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The 2025-2026 Football Thread
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Apple fanboy
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Brentford away, Arsenal Home, Newcastle away, Leeds at home. I think we get 6 points maximum. Maybe 4.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
For Spurs, Villa away, Leeds at home, Chelsea away, Everton at home. Hard to predict what Spurs will get from those four.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
lol. I was so absorbed in the relegation battle I kind of forgot there was another game today.
Only a win will do for you. You need to take back the advantage in the PL if you are going to win it.
Sal09
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Decent day in PL today.
Arsenal won
Liverpool won.
And Hammers won.
And he got to see Mo Salah.
Brilliant atmosphere at Anfield. And little one enjoyed every second of it. His question on our journey back was when are we going again next lol.
Arsenal won
Liverpool won.
And Hammers won.
And he got to see Mo Salah.
Brilliant atmosphere at Anfield. And little one enjoyed every second of it. His question on our journey back was when are we going again next lol.
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Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
So much better when you get to see your team win. Glad he had a good day.
Only Blight for me was Spurs winning. Question is can they of it again? Hopefully not.
Actually I'd rather have seen Southampton win as well today. But they have done themselves proud.
Sal09
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Yeah. His initial reaction was “This is way better than watching on my iPad”. LoL
As long as West Ham can match Spurs results they will be ok.
So glad Arsenal won. Back at the top of the table.
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ivanwi11iams
macrumors 601
Surely we need to do something about the injuries, no?
The players looked utterly knackered, after that win against Newcastle...
The players looked utterly knackered, after that win against Newcastle...
We have the second highest number of injuries in the Premier League.
I suspect - and have suspected this for quite some time - that the training regime may be contributing to this, as carrying this number of serious injuries is nothing really new.
Indeed, and this season was supposed to ahev brought us some element of strength in depth.
Still, a win is a win is a win.......and Eze's strike was a thing of beauty and precision in both conception and execution. I have no quarrel with scoring from set pieces, but it is nice to score an exquisite goal from open play once in a while.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
It’s very difficult to get an accurate number on who has had the worst injuries this season.
Currently this seems to be the ‘table’
Of course injuries are frustrating when they happen. But I think they affect the bigger clubs a lot less in the sense that your second or third choice player in any position is a lot better than the players the smaller clubs can call on.
The number of injuries Spurs have picked up just yesterday could yet be the deciding factor on if they stay up or not.
Interesting table, and you make some good points about the cost of injuries to smaller clubs, clubs without the means or resources to recruit sufficient strength in depth, clubs where there may be a considerable gap in quality between the first and second choice players for some positions.
Now that you mention it, I suspect that the statistic that I cited may have come from one of the Arsenal fanzines - and thus, may not be an entirely objective source - I read it on my return this week.
Notwithstanding all of that, I do harbour some reservations about how Arteta trains his squad; too many seem to acquire serious injuries that take an absolute age to recover from.
Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
Yes and no - the bigger clubs are certainly not in danger of tumbling down to midtable or the relegation fight due to several several key injuries to star players. But at the same time losing even one star player to a major injury can ruin even a big club's chances of silverware if their rivals are on good form.
For example, right now I would argue that Man City can't win a title without Haaland. They have a deep squad but nobody who is anything like him available as a backup. If he ruptured his achilles back in, say, December, they would not be in the frame for a league title right now.
I must admit that I am tired (sick and tired) of Mikel Arteta complaining about irrelevancies, and doing little to address shortcomings in areas that lie within his purview, responsibility and competence; today, he complained about the lack of red cards (handed out to opponents) in the recent games Arsenal have played against Newcastle and Manchester City, arguing that these are the sort of decisions that can cost teams titles.
Whatever about these fouls (and they may well have merited more serious punishment), my own feeling is that if Arsenal's form had not been so consistently underwhelming and downright poor since the New Year, the argument about the lack of red cards costing the team a possible title would never even have arisen.
We should have played better, competed better, scored more, (and conceded fewer goals) since the New Year, and then, this would all be moot.
Whatever about these fouls (and they may well have merited more serious punishment), my own feeling is that if Arsenal's form had not been so consistently underwhelming and downright poor since the New Year, the argument about the lack of red cards costing the team a possible title would never even have arisen.
We should have played better, competed better, scored more, (and conceded fewer goals) since the New Year, and then, this would all be moot.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
Not just the training but the way they play.
We haven’t been too bad for injuries this year, but look at our form with and without Summerville this season. He’s missed a lot of games.
But some squads rely on one or two ‘key’ players more than others.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
Though I broadly agree with you on Haaland, would Haaland be as big a miss to Man City as Bowen would be to us? I think not.
And remember avoiding relegation is worth a lot more than winning the PL.
Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
I agree - we're really comparing apples to oranges here. 'Failure' has different consequences and looks differently depending on where you are in the overal club hierarchy.
A club like Man City can literally afford to 'fail' until it succeeds at winning trophies. There is zero danger of the club being relegated or wound up as long as that massive (and in their case illegal) flow of funds is maintained. And even big clubs who are either not financially doping or doing so on a more modest level can count on the same level of security.
But for smaller clubs there always is a very real threat that failure could result in relegation, and for some it may result in snowballing financial issues that could threaten the very existence of the club just a handful of years down the road.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
Leicester City comes to mind. Such a shame to see what’s happening to them in such a few short years.
It was sad to see them relegated to League One.
Sal09
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Sal09
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Watched Arsenal v Newcastle highlights this morning.
Two games in a row oppositions should have been given red card. Both Khusanov and Pope should have been sent off. No VAR intervention or PGMOL explanation.
Before anyone mentions yes Gabriel should have received red card. 100 percent.
Two games in a row oppositions should have been given red card. Both Khusanov and Pope should have been sent off. No VAR intervention or PGMOL explanation.
Before anyone mentions yes Gabriel should have received red card. 100 percent.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
So hard to call. Next weekend we play first so we need to get something against Brentford.
Villa v Spurs is too hard to call. You never know which Villa will turn up. Hopefully the good one!
