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Thread: Clean sheet, set pieces;

  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    It was during the livestream on The Overlap of the match last night. I think IWWW was winding him up and he lost the plot a bit.
    I should correct it, he said the most annoying man in football, not odious.

  2. #12
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    My mate, a Brighton fan, was trying to say we'd got away with another foul for the 1st one. I politely asked him to point out where.....silence.

    It's funny, teams are just terrified now, which just makes it easier. Crowd gets up, like it's a penalty, players don't where to start, where to look, who to follow. It's hilarious.
    Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints though

  3. #13
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints though
    Never a foul, in fairness, if you watch most of our corners you could make a more compelling case for a penalty, than a foul by us.

  4. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    My mate, a Brighton fan, was trying to say we'd got away with another foul for the 1st one. I politely asked him to point out where.....silence.

    It's funny, teams are just terrified now, which just makes it easier. Crowd gets up, like it's a penalty, players don't where to start, where to look, who to follow. It's hilarious.
    I remember that our players had to be stronger, there... when 'bullied' by more physical teams. Now we are one of the most physical teams...
    “Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”

  5. #15
    Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
    I remember that our players had to be stronger, there... when 'bullied' by more physical teams. Now we are one of the most physical teams...
    Every player we send up for corners is 6'1" or taller and as you say, they are all physical specimens.

  6. #16
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    Never a foul, in fairness, if you watch most of our corners you could make a more compelling case for a penalty, than a foul by us.
    This is a very good point. For ever, defending sides have set up at corners to block, push, pull shirts, nudge etc. What we are doing is constructing scenarios where we can fo the same thing back to them. And suddenly they want a foul....

    Some of these routines are genius. Very, very hard to defend against.

  7. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    A United fan I know was fuming last night at their inability to deal with the corners. I did try and politely point out that nobody can deal with them.

    We seem to now have a huge variety of routines, most of which dont even involve blocking the keeper. All rather amusing
    We are really messing with them in their heads, as the man said.
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  8. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints though
    He nudged Paqueta at West ham as well. But when you survey the whole.box you have defenders wrestling, shoving etc. Ridiculous to isolate one nudge and call it a foul. Even though, it kind of is

  9. #19
    Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
    We are really messing with them in their heads, as the man said.
    We are becoming hugely unpopular as a result. I don't mind that of itself but I do worry that it feeds into the minds of refs.

  10. #20
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    This is a very good point. For ever, defending sides have set up at corners to block, push, pull shirts, nudge etc. What we are doing is constructing scenarios where we can fo the same thing back to them. And suddenly they want a foul....

    Some of these routines are genius. Very, very hard to defend against.
    Right. Catch 22. We invite them to do the same to us in return or concede a goal, or a pen.
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

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