The English Football Thread

[Laylabelle 9,409]

Just now, Vesper said:

this is not the same type of Arse for the last 5, 7 years atm

the only weak spot I see is Gabriel (the CB)

Nahhh definitely! They have a flair and direction now. They're impressive 

[Gundalf 804]

If u like it or not, Arsenal is a title contender and I feel they will surely finish above us. 

[milka 3,362]

So Mane was more vital than Salah for them ? 

[Laylabelle 9,409]

Just now, Gundalf said:

If u like it or not, Arsenal is a title contender and I feel they will surely finish above us. 

The games they'd usually lose they're winning. They'll def be up there at the end way it looks

[Tomo 21,737]

12 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

If u like it or not, Arsenal is a title contender and I feel they will surely finish above us. 

Normal service will be resumed when the fixture pile up kicks in.

[Laylabelle 9,409]

Looking at the fixtures atm there's no one playing like this they look likely to drop points against...shall see but...theyre not the same team as last season 

[DDA 9,734]

If we win our game in hand we are only 5 points behind them. 

Imagine if we had beaten Leeds and Saints.

We would somehow be top. Let that sink in.

[Tomo 21,737]

8 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Looking at the fixtures atm there's no one playing like this they look likely to drop points against...shall see but...theyre not the same team as last season 

They've got zero depth and a fee injuries away from relying on Holding, Lokonga and Nketiah again.

Compare that to us who can rotate 7 and still easily win, that will tell in a season like this.

[Vytis33 1,174]

Pool with city next in the league too?  Klopp out chatter starting soon?

[Blue Armour 4,336]

Tim Howard is calling Arsenal the most well rounded team after City.

Disagree that they're well rounded. They still seem to have that soft underbelly that can be exploited.

But yes, they are the best team after City in the league at the moment.

They just seem relentless in attack, constantly swarming the opposition box. And Liverpools defense which is already short in confidence and form was there to be exploited. And their old ass midfield can't press like they used to.

[Vesper 29,228]

go back and look at dozens of posts of mine, starting well over a year ago, maybe even 2 years ago, about Pool setting themselves up for a decline with an ageing team

Salah has been shit since he turned 30

Mane was showing signs of age

Firmino has surprisingly had a wee bit of a comeback, but the fact he and not Darwin is their best CF atm speaks volumes

but that central MF is meh, some old, tired, and so limited, especially when Thiago is not playing well

    
Naby Keïta 
Curtis Jones    
Thiago
Arthur Melo
Jordan Henderson
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 
James Milner   
 

Jota has not kicked on, and even Diaz has cooled off

VVD is deffo in decline (he has never been the same since that bad injury), as is Matip

[Alabama 1,992]

Back to waxing lyrical about Arsenal...

Lol...Its a long season lads...yes they are currently impressive but they cant sustain this form...

[Blue Armour 4,336]

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

They've got zero depth and a fee injuries away from relying on Holding, Lokonga and Nketiah again.

Compare that to us who can rotate 7 and still easily win, that will tell in a season like this.

I'm eager to see how we will fare against them moving further into the season. Feel we have finally started picking up steam.

Hopefully we can keep most of our key players fit.

[Tomo 21,737]

Just now, Vesper said:

go back and look at dozens of posts of mine, starting well over a year ago, maybe even 2 years ago, about Pool setting themselves up for a decline with an ageing team

Salah has been shit since he turned 30

Mane was showing signs of age

Firmino has surprisingly had a wee bit of a comeback, but the fact he and not Darwin is their best CF atm speaks volumes

but that central MF is meh, some old, tired, and so limited, especially when Thiago is not playing well

    
Naby Keïta 
Curtis Jones    
Thiago
Arthur Melo
Jordan Henderson
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 
James Milner   
 

Jota has not kicked on, and even Diaz has cooled off

VVD is deffo in decline (he has never been the same since that bad injury), as is Matip

I was worried when they signed Diaz and appeared to be getting Tchoameni but yeah that does look like being the case.

I do highly rate the former though, if Liverpool are going back to Rodgers/Kenny/early Klopp days hopefully he doesn't waste his prime years there.

[Tomo 21,737]

2 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

I'm eager to see how we will fare against them moving further into the season. Feel we have finally started picking up steam.

Hopefully we can keep most of our key players fit.

Our experience of dealing with such insane schedules could stand us in good stead. Arsenal have no experience of it and Conte collapses when faced with a packed schedule.

Dare I say in a crazy season like this we may be able to sneak into (outside) title contention if Potter masters rotation going forward aswell as he did yesterday.

[Vesper 29,228]

FSG (Pool owners) is panicking over their main team, the Boston Red Sox, who had a horrid year (for them) and they will dump in hundreds of millions to sort them

Boehly doesn't have that issue at all with the Dodgers as he has other owners and investors who have well over 100 billion combined (plus the Dodgers have INSANE revenue each year and they just won the most games ever (111) for a National League club in the 150 year history of the league, other than that deadball era 1906 Cubs team, who played in a terrible league that year, a small small number of teams who they just beat the shit out of over and over), plus he has Clearlake's 50 billion backing Chels (and buying up sister clubs soon) plus the other Chels billionaires involved

[Laylabelle 9,409]

17 minutes ago, Tomo said:

They've got zero depth and a fee injuries away from relying on Holding, Lokonga and Nketiah again.

Compare that to us who can rotate 7 and still easily win, that will tell in a season like this.

True. Time shall tell. Either way considering where they were last season and way they started this one isn't bad.

[Vesper 29,228]

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