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  • JoshyRanchy@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Who is the most underated player in your native leauge?

    Can they fit in our squad?

    Im going for Levi Garcia From Trinidad.

    6ft tall , strong and can head the ball. Plays RW and CF. Would be a cheap Saka rotation and Plan B striker.

    Would give his all for a top EPL job like AFC.

  • Bobsburgers1187@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I don’t understand the benefit of releasing ref audio 2 weeks after an incident…I just picture those corrupt rats sitting at a screen rerecording the audio…it should be released immediately once a manager questions a decision, even if its privately with the club!

    • SunDrippedDevil@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      I don’t understand the benefit of releasing ref audio 2 weeks after an incident

      It’s to their own benefit. Damage control.

      Tempers cool after 2 weeks, and football fans dont always have long memories. The outrage dies down, and the media circus does it’s part.

      2 week later, then can still present a pretty damning clip and likely face little to no consequences.

      • FootlongGarlicBread@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        It just proves they’re not serious about being transparent. If they were, they’d go over the details, release the audio, admit they fucked up and bring about change to the process.

  • danmac0817@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I can’t believe Chelsea have been cheating. Abramovich seemed like such an honest guy and Chelsea has always been such a classy club with the nicest fans. I am shocked.

    • KSBrian007@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      Not that it’s even significant or matters, but I’ll never forgive the football world for mocking Arsene Wenger when he complained about Chelsea’s doping. It’s not just Chelsea fans. It was pundits, media, Mourinho — everyone kept pretending it was okay. People even came up with cute little numbers and fake scenarios to make it seem like the ground was even for a side with doping levels of Chelsea.

      • No-Village-6781@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        The media even used Chelsea’s spending as a reason to bash Arsenal. We weren’t a serious club in the eyes of the media because we wouldn’t spend like Chelsea was spending. They were used as a yardstick for what a “successful legitimate club” should be spending to win trophies.

    • Purple_Rub_8007@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      India always confuses me……there are almost 2B, flood every social media football page and yet they still haven’t produced a quality player

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        10 months ago

        India doesn’t have the proper infrastructure for football to grow yet. Also corrupt officials. We don’t have much good grassroot level coaches and structure.

    • SunDrippedDevil@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      I think that the take away here is that football transfer fees are out of control and that we should all termper our spending expectations a bit. This much expenditure is not sustainable for Arsenal FC over the long term.

  • GoonerTilliDie24@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I hate this damn international break. Just want to see our boys come back healthy and smash Brentford.

    Also Ramsdale and his dad need to chill with the interviews. Not a good situation but keep your head down and fight for your spot. Forcing your way out in January may not even be possible.

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      10 months ago

      Forcing your way out in January may not even be possible.

      Yep. I highly doubt anyone is offering 30 mil for him in January. Maybe in June. He’s not making the situation better for himself either.

    • beefcroquette@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      When Leno and KT weren’t getting game time their parents weren’t giving interviews.

      If he wants to move it can be arranged during the window but don’t need to come out publicly like that

  • Le-ChosenOne@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    The two brazilian CONMEBOL qualifiers are going to be huge, especially if Martinelli is going to start in the middle as their training clips have suggested. Probably going to take a small miracle for him not to get injured considering he’s going to be coming up against a rabid Romero and an equally dirty Otamendi but it gives the lad a chance to properly announce himself for the Selecao.

  • Never_Sm1le@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Edu missed the young Brazilian quota last transfer period so I expect he will make up for it this winter

    • _ISD_14@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      Apparently Nelson was really good, no mention of Vieira in article I read but he scored one and missed one pen

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        10 months ago

        Am I the only one who finds it a bit lame for a senior player to come into a u21 match and insist on taking both pens?

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          10 months ago

          Erm I kinda prefer that he takes responsibility I’d find it weird if he was letting kids take the pens off him especially when when we getting whooped (assuming from the score line)

    • Seteret@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      Watched the match, Nelson was really good bar instances when he was trying to do everything himself after we went behind, but then he got an incredible assist out his attempts at hero ball so.

      Vieira was basically non-existent other than mucking up two good chances to get us back in by being weak/indecisive. Not exactly encouraging.

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        10 months ago

        His persona doesn’t win many hearts, but he’s right so much more often than he’s wrong. Part of the problem is his insistence on going all in on his hot takes (like how incredible Maguire is)

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          10 months ago

          Maguire was doing well up until the United move. Who knows, what if he move to City with Pep instead. Or even recently, what if he just moved on to West Ham and worked under Moyes.

          Alot of the meme mistakes looks like he forgot to defend, is it maybe cuz of the tactics or like the club being to big for him, idk.

      • skool_101@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        NNT: Basically, everyone knows that Chelsea systematically cheated their way up in the game now.

        NNT: That is precisely why they cannot be respected or compared to their more organic rivals. Their trophies and achievements are nothing but the end product of enormous financial doping.

        NNT: Fining Chelsea several million pounds for cheating their way to win trophies is so lazy.

        NNT: Punishment needs to be an effective deterrent. If you strip them of titles won in those cheating periods, that reduces the incentives for the next serial cheater (City) to come in.

        https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/15/chelsea-fc-face-new-questions-over-how-roman-abramovich-funded-success

  • panarangcurry@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    i’ve been getting my ass handed to me on a platter at both work and school

    need me some super mik’s motivational speech to keep trudging

    • D3uceeee@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      DOGlas luiz or Ruben NEVER? I know what I’m picking. The one with that gf 👀iykyk

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    10 months ago

    have we ever been linked with Palhinha in the past? is he at all a player that we have considered?

    i know the Bayern fiasco which happened; and that they may be in for him in January again - but is he a DM that we may consider at all? i know he did sign a new contract in September; and that he’s 28 - but are these reasons for not considering him; or is it his profile / role (on field, i mean)

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    10 months ago

    Imagine we’d managed to get Morata on that loan deal back in Jan 2022. What a timeline that would have been.