I don't know which is worse. Kroos or Welbeck?
Rahim Sterling was MUCH better for Arsenal.
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Posté 02 septembre 2014 - 07:07
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Behold, Man United's new starting XI, minus Welbeck.
Back to Arsenal, this has been my biggest frustration with Arsenal since they sold RVP; every truly title-contending team have at least one striker who can make opposition defenders shake in their boots at the mere mention of him. United had Rooney for while and now have RVP, Man City have Agueroooo!!!, Chelsea had Drogba and now have Costa, and even Liverpool had Suarez and now have Balotelli who could fill the same role - as long as he's not trying to turn his fingernails into martini glasses made of mercury and sawdust so he could randomly stab some fans with them or something.
Who do Arsenal have? Giroud, the striker who doesn't score goals, with Welbeck and Sanogo as backup. Ooh scary.
And the saddest part? Welbeck is the only player in the Arsenal squad with a Premier League winner's medal.
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Posté 02 septembre 2014 - 10:41
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Is Miyaichi still in Arsenal? He's in my top 3 strikers in FIFA 14!
Nevermind.
http://int.soccerway...arsenal-fc/660/
Arsenal still has good strikers. Sanchez and Podolski are good ones. And I really like the midfielders.
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Posté 02 septembre 2014 - 06:44
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Podolski's a terrific player, but he's just not a centre forward. He needs a strike partner to be effective, which means he can't play 4-5-1 or be the middle man in 4-3-3, which are exactly how Arsenal are going to have to play in order to cram all of their midfielders into the starting XI. Sanchez is more of a winger.
Midfielders are nice, but Arsenal need a striker. Playing a "false 9" setup, like Spain did in Euro 2012, might work for six games, but for a 38+ game football season, it's suicide. And while Arsenal's midfielders are excellent, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas and Alonso they are not.
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Posté 03 septembre 2014 - 09:40
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Looks like we'll have to settle for the usual Arsenal form over a season to see how things pan out for them. Flashes of champion form enough to make us believe they'll do it this year, and then a collapse long enough to damage their chances of actually winning the league.
For some reason, the transfer window felt a bit...quiet this year.
I suspect FPP coming into play for all those loans being made though.
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Posté 03 septembre 2014 - 09:23
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Looks like we'll have to settle for the usual Arsenal form over a season to see how things pan out for them. Flashes of champion form enough to make us believe they'll do it this year, and then a collapse long enough to damage their chances of actually winning the league.
For some reason, the transfer window felt a bit...quiet this year.
I suspect FPP coming into play for all those loans being made though.
Premier league spending was record high 835 million pounds. Mostly MU flexed it's financial muscles with Woodward overpaying for every single transfer. Usual suspects Chelsea and Man City were more or less quiet for their standards thanks to FFP.
I hate Wenger for buying Danny "2 goals a season" Welbeck. He's going to waste Ozil's and Sanchez's best years without a good centerforward.
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Posté 04 septembre 2014 - 05:19
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International friendlies were on. Argentina beat Germany in a six-goal rematch of the World Cup Final. Tasty. Di Maria was brilliant - we'll see if he's £60 million brilliant. Meanwhile, at Wembley... ...ZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzz.
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Posté 04 septembre 2014 - 05:30
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DI MARIA rules! DI MARIA rocks!
I watched last night's friendly match (Germany 2 - 4 Argentina) and he played like he's objectively the best player of the world (1 goal and three assists)! Real Madrid lost his 2nd best player indeed.
Germany needs someone to replace Schwansteiger and Mertesacker or it can't play in front of major football powers.
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To be fair, only four of the players who started for Germany in the World Cup final started in the friendly. But yeah, with several recent retirements, this is definitely the start of a new four-year rebuilding cycle. They've got some exciting players coming up, too.
Which is a whole lot more than can be said about England. They seem to be promising a "whole new era" once every two years.
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Posté 04 septembre 2014 - 05:27
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To be fair, only four of the players who started for Germany in the World Cup final started in the friendly. But yeah, with several recent retirements, this is definitely the start of a new four-year rebuilding cycle. They've got some exciting players coming up, too.
Which is a whole lot more than can be said about England. They seem to be promising a "whole new era" once every two years.
Instead of making the guy the new captain, Hodgson should have dropped Rooney from the starting 11 until he's actually playing well enough to deserve a place. That would also allow Sterling to play in his club position where he looks really impressive.
Or, England could continue their usual policy of showing undying loyalty to certain players even if they really haven't earned it, eg. Gerrard.
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England has always picked players on loyalty, but in this case I just think they had no choice. With Lampard, Terry and Gerrard all gone, Rooney's the only senior player left, regardless of whether he's actually captain material or not.
Anyway, more friendlies. Zlatan did what Zlatan does best; dominate a game like a 50-foot giant stomping the pitch the pieces. One of the goals was vintage Zlatan - it's almost like he was thinking; "What's this fuss all about, football's easy!"
Italy looked impressive against Netherlands. France was also lively against a lethargic Spain, with Remy scoring the winner... ...damnit, Arsene, if Falcao scores against Brazil, I'm going to be pissed.
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Posté 05 septembre 2014 - 03:18
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England has always picked players on loyalty, but in this case I just think they had no choice. With Lampard, Terry and Gerrard all gone, Rooney's the only senior player left, regardless of whether he's actually captain material or not.
Anyway, more friendlies. Zlatan did what Zlatan does best; dominate a game like a 50-foot giant stomping the pitch the pieces. One of the goals was vintage Zlatan - it's almost like he was thinking; "What's this fuss all about, football's easy!"
Italy looked impressive against Netherlands. France was also lively against a lethargic Spain, with Remy scoring the winner... ...damnit, Arsene, if Falcao scores against Brazil, I'm going to be pissed.
Don't worry. I'm sure Danny Welbeck will score a hat-trick against the Swiss 
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Don't worry. I'm sure Danny Welbeck will score a hat-trick against the Swiss
If that happens, I'll eat my laptop.
The one I'm typing this post on.
With a fork.
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Posté 06 septembre 2014 - 02:39
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A couple of very idiotic and strange transfers in the last couple of days..
Van Gaal bought Blind from Ajax.. Half of the time Blind can't even follow the pace of the Eredivisie and he has to play in England?
Here in the Netherlands, Vermeer, the 2nd keeper of Ajax moved to Feyenoord as their 1st keeper. Besides this causing a lot of controversy since they are not exactly friends, it is a really stupid move by Feyenoord. Vermeer will lose more points than he will win for them, he really is a terrible keeper..
In international football, The Netherlands lost against Italy.. I did not watch the match (since I had better things to do than watch a hopeless practice match..) but I heard it was terrible and Martens Indi getting a red card after 10 minutes would agree with that..
Germany lost against Argentina but so what? They are the World Champions, like they cared about this rematch.. Hell, most WC players weren't even playing..
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Well, Man United aren't exactly well-stocked on defensive options right now, and the lack of Champions League football and a team that's not exactly competitive domestically also limits their options in the transfer market. Seeing as Van Gaal was his national coach, clearly he thinks he can work with Blind.
Ajax won two titles in a row in the years Vermeer made 30+ appearances for them - any keeper that can say that can't be that bad. Of course, now that Cillessen has taken over, he's become surplus to their requirements. At only 28, which among goalkeepers is still young, clearly Feyenoord think he's still got game, and clearly Vermeer thinks he still deserves game-time instead of being relegated to bench-warming duties.
It might not make sense to outside observers, but it makes sense between Feyenoord and Vermeer; Vermeer wants game-time, and Feyenoord are prepared to give it to him.
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Posté 08 septembre 2014 - 08:40
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If that happens, I'll eat my laptop.
The one I'm typing this post on.
With a fork.
I bet you were a wee bit worried in the last minute or two, Knossos!
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Much better from England, especially in the second half. They seemed to have finally found a style that works for them; defend well, then catch the opposition on the break. Raheem Sterling was probably the best player on the park, and had Welbeck converted another chance before stoppage time, I'd be picking bits of keyboard out of my teeth right now.
Truth be told, though, on the statistical improbability of Welbeck scoring a third goal, I was actually planning on pulling the Sir Robin Manoeuvre:
Anyway, other qualifiers. Spain, looking slightly less lethargic than on Thursday, thrashed Macedonia 5-1. Zlatan got touchy with the locals in a 1-1 draw with Austria. A Mueller double helped Germany beat an always feisty Scotland 2-1. Damn. This guy's going to beat Miroslav Klose's World Cup goals record - and no, I'm not going to make another stupid bet over it.
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Posté 09 septembre 2014 - 07:26
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I lost all the matches, because TV was busy playing International Volleyball and Basketball matches.
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Last batch of qualifiers before October 9th. A Bale double sees Wales to a 2-1 win over Andorra, once again giving Tottenham fans reason to go sob quietly in the corner. Czech Republic beat Netherlands 2-1, which, combined with the 2-0 loss to Italy in the friendly, mark a rather inauspicious start to Guus Hiddink's second reign as Netherlands boss. Iceland shocked Turkey 3-0, though to be fair, Reykjavik can be a tough place to go play if not properly prepared, with its tiny stadium and cold climate (it was 9 degrees C during the game).
Right, with internationals out of the way, the domestic leagues resume this weekend. Arsenal hosts Man City and their sizeable salary bag. Van Gaal continues his epic quest for his first win, with QPR as his next opponents. La Liga will see this season's first Madrid Derby.
Should be tasty. Looking forward to it.
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So, looks like Dunga's adjustments are paying off.
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Posté 12 septembre 2014 - 08:43
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After a great start by losing against Italy, we continued our amazing play by losing against the Czech Republic..
The game was absolutely hopeless. We played as bad as we did during the WC but now, the only thing that kept in the WC, got destroyed. Ok, Vlaar couldn't play and that makes a big difference, but the defense was terrible, combine that with the fact the midfield and offense players only make 1 or 2 good moves in the entire match doesn't really bode well for upcoming matches.
And the worst part is the reaction of Hiddink himself. Before Italy he looked every bit a coach with high self-confidence, arrogance and everything, after the match against the Czech Republic he looked absolutely hopeless. He couldn't string two sentences together and just kept blaming the players. When you still select a player like Van der Vaart, there is something wrong with you as well..
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I regard Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia as strong as Netherlands.
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Arsenal vs Man City... ...wow. That's all I can say. Wow. The action, the plot twists, the goals. Especially the goals. This is Arsenal simultaneously at their best and most frustrating. Wilshere was fantastic.
Costa still can't stop scoring; even when his team didn't mean to pass to him, he still somehow managed to score. Suffice to say, he's enjoying life in England, but is it just me or does Chelsea's defence look a little leaky this season? Unlike last season, Sunday 21st (Man City vs Chelsea) can't come soon enough.
Southampton tore Newcastle apart; looks like all the transfer departures did to them was made them mad. Everton still chugging along nicely under Martinez. Tottenham just can't help but be Tottenham. Liverpool once again slipped on an Aston Villa-shaped banana peel. Even the game that didn't have a goal still featured a brilliant penalty save.
It's good to have you back, Premier League. Nice of you to come back with a bang.
Meanwhile in La Liga, Barcelona was struggling against Athletic Bilbao, before Neymar swooped in like a comic book superhero to rescue their bacons. Real Madrid lost at home to Atletico Madrid. My Yet-Another-Real-Madrid-Manager-Sacking senses are tingling.
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