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  • jobojobo
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
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    Have Coutinho played much at all after signing for Barca? Haven't heard his name mentioned at all after he left Liverpool.

    Why has the unbeaten record in the league mattered so much for Valverde? Point to prove?


    Don't know? Maybe it is a unique spin on his Barca career? Winning the treble in his first season wouldn't be so unique. Two guys already did that...

    Coutinho has played quite a lot in the League. And he has been performing well, although it is hard to outshine some of the other guys he's playing with, obviously... He was magnificent yesterday. But if you are not registered to play in the Champions League, one tends to disappear from the limelight. At least in the anglomaniac coverage in Norwegian and English media.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    jobo wrote: »
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    Don't know? Maybe it is a unique spin on his Barca career? Winning the treble in his first season wouldn't be so unique. Two guys already did that...

    Coutinho has played quite a lot in the League. And he has been performing well, although it is hard to outshine some of the other guys he's playing with, obviously... He was magnificent yesterday. But if you are not registered to play in the Champions League, one tends to disappear from the limelight. At least in the anglomaniac coverage in Norwegian and English media.

    Was Valverde the expected choice, or the guy fans were hoping for? If not, then an unbeaten run would be a way to prove himself to the fans and critics.

    Last I heard about Coutinho was that he'd been used as a sub mainly. That may have changed, though.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Come on lads...win this for Arsene !!!
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Come on lads...win this for Arsene !!!

    They better!
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Worrying start here once again.

    Man,that defence is shit.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Worrying start here once again.

    Man,that defence is shit.

    Yeah. Need to do better than that if they're going to win this.

    Oh, Claudio Ranieri is at the stadium!
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Yeah. Need to do better than that if they're going to win this.

    Oh, Claudio Ranieri is at the stadium!

    He wont be there as the new incoming manager,just scouting or having a day out.
  • vzokvzok
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    He wont be there as the new incoming manager,just scouting or having a day out.

    You could do worse.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    vzok wrote: »
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    You could do worse.

    And a lot better though,also he is too old.
  • RC7RC7
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    Love the fact the Emirates is rammed for once. All the fickle gooners eulogising over Wenger, despite calling for his head the last few years.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    barryt007 wrote: »
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    He wont be there as the new incoming manager,just scouting or having a day out.

    Haha, don't think so, either. Just fun to see him. Class manager.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Love the fact the Emirates is rammed for once. All the fickle gooners eulogising over Wenger, despite calling for his head the last few years.

    I know,...the disgusing 'Wenger Out' idiots all cooing over him now..bloody hypocrites.

  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    I know,...the disgusing 'Wenger Out' idiots all cooing over him now..bloody hypocrites.

    It's incredible isn't it.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Monreal !!!!

    He is playing so well this season.


    1-0
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Nacho!
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Nacho!

    Bollocks.
    1-1
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    barryt007 wrote: »
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    Bollocks.
    1-1

    Well that was hardly surprising. He has all the space he wants in the box…
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Ow Declan Rice what have you done,why the hell did you duck ?!

    2-1 to us.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Ramsey!! Nice.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    3-1 Lacazette !!

    Game over.....
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited April 2018 Posts: 19,339
    4-1.

    Ruthless.

    Lacazette's confidence will be sky high on Thursday.

    Rambo man of the match for me,followed by Xaka.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    barryt007 wrote: »
    4-1.

    Ruthless.

    Lacazette's confidence will be sky high on Thursday.

    Rambo man of the match for me.

    Rambo on fire! Now wrap him and Lacazette in bubble wrap, and don't open before Thursday night!

    Merci, Arsène.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Looks like WBA,Stoke and Saints for relegation...thats 2 matches in a row that Stoke have lost winning positions late on .
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Looks like WBA,Stoke and Saints for relegation...thats 2 matches in a row that Stoke have lost winning positions late on .

    Wasn't at all surprised that Burnley got an equalizer. Dyche doing so, so well with that team. Saints can catch up with Swansea, but I doubt it. Carvalhal should keep them up. They even play Stoke and Saints in the last two fixtures.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    Oooh, that's a nice effort by Giroud! 1-0 Chelsea.
    Playing Morata must have cost Chelsea. About time Giroud starts for them.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    And then he's injured. Damn.

    Edit: looks alright.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Chelsea through to the final, then. As a mate of mine wrote in a message right now, the Chelsea-United game might be a great fixture to watch, or a very boring final.

    No surprises in the Man City-Swansea game, either. City played for fun out there.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    Rosenborg struggled against a Start team that parked the bus at Lerkendal this evening. Rosenborg did not impress, but managed a 2-0 win in the end, climbing up to fourth place on the league table. "Little brother" Ranheim won too, and have placed themselves third, with one less game played than Rosenborg. Just incredible.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    Wenger's brain really doesn't operate by normal standards of logic. What level of sanity can make him decide to not play Aubameyang from the start?

    Why are you resting your best player and a bloke who can't even play on Thursday?

    All the mug fans cheering from the rafters that he's a genius for putting the shambles that is London Utd to the sword when the decision not to start Aubameyang shows what an absolute joke of a manager he has turned into.*

    *Obviously I brought Aubameyang into my fantasy team and clown Wenger has just killed my title challenge stone dead.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited April 2018 Posts: 17,924
    TheWizardOfIce wrote: »
    Wenger's brain really doesn't operate by normal standards of logic. What level of sanity can make him decide to not play Aubameyang from the start?

    Why are you resting your best player and a bloke who can't even play on Thursday?

    All the mug fans cheering from the rafters that he's a genius for putting the shambles that is London Utd to the sword when the decision not to start Aubameyang shows what an absolute joke of a manager he has turned into.*

    *Obviously I brought Aubameyang into my fantasy team and clown Wenger has just killed my title challenge stone dead.

    From what I read from the press conference earlier this week, he wanted to start as many as possible of those who are eligible for EL play on Thursday, like Lacazette, for example.*

    *For that reason only, I brought Lacazette on Free Hit for this gameweek. He more or less told Aubameyang wouldn't start.

    Also, regarding FPL: Have you ever seen the Twitter account Anfield Express, @TheWizardOfIce? That account has posted spot on line ups for weeks now, the day before the games. Liverpool insider?
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