Should be in the Armchair Tactics thread?
Leave here to discuss that boring, self entitled shower of pricks?
Or the famous random football debate thread.
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I feel dirty for saying it, as they are bad cheats, but I probably want Man City to win the Prem. Just add it to the pile of other meaningless trophies they cheated their way to. And maybe it will fire Arsenal up enough to ask some questions about the 115 charges, and what’s going to happen about that.
Fingers crossed, but maybe when Guardiola steps down (summer?) there might be some action against Man City.
In another universe I would like the less cheaty team to win, which would be Arsenal. But even then, I’ve grown to dislike them so much that I can’t bring myself to wanting them to win anything. Dark arts. Arrogance. Set piece FC. Lego head out of his box.
If Arsenal win it might give them the belief to stick around as winners for a while, given their squad. If they lose, again, it just adds to the self-doubt and possibly opens the door a bit more for next season’s resurgent Liverpool.
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Their 3-1 win against us early in the new year of Klopp’s final season is one of the most complete performances I recall seeing. We were top of the league and flying. Our only loss had been the farce against Spurs in the autumn and we’d just thrashed Newcastle and Chelsea. We had every reason to think we should get a result if we played well, and we did play every bit as well as you’d expect a title challenging side to, but were still deservedly beaten by a team that just did everything a bit better. It was an incredibly impressive performance from them and I dont think they ever played in that way again against another top side.
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‘Lego head out of his box.’ … I’m not sure you meant it the way that I interpreted it , but it made me lol. 
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If it was funny, I almost certainly didn’t mean it 
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What I care about is that long throw ins are now being treated differently by officials, and they need to get a fucking grip because it’s taking the piss.
The game is being paused while the centre backs get up the pitch, the box gets loaded, all the jostling goes on, the ball gets dried and the players takes ages winding up the throw from miles away.
It’s got to the point where the referees will happily let long throw antics carry on for maybe 20-30 seconds after the point where a card would have been shown if the player was setting about a normal throw.
A throw is a throw is a throw. 10 seconds max. If you want a long one, you don’t get any more time to piss about with it.
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Yeah I agree, I’ve touched on how long the process can be.
Maybe something more can be done to speed up the game or not let that extra time wasting.
I know they changed the rule with ball boys and stuff, goal kicks, etc.
Even though I can’t say it bothers me that much, I know a game of football is 90+ minutes, that there can be things that take more time from time wasting to injuries to VAR, etc. By large, it’s still the game I fell in love with. But I know people can be less patient in general than before.
My dad who isn’t a football fan (he follows casually when Croatia play in big tournaments) tells me even when there’s a great neutral game like that Real v City drama from a few years ago, after 10 minutes of such a game, like “do you guys really watch this for 90 minutes?”.
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I don’t particularly want to see Citeh win another title, but I cannot say I am not enjoying seeing these stories pop up
Also, wtf, 18 years ago!!
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Probably in better form that side than this one.
Don’t want arsenal to win anything.
Cant stand arteta and his stupid brand of football
And their fanbase are a set of entitled assholes.
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Agree with your first two points. I really dislike the cynical dour football. The reality is that style and solid defence wins trophies though.
As for the fanbase well you could throw entitled assholes as a description to many other clubs supporters.
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Wolves posted this on their official channels
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This is interesting
Even beyond the changes associated with Edu’s exit there were bigger changes behind the scene earlier this season when their experienced executive director was squeezed out with one of the Kronke kids stepping in take more of an active role and this seems likely another Kronekefication of the running of the club.
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Let me see now… what’s the answer to this?
They seem to care a little too much and there football isn’t just corners it’s the wwe battle royal that takes place during them. Also an neutral wouldn’t particularly care eithier way. I thought Wilson was a tactical specialist he spent half this article suggesting it’s because they are in New Labour heartlands and Old too.
There attitude towards Spurs is actually moving me from a position of couldn’t give a shit but it’s awful football to I could give a shit and it’s awful football.
It’s got fuck all to do with Labour though.
I don’t particularly mind if Arsenal do win the title. Premier league matches are generally shite across the board, and Arsenal are far from the only offenders.
They don’t have the financial irregularities of City and I haven’t found their fans to be particularly objectionable. Most of what is wrong about the Premier League is the Premier League itself.
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Yes, well he did kind of shoehorn that bit in, but mentioned “Islington, the spiritual heartland of New Labour” which is far away from the true heartlands of the original Labour Party that was founded in the late 19C with actual socialist ideas, unlike this current incarnation.
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