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  1. ItsBoris

    How much more money and time are we going to waste?

    I think the thing that is most frustrating to me about our current problems is how much money we've spent and (imo) wasted in recent years. How exactly can this happen? The only conclusion can be that whichever people are identifying and buying players are highly incompetent. If that doesn't...
  2. ItsBoris

    The Summer Transfer Window

    Am I correct in thinking that out of the 11 players who started against WBA, and the three substitutes, only one of them was purchased in the Summer Transfer Window? And that was Dier, who is just covering the RB position while Walker is injured. Is this acceptable given the season we just...
  3. ItsBoris

    What should our central midfield be next season?

    Asking the question because I'm genuinely not too sure what our best pairing would be (assuming we play a 4-2-3-1 formation which Poch seems to prefer).
  4. ItsBoris

    What could go right/wrong with Pochettino?

    This is a question I was thinking about in the lead up to his appointment, especially with many people making the argument that he hasn't won enough or done well enough at Southampton or Espanyol to be eligible to become our new head coach. So I'm wondering what people who were against or in...
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    Our Best 11

    Is it starting to become more clear? --Lloris-- Walker--Chiriches--Vertonghen--Rose Lamela--Paulinho--Sandro--Eriksen Soldado--Adebayor It seems to me. The question marks are still Kaboul or Chiriches, Lamela or Lennon, and whether Dembele starts instead of Paulinho or Sandro, but the rest of...
  6. ItsBoris

    Can we just take a deep breath?

    The last few days I've just seen so many knee jerk threads in every direction - over the Liverpool game, the sacking of AVB, the West Ham game, Sherwood, etc. Considering that it is way too early to draw any conclusions about what the future holds for us, it would be nice if everyone could just...
  7. ItsBoris

    Our defense and pressing off the ball

    Despite not scoring many goals so far, I think there is a great positive that is being lost among the despair. That is that we look terrific in defense and our pressing is excellent. We're the only team that I've seen that have managed to prevent good footballing sides like Swansea, Everton...
  8. ItsBoris

    Premier League Performance/Predictor

    Thought this might be an interesting way to gauge each team's performance over the season. Pretending that "par" for each of the top teams is a win against any team below last year's top 7, and a draw for every team in last year's top 7, a score of par over the course of the season would be 90...
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    How Good can Townsend become?

    Just wondering people's opinions, I thought he had a good game today but needs to maybe become more unpredictable and improve his passing/decision making. But his quality on the ball is outstanding and he's got a strong shot with his left foot which makes me think he could evolve into a top...
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    Quality of the Top 6 - First XI and Squad

    With the transfer window now closed I think it would be interesting to look at what each of the top 6 teams are left with and especially how we stack up against them. I'll give my interpretation of each team's first 11 and squad, starting with United: Manchester United First XI...
  11. ItsBoris

    Last 20 PL games

    We've only lost twice. Reading some of the things being posted on here recently you would think we were losing games left right and center. I don't get the negativity from some people to be honest, I understand the pressure and frustration of this run in, competing on such fine margins, but we...
  12. ItsBoris

    Gif of Bale's goal.

    Just awesome. My only question is, WTF are Defoe, Ade, and Sigurdsson doing just standing in a clump? Look how fucking narrow Southampton's defense can be, that makes Bale's goal even better tbh. On the other hand Holtby makes a good run that gives Bale just enough space to score. As soon...
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    Thoughts on Yesterday's Game

    Had a bit of time to gather my thoughts on the Wigan game and just wondering if people see it the same way I do. If that had happened under Harry, myself and many others would have crucified him. So to be fair and consistent, I have to say that I feel like AVB cost us the game yesterday, at...
  14. ItsBoris

    Europa League

    Though we're out of it I really enjoyed our run in it and we played some very good teams. It's a fun competition and I hope we're in it again next season if we don't make 4th. But the point of the thread isn't to reminisce, I think some fans under-appreciate the benefits of this competition...
  15. ItsBoris

    Going forward?

    What do people think our team should be for the rest of this league campaign? I'm not really sure, biggest question marks are midfield, left back, and Bale's position. The one thing I'll say really, is I think that if Adebayor continues to start, we should play Bale on the left again in a...
  16. ItsBoris

    AVB's System

    I've been thinking about this a bit, especially re-watching the Everton game, but I think I'm beginning to understand why AVB didn't want a lot of the players we bought in summer. It also came about from watching Dortmund today and thinking about how they play. Dortmund's style of play seems...
  17. ItsBoris

    Something bugging me

    Hopefully this doesn't seem like a rant. But something I've noticed that's really bothering me is that every game we've played the last few months, probably without exception, at least 2-3 of the players have played horrifically poorly. Like they look like they've never even seen a football...
  18. ItsBoris

    Tonight

    Idk for me it feels like we're coming to the end of the "transitionary period" and starting to play AVB's style with confidence, and really becoming a team. Even though we've been winning and been in tremendous form since December, I feel like tonight we looked more fluid in the 'system' tonight...
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    Europa League

    Quite a few of the best teams went out in that round - Ajax, Napoli, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Lyon and Borussia Mochengladbach. I reckon we have a great chance of winning it if we get through Inter and into the quarterfinals. Besides Inter, I would say Chelsea and Lazio are probably the...
  20. ItsBoris

    Since the game at the Emirates...

    So I was playing around with custom premier league tables when I'm supposed to be studying for my midterm, and I wanted to see what our form was like since we started playing Lloris, but after the Arsenal game since Adebayor's antics definitely cost us in that game. I'm actually surprised by...
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