Owen on Sterling: "He's better than Özil, probably better than Welbeck"

Better than Özil, PROBABLY better than Welbeck?! Fucking hell. Sterling > Welbeck >>>>> Özil apparently

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By Poe | On 22 December 2015 - 20:11 PM GMT

Amazes me that pundits that are allowed to speak on television are still questioning whether Ozil is a good player or not.

According to David Moyes, the jury is still out

No wonder he's unemployed

#303821 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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By Ninja | On 22 December 2015 - 14:11 PM GMT

I do find the annual cycle of Arsenal fans as amusing as the famous Scouse boom-bust cycle.

Its gone something like this over recent times:

Start of the transfer window:
Bullish, ended the season strongly, looks like the teams finally getting there, and if only Wenger added one or two of the right players you'd surely win the league.
End of the transfer window:
Wenger's only signing has been a 13 year old prodigy from Djibouti, the teams been booed off the pitch in 3 games by now, including a pre-season friendly.
Christmas:
The fans are universally positive, the anger from the start of the season has been forgotten, they once again have the best players in the league.
End of the Season:
They fail to get over the line, despite playing well for most of the season a complete melt down where they drop 9 points in two games after being knocked out of the Champions League by a team whose acronym is 'FCB' means most of the fanbase want Wenger out, yet they rally to end the season in the Champions League places. They either win the FA Cup, or they don't, no one really cares anyway, and we start again.

The irritating thing for Arsenal fans is surely that if they had bought in the summer they'd be walking the league this season.

Worth giving a gander

Avg Points/game under Wenger
Aug 1.90
Sep 2.10
Oct 2.13
Nov 1.60
Dec 1.97
Jan 1.93
Feb 1.99
Mar 2.22
Apr 2.10
May 1.95

We'd usually have collapsed by now but luckily for us in November everyone else was just as shite as us. Wenger's stated openly that we are short and need reinforcements (weird for him, usually faffs on about "top, top quality" and "if we find the right player, we will do it". 6 points against Southampton away (ain't won there since their promotion) & Bournemouth would put us in good stead. I'm not really taking much notice of Leicester tbh, although I'd like them to finish in the top four.

And buying no outfield players was criminal, just praying we get the quality required in Jan to push us over the line. An Arshavin-esque signing would really boost the squad. As for the CL, I'm not really arsed to be honest. It's set up for us to beat/draw against Barca at home then get battered away. Sooner it's out the way the better.

With the managerial merry go round at the end of the season, we need to win the League this year. If we don't we won't have a sniff for a good few years.

And yeah, Arsenal's online presence is probably the absolute worst alongside Liverpool's imo. Funny at times though

#303767 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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22 Dec 2015 13:50:11

We haven't ever had a mid-season collapse since 2007/08 when Eduardo broke his leg. Every season after that we've been stronger after Christmas than before it.

#303556 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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21 Dec 2015 20:56:04

Mesut Özil FC, Premier League Champions 2015/16

#303441 The FIFA Thread

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21 Dec 2015 15:26:55

I know some people probably think I'm taking the piss but there'd be no better FIFA president than Arsene Wenger imo.

#303298 The Great Managerial Merry-go-round guaranteed to entertain *not guaranteed

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20 Dec 2015 20:36:21

City: Pep
United: Mourinho
Chelsea: Simeone
Liverpool: Klopp
Arsenal: Zombie Wenger forever

#303140 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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19 Dec 2015 23:14:24

Welbz has something like a bruised bone on the knee. Fuck knows, he's been out with it since March

#303138 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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19 Dec 2015 22:56:46

Welbeck suffering another set back even after his surgery. Said to be ruled out until Feb but probably gonna be out for the season, some people might think he'll have to retire lol

#303099 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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19 Dec 2015 17:43:37

ZDF claim that Pep has chosen to manage Man City next season

#303054 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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19 Dec 2015 15:03:28

Chelsea FC are an embarrassment to football in every aspect

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWmNf2CWEAA8zgD.jpg

State of them. Hope the club folds.

#303045 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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19 Dec 2015 13:51:50

Chelsea were gonna finish probably around 10th/11th regardless of what happened with Mourinho.

#302815 Euro 2016 Draw

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17 Dec 2015 17:45:04

If England want any chance to win it then gambles have to be made. This would be my XI presuming these players are fit:

Hart
Clyne - Smalling - Stones - Shaw
Carrick/Dier
Henderson - Wilshere
Walcott - Kane - Sterling

But obviously Rooney will start every match and be a detriment throughout the tournament.

#302787 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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17 Dec 2015 15:30:25

By Ninja | On 17 December 2015 - 15:28 PM GMT

Maybe.

He's a good manger and this explosion whilst hilarious happened to Klopp too. He's not my first choice, but if City do get Pep and Ancelotti does go to Bayern I'd much rather have Mourinho than Van Gaal or Giggs.

Just have to sack him before his third season.

Telegram Sam on this Arsenal forum said he expects: "Calling it now; this summer Pep will go to City, Ancelotti to Bayern, Simeone to Chelsea and - most suprisingly - Mourinho will replace the outgoing van Gaal at United."

Wouldn't be overly surprised. Yet we'll replace Arsene with Steve Bould when Wenger retires, brilliant stuff.

#302785 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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17 Dec 2015 15:26:09

By Ninja | On 17 December 2015 - 15:23 PM GMT

Reckon there's a fairly good chance he'll be the next United manager.

Your funeral.

#302783 Premier League Team of the Season So Far

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17 Dec 2015 15:23:22

Forgot about Payet since he's become a cripple. Dead cert for that team now.

#302781 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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17 Dec 2015 15:22:43

Hahahaha.

Like fuck Mourinho is going to get a job for a big club in a non-poverty League ever again. Shite places like Portugal, Italy & PSG for you, you absolute thundercunt.

#302710 Premier League Team of the Season So Far

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16 Dec 2015 23:59:47

Every time I've watched him his tek is ridiculous

Couldn't put a fraud like Barkley in there either so I didn't know who to go with

#302692 Premier League Team of the Season So Far

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16 Dec 2015 22:43:02

Butland
Bellerin - Smalling - Koscielny - Monreal
Kante - Dier
Mahrez - Özil - Wijnaldum
Vardy

#302666 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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By Ninja | On 16 December 2015 - 20:46 PM GMT

I tend to agree but I'm not 100% sold on Mahrez he hardly set the league alight last season and I wonder if the same 'purple patch' argument would be made about him if he had an English name.

His level of technique is absurd, impossible for this to be a purple patch. He was starting to catch some great performances at the end of last season too when Leicester were battling to stay up

#302616 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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16 Dec 2015 19:03:28

Mahrez is genuinely a great player.

Vardy is just on a purple patch, won't get near the same amount of goals next season.

#302312 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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14 Dec 2015 22:05:20

This is the greatest Premier League season ever

Even better when we win it too

#302295 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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By Based Jorge | On 11 June 2015 - 13:40 PM BST

1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. United
4. City

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18. Bournemouth
19. Leicester
20. Watford

tbh

Nice to see I was spot on

#302288 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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14 Dec 2015 21:09:36

Mahrez is genuinely a £40m player. This isn't gonna be some fluke like Vardy is, he is unbelievably talented

#302269 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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14 Dec 2015 19:16:14

I don't think I've seen a player as injury prone as Sturridge since Diaby

Fair to call Wilshere injury prone but at least the vast majority of his are impact injuries, unlike Sturridge's constant muscular issues

#302204 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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14 Dec 2015 14:14:07

Preferred it when players flykicked fans instead of all this shit.

Proper cringy, doesn't fit the English culture at all. Well, maybe it does with Liverpool fans to be fair