The English Football Thread

[Jase 43,479]

Tactics Tim at his naive best. Didn't set up to stifle Arsenal and instead tried to play their own game.

[Jase 43,479]

We have done before. Schalke away. Swansea away. Everton away.

You should ignore posts such as that. We have produced many wonderful performances where we played great football but to some people, those performances never existed.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

You should ignore posts such as that. We have produced many wonderful performances where we played great football but to some people, those performances never existed.

Yeah, I realised that slagging off CFC comes naturally to some here...

(note: Not the OP. )

[Magic Lamps 11,452]

This probably means Wenger will still be in charge the next year and another year Arseanl will only pretend to challenge for the title.

We should ask Arsenal how relentless and proactive we were when smashing them 6-0 last year.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

We have done before. Schalke away. Swansea away. Everton away.

You're right but I feel we're too merciful. We go 1 or 2 up & we're content with that lead.

No one can convince me that magical 09/10 season wasn't the peak of entertainment for us as spectators. Lampard, Drogba & co showed absolutely no mercy that season while Hazard & Costa are fannying about outside the box letting defenders off the hook.

Even Neville has touched upon it several times so take it easy on me people.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

You're right but I feel we're too merciful. We go 1 or 2 up & we're content with that lead.

No one can convince me that magical 09/10 season wasn't the peak of entertainment for us as spectators. Lampard, Drogba & co showed absolutely no mercy that season while Hazard & Costa are fannying about outside the box letting defenders off the hook.

Even Neville has touched upon it several times so take it easy on me people.

Hazard has this attitude of not taking the shot when he has the chance, in fact fabregas too and almost our whole team pass pass pass pass pass around the box instead of being direct like we used to be in the past years which is so annoying sometimes.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

2016/2017 The name change for The FA Cup will now be called "THE EMIRATES FA CUP"

Fly Emirates signed a Three Year Deal.


http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32944162

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9869723/the-fa-cup-is-to-become-the-emirates-fa-cup-from-next-season

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3103647/FA-Cup-renamed-Emirates-FA-Cup-season-airline-sign-three-year-sponsorship-deal.html

[Muzchap 8,966]

"The Arsenal FA Cup" really. When I think of the bloody Emirates, I think of Arsenal. Their shirts, their name of the stadium and their preseason Emirates Cup.

Not to mention Arsenal won it twice in the last two years.

Good point!

Whenever I think of 'The Emirates Trophy' - I always associate that with a 4th place finish

[Jase 43,479]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/32461/9870513/newcastle-to-talk-with-patrick-vieira-over-managerial-vacancy

According to Sky Sports, Patrick Vieira will hold talks with Newcastle over the managerial vacancy...

[Madmax 9,219]

Found this comment on another site -

"Funny how Arsenal only win something when they don't encounter Chelsea on the way"

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

You're right but I feel we're too merciful. We go 1 or 2 up & we're content with that lead.

No one can convince me that magical 09/10 season wasn't the peak of entertainment for us as spectators. Lampard, Drogba & co showed absolutely no mercy that season while Hazard & Costa are fannying about outside the box letting defenders off the hook.

Even Neville has touched upon it several times so take it easy on me people.

Oh yes, in that case I agree.

The trouble with us is that apart from Costa, who often ends up going wide to service the box, we have nobody (even Hazard hesitates to pull the trigger at times) who can shoot outside of the box like Lamps did. I think that was one of the hopes with RLC, for him to become Lampard II. It's also one thing that Cesc (perhaps intentionally) doesn't offer in his deep role. Oscar used to shoot from long more but he doesn't seem to do it any more. Anyway, my point is that we try to pass our way into the goal, which works at times (Bilbao vs BAR comes to mind, but for it to work it does require fantastic off the ball movement which Neymar-Suarez-Messi possesses and sometimes our unit switches off - although we have done it) but we can be stopped by experienced defenders.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Can we take a moment just to remember that Arsenal were making fun of the turn out at our parade:

[Laylabelle 9,298]

I still love the photo that confirmed no one was there..right at the start of the parade lol.so daft

[sutro 1,026]

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[1chelsea 864]

Seriously that's something to laugh about

[iseah100 5,612]

More people came to my 12th birthday party than their FA Cup parade. And i was no a popular 12 year old.

[Madmax 9,219]

More people came to my 12th birthday party than their FA Cup parade. And i was no a popular 12 year old.

Arsene sees your imaginary friends and raises you his imaginary 4th place trophies.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

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Wenger gets on the megaphone and says '' We have the best and most loyal security guards in the country thank you for turning up in such numbers''.Love the side of the bus '' Thank you our 12th man'' by looking at the numbers present they should see the 12th man in another mile.