Premier League 2019/2020 Season

proggy

Lestratcaster said:

This has got to be a joke right? Xhaka as captain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49850242

All I can make of this is perhaps Emery thinks by giving him the responsibility it may calm his aggression down a bit. Maybe.

Either that or he's taken to hard drugs!

Lestratcaster

proggy said:

Lestratcaster said:

This has got to be a joke right? Xhaka as captain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49850242

All I can make of this is perhaps Emery thinks by giving him the responsibility it may calm his aggression down a bit. Maybe.

Either that or he's taken to hard drugs!

He's meant to have October off for the birth of his child!

I can't really see another natural leaders in the side though, maybe Holding in a few years

proggy

Lestratcaster said:

proggy said:

Lestratcaster said:

This has got to be a joke right? Xhaka as captain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49850242

All I can make of this is perhaps Emery thinks by giving him the responsibility it may calm his aggression down a bit. Maybe.

Either that or he's taken to hard drugs!

He's meant to have October off for the birth of his child!

I can't really see another natural leaders in the side though, maybe Holding in a few years

I can't really see any either, Holding could be one for the future and maybe Guendouzi when he's a bit older, he seems passionate about the game.

Lestratcaster

proggy said:

Lestratcaster said:

proggy said:

Lestratcaster said:

This has got to be a joke right? Xhaka as captain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49850242

All I can make of this is perhaps Emery thinks by giving him the responsibility it may calm his aggression down a bit. Maybe.

Either that or he's taken to hard drugs!

He's meant to have October off for the birth of his child!

I can't really see another natural leaders in the side though, maybe Holding in a few years

I can't really see any either, Holding could be one for the future and maybe Guendouzi when he's a bit older, he seems passionate about the game.

Yes, I always like captains to be defenders, midfield is alright though. Guendouzi has been great since he's come in, wouldn't have noticed he's only 20 but he's got a lot of fight in him and isn't scared to take the ball under pressure. Lots of energy and finally a player who wants to fight for the team.

axisus

Lestratcaster said:

He's meant to have October off for the birth of his child!

Bloody hell, I thought my wife's labour was bad at 40 hours

thecolourbox

axisus said:

Lestratcaster said:

He's meant to have October off for the birth of his child!

Bloody hell, I thought my wife's labour was bad at 40 hours

You can say what you like about our dear Granit, but he's like a rock to his dear wife

proggy

thecolourbox said:

axisus said:

Lestratcaster said:

He's meant to have October off for the birth of his child!

Bloody hell, I thought my wife's labour was bad at 40 hours

You can say what you like about our dear Granit, but he's like a rock to his dear wife

Just a shame he's not like a rock to our midfield.

guitars4you

MNF - Man U v Arsenal - 1 v 1 - Good game to watch for a neutral - Both had chances to win throughout the night - Yet both need more than this to make the top 4 

joeyowen

guitars4you said:

MNF - Man U v Arsenal - 1 v 1 - Good game to watch for a neutral - Both had chances to win throughout the night - Yet both need more than this to make the top 4 

Really?  I'm a utd fan so maybe bias.. but the game was total shite.  Neither team showed any real quality.

Thoughts on VAR?  I agreed their goal should have stood, but wtf did VAR ignore their handball?  It was a penalty to my eyes

Lestratcaster

Second half was a bit better for us (Gooner here). Saka impressive, pacey and looks right at home. Guendouzi has terrific spirit and workrate. When I first saw the team sheet and saw Sokratis and Luiz were the centre back pairing I thought here we go, another goal rout. Aubameyang's finish classy, he was a mile onside so dunno what the lino was smoking.

guitars4you

joeyowen said:

guitars4you said:

MNF - Man U v Arsenal - 1 v 1 - Good game to watch for a neutral - Both had chances to win throughout the night - Yet both need more than this to make the top 4 

Really?  I'm a utd fan so maybe bias.. but the game was total shite.  Neither team showed any real quality.

Thoughts on VAR?  I agreed their goal should have stood, but wtf did VAR ignore their handball?  It was a penalty to my eyes

I was not a fan of VAR before it was introduced - But I can see the point of it, if it was going to eliminate the obvious incidents as per the 'Hand Of God goal by Maradona - But so far this season and in the last World Cup it is not clear what is going on at times - It is sometimes creating issues by not solving them - I've not seen them all but apparently a few VAR issues at the weekend

menamestom

Fair result in the end, not much quality on display but a reasonably entertaining game and a fair result (especially because of the VAR decision).

United need a big result at some point as the belief and confidence is not there.  Saying that we beat PSG and look where that led us.  I think we'll be mid table this year, simply not enough goals in the team to challenge for anything, including top 6.

axisus

Man U are totally dire these days. It's painful! Having said that, I can't hate Ole. Not sure we are going anywhere with him though ....

Lestratcaster

Also found it interesting whenever we had a goal kick Leno opted to kick the ball upfield instead of passing it short to Luiz or Sokratis.

guitars4you

I know it is early days still, but

another Man City defeat and at home
Mufc and another defeat. As it stands today you don’t see them making the top 4. Add Spurs to that list

safe to assume Liverpool and Man City take 1st and 2nd place, but looks wide open after that

guitars4you

Mufc. Just noticed. 8 games played. Failed to win 75% of these games and only scored 9 goals to date 

thecolourbox

guitars4you said:

Mufc. Just noticed. 8 games played. Failed to win 75% of these games and only scored 9 goals to date 

Solksjaer was a bizarre choice for manager. Proven managers couldn't do anything with the dross that was there (or could be enticed there) so instead they go for a consistently poor manager to manage such a huge club? Mental

mikeyrob73

Solksjaer and Silva sack race currently with Silva leading by a nose 

Legionreturns

guitars4you said:

I know it is early days still, but

another Man City defeat and at home
Mufc and another defeat. As it stands today you don’t see them making the top 4. Add Spurs to that list

safe to assume Liverpool and Man City take 1st and 2nd place, but looks wide open after that

I particularly like that Spurs are in the lowest league position of all the London clubs. 

I don't even mind that Palace have dropped to 6th with today's results. I only have to scan down the table, quite a long way in fact, to see the relegation pack... which bizarrely includes United and Everton at present. 

Life is good! 

EricTheWeary

Just watching the Man City vs Wolves hilights on MOTD. Last season Wolves often had a really solid defence and scored on the break and they seemed to have refound that. Yay.