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I am kinda bored and mad at everything in my life so I need to do something I have never done and thought that it would be nice to fly to london to watch some arsenal match in a pub and seeing english culture as well so can someone give me some info on what to do?:DD
I went to London once about 11 years ago. I found out that most of the museums are free. Only had a week and never really got over the time difference and jet lag. Spent most of the days in museums and falling asleep by 7 pm. Good food is available, shopping etc… but their collections of stolen artifacts is a sight to behold.
What are you interested in or attracted to about the idea of London?
Find it hilarious how passionate Chelsea fans are about defending Mason Mount but shit on Havertz at every chance
havertz was their ozil in a way ig. came in as a foreign talent with huge expectations, thought he would be one of their future stars after the ucl but ended his time at chelsea with one of their worse seasons in recent history.
One is from Cobham and didn’t cost a penny tbf. But he was also very vocal about his experience at Chelsea even while he was still there.
https://x.com/eurofootcom/status/1726529303834194145?s=46&t=NGCPQN6817S6n-WIY9c_OA
How was Vardy able to drink red bull and exercise intensely?
People say that Kai is a confidence player and that if he can just get his confidence back, he’ll be better. But I don’t think the mental part of a person can be changed easily, and possibly treating his lack of confidence has a worse prognosis than the ACL repair process. As much as I root for every player on the team sheet, it’s for this reason that this deal still feels a little disappointing.
Barcelona are just as accountable for Gavi’s injury than RFEF and de la Fuente, he’s played more 90s than any other U21 player for both club and country, this was happening sooner than later. Xavi is going to end up going the same with with Lamal if he doesn’t take this issue seriously and holds himself accountable.
Players need to be protected from these kinds of situations, it’s blatant exploitation and I’m just shocked these kids don’t speak up on it.
Striker vote will be interesting between RVP Auba and Jesus
Rice and Saka look to be starting tonight in one of England’s most useless matches this year as they’ve already qualified… Southgate is such a loser man.
Was looking forward to sitting down and watching Ukraine v Italy tonight until I realised its on something called Viaplay. ANOTHER subscription if you want to watch the football. It’s madness.
How good was Gilberto Silva? (I was too young at that time)
I know almost every Arsenal fan knows him but he and Lauren tends to get the least recognition among others.
Can say the same for Brazil 2002 WC.
He was overwhelmed without Vieira and Arsenal looked far better with Flamini alongside Fabregas than Gilberto and Fabregas. Good player but his limitations could be hid in a good side but for exposed ruthlessly in weaker teams.
He was limited and looked so lost without Vieira in 05/06 nine away games lost that year! Arsenal dropped him for Flamini and instantly we had a functioning midfield again in 07/08. He wasn’t a good passer, heavy first touch, no creativity but very good at filling in gaps. Great athleticism could get up and down the pitch, tackled well, not aggressive enough for my liking but not a soft touch, neat and tidy in possession when given time, excellent reading of game to make interceptions etc.
When compared to Petit he was miles off him and the fans didn’t help by focussing on all the things Gilberto couldn’t do (a long list) instead of focusing on the few things he did really well. He wasn’t Petit but who was! Gilberto did the best job he could within his limitations.
Petit did the defensive stuff as good if not better than Gilberto, was physically more aggressive and a more powerful runner, far more skillful and his creativity, vision, range and accuracy of passing shames Gilberto.
Respect on Gilberto but I preferred us with Edu alongside Vieira. Petit /Vieira was miles better and Fabregas/ Flamini was better than Gilberto/Fabregas.
Would he get in this Arsenal side ahead of Partey or Rice no chance in Hell.
Respect on Gilberto but I preferred us with Edu alongside Vieira.
Worst opinion of the year holy shit
We looked more balanced with a left foot/right foot partnership. Edu was a more skillful player and was a far better passer and offered real creativity with thy left foot.
Edu was a more skillful player and was a far better passer and offered real creativity with thy left foot
Edu was never a skillful player dude, what you on about?
He offered creativity? When? Where?
Edu had lovely body shape to glide past players. Loved a drag back to beat a man and had fantastic passing ability long and short. A great one touch man. He opened sides up with first time passes in behind defenses ie the Mike Riley game at OT when he pinged it first time dissecting their midfield to put Ljungberg through on goal before Ferdinand fouled him. That was his trademark attacking pass first time drilled into space he had that vision and technical ability to open sides up. As for his skill his close control and shuffle to score with his right foot against Celta Vigo in champions league was lovely.
Video of Edu skilling up brahs and opening sides up with his gem of a left leg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YDw3-QLctPk&pp=ygUaZWR1IGdhc3BhciBhcnNlbmFsIHNraWxscyA%3D
It’s worth watching the 5th round win at Old trafford in 03 or the league title winning game in 02 full 90 mins are easily found of both games and see Edu busting skills all over the park. Man shuffled past players.
A 2001/2 season review is good watching all round as Edu played wide left, centre mid and left back and excelled in all positions.
The 90 mins 5-1 in San Siro is online as well Edu gliding past international midfielders with ease.
Very good. However, I am not even sure why. He just screened the back 4 so well. Like Deschamps he was vital to his teams success but on their own they had no stand out attributes
Gilberto’s nickname was the Wall
Saka saving southgates bacon
Our highest expected goals against this season is 1.4. Last season we had 11 games with xGa greater than that. Our highest xGa game last season was Liverpool away with 3.9 xGa (20 shots total) and with a midfield of Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard, and Holding in defense - surely however, the issue went beyond Holding.
That amount of xG away to Liverpool has depressed me. We win that game it could have been different 😭
Sport is definitely the only career where you can be attacked and see colleagues due on your way to work and people will still be cheeky enough to say you wanted your career
There were many objections to the moving Odegaard left article which were already addressed in the article tbh, including the idea that Odegaard could be just as productive on the left, if not even more. Moreover, the article also makes this point which perhaps explains why Odegaard himself has been less productive this season:
Where Martin Ødegaard comes in (or more aptly doesn’t come in) is exploiting that increased pitch via finding those “remote spaces”. Martin Ødegaard largely attempts to find solution within the right hand side, he takes a lot of touches (which is a large reason why he retains the ball so well) and due to the open angles he operates in he’s rarely forced into playing outside of his comfort zone (which I’ll touch on later). This tends to reduce the isolations that occur on the left hand side due to him not directly accessing whoever is holding width, as well as leading to teams being able to more confidently tilt their block towards the right (as seen often with how many players always seem to be surrounding Bukayo Saka when he receives the ball)- if he doesn’t consistently attempt to access the left then the right can be clogged up more as immediate danger isn’t neccessarily present. As Pep Guardiola put it “In all team sports, the secret is to overload one side of the pitch so that the opponent must tilt its own defence to cope.” The issue with Ødegaard is that he’s really good at making the defence tilt towards the right but he’s not so good at punishing the defence for their tilting and therefore he is no longer forcing the defence to tilt- it’s entirely deliberate on their part. That’s the main problem with how the right half space is used, here (in my opinion) are the solutions.
Recruitment might have dropped the ball here. I think performance on the pitch is protecting them.
I have very many unpopular opinions on this subject the same way I did when we bought Pepe, and when we bought Auba after Lacazette.
I think Kai is a good player but if you’re signing a player whose best spot is the RHS — the same spot your captain and best player plays, that’s terrible.
It’s true that the club is weirdly trying to push Odegaard back into build up roles; we have so far invested £100M in that( Vieira and Kai Havertz), yet it seems Odegaard is inevitable.
They also seem not ready to actually play Odegaard as an LCM. They instead seem to be in the market for a Luiz. We’d be starting and cementing Odegaard there as their Kai/Vieira investments pick up pace.
Basically if everything goes wrong, recruitment will have to answer for why they spent close to £100M on a solution that wasn’t solved. Because yes, Odegaard isn’t a good bulk creator, unless he learns it with time, but the people bought for it are taking so long to do it( or Vieira who doesn’t physically fit in), that there will be questions.
Ødegaard at RCM means goals and that is why he will continue to play there.
When he has the ball on the right hand side of the box he is one of the most clinical players around. A couple of touches into space and he finds the corners as well as anyone. He’s not going anywhere.
His issue is that we lack central penetration and that’s because we made the mistake of relying on Thomas.
We shall sign a LCM, move Rice to the 6 earlier than expected, and Ødegaard will be Ødegaard again.
Everybody’s getting injured man I hate FIFA
Doing pushups/goblet squats/abs bicycle everyday for every point earned till we win the league. Day 93: 36 ab bicycles ✅
Fucking hell I thought my “10 push-ups every time I died in Elden ring” was bad, you’ll be as strong as ox by April!