That felt like watching Stoke vs Burnley.
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Would have loved atleast a draw for Utd here. They are and will remain sh*t but these are the games they can take points off our rivals.
Arsenal not winning anything this season would mean in all probability Arteta out which is bound to put them back for some years I would hope.
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What PR said.
He has been banging on about a new keeper for weeks, so just focused his attention on that.
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Anyone who thinks that based on that didnāt watch them last season.
They are exactly as they were, now they may improve and become more attacking but I didnāt even see a glimpse of that. There is an upper limit for Man Utd that they can go too I feel but Arsenal are at that and it relies on us falling back and no one coming through.
If they had signed Hugo Ekitike or Isak then they may well have that missing piece but Gyorekes looked exactly like someone who played for Coventry at 25.
Now they may not be finished, they may make a signing, someone might come through but Arteta has a blueprint and itās the same format from last year, the suggestion whether itās now or never or whether he has all the time in the world the football has regressed, and Iām not sure itās a brand of football without an alternative that can win the PL.
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I assume that money men at Brighton will be looking at that performance from Ugarte and rubbing their hands with glee, slapping a 150M pounds price on Baleba - which Man United will surely pay.
The irony is that they looked the better of two sides, with Mbeumo and Cunha looking particularly impressive (yeah, the bar had been set pretty low, admittedly). The two of them need a physical outlet both in front (which Å eÅ”ko should be) and some real athleticism behind them (which Fernandes and Casemiro arenāt). If they only had an academy product who impressed in that position when he got introduced to senior footballā¦
As for Arsenalā¦ Itās a lame joke but they were and still are Atletico London for me, minus a charismatic manager and a passionate fan base. They are so dire to watch - but seemingly no one connected to Arsenal seems to mind as long as they are winning. Yes, Liverpool have issues on their own but thereās at least some style to the substance, whereas the current iteration of Arsenal is the antithesis of everything Arsenal represented from Wengerās days to two or three years ago.
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Itās the antithesis of what arsenal were 2 years ago. That 3-1 win against us was a performance where they out liverpooled Kloppās Liverpool and one of the best Iād seen in years. It was what they had been building to for a few years under Arteta and then when they got close enough to a title to be able to smell it they forgot what got them there and have never been able to get it back.
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Football discourse has broken peopleās brains. People are trying to argue that Cunha has initiated contact with the defender therefore it cannot be a foul. Cunha is between the ball and his man. He can go anywhere he wants and if the defender makes a challenge, especially if he goes to ground in trying to win it, and takes the man before the ball it is a foul. The attacker cannot be prevent from trying to protect the ball just because the defender who is on the wrong side has already made a challenge.
https://x.com/football_gate/status/1957142837793034611?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
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Sesko for manure was just as anonymous. Out of all the strikers bought by the top teams only liverpools one scored and looked the part and if we manage to get Izak it will be even worse for them.
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Yeah Iāll give him the benefit of the doubt as he only got about 25 mins but I canāt remember hearing about him.
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1-0 to Set Piece FC. I thought Saliba fouled the Man Utd goalie. Canāt stand Man Utd but they looked competitive today, and if they build on that they have an outside chance of CL.
Arsenal had a stacked bench and even more who didnāt get there. They should be thereabouts at the end of the season. Arteta has spent a fortune but I didnāt see too much football.
We remain the best team to watch, and it will only get better.
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Not going to lie, he had me in the first half
https://x.com/konate_fpl/status/1957131302936719490?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
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Zlatan did score goals in his 1 season.
Does that mean everything you say that isnāt prefixed with this is a lie?
Iām not going to lie, that is an astute question.
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Anyway, first weekend in the books (ignoring today) and I think all of the main challengers showed enough weakness that will give opposition teams some encouragement.
I was largely happy with our performance but lots of people will take encouragment from the perception of how open we are and how easy we are to counter. Despite Cityās more impressive scoreline, I saw even more defensive frailty from them in that regard. It was not a performance that saw them control the game or limit Wolves the way will reflexively a 4-0 City win would have looked like. The main difference in their game vs ours was Bournemouth took their chances and Wolves did not. Wolves also arguably had a greater number of good chances and earned them from competing on a more level footing than Bournemouthās came from. This is a performance weāve seen from city a lot last season and it just says they can still score a hat full when not playing well, which is needed because they are unable to consistently dominate sides the way they used to.
Chelsea and Arsenal dont need any further commentary.
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The BBC Sports site has really regressed in quality. Now itās basically a bantz page
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Itās really top notch analysis.
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How bad is Grealish if he canāt get a game in this Everton team?
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Assume no pre season
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Everton arenāt very good.
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