Pizy

Pat Bamford looked like Torres/Morata when he was through on goal.

That corner kick spdefending was worse than the Gabriel goal for Arse. How do you leave the biggest target in the box wide open?

This is why I laugh when people shit on Ben Chilwell defensively. TAA is the best around but gets roasted defensively there. He has always been vulnerable defensively.

Well, now....!

That's probably GG after 3 minutes...

Yeah, Leeds are getting lots of hype and attention (fair play, they're a big story) but watch Liverpool smack them with ease.

Exactly. Finally these clowns are using the technology as it should've been used from the start. No more VAR guy up in a booth always sticking with the on-pitch ref's initial decision. There will hopefully be a lot of stupid referee decisions overturned after they check the monitor this season.

I hope this thread doesn't get bumped every time Willian does something. He was solid for us and he'll be solid for Arse. Just forget about him.

A lot of opposition fans moan about how much the media love Frank Lampard. I think I know how they feel now because the media wankfest over Arteta is insane. It's going to be unbearable if they start the season on a good run.

Fulham will finish rock bottom.

Fulham are this seasons Norwich. They're going to concede 80 goals and go back down with a whimper.

I think Arse and Spuds are extremely similar. Both have very solid looking XI's and have a good shape about them. But both are totally reliant on their main striker. If Kane or Auba get injured they drop a huge level down. I think Arse will do what they normally do and look very good for a portion of the season but then shocking at other times. I predict that within a few weeks we'll hear kneejerk reactions from pundits asking if Arse can challenge for the title. It'll be short lived.

Fulham look like they always do. Just like last time they were in the PL, they play some decent stuff going forward but are shite at everything else.

This Fulham XI looks pretty terrible. Even with Arse missing some key players they should comfortably win this. These promoted sides are going to suffer the most without fans in the stands I think.

Chill, I'm just joking.

Please don't tell me he's also an anime nerd. That's the only way it could get worse...

Fuck sake.

We need Mendy in net for Liverpool. As long as it's done by then I'm not bothered.

True, raising the money looks like it'll be the "easy" part. Convincing WH to sell their best player and future captain is the extremely difficult bit.

Basically Rice needs to throw a fit and demand to go if we have a chance this summer. Even then WH have complete leverage in any negotiations to demand whatever fee they want. He's got so many years left on his contract and is so important to their team. Selling him after the season starts and with limited time to replace him their fans would riot. Our only real hope is that WH are in really bad shape financially due to COVID and absolutely need money. Then maybe they'd accept £50m or something more reasonable.

We haven't actually been linked with Zakaria, have we? People saying his name here just like him? I think it's Rice or nobody. Like Chilly, it seems like Lamps is dead set on Rice and we'll wait as long as it takes to eventually get him.

I really rate Rice but he's nowhere near an £80m player. Or £70m or £60m. Is he worth that to WH? Probably. But if we can put a sizeable offer in the table like we did with Chilly maybe they'll settle for less due to COVID? Guess we'll find out. But surely one or more have to be on their way out? Having squad depth is one thing but having Kante, Jorginho, Kova, Billy, AND a new deeper midfielder is beyond overkill. One of Kante or Jorginho HAVE to be going for big money. Maybe Barkley as well on top of one of them.

So literally moments after I asked a bunch of Mendy news dropped. 😆 Still very curious about the Declan Rice situation. It's insane to me that it's possible we're still after him.

Wonder what's going on with Mendy. Sounded like it was basically a done deal last weekend. Nothing since.

Yeah, Brozovic is a good player who apparently has a nonstop workrate. But I wouldn't swap him for Kante. Only way I'd (reluctantly) let Kante go is if we brought Thiago Alcantara in. And we all know that ain't happening