MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
In other news, best beard of the weekend went to Ben Hamer of Leicester.
Here it is protecting his face against a giraffe in a football kit...
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and at the weekend he likes nothing more than chopping a few christians
Ashley apparently also owns the naming rights for Rangers' Ibrox ground, even owns 9% of the clubs shares. So there could be two clubs with grounds called 2 Trackies for a Tenner Stadium.
You can't read much into ManU's weekend win as QPR are beyond dire. Having lost to ManU, Spurs, Hull and Burton, since the start of the season and only scored 1 goal, which was in their only win so far against Sunderland.
The fact that Man U beat newly promoted QPR 4-0 is news says a lot about where Man U are. They have to score 4 every week to have a chance of a result against anyone with a clue, its the defense that needs sorting.
NUFC should be giants - support, history etc. It's a shame - would love them to be challenging.
Who wants to go to Newcastle though, their ability to get decent players in compromises their ability. Plus the ungracious fans don't appreciate what Ashley has put into the club and suffer permanent delusions of grandeur. In the 40 years I've been following football they've always struggled as also rans.
Costas looks like a steal, I hope he stays fit and Althletico did Real again - nice !
Jambalaya - at least LVG has abandoned the 3 at the back nonsense, which a team like City or Chelski would simply rip apart. The reason for optimism was how dangerous we look up front. Which we just didn't look at all last season. You just wondered where the goals were going to come from. They didn't. Thats looking very different now. He's got bags of attacking options, as the players he's signed can play in a multitude of positions
But I agree that with the defence we've got at present, its going to have to be the Kevin Keegan school of football. Going out to score more than the opposition put past you. It'll be interesting to see the scoreline for the Chelski game. It sure aint going to be nil nil.
In the 40 years I've been following football they've always struggled as also rans.
Seeing as I've already referred to Kev, its always worth watching this again 😆
[url= https://vine.co/v/OW3W0ZWMuY3 ]Look[/url] at what Hernandez is up to these days
He'll do a Forlan. Or a reverse-Torres, if you like. Couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo for us (though created plenty) then went to Villa Real (IIRC?) and was the highest scorer in La Liga the following season. Hernandez always knew where the net was when he was a super sub, but always struggled when he started games
He'll do a Forlan. Or a reverse-Torres, if you like. Couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo for us (though created plenty) then went to Villa Real (IIRC?) and was the highest scorer in La Liga the following season. Hernandez always knew where the net was when he was a super sub, but always struggled when he started games
Anyone seen the Liverpool score?
Oh....
Oh dear
😆
Liverpool can't score for shit.
West Ham are fun to watch.
How things can change in a season.
lets wait till we have played eh
Perhaps only ex Man U players will score goals this weekend?
Predictions for tomorrow:
Man City 2- City 1
Leicester 2 - Man U 2
Man City 2- City 1
City will win that one I am certain
City will win that one I am certain
I'm not too sure. City seem unstoppable with Costa and Fabregas, but City have a habit of turning up and quietly demolishing teams. Depends whether Yaya turns up for City, and Costa starts for City as his injury issues seem to be appearing again.
I have been drinking.
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*swoon*
Liverpool shipped loads of goals last season, but scored more. Looks like they're adhering to one half of that strategy this season. Normality has returned. 7th. If they're lucky.
My money's on city tomorrow. I just haven't decided which yet.
I know it's only Saturday, but I reckon Aaron Ramsey made the pass of the season earlier...
http://www.gfycat.com/OrnateEdibleHawk
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fellani has yet to play this season give him a chance but that has set the bar high
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#neverforget
I do hope Draxler comes to Arsenal, as has been rumoured. Just what we need, another tricksy midfielder.
As an aside, I do like the gfycat url naming scheme....
http://gfycat.com/ElasticJauntyKoala
On the plus side Jamie... Ozil showed up for a few minutes. The new Berbatov? Score, then spend the rest of the match in a deck chair, smoking Gitanes and reading poetry?
I think Berbs had a bit more strength. Ozil looks like he is about to shatter.
In other news, this is a cracking article about Felix Magath.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/sep/20/fulham-farewell-magath-felix-madcap?
Jamie - can we have a gif of Di Maria's goal please? 😀
Looking great going forward. Sublime passes for both goals. But it's looking like the usual keystone cops affair at the back. Oh well. Kevin Keegan football it is then. I think we might come a little bit unstuck with that at some point.
Fanks! An absolute beauty! 😀
Quite the entertaining game...
Spoilers follow.
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*cough*
*prepares emergency Greggs care package for Binnerz*
lol
deary deary me 🙂
*removes Walkers crisps from care package*
3-1 to 3-5 in 20 minutes takes some doing !
Bit of mysyic meg from binners in earlier post,bizzare game.
Anyone seen the Utd score?
😯
Ah well...they'll always have QPR.
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Looks like LVG's Kevin Keegan approach is delivering the same results it generally did for Kev. Absolutely shambollic at the back!
* breaks glass on emergency steak bake container *
"I know everything about the team [Leicester], about individuals, substitutes, what the atmosphere will be like in the stadium, how they take free-kicks, everything."
* breaks glass on emergency steak bake container *
This man needs 10ccs of Ginster's Pasty. STAT!
Incidentally, I was at King Power for the Arsenal game a few weeks back, and the place really does bounce. Great stadium to go to.
Funny old game. There is something about VG and this euro trash/galatico/leveraged model that makes this rather amusing.
"Hi there mister De Gea, would you like to replace Mannone in my fantasy team this week? Along with Kaboul, as there's no way the Baggies'll score against Spurs"
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Christ knows what Ciy or Chelsea will do to that defence. They'll be aiming for double figures.
* contemplates 12th sausage roll *
A most enjoyable weekend for The Gooners so far, just need a 0-0 at citeh with a few sending offs and Mouriniho banned to the stands for a couple if months
# crosses fingers#
So he has solved half the problems we had last year 😉
.....and with so little outlay
What did he see that meant he thought we did nto need central defender
I still hope a partnership of Rojo and THE JONES can save us......It wont but I can hope it.
Why did he not bring on Shaw when Jones got injured and move Rojo to there ?
Why did he not bring on Shaw
Because he thinks he's too fat.
but fat people are harder to get round and block more of the goal
Binners have you had a trial 😉
Liverpool were poor but Man U are worse having spent more!!!! If it's 7th for Liverpool good luck in the bottom half of the table 😆
Will they redevelop Old Trafford into something useful like affordable housing?
Wot a day for football.
#scenes
Did he celebrate?
Run to the fans and kiss the badge like adebayor?
Nah, as he ain't a **** 8)
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Should be a decent MOTD2 tonight....well, apart for Man U/Toffee fans.
My plan is to make a slow supper at 3-1 and pretend it never happened
Lampard eh? Who would have thunk it?
All very Denis Law. Had a certain inevitability to it when he brought him on.
As a more general point, what has happened to defending!? Are there any decent centre halves left? Only Chelsea and City look like they can defend - aside from Kompany, Terry, Cahill maybe, I can't think of any decent defend at all cost defender, dominant centre halves seem rare these days. Or is the game just faster and more attacking than ever before?
Rafael one is a clear foul and then a dive after the meerest of touches
The second penalty is a push at the start when he goes for the ball
5 shots on targets and 5 goals
Then again I am clutching at straws and it was a weak capitulation against a mediocre team
Rooney wasn't much cop as a 'ten' was he. I'd play Di Maria there, so direct.
feels sorry for Mata tbh it is his position [ not rooney's] and one of the strikers should make way IMHO
MOTD is becoming watchable again with Danny Murphy and Jimmy Floyd.
A mediocre side Junkyard?, how very dare you 😆
As the song goes, 'They are the greatest team, the world has ever seen'
As a Leicester sports fan today's win over man u has gone some way to heal the hurt of yesterday's drubbing, no hammering the tigers got from bath.
I meant the going 3-1 down not the majestic recovery 😉
Its a struggle with folk who talks sense innit Jamie
Well, that was a nice result to see when I woke up this morning. Had to read it twice before I believed it. Nice to see Man U are coming down to continue last seasons running battle with NUFC.
Man U still need more strikers as they are not scoring enough goals to draw a match
Serious question, what I know about football can be describe by the initials F.O. Can someone explain to me why having thrown alot of money at a squad isn't pulling in results against newly promoted sides etc? Even an aging/old Man U squad would be better or comparable to newly promoted team but also- add in some new signings. Surely? Man City etc 'threw money at their squad and it was paying off alot better. What gives?
They have changed their system/way of playing, changed key players who don't know each other etc. if your trying to do what the boss asks rather than what you normally do it's never that good to start with. Perhaps the players are not the right players, they need to learn how to communicate with each other, learn about each other and how they play. Imagine if half of your colleagues were replaced by much better people who knew what you did but not who did what and where the tea bags were.
Does anyone else despise that heart shape DiMaria, Bale and that guy from Savage Garden do when they score? (or sing... )
Good weekend to be a Gooner. #Arsenalnotincrisis
As a more general point, what has happened to defending!? Are there any decent centre halves left? Only Chelsea and City look like they can defend - aside from Kompany, Terry, Cahill maybe, I can't think of any decent defend at all cost defender, dominant centre halves seem rare these days. Or is the game just faster and more attacking than ever before?
I don't think it's any coincidence that the 2 sides who'll be scrapping it out for the title are the 2 that have 'proper' defences, that you're just not going to get in behind. The game yesterday was a masterclass in the art. You're not going to get many chances in a game against either City or Chelski. The other defend at all cost defender who springs to mind is Vlaar at Villa. And they look a different side with him out
Man City etc 'threw money at their squad and it was paying off alot better. What gives?
Yeah, they bought a load of world class players and they all just gelled together immediately, and they won the title on their first attempt. Oh... no.... wait.... hang on a minute.....
Good weekend to be a Gooner. #Arsenalnotincrisis
It's not December yet. Why should they be in crisis?
they were in Crisis after the defeat in Germany and a couple of draws
Yeah, they bought a load of world class players and they all just gelled together immediately, and they won the title on their first attempt. Oh... no.... wait.... hang on a minute.....
They weren't anywhere near in the same position as Man U though. There needs to be a full autopsy on Man U.
Yes City had a problem with Tevez but were they losing so and to such teams?
It doesn't make complete sense. They should be misfiring but into a second season with now the gaps begining to be plugged?
Tevez? Eh? When City started their spending spree, Tevez was still playing for West Ham, they'd just got rid of a war criminal as owner, and Sven-Göran Eriksson was manager. You think City's success happened overnight?
Hora ... discussing football with you is like discussing quantum physics with a toddler
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I'm on about any City problems- they were later on (i,e Tevez)
Its like discussing cooking steaks with a vegan
Anyway....on a lighter note, David Moyes must be enjoying his breakfast this morning! 🙂
I believe LVG's start is now worse than Gollom's!
Tee Hee! 😀
Its rehabilitating Moyes future employment prospects isn't it?
It was all the LVG/Giggsy High fives at the outset....followed by the face palms and looks of utter disbelief! You gotta love a public humiliation of someone paid £7m a year! 😀
Who could the next manager be?