GWT: Premier League Round 3
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gphr513
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bluesfan94
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Yeah I've seen it given. I've also seen it not given. When the follow through is across the body and the tackle isn't that late, making that an automatic yellow discourages closing down when you can just randomly kick the ball and person closing down on you and get them a yellow.
Ymmv
Jussi
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booyakasha
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Genius.
PeteWorrell
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TheMoreYouKnow
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The real Liverpool boom-bust cycle now under Klopp is:
Boom: Liverpool demolish a modern, high level risk-taking attacking-oriented team. The sky is the limit, Anfield is glowing.
Bust: Liverpool lose 0-1 to a relegation-threatened team, conceding a goal after a set piece and struggling the rest of the game to break down the opposition. Team seems clueless as to what to do differently, but no problem there's a match vs Man City on the horizon..
Boom: Liverpool demolish a modern, high level risk-taking attacking-oriented team. The sky is the limit, Anfield is glowing.
Bust: Liverpool lose 0-1 to a relegation-threatened team, conceding a goal after a set piece and struggling the rest of the game to break down the opposition. Team seems clueless as to what to do differently, but no problem there's a match vs Man City on the horizon..
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I bet you now that if Oxlade-Chamberlain moves to Liverpool or Chelsea he will look like a better player within two months. There's plenty of evidence with how Wijnaldum plays now and how Henderson plays after Klopp showed up to know this is probably true.
His job here was to mark Mane. Arsenal hardly ever formed any attacks from the right side, so I assume that was his job. Wenger might be the only person on Earth who thinks he can do that.
The one thing that sticks with me about this game is that even the best Liverpool teams a decade ago, ones that went to the CL Final would never play a good game against Arsenal and would always get blown out. The tables have turned. The attractive football Arsenal plays is more easy to disrupt due to changes in defensive mentality, and it also needs to be said that almost every team tries to play similar attractive football now. Some exceptions out there, but definitely the vast majority of English teams try to do so. They're not doing anything special tactically anymore.
Yep, pretty much.
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I haven't gone through the thread, but...It is official, it's absolute, it's unadulterated; Arsenal ARE NOT going anywhere with Wenger as the manager or if he doesn't preform a complete 180° in managerial philosophy. I'm going to use strong words; anyone who is pro-Wenger is an ****ing idiot. It's as simple as that - when a sixteen year old can create better tactics and formation in a FIFA game, you know you're lost mentally.
However, I am not going to be a sore loser as I gotta give a lot of credit to Liverpool. They ran our ***** off the pitch to the ground and of course were the mightier side even with that back line and backup goalkeeper. They absolutely deserved every minute and second of it and looked they should be Arsenal again in the top 4.
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Chimaera
same ol' Caps
Chimaera
same ol' Caps
Except Arsenal are notorious bottlers who have blown any chance at the league come January year after year. Enjoy that 4th place trophy. Oh wait.
booyakasha
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I haven't gone through the thread, but...It is official, it's absolute, it's unadulterated; Arsenal ARE NOT going anywhere with Wenger as the manager or if he doesn't preform a complete 180° in managerial philosophy. I'm going to use strong words; anyone who is pro-Wenger is an ****ing idiot. It's as simple as that - when a sixteen year old can create better tactics and formation in a FIFA game, you know you're lost mentally.
However, I am not going to be a sore loser as I gotta give a lot of credit to Liverpool. They ran our ***** off the pitch to the ground and of course were the mightier side even with that back line and backup goalkeeper. They absolutely deserved every minute and second of it and looked they should be Arsenal again in the top 4.
I've yet to see a pro Wenger post on here in the the last few years.
don't know where you get there is a pro-Wenger member on here.
booyakasha
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Chimaera
same ol' Caps
I will say that the goalkeeper gamble was a master stroke. Karius now has confidence he didn't, and they won without him having to do much. Mignolet is not happy, but makes him sharper (he didn't look great against Hoffenheim).
Again targeting just one player? How was Ozil's ball control today? How was Ramsey as a BxB today? How was Sanchez? Ox? Every single one except maybe Cech and Koscielny were awful today. I do agree that Xhaka "preseason" form is long gone and should absolutely be dropped and sold at the first sight, but that list includes Ozil and Ramsey as far as I am concerned. I much rather have Coquelin playing now and maybe try Ox as a CM again. You can't get as worst as what has already happened this season. A GD that's tied with Brighton, LMAO.
Don't let the German fans see this, this might interfere with their superior logic that Bundesliga is a better league even though Mustafi and Ozil didn't come from it.
I still have faith in Zelalem, he's a decent prospect and considering Arsenal's midfield woes, we obviously should give him a chance now.
Holding is just 21 years old, playing in a game that he clearly shouldn't be playing in. Mustafi should have started. Giroud has an insane goal scoring streak coming off the bench. I want to keep him even with some of the criticism I said in the past. Arsenal as a squad are built for him and his holding the ball qualities. Players like Lacazette and Welbeck look like they're on an island because of Wenger's tactics, formation, and player strengths he has brought in.
Bluesfan94 and I believe RareJewel are both pro-Wengers if I recall correctly. Both I highly respect, but both need to come to their senses.
Yet they've been able to finish ahead of Liverpool for so many years even after bottling it.
Way to reinforce Jussi's pic.
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Jussi
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Oh there's one for Arsenal as well:
It's outdated. Wenger doesn't really play youngsters anymore.
Some Spurs fans completely dismissed the notion that the move to Wembley would affect them.
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Both those charts are outdated. The Arsenal boom bust is more along the lines of their fans getting excited every summer only for the season to start and reality to hit. They'll eventually put together some good results, but Arsenal fans seem to be totally aware of the weaknesses their team has now. There are definitely no more illusions for their supporters.
Sometimes Wenger will drop points the first few weeks by resting players, but that definitely wasn't the cause of any points dropped this season, so this is a worst nightmare type of start. Also they should have dropped points to Leicester.
Sometimes Wenger will drop points the first few weeks by resting players, but that definitely wasn't the cause of any points dropped this season, so this is a worst nightmare type of start. Also they should have dropped points to Leicester.
