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I think starting as CF is a pretty obvious comparison, regardless the positions they take up once on the pitch.

Maybe Jesus should be with Nunez and Havertz more, but if I put Lukaku anywhere but top 3 last year it would have been crazy as well.

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07-28-2022 , 03:24 PM

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Right but football isn't like the old days where you played 4 4 ****ing 2, front 3s tend to be a bit more liquid these days and even though Kane might be listed at CF more often than not he won't be the furthest player forward.

All this semantics are whatever though, I suspect Jesus will do just fine, think it's a little early to talk about Nketiah but my Leeds fan mates like him, shrug.

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07-28-2022 , 03:36 PM

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Twitter threads re Partey are absolutely grim reading. Highly predictable.

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07-28-2022 , 04:12 PM

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The whole situation just seems bad and gross any way you look at it.

Where’s Arteta’s “non negotiables” horseshit when you actually need it?

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07-28-2022 , 04:28 PM

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Did we have any Swedes in thread? Almost certainly booking long weekend in Stockholm, looking for stuff to do suggestions other than remortgage the house to buy a pint

ABBA museum

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07-28-2022 , 04:45 PM

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ya uh seems pretteh bad.

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07-28-2022 , 05:05 PM

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Just like with Greenwood not going to actually read the stuff

Watson, Kobe, Ronaldo...so few face actual punishment

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07-28-2022 , 06:25 PM

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da fuq.

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07-29-2022 , 02:19 AM

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Just like with Greenwood not going to actually read the stuff

Watson, Kobe, Ronaldo...so few face actual punishment

Well 2 of those got hit by karma pretty badly. Kobe we all know and Ronaldo has to finish his career in the EL playing alongside Fredtominay.

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ya uh seems pretteh bad.

Again not a lawyer, but that seems like an incredible/awful 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas' kind of loophole

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07-29-2022 , 03:39 AM

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wow what a great, inspiring, speech by lego pep ahead of the match against mighty norwich. this is going to be gold.

Spoiler:

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07-29-2022 , 04:00 AM

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wow what a great, inspiring, speech by lego pep ahead of the match against mighty norwich. this is going to be gold.

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My man there is a wallpaper of wolf pack and an Arsenal badge in front of them. Lego Pep is literally Michael Scott and I cannot be a bigger fan.

Hope they don't paint Xhaka in some sort of heroic light, but I have a suspicion they will.

I wonder who will come across as a Delle Alli type prat, but my guess is that Auba will be shown in a similar light.

Btw our 3rd kit is awful. Its like we are Palermo

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07-29-2022 , 04:10 AM

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Jumping in late on the bad Eddie take.
Bamford and Wood are way better than him too.

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07-29-2022 , 08:50 AM

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Anyone except LFC have any interest in the predictor game?

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07-29-2022 , 08:51 AM

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ABBA museum

lol 100% would go, there are 2 types of people - People who admit they love ABBA and people who love ABBA but don't admit it

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07-29-2022 , 11:19 AM

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wow what a great, inspiring, speech by lego pep ahead of the match against mighty norwich. this is going to be gold.

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lol the dramatic music. They were probably all thinking about what they're going to have for dinner that night

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07-29-2022 , 01:26 PM

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ya that speech def had a bit of the cringe about it.

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07-29-2022 , 01:47 PM

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Giving a teary eyed “I almost died as a baby” speech so we can beat Norwich at home. Bravo, Mikel.

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07-29-2022 , 01:58 PM

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The responses on twitter are absolutely flawless. I cant wait for the memes to start flooding in.

I'm gonna binge this on Thursday then watch our opener loss agains Palace on Friday.

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07-29-2022 , 03:14 PM

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udinese friendly, sterling is up top favoring the left w mount, havertz hovers right w reece supporting

small sample size so far but sterling is being asked more to be a finisher than a creator. james has been quiet but his 1 assist effort was worth more than all of the alonso contributions combined

v surprised they have sterling in a 9 role instead of havertz. i would have preferred him on the right wing w james and penetrating w the ball.

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07-29-2022 , 03:21 PM

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kante ran in empty space and just striped one in the corner, best chelsea attacker IMO /s

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07-29-2022 , 04:01 PM

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Great first 45 minutes of the Kompany era, Maatsen and Cullen particularly impressive.

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07-29-2022 , 04:40 PM

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It's weird watching Burnley with 5 players in the opposite box

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07-29-2022 , 04:47 PM

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Burnley massively dominated this game

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07-29-2022 , 05:01 PM

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It's weird watching Burnley with 5 players in the opposite box

It's almost as if we've been playing against superior opposition for the last six years. Last time we were in this division we were the top scorers.

Very encouraged by tonight's performance, looks like we could be in for a good season, especially if we can invest some of the McNeil money on a good striker.

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07-29-2022 , 05:09 PM

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The Premier League club whose player has been the subject of three rape allegations has confirmed that it will continue to select him for first-team duty until further notice.

yikes

this about ronaldo, or

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It's weird watching Burnley with 5 players in the opposite box

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Burnley completed 507 passes in their first league game under Vincent Kompany, equivalent to 5.9% of their 2021/22 Premier League season total.

culmination