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  1. K

    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    It's obvious how to beat us now: 1. Play 5 at the back with a low block 2. Give Tottenham the ball 3. Counter attack with pace on the wings 4. Score set pieces However. I'm not going to start blaming Ange. He wants to play with a style and philosophy and doesn't have the players he needs to...
  2. K

    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    Arsenal will get Isak next year. I might have to stop watching football...
  3. K

    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    This. It's year 1 of Ange's reign. Pep finished 3rd in his first season. Arteta took 3 years to start getting results. If we want success and believe Ange is the man for it, we need to learn to be patient.
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    Tosin Adarabioyo

    Or you can be like Arsenal and never get any injuries... ;)
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    2023/24 Champions League

    Fair point. I made the point earlier that currently we're not actually very good at cheating hence 1 penalty all season. Arsenal clearly train and coach it into the players. We've got catching up to do if we want to level the playing field. For instance I've noticed that a tactic they use to...
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    2023/24 Champions League

    Arteta clearly cares nothing for the spirit of the game. He will cheat and take every opportunity to get a fine margin for the win. They've become horrible dark arts masters under his management, diving theatrically, playing for penalties constantly. Cheating is literally part of their ID now...
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    2023/24 Champions League

    So should all penalties from low xG positions be disallowed because it ruins the 'spirit of the game' and potentially the competitive nature of the match...?
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    2023/24 Champions League

    The game runs on this basis. The rules are the rules and they are either applied or they are not. Common sense doesn't come into it. Maddison perhaps deserved a red, although if that was punch, my gran can hit harder... Also if the rules are applied as they should - Yates leaves with him at the...
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    2023/24 Champions League

    Watching Arsenal after white's theatrics at the weekend and again tonight I fear we may need to get better at cheating to catch up to them. They're clearly coached to play for penalties against stubborn defences. They also dive with enormous theatre. This obviously comes from Arteta who will do...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Forest

    He's been so sloppy lately when early in the season he was technically brilliant, spraying accurate passes everywhere. I'm not sure what has happened. It seems like with us when one player plays well who has been off- form (today Bissouma has been good until the last few minutes) someone else...
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    Premier League 2023/2024

    I'm not sure you classify it as a trip if he touches the ball. It's a tackle by definition surely. And in that case is it careless, reckless or using excessive force? I don't think so. If he misses the ball, careless trip and penalty for sure....
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    Premier League 2023/2024

    They are good. No doubt about it. They also have the best defence in the league (in terms of set up, not necessarily players). They play the control game like City, whilst our system is much more risk/reward and we have been punished for the risk. They've had very few injuries of note...
  13. K

    Premier League 2023/2024

    The big question mark over Brighton is their away form. Whether with better players and a larger budget he could get them to be more resilient away from home, who knows?
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    Premier League 2023/2024

    Given how much better we are than them it will be abject failure to finish below utd. In fact I've seen enough to know we're better than villa too but Emery has a more pragmatic style of football than ange and we're too frequently on the end of a draw or loss despite being the better team...
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    Premier League 2023/2024

    Taylor was a disgrace today. Both teams set up the same way with control being everything. Inevitably Arsenal ended up sitting deeper more as the away team. Both teams tactically foul every time they are out of shape. Arsenal benefitted the most from this but 1 yellow all game for the amount of...
  16. K

    Player Watch Player Watch: Giovani Lo Celso

    If you want to keep the ball and control the game, these two should be the first names in the midfield. They just get pass and move football...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Luton

    If you look at the Fulham game where we were comprehensively outplayed we lost so many 50/50s it wasn't funny. I think to beat anyone we need Bissouma to regain his early season form where he was the best CDM in the league, and maddison to step up. Our spine is the key and on its day it is...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Luton

    Pace like that from all angles is such a weapon. It's part of what made Salah Mane Firmino so formidable. It's also nice to finally see us have some genuine off-ball movement.
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Luton

    He's possibly a better option in the middle. And a great player to see a game out because his hold up play is so good. I rate Deki a lot. Johnson is fast becoming the best assister in the squad though, and is a real threat because of his pace. That front 3 of Werner Johnson and Son is so fast...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Luton

    Not sure what has happened to the Bissouma we saw at the start of the season. I would argue that his form then was a big reason why we looked so good and topped the table at the start. He now looks like he did under Conte - scared to make an error so always choosing what he thinks is the safe...
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