Premier League 2018-2019

[spintheblackcircle]

Really impressed with Amos during the pre-season. Would rather see him than Sissoko for damn sure. Love that he knows who he is and who he is not.

Luke Amos set for contract talks at Tottenham

"I'm more a box-to-box, defensive-minded. I'm not a No.10. I'm not a tricky winger. I focus on running, passing, getting on the ball, making things happen, stopping things. They're things Kante does as well."

"In the past, players [like him] didn't get that, so to see all the praise he's getting is really good. I love his all-round game - his energy, running, tackling, passing. He's taken the defensive midfield or box-to-box midfield role to a new level with his energy. If I can be anything like that, then I'll be a good player.

 

[Havre]

I love giving youngsters the opportunity. Occasionally you hit the jackpot like Kane, but mostly even the most hyped (Bostock) won’t even be close to making any sort of impact.

In the end we might just be Liverpool fans all of us....

 

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[VEGASKING]

Monreal have a lengthy injury I didn't hear about? He is the starter anyways.

 

[Evilo]

So Bielsa has asked to know about Leeds' supporter's hours to work to be able to pay themselves a ticket for a game. The answer is 3. Then he made his players clean garbage for 3 hours.


Perfectionist Marcelo Bielsa brings radical approach to Leeds United

 

[Cassano]

Chelsea are going nowhere with him and declining Giroud leading their line.

Batshuayi is a dark horse though.

 

[Walshy7]

Yes. Who cares about Lanzini when you got Wilshere.....

WH need to move from 13th to 7th. They start off with the handicap of losing their best player (even if he wasn't fit for many games last year). Shiny new toys again....

Best player? Arnautovic ws far and away our best player. In fact Lanzini missed quite a few games last year. Anderson is there to replace Lanzini until he gets back then likely moves to RM or RW, not Wilshere they play different positions (cam vs cm even some cdm). Will Anderson settle in quickly? No idea but has quality once he does. Our RW was atrociously slow last year now we have a rapid fredericks at RB and Yarmolenko at RW who while not super fast is more skillful and faster thinking than Antonio. When the “shiny toys” are easily better than the players they are coming in to replace them it is reason for excitement

 

[Corto]

Chelsea are going nowhere with him and declining Giroud leading their line.

Batshuayi is a dark horse though.

Blaming Morata for yesterday's loss is ridiculous. He got absolutely no service and Chelsea got crushed on every inch of that pitch.

Jorginho was ridiculously woeful, coughed up 3-4 high profile balls on his own.
Ten times worse than anything Morata did or did not show.

 

[Corto]

Best player? Arnautovic ws far and away our best player. In fact Lanzini missed quite a few games last year. Anderson is there to replace Lanzini until he gets back then likely moves to RM or RW, not Wilshere they play different positions (cam vs cm even some cdm). Will Anderson settle in quickly? No idea but has quality once he does. Our RW was atrociously slow last year now we have a rapid fredericks at RB and Yarmolenko at RW who while not super fast is more skillful and faster thinking than Antonio. When the “shiny toys” are easily better than the players they are coming in to replace them it is reason for excitement

Arnautovic is a hot head who got hot in the 2nd part of the season.
Lanzini is our only player with a footballing mind to actually pass the ball around a bit instead of either punting it forward or trying to dribble past 3 people a la Antonio.

Even on the rare occassions when he (Lanzini) isn't our best player he is by far our most important one.

 

[Walshy7]

Arnautovic is a hot head who got hot in the 2nd part of the season.
Lanzini is our only player with a footballing mind to actually pass the ball around a bit instead of either punting it forward or trying to dribble past 3 people a la Antonio.

Even on the rare occassions when he (Lanzini) isn't our best player he is by far our most important one.

I’m not saying he isn’t one of our best players of course he is. He is far to inconsistent which is why he is still at west ham obviously. Arnie got hot once put up top as striker and has stayed hot including pre season (i know pre season is not much) with 6 goals in 5. Lanzini should be back in Jan/feb if the club and player are to be beleived I can’t wait to see him with players around him that can make a 4ft pass and find a teammate.

Also not sure if you follow exwhuemployee on twitter but he is a good insider and apperently we are front runners to get João Mario back on loan he would be the Lanzini fill in, who I thought looked really good in the last 5 or so games last season after taking some time to settle in

Also I’d be very happy to sell brain dead Antonio if we can suck another club into thinking he is good. No vision and rarely beats the 3,4,5 players he takes on

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Arnautovic is a hot head who got hot in the 2nd part of the season.
Lanzini is our only player with a footballing mind to actually pass the ball around a bit instead of either punting it forward or trying to dribble past 3 people a la Antonio.

Even on the rare occassions when he (Lanzini) isn't our best player he is by far our most important one.

Arnautovic may be a hot head, but he absolutely has a "footballing mind".

Great summer recruitment so far, but my worry is still the defense and midfield depth. Have looked a little shaky so far. Diop hasn't impressed, but he's young and new to the country/squad/tactics, so no worry long term, but still. I don't like moving Rice out of CB and Ogbonna is just...fine.

 

[Walshy7]

Arnautovic may be a hot head, but he absolutely has a "footballing mind".

Great summer recruitment so far, but my worry is still the defense and midfield depth. Have looked a little shaky so far. Diop hasn't impressed, but he's young and new to the country/squad/tactics, so no worry long term, but still. I don't like moving Rice out of CB and Ogbonna is just...fine.

Balbuena has looked very good imo. And rice has been fantastic in midfield for Ireland and looked very comfortable on pre season.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Rafa seems pretty angry about Newcastle's window, whilst their players will also be getting 75% less bonuses. Yikes.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Little late in the game for a Courtois move. Cannot go into the season with Caballero and ........Rob Green. Bring back Hilario

 

[The Abusement Park]

Little late in the game for a Courtois move. Cannot go into the season with Caballero and ........Rob Green. Bring back Hilario

What are you talking about? Cudicini js clearly the move to make.

 

[Corto]

Arnautovic may be a hot head, but he absolutely has a "footballing mind".

He's very hit and miss, very inconsistent. Sometimes genius - when hot, and utterly wasteful when cold.
And while he has the technical skills, I don't necessarily agree he thinks football on a top tier level. His passing and decision making leave a lot to be desired a lot of the time.
Which is basically why his career is playing for Stoke and WHU and not for a top club. He has the skills IMO, and he's fine physically.

Don't get me wrong, I love him, but if he wasn't flawed, he'd be playing for the top-6, not us.

 

[Live in the Now]

He's pretty much like Shaqiri. The only difference is that there are so many more good left side players than right side players. If he played the other side he would have been there by now.

The thing about players like that, it is so hard not to like them because when they're playing their best, they can be world beaters.

 

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[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sounds like a great idea!

 

[booyakasha]

Now the whole Gazidis situation is starting to make sense.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sounds like Usmanov is going to sell them.

 

[bleedblue1223]

More reason for me to hate Arsenal.

 

[Blender]

Probably bad news if you're an Arsenal fan. He's notoriously cheap when it comes to salaries and spending.

 

[Ivan13]

Probably bad news if you're an Arsenal fan. He's notoriously cheap when it comes to salaries and spending.

Complete bull.

Signed,

a fan of a Kroenke owned team

 

[phisherman]

Nothing will change in terms of how the club is currently run. So this won't make much of a difference.

 

[Blender]

Complete bull.

Signed,

a fan of a Kroenke owned team

Which one? He has a poor track record for success with his teams and typically under spends relative to earnings compared with his competition. Arsenal might be the best example of this as they charge a ton for tickets and pull in a lot of revenue while typically spending much less than other clubs with title ambitions.