The English Football Thread

[Blue Armour 4,336]

1 minute ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Oliver obviously is in love with Kova

And obviously several players angrily surround the referee, and none of them get carded today.

I guess it's because they weren't wearing a gold Chelsea badge.

[Fulham Broadway 16,977]

Its pretty feisty. Can see someone getting sent off, hopefully several from both teams

[DH1988 1,331]

Kova should be gone what the hell

[Fulham Broadway 16,977]

5 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

And obviously several players angrily surround the referee, and none of them get carded today.

I guess it's because they weren't wearing a gold Chelsea badge.

Exactly, if Kova had comitted those two fouls in proper blue he'd have been long gone

[Blue Armour 4,336]

Arsenal up. Can't say it wasn't deserved.

Kovacic should've been sent off.

[Vesper 29,202]

lol, ex Chels goal

Havertz with the pass, and the shot went in off Ake's head

 

[Vesper 29,202]

Citeh drop off a lot without Rodri on the pitch

[Laylabelle 9,406]

Arsenal and Spurs the only unbeaten sides so far..

[Vesper 29,202]

Spuds top of the tabe on goals scored over Arse

🤮

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,977]

4 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Arsenal and Spurs the only unbeaten sides so far..

North London freakery

[Laylabelle 9,406]

Do think if Arsenal can keep their lot injury free they'll do it this year. 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Hot take incoming.

 

 

Outside of scoring Jackson offers more to a team than Haaland👀

[Vesper 29,202]

Saliba and Gabriel bossed Håland all game

[Vesper 29,202]

especially Saliba, he is a HUGE reason for Arsenal's climbing up

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

One thing that is guaranteed about Arsenal is that they will always come to each and every game with 100% intensity. 

We don't match or better their intensity next Saturday it'll be a long game. Gallagher is a must. 

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

10 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Arsenal and Spurs the only unbeaten sides so far..

Well deserved. 2 best teams in the league so far.

 

5 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Do think if Arsenal can keep their lot injury free they'll do it this year. 

Unlike last season this time they actually have good depth. They just beat best team on planet without best player Saka. Solid bench.

 

14 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Citeh drop off a lot without Rodri on the pitch

All 3 losses. Newcastle, Wolves, Arsenal. Their most important player. But also I predicted before season they will have more struggles in attack after transfer window.

They let Mahrez, Gundogan leave they were scoring regularly. Grealish is out of form again, KDB is out... New players like Nunes, Gvardiol and Kovacic offer nothing in attack. Palmer also left.

10 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Hot take incoming.

 

 

Outside of scoring Jackson offers more to a team than Haaland👀

About Haaland he is often missing in big games. Every very good defense can stop him with ease. He is very dependable from service.

Deserved win for Arsenal. Pep very defensive.

[Fulham Broadway 16,977]

19 minutes ago, Vesper said:

especially Saliba, he is a HUGE reason for Arsenal's climbing up

Definitely, a gooner beast

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

48 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

One thing that is guaranteed about Arsenal is that they will always come to each and every game with 100% intensity. 

We don't match or better their intensity next Saturday it'll be a long game. Gallagher is a must. 

Still got a lot of mistakes in them, City were very very poor by their standards. But how Arsenal nearly won a title with Zinchenko playing every week at LB is mind blowing. Never seen someone who looks so likely to give the ball away in his own half so much when pressed, he’s good technically and suits that inverted fullback role at times but he also can be so sloppy. Raya didn’t look very confident either and they kept passing the ball back to him every 15 passes. 

They will always bring intensity and not surprised when you’ve got that jumped up prick Arteta on the sidelines, he’s about 5000 times more animated than Conte was, guy needs to lay off it a bit. He would be a much better manager for it. Taking the emotional side of things out of the game is going to be their downfall with Arteta. He gets too caught up in the moment. Teams look to their managers for inspiration and a bit of guidance not gonna get it with him marching about at 200mph to contest stupid small decisions like a throw in or corner.

You could see they cracked under pressure too last season. Everyone says they ran out of steam but for me they cracked. Yea they maybe got a but of fatigue but their too emotional as a team and needed a coach who’s influence could calm and steady the ship a bit.

Pains me to say it but Spurs been best team so far. Still may concede chances but their ability to bounce back from bad moments and Ange Postecoglu as a whole (big fan of what he did in up in Glasgow in terms of rebuilding and transforming the mood at Celtic), think the way they’ve started and against who they’ve played. They couldn’t have asked for a better start.