Saliba & Trossard - Days
Gabriel & Havertz - Weeks
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Saliba & Trossard - Days
Gabriel & Havertz - Weeks
By "weeks", presumably you mean the proverbial 2-3.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
But the captain and GM11 and Noni are still walking unaided, Gyokeres is able to digest solid foods?
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Is Saliba is back for Villa, that would be great. The rest are perfectly manageable in the current context.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I want the captain back.
I assume he won't risk Saliba against Brentford but will have him back for Villa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
No problem. After years of believing anyone can score goals for the Arsenal, the truth now is actually anyone can play in our defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
That is a highly disputed truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Cedric couldn't. Zinchenko couldn't. I couldn't.
Right. But this season, they could. Or rather, any defender we actually currently have could.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The whole sorry Almunia episode taught us well that you really mustn't skimp on back-ups as you may end up trying to win the European Cup final with them.
So we no longer do.
Dear God, remember when we were signing the likes of Cedric and Mari? Now we have Benny Blanc and Hinchappy a cover at RB and LCH.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
They both did ok for a little while, and as part of a **** squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
It has taken a while but we really have travelled a long, long way.
It's an incredible long way in 5 or so years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
That first season we challenged for a CL spot, we had a back 5 of Rambo, Tomi, BW, Big Gabby and KT. And I was so chuffed after Mustafi, Sok, Luiz etc. I thought that would be our back 5 for a 5-10 years. Now, other than Big Gabby, they've all gone other than our 50 mil ball-playing CH being 2nd choice RB and perhaps 4th choice RCH.
The moment I loved Gabby was when we were playing woefully at the start of his career with us and it looked like MA could get sacked. He'd been the one positive. He was defending well when everyone else was atrocious. And when we were losing in one game, as opposed to just trying to keep doing his job well, he got the ball on the edge of our box and just tried to score goal single-handedly. He started charging up field and skipped past about 4 players before getting tackled. He seemed to be saying that if no-one else was gonna try, he'd do it on his own.
Btw, did you see the Chav's goal from the corner was offside?
Really do think that having Havertz back will be such a big boost for us. Can't come soon enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Dunno Rich. He's bit 'Peter Crouchy' for my liking. For every goal he scores he bungles five sitters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
I don't believe it Ganps - VAR would have intervened, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Have you seen him now? Must have put on at least two stone of muscle over the summer. He's a class act.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Also scored 15 in 36 last season - and played as an 8 in a decent chunk of those games. That's a better return than Gyokeres will ever get for us.
I have seen it. It is definitely offside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
It is a subjective call. The guy who is offside doesn't do much but could be considered to be preventing the defender from defending the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
As far as I am aware, VAR didn't spot it. But I'm sure they will claim they did.
Can hardly remember how good he is. Aside from 20 minutes at Old Trafford he has been gone longer than Jesus (our one).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
I thought it didn't look right at the time but they never mentioned anything about a possible offside. This further convinces me that VAR is led by the TV comms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Far more concerning is the American football style goalmouth blocking tactics. Literally pinning and scrumming a player out of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
One in the Chelsea box at the weekend was ridiculous.
When was this acceptable. I?m up for contact but some of these blocking efforts are WWF moves.
Wasn't this one of the things they were going to clamp down on this season? Although Newcastle did win a penalty and Spurs last night for exactly this. It looked a bit soft compared to what normally gets allowed these days...Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
There would be those that would argue that we are the masters of that art, 7s. And hence our success at corners.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
Watch Mosquera's defending on their goal if you want to point fingers. He was in position to clear it comfortably had he been watching the ball. Think when he came to us the knock on him was that he wasn't good in the air.
According to The Times and somewhere else. Both on the video and they showed a still picture. When the ball comes off Chav1's head, Daveed is off his line a few yards. Chav2 is closer to the goal, behind Daveed both vertically and horizontally and blocking Triphop on the line getting across to head it clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Not obstruction but 100% interfering with play. Bit like the argument about an offside player blocking a goalkeeper's view.
VAR checked but possibly didn't want to make such a marginal call given the sending off.
Still photo here:
https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/02/chels...-var-25062710/
You've stumbled into the other argument going on in the thread. That Mosquera was prevented from getting to the ball by a player in an offside position. Looks marginal to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Mosquera's weakness is that he isn't great on the ball. Not terrible by any means, but not as good as the others.
He seems decent in the air to me.
Hincapie's issue seems to be that he is a bit of a nutter. Looks a ****ing good player though.
:hehe: Absolutely ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
https://youtube.com/shorts/F__LH29km...3mzIVaWzAYpr4o
As you know, I'm not that up on Abrahamic religions but I think their faith rests on the fact that He was only was only out injured for 3 days and then got resurrected before ascending to Heaven and has been with us ever since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
That, or he buggered off to the South of France with Mary Magdalene for non-stop Tantric sex that he picked up in India when he was studying Buddhism between the argument with the Pharisees in the temple aged 12/13 and coming back at 30 to perform his first miracle, turning water into "the best wine any of them had ever drunk."
India had all converted to Buddhism around 260BC when Ashoka the Great unified the gaff with a giant battle and decided peace and love was better than war, hence his pillars with the first human and animal rights in human history. This is where Jeez - that one, not ours - would have learned the basic tenets of Buddhism such as turn the other cheek and the Golden Rule, doing unto others. You really reckon He's not gonna have a gander at the Karma Sutra while he's there?
When I watched the replay I didn't see their player do anything to stop Mosquera from jumping and heading the ball clear. Quite the opposite I thought, he moved towards Fernandez while ignoring the ball as it came over him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I don't think we've seen enough of him to know how good in the air he is, but that was the criticism that was reported when we signed him.
He's still very young! I've seen enough to think he's a definite upgrade on Kiwior (who I actually thought was okay)Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
I enjoyed him roaring in Neto's face. A roar that seemed to turn into a Sam Allardyce style laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It was funny, but I was roaring at him to stay away. Similar when Raya got involved with a couple of them. They're trying to suck you in. Just walk away.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
What I really liked was the tackle :-)
I'd agree with that. But you could argue that the offside player was distracting him and therefore interfering.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Marginal call in my opinion. Not something to get worked up about and I have no problem with var not giving it.