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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Hearing that some Arsenal players are unhappy, if true they are employee's on great money and they need to get some back bone and self respect.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Hearing that some Arsenal players are unhappy, if true they are employee's on great money and they need to get some back bone and self respect.

    Could be just paper talk ?
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    I would be very sceptical of anything that comes out of The Mirror...
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    jobo wrote: »
    I would be very sceptical of anything that comes out of The Mirror...

    What about Football.London ? Worth reading or the same rubbish ?

    Two weeks ago, Pepe headbutted Leeds defender Ezgjan Alioski in an off-the-ball incident and was given a straight red card after referee Anthony Taylor viewed the altercation on a pitchside monitor.

    After the incident, Arteta criticised Pepe over his “unnacceptable” behaviour and said that the Ivorian had “let the team down”.

    And Football.London claims that ‘some of the first-team squad were unhappy about the way he called him out on TV’.

    The report adds that some players have ‘mentally clocked out’ and that ‘the omission of Mesut Ozil and Sokratis’ is also causing dressing room unrest.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Arsenal vs Man City Carabao Cup quarter-final will be a interesting game today.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    Arsenal vs Man City Carabao Cup quarter-final will be a interesting game today.

    Hmmmmmmm 8->
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Arsenal vs Man City Carabao Cup quarter-final will be a interesting game today.

    Hmmmmmmm 8->

    Arsenal do well in the cups and if Arteta gets his tactics right they can win even though auba is injured.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Arsenal vs Man City Carabao Cup quarter-final will be a interesting game today.

    Hmmmmmmm 8->

    Arsenal do well in the cups and if Arteta gets his tactics right they can win even though auba is injured.

    Yeah, that's the thing. Auba is out. And I don't know if Arsenal can defend for 90mins, coz that's definitely going to be the plan Arteta's looking at.
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    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…

    Yeah. Sadly, it turned out that way. The thing is, it's Man City and they're that good. If Arsenal had been winning, this would have been overlooked because it's Man City....but now, any defeat is a defeat for Arsenal.
  • edited December 2020 Posts: 17,759
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…

    Yeah. Sadly, it turned out that way. The thing is, it's Man City and they're that good. If Arsenal had been winning, this would have been overlooked because it's Man City....but now, any defeat is a defeat for Arsenal.

    True, but it's also a City that's not in their best form. Arsenal could and should have got away from this game without conceding four goals. The team selection puzzles me. If there was a game to give more youngsters a go, it would have been this game. Arteta played some of them, but I don't think the result would have been any worse playing more youngsters given how the senior players played (Lacazette aside 'cause of his 1-1 goal of course.)

    It's also strange to see youngsters more or less carrying this team right now; Martinelli in this game (before getting injured again), and Saka in recent PL games. Time for the highly paid senior players to play their part in changing things.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't remembered the Carabao Cup game was today. 0-1 down already…

    Let's just hope it stays that way. I knew they'll win. But let it not turn into an embarrassing match.

    About that…

    Yeah. Sadly, it turned out that way. The thing is, it's Man City and they're that good. If Arsenal had been winning, this would have been overlooked because it's Man City....but now, any defeat is a defeat for Arsenal.

    True, but it's also a City that's not in their best form. Arsenal could and should have got away from this game without conceding four goals. The team selection puzzles me. If there was a game to give more youngsters a go, it would have been this game. Arteta played some of them, but I don't think the result would have been any worse playing more youngsters given how the senior players played (Lacazette aside 'cause of his 1-1 goal of course.)

    It's also strange to see youngsters more or less carrying this team right now; Martinelli in this game (before getting injured again), and Saka in recent PL games. Time for the highly paid senior players to play their part in changing things.

    Yeah. The situation right now at Arsenal is truly dire.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    It's Carabao cup time again :)]
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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Kieran Trippier suspended for 10 weeks over breaches of betting rules
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/amp/football/55423789
    He has been linked with United recently as someone to give AWB competition, that's unlikely to happen now.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Strong line up for United one thing is for certain United have the squad depth they have been lacking in recent seasons.

    Henderson, Tuanzebe, Bailly, Maguire, Telles, Matic, Pogba, Van de Beek, Fernandes, Greenwood, Cavani


    Good first 10 minutes by United laying siege to Everton's goal, good to see United going for it from the off as too often this season been slow starters.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    55 mins still 0 - 0 Richarlison off with what appears to be a rib injury, looks a bit shaken.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
    edited December 2020 Posts: 4,247
    I think United are slowly getting consistent. And teams have not yet noticed it.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    I think United are slowly getting consistent. And teams have not yet noticed it.

    They are starting to look strong, certainly got good options now. Ole is setting them up to attack rather than safety first which is encouraging.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    I think United are slowly getting consistent. And teams have not yet noticed it.

    They are starting to look strong, certainly got good options now. Ole is setting them up to attack rather than safety first which is encouraging.

    Yeah. Not bad at all.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    With his 65th-minute strike against Real Valladolid on Dec. 22, Messi scored his 644th goal for Barca, breaking a long-standing record set by none other than the great Pele almost half a century ago.
    Astonishingly, Messi has scored more goals for one single club than any other player in the history of soccer.

    Messi's record will never be beaten, maybe ?
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    Would have been interesting to see what he could do with Arsenal, but no top manager would want that job anyway.

  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    Wow! @Torgeirtrap Very good manager, Poch is. But I don't think he ever liked Arsenal though.
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    With his 65th-minute strike against Real Valladolid on Dec. 22, Messi scored his 644th goal for Barca, breaking a long-standing record set by none other than the great Pele almost half a century ago.
    Astonishingly, Messi has scored more goals for one single club than any other player in the history of soccer.

    Messi's record will never be beaten, maybe ?

    Seems unlikely. They said the same thing about Pelé's record however...

    The only record of Messis I am absolutely sure will never be beaten, is his record of 50 goals (!!) in one La Liga season. That is just absurd! 8-}
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Would have been interesting to see what he could do with Arsenal, but no top manager would want that job anyway.


    Poch is likely to win his first trophy as a manager if he takes the job, though good luck with the ego's. I never knew prior to today that Poch played for PSG.
  • edited December 2020 Posts: 17,759
    GadgetMan wrote: »
    Wow! @Torgeirtrap Very good manager, Poch is. But I don't think he ever liked Arsenal though.

    With him being a former Sp*rs manager, that would probably have been unlikely, yes. You never know in football though.
    Would have been interesting to see what he could do with Arsenal, but no top manager would want that job anyway.


    Poch is likely to win his first trophy as a manager if he takes the job, though good luck with the ego's. I never knew prior to today that Poch played for PSG.

    And the club ownership! Trophies aside, it seems like a difficult job to take on.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Merry Christmas Football Fans...
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    Merry Christmas Football Fans...

    :)) :))
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    jobo wrote: »
    With his 65th-minute strike against Real Valladolid on Dec. 22, Messi scored his 644th goal for Barca, breaking a long-standing record set by none other than the great Pele almost half a century ago.
    Astonishingly, Messi has scored more goals for one single club than any other player in the history of soccer.

    Messi's record will never be beaten, maybe ?

    Seems unlikely. They said the same thing about Pelé's record however...

    The only record of Messis I am absolutely sure will never be beaten, is his record of 50 goals (!!) in one La Liga season. That is just absurd! 8-}

    Pele had it easier than Messi because the brazilian league seemed much more inferior than playing in La Liga.
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