Van Petrol
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Given how you feel about Wally that really sums it up! Will there be any takers for Bendtner or is his contract nearly up anyway?
Thankfully this is his last year.
Given how you feel about Wally that really sums it up! Will there be any takers for Bendtner or is his contract nearly up anyway?
Before that game was the 1st time I've read articles saying Chelsea had started looking ominous and were in the groove to get consistency and separate themselves from the pack. The City & Arsenal results seemed to have set a few minds in the media but after this result they are unpredictable once again! Jose should be pissed off and I agree no team is good enough that they will get results in this league when they get complacent (except maybe against Palace t. He should probably drop one or 2 of the worst offenders no matter how big, just to show it's not acceptable.
Annoyingly I always seem to miss MotD when Newcastle get a good result. Were we lucky then and Chelsea just bad or did we do anything good for the 3 points?
Lot of money for a back up! How much was Schurrle or was he not a transfer? I'd never heard of him before this season.
Lot of money for a back up! How much was Schurrle or was he not a transfer? I'd never heard of him before this season.
I'm content with that, I personally feel we should be going with Vidic & Jones at the back as our starters with Evans, Smalling & Rio as their backups. Playing Smalling at RB I feel is hurting his CB potential. Smalling looks & plays like a young Rio, needs to find his voice a little more though. I want to see him barking out orders commanding the likes of Carrick, Fellaini & Cleverley into positions to aid him.
Valencia I feel has RW tied up simply because Nani is extremely unreliable & inconsistent & Ashley Young favors the left.. even though he is useless there & more likely more use on the right.
Sounding like an old record but 2-3 signings in midfield in the summer are a must. We also need to keep Hernandez & Rooney. Ship out Anderson & Young with both Fletcher & Giggs retiring.
Thankfully this is his last year.
So it's win-win. Either a nominal fee to pay the cleaners in January or off for nothing in the summer.
I have to ask Ultimate, is there any uproar over a former Northern Ireland captain going to manage the Republic?
Good to hear on Newcastle. Hopefully we can get a bit more consistent. I'm not sure what a realistic target is for this season. Maybe 8th/9th. Well top 10 at least.Oh I think he will. Jose doesn't usually suffer fools gladly, and he made it clear he wasn't impressed at all with any of them (he said 'I made 11 mistakes' obviously referring to all of them).
I wouldn't say you were lucky (unless you count facing a poor Chelsea team as being 'lucky'). Within the game itself you did earn the points: You created enough chances and took your 2 goals well. We didn't create too many chances and the ones we did were off target, blocked or easily saved. Simply not good enough from us in the end.
He cost £18 million, so yeah, a wee bit pricey for a back-up player...I'd give him time to adapt to our League though: He was good at leverswhatever and plays well for the German national side.
From the above he sounds exactly like Jose's kind of player.As Wobbly said, £18M. I think Jose likes him as he's sturdy, has good pace and works hard tracking back, and he knows that he has goals and assists him, he just needs to fully adapt to the PL.
not that i have heard of yet, but it wouldnt surprise me. on a personal note i think its extremely low and will turn a lot against him, especially when the current managers talks were not finished so it could have all been different
im used to it mate it still pissed me off that people born in northern ireland can play for the republic but not vice versa
Yeah I was a little confused because after some of the embarrassing results recently surely Northern Ireland, the country he captained at a World Cup is more in need than ROI?
There seems to be little to no loyalty to your country mate and it's a shame because I do enjoy watching you boys at Windsor up against a big team (well up until Kyle Lafferty has his usual brain fart).
Ah well could be worse.... you could have Neil Lennon
So how is the group now for you?Our game tonight was pretty much a snorer, we had a 15 minute spell where Kagawa came to life and orchestrated 4 good openings, all of which we squandered against a poor Sociedad team. Other than that the game as flat and one paced, for me we threw away 2 points.
There would be more loyalty if there were less loyalists.
You mention Neil Lennon, he had to retire from international football after he received death threats from the LVF. He is still sent bombs in the post and so are other Catholic members of the Northern Ireland squad.
If Darren Gibson or James McClean had chosen to play for Northern Ireland they would have to deal with that nonsense as well.
So how is the group now for you?
There would be more loyalty if there were less loyalists.
You mention Neil Lennon, he had to retire from international football after he received death threats from the LVF. He is still sent bombs in the post and so are other Catholic members of the Northern Ireland squad.
If Darren Gibson or James McClean had chosen to play for Northern Ireland they would have to deal with that nonsense as well.
So how is the group now for you?
@Trevornoah
Arsene Wenger basically bought the most expensive bottle in the club and spent the rest of the night getting free drinks
Yeah, I thought the same. This is going to make a very tough group much more straightforward. Beating Marseille at home should now put them well on their way. Chelsea also bounced back very well from the Newcastle game for a 3-0 victory.Great win for Arsenal in Dortmund. I thought it was kind of the reverse of the Emirates game with Dortmund creating the better chances but Arsenal defending well and grabbing a goal.
So you need at least a draw there I guess.We are top of the group but there's only 3 points between us, Shaktar and Leverkusen. The next game is away to Leverkusen and will be vital I think.
They're looking worse than they have for many, many years. Januzaj gives hope for the future but they need to make use of Rooney after this season or at least the funds that his exit will bring (unlike the Ronaldo money which went nowhere). It's time to start building the future Utd team from the ground up.I'm still worried for Man UTD. They don't look half of what they looked like last year, and this years team looks a tad bit better than everton did under moyes.
Which lets be honest, isn't where Man UTD need to be.
I know the season is long, and this year was going to be a hard year for them in general, and I expect a lot more selling of players next year, which will lead to buying.
Fellaini though -_-;;, really needs to start playing like a manchester united player if he wants to be a manchester united player.