Moose Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 http://www.football365.com/f365-says/9099873/F365-Says An interesting marticle on manegerial payoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Theo's out of the world cup. Shite news for Arsenal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Fucking fuck. Striker plz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Probably good news for Ross Barkley re: the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 65 teams in my no subs or transfers fantasy league picked Walcott. Oof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Would Walcott have been a nailed on starter? Hodgeson seems to love his front 3 of Rooney, Welbeck and Sturridge. Walcott was having a good spell up until now. If he continued that way, he may have surpassed one of Sturridge or Welbeck. Walcott being injured means that James Milner will probably be in the squad instead. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Not nailed on starter but Hodgson needs options; a pacey forward who can play wide and through the middle being perfect 'impact' material. He'll be missed. STEP UP, ANDREW CARROLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I read a comment somewhere else which brought up the fact that this is the kind of injury which often has a long term impact on a player's pace, which would obviously be a disaster for Walcott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 All we need is an ACL injury for Aaron Lennon and it'll be the end for pacey wide-men with no end product in North London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Maybe if Townsend could pick up some speed he could take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 All we need is an ACL injury for Aaron Lennon and it'll be the end for pacey wide-men with no end product in North London. They've still got Oxtail Chamberpot. He's nippy alright. Is he still alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I got these two football books at christmas.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fear-Loathing-La-Liga-Barcelona/dp/0224091786/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389100240&sr=8-1&keywords=fear+and+loathing+in+la+ligahttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/1409145867/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389100287&sr=8-1&keywords=inverting+the+pyramid I've read the old edition of Inverting the Pyramid before so I've started with the Barca - Madrid one. Enjoying it a lot, which is no surprise as it's written by one of my favourite journalists. Incredibly informative without being dense or dull. I've just finished a chapter on the signing of Di Stefano. I'd read some stuff about it before but had no idea how much of a complicated mess it really was. I highly recommend picking it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 They've still got Oxtail Chamberpot. He's nippy alright. Is he still alive? Out with a knee injury, expected back 18th January. Thanks, PhysioRoom.com. Abou Diaby's due back for his three or four game spell before injury again in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 If Diaby gets games between March and June he could go to the World Cup. They seem to fucking love him in France. He's always getting into the French squad when he is back for his injury free 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Bad time for Walcott to get injured but at least Arsene can get a replacement in and an out and out striker to to cover for Giroud. Hopefully somebody who can hit the ground running. I read they were considering a bid for Berbatov. At least he'll score and he'll probably hit the ground but won't do much running. AMIRITE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Said weeks ago that Berba would be a good signing for Arsenal. It makes complete sense, surely?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 If Berba signs for Arsenal, I will become an Arsenal fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I don't think Berbatov would suit Arsenal's quick phases of play. As wonderfully talented as he is, he's awful at staying in position. They have 1,000 players who are good at dropping deep and passing the ball. They need a poacher who will stay on the shoulder. That requires alot of running, like you see from Javier Hernandez. Berbatov won't be having any of that. Speaking of which, Javier Hernandez would be ideal for that sort of system. All those through balls and quick passes around the edge of the box. He would score one hundred goals. I hope that never happens though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I agree, Hernandez would be much better for Arsenal than Berba. Any striker would at least let Giroud get a rest sometimes though. They could do what SAF did with him by the end and just start against the bottom half teams when he could wander around and take the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Ive always thought Hernandez is under rated. I can't name a better out and out poacher. He'd be fantastic for arsenal. He doesn't give me a boner with his first touch though. For that reason put me down for berba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) I can't name a better out and out poacher. Darren Mackie. Edited January 7, 2014 by The Milner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Haha, Ryan Giggs :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 For some reason Tommy Johnson popped into my head earlier. Martin O'Neill said he had the worst first touch out of any player he's ever managed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 United in 2014: LLL Happy new year. Tony Valencia. What happened to him? Used to be explosive. Now he's got nothing. Been guff all last season and all of this. The #7 ruined him. Timid Tony. And Tom Cleverley. Fielding Tom Cleverley is like going down to 10 men before the game has even started. Passenger? Passenger is an understatement. He's a fare-dodger hiding in the bogs. He RUNS AWAY from the ball. Centre back has the ball, you expect the midfielder to show for the ball. But he RUNS BEHIND an opposing player, and points to another player. "Pass to him. Pass to anyone but me". Fuck off, you soft cunt. It's hard to blame Moyes, because he's got muck like Anderson, Cleverley, Young and Buttner in his first team squad. Alongside very badly ageing Evra, Giggs, Ferdinand, and even Vidic to an extent. But he needs a better tactical approach than getting it out wide, crossing it in, repeat x infinity. Marcelo Bielsa is still unemployed. Only El Loco himself could kick the fuck out of these freeloaders. He doesn't even have to be the manager. He can just stand in the technical area, and scream at everyone to charge at the ball, all at once, like he did at Chile. In possession: attack. Not in possession: attack the ball. None of this defending shite. "Shape", "discipline". Fuck that noise. Get the ball. Score goals. Easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I bloody love to see Bielsa coach a team in the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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