dunk just took an indirect free-kick in the box so who knows what's going on.

Sent you a pm, Niko.

[Giggles]

Getting rumped at home by Huddersfield and Swansea does't bode well for the men of South London.

I do always be delighted to see it, and then I remember Allardyce is gone.

[Lewis]

I had Brighton sacking their manager first thinking that they would be bottom going into December and shit themselves. Did anyone have West Ham?

[Reg]

It'll take a whole load of mess for Bloom to sack Hughton. I don't think bottom at Christmas will cut it.

[Lewis]

There is too much money at stake these days to stand against the immediacy of modern life. If you're bottom at Christmas the club has to act.

[Shindig]

We have lift off.

[Lewis]

Anthony Martial STARTS. Watch him be CRAP.

[randomlegend]

Didn't someone on here say they had money on Huddersfield to win their first three games?

Bit of a bugger.

[Shindig]

Anthony Martial STARTS. Watch him be CRAP.

Martial's Law.

[Samadini]

West Ham are fucking awful.

Merino is way too good for Newcastle, he actually knows what he's doing in the middle.

[mo]

Fucking bummed 3-0 at home by Crawley. A new low.

[niko_cee]

Owen Hargreaves seems unduly heavily invested in Ousmane Dembele (best 20 year old in the world don'tcha know). Let's hope he doesn't go the way of the last best teenager in Europe, or whatever the title was.

Juve up to some of their usual early season trolling by the looks of things.

[Reg]

Leicester already look much better defensively than West Ham and Swansea.

[Lewis]

The other two never thought to field eight defenders.

[bruhnaldo]

For fuck sake.

[Boydy]

Fucking bummed 3-0 at home by Crawley. A new low.

Who Harry Kewell is managing, I heard earlier. That's an odd one.

[Reg]

Blind might as well not exist when United have the ball, nobody uses him.

[Lewis]

If this doesn't end up 0-0 or 1-1 then United have already won the league, and if Antonio Valencia somehow sets something up then they will win the treble.

[Offshore Toon]

West Ham are fucking awful.

Merino is way too good for Newcastle, he actually knows what he's doing in the middle.
Our confidence grew so much over the course of the game. Perez especially, who was shit initially but that ball through to Mitrovic was :drool:. We all knew Gayle probably wouldn't cut it, so let's leave him on the bench to run at tired legs in the 88th minute.

[Lewis]

This is getting missed.

[Lewis]

Shit penalty.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He shouldn't be taking them.

[Shindig]

I think Merino has an option-to-buy clause if he plays a certain amount of games for us.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Schmeichel should have had that.

Still, Rashford though :cool:

[Lewis]

Was that rubbish goalkeeping or a good finish?

[Disco]

More like bad defending.

[Lewis]

Nothing they could do about that though. :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lol.

Offside and off his knee.

[Lewis]

It actually looks as though he was trying to avoid it so that Lukaku could get it.

[Giggles]

God I hope they win the league :drool:

[Offshore Toon]

I think Merino has an option-to-buy clause if he plays a certain amount of games for us.
That's what was reported by some, yeah.

[Shindig]

All part of the Mourinho CYCLE.

[Giggles]

:D

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[Reg]

Lovely goal from Roma. Lively start to this, would recommend.

[Magic]

Fucking DESTROYED Forest. :drool:

[Magic]

Lovely goal from Roma. Lively start to this, would recommend.

They've hit the post 3 times and look way more likely.

1-1.

:harold:

[Magic]

Haha now winning. :D

[Reg]

Roma lack a midfielder who can slow the game down. They lose control of games.

[Magic]

Harsh. Inter have been great since that goal totally against the run of play.

[Magic]

See? They've donned it. Joao Mario. :drool:

[Reg]

Yeah no slight on Inter, it's just a recurring theme.

Inter look totally different to their boring selves of past years.

[Magic]

Isn't Serie A brilliant though?

[Magic]

Lol at Alison and Miranda being players.

[Reg]

Yessir. Really underrated. All the stereotypes of it are outdated.

[Waffdon]

Thought the Everton game was on tv. Ffs. Reckon there will be goals here. Both midfields have one defensive minded player. 3-3.

No idea why Bakayoko is dropped

[Jimmy Floyd]

Because he's not even slightly fit.

[Disco]

Thought the Everton game was on tv. Ffs. Reckon there will be goals here. Both midfields have one defensive minded player. 3-3.

No idea why Bakayoko is dropped

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/comments/6wbpfz/1230_gmt_chelsea_vs_everton/

[Waffdon]

Aye, that's the go-to site but it's still shite compared to on the TV. Mane, Sarah and Robertson are running riot later.

[Pen]

Sarah a friend of Miranda and Alison?

[Boydy]

Anyone still using Sportsmania? It seems pretty fucked these days.

[SvN]

I am, and yeah it's gone to shit. My subscription expires in October and I won't be renewing.

[Boydy]

Is there anywhere decent these days?

[SvN]

If there is I'd love to know. Sportsmania just got too big for them to handle, and their streams are now blocked by ISPs and you need a VPN. Not a problem for me because I use one anyway - but even when you can view them, they're so oversubscribed that they're constantly buffering and freezing. It's just not worth the hassle - I usually end up finding a free stream instead thesedays.

[Giggles]

Sportsmania works grand for me, but it may be an ISP thing. That said, I'm paying for NFL Gamepass now and I don't really care if I get much soccer coverage so I might not renew either. We still get free to air European stuff on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, plus half the League of Ireland live games are on free to air too.

[niko_cee]

The Karius rumours were true then.

What the fuck is that all about? I'm strangely sanguine about this game, which doesn't seem right.

[Waffdon]

Is Robertson injured or is getting man of the match last week not counting for anything?

[phonics]

And we've dropped our 50 million pound striker to the bench...

[Jimmy Floyd]

Waffelz team selection fury is a much underrated genre of TTH post.

[GS]

Karius has barely got through a game without making a howler. This'll end up 2-2 after he drops the ball into the net for one of them.

[Boydy]

Karius and Moreno on the pitch? Only conceding two is optimistic.

[niko_cee]

Ming definitely needs a rest before the upcoming ardour of having to sit on the bench for Belgium.

When was the last time Liverpool made a change in goal and the incoming one didn't immediately make a horrendous error?

[Boydy]

If there is I'd love to know. Sportsmania just got too big for them to handle, and their streams are now blocked by ISPs and you need a VPN. Not a problem for me because I use one anyway - but even when you can view them, they're so oversubscribed that they're constantly buffering and freezing. It's just not worth the hassle - I usually end up finding a free stream instead thesedays.

I've been thinking of getting a VPN. What's a good one or what should I look for in one?

[Mike]

I use sportsmania for games not on sky, I think you just have to watch it through Kodi using match day selection 2.

I watched the boxing on it fine last night.

[SincereTheRebel]

Is there anywhere decent these days?

Mine died yesterday.

In using sportsacesss now and its great so far. I use a vpn with express vpn. Works good. You can get a trial with most vpns. Just ask them. If used
Ipvanish
Nord vpn
Express vpn
Hide my ass

You can get trials with them all. You can bounce Free trials between them all that will last about a month

[GS]

Gomez, Lovren and Moreno comprising three of the back four with Karius in nets.

Pile onto overs in this game. There's only so much Matip can do with the rest of that back five.

[phonics]

3-1 Liverpool

[Giggles]

Liverpool would win with Karius playing well, missing piece, next big thing, title challenge, etc etc, before he lets in one through his legs next day out.

[Mazuuurk]

I don't get why Arsenal play Bellerin on the left and Oxlade on the right, when the latter seems fairly two-sided while the former is the most right-footed guy in history.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arsenal could be torn to shreds here. Could lose seven, eight and nine.

[John Arne]

Gomez has started really well.

Why isn't Mustafi playing?

[phonics]

I don't get why Arsenal play Bellerin on the left and Oxlade on the right, when the latter seems fairly two-sided while the former is the most right-footed guy in history.

He's bad on his left. Just cuts inside.

[Mazuuurk]

He's bad on his left. Just cuts inside.

Yeah but at least he can do that, right? What can Bellerin do?

[Foe]

Run quickly.

This Arsenal team is all over the place. When is santi back?

[phonics]

Yeah but at least he can do that, right? What can Bellerin do?

Cross with his left.

[Lofty]

I don't get why Arsenal play Bellerin on the left and Oxlade on the right, when the latter seems fairly two-sided while the former is the most right-footed guy in history.

Arsene Wenger is senile, that's why. Same reason he dropped Lacazette, same reason he put Walcott on against Stoke last week 'to put crosses in for Giroud'. He's off his fucking meds.

[phonics]

3-1 Liverpool

Might have overrated Arsenals chances here.

[Gray Fox]

#WengerOut

Fam blood fam.

[John Arne]

Seriously, why aren't Kolasinic or Mustafi playing? Is Wenger trying to prove a point?

[Waffdon]

Liverpool need to sell Coutino and run. Far better suited like this.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Ramsey/Oxlade-Chamberlain side of the pitch has been absolute drivel. Both need the hook immediately.

[Weaver]

Great finish - this Arsenal lot look like they haven't got a clue what they're doing. Mané x Salah x Firmino :drool:

Meanwhile, in Scotland:
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[Baz]

Glad to have Karius bacck. Funny we'll get a clean sheet, but only cos Arsenal are turd. Mignolet must be fuming.

[Browning]

How many games does Ozil have to be shite before people stop pretending he's still a top player who is just on bad form? I don't remember the last time he was good.

[Gray Fox]

Sanchez doesn't look like he wants to be there to me, though that might just be how he looks all the time.

I don't get playing Ozil in these games. I also don't get playing a good right back, at left back, so you can play the left back at centre back, while moving an actual centre back to the bench and then playing an attacking midfielder at right back.

[-james-]

Mané is one of the best in the world.

[John]

Souness seemed genuinely angered by Arsenal's defending during his little segment there. I reckon if Monreal somehow appeared in the studio in front of him there he wouldn't have hesitated for one second before putting him in a headlock.

[Foe]

Sanchez doesn't look like he wants to be there to me, though that might just be how he looks all the time.

I don't get playing Ozil in these games. I also don't get playing a good right back, at left back, so you can play the left back at centre back, while moving an actual centre back to the bench and then playing an attacking midfielder at right back.

It's the sort of thing you'd do in FM as an 8 year old after adding a new manager as your next opposition to try and breeze to victory.

[Mike]

Cracker of a first half, hope it carries on.

[SvN]

I've been thinking of getting a VPN. What's a good one or what should I look for in one?

I've been using Private Internet Access (http://www.privateinternetaccess.com) for about 3 years now. It had a period a few months ago where it was playing up (apparently due to an unprecedented amount of growth) but it's been spot on otherwise.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Oh my word. That's like a Fifa 98 goal.

[phonics]

Unlik Arsenal to concede off their own corner.

[Boydy]

Fucking loving Salah so far.

[Boydy]

I've been using Private Internet Access (http://www.privateinternetaccess.com) for about 3 years now. It had a period a few months ago where it was playing up (apparently due to an unprecedented amount of growth) but it's been spot on otherwise.
I googled around earlier for reviews and that and saw it recommended so I signed up for it. Reassuring to hear.

[Boydy]

Is Katius trying to fuck up?

[John Arne]

Arsenal :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Absolute narrative frenzy in this game. Sanchez sulking like a twat, Wenger frowning, and Karius 'dilly-dallying'.

[Luke Emia]

I've seen this Holding a few times now and he is absolute gash.

[John Arne]

Does Karius understand the rules?? He needs to get off somewhere on loan and just be guaranteed week in, week out football. Crewe, perhaps.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gomez has started really well.

Why isn't Mustafi playing?

He's being sold to Inter.

Shoring up the defence by selling all CBs :drool:

[Luke Emia]

Arsenal. lol.

[Boydy]

That was beautiful.

[John Arne]

I thought if you got injured, and the oppo was booked, you didn't need to leave the pitch anymore??

[Dark Soldier]

Hark at this fanny:

https://i.gyazo.com/4ffccd9fef9f9cf92780ffe8c72bb00e.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lol.

[Gray Fox]

That's a proper fisting. Could well have been 6-0.

Alexis and the Ox probably off. Looks like a fair few others looked unhappy too.

EDIT: Did I hear the away fans chanting Wenger out?

[Jimmy Floyd]

'I'm now going to start supporting City'.

We're going to end up with Oxlade, aren't we. Wonderful.

[Byron]

Best thing is there's a bloke at work who's surname is Newman and has been supporting Arsenal for about 50 odd years. Might print that out and put it on his desk Tuesday.

[Giggles]

Spurs are going to go into their new ground after a season finishing 14th because of Wembley and fuck all players left.

[SincereTheRebel]

All this blame on wembley is embarassing and a lame excuse.

Let me move into a new house and start fucking up the cooking and i start blaming the pots, pans and other kitchen utensils.

[Offshore Toon]

Maybe it's more similar to moving into a new house and struggling to sleep.

[Lewis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOT0Tqpbag

'Catalyst for change? Catalyst for bullshit!'

[randomlegend]

If Liverpool can improve their defence in the next couple of transfer windows they are going to be a genuinely scary side. They looked wonderful going forwards today (admittedly Arsenal were garbo, but Liverpool look just as good in most of their games).

[GS]

They'd be half way there if they could sort out defending set pieces.

I'm not sure how much you can objectively take from that game. It's probably one of the worst performances you're ever going to see from a 'big' club. You could have put eleven of us on the pitch and we'd have struggled to do worse.

[Lewis]

I don't think you can play like Liverpool and also be defensively solid unless you simply have really, really good defenders who can cover everything on their own initiative and don't make mistakes. The more successful Alex Ferguson sides had those, which allowed them to play with relatively little concern for defensive solidity, and I suppose Dortmund were the same five years ago; but I can't think of any 'unstructured' attacking sides that managed it. Everyone else either counter-attacks or bores people to death.

[randomlegend]

They'd be half way there if they could sort out defending set pieces.

I'm not sure how much you can objectively take from that game. It's probably one of the worst performances you're ever going to see from a 'big' club. You could have put eleven of us on the pitch and we'd have struggled to do worse.

If it was the only time Liverpool had looked that good going forward I'd agree with you, but it's not. They have been pretty consistent in that regard.

I don't think the quality of their defence/keeper is good enough to be a TOP TOP TOP team - and the style is all a bit last-ditch like I said the other night - but if they can improve the personnel and calm it down a bit without compromising the offensive side too much I think they'll be a real contender.

I think we'll win the league this season though. Fingers crossed.

[GS]

They'll always concede goals in open play given the way they play, but there's no excuse for chucking the number of goals from set pieces that they do.

[randomlegend]

I don't think you can play like Liverpool and also be defensively solid unless you simply have really, really good defenders who can cover everything on their own initiative and don't make mistakes. The more successful Alex Ferguson sides had those, which allowed them to play with relatively little concern for defensive solidity, and I suppose Dortmund were the same five years ago; but I can't think of any 'unstructured' attacking sides that managed it. Everyone else either counter-attacks or bores people to death.

Lucky we got Eric Bailly. Otherwise they could have bought him and just played him as a back 1 and won everything going.

[Lewis]

That's true.

[randomlegend]

They'll always concede goals in open play given the way they play, but there's no excuse for chucking the number of goals from set pieces that they do.

I agree to an extent, but better players and a slightly less wild approach closing down when you're the last man would definitely make them more solid without neutering the attack too much. You're obviously never going to go a whole season conceding 12 goals playing that style, but if you concede 2 instead of 3 against Watford for example it makes all the difference.

[Mazuuurk]

The thing with Liverpool is the way they play means they are great when allowed space to counter and run on, which typically Arsenal gives plenty of. So they beat sides like Arsenal and City, but fuck up against Burnley and Bournemouth etc. Arsenal (and City) are a bit the opposite in that they can sort of grind defences down when they have some tail wind, so they will beat Bournemouth but get shafted against the big teams (generally). Current crisis-mode aside, I suppose.

Chelsea, Spurs and Man Utd have some healthy mixture of these things, it feels like. Perhaps because they are less tactically one-sided. Liverpool and Arsenal both seem to have one gameplan and one gameplan alone.


Anyway with regards to Lewis clip up there - I'd fucking love it if Arsenal went on to win the league just to see someone show that guy that clip at the end :D


(Now, Arsene does seem pretty fucking bonkers, so it won't happen, but still)

[randomlegend]

The thing with Liverpool is the way they play means they are great when allowed space to counter and run on, which typically Arsenal gives plenty of. So they beat sides like Arsenal and City, but fuck up against Burnley and Bournemouth etc.

This is probably true, yeah.

[GS]

I agree to an extent, but better players and a slightly less wild approach closing down when you're the last man would definitely make them more solid without neutering the attack too much. You're obviously never going to go a whole season conceding 12 goals playing that style, but if you concede 2 instead of 3 against Watford for example it makes all the difference.

They'd have conceded two against Watford if they'd been able to defend set pieces.

The personnel can only do so much, really. I mean, you'd see a demonstrable difference if you replaced Lovren with Franco Baresi at his peak. But I struggle to see who who can be realistically signed to improve the side markedly. Virgil van Dijk is apparently the only player they'd consider buying, even if the fee is the same as the GDP of a small country, but is he really going to be the difference? I can't see it.

[randomlegend]

Or the "there's only one Eric Bailly" conundrum, to give it it's official title.

[GS]

On a separate point, they need to be giving Emre Can whatever he wants to stay. He's basically two players. Henderson looks like a child in comparison.

[Boydy]

Can's been fantastic so far this season.

I agree with Maz's interpretaion of Liverpool though. Arsenal are a team they'll play well against because they come at them. They struggle against teams that sit back and defend.

[Mazuuurk]

On another note, there's something real special going on with this Marco Asensio.

Real would be insane to let him go, if those rumours are true.
He'd also probably be insane to leave.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I thought the same when I saw they'd subbed Coquelin on and it was billed as a defensive move.

More defenders isn't really a defensive move against Liverpool. If you pitch up, try to go toe-to-toe and give them space, you'd best be fucking good. Arsenal seem to have this as their gameplan in recent seasons and they just get fisted. If you go with the Jose 8 and hope to get a chance off defensive fuckwittery it's actually a more sensible, attacking strategy.

Coutinho not getting in the side after the window slams shut. :drool:

[randomlegend]

Yeah Asensio looks a bit fucking special.

[GS]

You could guarantee that the day after selling Coutinho you'd see Mane would break his leg in eight places and never play again.

[Foe]

Yeah, I thought the same when I saw they'd subbed Coquelin on and it was billed as a defensive move.

More defenders isn't really a defensive move against Liverpool. If you pitch up, try to go toe-to-toe and give them space, you'd best be fucking good. Arsenal seem to have this as their gameplan in recent seasons and they just get fisted. If you go with the Jose 8 and hope to get a chance off defensive fuckwittery it's actually a more sensible, attacking strategy.

Coutinho not getting in the side after the window slams shut. :drool:

They put Coquelin on and then seemingly had him play AMC with Xhaka dicking about with the ball and playing hop scotch with the CBs.

[Mazuuurk]

Xhaka is also the biggest waste of space I've seen since, well, Ozil.

[Foe]

Arsenal's transfer policy hasn't been particularly successful.

'Good technically' doesn't really work when you apply it to every position and ignore the other important positional attributes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The midfield three of Xhaka, Ramsey and Ozil should all be sold and sold tonight. Just get academy boys in there, they'll try. When Coquelin came on at least he tried to protect his own team.

[GS]

One can see why Real Madrid were quite happy to let Ozil leave.

[Foe]

Matthieu Flamini is probably available.

[Boydy]

Was wondering why you were all talking about Ozil there and had to go check to see if he was playing today.

Fucking hell.

[Magic]

2 year contract for Wengy was it? :drool:

[John]

Asensio looking bonkers good is another chance to lol at Barcelona. Apparently they had first refusal on him and rather than using the option to bring him in they spent four times the money on Arda Turan.

[bruhnaldo]

Magic that Real's supposed new policy of just buying young, able Spanish lads instead of focusing on big names constantly is paying off.

[John Arne]

La Liga handing out the trophy at the first game of the following season, rather than the last game of the actual season is a bit crap.

[bruhnaldo]

Lol wow I never realized they did that. Gotta be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Wonder what their reasoning is?

[Magic]

It's so all the new transfers that played absolutely no part in winning the league last year can taste success immediately.

[niko_cee]

Since when have they done that? They didn't do it that way when Mourinho won it there and they had the ludicrous event to celebrate.

[John Arne]

Since when have they done that? They didn't do it that way when Mourinho won it there and they had the ludicrous event to celebrate.

Not too sure. I saw in on the highlights of the Real-Valencia game. Past weekend and the commentator mentioned that it happens like this every year - I took his word for it. Can't say I had noticed it before this year, though.

[Lewis]

It's because they didn't win it until the final day of last season, and the league was too stupid to send a replica to each ground or stoke some helicopter DRAMA.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Or they couldn't find a donkey fast enough.

[Raoul Duke]

Their FA is a total shambles. Sid Lowe is always coating them off for things like this.

[Shindig]

It's because they didn't win it until the final day of last season, and the league was too stupid to send a replica to each ground or stoke some helicopter DRAMA.

Should've had Fernando Alonso drive it between venues. Against traffic. At great speed.

[Lewis]

Marcos Alonso.

[Disco]

Should've had Fernando Alonso drive it between venues. Against traffic. At great speed.

Come on, it's not 2005.

[ScousePig]

Marcos Alonso.

Ouch.

[Giggles]

Will Keane wants to play for us. Wrong twin unfortunately.

[Yevrah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOT0Tqpbag

'Catalyst for change? Catalyst for bullshit!'

It can't be overstated how good that rant is.

Wenger's continued trolling is such a gift.

[Yevrah]

I see that gobshite Gary Neville was still blaming 'the players' after the game as well.

[Waffdon]

It was fucking special.

[Ian]

"I want change, and I don't care if I have to bring a fucking banner out every week!"

Woah, calm down man.

[Giggles]

Not a fucking banner! Mad bastard.

[Disco]

I zoned out and just looked in wonder at the fringe on display in the background.

[John Arne]

SEA Games final... Malaysia at home v Thailand... 70,000 fans.... and your 'keeper does this...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1k0p1ua4w0