The English Football Thread

[robdog 2,084]

Sorry girls aren't cute to me if they have a red shirt on!

well take it off - you want, use a pillow too (sorry I couldn't resist that)

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Nothing quite like a reality check for your ridiculous bragging and bravado to come crashing back down to earth. Fuck off Arsenal and your Walter Mitty fans.

[guddy6969 188]

Arsenal mania...

http://arsenal-mania.com/forum/threads/are-we-going-to-concede-any-goals-at-all.28366/

[Fernando 6,376]

West ham might be the team this year that does some noise.

But that is what it is, noise.

As all the teams tend to dissappear after the new year.

Everton, Swansea, Southampton are a few of many name teams that have done this every year.

Then there's of course the one season wonder players, cisse, Michu, Kane and such.

So best to reserve judgment of the contenders till the end of December and by March we should have the defined article.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Even if we are being a few points to Arsenal, we could reel em in and they'd choke. But I don't want to give a lead to City. We must beat them. City can become a juggernaught if they start feeling like winners, gain confidence and momentum.

[DYC. 7,542]

Well, nothing dramatic about that interview, apart from the Aguero stuff.

Claude is all-knowing! Aguero did play in the final. I remember because I thought he was poor. Never question Claude's knowledge.

(I checked to make sure and he definitely played.)

[OneMoSalah 8,614]

Dimitri Payet was outstanding for Marseille last year, so I was excited to see him in the PL, pity he's 28 and not younger but was quite impressed with him against Arsenal.

[robdog 2,084]

Claude is all-knowing! Aguero did play in the final. I remember because I thought he was poor. Never question Claude's knowledge.

(I checked to make sure and he definitely played.)

yep & I left a reply about that on the youtube site - you might recall that he was subbed off for Higuaín. Many people were saying if Kun was left on, maybe Argentina might have won the match

[DYC. 7,542]

yep & I left a reply about that on the youtube site - you might recall that he was subbed off for Higuaín. Many people were saying if Kun was left on, maybe Argentina might have won the match

Kun isn't a notorious choker so yeah, that makes sense.

[robdog 2,084]

Kun isn't a notorious choker so yeah, that makes sense.

yeah but the Copa America Final will be remembered by the misses from Higuaín.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

here is the CHELSEA vs SWANSEA CITY match in animation of what happened in the match. view it for match analysis.

#BarclaysPremierLeague 2015/2016 - CFC MATCH : 1 of 38 MATCHES - #ChelseaFC (2-vs-2) #SwanseaCity [MATCH DETAIL ANIMATION]

https://vimeo.com/135824410

video length - 7:45

[nadavTKL 1,787]

not sure if this video was posted, but this gooner seems to be in touch w/ reality & is kinda of cute

She's super cute! im feeling bad for her haha.. also hearing a girl like that talks about football... im not used to it but its cute.

When West Ham will sign Song (i understand it didnt happen yet just because of his ankle surgery), they would have such an incredible midfield:

Koyate-Song-Obiang

---------Payet----------

And they have that kid Oxford who looks kind a special. Im going to follow them this season.

[Jase 43,479]

Arsenal fans go into very shouty meltdown after defeat to West Ham

Most of the funny videos, gifs, meme, vines etc are in there.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Will all the people on TC who predicted Arsenal to take the league this year please stand up, please stand up?

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

FromThe Guardian's Daily Email.

I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW TODAY’

Dangerous levels of hot air, bluster and steam threatened to cause an emergency outside the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon as the various eejits, pirates and headphones models who make up Arsenal’s YouTube massive suffered a collective loss of their heads and All Perspective following their side’s self-parodic 2-0 defeat to a West Ham side who were able to win despite starting with a foetus in midfield, before adding insult to injury by treating everyone to a two-minute airing of their much-loved Modibo Maiga Standing Around And Letting The Ball Bounce Off Your Head And Feet Experience. Oh, Arsenal. Oh, Arsenal. And once more for good luck: oh, Arsenal! How is it possible for you to remain such an endless source of entertainment, with your goalkeeping howlers and complacency and ongoing insistence that Olivier Giroud deserves to be classed as a top, top striker, up there with the very best, seeing as he has excellent hair. To be fair to Giroud, he does have very nice hair. It’s very good. It’s hair that’s worth at least 20 goals a season, if you think about it deeply enough.

This time last week, everything was hunky dory. They had just beaten Boring Old Chelsea in the Community Shield, meaning that they entered the new season as treble winners after a heroic summer in which they also collected the Emirates Cup and the Barclays Asia Trophy. Take that, José Mourinho! The excitement was huge, not that anyone was getting carried away. “I don’t think we are inferior to the Spanish clubs or Bayern Munich,” Santi Cazorla cheered in the sequel to Theo Walcott’s classic claim in April that Arsenal had been the strongest side in Europe this year, despite losing to Monaco in Big Cup, and it’s hard to argue with that, seeing as trophies really should be awarded based on calendar years and Eibar, Granada and Getafe haven’t been much use in 2015. Alas the FA remains as shortsighted as ever and continues to press ahead with the arcane insistence that the title be awarded based on a team’s results from August to May, which is obviously a total farce.

This was supposed to be different. Arsenal finally had a proper goalkeeper in goal and confidence was high, only for Agent Cech to do his very best Wojciech Szczesny impression for Cheikhou Kouyaté’s opener, before failing to save a Mauro Zárate shot which had about as much bite as a piece of satire from The Fiver. Arsène Wenger was livid with his players, although he did point out that they weren’t physically ready yet. The Fiver is unsure who was tasked with making sure they were up to speed, so we’ll move on and give a bit of praise to West Ham, who have celebrated their win by, er, opening talks with Joey Barton.

[kmk108 1,186]

Just finished watching the recording of the Chelsea match. This next match is the first match of the season I'm going to watch live. Come on you Baggies!

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,738]

Really strong lineup from City tonight.

Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov; Toure, Fernandinho, Navas; Silva, Sterling, Bony .

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Past 5 PL winners began their season on Monday Night Football.

Man i hate stats like that, when there not in our favor. Lol