Madmax

Out of curiosity, what is the income threshold beyond which you stop feeling sorry for someone?

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One of the things even my shitty school instructor taught us when defending set pieces was to have a man on each post. I'm surprised at the amount of goals conceded by professional football teams playing in the best leagues in the world which could very easily be avoided by having either post covered. You don't do the basics right, you pay. Simple as.

iSad.

She is gorgeous!

On the contrary, it might do just that. Simple economics dictate that more the people you stuff into the ground, less you need to take from them individually - and still end up making a sizeable improvement on your present earnings considering the increase in numbers on matchday rise by 50% compared to current levels in a 60k stadium. Thus, cheaper tickets bring in more of the local, vocal lot who obviously enhance the atmosphere. This is of course, assuming that we sell out the proposed 60k seats every week. Also, ticket prices currently wouldn't increase sharply either, I'd imagine, as costs associated with stadium redevelopment are not under the purview of UFFP, calming fears that the proposed move would result in a large hike.

Zola Park.

http://soccernet.esp...-action?cc=4716 I'm confused as to whether that link should be placed in the media bullshit thread instead. The only reason that hack and others of his ilk don't seem pleased with AVB's media interaction is because his responses are no-nonsense, to the point and non controversial. Sure they'd like him to respond to inane, repetitive questions and give them stuff to bend and give a sensationalist spin to. Also, lmao at the suggestion that Wenger's good relations with the media have anything to do with him still being in a job there. The only reason he hasn't been sacked after 6 years without any silverware is that their Board goes along with the manager's belief that qualifying for the CL every year is a supreme, overriding achievement.

Because, you've got to admit, Arsenal are funny lot. Not tragi-comic either, just point-and-laugh kind of funny.

I'm all for the move, whether in 2020 or before - if you support the ideal that we need financial stability in the future, you would be as well - but my only worry presently is whether we'd be able to fill a 60k seater every week.

Voted dodojojo, but SeB would be a worthy winner as well.

Those of you asking about his hattrick stats - yest was his 6th in the PL, 5th with Chelsea. He's now 5th in the list of hattrick scorers in the PL, the only midfielder there. One of only 4 current PL players to be part of that list. The others are Owen, Rooney, Berbatov.

It's interesting that things are kicking off all over the world just as we're approaching a period of heightened solar activity wrt flares et al.

Won 4 out of their last 18 in the PL

This one is crying out to be transported onto an ava/sig.

How Sturridge gets left out while ponies like Defoe feature in every squad is beyond me. Case of playing reputations, not merit. smh.

Second the vote for Luiz. Granted he was offered space on the ball, but his forays forward were a joy to behold.

Need to be better on set pieces, Everton are excellent at them.

AVB hit the nail on the head when he said we created the same volume of chances as in previous games but this time finished them off with better efficiency. A good result and a morale-boosting one - as any game with so many goals is, but not our best performance of the season, that for me remains the one at OT - where we actually played them off the park. Bolton are bottom of the table for a reason, and we saw it yest before the break (but tbf their fixture list hasn't been very encouraging so far), credit to them for the way they made a match of it in the second half though. I don't get the criticism leveled at Drogba - he was obviously rusty considering the injury and lack of match fitness. Off the pace a couple of times but not any less important in his contributions than either of the other front-3. A decent win with high entertainment value, all in all. No more and no less. Everton at home should be a sterner test, shame it's a fortnight away, though I'm sure the lads are a tad tired by the run of games in the last few weeks and will appreciate a tiny break, even accounting for the internationals.

His second goal yest - classic Frank.

Well we did put in a bid for de Bruyne, so we can safely say yes. (I'm aware of the proposed loan agreements.)

Absolutely hate watching Ranieri in that Inter dugout. Too classy for those thugs.

Not on last year's level, but that is understandable considering he was more or less imperious back then.

It's about balance really. On paper you see Torres, Drogba, Sturridge, Anelka, Lukaku, Kalou, Mata and Malouda and you go - "that's a lot of options''. Mere numbers isn't good enough obviously, there are too many competing for a striking role, not enough for the wider areas. Not one is an out-and-out winger who can stretch play and create spaces for the forward thinking midfielders to run into. We've been banging on about a genuine right winger for two years now, yet still stuck with Anelka and Kalou. I look forward to the day we move beyond trying to fit square pegs in round holes.