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guitars4you · September 2022

I watched a fair bit of the Arsenal/Villa game - Arsenal look a very good side to watch, at the moment - So much intensity with a fast slick build up - Not sure who else watched it, but how was that not a penalty for Saka when Mings tugged him down in the 1st half - Anywhere else on the pitch it would be a foul so why is it still not a foul in the penalty area and var said no as well

Then watched all the LFC v Geordie boys game - Good game to watch as a neutral - NUFC unlucky not to get a point - Isak looks like he could be a good option for them

axisus · September 2022

Bloody hell, another hat trick for Haarland! The guy is a beast. I sooo wanted Man U to sign him a few years back, and it could have happened that season that they came 2nd and looked like a functioning team. Apparently he was good pals with Manager Ole at the time. If they had chucked huge wages at him he may have come (probably wishful thinking!)

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately. Generally I don't care who wins the prem if Man U don't, but I really don't want City winning every year, that could kill us as the best league in the world.

joneve · September 2022

axisus said:

Bloody hell, another hat trick for Haarland! The guy is a beast. I sooo wanted Man U to sign him a few years back, and it could have happened that season that they came 2nd and looked like a functioning team. Apparently he was good pals with Manager Ole at the time. If they had chucked huge wages at him he may have come (probably wishful thinking!)

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately. Generally I don't care who wins the prem if Man U don't, but I really don't want City winning every year, that could kill us as the best league in the world.

The whole team is on another level. Relentless, precise and just ridiculous. Adding Haaland to the mix have basically transformed them to God mode. Can't see anyone catching them once Arsenal have their annual Autumn meltdown once the weather turns bad.

Hattigol · September 2022

Having Haaland is fkg cheating. Simple as that

TTony · September 2022

axisus said

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately.

They’ll still get knocked out in the CL quarters/semis though, and as that’s their main target, they’ll still see themselves as failing.

TTony · September 2022

scrumhalf said:
We gave players who are not in good form, and yesterday's newbie Bissouma was poor. As starts to the season go it's not terrible, but it's painful to watch.

Sonny too - but do you drop him to the bench, or wait for him to have a lucky break and play himself back into form? Given what he’s done over the past many seasons, I’d give him the time to recover form.

Bissouma was better in th second half.

Did that game show how important Bentancur is to the team? He just does “stuff” that makes the team work without ever being particularly noticeable. Even after all the activity in this transfer window, I’d still put him and Kulusevski in our top 3 acquisitions (Perisic being the other) of recent seasons.

jellyroll · September 2022

TTony said:

axisus said

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately.

They’ll still get knocked out in the CL quarters/semis though, and as that’s their main target......

As a City fan for nearly 50 years, let me tell you, its really not.

TTony · September 2022

Well, they don’t need half the team they’ve got to be in with a damn good chance of just winning the PL again ...

joneve · September 2022

jellyroll said:

TTony said:

axisus said

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately.

They’ll still get knocked out in the CL quarters/semis though, and as that’s their main target......

As a City fan for nearly 50 years, let me tell you, its really not.

Champions of Europe...you'll never sing that

Hattigol · September 2022

jellyroll said:

TTony said:

axisus said

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately.

They’ll still get knocked out in the CL quarters/semis though, and as that’s their main target......

As a City fan for nearly 50 years, let me tell you, its really not.

As a United fan, I get this. The press used to love hammering us when we got knocked out of Europe but honestly, having grown up surrounded by Liverpool and Everton fans (back when being a United fan was the polar opposite of being a glory-hunter) crowing about us not winning the League, the League was all I ever really wanted us to do well in.

Playing every team home and away and finishing top of the pile - that's the true test of a team. It was great when we did well in the other competitions but the League, that's what matters.

RaymondLin · September 2022

City will win it this year since I can see all other teams dropping points more than they do.

Liverpool has already show signs that they are not in gear, their midfield looks tired. Arsenal don't have the depth in the squad, if Jesus get injured I can see them drawing a lot more games.

axisus · September 2022

I agree in that winning the Prem (or top league of the day) is 100% the biggest prize .... but the Champions league is still an immense trophy to win. City fans have never been that interested, which I find weird. I'm desperate for Man U to win more (unlikely for some years!). Pep 100% wants to win again, I'd say he needs to. There will be a small element of failure if he doesn't get it with City at some point. It was a bit of a failing of Fergie that he only won two.

jellyroll · September 2022

Hattigol said:

jellyroll said:

TTony said:

axisus said

City look unstoppable this season unfortunately.

They’ll still get knocked out in the CL quarters/semis though, and as that’s their main target......

As a City fan for nearly 50 years, let me tell you, its really not.

As a United fan, I get this. The press used to love hammering us when we got knocked out of Europe but honestly, having grown up surrounded by Liverpool and Everton fans (back when being a United fan was the polar opposite of being a glory-hunter) crowing about us not winning the League, the League was all I ever really wanted us to do well in.

Playing every team home and away and finishing top of the pile - that's the true test of a team. It was great when we did well in the other competitions but the League, that's what matters.

Exactly. And most City fans still sigh with relief when we get to 40 points...

Lestratcaster · September 2022

5 wins from 5 is great and all but again we need to see the real test by playing City and Liverpool. Those teams we expect to beat, with a fully fit squad to choose from.

Aubameyang to Chelsea looks like happening which makes me sick. Out of all teams to go he goes to a London club. But he's played under Tuchel before. He is like 33 or 34 so his best years are past him. He never really recaptured his form once he signed that new deal.

As for ourselves another midfielder/striker wouldn't go amiss. What happens if Jesus gets injured? Partey can't play more than 5 games in a row, Xhaka has a red card in him and Elneny is out for a while.

bloodandtears · September 2022

I'm a bit gutted we (Spurs) didn't added more.. I feel like we could be stretched now... needed a creative midfielder at the very least... 2 more windows needed to compete is the current mantra... err why wait??

menamestom · September 2022

3rd win in a row for United. Not a vintage win against struggling Leicester but it’s our 1st 3 game streak since April last year.

Main thing for me is the defence is looking much better. The confusion and apathy seems to have been replaced by aggression and urgency.

Up front we look fairly blunt but with Ronaldo staying (he looked far better that Rashford when he came on) and Anthony signed we should kick on a bit now in front of goal. Rashford should not play as a CF, hopefully Martial is back soon.

Casemiro looked good when he came on. Him sat in front of the new look defence makes a vastly different proposition from last season/the first 2 games of this season.

Arsenal on Sunday, I fancy us getting something from that.

thecolourbox · September 2022

My club West Brom managed to sign a free defender who hasn't played for two years, and managed to fail to get two lots of paperwork through on loan deals for players who had both been at the club itself most of the day. We did however manage to sign a League 2 striker the other day, which just about sums us up

At home to Burnley tonight and I feel it's going to be a very hostile environment

Hattigol · September 2022

menamestom said:

3rd win in a row for United. Not a vintage win against struggling Leicester but it’s our 1st 3 game streak since April last year.

Main thing for me is the defence is looking much better. The confusion and apathy seems to have been replaced by aggression and urgency.

Up front we look fairly blunt but with Ronaldo staying (he looked far better that Rashford when he came on) and Anthony signed we should kick on a bit now in front of goal. Rashford should not play as a CF, hopefully Martial is back soon.

Casemiro looked good when he came on. Him sat in front of the new look defence makes a vastly different proposition from last season/the first 2 games of this season.

Arsenal on Sunday, I fancy us getting something from that.

Agree with all of that. Team looks totally unrecognisable from last season. Building from the back - we don't score many but if we can keep regular clean sheets, we won't necessarily need to.

I honestly do not get how Rashford is viewed as being anywhere near good enough. He is a massive weak link for United - really think they should have cashed in on him if it was true that PSG were sniffing around for him.

Martial isn't the answer either.

menamestom · September 2022

Rashford is useful out wide against teams that will dominate possession but as a number 9 no way. Agree, we should have sold.

Martial isn’t the answer but he’s far better through the middle than Rashford. Pity he can’t stay fit for more than 2 games. Either way we’re stuck with them both so they will need to be used. Ronaldo doesn’t have the pace if we need fast counter attacks and won’t be able to play all the games anyway.

If we’re a CF away from being a good team in a few months I’ll take that, because we were 10 players away from being a decent team a few weeks ago!

tony99 · September 2022

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is fairly obviously just David Moyes with a moustache.

sev112 · September 2022

As a long term stressed West Ham fan, I do like the look of Emerson and Paqueta do look good advance buys to offset Rice leaving in summer. Werner looks good , penalty and own goal notwithstanding. Hopefully all that will encourage SOucek and Coufal to rediscover their first season form because they are bloody good when they are firing

mudslide73 · September 2022

thecolourbox said:

My club West Brom managed to sign a free defender who hasn't played for two years, and managed to fail to get two lots of paperwork through on loan deals for players who had both been at the club itself most of the day. We did however manage to sign a League 2 striker the other day, which just about sums us up

At home to Burnley tonight and I feel it's going to be a very hostile environment

Not a great deadline day. I'm not sure what to say other than that. Finishing the day weaker than we started is so Albion.

Hopefully BTA is better than we hoped and Daryl is nearer to fitness than we think. I don't think either is true though.

thecolourbox · September 2022

mudslide73 said:

thecolourbox said:

My club West Brom managed to sign a free defender who hasn't played for two years, and managed to fail to get two lots of paperwork through on loan deals for players who had both been at the club itself most of the day. We did however manage to sign a League 2 striker the other day, which just about sums us up

At home to Burnley tonight and I feel it's going to be a very hostile environment

Not a great deadline day. I'm not sure what to say other than that. Finishing the day weaker than we started is so Albion.

Hopefully BTA is better than we hoped and Daryl is nearer to fitness than we think. I don't think either is true though.

Ironically we also failed to get rid of the one player anybody was interested in that we'd want to get rid of, being Reach (Wigan supposedly interested). I was genuinely shocked to see he wasn't about 34 or 35 - why can't he run?

Dike seems to be made of crisps so I doubt we'll see much of him personally. Seems a great chap which is an awful shame but ultimately there must have been good reason that we were the only club in for him.

No idea on the chap from Salford, probably just play alongside Cleary in the Under 14s or whatever it is they play them in

guitars4you · September 2022

So Harland has scored 9 league goals to date - Only 4 other clubs (ex Citeh) have scored more goals than Erling

TeleMaster · September 2022

sev112 said:

As a long term stressed West Ham fan, I do like the look of Emerson and Paqueta do look good advance buys to offset Rice leaving in summer. Werner looks good , penalty and own goal notwithstanding. Hopefully all that will encourage SOucek and Coufal to rediscover their first season form because they are bloody good when they are firing

I'm not sure. We needed to strengthen in those areas, and they aren't a replacement for Rice as he's in a completely different position. I think that this is part of guaranteed investment from the new shareholder, and money from the Europa league last year plus projected earnings from the Conference League. I believe that if we sell Rice for £70m - £80m we will still see investment from that, altbough I do believe that this outlay is meant to last us 4 years plus. Ie, don't expect many more transfers after this for a while!

If you mean Thilo Kehrer yea, he looks the business. He's been unlucky as he's obviously quality.

sev112 · September 2022

TeleMaster said:

sev112 said:

As a long term stressed West Ham fan, I do like the look of Emerson and Paqueta do look good advance buys to offset Rice leaving in summer. Werner looks good , penalty and own goal notwithstanding. Hopefully all that will encourage SOucek and Coufal to rediscover their first season form because they are bloody good when they are firing

I'm not sure. We needed to strengthen in those areas, and they aren't a replacement for Rice as he's in a completely different position. I think that this is part of guaranteed investment from the new shareholder, and money from the Europa league last year plus projected earnings from the Conference League. I believe that if we sell Rice for £70m - £80m we will still see investment from that, altbough I do believe that this outlay is meant to last us 4 years plus. Ie, don't expect many more transfers after this for a while!

If you mean Thilo Kehrer yea, he looks the business. He's been unlucky as he's obviously quality.

My typing and spellcheck together generate some amazing results - I must have typed Kermer and they generated that with their AI !

my thinking was how on Earth is anyone going to replace Rice with what he does, so those two allow us to do it in a different way

thecolourbox · September 2022

I'm just jealous really

guitars4you · September 2022

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and the new team bus

BigBearKris · September 2022

Great comeback by us vs Forest! Finally Dom woke up!

#upthecherries

TeleMaster · September 2022

VAR sucks. We were robbed today. That was NEVER a foul.

What's the point in it if you just have the same human error in play.

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