Footy - 2018/19 & 19/20 & 20/21 etc

[D.Boon]

Haaland is an absolute monster. 

[stressederic]

Nearly 3-1

[Tosh]

6 minutes ago, D.Boon said:

Yeah I'm not sure a high line against Haaland is the best tactic.

You were saying?

[Bootle Buck]

Good to see Bournemouth did their home work on Haaland.

[Cobs]

1 minute ago, D.Boon said:

Haaland is an absolute monster. 

If we concede goals like that against him next week I’m going postal

[stressederic]

Keeper stops Haaland getting a hat trick

[D.Boon]

Just now, Cobs said:

If we concede goals like that against him next week I’m going postal

Yeah the defending is piss poor but he's still got a bit to do with both and is relentless 

[stressederic]

1 minute ago, Cobs said:

If we concede goals like that against him next week I’m going postal

1000%. Teams have been playing through us too easily but if we make it that easy I'm going to be f***ing furious.

[D.Boon]

How are Bournemouth doing so we'll with this defending?

[psl]

2 minutes ago, D.Boon said:

How are Bournemouth doing so we'll with this defending?

Not playing against Haaland.

[D.Boon]

Can definitely get at this City side though.

[Tommy Cockles]

51 minutes ago, stressederic said:

You can easily critique all of the main Title challengers.

We don't defend well enough as a team so concede goals.

If Arsenal don't score from a set piece then they don't score.

If Haaland doesn't score for City then they don't score.

We absolutely need to improve that or we’ve no chance of being in contention.

However I wouldn’t want to be so dependant on something as Arsenal are on set pieces.

And I wouldn't want to be as dependant on one player as City are on Haaland, the big oaf.

[stressederic]

8 minutes ago, Tommy Cockles said:

We absolutely need to improve that or we’ve no chance of being in contention.

However I wouldn’t want to be so dependant on something as Arsenal are on set pieces.

And I wouldn't want to be as dependant on one player as City are on Haaland, the big oaf.

Yep I think (even with Arsenal having a big gap) that whichever of those three fixes their issue first will come out on top.

[Tommy Cockles]

3 minutes ago, stressederic said:

Yep I think (even with Arsenal having a big gap) that whichever of those three fixes their issue first will come out on top.

Their defence is so good that they get the latitude to address things even if the set piece thing does dry up.

And if they do get better offensively then I think it will be an absolute stroll for them.

Anyway, just got to concentrate on ourselves.

 

[Bootle Buck]

At least we are in second place now.

[DanWM]

3 minutes ago, Bootle Buck said:

At least we are in second place now.

Sadly not, City are second now.

On another note, Semenyo's a great player isn't he. Would be a lovely upgrade on Gakpo.

[Bootle Buck]

5 minutes ago, Bootle Buck said:

At least we are in second place now.

Scratch that just realized City are 

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Arsenal don't really seem to have a tough run of fixtures this season, nowhere do they have a bunch of tough ones in a row

[muleskinner]

 

[Tommok]

8 hours ago, Sir Tokyo Sexwale said:

an article on set pieces

How about making that sensible like 15s?

Yeah deffo need to cut down the length of time all set pieces take. Even 30 seconds is too long.

[muleskinner]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/02/nottingham-forest-owner-vows-to-help-after-fan-seriously-injured-in-huntingdon-train-knife-attack

A good gesture from Marinakis, the supporter a brave fella getting in the way of that psycho.

[Candystore]

 

[YugoB]

18 hours ago, Sir Tokyo Sexwale said:

Arsenal don't really seem to have a tough run of fixtures this season, nowhere do they have a bunch of tough ones in a row

This coming up block of games is probably the hardest they'll have for a while

- Sunderland away

- Spurs home

- Bayern home

- Chelsea away

- Brentford home

- VIlla away

 

Then towards end of December

- Everton away

- Brighton home

- VIlla home

- Bmouth away

- us at their place