Bukayo Saka, you absolute beauty, rocking New Balance like peak Aaron Ramsey. The young superstar inked a new deal with New Balance and immediately leveled the brand up about 15 points. Good for him, let’s hope the new boots bring him many goals and many assists FOR ARSENAL SPECIFICALLY.
Let’s continue the news… Dino Mavropanos landed Rookie of the Month in Germany. That’s a nice accolade. No one saw his resurgence coming, bar the might Sven (gone too soon). It’ll be nice to have more centre-back options for next season. It really is imperative we don’t renew contracts of players that’ll stifle minutes of players that have high ceilings.
Talking of summer… there are reports that we’ll enter the battle for Hakimi this summer. One can dream. Think we need to be realistic which market we play in when it comes to right-backs, I have my doubts it’s for someone of his quality and price. Still, nice to be linked.
The focus this week is all about Olympiacos in the away leg. We head to the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium to take on a side that’ll likely contain Sokratis. He’s been giving them all our secrets apparently.
‘let them fuck it up themselves’
… is probably the gist.
The game plan is clear. We’ll need two goals and a clean sheet. That’ll make the return leg comfortable, and honestly, for once this season, it’d be nice to just do things the easy way. Don’t get sent off, don’t play headed through balls to the opposition, don’t pass to their strikers, and take your fucking chances.
Last season, Auba missed an absolute sitter in the last minute of extra time, and we limped out of the competition. He really needs to pull out the big guns and give us some of that Auba magic. He’s finding form of late. I loved his goal at the weekend, but we need more of that.
Each game we progress in is another chunk of change that supports a better summer in a pivotal transfer market. I think the semi-finals is more than realistic, and providing we avoid a British team, there’s a good chance we do something interesting. The worry is Spurs or United over two legs. I tend to fancy us in a final.
We have to beat the Greeks though. They’re smashing it in the league this season, sitting pretty at the top by about 400 points, so this is basically a Champions League Group Stage game. It will be a tough game. I think we’ve lost 5 of our last 10 against them. I remember one of their centre backs (Morrocan?), a bald chap, having a worldie against us when they knocked us out of the Champions League way back when. We don’t need any such reruns on Thursday.
Also key for Arsenal… we need to put on a show against Spurs who have their leg as the home fixture. That game always has a residual impact on the mood of the fans. If we win the two games, everyone is happy, we lose, and everyone goes into pitchfork mode which will make it very tough for Arteta in the ground next season.
My view on the manager is this close of season is about fan capital building. If he puts on a good show, snatches some exciting wins, and progresses in the Europa, the atmosphere next season in the ground will be sexier. If we clunk to the end of the season, it’ll be tough for him.
Let’s see what he had this week. One final trophy to player for, let’s make it simple.
Illustrator has finally made my eyes hurt so I decided to have a read. Talking about Sunday’s NLD did anyone hear the Talksport piece confirming Arsenal suffer the most in terms of ‘incorrect’ VAR decisions by 5-1? Manchester United get the best. The word on the street from ex referees and pundits is that we are the “unluckiest” PL team with “VAR decisions”. Unlucky? The absolute nailed on handball at Burnley was not “Unlucky” – it was one of the most blatant examples of a wrong decision you are likely to see. Only Kevin Friend from Leicester, hiding behind the… Read more »
We have some real clueless execs at the club but they’re not clueless enough to sack arteta before next season. The point we all come back to is the individual errors/ref decisions costing us this season. I don’t have the patience to sort through all that. Some blame arteta for these things, others don’t. Either way if u can’t make out its going to take a real bad series of decisions to lead to arteta’s sacking this season you simply have made an enemy of reality. I can’t think of a game where arteta set us up to fail, compared… Read more »
As for where I draw the line in terms of time
The league has already been tanked as have the cups apart from the EL. By any serious metric this has been a dismal season
If he wins the EL then he has truly saved the season and I’d give him another year (with some concerns remaining)
If he doesn’t win the EL then this season has been an like of wank any way you look at it and I’d sack him the day after we’re knocked out
Lesauce, You can’t see the difference between taking responsibility for all transfer even the ones he was against it and overruled by Raul and dissing the players. Do you think that Arsenal genuinely went after Mhikitaryan or than we took the deal that ManUtd gave us? No Wenger explicitly wanted Martial and Mourinho wanted him gone but Woodward refused to let him go. Woodward also did not want to part with cash for a player he could have for free six months later. The swap was the way for both party to save face. It turns out to be a… Read more »
Piere
Always makes me laugh the way Spurs are almost spoken about favourably in the media. Thirty years since their last FA Cup win, (we won our last one 9 months ago and a tiny minority of fans aren’t happy about that on LG) and 60 years since their last league title. The fact reaching the Carabao Cup final is deemed as a successful season just about sums that club up. Even with VAR on their side this season, they are still nowhere near winning anything actually worth winning.
Mislintat made some very interesting and good points in the new interview But signing Mkhi because he could speak various languages and has talent. More like let ne help out an old buddy. Mislintat, known for his data-driven approach should have known that Mkhi is not suited to Premier league football. Sokratis for 18 mil was not a good deal. Signing a non-ball playing CB, nearing the end of his career for his “leadership qualities”. Dont quite agree with that. Auba, Leno, Mavro and Guendouzi are Sven’s good signings.2 are starters and 2 will most probably be sold for a… Read more »
Zacharse people aren’t worried about martinelli, they’re worried that inferior players who are depreciating assets and a burden on our team are on the pitch regularly whilst he is an outcast
Martinelli has contributed as many decent performances as Willian has this season. How many matches have the two guys played?
Really enough said
China
you don’t even mention the glaring issue w regards to gabriel. A long term injury. Could wind up being wilshere mach 2. I think that is exactly what arteta wantsa to avoid being aware of gabi’s style which is full forfce non stop
Zacharse Well said. In all the years I have been watching football I have never seen a Manager miss a sitter, misdirect a pass, let in a soft shot or take a foul throw. The problem with the Arteta Out crowd is they are unwilling to look at a result through a fair mind. Instead, everything is the manager’s fault andwhen the side gets a good result it is for some other reason, injuries or the other team being shit, and nothing to do with the Manager. In fact, they dress it up to be in spite of him. Until… Read more »
Afc We don’t really need talksport confirming that we are the worst affected team by Var. Its blatantly clear we always end up at the wrong side of the decisions. Last season we lost about 11+ points due to poor VAR decisions. Few of which I even remember clearly. This season again we are the team most negatively impacted by VAR. Now, I truly believe there is no conspiracy against Arsenal but definitely theres unconscious bias. I read somewhere a high no. of refs in the PL hail from the midlands and Manchester area while there are 0 refs from… Read more »
The referees need to be held accountable. This imo is the first step to improving the officiating level in England.
Forever
agreed. I think there’s two issues- some fans see through the lens of the dinosaur days where a career ending tackle wasn’t even carded. Then there’s the media, talksport, roy keane, jaime carragher, just plain clueless analyses buoyed by fans intense reactions to them. as ling as they exude macho ignorance they’ll be taken seriously and can say whatever they want without consequence. When has a subpar post-match analyses led to a sacking?
Ok china you’ve argued your points succinctly & I’ll acknowledge that there has been a lot of head scratching on Artetas team & tactical selections especially when there ARE better options.But as yet I wouldn’t hang a novice manager for that,in his first full season.A bit harsh IMO.Also from your statement you’ve effectively given him one full season( this one) to deliver the goods.Again I find that harsh.Incidentally my brother is in the same camp as you.We debate this endlessly.
Captain Tierney Unconscious bias maybe but I still think there is more to it. The stats are too high for it to be a coincidence or “unlucky”. Every season we are near the top of the card table but at the bottom of fouls committed because we are given less leeway. However, my point is that referees reflect football support in Britain and for whatever reason, Arsenal are one of the teams people love to hate. I am pleased the Burnley handball decision has been called out as being inexcusable and that people have started to look at the bad… Read more »
But it’s not a glaring issue
Martinelli was cleared for around Christmas and has managed to play a few games and be useful
He isn’t injured now but can’t get anything resembling a chance
This isn’t a player who has had 50 injuries like wilshere or diaby and who is being eased back in carefully. This is a player who has now been fit for ages, his form is at worst useful and he’s being used less than ever.
It’s a very inaccurate comparison
AFC & captain.Spot on.There will be no changes to the PGMOL cartel until they’re held to account.Either by the Media or Prem league.Cannot see either raising these concerns until they themselves are put under pressure.
Zacharse Agreed. Football analysis is very poor. What annoys me is you watch a game, like the Burnley one, and fans on here are complaining about Saka missing a sitter, Pepe missing one, the handball not being given but once the game is over attack the Manager and then say those things are ‘excuses”. As transparent as cling film. That’s the problem, some people can’t be objective because they don’t want to be, they see the same as us. The same is true of the pundits. The fact the majority are all ex Liverpool, Man Utd or Spurs is why… Read more »
One of my friend expected the PGMOL to be sued when they have a penalty for ManUtd after the referee blow the final whistle. Technically this is against the law of the game. I have been told that if a punter had lost his bet because of that final decision then legally he would be entitled for compensation for loss of earning for fraudulent action. I would have love to then be able to depose Mike Riley and force him to admit that yes there is bias in decision. Also like I already mentioned before, corruption is not defined by… Read more »
Most people will gladly overlook the Burnley game if we weren’t 10th in the table.
Burnley wasn’t that bad a performance but if we have to ignore the previous 26 games leaving us miles off in mid table and have to just act like that one unlucky result is the sum of where we are then I think that’s crazy. We’ve played 27 games and we’re in 10th…
Uwot? PGMOL has never been accountable. When their former head honcho criticised Riley’s leadership and the appointment of referees, they closed rank. The lack of accountability is the problem. For example, a few weeks ago Mike Dean, possibly the most incompetent of a poor bunch, made two bad decisions – despite reviewing them on the pitchside monitor. Despite these clear errors that suggested he didn’t understand football or the rules, he still received his usual quota of games; he chose to take a week off himself because he had received death threats. Where was his punisghment? Then we had Kevin… Read more »
AFC that’s the first time I’ve seen a yellow and red card proposal for refs and a relegation promotion plan
And it’s actually genius. Love it
Tho as much as there is an anti arsenal bias, you really must understand none of the officials are actually capable of refereeing football anyway in terms of ability
Even when they get VAR right they usually take 3 minutes watching slow motion reruns from 12 different angles to reach a decision that your average fan watching on TV conclusively reached after just 3 replays in 20 seconds
The officials are corrupt but just as bad they are entirely hopeless professionals
If this team is progressing at 10th, emery must have been a world class manager to get us to 5th and an EL final. Arteta needs time to improve, I can give him that much but what I won’t accept is that at the beginning of the season, the expectation was to fight for top 4 but now 10th is the new top 4. Taking bad fortunes into account, we should at the very least be competing for top 6 given the quality of players we have. Is really simple to acknowledge that arteta has underperformed this season, maybe he’ll… Read more »
China
It wasn’t just Burnley, that was the point. The Radio was talking about all our games this season and the fact that we had a negative of 5-1 in VAR errors to correct results. In other words 5 wrong decisions to every 1 good one. They cited a number of games, including the ones mentioned Villa, Wolves, Leicester, Burnley – there were others where they found Arsenal had been wrongly dealt with by VAR. The one they found that positively favoured Arsenal correctly, was the Smith Rowe red card that VAR overturned.
If you asked your typical PL ref to watch Star Wars and tell you who like sky walkers dad was after, they’d get to the end then rewind back to the start and watch it all over again before giving an answer
And you’d be just as likely to hear Han Solo as the answer 4 hours later
Why should Arteta get time.
He’s got no experience, no history totally unproven.
Why should the club gamble next season and end up again in this position?
We are just treading water going nowhere.
His downfall is the way he has not moved on Xhaka when he had the chance, then gave Willian a massive wage and a three year contract to put him in front of the clubs talented youth.
His experience is seeing Pep buying his way to titles, so that’s his route
“Even when they get VAR right they usually take 3 minutes watching slow motion reruns from 12 different angles to reach a decision that your average fan watching on TV conclusively reached after just 3 replays in 20 seconds”
So true. More worried about a piece of thread than getting the correct decision.
I think it’s fair to say that if a club has qualified for the champions league it is more difficult to rotate the squad than being in the europa league.. Over the past 4 seasons , Arsenal have not had the problem of managing the squad in the champions league , we have been able to play our 2nd string in the Europa and qualified for the knock out stages comfortably. So when some argue the point that qualifying for the Europa will be detrimental to the club i would disagree. The Europa has given players like Saka, Martinelli, Smith… Read more »
Yeah AFC and I agree the officiating has been shite for us
But I don’t think the difference between us and an acceptable league campaign as been crap VAR. we’ve been more than crap enough ourselves for half the season. Bit better at the moment obviously but still dropping points on the regular
The next four games will be judgement days for Arteta. He has no where to hide. He’ll have to show whether he could manage the lineup and in game adjustment to convince us that he is good enough to compete with teams that are more or less equal to our strength.
5th place two seasons ago was very different. Since then man utd have kept a manager for more than a season, have had their young players settle etc etc everton have new ownership who’ve spent big on players and the manager and his backroom staff leicester have rebuilt with better young players who’ve settled and a better manager in his 2nd season west ham moved stadiums whch gave them more room to buy and pay talent without being forced to sell chelsea city and liverpool are the only teams who havent jumped leaps and bounds We are the team that… Read more »
We will win next 4 games
You can’t see the difference between taking responsibility for all transfer even the ones he was against it and overruled by Raul and dissing the players. There is absolutely no EVIDENCE of this Val. Why would he decide to take responsibility for supposedly failed transfers when the easier thing to do is blame it all on Raul?. He would’ve come out to say he wanted XYZ players and Raul overruled him Secondly, no one is making a case for Raul, he did a complete botch job. The argument here is you kept blaming him for things he didn’t do whereas… Read more »
Captain Tierney
The interview highlighted that Sven didn’t have the sun shining out his arse as some would have us believe, he is human after all and prone to errors in judgment
Having said that, he is more qualified for the rebuild job at Arsenal and it would’ve served us better to have him here with Edu working under him.
Sven fit the project for me, long term burn. Club ended up going short term thinking with Raul and spunked a shed load that could of utilised better. And here we are.
I have watched two West Brom games where AMN was featured in the midfield. I still like AMN’s sudden sprint to break up a play or to recover the game defensively. For me, he is better suited to play right back or right wing. Maybe he can improve as a midfielder. Currently, his football IQ is not mature enough to play the midfield effectively. He can only make some simple passes.
Zacharse Arsenal have rebuilt for the past four seasons and we’ve been very active in each transfer window. The difference is incompetence on all levels haven’t made us see any tangible results from our so called rebuild. We can’t keep excusing failure, a competent and experienced DOF is needed who will come up with a very good pls for the next five years. I believe Arteta would work better in a good team as just the coach …he’s a poor manager and it would be unwise to sack him at this stage because he has gain some experience at our… Read more »
Le sauce Tho Sven’s time at the club was defined by him signing his old buddies, I too agree that Sven would still be a better option than Edu. I say this only because Sven has a history of signing top young talents. Ultimately, Sven saw a power hole in the club and went for it. And then ended up leaving the club because he couldn’t get hold of the power he desired. If he would have stayed, maybe he could have ousted Raul by highlighting his shady deals to the Kroenkes. Tho it has to be said that nearly… Read more »
Exactly the point Sal
What were witnessing right now are fruits of poor decisions for the past few years. This only points at leadership failure as coaching alone is not enough to bring us back to the top
Wenger was the leader and everyone else hid under him. When he left, it has now been very clear that the Kroenkes, Gazidis, Raul and now Vinai are all bums and are not fit to lead ARSENAL to the top. We need to go back to the drawing board else we’ll keep wasting money that isn’t even enough for the rebuild
Sal, agree… Sven was the future. He left because of Raul and warned everyone on the way out. We took the pinch there. Hopefully, Edu can find some magic.
Captain Tierney Edu isn’t bad, at least the results prove it. Just like Arteta, he is quite good but still a rookie and he would do better working together with a more experienced hand. We seriously can’t afford rookie mistakes given our financial situation. Mari has been good considering the price Cedric is serviceable and only looks good because Bellerin is shite. He’s just a squad filler so I won’t complain too much Gabriel is a good buy with the future in mind Nothing special about the world class Partey deal. The player was enticed by the good wage on… Read more »
Sven is the past Mert is the future
I don’t get the Edu hate. What he’s done so far has been decent.
I see us doing a lot of business this summer. I’d be spending the bulk of our money on the midfield. An upgrade on Xhaka and a replacement for Elneny who I’d sell due to him being just not good enough.
I don’t see Torriera coming back. Don’t think he ever really settled in Britain. I like Guendouzi but his attitude has to change.
Nelson The other rather significant problem with AMN is that he won’t play where the management wants him to. If he’d taken Tets’s lead and committed himself to playing and developing at RB, I’m pretty certain he wouldn’t be chez Allardyce now and would still be with us or at a better club than wba. He’s also taken a big personal risk with his fledgling international career. Is he bigger than our club? No but he possibly thinks he is. It’s unclear what this loan period will prove – my hunch is the club won’t want him back unless he… Read more »
I won’t be paying a cent for that Sid, Mert is fine where he is. Let him keep Churning out gems from the academy
Sid
Bold statement, Mislintat brought in new manager, spent half the Partey clause over two windows seeing a relegated side get promoted now in the European hunt on second season sitting what 5 points back? Even states in article it’s too soon for them to take on those levels at this stage of progression.
I like BFG but he’s inherited a very good situation to be fair.
Kroenkephobe
I expect Gareth Southgate won’t pick him again since AMN wants to play midfield. and Gareth Southgate wants to use him as wing back.
GME stonks what is happening
AFC
I was the loan voice on Le Grove during the Wenger years voicing my concern at the refereeing bias against Arsenal ..
Very few would listen due to their wenger obsession.
I thought VAR would change things but i was wrong and it’s difficult to watch games now knowing that we will be stitched up as soon as we get a decent run of results. going..
Arteta has a difficult enough job on his hands as it is…
Le sauce It was either Edu or Sven. You can’t have 2 people for 1 role. Raul wanted to be the big guy behind the scenes, so did Sven. Unfortunately, Bald fraud Gazidis left the club in such disarray that Raul got the upper hand and Sven went out because he wasn’t a yes man. Edu even tho had his own plans seemed like a yes man to Raul at the beginning. He only really started implementing his ideas after Raul was binned. That said, the Sven lovers hype him up to no end. Yes he did a great job… Read more »
for us***
Omg anyone just see the var decision not to give a penalty for a trip on foden?
Pedro
I’m surprised you are worried about fan capital for Arteta because I believe fan capital will be decided by the players we bring in or let go this summer.
Bring in a chav/UTD reject and the fans will be up in the air but bringing in a young promising player and Arteta would be fine.
VAR becoming obselete with how poorly it’s implemented.
Azed, this summer will shape the mood I suspect… but so will beating Spurs and doing well in Europa.
Wardo
Didn’t look like any contact to me. Irrespective VAR can only recommend the ref look at if it’s a clear and obvious error and I didn5 see anything to say it was obviously a penalty
What a goal from Mahrez.
Referees doing VAR is like the blind leading the blind….
Adding a useless layer of bureaucracy, to an already useless layer of bureaucracy, rarely ends well….
Rich, if you can’t do reffing with video access, it’s time to find new refs.
Terraloon
The goal keepers foot clearly caught fodens left foot (studs up). So much so, fodens foot moved 6 inches at least
Pathetic decision from var
Watch it again mate. There is one angle that clearly shows it
Totally agree on the VAR bias against us, it’s fuckin Disgraceful! As mentioned by AFC & Pierre, we commit the least fouls but collect the most cards. 🤔🤔. Every chance they get to screw us they take knowing that there are no repercussions. I’d like someone to start a petition, for anyone from any club to sign demanding accountability or an independent body to run VAR. Would get lots of signatures as do many other clubs have been incorrectly dealt with by these crooks. (None moreso than Arsenal) This would force the issue , cos as already said it’s like… Read more »
Pedro
It’s simple
Either video ref is blind or corrupt or negligent or incompetent
Not fit for purpose and should be replaced
The problem with referees is they’re largely unaccountable, the bureaucrats at the top aren’t holding referees to account for their poor decisions, A lot of the time they turn a blind eye, and even excuse the inexcusable incompetence of their mates Statistically if they create a competitive marketplace for referees, we’ll produce better referees We need professional refs throughout the game, with a promotion and relegation system based on competence PL £140,,000 p/a Championship £70,000 p/a League 1 £45,000 p/a League 2 £32,000 p/a Conference £20,000 p/a Create a meritocratic system, reward competence, punish incompetence It’s amazing how financial incentives… Read more »
Rich
Bang on there
Test
Anyone know how much refs are paid?
Surely it isn’t just expenses
For me it is not where Arsenal are, it’s where they will be. To put this more clearly, after years of downward spiral, the Arsenal squad are on an upward curve. Whereas the Spurs squad, for example, are as good as they are ever likely to be.
Wardo
Seen it several times and no I don’t see contact.
But VAR can only intervene its an obvious error and just by our debate seems to suggest to me it wasn’t an obvious mistake
https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-202021-premier-league-referees-salaries-revealed-20200913
They’re on significantly more than I thought they’d be
We’re not extracting any value from that investment, they need to rip up the script
Foden’s headed for elite.
Lots of top class English talent consistently coming off the production lines
England will be a major threat at tournaments for the next decade at least
Lots of top class English talent consistently coming off the production linesEngland will be a major threat at tournaments for the next decade at least
Will need to see proof of that
Dembele moving slick
I like Barca’s American right back, Sergiño Dest. He is so much faster than Bellerin.
PK for PSG
Was it a pen?
He stepped on Icardi’s shoe.
Messi can still shoot!!!
The Barca’s players surrounded a EPL Ref. to push for a penalty. Tailor gave them a yellow card. instead
Barca also got a PK.
Saved. Messi missed the PK.
“But VAR can only intervene its an obvious error and just by our debate seems to suggest to me it wasn’t an obvious mistake”
Terraloon doing his best impression of peter Walton.
Terraloon Would you regard the Burnley hand ball as clear and obvious.. I believe that if it takes VAR more than 20 seconds and more than 3 replays of the incident ,, then it isn’t clear and obvious.. The Burnley hand ball should have taken 2 seconds to come to the right decision . Arsenal’s pen that was overturned v Leicester when pepe was brought down was not clear and obvious as ot took 2 minutes and at least 15 replays of the incident and i honestly still don’t know if they came to the roght decision . Arsenal’s pen… Read more »
Leipzig really anticlimactic performance.
Salah scores
Very good goal by the Pools. 2 – 0
Icardi used to be a decent player. What’s happened to him at PSG? Total crap.
Terragoon
Clear contact. How can you not see it?
Join the refs at stockley park mate
It could have broke his ankle if it was any higher
Farewell Barcelona, never sad to see them go.
Shaping up for some madness in round of 8.
Pochettino has tightened up the PSG defense. Their offense will get stronger when Neymar comes back.
Pierre The Burnley one should have been given. Pepe was fouled just outside the box so I think it was correct, unfortunately,. Saka against Leeds I am far from convinced either way. Not every contact is a foul save if it’s a keeper Martinez as I said at the time if you are close to a keeper at a corner you are not allowed to move so yes Martinez was grappling with Lacazette but the keeper, all keepers are afforded ridiculous protection at corners and if You either move toward or touch a keeper then they get a free kick.… Read more »
Terraloom My point is , clear and obvious is only brought into the equation when they try to justify a decision, as you did earlier with the foden penalty shout.. As it happens, the foden penalty shout wasn’t a clear and obvious mistake as there was a possible touch on the ball from the keeper, though he did clip foden, so they were right to not give a pen. Alternately, if the ref had given a pen it should have stood as there was doubt either way. In football there are many occasions when the decision could go either way… Read more »
Fully agreed Pierre
Var officials act like every incident has an explicitly right or wrong outcome when a solid fraction of all the ones raised to them are quite blatantly contentious and open to interpretation
That officials then spend 3 minutes putting frame by frame looking for objective answers to a question that is very obviously subjective in many cases is a complete blight on VAR and football. In other words zero common sense
There should also be a limit on how many replays a ref can watch If you can’t reach a decision in 20 seconds you can’t reach a decision full stop and the original should stand It’s the law of diminishing returns where watching one replay is good, two is better, three is typically more than sufficient. But when they’re watching 5,6,10 times frame by frame they’re seeing absolutely nothing at all that we all didn’t see by the second or at worst third replay It’s either clear or it’s not. If it’s clear you’ll see it quickly if it’s not… Read more »
Excellent article in the Athletic about Sven Mislintat here are a few excerpts: The 48-year-old took over as sporting director at fallen giants VfB Stuttgart and won promotion back to the Bundesliga in his first full season in charge. In the current campaign, VfB’s young and exciting team have caught the eye with some superb counter-attacking football that’s won them many plaudits as well as points: they’re ninth after 24 games, much closer to the top six places than the relegation zone. Four, five points more and we’d be looking at European football, but maybe that would be too much… Read more »
‘I respect Mikel a lot. I’d love to talk to him one day, to understand his reasons for sending Matteo as well as Lucas Torreira on loan, and tell him my view in relation to their qualities.’
Mislintant and Mertisacker would be Generational
Like i said klopp will be in the CL finals and theres a big chance he wins it.
*would have been
Le SauceMarch 10, 2021 17:37:26
I won’t be paying a cent for that Sid,
Diet Pep fanboys told me the same thing when he arrived here, and i could see through the hype
China1
Actually VAR is officially meant only for clear and obvious error.
https://www.the-afc.com/documents/var-protocol
I can clearly see fans discontent with the use of VAR, and instead of rectifying the mistakes the FA is going ban VAR, by stating it is killing football when in fact it was the officials handling of VAR that is killing.