loki679

Sampy's turned into a proper little flower recently

He's being asked to play a role that he's not really suited for. He's never going to be the big lad up top who makes the ball stick and brings others in.

I'm sure your personal distaste for the establishment will be factored into the price.

Made a lego X-wing with my eldest. Was awesome.

It's all in CAPS. Newcastle begins with N. Take out the P and put in the N and you have CANS.

From what I heard the club consulted with the buyers about deals like this. 'We've been monitoring some unusual Iranian activity in the gulf and we have a conference call arranged with the Russian ambassador regarding the intelligence sharing arrangement at 2. Oh, how do you feel about a four year contract for Manquillo by the way?'

Someone compared it to us sacking Bobby because he finished 5th, which I think is a really good comparison. They're going to be mid-table fodder for the next few years. Some similarities yes, but think it was more a case that they never really adequately replaced the spine of the team...Toure/Vieira/Henry, and just went for a succession of light weight technical players over the years, and for all the improvement in the league since then, there is still a place for gritty hard working players, who have a never defeated attitude. Has to be a balance of course but I can't think of an Arsenal player that another player would be 'frightened' of going up against I'm convinced Anelka ruined Arsenal. They bought him for £500k and sold him on for £27m or something with everyone saying how much of a genius Wenger was. After that he seemed to become obsessed with signing nobodies in an effort to discover the next diamond in the rough. If they'd balanced their transfer policy with some big name established players I think we'd be looking at a different Arsenal today.

Out of spite that the Saudis have the rights from next season? They wouldn't just abandon paid for coverage over that. Must be more to this I reckon.

Yes. We should start a gofundme for those poor, deprived broadcasting companies.

They didn't win the title the season after. It's almost as if the unsustainability caught up to them...just like it would with Bruce's Newcastle given enough time? Remember the season after Pardew got the team to 5th? It's such a fucking stupid argument Here's the difference, if they can't sustain their magic run they end up finishing 6th -8th. If we can't sustain our magic run we end up playing championship football next season.

well put - what was that period where we were picking results with our defenders scoring random goals as we were dicked off the pitch in most games? he doesn't "deserve credit" for that because winning games by having your defenders score all the goals isn't a tactical plan, it was f***ing luck 12 goals conceded in 15 home isn't purely down to luck man. f***ing hell :lol: not sure what point you think you're making, he stuck to rafa's system in order to keep games tight and as a result we couldn't score for s*** if you think steve bacon is the brains behind that defensive organisation and dubravka playing out of his skin you need help Might as well just had a f***ing crash test dummy in the dugout then? This f***ing board man. Well we can have a look at some stats can’t we? This great defensive record has Dubs with the highest number of saves in the league and also we have the 4th highest shots faced per game behind villa, Bournemouth and Norwich lol. Is that sustainable? Could you tell me what positions those three are in the league? 19thb in goals from open play Shots on target we are 17th 15th in shots per game Counter attack goals 19th 2nd in set piece goals (very sustainable to get all your goal from set plays And defenders) All these things are telling you where we really should be. Through balls per game 19th Short passes 19th Crosses 18th It’s all here if you want to check it: https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/7811/Stages/17590/TeamStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020 Can you tell me the common numbers amongst those stats? They are bottom of the league numbers I'd be interested to see how this compares to last season. Shots pg 13th On target pg 16th Shots conceded per game 12th highest 11th in goals from open play 17th for counter attack 16th set peices Crosses pg 6th through ball per game 12th short passes 18 As you can see we look about where you would expect us to on last season's stats. The Almiron signing transformed us last season. First half of the season wasn't great, second half we were the fifth best team in the land or something.

Is there a manager who hasnt relied on luck at some point to get results? If not then why hold it against Bruce? Luck runs out. If that's the only thing you have going for you when it does then you're fucked.

West Ham definitely just for that bent stadium deal. Not sure on Villa, brummie's canny.

well put - what was that period where we were picking results with our defenders scoring random goals as we were dicked off the pitch in most games? he doesn't "deserve credit" for that because winning games by having your defenders score all the goals isn't a tactical plan, it was fucking luck 12 goals conceded in 15 home games isn't purely down to luck man. Fucking hell :lol: So I assume 29 goals conceded in 15 away games is all Stevie Bacon then?

Go and watch the Oxford game again.

That goal's encouraging because he does exactly what we've been begging him to do since August, attack the six yard box.

Just got in. Get in.

Agree on Jetro, hope we're nowhere near Bentaleb though. Totally anonymous so far.

When they make the movie of this, that's going to be the strapline.

The mackems are still banging on about following the Dortmund and Southampton model. If you need to follow a model of a club and shout it aloud then you’ve no business in this sector. It’s just amateurish and never works, Aye 'What's your plan?' 'Er, we're gonna do what they did.'

How does FFP help that? Preventing owners paying off the debts themselves seems like it would have the opposite effect.

Probably some weird Twitter nonce with no life. How's Gallowgate End by the way?

Aye, I'd quite like them to build a team to beat PSG in europe tbh. That'd be mint.

This thread wasn't worth making once.

It'S nOtHinG mOrE tHaN a CaLl CeNtRe ChEck, MaN.