The English Football Thread

[Laylabelle 9,406]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

reality check comes for Sheffield United here, in a 3 week stretch starting at the end of the year

4 out of 5 straight games are wicked nightmares (including Shitty TWICE)

 

 

Hope they get something from those. Just nice to see a promoted team not doomed to go back down and surprise a lot of people 

[Vesper 29,197]

GRRRRRR

1 1

he made it this time

[Laylabelle 9,406]

For piss sake! 

[Vesper 29,197]

4 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

For piss sake! 

I can understand a retake if just the opposing team encroaches (on a miss)

but when BOTH do

it should be a wash and the result stands (make or miss)

and if only the pen taking team encroaches, then the pen should be voided and NOT retaken

[Vesper 29,197]

fucking bullshit rule

[Vesper 29,197]

it was a shady award of a pen anyway, because Zimmermann's arm was forced high up BY ARSENAL (and thus the ball glanced it)

[Vesper 29,197]

Wolves are tired from the midweek Europe game

[Vesper 29,197]

2 1 Norwich

woot

[Vesper 29,197]

if we finish below Arse with them having Luiz and Mustafi (Sokratis is barely better) at CB then I am looking for a rope and a chair

HORRENDOUS defending

the stuff of a poor pub team

[Alabama 1,992]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

if we finish below Arse with them having Luiz and Mustafi (Sokratis is barely better) at CB then I am looking for a rope and a chair

HORRENDOUS defending

the stuff of a poor pub team

I know we can be inconsistent at times and all that due to our young team and young manager but c'mon that Arsenal team especially their defence is an abomination of a team... 

[Yeboii 1,844]

Cantwell seems pretty promising. Worth a buy? 

[Jase 43,479]

9 minutes ago, Vesper said:

if we finish below Arse with them having Luiz and Mustafi (Sokratis is barely better) at CB then I am looking for a rope and a chair

HORRENDOUS defending

the stuff of a poor pub team

I can't imagine your outrage if we fill our defence with rubbish players like Luiz, Mustafi, Sokratis etc.  

[Alabama 1,992]

Unfortunately he is gonna cost a fortune... 

Lautauro Martinez is killing it... 

Two goals today...

[Vesper 29,197]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

I can't imagine your outrage if we fill our defence with rubbish players like Luiz, Mustafi, Sokratis etc.  

I couldn't deal

 

I like most of our players

it isnt Pedro's fault he is rapidly ageing, it happens to all of us

Willian has been rock solid most of the year, much to my pleasant surprise

Zouma too

Kepa has had a rough patch but was really good yesterday and he only just turned 25 and simply (IMHO) needs a better GKing coach

Reece looks to be a class fullback already and will only get better, he is still a teen, lolol

the main issues i have are both our LB's (Emerson is okay as a reserve backup, but Alonso needs to be sold and we need to buy Chilwell or die on that hill trying)

Barkley is a troubled lad and needs to be sold (we have replacements already in Gallagher and Gilmour)

AC probably needs to be sold and replaced (look like we move for Ake, I do not think we make a move for a true WC CB like Romagnoli or Skriniar, who is probably Shitty-bound)

Giroud (my main villain yesterday) had a chance to step up and failed, he is a plowhorse, needs to go

Bats is not the answer either, we need to sell both Giroud (January) and Bats (summer) and somehow at least try and grab Werner, or another quality striker

Rudiger finally getting healthy will help us tremendously

and then my two main injury long term fears (CHO and RLC) thsoe two are my biggest worry (as we can fix LB and RW and Sriker by upgrades but thsoe two lads are not alcking, they are just really damaged)

 

that is (collectively and especially with a decent summer market) is FAR from the systemically shambolic Arse situation, I would be going BONKERS if I had to give a shit about most of that team

 

 

 

 

 

[Vesper 29,197]

2 2

Arse scored like 10 minutes ago

ffffffffffffffs

[Vesper 29,197]

and 1 1 at Wolves

[Vesper 29,197]

I can so live with 2 draws

[Vesper 29,197]

35 minutes ago, Yeboii said:

Cantwell seems pretty promising. Worth a buy? 

we already have multipler players similar to him

Mount for one

potentially Conor Gallagher (although he is more of a CMF/DMF hybrid) and Billy Gilmour and soon Faustino Anjorin (who looks really special), plus (although less similar) RLC and Barkley (who needs to be sold asap)

Cantwell would be a great pickup for a team like Sheffield United, Bournemouth (they lose Harry Wilson back to the bindippers when his loan ends in the summer) Everton,  or even Leicester or perhaps Manure