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Oct 5 2014, 04:19 PM
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The brightest sun is the purest gun
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QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Oct 5 2014, 04:17 PM) Wow, that was quick! Costa's miss happened, what, 5 minutes ago? QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Oct 5 2014, 04:17 PM) Another easy win for Chelsea. Title's already over. City look pretty average in comparison. Chelsea unstoppable. It was an ugly match, I'd say. Lots of confusion and not many clear ideas, at least from Arsenal. Chelsea are very organized, Mourinho has done a pretty good job so far.
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Oct 19 2014, 01:01 AM
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Allievi Nazionali
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QUOTE (KillerMax @ Oct 9 2014, 08:54 PM) For the life of me I don't understand what Arsenal's obsession with Wenger is. The club has mostly a star studded squad. It's run efficiently from the inside out and enjoys a very healthy fan-base across the world. Yet they underachieve on the big stage year in year out. In 18 years of being in charge of mostly a strong squad, Wenger has managed a measly 3 Premiere League titles. One can argue this has been mostly down to Ferguson's dominant Man U years. And I would somewhat agree. But what excuse is there for Asenal to finish mostly 4th (six times) and 3rd (three times) since 2005? Now they occupy 10th in the table. How is this OK for Arsenal and more importantly why are they so beholden to such underachieving manager?
/rant. The actual reason is simple - Arsenal don't spend. You can point and say 'Look, it's Sanchez and Ozil' - but those two are the only major signings they've made in a long time, because, and here's the nub - they're a well run Club, little debt, overcharge exorbitantly for season tickets, make the CL every season. Can you see a fan revolt happening any time soon? As long as Arsenal make CL, fans will moan, but keep spending cash. Wenger has a safe job - he knows how to get them in CL and knows fine well he won't be given cash to spend on a massive squad rehaul, and he is paid well. Why would he quit, why would they sack him? The lack of ambition is the reality that Chelsea and City (and Utd) are financially years ahead (in terms of the work they've done with their squad)and Arsenal will never catch them. Gazidis knows it, Wenger knows it, and the fans just keep moaning...but paying. It's the biggest (smartest) scam in the EPL.
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Oct 19 2014, 01:09 AM
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QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Oct 5 2014, 03:17 PM) Mourinho after Costa's missAnother easy win for Chelsea. Title's already over. City look pretty average in comparison. Chelsea unstoppable. Chelsea look absolutely awesome - a dark horse for EPL and European dominance if they keep this up. I really like what Jose has done with his team. He came back to a Chelsea filled with tricky players like Oscar, Ramires and Hazard, and tried to fit them into the usual Jose defensive unit. It did QUITE well despite not being built for it, but didn't manage to win the league, so he made 3 absolutely wonderful signings in Luis, Fabregas and Costa and remoulded the team to exploit its skill as WELL as the strong side of its attributes. He's engineered the ultimate football team and I find it impressive as hell. He has the second best defence in football in Cahill and Terry, as well as superb full backs like Azpilacueta, Ivanovic and Luis, a strong strong midfield in Fabregas & Matic, with creative plunder like Oscar, Ramires, Hazard, Willian, and finished off with the ridiculous attacking power of Costa who is on lava right now. So easy to admire the team.
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Oct 19 2014, 08:30 AM
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QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Oct 19 2014, 03:00 AM) Yeah last season was a team that didn't really have an identity, it was just solid. Now they have a goal scorer and Cesc to supply him, they're scoring goals. Defensively Jose's teams have always been solid, but the Terry-Cahill partnership is a monster.
As amazing as Costa has been, I'd actually give Cesc the Player of the Season award at this point. Magical. I still don't understand why Barca sold him 2 seasons on from all the hassle they went through to get him from Arsenal...
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