By LFMartins86 Go To PostYet people think 40M is too much for William Carvalho (which it kind of is). Premier League logic…What point are you trying to make here? Imbula and Carvalho play entirely differently.
By Yaya Scabrogo Go To Postarsenal are now one injury away from chambers at right back
https://twitter.com/footballacca/status/693455865463062528
watch your mouth.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostWhen was the last time Sanogo scored a goal in an official match?
By Yaya Scabrogo Go To PostHow do you go from playing decent vs Bayern in the CL to that
Wenger is a good manager and coach.
If you would have told me on New Years day that in four weeks we would...
- Rid ourselves of Falcao.
- Sign Pato and an American teenager.
- Loan Van Ginkel back to his native land, loan Bamford to Norwich, loan Astu to Malaga, loan the boy Charly Musonda to Real Betts.
- Sell Ramires to China for £25m.
- Decline to offer Terry a new one year contract.
I probably would have believed you.
Also waiting on this Remy medical to happen so that can be official.
- Rid ourselves of Falcao.
- Sign Pato and an American teenager.
- Loan Van Ginkel back to his native land, loan Bamford to Norwich, loan Astu to Malaga, loan the boy Charly Musonda to Real Betts.
- Sell Ramires to China for £25m.
- Decline to offer Terry a new one year contract.
I probably would have believed you.
Also waiting on this Remy medical to happen so that can be official.
By Frustrated_me Go To PostCheryshev signs for Valencia.. What a useless fucking signing that was. We brought him in just so we can use him when we're not allowed to do so.I think he's been poorly mismanaged from this past summer on. Also, that loan makes no sense to me. Why not send him back to Villareal or Sevilla....
I mean, what a cluster fuck all this has been.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostWhen was the last time Sanogo scored a goal in an official match?
I think he scored one for the reserves, the second level of football in this country.
By GQman2121 Go To PostIf you would have told me on New Years day that in four weeks we would…
- Rid ourselves of Falcao.
- Sign Pato and an American teenager.
- Loan Van Ginkel back to his native land, loan Bamford to Norwich, loan Astu to Malaga, loan the boy Charly Musonda to Real Betts.
- Sell Ramires to China for £25m.
- Decline to offer Terry a new one year contract.
I probably would have believed you.
Also waiting on this Remy medical to happen so that can be official.
Remy is not happening m8.
FortuneFaded, how in the hell did you manage to bypass the 140 character thread title limit? http://slaent.com/thread/79658/page/26/#p586689
By Wedward Go To Posteven then he looks like he's falling over
can we officially call Geoffrey Kondogbia a flop now?
quick someone gag Wooden up before he jumps on me again with his condescending logic
and how about this
Would You Rather and Martial where are you guys
quick someone gag Wooden up before he jumps on me again with his condescending logic
and how about this
Would You Rather and Martial where are you guys
God, still one hour to go in the Portuguese transfer window. We are really not getting anyone else, are we? We sold 2 strikers, there's a possibility of Teo Gutierrez fucking off back to South America and we are going to be left with just Slimani and Barcos...
If this happens, it will be a disaster of a transfer window.
If this happens, it will be a disaster of a transfer window.
By Xpike Go To Posteven then he looks like he's falling over
That is because he is falling over.
Hmm, turns out Sanogo didn't score for the reserves either. Well he did once, but that was in a friendly against my hometown team.
He might turn out to be important though. He did get us a penalty at the Twente away game which lead to the 2-2.
He might turn out to be important though. He did get us a penalty at the Twente away game which lead to the 2-2.
i think he might have scored a goal for crystal palace too but probably not
but hes always looked pretty decent offensively there i think. i just get the shakes when i think back to montero treating him like a schoolboy
By Wedward Go To Posthttps://twitter.com/footballacca/status/693455865463062528lol
watch your mouth.
but hes always looked pretty decent offensively there i think. i just get the shakes when i think back to montero treating him like a schoolboy
By Yurt Go To Postcan we officially call Geoffrey Kondogbia a flop now?
quick someone gag Wooden up before he jumps on me again with his condescending logic
and how about this
Would You Rather and Martial where are you guys
I barely watch Serie A outside of Palermo matches. I wouldn't know. But I hope he scores against you.
By Yurt Go To Postcan we officially call Geoffrey Kondogbia a flop now?
quick someone gag Wooden up before he jumps on me again with his condescending logic
Has he not played well?
Lot of Arsenal fans were upset we didn't get him.
Pele was one I believe.
By Woodenpapangus Go To PostI barely watch Serie A outside of Palermo matches. I wouldn't know. But I hope he scores against you.I love you too, man.
fascinating read this (by Jonathan Wilson)
Leicester's Predictable Routes to Goal Still Proving Hard to Stop
It got rather lost amid everything else, but as the storm clouds burst at Chelsea, there was something fascinating Jose Mourinho said about his opponents in his post-match press-conference after the defeat at Leicester City that ended up being his last game in charge.
"I feel my work is betrayed," he said. "I worked four days in training for this match. I identified four movements where Leicester score a lot of their goals and in two of the four situations I identified they scored their goals. I went through it all with the players, you can ask them."
Obviously the key point there was the aspect of betrayal. But the fact he isolated four key ways in which Leicester score is intriguing. Leicester's goals that night came from a Jamie Vardy volley as he ran across the near post to meet an in-swinging Riyad Mahrez cross from the right and then from some twisting tight skill from Mahrez after he'd been found in space at the back post by a Marc Albrighton cross from the left.
Were those really moves Mourinho had isolated? Yes, quite probably. The fourth most common assist to goalscorer combination in the Premier League this season is (the under-rated) Albrighton to Mahrez. The goal against Chelsea was one of five the left-winger has set up for the right. Vardy moving onto a Mahrez pass, meanwhile, has yielded four goals this season, the fifth most common combination.
But what's intriguing is that four of Vardy's goals have also been set up by Daniel Drinkwater and two by Leonardo Ulloa, who has also set up two for Mahrez. Vardy, meanwhile, has laid on two goals for Mahrez (and that's without even counting penalties, of which Leicester have scored from seven this season). A look at the top 20 combinations of assist-maker and goalscorer shows sixStill Leicester pairings.
They may have been excellent this season and, when they're top of the league after 23 games their form can hardly be dismissed as a freak, but Leicester are predictable. They sit men deep, they break down the flanks, they tend to score through Vardy and Mahrez. Opponents know what's coming and yet they find themselves unable to thwart them.
What is intriguing, perhaps, is that Albrighton has set up Vardy only once (and that for Leicester's first goal of the season, the 11th-minute opener in the 4-2 win over Sunderland). The goal he laid on for Mahrez against Chelsea was atypical in that it required a huge amount of work from Mahrez to convert, but was perhaps typical in that Vardy's movement to the near post had created space at the back of the box for Mahrez to drift into.
That's a pattern that has been repeated: Vardy goes near and Mahrez drifts into the gap that generates. It makes a difference that he is right-footed. Albrighton tends to stay wide – a comparison of his heat-map to Mahrez's for the game against Stoke for instance, shows Albrighton in a bright green blob on the left touchline, while Mahrez has a smaller green blob on the right and smudges of blue across the pitch.
Mahrez cuts in onto his stronger foot and looks to slide vertical passes through for Vardy, while Albrighton, staying wide, is left hitting booming crosses. For him to feed the ball into Vardy at the near post is extremely difficult – the more horizontal pass to Mahrez, changing the angle of attack, is the more natural ball. It's also travelling over a longer distance – he hits on average 1.6 long passes per game – which perhaps explains why his pass completion rate is as low as 63.3%.
Mourinho perhaps had a point, in that Leicester's patterns of attack do keep repeating. But he's probably not the only manager this season to find that identifying Leicester's threat isn't the same as stopping it.
By Woodenpapangus Go To PostRemy is not happening m8.I see that now. That's a shame.
By GQman2121 Go To PostI see that now. That's a shame.
Meh, I still think even as useless as Remy looks, that he can be useful at times. With no other replacement lined up it's fine that he stays, especially now that Falcao is being sold to the glue factory.
By Yurt Go To Postcan we officially call Geoffrey Kondogbia a flop now?
I still want him here :(
Why did you go to that shithouse of club
By Koko Go To PostLook at Levy balancing the books.
Bungie is #fuming tho.
By Bungie Go To Post£2 million for Maddison
Disgusting
that ed balls magic
I can't believe Bayern signed a backup player from Spartak. Jokes.
And then Everton paid 18 million euros for Niasse. They'll be begging to have Naismith back by summertime.
And then Everton paid 18 million euros for Niasse. They'll be begging to have Naismith back by summertime.
By Linius Go To PostAye Sviat is aliveVery much so. We're winning the CL this season.
By Esch Go To PostWhat glasses.
those glasses
By Esch Go To PostWe finally found out what was wrong with him. He couldn´t see the goal. Get him some Davids-like glasses and he will be fixed.
those glasses
Yaya Sanogo, Ballon D'Or 2017.
Wilshere being injured is the best thing to happen to Arsenal isn't it.
Wenger doesn't have to force Ozil on the wing.
Wenger doesn't have to force Ozil on the wing.
By FlutterPuffs Go To PostWilshere being injured is the best thing to happen to Arsenal isn't it.
Wenger doesn't have to force Ozil on the wing.
He dropped that a long time ago. Wilshere would play on the wing or Ramsey would play on the right with Wilshere in the middle.
Honestly I would just say fuck it at this point. No point in rushing him back when he won't even be a help to us until the end of March.
He is just going to get injured this summer.
By Elchele Go To PostWe signed Tasci on loan, incredible. Javi Martínez is injured again? fucking Josep Guardiola.This is even funnier than when Arsenal loaned Kallstrom. Tasci is like the 20th best CB in Russia.
By Lunatic Go To Posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95I_1rZiIsJesus man, what a clusterfuck.
By FlutterPuffs Go To PostTransfer window is closed.Woody doesn't trust LVG with money anymore, but still not enough balls to sack him.
We are fucked.
In reality there probably were not any proper targets out there. It's gonna cost another $250m to try and fix that fucking squad in the summer.
Closed in Portugal as well. The oficial press release from the Portuguese Federation will be out in an hour... Still wishing for a last minute deal.
Ahahah, the names that were supposed to be near a closed deal with Sporting were Quaresma and Luiz Adriano for a loan until the end of the season. Why do I still believe were actually able to get a good deal in the final day? It's always the same bullshit.
Ahahah, the names that were supposed to be near a closed deal with Sporting were Quaresma and Luiz Adriano for a loan until the end of the season. Why do I still believe were actually able to get a good deal in the final day? It's always the same bullshit.
By Sviatoslav Go To PostThis is even funnier than when Arsenal loaned Kallstrom. Tasci is like the 20th best CB in Russia.
Kallstrom played well for us.