[ENG] Premiership 2009/2010 (12 Viewers)

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
Bribing is such an ugly word.

Juve merely helped the refs to make the 'right' decisions.
Ya well the word has been successful in rebutting any Juve fan that isn't willing to have a reasoned argument about football. :D

IZ is definitely one of the top in that list.

Then your imagination is not as vivid as your avatar.:p
Well my avatar sets pretty high standards you have to admit :D
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
IZ is definitely one of the top in that list.
I'll have a reasoned discussion about football with you anytime you want so long as you actually participate instead of insulting me and not furthering the discussion which is what you did in the transfer thread.:andyandbarcelona:

I'd place you at the top of the list of people incapable of having a reasoned discussion about football.

Good call on the Irish Team though :tup:
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
I'll have a reasoned discussion about football with you anytime you want so long as you actually participate instead of insulting me and not furthering the discussion which is what you did in the transfer thread.:andyandbarcelona:

I'd place you at the top of the list of people incapable of having a reasoned discussion about football.

Good call on the Irish Team though :tup:

How can i have a reasoned debate with you when all you do is throw in provocative comments that make no contribution to a football debate.

A lot of people here would not agree with that second statement of yours.

What call about the Irish team? :confused:
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
How can i have a reasoned debate with you when all you do is throw in provocative comments that make no contribution to a football debate.
First thing to do would be to let me know what we are talking about here, my bashing of Arsne or you bashing of me in the transfer thread, because neither of us is whiter than white here...

Is it Arsenal you want to discuss??
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
First thing to do would be to let me know what we are talking about here, my bashing of Arsne or you bashing of me in the transfer thread, because neither of us is whiter than white here...

Is it Arsenal you want to discuss??
Why don't we start by discussing Arsenal.

How are we shit? We have been pretty impressive this season. With the exception of Fulham(who completely outplayed us) we have played better than most of our opponents. I'd agree with you if you said, that it was pathetic to lose a two goal lead to a relegation battler, i'd agree if you said we aren't ruthless enough, but "shit" is too much. Especially that we have been better than most European top clubs until now

I don't think we will last this way, and i don't give us much of a chance in winning the league(unless we're extremely lucky with injuries) simply due to the fact that we have no depth at all.

But based on this season's performance, it will be really hard for you to argue that we are shit.
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
Why don't we start by discussing Arsenal.

How are we shit? We have been pretty impressive this season. With the exception of Fulham(who completely outplayed us) we have played better than most of our opponents. I'd agree with you if you said, that it was pathetic to lose a two goal lead to a relegation battler, i'd agree if you said we aren't ruthless enough, but "shit" is too much. Especially that we have been better than most European top clubs until now

I don't think we will last this way, and i don't give us much of a chance in winning the league(unless we're extremely lucky with injuries) simply due to the fact that we have no depth at all.

But based on this season's performance, it will be really hard for you to argue that we are shit.
A bunch of nancy-boys that can't defend for shit and have a rapist for a Striker can't be ruthless, it's not in the Positive Football lie. If you go two rows of flat 4 you see how shit teams like Arsenal really are.

I'll speak for this.

Bunch of Nancy Boys- This is a crtique on the light-touch pass it around 90 times, flop to the ground in pain type of football that Arsenal play (except for Arshavin and Vermaelen, who I don't count *). It not gread football in that it's 80% attack 20% defend, for me the game is 50/50, that's why the pitch is split into halves. This is also about the positive football myth that Andy Gray and his buttmonkeys espouse every saturday and sunday, It is not good football, it's entertaining there is a big, big difference between the two. Basically Arsenal like the top 4 are built mainly for big games and cup competitions, where everybody throws caution to the wind anyway (like the 4-4 draw with liverpool, 8 players on the pitch were clearly playing awful - the defenders). If you throw two flat rows of four up against them and hit them on the counter you can destroy them.


* these two signing broke the Wegner style of young n cheap, Vermaelen less so, but they are arguably the two best after fabregas.
 

mikhail

Senior Member
Jan 24, 2003
9,576
I'm sure that never occurred to any of the managers who've failed to beat them so far this season, IZ.

The pitch is 'split in two' to mark the place tip occurs (and more recently, to indicate the point before which a player cannot be offside).
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
I'm sure that never occurred to any of the managers who've failed to beat them so far this season, IZ.

The pitch is 'split in two' to mark the place tip occurs (and more recently, to indicate the point before which a player cannot be offside).
It's my analysis of Arsenal Mik, you can dispute if you like, that's your perogative but one general sentence is harldy bennificial.

I know that, I was incurring that the area ahead of the six yard box need to be defended aswell ...
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
A bunch of nancy-boys that can't defend for shit and have a rapist for a Striker can't be ruthless, it's not in the Positive Football lie. If you go two rows of flat 4 you see how shit teams like Arsenal really are.

I'll speak for this.

Bunch of Nancy Boys- This is a crtique on the light-touch pass it around 90 times, flop to the ground in pain type of football that Arsenal play (except for Arshavin and Vermaelen, who I don't count *). It not gread football in that it's 80% attack 20% defend, for me the game is 50/50, that's why the pitch is split into halves. This is also about the positive football myth that Andy Gray and his buttmonkeys espouse every saturday and sunday, It is not good football, it's entertaining there is a big, big difference between the two. Basically Arsenal like the top 4 are built mainly for big games and cup competitions, where everybody throws caution to the wind anyway (like the 4-4 draw with liverpool, 8 players on the pitch were clearly playing awful - the defenders). If you throw two flat rows of four up against them and hit them on the counter you can destroy them.


* these two signing broke the Wegner style of young n cheap, Vermaelen less so, but they are arguably the two best after fabregas.
If you had actually said this from the start i would have agreed with you. Indeed we do throw caution to the wind with the way we play. But i have to say that i do not think that is the problem, afterall Barca throw caution to the wind too and its working wonders for them.

I think there are two problems we suffer from when we play so gung-ho. First we should defend much better as a unit, second problem and most important problem facing us this season is we have to cut out the silly individual mistakes.

Diaby's own goal against United, Diaby's poor man marking for Alkamaar's goal, Song's silly conceded penalty against West Ham, Mannone's comical goalkeeping for West Ham's first goal. All mistakes committed by amatuer players that could have been avoided if we didn't have such mediocre players playing for us.

That is why i do not think its our style of play that is the problem, rather the personnel.
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
If you had actually said this from the start i would have agreed with you. Indeed we do throw caution to the wind with the way we play. But i have to say that i do not think that is the problem, afterall Barca throw caution to the wind too and its working wonders for them.

I think there are two problems we suffer from when we play so gung-ho. First we should defend much better as a unit, second problem and most important problem facing us this season is we have to cut out the silly individual mistakes.

Diaby's own goal against United, Diaby's poor man marking for Alkamaar's goal, Song's silly conceded penalty against West Ham, Mannone's comical goalkeeping for West Ham's first goal. All mistakes committed by amatuer players that could have been avoided if we didn't have such mediocre players playing for us.

That is why i do not think its our style of play that is the problem, rather the personnel.
Those are the players Wenger has picked over the course of his career, he's been given free reign to build his teams, he picked these players for his style of play, I think both have to have about equal blame.

I think that Barca can play in the way that they do because they have people like Keita and Biscuits and Touré who I think play a slightly different role to Song etc. whilst also possess an imense back four, much better than arsenals, that bit is defo players, you can't really change the role of a back four, but barca dont throw caution to the wind, nobody is better than them, they need not have caution.

Chelsea played against Barca twice last year with two flat row of four and should have well beaten if it wasn't for awful refereeing.
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
Those are the players Wenger has picked over the course of his career, he's been given free reign to build his teams, he picked these players for his style of play, I think both have to have about equal blame.

I think that Barca can play in the way that they do because they have people like Keita and Biscuits and Touré who I think play a slightly different role to Song etc. whilst also possess an imense back four, much better than arsenals, that bit is defo players, you can't really change the role of a back four, but barca dont throw caution to the wind, nobody is better than them, they need not have caution.

Chelsea played against Barca twice last year with two flat row of four and should have well beaten if it wasn't for awful refereeing.
I blame Arsene for a lot of things. But i don't think he has been given the money to spend. I really think he would have spent a bit if he did have the money. I'm not talking Man United-like spending, but at least 20-25M transfer kitty, Arsene would have done wonders with that.

I do blame him however for losing players like Flamini despite him knowing that we have relatively few means of replacing him. The lack of a proper DM was what hurt us most last season.

Still, if you are basing your argument on performances of this season. You cannot say that Arsenal are shit. Other than Barcelona, Real Madrid and to a certain extent Man United(arguable though) I do not think there are better teams who are in better form at the moment.
 

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
Jun 18, 2006
23,327
Still, if you are basing your argument on performances of this season. You cannot say that Arsenal are shit. Other than Barcelona, Real Madrid and to a certain extent Man United(arguable though) I do not think there are better teams who are in better form at the moment.
I mean in General


I'm pretty sure Wenger indeed had money to spend, he just didn't
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
I mean in General


I'm pretty sure Wenger indeed had money to spend, he just didn't

But why wouldn't Wenger spend if he did have money. Do you really think the average football fan knows that Arsenal need reinforcements but Arsene Wenger the most successful manager in Arsenal's history doesn't?
 

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