Motd 19/08

Originally Posted by Tiberian

Jenas is right about the full backs, though I suspect it is a choice to protect against the counter attack. Shaw turning into the player we hoped he could be would certainly give us an extra dimension.

Be interested to know what Valencia's forward/backward pass ratio is.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

Jenas is right about the full backs, though I suspect it is a choice to protect against the counter attack. Shaw turning into the player we hoped he could be would certainly give us an extra dimension.

Crying out for some natural width, just to vary it, keep the opposition defence wide and create space for lads in the middle from time to time.

Apparently, he wanted the 4th signing to be a player that could operate as a wing back so he could play 3 CB's...

Wellbeck is very occasionally decent but mostly depressingly average - perfect for arsenal.

Originally Posted by My Name is Keith

Wellbeck is very occasionally decent but mostly depressingly average - perfect for arsenal.

Easily their most dangerous player, Not quite sure what that says though..

Originally Posted by My Name is Keith

Wellbeck is very occasionally decent but mostly depressingly average - perfect for arsenal.

It was a classic Welbeck performance today, showed everything that is both good and bad in his game. Link up play, movement, work-rate, all top notch, but you never feel he is going to score.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

jermaine jenas saying united will have to play better against the better teams.

i'm sure mourinho will appreciate that advice from one of the games great thinkers.

https://youtu.be/pDK9rhWBUlg

Stoke do well attracting these foreign attacking players.. Jese, Bojan, Afellay, Shaqiri..

That Lacazette goal is not offside ffs. What happened to forwards getting the benefit of the doubt? Level.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

That Lacazette goal is not offside ffs. What happened to forwards getting the benefit of the doubt? Level.

Toe was offside.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

jermaine jenas saying united will have to play better against the better teams.

i'm sure mourinho will appreciate that advice from one of the games great thinkers.

Yes but the 'better teams' won't spend 80% of the game camped in their own half with 11 men behind the ball. They did a very good job of frustrating United for the most part but they had absolutely no intention of coming out and attacking United until the 2nd goal went in, then we carved them to pieces.

United will come up against that a lot this season again and i think it may take a set piece or something for us to get that crucial goal to open the games up.

Getting back to Swansea, i really hope they get £#%&!ing relegated this season. The cheeky bastards shouldn't even be in our league, they should be off playing total network solutions and the like.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Toe was offside.

Toenail maybe.

Players with long hair being offside because one strand of hair is blown out of control?

£#%&!ing hell that's soft

Originally Posted by Tiberian

That Lacazette goal is not offside ffs. What happened to forwards getting the benefit of the doubt? Level.

It *was* offside, by a few inches. I see what you mean though, that would have been allowed more often than not. Still its Arsenal, so £#%&! em

£#%&!ing state of west brom's away following

I think I might have a few quid on Brighton going straight back down. They are crap.

Mahrez looking quality as he seeks escape.

Haha. Vardy injures himself trying to get a penalty.

Originally Posted by Cream

Mahrez looking quality as he seeks escape.

Haha. Vardy injures himself trying to get a penalty.

Cheeky bid..?

Originally Posted by dunk

Cheeky bid..?

Thread already made. I'd be delighted to have him here but nobody can stand him.

Sad.

Chalobah

Originally Posted by Cream

Thread already made. I'd be delighted to have him here but nobody can stand him.

Sad.

Big mates with Matthias Pogba.

Scousers have YNWA in MASSIVE letters on the back of their tracky tops.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Big mates with Matthias Pogba.

Well you tell Paul to tell Matt that I'm a big admirer.