BKIslandersFan
F*** off
Are Palace relegation lock at this point?
Will Hodgson last until January?
Also...COME ON YOU IRONS!
Will Hodgson last until January?
Also...COME ON YOU IRONS!
GWT: 2017-18 Premier League Round 7
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They probably won't win the title, but there is some context to this game obviously. Chelsea just played Atletico on Wednesday with mostly the same squad, and that was a pretty brutal grind over 90 minutes. Not quite the same as playing Shakhtar on Tuesday. No doubt City is better, but they should be with how much Pep has spent over the last two seasons. With that transfer budget, if they don't win the title this year Pep should be gone.
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F*** off
Pavel Buchnevich
Drury and Laviolette Must Go
De Bruyne is a genius, one of my favorite players. Didn't Courtois also take his wife? I'm sure he's very happy to score on him.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Silva is like the Spanish guy who signed with them a year ago and never played? What's his name?
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Nolito made 30 appearances across all competitions. He didn't "never play", but was obviously bought as a backup guy.
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Yeah, him. I thought he was a good player, City just have too much attacking depth.
By all means, have Willian continue to take free kicks and keep on losing matches. They're not my club, but if they were I would much rather have Hazard who possesses night and day difference in technical attributes like curve take the free kicks. It's not like Hazard has this insane heading ability to want to keep him constantly in the box. At Arsenal we have Sanchez, Xhaka, and Ozil take the free kicks because none of these guys are going to win headers like other players can.
I don't mind him moving to a club like Man City, but his decision was awfully too premature. He should have been loaned back to Monaco until next season at least.
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We won the title last season and 3 seasons ago with Willian taking plenty of free kicks, but thanks for your concern. Free kicks is one of his best strengths and he has scored some fantastic goals over the years with them.
Count yourself lucky you were only subjected to 10 minutes. They were rightly booed off at halftime and I don't care how many of these 1-0 wins they squeak in (and against a side with an ounce of attacking quality I doubt they'd have gotten this one), but Bilic has totally lost it. Nothing is coherent about this squad and they offer almost nothing going forward. I'd sack him tomorrow. This isn't Huddersfield, there are talented players here that are just not being put in positions to succeed.
I suppose it's worth giving the squad a look now that Lanzini is fit (dear God do we need him), but I haven't seen anything that signals any trend upward. Next few fixtures against bottom sides will be the test for Slaven.
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Alli's dive was comical yet only gets him a yellow.
Up 3-0 and pulls that garbage. Not going to get it out of the game until serious punishments are handed out.
Up 3-0 and pulls that garbage. Not going to get it out of the game until serious punishments are handed out.
What is wrong with Silvas shaved head? I think it looks pretty good, even almost inspiring me to shave my own head.
Observation: Man City have a lot of shaved heads
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Observation: Man City have a lot of shaved heads
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Trash human being.
Nah, Matic would have gotten run circles around him today.
Not buying a 2nd striker Conte trusts, however, that's an entirely different story.
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That's my major concern aswell. I mean, everyone knew this squad would lose a lot of offensive & creative power with Payet's departure, but as soon as Lanzini isn't healthy, it turns straight into BFS football at it's best. Those grinded 1-0 wins won't help you all season long and aren't a reason to count on this team. Something i'm still a little torn about is Bilic's decision to give Noble most of the starts in midfield. He's the skipper, but he isn't the best available option and Obiang often enough showed, what he's capable of. . Ah well, it's the West Ham way, a little bit of dreadful football, hopes & tears.
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I mean, he has only played a total of five games in the CL. Two goals in three games last year (quite good) and five goals in two games this year (fantastic)
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Yes, you can make a case for Kane being top 5 if you class every borderline case (Dybala, Cristiano) as not a CF, and you really overstate the slow start to the short season by others (Benzema, Suarez). How you can ask if he's the best in the world is beyond me.
