***Official*** English Football Season 2019-20

[sledger]

It's a disaster really. He is a player who really should not require that much coaching. He is already technically pretty decent, but his best attributes are those that cannot be coached (i.e. incredibly tenacious, doesn't get tired, incredible workrate and intensity).

When in the team his instructions should basically just be "ok you just do your thing". But instead we've had him deployed in all sorts of nonsense roles. including as a number 10. Just madness.

 

[Uppercut]

It's a disaster really. He is a player who really should not require that much coaching. He is already technically pretty decent, but his best attributes are those that cannot be coached (i.e. incredibly tenacious, doesn't get tired, incredible workrate and intensity).

When in the team his instructions should basically just be "ok you just do your thing". But instead we've had him deployed in all sorts of nonsense roles. including as a number 10. Just madness.

I think his main problem is that Guendouzi is similar but better. When you play them both, Arsenal have major ball progression problems, which we saw on Saturday when they constantly lost the ball trying to play out from the back. Xhaka is the most competent midfield ball progresser, but him plus Torreira plus Guendouzi is negative, and a pressure-inviting style doesn't suit either your defenders or your attackers. Ceballos should probably play more but even with him I'm still not sure there's a properly coherent system out there.

 

[sledger]

Yeah. I was thinking about this earlier. The only way Arsenal could play a coherent system with the available players is by being allowed to have 12 players on the pitch at once.

 

[Howe_zat]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50394878

I'm interested in whether the football heads among you think this quiz is really easy, I got 35/40 despite thinking it was difficult.

 

[vcs]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50394878

I'm interested in whether the football heads among you think this quiz is really easy, I got 35/40 despite thinking it was difficult.

Haha this is gold for a combinatorics nerd like me. I don't know any of the answers but I'm having a fun time thinking about derangements after trying a few questions.

Got 23/40. If you manage to get 1 right on the first attempt, there's a 50% chance of 4/4. If you get all 4 wrong in the first attempt (if you arrange them randomly, that's 9/24), you're probably ****ed.

 

[sledger]

It's quite tricky I thought.

 

[cpr]

Did it yesterday (because its better than work), got 31, but spent too long on Q2 figuring out you got two goes before moving on....

 

[flibbertyjibber]

36/40 though was about 20 if you didn't have 2 goes at each one.

 

[andmark]

I get that they haven't started the season well, but wtf are Spurs playing at with sacking Poch? About six months ago he took them to the Champions League final FFS

 

[sledger]

Him going looked inevitable, but I'm surprised he was sacked. Thought he'd resign before that happened. Timing suggests they've got someone in mind ready to jump in as replacement.

 

[andmark]

Him going looked inevitable, but I'm surprised he was sacked. Thought he'd resign before that happened. Timing suggests they've got someone in mind ready to jump in as replacement.

Oh God, they might have someone lined up. Mourinho is odds on to be the next manager

 

[Furball]

I get that they haven't started the season well, but wtf are Spurs playing at with sacking Poch? About six months ago he took them to the Champions League final FFS

The Champions League run was spawny as **** and covered up the fact that they have been utter shite for the entire year.

 

[Pothas]

Arsenal should hire him immediately.

 

[sledger]

Lolsy opportunity for him to join Arsenal now

Edit: haha didn't see pothas' post, but yes absolutely

Could be like Sol Campbell-Gate all over again, only much more funny

 

[Furball]

Emery and Solksjaer outlasting Pochettino is pretty funny.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Spurs have been actively awful for like 18 months, and that Champions League final was a complete stitch-up. He wanted it as much as anyone imo.

 

[duffer]

Oh God, they might have someone lined up. Mourinho is odds on to be the next manager

Waiting for the Poch to United rumours now....

 

[GIMH]

Mourinho confirmed

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is should be great entertainment value for neutrals no matter how it goes. Bit of a shame he'll no longer be a pundit though.

 

[vcs]

Confirmed now. Hope he relegates them.