The English Football Thread

[kmk108 1,186]

This is great. Both teams are getting a chance to bottle it.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Scoreline's hardly surprising for two teams looking defensively dire . 

Not sure why I'm laughing, like we're not going into the season with Ivanovic-Terry-Cahill.

[communicate 2,703]

These two teams should play more

[Hostedenis 556]

16 minutes ago, LDN Blue said:

Scoreline's hardly surprising for two teams looking defensively dire . 

Not sure why I'm laughing, like we're not going into the season with Ivanovic-Terry-Cahill.

Tomorrow'll be too soon, but shortly thereafter looks like we'll have Zouma - Koulibaly. Doesn't sound too bad, although I've yet to see how they do as CB partners.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

1 minute ago, Hostedenis said:

Tomorrow'll be too soon, but shortly thereafter looks like we'll have Zouma - Koulibaly. Doesn't sound too bad, although I've yet to see how they do as CB partners.

Koulibaly is an IF until I see otherwise. 

Granted re Zouma, however I worry to what environment he returns to. Partnering Terry/Cahill with Zouma won't be the biggest problem, but I worry about then the pressure that's on Zouma to basically be so at the top of him game he can cover Terry/Cahill's own shortcomings. I guess it's a moot point if we do sign Koulibaly, but should we not and end up signing a sideman we're going to be incredibly fragile at the back..

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Bournemouth and Arsenal's defenders make Cahill and Ivanovic look like Baresi and Maldini in their prime.

[Pizy 18,368]

Having watched everyone else this weekend I'm feeling a bit more confident. Everyone else is just as shit defensively as we are.

Get Hazard firing like he has been and Diego back to being himself and we'll be in business.

[communicate 2,703]

Finally real football is back. Euro was awful.

 

[Special Juan 27,424]

Arsenal

[Hostedenis 556]

22 minutes ago, LDN Blue said:

Koulibaly is an IF until I see otherwise. 

I agree, which is why I said it looks like we'll have Zouma/Koulibaly. Not a certainty. 

I do hope Zouma can return to the form he was in previous to his injury.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

you guys won't be laughing when you see what west ham will do our defense if we do not score at least 4 goals on Monday night.

west ham will score 4 goals against us on Monday night that's how bad our defense is at the moment.

[Beigl 1,387]

Well having seeing all our rivals now I am more confident with our team. We really really can do something beautiful this season. 

We have to wait to see what happens tomorrow, I wouldn't put it past West Ham to score two or more goals against our bad defence. A bad start to the season could leave us in trouble.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Petr Cech's day goes from bad to worse as crashes his car after Liverpool defeat http://thesun.uk/6017B28Z5 

[Laylabelle 9,351]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Having watched everyone else this weekend I'm feeling a bit more confident. Everyone else is just as shit defensively as we are.

Get Hazard firing like he has been and Diego back to being himself and we'll be in business.

We'll do something worse..just lose 4-0 or something 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

14 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

We'll do something worse..just lose 4-0 or something 

Knowing our luck, a Kante own goal  

[Unionjack 7,531]

I really doint like the gobshite but .......

 

Ian Wright makes bold prediction about Chelsea and Man City

Ian Wright is tipping Chelsea to challenge Manchester City for the Premier League title this season

Ian Wright believes Chelsea will push Manchester City all the way in the Premier League title race.

http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2016/08/ian-wright-makes-bold-prediction-about-chelsea-and-man-city/

[cosmicway 1,323]

It shapes as if UTD will be among the protagonists - after all the money they spent.
L'pool also if we judge by the friendlies and yesterday's results.
From Arsenal the same story and Leicester did n't make it in their opening match.
 

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

That Mane goal was filthy! Not sure he'll score a better goal than that all season.