The Master Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: VAR quite right to check that handball. If it had brushed his arm that's the sort of thing we want out of the game You must be delighted at that Burnley goal being ruled out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Even though this is going to be chalked off for handball, Forest's defending has been badly exposed here. Scott McKenna did not cover himself in glory there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Can't remember the last time I watched an EPL game but watching it in pub. Is this a better game than pre VAR? I know we have it too but it seems much much more invasive in the English game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Red card! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) https://richardajkeys.com/index.php/blog Quote A big problem I think they’ve got is that I don’t see warriors in their group - solid citizens like JT, Lampard, Drogba, Essien, Cech. Chelsea have always had ‘winners’ in their best teams. I don’t see any now. I see a group of ‘nice’ lads. ‘Nice’ doesn’t win big games or trophies. Nail and Head. I know Keysey has to spare precious blog space for his frankly excellent weekly put-downs of Seven Hag, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him backing my shout for Dennis Wise to be installed as Director of Football at Chelsea Football Club. Edited September 18, 2023 by AMMjag 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Artetas comments on the goalkeeper switch are proof, if needed, thaymt he is just absolutely depserate to do something left field that makes him appear really really clever. Hard to argue against Tierney being a victim of his bullshit when you see such patter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 19/09/2023 at 11:00, Bairnardo said: Artetas comments on the goalkeeper switch are proof, if needed, thaymt he is just absolutely depserate to do something left field that makes him appear really really clever. Hard to argue against Tierney being a victim of his bullshit when you see such patter. Behave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: Behave. Why? Punting an excellent left back way down the pecking order even behind Right Backs in pursuance of a "look how clever i am", Pep style strategy seems very on brand for him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Arteta's a cone placing, Lego headed fraud. And I say that as someone who is an Arsenal enjoyer. On 19/09/2023 at 11:00, Bairnardo said: Artetas comments on the goalkeeper switch are proof, if needed, thaymt he is just absolutely depserate to do something left field that makes him appear really really clever. Hard to argue against Tierney being a victim of his bullshit when you see such patter. Absolutely correct. See also exiling Guendouzi for nothing, bizarre singings like Havertz, playing Partey at right-back etc. Many such cases. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Bairnardo said: Why? Punting an excellent left back way down the pecking order even behind Right Backs in pursuance of a "look how clever i am", Pep style strategy seems very on brand for him. They had their highest league placing last season. Tierney is their best left back but is injury prone and didn't quite suit the system. That has no relevance to the goalkeeping situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: They had their highest league placing last season. Tierney is their best left back but is injury prone and didn't quite suit the system. That has no relevance to the goalkeeping situation. The goalkeeping situation was used by me to illustrate Artetas tendency for galaxy brained bullshit, which he gets directly from Pep. I suggested that it's this galaxy brained bullshit that has seen probably the best LB at the club plying his trade at Real Sociedad. I really don't think its a stretch to link the two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Comparing Tierney and Zinchenko because they're both left-backs is like comparing Pirlo and Makelele because they were both holding midfielders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: The goalkeeping situation was used by me to illustrate Artetas tendency for galaxy brained bullshit, which he gets directly from Pep. I suggested that it's this galaxy brained bullshit that has seen probably the best LB at the club plying his trade at Real Sociedad. I really don't think its a stretch to link the two. Of course it is. If Tierney wasn't injured for long stretches then they probably don't even bother looking for a new left back. He was given chances to play the inverted role but it didn't work out. It happens. A bit harsh to label it 'galaxy brained bullshit' when the change to Zinchenko directly led to an improvement in performance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 No one would care either if Tierney wasn’t Scottish. Let it go. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, eez-eh said: No one would care either if Tierney wasn’t Scottish. Let it go. Your probably right, but my initial comment was really more direct at Arteta, the goalkeeper pish he came away and his tendency towards this sort of stuff. Tierney just seemed a fitting example 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Tierney lied to Arteta about an injury. Arteta hasn't trusted Tierney since. There's no great mystery here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 @Satoshi That's not very professional of him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 She and I enjoyed some banter, together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 The Old Kennilworth Ground was absolutely rocking today. Everyone rubbing their eyes in disbelief that they're at the top table along with the big boys. Drinking it in, enjoying the moment, just happy to be there. As it should be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Enjoyable stuff on the BBC Sport live feed, as always. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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