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

[Uppercut]

That’s a great win. Might just be that it wasn’t an important game for them but City don’t seem to be in a good place right now.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

That’s a great win. Might just be that it wasn’t an important game for them but City don’t seem to be in a good place right now.

Won away in Madrid a week ago ??? Won a cup final at Wembley a week ago ???

In previous years we definitely would've lost that game going down a goal away against a big side. League means nothing anymore, no surprise there's no impetus.

 

[DriveClub]

Who?

Jesus Atletico

 

[duffer]

So Hector has been taking painkillers to play through a serious groin injury then.

This will end well. It always does for us.

 

[sledger]

Bloke hasn't looked himself since he's come back from injury, so this is probably unsurprising really.

Not sure what is going on with Maitland-Niles though. Sounds as if his days are numbered after refusing to play as a fullback. Shame, was looking good.

 

[Uppercut]

Bloke hasn't looked himself since he's come back from injury, so this is probably unsurprising really.

Not sure what is going on with Maitland-Niles though. Sounds as if his days are numbered after refusing to play as a fullback. Shame, was looking good.

If that's true it's pretty dire. If you did it at an amateur league side you'd need to find a new club very quickly.

If Arteta is half as disciplinarian as reports suggest he'll have put him in quarantine.

 

[duffer]

Yeah, I've read that Arteta doesn't rate his attitude but haven't heard about him refusing to play as a fullback.

Very talented midfielder though, would love him to sort his shite out and make it with us.

 

[Uppercut]

I think he's a decent prospect at best. Good pace and agility but technically he's nothing special. If he was 18 you'd be excited by that but at 22 and with a questionable attitude he's not someone worth holding on to if an offer comes in over the summer.

 

[sledger]

If that's true it's pretty dire. If you did it at an amateur league side you'd need to find a new club very quickly.

If Arteta is half as disciplinarian as reports suggest he'll have put him in quarantine.

Yeah it sounds like that is what has happened tbh. Bloke wasn't even in the squad at the weekend, and Sokratis started at right back lol, so looks like writing is on the wall for AMN.

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah he'll be gone in the summer. Arsenal youth prospects have had an incredible habit of surpassing expectations after leaving the club in recent years (Gnabry actually isn't even top of the list IMO since he was very highly thought of) but it seems like he's committed career suicide. He had a good chance of nailing down the RB spot for a top half PL club and instead demanded to play in a much harder and more competitive area of the pitch that he's had about two good first XI games in. Think he'd have to take a serious step down if he wants to go somewhere that'll give him a chance in midfield.

 

[Uppercut]

Won away in Madrid a week ago ??? Won a cup final at Wembley a week ago ???

In previous years we definitely would've lost that game going down a goal away against a big side. League means nothing anymore, no surprise there's no impetus.

Just remembered a month or so back you were fairly pessimistic and I was saying you should still be too good for Madrid, so this is a bit of a switch.

You're right that if it meant anything to City it would have been a completely different game, but there are also quite a few players that haven't been performing anywhere near their peak for a while. It's insane that you crushed the league with De Bruyne injured for a whole year. Now when he doesn't start there's a glaring KDB-shaped hole.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Just remembered a month or so back you were fairly pessimistic and I was saying you should still be too good for Madrid, so this is a bit of a switch.

I still am pretty pessimistic about the Madrid tie but saying we've been bad lately after winning all of our important games is a pretty weird stance to take IMO.

Even in the United game if Ederson has a normal game do you even score?

 

[sledger]

Yeah he'll be gone in the summer. Arsenal youth prospects have had an incredible habit of surpassing expectations after leaving the club in recent years (Gnabry actually isn't even top of the list IMO since he was very highly thought of) but it seems like he's committed career suicide. He had a good chance of nailing down the RB spot for a top half PL club and instead demanded to play in a much harder and more competitive area of the pitch that he's had about two good first XI games in. Think he'd have to take a serious step down if he wants to go somewhere that'll give him a chance in midfield.

Who do you have ahead of Gnabry, out of interest?

 

[Uppercut]

I still am pretty pessimistic about the Madrid tie but saying we've been bad lately after winning all of our important games is a pretty weird stance to take IMO.

Even in the United game if Ederson has a normal game do you even score?

Maybe not, but we're complete shite. Even when we've beaten City before it's been by playing as underdogs and you don't need to watch the game for long to know they're a much better team. That wasn't the case on Sunday.

 

[Furball]

Who do you have ahead of Gnabry, out of interest?

Szczesny?

 

[Pothas]

Josh Dasilva obviously.

 

[Cabinet96]

Who do you have ahead of Gnabry, out of interest?

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde and Ismael Bennacer went to Lyon and Milan for a combined €40m last summer having been let go for basically nothing by Arsenal. Gnabry has performed better than my expectations for him four seasons in a row, but if you'd told me when he first broke into the Arsenal first team that he'd be great one day I wouldn't have been surprised, whereas neither of these two ever even made a Premier League appearance for us. Would probably have Bennacer as most surprising because Jeff did actually get some Emirates cup hype. Bennacer never did and was named AFCON player of the tournament last summer.

Donyell Malen is also proving pretty prolific for PSV. All of these guys giving more evidence to how brilliantly the club has been run in recent years of course.

 

[Cabinet96]

Josh Dasilva obviously.

An Arsenal fan I know who watches a lot of you guys is always hyping him.

Don't know if it's just that I'm more familiar with the names of the youth generation of 2015-18 than I was earlier ones but I feel like Arsenal never used to have this many ex academy players making really successful careers for themselves.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

An Arsenal fan I know who watches a lot of you guys is always hyping him.

Don't know if it's just that I'm more familiar with the names of the youth generation of 2015-18 than I was earlier ones but I feel like Arsenal never used to have this many ex academy players making really successful careers for themselves.

homegrown player rules leading to bloated academies vacuuming up all the talent etc etc

 

[sledger]

Spurs having another good night. Great.