The English Football Thread

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shit weekend again

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Smith Rowe has completely changed their side

[Special Juan 27,424]

Even Lacazettte is starting to look like a championship player.

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and Mari and Holding actually look a semi sold CB pairing

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

And this WBA went undefeated at Anfield and Etihad... 

[Special Juan 27,424]

There is nothing flash what so ever about this Arsenal side, nothing what so ever....one thing though....confidence.

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6 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

And this WBA went undefeated at Anfield and Etihad... 

Also the same West Brom side that we allowed to draw 3-3 with us and lost only 1-0 at Old Trafford because of a penalty (IIRC) but are getting bitch slapped by Arsenal...

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Confidence makes such a huge difference tho. Fitness too.

We were absolutely gassed when we played Arsenal on boxing day and paid the price. Arsenal with a fully rested squad completely overran us. It's incredible how we suck against poor teams.

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11 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

There is nothing flash what so ever about this Arsenal side, nothing what so ever....one thing though....confidence.

they have some really high quality young players

and a lot of utter dregs

a huge thing is that our time bombs we gave to them are now basically benched

Willian and Luiz

who were huge reasons they were so shit before

[Jase 43,479]

5 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Confidence makes such a huge difference tho. Fitness too.

We were absolutely gassed when we played Arsenal on boxing day and paid the price. Arsenal with a fully rested squad completely overran us. It's incredible how we suck against poor teams.

Arsenal had a fully rested squad? From what?

We had a free week leading up to that game and we played shit. 

[Special Juan 27,424]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Confidence makes such a huge difference tho. Fitness too.

We were absolutely gassed when we played Arsenal on boxing day and paid the price. Arsenal with a fully rested squad completely overran us. It's incredible how we suck against poor teams.

We had a free week....How long are we going to keep using the tired excuse for?

[Laylabelle 9,351]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Arsenal had a fully rested squad? From what?

We had a free week leading up to that game and we played shit. 

Exzctly and like Neville think said..it was like our players saw the team sheet. Thought meh this be easy..and then were taken completely by surprise. You could tell within 10 mins how it was going to go. We looked clueless and remained it through it.

 

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Just now, Special Juan said:

We had a free week....How long are we going to keep using the tired excuse for?

It is not even an excuse, it's an attempt to explain the unfathomable. Poor conditioning. Players are expected to be fit when it counts. I can only guess that organizing the coaching staff, training the players, thinking of tactics has all been too much for FL. Obviously this job came way too early. Maybe it would have been best for Lamps to work as assistnat manager for a more experienced coach to build a network and learn about all the aspects of the jobs one after another.

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1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

It is not even an excuse, it's an attempt to explain the unfathomable. Poor conditioning. Players are expected to be fit when it counts. I can only guess that organizing the coaching staff, training the players, thinking of tactics has all been too much for FL. Obviously this job came way too early. Maybe it would have been best for Lamps to work as assistnat manager for a more experienced coach to build a network and learn about all the aspects of the jobs one after another.

Rookie coach and weak minded players.

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Big Sam may resign, lolol

if he was smart he would

[Pizy 18,368]

The worst Arse side in living memory are within spitting distance of us now. 😑

Feels like just yesterday that we were flying high and dreaming about a genuine title challenge and deep CL run. Now if things continue as they have been we could conceivably finish midtable despite having arguably the best squad in the league.

What a shit season.

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2 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Rookie coach and weak minded players.

we lack

闘志

Tōshi

fighting spirit

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4 minutes ago, Pizy said:

The worst Arse side in living memory are within spitting distance of us now. 😑

Feels like just yesterday that we were flying high and dreaming about a genuine title challenge and deep CL run. Now if things continue as they have been we could conceivably finish midtable despite having arguably the best squad in the league.

What a shit season.

Literally few weeks back was hahaha look at Arsenal..and media talk of regulation which was dumb. Now suddenly here there areeee.

We are so piss poor. Even if win tommrow it'll pave over some cracks until the next game..its shite. CL will be super fun I'm sure...