Re: Barclay's Premier League discussion '13-'14 V2

by Red Alert Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:48 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Thank f*ck for that we needed it desperately.

Despite some great performances we are still a wildly inconsistent team.... 45 mins we are great and 45 mins we are crap being the theme of this season.

Remy is brilliant though I can confidently say he's our best forward since Shearer.

Massive fan of him.

Wanted him when Torres was sold to Chelsea back in 2010.

Good to see he finally has a chance in the PL.

He did well with QPR last year but struggled with injuries. Although, weren't you calling him flop after he had 4 goals in 5 or something because he didn't help QPR stay up?

by Red Alert Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:54 am

S wrote:Dat walking the league.

Btw is Jovetic even on the bench ?

The plan was for City to buy him and unsettle him for 6 months or so.

That would give Liverpool a chance to snatch him up in January when he wants first team football.

by McAgger Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:06 am

Imagine we actually do get Jovetic Laughing

by Red Alert Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:09 am

No idea why he's not playing or even making the bench?

He's had a "knock" according to physioroom for 2-3 weeks now...

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

by B-Mac Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:15 pm

what a hit by Willian

by RealGunner Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:16 pm

Chelsea plays one of the worst football in the league.

by REWB Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:25 pm

honestly i hate it when fodder teams make stupid mistakes to lose the game

by Zlatan Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:31 pm

REWB wrote:honestly i hate it when fodder teams make stupid mistakes to lose the game

That's why they are fodder teams.

by donttreadonred Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:41 pm

RealGunner wrote:Chelsea plays one of the worst football in the league.

I understand that the tactics are effective, and I'm not questioning their validity. However, they are frankly hard to watch sometimes. It's a real shame that players like Hazard, Mata, WIllian, etc. are stuck under Mourinho.

Will they win things? Probably...
Will anyone besides Chelsea supporters enjoy watching their matches? Probably not...

C''mon Norwich!?! You had a point. How did you let them do that?

by free_cat Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:18 pm

McAgger wrote:We started the season playing a variation of 4-4-1-1/4-2-3-1 and now that we have too many starting CB's and not any real wide attackers we've moved to a 3-4-1-2 to fit all of our squads strengths. Waiting for Glen Johnson to come back and slot into that RWB spot and Coutinho in the AM role (currently occupied by Moses) right behind SAS.

The RWB has been sort of a problem with Johnson being injured since we've had to deploy Henderson or Sterling there. Neither of whom are wing backs. But he's supposed to be fit after the international break for our next match against Newcastle.

As for Coutinho, so far this season he's been targeted by teams whether he's played on the left or in the middle, but with Suarez back and moving to his favorite positions with our new formation with two class forwards in front of him it should help open up more space for him to operate in. He's also currently injured and should be back after the International break after the Newcastle match.

Another weakness has been the immobility of Lucas and Gerrard in the center of midfield. They are both quality players but when paired together we get overrun by athletic players. So Henderson playing in the middle is a must until we get someone better. A rotation between Lucas, Gerrard, Hendo for the two pivot spots in the center is expected and encouraged.

And lastly it's Jose Enrique at LWB. When he's playing good he's very good, but when he's not playing good he's so bad that he completely ruins the whole flow of the team. Aly Cissokho should give him competition there but the poor fella has been injured so far. He's also looking to be fit after the international break. It'll be interesting once we get all of our players back fit.

Mignolet
Toure - Agger - Sakho
Johnson - Lucas - Gerrard - Enrique
Coutinho
Suarez -- Sturridge

Expected line up when everyone is fit. With Henderson, Moses, Skrtel, and Cissokho pretty much shoe-ins here and there depending on who we are playing.

Aha, didn't expect that from Rodgers. Very interesting, , let's see if it works. Anyway, that's a 5 line defence, not a 3412 however.

by RealGunner Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:07 pm

Tottenham 0 - 3 West Ham
WBA 1-1 Arsenal
Southampton 2-0 Swansea

Arsenal 1st
Liverpool 2nd
Chelsea 3rd
Southampton 4th
Man City 5th
Tottenham 6th

by Art Morte Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:09 pm

Tottenham 0 - 3 West Ham affraid

by urbaNRoots Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:10 pm

Southampton have conceded like 2 goals in 7 games. Very impressive.

Tottenham though rofl

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:17 pm

Our next 4 games: (H) Liverpool, (A) Sunderland, (H) Chelsea and (A) Spurs

Pls pray for me Sad

Dat relegation.

by RealGunner Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:31 pm

When do we play Newcastle lol?

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:33 pm

RealGunner wrote:When do we play Newcastle lol?

End of December.

by Lex Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:34 pm

Mole pls

Arsenal's next 7 games

19 oct = Norwich @ home
22 oct = Dortmund @ home
26 oct = Crystal palace away
29 oct = Chelsea @ home
02 nov = Liverpool @ home
06 nov = Dortmund away
10 nov = Man U away

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:36 pm

Difference is you will win the majority of them lol.

by Swanhends Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:03 pm

Thought Ba looked pretty decent today

by Mr Nick09 Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:04 pm

Pocchetino :bow:

by elm_baraja_shaman Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:20 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Our next 4 games: (H) Liverpool, (A) Sunderland, (H) Chelsea and (A) Spurs

Pls pray for me

Dat relegation.

don't worry mole, we not getting relegated...... at least not this season with remy's form, we will draw 1-1 with liverpool...

by DuringTheWar Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:07 pm

lol @ lloris

even bigger lol @ dawson

by danyjr Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:41 pm

Mr Nick09 wrote:Pocchetino

Saw an interesting photo today: Poche and Tata, former Newell's colleagues under Loco Bielsa.

Barclay's Premier League discussion '13-'14 V2 - Page 32 59qud

Barclay's Premier League discussion '13-'14 V2 - Page 32 59qud

Dem Argies Proud

by CBarca Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:59 pm

Dawson is embarrassing. He's been at fault for so many goals, it's like watching Masch playing in big games all over again, you just know he's liable to give up one some time or another. Or watching Pique right now :facepalm:

needs to be replaced with ANYBODY asap.

by RedOranje Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:14 pm

Interesting to see that three of the controversial managerial decisions last season are panning out well for their clubs, though it's still relatively early in the season.

by Helmer Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:00 pm

Art Morte wrote:Tottenham 0 - 3 West Ham

really didnt expect them to win, will be interesting to see MOTD highlights...
as had expected arsenal came away with draw :coffee:

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