The English Football Thread

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-01-2015, 07:21 PM

I've never heard of him. He is supposed to be highly rated, he is really young though, like 18... Goalkeeper. No idea to be honest.

Going Villa Park tomorrow to get my ticket for the cup derby. Honestly can't wait for this.

**Goofle** · 09-02-2015, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeytennis

Arsenal sign no outfield players. You must be seething.

It's an absolute disgrace. There's plenty of strikers that have moved to arguably smaller clubs that are better than what we have, and we seemingly made no effort to sign anyone from a top club or one at our level.

Same goes with central midfielders.

Nurse Duckett · 09-03-2015, 10:43 AM

Jeff Reine-Adelaide was signed by Arsenal this summer, a young and very highly rated French striker. Wenger described him as "something special".

I might be wrong but i think Arsenal have signed several young players this summer, probably not the type of signings that Sky Sports football fans sit and wank over and that's why Sky didn't ram it down your throat every 15 seconds all fecking summer.

When the financial bubble bursts, which it definitely will, the temporary/pretend big clubs like Chelsea and Man City will be in deep shiit. The permanent/real big clubs like Arsenal will survive it, mainly down to the efforts and foresight of a great manager like Wenger.

Its a team game, there's never been a great team that didn't have a great team spirit, its not about spending millions on big names, and it never has been.

..................................Clarke, one nil!

MOT.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-03-2015, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Nurse Duckett

When the financial bubble bursts, which it definitely will, the temporary/pretend big clubs like Chelsea and Man City will be in deep shiit. The permanent/real big clubs like Arsenal will survive it, mainly down to the efforts and foresight of a great manager like Wenger.

I've been thinking about this a lot recently and I agree, ticket prices, transfer fees, wages, TV rights etc, it's going to reach a point where people say look enough is enough. You're old enough to remember what happened with ITV Digital/On Digital (I think?)

I don't think the PL is an expanding market any more, how else can it grow? There's only really the US but they'll never 'get it'.

Mr. Charlie · 09-03-2015, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Nurse Duckett

When the financial bubble bursts, which it definitely will, the temporary/pretend big clubs like Chelsea and Man City will be in deep shiit. The permanent/real big clubs like Arsenal will survive it, mainly down to the efforts and foresight of a great manager like Wenger.

You cheeky monkey.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-03-2015, 04:44 PM

He's actually right though. One of my favourite stats was in the 2009/10 season, before the infamous Drogba offside goal game at OT, Man United were trying to win their fourth title in a row.

Whereas you were trying to win the fourth title in your history.

Mr. Charlie · 09-03-2015, 04:48 PM

I can't remember that. Who won the title that season?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-03-2015, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

I can't remember that. Who won the title that season?

Chelsea did, they won that match 2-1 and the title race was all but over. Rooney injured his ankle in a CL match vs Bayern and missed that match.

Fletcher scored with his hand I think. The Drogba goal was at least a yard offside.

Mr. Charlie · 09-03-2015, 04:52 PM

An offside goal for (what I assume, from your post) a handball goal is a fair trade.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-03-2015, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

An offside goal for (what I assume, from your post) a handball goal is a fair trade.

It's not though. It doesn't really work like that. The Drogba goal came at about 75/80 mins and made it 2-0, so by that point Man Utd had to just go for it and do whatever.

If it was the goal to make it 1-0 then yeah, but football matches are about momentum.

It's like saying the Lampard disallowed goal vs Germany didn't really matter because we lost 4-1 and it would've just made it 4-2, but if you saw the game that incident was a pivotal moment in the match. England had to go out in the second half chasing the game and attack, all that happened was they left themselves exposed on the counter.

09-01-2015, 07:21 PM	#5751 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I've never heard of him. He is supposed to be highly rated, he is really young though, like 18... Goalkeeper. No idea to be honest. Going Villa Park tomorrow to get my ticket for the cup derby. Honestly can't wait for this.

09-03-2015, 10:43 AM	#5753 (permalink)
Nurse Duckett Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 148	Jeff Reine-Adelaide was signed by Arsenal this summer, a young and very highly rated French striker. Wenger described him as "something special". I might be wrong but i think Arsenal have signed several young players this summer, probably not the type of signings that Sky Sports football fans sit and wank over and that's why Sky didn't ram it down your throat every 15 seconds all fecking summer. When the financial bubble bursts, which it definitely will, the temporary/pretend big clubs like Chelsea and Man City will be in deep shiit. The permanent/real big clubs like Arsenal will survive it, mainly down to the efforts and foresight of a great manager like Wenger. Its a team game, there's never been a great team that didn't have a great team spirit, its not about spending millions on big names, and it never has been. ..................................Clarke, one nil! MOT.

09-03-2015, 04:44 PM	#5756 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	He's actually right though. One of my favourite stats was in the 2009/10 season, before the infamous Drogba offside goal game at OT, Man United were trying to win their fourth title in a row. Whereas you were trying to win the fourth title in your history.

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Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	I can't remember that. Who won the title that season?

09-03-2015, 04:52 PM	#5759 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	An offside goal for (what I assume, from your post) a handball goal is a fair trade.