Barclay's Premier League '14-'15 discussion V5

My knowledge is strictly superficial and designed to come across deep on a football forum though

Don't be so modest, Hans. I'd vote you for president. Of a country I'm not a citizen of, nor a neighbour. Nor in the same continent. Preferably not the same planet. But still.

Hapless_Hans wrote:My knowledge is strictly superficial and designed to come across deep on a football forum though

Mas que un futbol forum

Natalie Portman wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:Is that Vladimir Ilich Ulianov in your avatar?

Yes my good sir.

Reading his biography by Robert Service as my festive book. 500 pages, I'm 70 pages in. Fascinating stuff. also bought a USSR flag from Ebay which should arrive for christmas eve

@ RED: Not insecure...it's a false position just like Hull's position in 08-09 season was false in November. the system that routinely relies on a keeper making 10 saves a game isn't sustainable. the same way LFC's system of "let's outscore opponents" last season wasn't sustainable in the long-run. p.s. LVG's teams are always known for turning into shite in second halves of seasons

Can't really conclude that it's a false position when we got their despite having an injury crisis. With a settled team, a team of our strongest 11, that are able to play consistently week in week out, we should be able to gauge and make a fair judgement on how he is doing. Right now, despite the circumstances, he's doing well enough. Results>>> performances. And de Gea making countless saves is what he's paid to do.

It also doesn't compare with Liverpool's defending last season, when you had to outscore opponents. That situation is more to do with the fact that Rodgers doesn't know how to organize a defence.

Claude

Haha. where's TY with his trollish positivity to wind him up.

Not on sadly. Claude even called him out lmao

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Surely a record? lol.

lol just refreshed at the same time u posted

ArsenalfanTV meltdowns>>

Did u see the guy next to him?

https://vine.co/v/OXr1Y3vQ0Am

RealGunner wrote:Did u see the guy next to him?

https://vine.co/v/OXr1Y3vQ0Am

Claude comes across maybe slightly mentally ill

Natalie Portman wrote:

Lumiere_Blanche wrote:

Don't call me James wrote:Actually give some credit to Rodgers because he's changed the tactics to 3-4-2-1 and for the last 3 games we've created a log of chances and played some of our better football. Something finally has gone his way. It has nothing to do with us raising any game against bigger sides. The intensity has been similar all season. It's just that now there's some actual idea behind what we're doing as opposed to the last 4-5 months.

Still though, defense has gotten worst than its ever been under his charge and his absolutely no idea how to make changes with substitutions. Just throwing every forward you have on the bench and hoping they do something is not the answer to coming back form a goal down.

I dont want to be too much of a spoilsport, but that 2nd win in between the 2 league games came against a championship side, am I right ? eventhough a high flying championship side but they got affected by stage fright, which made things somewhat easy for you.

Lets see how much this 'working system' will work against a rigid and well drilled side, or someone quite simply who wont play with fear when they face you.

I think you have your own team's worries mate. You couldn't beat Villa when playing with 12 men against 10. the fluky winning run has well and truly ended. I'm still waiting to see this "philosophy" of LVG. It's exactly like last season but with DDG in much better form.

If anyone is to praise for your league position it must be your new goalkeeping coach

coming from someone who repeatedly taunted us in the last transfer window and mocked us by saying our equals this season were spurs and everton, I feel this reply of yours a tad underwhelming.
I expected at least half a dozen rofls and other smileys accompanying a large post filled with rage.

Anyway good luck with the mods for your next stint in the forum.

And as far as what you have said here is concerned, yea we are 3rd in the league with something like 40+ injuries this season in total, with until then unknown academy graduates becoming regulars at the backline owing to not even having players to fill positions, with wingers playing as full backs. Now of course you wont see that part I know.
Where as you guys with your carefully scouted (the term you yourself used) transfers are languishing at the middle of the table.

Now I agree when you say I should be worried as there were indeed some fluke wins, but mate not even half as much as you lot should be.

Spoiler:

The Guardian wrote:Arsenal were outplayed throughout and troubled by Liverpool’s movement while for the second consecutive weekend Rodgers’ side were let down by poor play in both penalty areas. It was unquestionably an eventful match, but it underlined why Liverpool and Arsenal are not involved in this season’s title race – both have consistent problems in terms of organisation.

This is pretty accurate

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/21/positional-indiscipline-arsenal-struggling-liverpool-tactics

Give us back my Luisito and we'll be right to go.

Red Alert wrote:Give us back my Luisito and we'll be right to go.

You might be on to something, Alberto scored for Malaga today, maybe we should recall him

Maybe we should loan Lambert out to Sevilla and get Aspas back too.

Hapless_Hans wrote:Is that Vladimir Ilich Ulianov in your avatar?

You could have just said Lenin !!!

Red Alert wrote:Maybe we should loan Lambert out to Sevilla and get Aspas back too.

we should just get back Carroll...end of !!

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:

Red Alert wrote:Maybe we should loan Lambert out to Sevilla and get Aspas back too.

we should just get back Carroll...end of !!

Matic, once again the difference maker. Best Chelsea player of the season.

Also Chelsea are actually matching Stoke's tactics instead of bitching like we would. Reminds me of how we used to play in the glory days.

Matic is so good. A brick wall in front of that Chelsea defence.

I knew as soon as Terry scored it was game over. This Chelsea side is perfectly suited to counter Stoke's physicality and aerial threat- basically all that stoke rely on.

Bojan has been decent for them, albeit a little wasteful in the final 3rd.