Steverulez
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Nah. They don't have a bad squad, but Wenger utilises it horrendously.
Even with weaknesses you can still get to a certain level and they're well below that
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Nah. They don't have a bad squad, but Wenger utilises it horrendously.
Even with weaknesses you can still get to a certain level and they're well below that
Won't happen if Saints don't buy a replacement first
Carl2291
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con-ca-te-nate
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Come on Chelsea! Buy Sanchez!
Oveja Negra
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A Serious Man
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Boga gone on loan. Is there a club policy to ship someone out as soon as we sign someone else? Some much for building some depth.
A Serious Man
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Lots of pace and work ethic but still raw technically.
ambar_hitman
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LWB, CM, Forward.
Sun Bather
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It's a legit concern.
Dutch Gronk
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Making room for Sanchez.
They were set to get rid of Wenger and modernise the club internal management structure this summer until the owner decided against it and to offer him the 2 year deal. So it's kind of both.
The Arsenal board made a bad call but they seem interested in the club and sport. H&G only ever wanted to make money, they didn't even like football. Rest is kinda similar in that the players can tell when a club is in a bad shape and want out/give up.
A lot of the infighting was cos of Rafa Benitez - some fans couldn't forgive that he tried to buy Gareth Barry to replace Alonso, then the following summer when Alonso did leave he bought poorly in Aquilani who barely played cos he was always injured. Some were frustrated by how we played in a very regimented style and rotated players, yet he won us the CL with a crap squad, got us to a semi the next year, then another final and we were the top ranked team in Europe, and peak Gerrard and Torres were the envy of all sides. Then after constant top 4 finishes and coming 2nd the year before, missing the title by 2 points to one of Ferguson's best United sides who went on a massive win streak, fans all turned on him in 09/10 and even then he still came an extra time diego forlan goal away from a Europa cup final.
Makes me think how true this article turned out to be (the original is no longer on the irish independents website but it's preserved on RAWK). It accurately predicted how we'd struggle after sacking Benitez and sums up how bad things had become with the owners siphoning money out of the club
In six months, the Benitez era will seem like a golden age
Think he was the first one to report Keita being in the UK today.
MoodyFog
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Would be a terrible mistake when we already have Kimpembe and Marquinhos
MikeBison
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Nah. He's been saying cryptic shit about it being a done deal for months. This deal pretty much blindsided everyone. Think Paul Joyce was the first person to put anything about it out there.
con-ca-te-nate
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Sun reported Chelsea agreed with the £28 million fee for Drinkwater
Sun Bather
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£48millon haha haha
His Majesty
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read some more tweets of this guy
I knew it was parody but didn't read the other tweets. Holy shit 😂😂😂
Audioboxer
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Deadline day will be amazing. There will be some seriously stupid overspending to take the piss out of.
ambar_hitman
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Expectation:
Reality:
Reality:
His Majesty
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Manchester United fans will be pretty upset now that we have signed one of their hottest prospects.
ambar_hitman
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This is BS. Ox is a Chelsea fan.
And signing from Arsenal to Liverpool makes no sense. It's like a step down.
If we can't get Lemar, Ox is a great squad option. 35m is a decent price for him in this market, too, despite what some may think. Would be a good signing for either club.
He is a Portsmouth fan, he was born there. His bro plays there, his dad was a coach there. Portsmouth is his club.
Lol. Yeah, alright.
Steverulez
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I doubt he is a Chelsea fan but who chooses Liverpool over Chelsea 😂
Someone who wants to play football?
Unreal Champ
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Someone who doesn't want to be loaned out or sit on the bench?
Steverulez
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He's 24 and only won the fa cup. If he wants to challenge himself he'll go to the club where he can win the league, compete in Europe, don't see Liverpool doing that anytime soon when they can't defend.
Also if his competition really is Moses, I don't doubt he has the chance to take his place and play regularly.
don't think we're playing £35m for either or those things. Kid has to prove himself worthy of a starting spot but this is bottom of the barrel stuff really.
Not sure we loan out many £35m players
Sun Bather
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lol Ox isn't going to be loaned out... Bench is very likely though.
How does he get into that Liverpool first team?
papercan55
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He also supports chelsea though.
I remember his tweets and Facebook posts reading us doing well in the champions league.
People can have two clubs, especially people that grow up supporting lower division clubs. There is no way he doesn't support Portsmouth, his family have way too much history with it.
I'm not a fan of Oxlade-Chamberlain tbh. Decent squad option I guess but eh.
I'm obviously biased but I can't see how or why anyone would choose Arsenal over Liverpool at the moment.
ambar_hitman
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Yup I posted link above.
And he has to compete with Moses for RWB. Pretty sure he can do that and get a starting spot. His crosses are better than Moses already.
And there is no way in hell he will be loaned out this year.
What if he's just mates with Ryan Bertrand or something?
Even if he is a Chelsea fan, I really don't think it matters. Luke Shaw didn't go there because he didn't think he'd play.
Steverulez
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I think the actual problem was we refused to pay the wages he wanted as well as £30m, whether he'd have actually chosen us above united I don't know, not sure he fancied playing for Jose either
People who want an emotional manager. Sometimes he'll slap you and other times he'll hug you or touch your bum.
This will motivate you to always do your best.
Sun Bather
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No one wants that foul fucking breath, that Klopp no doubt got at all times during the day.
Sun Bather
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It's disgusting.
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