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The 2021-2022 Football Thread

Nice win for us today. ESR being the 'super sub' again.
However, I am curious why Arteta did not give Pepe a run out. Weird that.

Oh, yeah, Granit Xhaka, him...
 
Lord Blackadder said:
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Very predictable though...Bielsa teams are quixotically willing to go toe-to-toe with the biggest clubs. Morally laudable and romantic, but a farce from a pragmatic perspective. They get hammered every time, however exciting it is.

...but that's why we love Bielsa. He's the anti-Mourinho. He has won relatively little, all things considered, but is almost universally respected.
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I'm quoting this post, it is a great post mindst ya, because of the use of the word "quixotically". Well done sir, well done.

You lot are a well spoken, well written, group.

You are a pleasure to read.

Cheers.
 
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Out of these three only one was deemed as red card tackle. Its a joke lol.


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Kane is a quite dirty player. He gets a pass in England because he’s English, but there really is no debate in the matter. He’s a cheater. He also had the gall to say after the match that he thought he won the ball during his murderous assault on Robertson.

I was going to say that continental refs won’t tolerate his antics but Spurs have comically forfeited their way out of the Europa League Though some would call that a win.

Spurs are likely still going nowhere this season, but Conte has tightened them up a bit. They are now good enough to cheat their way into a draw against a depleted Liverpool side. That’s clear progress from the hapless period under Nuno.
 
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Lord Blackadder said:
Kane is a quite dirty player. He gets a pass in England because he’s English, but there really is no debate in the matter. He’s a cheater. He also had the gall to say after the match that he thought he won the ball during his murderous assault on Robertson.

I was going to say that continental refs won’t tolerate his antics but Sours have comically forfeited their way out of the Europa League Though some would call that a win.

Spurs are likely still going nowhere this season, but Conte has tightened them up a bit. They are now good enough to cheat their way into a draw against a depleted Liverpool side. That’s clear progress from the hapless period under Nuno.
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Having watched the highlights last night it was a very nasty challenge. Straight red for me.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Agreed, a very nasty, reckless, and dangerous challenge.

Kane deserved a red card, and should have received one.
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I really do like Kane but you're correct that was brutal.

I actually play with/against, depends on the season, a guy who makes challenges like that quite often and even once he broke a friend of mines tibia and dislocated his ankle.

I hate that kind of thing.

He got me, no where near as seriously, last season in the title game (backdoor brag accomplished). I thought he'd fractured my shin for about 20 minutes.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
Another good win for the Arsenal I see @Scepticalscribe. I do hope you spared your brother too many text messages!

Not fancying our chances against Spurs tomorrow. Harry Kane will probably hack his way through the squad!

Come on you Irons.
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Thank you.

These days, Decent Brother insists that has "no interest" in Sunderland, in the utterly unconvincing tones of a once besotted man who swears that he has completely forgotten the heart-breaker he used to hang out with as a teenager.

But, yes, a very good win for Arsenal.
 
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This is going to be a brutal winter; crazy schedule, leagues pressing on through COVID...there are so many unknowns but increasingly games are going to be played with B teams as players drop due to injury and the virus. Not to mention AFCON.

I have to say I am extremely pleased with how Klopp has shown leadership in all this. The squad is 100% vaccinated and Jurgen has never been wishy-washy about it like most other managers. It helps that he and I clearly align politically, but he has always been decisive and outspoken in a thoughtful, articulate way (in his second language, no less).

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He's a great guy. Just a nutter who goes spikes up sometimes.
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He must be a great guy if he can go studs up and people still call him a great guy. :p
 
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This is going to be a brutal winter; crazy schedule, leagues pressing on through COVID...there are so many unknowns but increasingly games are going to be played with B teams as players drop due to injury and the virus. Not to mention AFCON.

I have to say I am extremely pleased with how Klopp has shown leadership in all this. The squad is 100% vaccinated and Jurgen has never been wishy-washy about it like most other managers. It helps that he and I clearly align politically, but he has always been decisive and outspoken in a thoughtful, articulate way (in his second language, no less).


He must be a great guy if he can go studs up and people still call him a great guy. :p
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Excellent post.

Agree completely re Klopp and Covid, - and his stance on players, vaccination and Covid, and indeed, Klopp and wider political perspectives, and very well done to him, not just on speaking out, - clearly and persuasively (and courageously) - and, as @Lord Blackadder points out, in a language which is not his native tongue, but is a second language - but on the strong and decisive steps he has taken to promote vaccination in the Liverpool squad.

I read an interview on that very topic given by Thomas Tuchel (whom I had wanted, I remind myself, to be appointed Arsenal manager to succeed Arsène Wenger) in the Guardian yesterday, and was rather underwhelmed - to put it mildly - by his marked equivocation on that subject.

As the season proceeds, and the pandemic surges (yet again), while we have to shake off winter, I can only envisage a return to the conditions of last season: Empty stadia, with games played out in front of a iited (and strictly distanced) number of spectators or no spectators at all.
 
Liverpool B are being eviscerated by Jamie Vardy. 2-0 to the Foxes after 13 minutes.

‘Pool are trying to play their usual press. But too many passes are going astray inside the Liverpool half and Leicester, who are playing a nearly full strength team, are very well set up to feed off the turnovers. Liverpool’s backup back four cannot handle Leicester’s pace up front.

As I write Ox pulls one back. Game on. With 70 mins to go this one could be a roller coaster.

EDIT: 3-1 Leicester now, Liverpool aren’t playing terribly but I don’t think they have what it takes to win this match. Big Virgil would be gobbling up these Leicester counterattacks but our scratch center back pairing just isn’t up to it.
 
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Liverpool B are being eviscerated by Jamie Vardy. 2-0 to the Foxes after 13 minutes.

‘Pool are trying to play their usual press. But too many passes are going astray inside the Liverpool half and Leicester, who are playing a nearly full strength team, are very well set up to feed off the turnovers. Liverpool’s backup back four cannot handle Leicester’s pace up front.

As I write Ox pulls one back. Game on. With 70 mins to go this one could be a roller coaster.
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Yeah, 3-1 and very nearly 4-1. It's the Jamie Vardy show at the moment.
BR coming back to haunt his old club.

Just wait for Klopp to harp on about how tough it is for the Greedy 6 and other big clubs with their vast depth to compete through so many games.
Meanwhile teams who have only one squad are being absolutely torn asunder by Illness, Injury and Ignorance.
 
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West Ham b side lose to Spurs. Given we have already beaten both Manchester clubs in this competition, I had hoped for more. But injuries and Covid have reduced our availability somewhat.
Just hope we get some of these guys back for the weekend (assuming matches are still going ahead!).
 
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Apple fanboy said:
West Ham b side lose to Spurs. Given we have already beaten both Manchester clubs in this competition, I had hoped for more. But injuries and Covid have reduced our availability somewhat.
Just hope we get some of these guys back for the weekend (assuming matches are still going ahead!).
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Gives you the opportunity to concentrate on Champions League placing for the rest of the season.
 
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