Nevertheless, - the attractions of snooker notwithstanding - I am willing to wager that you will find it difficult to resist the temptation of peeking through your fingers as the evening progresses...
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Nevertheless, - the attractions of snooker notwithstanding - I am willing to wager that you will find it difficult to resist the temptation of peeking through your fingers as the evening progresses...
What is the paper?
(I know; I'm pathetic; but, on principle, I do not ever buy (or read) the Murdoch media, ever - that decision goes back decades, and I have never wavered from it).
Its Metro.
Same here i don't buy any paper.
Now and then grab Metro at my local train station to read the sports section.
Ah, okay.
Actually, I do buy papers (or subscribe online when I am working abroad).
I will buy the Guardian, I will buy the FT, and I will buy The Economist.
As for the others...
Now, thank you: In that case, I will read the Metro's piece that you have very kindly made available.
Apple News+ is all i need lol.
On a positive note Saliba traveled with squad to Manchester.
Apple News, alas, no, thank you.
I'm old school in such matters.
Ah, Saliba travelling, now, that is news.
Since he has been injured, we have not kept a clean sheet.
Even if he can only put in an appearance as a sub.....his absence has hurt us even more - considerably more - than did the absence of Gabriel Jesus.
I would dearly love to see us emerge from this tie victorious, even though several other matches also remain.
Arsenal fan trolling by posting old pics of Saliba at City. Got me excited as well.
He did not travel with squad.
Bastwards.
That is evil.
An Arsenal fan? Who does he (I assume that it is a "he") think he is? What does he hope to achieve by such an action?
It will not trouble City, whereas it might upset us.
Practical jokes of that kind irk me.
And that is one further reason I confine my reading (about Arsenal) to respected, quality publications/papers, and respected fan blogs some of which can be very good.
Not over hyping it at all then!
Truth is two of the greedy six play, one will win the title, the other will finish second. The other supporters in the league generally don’t care one way or the other.
Good to see Liverpool Chelsea and Spurs outside the European places. Warms my heart to see the greedy clubs fall short.
Well, I think some may prefer if anyone other than Manchester City win it.
Even if Arsenal were not challenging for the title this year, personally, at this stage, I would prefer anyone other than Manchester City to claim the title. That sort of monopoly is not healthy for the game.
In any case, before too long, I suspect that the "greedy six" will be well supplanted by the "state funded two".
Once Newcastle can field a fully (state) funded team, the Premier League may well devolve into a battle between two teams that are an expression of soft power projection on the part of two nation states.
It is interesting to see that the backlash facing City probably winning the league again is no where near in comparison to the hatred that Man United got for winning the league so many times in a row. If City do retain their league title it will be 5 titles in 6 years they've won it and I bet they will still not get the same type of anger and hatred that United got.
I do think City will win the league purely for the fact they are going for the treble, the league, the FA Cup and the champions league. This will be an extremely strong motivator for the players to push hard in every game to get the wins they need. I can see them getting the wins they need to win the premier league, I think they are stronger than United and thus will win the FA Cup for as for the champions league being against Real Madrid, this one I am not sure of because Madrid are the defending champions and they are not going to give it up likely.
I do think City will win the league purely for the fact they are going for the treble, the league, the FA Cup and the champions league. This will be an extremely strong motivator for the players to push hard in every game to get the wins they need. I can see them getting the wins they need to win the premier league, I think they are stronger than United and thus will win the FA Cup for as for the champions league being against Real Madrid, this one I am not sure of because Madrid are the defending champions and they are not going to give it up likely.
I shall attempt to immerse myself in my books and a beer this evening, perhaps peeking through my fingers rather apprehensively on occasion.
I expect that this will come, in time.
This (clemency) - is, I would argue - is because until now, that is, until relatively recently, Manchester City have never been considered to rank among the "great teams", or counted among the "greats" in footballing terms.
Nobody begrudged them their first few titles, after ll, they had never been considered to have been a part of the aristocracy of the game.
However, nowadays, given the resources at their disposal, - and the nature of those resources (the fact that this is a state run entity) which will ensure the continuation of their dominance arising out of manifestly unfair access to resources nobody else enjoys (with the possible exception of Newcastle), I cannot see that continuing for very much longer.
Does anyone really and truly want to see a Premier League where the only possible champion is Manchester City?
But wasn't that the point of FFP (Financial Fair Play) to stop wealthy team owners from buying up all the best players because that is what City's owners could do, just pump billions and billions into the transfer market to get all the top players so the team can win everything year in year out. Newcastle now have owners who can do exactly that as well.
Everyone has a reason to hate some usually rival local club from being successful.
I don’t think historically City have been successful enough to have a lot of that. But they are getting there!
I'm not sure that I can handle it.
Gnawed nails, tense shoulders, apprehensive stomach....I'm not even hungry, and normally, I would love pottering around the stove to prepare some pasta.
I wish this match was over and that we had won by something approaching 3-0.
But then, I also wish there was truth in the Tooth Fairy tale, or in Father Christmas.
What can I say?
This is pathetic: I am trying to tell myself that I'm not ten years of age any longer, liable to burst out bawling crying, sobbing on my way to hide in the hedges (as Other Brother once did, surprisingly late in his teens when Manchester United were defeated in a significant match).....
If Arsenal were - let us say - third in the table, with Champions League qualification more or less assured, without the slightest hope of claiming the title, I think I would be more relaxed about this evening.
But, we have led since (almost) the start of the season, - the hard way, leading from the front for what seems forever - and there is a (genuine if slightly fading) hope that we might yet claim our first title since 2004, which is (now) almost twenty years ago.
As @Sal09 (I think) says: It is the hope that kills......
It is not just the (undeniable) fact of their success: It is the nature of that success - it is how that success has been achieved.
For example, I never hated that wonderful Liverpool team of the 1980s; instead, I applauded and cheered them.
I guess I’ll be watching the game tonight.
Ronnie O Sullivan capitulated. Thats snooker done for me.
Maybe blessing in disguise.
Ronnie O Sullivan capitulated. Thats snooker done for me.
Maybe blessing in disguise.