Poor **** :-(
So, that is him done for best part of a year.
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Poor **** :-(
So, that is him done for best part of a year.
Also means he won't be sold in the summer. Not sure if that was the plan but it's off the table now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Yep. And for any subsequent sale his value has dropped of a cliff. We'll have to find the money for a new striker elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Feel sorry for him.
:-( "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal." - Alan Smith.
John Radford didn't:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
A rare breed sadly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
My dad's favourite centre forward :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Unless you count Dennis (I don't)
The days when centre forwards were centre forwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Talking of that, did you see Nottingham Forest's goal just now. I'm a **** about this but it does speak to the issue people are increasingly making about ?degaard and our midfield creativity in general. They (Forest) only had the one option going forward whereas we like to have two or three; two or three that none of our midfielders actually fancy very much, hence the slow, predictable sideways passing.
Any of our lot could've made that pass but Chris Wood, who is no genius, no real pace, merely experienced and competent; a journeyman and a Kiwi to boot, made it easy for them by taking out the whole defence with one simple run. He knew where to go and his team knew he was going to go there. A striker has a whole different mentality and footballing personality and his team knows it, indeed demands it just as he can demand quick ball from them.
Compare that with our captain's transition and pirouette the other night...
I saw it. Great striker's goal. As much as I loved him, that was the sort of goal Giroud never scored.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
The run is exactly the sort that martinelli makes if we ever get him in a more central area. Great finish.
Maybe we need a horrible, snarling ******* up front who constantly berates anyone who doesn't give him what he wants. That'll teach them not to **** about on the ball and take 5 minutes on a throw in :-)
He?s like an Alfa Romeo. Sooner or later they always end up in the workshop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Has he ever lasted beyond a couple of months without time out on the treatment table ?
Not at arsenal, no. Doubt he ever needed to start 50 games a season for city.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
You did call it at the start of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
It certainly would. I'm not even sure they make 'em like that anymore. Liverpool equalise. From a corner :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Good game, this. Liverpool have been stretching and testing them since the first 20 minutes. They are working switches and overlaps in that right flank channel the way we used to :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Best side in the league by some distance this season.
I watched West Ham United v Fulham. At least Iwobi scored in that one :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Forest players looked absolutely spent at the end of that match. Will be thankful they have Southampton next!Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Didn't always wear 9 tbfQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Ah there you are, I know you're a fan....1st 10 seconds https://x.com/AlexHartley93/status/1879454888113184796Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
we should back them tonight with a few million.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
https://www.oddschecker.com/football...ttenham/winner
have the bookies not seen us play, recently..?
I suppose they've also seen Spurs play :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Thought forest did really well but the gulf in class between the sides was evident. I know Liverpool didn't win (or score from open play) but the performance was still quite impressive. I can live with draws when we play like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Really? I thought Liverpool looked pretty average bar the last 10 minutes. Salah did nothing and the ref seemed determined not to card Liverpool players for numerous fouls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Salah had a very quiet game. But like Saka, he is always a threat, even when he isn't doing much. They worked space and angles down that channel in the same way we do, when we are playing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I don't actually think they are better than us. I just think they are playing better than us this season. Their tempo yesterday was closer to what ours looks like when we are playing well.