let's see if CRY can do better than CHE did

never in doubt arsenal would be the first team over harshly punished with a red card under the new stupid rules.

It’s just a bunch of monkeys with typewriters in the VAR room I take it.

Partey is such a clumsy bozo sometimes

I was sure they gonna slow it down to oblivion and then give it

lol

PK all day

unreal

no yellow on eze for the dive, refs a disgrace

How do they give the Liverpool one but not that wtf

Sure no yellow. Tommy got a 2nd for that

CRY just as feckless than CHE w a man up

Whew.

Big big 3pts after that sending off. Solid defensive concentration.

Both Tomiyasu yellows were pretty lol. Havertz was responsible for the first really. Second is the sort of thing that VAR should be able to look it.

Brutal.

Ref clearly got the PGMOL memo.

That said Partey wasn't booked for what i believe is by rile a stone wall yellow for brandishing a fake yellow, so ref missed that part of the memo I guess.

Yupp. Think they were so focused whether to give the pen or not that they completely forgot about the card waving.

Although I really enjoy Partey's performances of late, word on the street is however that we are open to selling him for 50ish million pounds. Which I can't say would be a bad deal all things considered.

Looking forward to when we are allowed to ask why Arsenal haven’t suspended their player arrested and currently on bail under investigation for multiple rapes and sexual assaults.

Greenwood actually the opposite of the ‘usual’ case - female victim with no proof accuses celebrity of rape, internet calls her a moneygrabber.

In the Greenwood case, there’s evidence of a threatened (but not commited) rape and a wound sustained by the victim (with no evidence showing how it was inflicted). But the ‘victim’ says she’s not a victim.

What do all of the cases have in common? Nobody believes the woman.

first two week observations:

- agents mount and havertz have successfully begun their sabotage operations
- i dont know what mount actually does for united at all. eriksen should be lined up with casemiro.
- i have more hope for havertz with a year of lego pep, but he is equally out of place

BRIGHTON:
- very good attacking team, will get rotated a lot, de zeribi least fraudulent coach imo
CITY
- city going to revert to their 2020/2021 season, haaland wont get as many goals as last year but city will prob waltz their way into 20 clean sheets again
ARSENAL
- i think their back 3 is longterm an improvement, partey and rice together is an evolution of how things are going at highest levels
- saka is still a monster even if he isnt on pens 100%
- martinelli will probably start scoring again once arsenal have a proper 9 to anchor and provide space
BRENTFORD
- playing unreal well but consider its spuds and fulham (fulham prob worst D without palinha)
- mbeumo is a monster

LIVERPUD
- Szoboszlai is pretty good and unlucky to not have any returns yet
- genuinely think theyd be title contenders with an actual CDM, their attacking is so good

SPUDS
- most exciting team to watch, its a shame maddison is already hurt. who steps up if he's out?

WEST HAM
- i was bearish on them until JWP and possibly maguire signings. they look like the perfect moyes team. they will prob finish 8th

NEWCASTLE
- there are times i think this is the 2nd best team in the league and times i think they are 7th best. wait and see. the midfield is really fun to watch

VILLA
- will underperform, anomaly doing well against everton who are 20th best team. very leaky.

FOREST
- not impressed at all w brennan johnson. MGW is solid. Elanga is possibly the most impressive physical specimen I've seen thus far, right up there with Cunha.

PALACE
- no longer a hot take that they are a threat to get relegated. they have nothing without eze. olise needs to get back asap. hodgson will park the bus and these guys will finish 15th i think.

UNITED
- rashford as the striker clearly doesnt work, if u cant score against wolves and spuds youre in trouble. mount sucks. pair eriksen with casemiro and have martial start and maybe things click again

FULHAM
- worst defense without palinha, they will let in lots of goals. another relegation candidate. could fall apart quick.

BOURNEMOUTH
- lock for midtable, i like the new coach. they impressed me v liverpool.

CHELSEA
- still fraudulent. jackson is the new darwin. caicedo was horrible in his first game but he will figure it out. chilwell is a left winger now?

SHEFFIELD
- they are getting relegated because they will only score 15 goals

LUTON
- Carlton Morris is a brick house. really fun #9 to watch run through people. also a lock to get relegated but fun team to adopt and root for. orange!

BURNLEY
- wait and see, city game didnt really tell me anything

WOLVES
- cunha is really fun to watch now. this team has a ton of athleticism and zero finishing ability. will barely not get relegated

EVERTON
- getting relegated asap, i don't think they have a hope. dyche looking fraudulent.

top 4 predictions:
1- city
2- newcastle
3- arsenal
4 - liverpool

relegation: everton, sheffield, luton

Rather we kept Partey if we pick an injury or suspension to Rice. If we were to sell in that position I think although being a great servant to the club Elneny is the one we need to trim

Nobody does, that's the issue. Conte system doesn't have a creative ACM in it and we don't really have a backup. Kane was our best 9, 10 and ACM last year lol.

Betancur is also out for a long time which doesn't help as he can do some of that role.

Here’s the problem: Martial is made of glass. Otherwise he’d be perfect and Højlund could be brought along slower. Since that won’t happen, United will continue to be feckless upfront

Ya I was cringing when he did that, also eze had done the same thing. But ya players should really just not be doing that and giving the ref a reason to card them.

I think the havertz take is lazy. He's largely looked quite good, but missing some **** taking/creation which I think gets fixed with Jesus and zinchenkos. Havertz has been fantastic in passing/pressing/being an outlet.

Mac's red card overturned. Right decision but begs the question why VAR didn't even suggest onfield ref to have a second look.

you obviously pay more attention to arsenal than i do, so i defer...

but i think his lack of chance creation while occupying this space is a negative when you have martinelli barreling down the left and the cover is joel ward



all the penetration was saka and partey battering the right. maybe that was the game plan, but if the attack continues to be this unbalanced on one side i would assume they continue to struggle offensively

maybe when zinchenko takes over, havertz can drop a little deeper and focus on all the little things and the offense frees up some more

im definitely not gonna dispute the passing/pressing/being an outlet, just think his presence (and lack of a #9) has gunked up the flow. agent havertz ftw.

The time wasting yellow was fine. Tomiyasu was the third Arsenal player to get the ball, not the second in that game of yellow card pass the parcel.

How does Forrest enter a 2nd year in the PL a "Barcelona" without any front of shirt sponsor?

shot creating actions is definitely less than i want out of him, but i just think jesus(potentially trossard false 9 too) just fixes any of the current under performance in terms of good chance creation the offense is having (zinny also will help left side ball progression). jesus/trossard are much better at facilitating than eddie, whos mainly just a shot getter which i think hurts havertz.