The English Football Thread

[iceboy 992]

Blatant handball 

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Leicester should have had penalty
Stupid penalty against Southampton
93rd minute winner today.
Arsenal have had some luck! Wish luck smiled on Chelsea this way

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

4 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

Leicester should have had penalty
Stupid penalty against Southampton
93rd minute winner today.
Arsenal have had some luck! Wish luck smiled on Chelsea this way

liverpool yesterday too...

[Kieran. 6,317]

To be fair they had 3 blatant penalties not called. Still annoying though

[Milan 17,835]

10 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

offside?

Sure. Not Ox, he was fine but his shot hit Koscielny in his hand and he was offside.

[Milan 17,835]

Blatant decision.

 

The worst thing - Ox's shot was going wide, not into the net.

[Thendo 1,088]

The offside was even worse than the handball, not to mention the goal happening in almost minute 93 when only 2 mins were added. Feel for Burnley, they had a good game. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,223]

3 hours ago, communicate said:

Just saw that Arsene has been at Arsenal for 20 years.  He can be tactical naive at times but as squad builders and talent developer Arsene is beyond fantastic . Even this season they have two young players( iwobi and bellerin) who were from his b squad in his starting 11

Bellerin was a starter for Arsenal last season as well...

In terms of talent development, Arsene's biggest success has been Laurent Koscielny. 

[communicate 2,703]

13 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Bellerin was a starter for Arsenal last season as well...

In terms of talent development, Arsene's biggest success has been Laurent Koscielny. 

What I mean is bellerin used to play for their youth team, same thing for iwobi.

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,223]

https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2016/10/03/club-statement-roberto-di-matteo

Di Matteo sacked by Villa
 

[Special Juan 27,102]

Guidolin sacked now.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Guidolin sacked now.

Leicester, Chelsea, City & Liverpool in their first seven PL matches. A poor squad and some average transfers, all this while losing their two best players, Williams and Ayew. Fickle owners. What do they expect now? To be in top 4 by January? Bob Bradley, what a joke of an appointment. 

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Not looking as bad as I thought we would be, if the referee didn't cheat us against Swansea, we would be even better placed. But we're still behind 4 teams, so hopefully we keep beating the smaller teams and try to draw with the big teams instead of losing. 

[Blue Armour 4,164]

18 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

Not looking as bad as I thought we would be, if the referee didn't cheat us against Swansea, we would be even better placed. But we're still behind 4 teams, so hopefully we keep beating the smaller teams and try to draw with the big teams instead of losing. 

 

Speaking of the Swansea game, the referee thing is a bit disconcerting...I never gave it too much attention during Mourinho's time or before that, because generally poor decisions for/against us even themselves out over the season.

Dodgy decisions like with Swansea, and even in the Hull game with the penalties can make you wonder. That episode with Mark Halsey speaking in the press doesn't inspire much confidence either..

 

[kmk108 1,186]

Personally, I'm really excited for an American to get a chance in the Premier League. I always respected Bradley when he was the USMNT coach. A little bit of background on Bradley:

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For the average fan, of Swansea or other teams in the Premier League, Bradley is relatively unknown. Many will know him for little more than his stint as head coach of the U.S. men’s national team given that in the 2010 World Cup, Bradley’s team drew 1-1 with England in the group stage before being knocked out by Ghana in the round of 16. But that was six years ago.

Since then, the New Jersey native has coached the Egyptian national team, earning respect for living in Cairo during the turbulence of the Arab Spring, and then qualified Norwegian club Stabaek to the Europa League. Bradley was then hired by another American-owned club, La Havre of the French second division, and nearly led it to the top flight last season.

The Premier League is host to some of the best, most accomplished coaches in the world; inevitably some are unimpressed by achievements in Norway and the French second tier and who question whether Bradley has what it takes. But Bradley owns a resume — and more so a life story — worthy of respect. Those who have followed his career see no reason why he shouldn’t be able to cope with the pressure and the tactical challenges of the world’s most competitive and high-profile championship.

Bradley, 58, may not have given a great deal away to those of us who covered his time as national team coach, but what was always clear was his intense attention to detail and dedication to preparation and organization. Even before he began working abroad, he was traveling to places like Milan to study coaches and their methods.

“Bob is extraordinarily intelligent about the game, his work ethics is second to none, and the way he manages teams and deals with people are all outstanding,” U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati told the Associated Press.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2016/10/05/bob-bradley-blazes-a-trail-for-u-s-soccer-in-premier-league-but-he-could-get-burned/

[Blue Armour 4,164]

10 hours ago, kmk108 said:

Personally, I'm really excited for an American to get a chance in the Premier League. I always respected Bradley when he was the USMNT coach. A little bit of background on Bradley:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2016/10/05/bob-bradley-blazes-a-trail-for-u-s-soccer-in-premier-league-but-he-could-get-burned/

Admittedly would be interesting to watch an American coach in the league, given the recent success of players like Dempsey, Friedel, Howard and Donovan.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

14 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

Admittedly would be interesting to watch an American coach in the league, given the recent success of players like Dempsey, Friedel, Howard and Donovan.

Think it's more a case of nepotism by Swansea's American owners.

[Blue Armour 4,164]

4 hours ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Think it's more a case of nepotism by Swansea's American owners.

Oh yeah, no doubting that that may very well be the reason he's been hired..