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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 28, 2015 9:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 28, 2015 15:21:37 GMT -5
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 29, 2015 8:41:28 GMT -5
Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal Deserved win, but still played like shit. Hate to say it, but we're looking like Chelsea - play horribly but get results.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 29, 2015 17:22:40 GMT -5
So we beat a Palace side who defeated Chelsea. We drew a Liverpool side who got thrashed by West Ham, who we also lost to. And we beat a Newcastle side that held Utd. Odd occurrences.
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Post by matt on Aug 29, 2015 17:49:34 GMT -5
Funny how the media bang on about Wenger being a shit manager and all that, yet when Mourinho loses its a case of 'oh poor Jose, he just needs an extra billion pounds to improve the team'. No guys - he's just Tony Pulis in disguise with a billionaires checkbook to cover up his inadequacies. Squad weakness or not - he has by far the second most expensive squad in the league, and they're playing like relegation contenders! Special one my arse!
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Post by Manualex on Aug 29, 2015 18:37:02 GMT -5
Funny how the media bang on about Wenger being a shit manager and all that, yet when Mourinho loses its a case of 'oh poor Jose, he just needs an extra billion pounds to improve the team'. No guys - he's just Tony Pulis in disguise with a billionaires checkbook to cover up his inadequacies. Squad weakness or not - he has by far the second most expensive squad in the league, and they're playing like relegation contenders! Special one my arse! This is just the second defeat at home by a Chealsea team managed by Mou.
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Post by ManofMisery on Aug 29, 2015 18:51:49 GMT -5
So we beat a Palace side who defeated Chelsea. We drew a Liverpool side who got thrashed by West Ham, who we also lost to. And we beat a Newcastle side that held Utd. Odd occurrences. If only footy worked like that.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 1, 2015 11:08:33 GMT -5
Every fucking year we're 1-2 players short. I was so convinced AW was going to right that this season. Unbelievable.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 18, 2015 9:01:15 GMT -5
Arsenal are away at Chelsea in a massive match tomorrow morning. Normally, I would fear a devastating loss, but we tend to do well against the bottom four teams! #COYG
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 14:36:17 GMT -5
I hate Diego Costa
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Post by Ross on Sept 19, 2015 16:04:35 GMT -5
Funny how the media bang on about Wenger being a shit manager and all that, yet when Mourinho loses its a case of 'oh poor Jose, he just needs an extra billion pounds to improve the team'. No guys - he's just Tony Pulis in disguise with a billionaires checkbook to cover up his inadequacies. Squad weakness or not - he has by far the second most expensive squad in the league, and they're playing like relegation contenders! Special one my arse!
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Post by matt on Sept 19, 2015 17:43:41 GMT -5
Funny how the media bang on about Wenger being a shit manager and all that, yet when Mourinho loses its a case of 'oh poor Jose, he just needs an extra billion pounds to improve the team'. No guys - he's just Tony Pulis in disguise with a billionaires checkbook to cover up his inadequacies. Squad weakness or not - he has by far the second most expensive squad in the league, and they're playing like relegation contenders! Special one my arse! Two years at that team - he never built the squad.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 19, 2015 20:13:36 GMT -5
In a twist of fate, it's West Ham who have kept our season alive. We could have easily fallen 8 points back today, but as it is it's still only 5. And I maintain that if we're within 5 points off the pace come Christmas and the New Year, then we'll be doing okay. Keep the faith.
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Post by Ross on Sept 21, 2015 4:25:55 GMT -5
Two years at that team - he never built the squad. Under this theory all managers are interchangeable and no matter who managed them, Porto would have won the champions league.
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Post by Ross on Sept 21, 2015 4:33:52 GMT -5
If only Tony Pulis had the money he might have a CV that looks like this:
Porto
Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04 Taça de Portugal: 2002–03 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003 UEFA Champions League: 2003–04 UEFA Cup: 2002–03
Chelsea
Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2014–15 FA Cup: 2006–07 Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15 FA Community Shield: 2005
Inter Milan
Serie A: 2008–09, 2009–10 Coppa Italia: 2009–10 Supercoppa Italiana: 2008 UEFA Champions League: 2009–10
Real Madrid
La Liga: 2011–12 Copa del Rey: 2010–11 Supercopa de España: 2012
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Post by matt on Sept 21, 2015 8:47:40 GMT -5
Two years at that team - he never built the squad. Under this theory all managers are interchangeable and no matter who managed them, Porto would have won the champions league. What separates the very good from the greatest is that the greatest built their teams from scratch with shrewd signings, largely bereft of the type of privilege Mourinho has had at all his teams. Fergie, Bill Shankly, Wenger, Jock Stein, Rinus Michels, Matt Busby, Brian Clough, etc have won trophies that are of more significance than Mourinho's large plundering of the transfer market because of the ability to actually leave a legacy. As far as I'm cocnerns, every club Mourinho has left has gone tits up (third season syndrome too), with no implementation of youth strategy, no overhaul in infrastructure or a cohesive tactical form that the other great managers have left behind. If as Rafa Benitez's wife jokes "he ruins clubs" (oh yeah, which leads us onto the point he is a sexist pig with his retorts to such a joke) was a bit over the top, she and others realise at least realise he has no discernible legacy in football. The only difference is that the daft English media fall head over heels for him, and their deluded sycophancy creeps into a few English football fans (mostly plastic flag waving racist Chelsea fans). Go to Spain and Italy, and he is hated by the press and public there, mainly for reasons suggested above and also the fact he is a total c*nt of a man with no charm to him, pokes the eye of the late Tito Vilanova, sexist remarks to Benitez's wife and the Chelsea physio, witless insults to the likes of Wenger, offensive remarks to low paid medics who helped Petr Cech's head injury in 2006, etc, etc - yeah really charming bloke eh. I'd rather listen to the press of footballing cultures with numerous World Cup and international success over the years as opposed to the Little Englander mindset of this country's pathetic journalists to be honest. The way some English media sycophants go on about him, it's as if he's a likeable charmer like Bill Shankly or Jurgen Klopp - but thankfully with social media, his c*ntishness is something that most football fans see! It's not just what you win, it's how you win them that is important. CV and other fancy figures are just the tip of the iceberg, as ex-Aberdeen manager says "figures are like a miniskirt - they give you a good idea but hide the most important things". With that regards and despite being a very good manager of course, Mourinho falls so so low in comparison to the true managerial greats.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 22, 2015 18:28:42 GMT -5
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Oct 20, 2015 21:44:10 GMT -5
I said this many time before: We have the best squad since the Invincibles. There's no Almunia (Christ), Djourou, Squillaci, Silvestre, Clichy, Denilson, Gervinho, Arshavin, Bendtner, Chamakh, etc.....You get the point. (It's actually amazing AW kept us in the top 4 with such mugs). But here's what we now have: We actually have world class players scattered around the starting 11. We have focus and drive. We have team cohesion. We have proven winners of World Cups and FA Cups. And we have a real chance this year to do something special.matt
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Oct 20, 2015 21:46:30 GMT -5
When was the last time you felt really secure about our starting defense? Cech - Our best GK since Lehmann. In the same class as Seaman, and Lehmann, too. Bellerin - Our best RB since Lauren, if not better. And he's only 20! Mertersacker/Gabriel - The BFG may be slow, but he's improved so much, and Gabs is just utterly brilliant, a no-nonsense defender reminiscent of old school center backs. Koscielny - What a boss! Unsung hero. Our best defender. Monreal - Deserves his starting position. I'm not sure what to think of him yet, though. Competent. And the Coquelin, aka "The Coq" blocking everything in front of these 5 in such an energetic, amazing way. Yes. We have the best defense since the Invincibles.
Tagging matt and tomlivesforever
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Post by matt on Oct 21, 2015 10:17:04 GMT -5
When was the last time you felt really secure about our starting defense? Cech - Our best GK since Lehmann. In the same class as Seaman, and Lehmann, too. Bellerin - Our best RB since Lauren, if not better. And he's only 20! Mertersacker/Gabriel - The BFG may be slow, but he's improved so much, and Gabs is just utterly brilliant, a no-nonsense defender reminiscent of old school center backs. Koscielny - What a boss! Unsung hero. Our best defender. Monreal - Deserves his starting position. I'm not sure what to think of him yet, though. Competent. And the Coquelin, aka "The Coq" blocking everything in front of these 5 in such an energetic, amazing way. Yes. We have the best defense since the Invincibles.
Tagging matt and tomlivesforeverI agree, Bellerin will be world class - get that bit more consistency with experience and he has the potential to be the best right back in the world. There was a marked shift a couple of years ago when they signed Ozil - even five years ago, Arsenal would never have been able to afford Ozil or Sanchez. When you look at that terrible squad from a few years back - all bargain bin rubbish - then no other manager would have been able to keep them in the top four. Building a new football stadium and paying for it while sustaining the clubs position in the top ranks of the league is like spinning plates. If you look all over the world and see the clubs who have built new stadiums in the last 15 years you'd see that the clubs have been in dramatic decline. Although narrow minded twats like Mourinho think it's an excuse to have a dig at Wenger for not winning the league in such a long time (btw, he would have fucked up badly with some of the squads Wenger had - he's already doing it with a world class squad at the moment..,,) anyone with sense would see that most managers would fail in that situation. There's no way Arsenal could have won the league in the last 11 years with their finances and the only reason Wenger has been able to buy top class players the last couple of years is down to that decade of prudence and sustaining their Champions League position. Arsenal could very well have ended up being miles off Champions League placement if they weren't prudent - just look at what has happened at Liverpool (who were basically on par with Arsenal around the mid 2000s), and the anti-Wenger brigade should be grateful the club isn't in their current situation.
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Post by Manualex on Oct 21, 2015 10:23:56 GMT -5
When was the last time you felt really secure about our starting defense? Cech - Our best GK since Lehmann. In the same class as Seaman, and Lehmann, too. Bellerin - Our best RB since Lauren, if not better. And he's only 20! Mertersacker/Gabriel - The BFG may be slow, but he's improved so much, and Gabs is just utterly brilliant, a no-nonsense defender reminiscent of old school center backs. Koscielny - What a boss! Unsung hero. Our best defender. Monreal - Deserves his starting position. I'm not sure what to think of him yet, though. Competent. And the Coquelin, aka "The Coq" blocking everything in front of these 5 in such an energetic, amazing way. Yes. We have the best defense since the Invincibles.
Tagging matt and tomlivesforeverI agree, Bellerin will be world class - get that bit more consistency with experience and he has the potential to be the best right back in the world. There was a marked shift a couple of years ago when they signed Ozil - even five years ago, Arsenal would never have been able to afford Ozil or Sanchez. When you look at that terrible squad from a few years back - all bargain bin rubbish - then no other manager would have been able to keep them in the top four. Building a new football stadium and paying for it while sustaining the clubs position in the top ranks of the league is like spinning plates. If you look all over the world and see the clubs who have built new stadiums in the last 15 years you'd see that the clubs have been in dramatic decline. . Porto and Benfica(2004), Bayern Munich and Shalke 04(2006) and Juventus(2013) came to mind.
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Post by matt on Oct 21, 2015 11:27:06 GMT -5
I agree, Bellerin will be world class - get that bit more consistency with experience and he has the potential to be the best right back in the world. There was a marked shift a couple of years ago when they signed Ozil - even five years ago, Arsenal would never have been able to afford Ozil or Sanchez. When you look at that terrible squad from a few years back - all bargain bin rubbish - then no other manager would have been able to keep them in the top four. Building a new football stadium and paying for it while sustaining the clubs position in the top ranks of the league is like spinning plates. If you look all over the world and see the clubs who have built new stadiums in the last 15 years you'd see that the clubs have been in dramatic decline. . Porto and Benfica(2004), Bayern Munich and Shalke 04(2006) and Juventus(2013) came to mind. Yes but the competition is not like in England, plus the ownership models are completely different. In England more than any country, profit rules over anything else - no room for fan ownership. Stadium development at Liverpool and the hindrance over that for the last 8 years has resulted in Liverpool's decline, despite the cost of planning, development (before finally settling on redevelopment) being less than Arsenal.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Oct 21, 2015 12:47:32 GMT -5
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Post by matt on Oct 21, 2015 15:34:21 GMT -5
Really sad fact - every club does it (okay not every club but all the clubs owned by rampant capitalists). Even Arsenal by building the Emirates built it on something like a prosperous waste disposal company which was forced to move. Man Utd - despite building it on a vast wasteland - own rows of houses just very nearby in Old Trafford which are all empty and derelict, in the event of expansion. Old Trafford and the area around it is a shithole like Anfield is too - the clubs have done absolutely nothing to their areas. It is rampant capitalism, and American consortiums at United, Liverpool and Arsenal aren't going to care about local communities of their respective clubs. Fan ownership like they see in Germany can eradicate the worst elements - even Munich who are known as FC Hollywood in Germany for their commericialised model - have very cheap home tickets.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Nov 4, 2015 20:44:57 GMT -5
Wow, 5-1 Bayern.
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