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Author:  warrior [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:59 am ]
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Gunfire wrote:
Was it just 6 years ago they were caught previously and have not bothered to try and improve behaviour.

No - They only tried harder not getting caught.

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:32 am ]
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Just assume this story has an credence at all
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer- ... m-sterling

RM to pay up to 180mil for Sterling. Then please explain how that club is ever within the FFP rules. The TV rights in Spain are a lot less and they have been bailed out a number of times. Many years ago they were rumoured to owe 500mil. Ticket prices are less in Spain. They have numerous high earners.

I am not having sympathy for City, what I want is consistency. City are an easy target - they are not one of the chosen ones. We are in the same boat.

Author:  Gaz from Oz [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:09 am ]
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I wonder if this has legs. Tierney to Leicester

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... upamecano/

Might explain the purchase of the Southampton bloke.

Author:  kiwipete [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:26 am ]
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Gaz from Oz wrote:
I am afraid I am a dying breed. (some will say thank God for that). I expect if a player earns 200k per week that he will perform better than a player who earns 30k per week. So if for instance our team has a player on 200k per week (lets call him A), a player on 320k per week (O)+ another forward on say 150k(L) = a new bloke on say 120k (P - I have no idea of his wages) + a 100K (X) +++, then I have an exoectation that they will beat a team where the wage may be around 500-600k for the whole team including reserves. So you could say I have expectations people will perform.

If you tell the team we are not good enough then they will perform to your expectation. If you empower people and inspire them to achieve the good ones will do just that. Whether Arteta can do that is the question.

As for the statement that the Premier League is very competitive other than for Liverpool. Well then that means it is not competitive. Aust 1 NZ 0. I will use the underarm, perfectly legitimate delivery later.

a dying breed alright , full blown Alzheimers , dementia , lupis you name it .

Taking Liverpool out of the equation ; any team can beat any other team that means the rest of the league is competitive .....

You have expectations a team assembled for fifteen million will beat one of 500k ...Liverpool v Wimbledon , Arsenal v Walsall , Leeds v Sunderland , Norwich v Man City , Man U v Burnley , Arsenal v York City

... how many examples do you want ...underarm all you like ...................... Australia 0 NZ 2

Author:  long time gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:48 am ]
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Gunfire wrote:
long time gooner wrote:
I wasn’t meaning to suggest it as a defence. I was simply wondering why there aren’t other cases.

This is their second time being caught. Was it just 6 years ago they were caught previously and have not bothered to try and improve behaviour. Incredibly arrogant attitude towards UEFA as well didn't help their cause.

I have no sympathy whatsoever for Man City. The whole ‘project’ is loathsome.

What really annoys me is that other similar situations seem to be condoned for no apparent good reason. PSG are the most extreme example but such as Real Madrid are right up there too.

Author:  Bernard [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:25 am ]
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long time gooner wrote:
I have no sympathy whatsoever for Man City. The whole ‘project’ is loathsome.

What really annoys me is that other similar situations seem to be condoned for no apparent good reason. PSG are the most extreme example but such as Real Madrid are right up there too.

All I will say for City is that every time they’ve won the league, it means Manchester United, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea haven’t. I dislike those four much more than City, so for me there have been benefits to their financial doping.

Sadly they haven’t been keeping up with Liverpool this season.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:28 pm ]
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Gaz from Oz wrote:
I wonder if this has legs. Tierney to Leicester

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... upamecano/

Might explain the purchase of the Southampton bloke.

I thought Cédric was a right back. Maybe we're getting a deal done to extend Saka's contract- I hope so because he's up there with Martinelli in my opinion as an exceptional young player.
On the other hand, it's the Sun, so it could be a complete load of bollocks.

Author:  grantyboy [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:29 pm ]
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*%^@ Man City and their cheating financial doping. I just hope they get their titles stripped as well. Happened to Canterbury Bulldogs in the early 2000s in the rubgy league. Do it to Paris, RM and Barca and there may be a true international sport back in play. Will it happen at that grand a scale? Hell no. UEFA are as bent as any of them as proven by Seb Blatter and the World Cup scandals with hardly any of them being truly punished for what is effectively fraud.

Author:  Wilts-Gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:41 pm ]
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grantyboy wrote:
*%^@ Man City and their cheating financial doping. I just hope they get their titles stripped as well. Happened to Canterbury Bulldogs in the early 2000s in the rubgy league. Do it to Paris, RM and Barca and there may be a true international sport back in play. Will it happen at that grand a scale? Hell no. UEFA are as bent as any of them as proven by Seb Blatter and the World Cup scandals with hardly any of them being truly punished for what is effectively fraud.


Just makes life easier for Liverpool and co., UEFA are two faced banning City but P$G, Chelsea, RM and Barca all get away with it.. not watched a CL game for years and don't intend to start again anytime soon.


Does this mean 5th place gets CL this season?, not that we're even good enough for that under KSE's terrible ownership of a once great English football institution!.

#FckKSE
#FckUEFA

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Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:03 pm ]
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Mourinho looks old. I mean 'he's aged' prematurely type of old.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:29 pm ]
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D*mn it, the scum equalized.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:31 pm ]
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Back in LA and went past the construction of the LA Rams stadium. It's looking pretty damn nice actually. Nice to see our money is going to good use.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:49 pm ]
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The EPL has to develop a faster way to check on VAR. The NFL have had VAR for a while now and give decisions fairly quickly.
One way to cut down on it is to only check VAR when a team challenges it and do what American leagues do and give each side a limited number of challenges. 2 or 3 per team per half or 5 total for the game.
Mistakes are part of the game and you'll never have a perfect game. Referees checking every little decision will slow the game down. American football is not continuous like football is. So, its imperative that football does VAR in a way it doesn't stop or slow the progress of the game too much.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:21 pm ]
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Hold on Villa.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:00 pm ]
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AmericanGooner wrote:
Hold on Villa.

Well done American :20hospitals:

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:02 pm ]
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Villa, I gave you the AG luck and you squandered it! :8angers:

Author:  TOP GUN [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:09 pm ]
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Interesting team selection.

Could be a team with goals in it

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:10 pm ]
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Arteta shaking things up a bit. Ceballos, Nketiah, no Lacazette, I'm a fan of Ceballos, I think he will do well. He needs a run of games to get back into things, it may not happen in this match but I think he will come good.

Author:  bubblechris [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:20 pm ]
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and no Lacazette...................

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:29 pm ]
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Mustafi must rank near the top of most starts for us over his career.

Author:  bubblechris [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:31 pm ]
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Aubameyang at cf makes my day............Everything crossed.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:31 pm ]
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The pundit said we are unbeaten in 2020. The run to go unbeaten and retake once Liverpool gets it started on January 1st.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:39 pm ]
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The commentator said "He didn't need to do that" referring to Xhaka holding the player and I'm thinking "Yes, he does, he's slow as molasses."

Author:  Rich [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:40 pm ]
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Xhaka early yellow for a shirt pull. We will never be able to coach it out of him.

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:40 pm ]
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Xhaka picks up a yellow after 8 minutes.

Author:  Rich [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:50 pm ]
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Sounds like we haven’t even got started yet. Crowd get on the teams back so quickly but equally the players start so slowly in so many teams which fails to lift the crowd at all.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:54 pm ]
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When you watch Barcelona, City, Liverpool, the first instinct of the midfield players who receive the ball in the middle of the pitch is to look to pass forward, our players look to kick it backwards. Frustrating to watch.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:54 pm ]
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We aren't direct enough. Simple as that.

Author:  long time gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:59 pm ]
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ZZZZ. Have we had a shot yet?

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:02 pm ]
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Glad the coaches are reading the SG forum and particularly my comments in real time. A bit better Arsenal.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:04 pm ]
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...not great but a wee bit.

Author:  bubblechris [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:04 pm ]
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Loads of empty seats on the far side................

Author:  long time gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:06 pm ]
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Last 5 minutes much more promising. At least we now look like the home side.

Author:  AmericanGooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:13 pm ]
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Saka spends too much time doing step overs. One time it sometimes into the box or to a player. Get some one touch football going.

Author:  socrates [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:21 pm ]
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Pépé needs to take the game by the scruff of the neck. I don't want to see him make little two yard passes, I want to see him dribble past players and make runs in behind. Get the crowd going.

Author:  Parkerknoll Gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:21 pm ]
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Dull, dull, dull and then there’s Xakha, gawd.

Author:  TOP GUN [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:23 pm ]
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We just look like a team struggling to score.

don’t ping the ball about quick enough. Think Ceballos looks a better option in deep midfield though.

Martinelli for nketiah and Aubameyang to the middle for me. Tough on Eddie who clearly wants to do well but it’s more about the balance of the side

Author:  Rich [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:31 pm ]
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Watch the penalty given by var for spurs today. Does anyone think that gets given every single week, even on var?

Author:  long time gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:35 pm ]
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Best move. Hit the bar!

Author:  Lincoln gooner [ Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:37 pm ]
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long time gooner wrote:
Best move. Hit the bar!

Best move, but has to score there.

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