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  • Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    26 points this gw.
    My team is the worst in fpl history.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,524
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited January 23 Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim admits to making mistake over 'worst-ever' team in club's history comment....... ???
    Man Utd head coach Ruben Amorim: "I was talking more for myself than from my players, because you have to find out a coach that starts a job and loses seven games in the first 10. So it's more for me, I was talking more about me than the players"

    He should play a 4-5-1 or 5-4-1 (i think he did it against Liverpool, i didn't see much of that game) ? and start winning games instead of saying there's going to be in pain at first with his "system" ?

    They again rushed finding a new manager imo But it might work out, who knows ?

    Play on the counter attack like Forrest etc and try to qualify for europe at least....... ?
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited January 25 Posts: 2,641
    Man Utd could target Nkunku as Chelsea consider Garnacho offer
  • edited January 25 Posts: 17,850
    Here's a quick look at gameweek 22 before the gameweek 23 deadline in half an hour! Gameweek 22 wasn't a particularly high scoring round of fixtures. Clean sheet points was hard to come by, and Mohamed Salah and others failed to deliver. That doesn't mean we didn't get good scores in our league. Our gameweek winner Goldy’s Greats managed a decent 60 points in a rather difficult gameweek. Congratulations! =D>

    b10x8MO.jpeg
    Gameweek winners
    GW 1: Liverpool Richmond
    GW 2: Red Warriors
    GW 3: CSAC
    GW 4: Dominics so Lanky !
    GW 5: Red Warriors, Dominics so Lanky ! & ????
    GW 6: LVLA Skopje 05
    GW 7: Mejico POWA
    GW 8: Liverpool Richmond
    GW 9: Liverpool Richmond
    GW 10: Mejico POWA
    GW 11: Liverpool Richmond
    GW 12: CSAC
    GW 13: Liverpool Richmond
    GW 14: Anfield FC
    GW 15: Red Warriors
    GW 16: Dinamo Skruknott
    GW 17: Dinamo Skruknott
    GW 18: CSAC
    GW 19: JuncoPartner
    GW 20: Liverpool Richmond
    GW 21: You Only Live Rice
    GW 22: Goldy’s Greats
  • edited January 25 Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????
  • edited January 25 Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....
  • Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.

    At least you got the 3 points in the end.
    It will be interesting to see if the red is overturned ?
  • Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.

    At least you got the 3 points in the end.
    It will be interesting to see if the red is overturned ?

    Luckily, yes! Still fuming about Oliver though. I certainly hope that the red card is overturned, but I doubt it.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.

    At least you got the 3 points in the end.
    It will be interesting to see if the red is overturned ?

    Luckily, yes! Still fuming about Oliver though. I certainly hope that the red card is overturned, but I doubt it.

    I watched the replay a few times now and it looks like he raised his studs and got him on the shins first 1.06

    Have a look again and tell me what you think ?
  • edited January 26 Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.

    At least you got the 3 points in the end.
    It will be interesting to see if the red is overturned ?

    Luckily, yes! Still fuming about Oliver though. I certainly hope that the red card is overturned, but I doubt it.

    I watched the replay a few times now and it looks like he raised his studs and got him on the shins first 1.06

    Have a look again and tell me what you think ?

    That's not a red card in my opinion. Yellow, sure – which Goes too got later in the game, but a straight red and a three match ban. No way.

    The reactions have been unanimous too. I haven't seen a single pundit or ex player backing the decision.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited January 26 Posts: 2,641
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.

    At least you got the 3 points in the end.
    It will be interesting to see if the red is overturned ?

    Luckily, yes! Still fuming about Oliver though. I certainly hope that the red card is overturned, but I doubt it.

    I watched the replay a few times now and it looks like he raised his studs and got him on the shins first 1.06

    Have a look again and tell me what you think ?

    That's not a red card in my opinion. Yellow, sure – which Goes too got later in the game, but a straight red and a three match ban. No way.

    The reactions have been unanimous too. I haven't seen a single pundit or ex player backing the decision.

    The only pundit so far that i've seen thinks it's a red is Steve Nicol on espnfc.


    PGMOL: Video evidence proves Lewis-Skelly was high and late

    https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13297088/myles-lewis-skelly-red-card-pgmol-says-tackle-that-earned-arsenal-defender-red-card-at-wolves-was-high-and-late
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,524
    My enthusiasm with football is low at the moment, if we sell Garnacho I won't be happy. Garnacho starts tonight thankfully.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited January 27 Posts: 2,641
    My enthusiasm with football is low at the moment, if we sell Garnacho I won't be happy. Garnacho starts tonight thankfully.

    Don't worry your club is big/rich enough to get back.

    I remember when Klopp's team lost 7-2 to villa and they couldn't win at Anfield for 6-7 games in a row (against the bottom 5-10 clubs) a few years ago breaking some losing records the club had since the 1920's or something i was feeling the same as you do.

    At least your club wins trophies, unlike Spurs etc.....
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,641
    Ruben Amorim made his biggest criticism of Marcus Rashford yet, hitting out at the forward's effort in training; the Man Utd boss said he would rather put 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital on the bench over a player not giving the maximum....

    That's not a wise thing to say if they want to sell him and/or get the best price ?
  • Posts: 17,850
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    True if the board don't sack him, my club is a mess I hope from the chaos something positive happens.

    The board will be crucial for sure. The results didn't happen for Arsenal until the Kroenke's started to spend some money – and it took a long time until they were willing to do so.
    Amorim gets my full support, he did not want the job until the summer, INEOS said now or never. It's on the board they need to back him they knew his system they knew the type of manager he was, Amorim will achieve great things but must be supported.

    The upside of him joining now is that he will get the January window, and the rest of the season to get to know the players, and plan a strategy for the summer.

    Norway could become the first country in Europe to abandon the Video Assistant Referee system after a vote Wednesday by the country’s top soccer clubs.

    Nineteen clubs voted against continuing the use of VAR while 13 voted for keeping it, according to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the organization that represents the 32 teams in Norway’s top two divisions.

    A decision on the future of VAR will be made by the Norwegian soccer federation in March

    Do you think they should abandon VAR in Norway ?

    Oh, definitely! They have less cameras than in England, and the refs are even worse; I'm not against VAR in principle, but it doesn't work the way it's implemented right now, and in Norway we even got the budget version – which has resulted in a lot of protests by fans, and clubs now voting against it.

    Norges Fotballforbund (NFF, the Norwegian Football Federation) can still go against the recommendation of Norsk Toppfotball, and I expect they will. Unfortunately.
    Omar Marmoush completes move from Frankfurt to City
    The fee paid by Manchester City is a reported £59 million ($115.9 million) plus add-ons for the striker, who is seen by many as a replacement for Julian Alvarez, who left for Atletico Madrid last year.

    Never seen this guy play......

    Players are signed all over the place, yet complete silence at Arsenal, who soon can't field a decent starting eleven…

    Arsenal should have got some goal scorers in instead they got Merino, Calafiori ,Raheem Stirling's no good now. ?

    Edu's gone too which doesn't help ?

    Liverpool only signed a Keeper at the start of the season , (should have signed some defenders) if Virgil gets injured ?????

    I can understand them getting Calafiori, and to some extent Merino, but Sterling looks to have been a solution just to cover the fact that they have, yet again, failed to find a decent backup (or competition) for Saka. And now, with Saka injured, and a Sterling that doesn't look to add anything at all to the team, they have essentially ruined their chances for silverware this season. Arteta and Arsenal can hide behind Ethan Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly proving that they can step into the first team, but it doesn't hide the fact that they have failed in the transfer window.

    I think Edu leaving seemed strange, and very much out of the blue. I wonder what's been going on there. What Arsenal will miss, is his network, particularly in Brazil and (you would think) South America. And I haven't read much about a permanent replacement for Edu either, which is worrying.

    I thought it was strange that Liverpool didn't do more in the transfer marked. For now at least, they seem to be doing just fine though! It will take something extraordinary for them not to win the league, and likely CL too!

    _______

    Here are the gameweek 23 captaincy picks!
    Salah: 13
    Isak: 2
    Mitoma: 1
    Maddison: 1

    To nobody's surprise, Salah is by far the most captained player this gameweek. Only Isak is backed by more than one manager out of the other captaincy picks. Good luck everyone!

    I would guess Edu got a massive pay rise/sign on fee to go to Evangelos Marinakis's group of clubs.....

    Wouldn't surprise me!

    Lewis-Skelly straight red before half-time. That must be one of the worst referee decisions I've ever witnessed. Again Michael Oliver against Arsenal – putting a definite end to their season.

    At least you got the 3 points in the end.
    It will be interesting to see if the red is overturned ?

    Luckily, yes! Still fuming about Oliver though. I certainly hope that the red card is overturned, but I doubt it.

    I watched the replay a few times now and it looks like he raised his studs and got him on the shins first 1.06

    Have a look again and tell me what you think ?

    That's not a red card in my opinion. Yellow, sure – which Goes too got later in the game, but a straight red and a three match ban. No way.

    The reactions have been unanimous too. I haven't seen a single pundit or ex player backing the decision.

    The only pundit so far that i've seen thinks it's a red is Steve Nicol on espnfc.


    PGMOL: Video evidence proves Lewis-Skelly was high and late

    https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13297088/myles-lewis-skelly-red-card-pgmol-says-tackle-that-earned-arsenal-defender-red-card-at-wolves-was-high-and-late

    https://x.com/SkySportsNews/status/1884299767804567752

    Luckily the FA disagrees. Lewis-Skelly will be available for the games he would have missed.
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