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***Official*** English Football Season 2017/18
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Lillian Thomson
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The Spanish window is still open. Be really funny if one of them nicked Sanchez.
And Rooney has been arrested for drink driving.
And Rooney has been arrested for drink driving.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I almost feel sorry for Prem fans whenever this first international break comes around. You wait all this time for some footy and then boom, gone.
Still, there's always Tranmere V Dover to keep you entertained tomorrow evening. We're a bit like the non-league Arsenal (circa 2010) at the minute. Lots of pretty (relatively) play and little end product. Up the whites.
Still, there's always Tranmere V Dover to keep you entertained tomorrow evening. We're a bit like the non-league Arsenal (circa 2010) at the minute. Lots of pretty (relatively) play and little end product. Up the whites.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
All well and good but not strengthening at the back looks like a bad move to me.
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That sounds like a big shift from the end of last season. Do you still have that enormous guy at CB? I thought having him pretty much ruled out playing anything expansive.
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Yeah it's definitely not ideal. I think it'll cost them a good tilt at the title this year. But if they manage to get Van Dijk in next summer they're set up really well for 2018/19. That might be better than overpaying to get in someone they're not sure about.
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Dreading tomorrow, our keeper is in the England under 21 squad so we have to play the reserve and he let 2 in on Tuesday at Coventry. The sort of day when you go away and gift a first win of the season to the opposition. Wish we had a couple more internationals so the game could be called off. take a draw now.
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Wonder if Coutinho or Van Dijk will do the same at Liverpool and Southampton?
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The only way Sanchez doesn't go and start every game is if Chile don't qualify. So if anything he might just want to keep himself fresh. But tbh I think he's the type of player who can't help but put the effort in.
Van Dijk might not make it either. Your point definitely applies to Coutinho though.
Niall
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I don't understand this.
No issue with him going on the lash, but surely if you are in that position with his money, you have a personal driver?
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Van Dijk's lot won't be going to the World Cup.
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grecian
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These deadline days are normally so boring for Exeter fans, just hoping we don't sell big names.
yet it's been pretty fascinating. Obviously lost Watkins and Ampadu early.
Then found out we were almost certainly losing Wheeler I was pretty miserable, despite being top-of-the-league.
Yet we then actually paid money for Jayden Stockley (who Furball must love because Celtic fans hate him), who will score goals in this division, then Brought in Hiram Boateng who has been exactly the type of player we've needed in mid-field for years. Then we bring in a really highly-rated loan signing from West Brom down the right-side where we've been weak, and another attacker from them on loan.
So he's strengthened all our problem positions, and we've probably made money from the day and made huge money from the window.
Still, can't get away we're missing Wheelers and Watkins goals and craft, but we look a stronger physical side which you need in this division.
yet it's been pretty fascinating. Obviously lost Watkins and Ampadu early.
Then found out we were almost certainly losing Wheeler I was pretty miserable, despite being top-of-the-league.
Yet we then actually paid money for Jayden Stockley (who Furball must love because Celtic fans hate him), who will score goals in this division, then Brought in Hiram Boateng who has been exactly the type of player we've needed in mid-field for years. Then we bring in a really highly-rated loan signing from West Brom down the right-side where we've been weak, and another attacker from them on loan.
So he's strengthened all our problem positions, and we've probably made money from the day and made huge money from the window.
Still, can't get away we're missing Wheelers and Watkins goals and craft, but we look a stronger physical side which you need in this division.
dontcloseyoureyes
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The problem with this is that City thought they had. They had a bid accepted, and had representatives in Chile with a contract signed and a medical done. He told his team mates for Chile, his family and his friends that he was signed, it was done. They were holding on an announcement so Arsenal could spend their time looking for someone to bring in. Even as late as 3 hours before the window closed the reliable City ITK's were posting that Arsenal hadn't contacted City about reneging, and that the deal was still done.It really shouldn't have been a transfer City were banking on and if it was they should've tried harder to actually get him rather than pissing about and deciding to blame Arsenal for keeping their best player
At this point I think it's pretty plain that Arsenal leaked to their media mouthpieces that they were gonna pull out of the deal in an attempt to get Soriano to up the bid, but when they went back to Soriano he said that the deal was agreed and they wouldn't be going higher. It's a shame IMO as I really don't see this working out for either club, it might be a bloodbath for Arsenal who might literally gain nothing from keeping Sanchez as a player and then lose him for free or for **** all in January.
As a City fan I stayed up all night waiting for the announcement so was obviously gutted, ended up getting to bed around 8am when the window officially closed. Sanchez has been one of my favourite guys to watch since he joined the league, of anyone in the Prem that I could have playing for City I would choose him or Hazard (which is sad because both have basically been signed by us before last minute shenanigans). Puts a big dampener on a really good window for us. Praying for no injuries to Jesus, Aguero or Kompany, or we'll be seeing a lot of de Bruyne or Sterling as a false 9 or a lot of Stones not being able to run a defence.
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duffer
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I don't follow international football at all so had no idea, haha.
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Yeah, unless he can fire us to the Champions League places next season this will be like burning 60m in the centre of the pitch and I can't see us getting there. Not like we'd spend the money anyways I suppose, so bleh.
Lillian Thomson
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Arsenal will be competing with Stoke, West Brom and Southampton for 7th place.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Yeah, we are now playing three centre backs which I think plays to his strengths, and ours. Scored two in both the last two games so looks like we may be on the right track tbf. But the last 20 minutes on Monday we created a chance each time we attacked and only converted one. Worries me when that happens as when we come up against the better sides, the goals dry up when we're playing like that.
Early days and all that.