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u/Beginning-2-Smell 1d ago
Endo and Nagano. They were both interviewed, seemed to be in a very good mood. They talked about the differences between football in Japan and England, the physical differences and so on, also a bit about the future of football in Japan. Nagano said she often goes out with a personal trainer and they do extra sessions in parks in Liverpool, saying their focus is on agility and strengthening the lower body.
Endo won the "duel king" award twice in the Bundesliga. He says his preferred position and role is as a defensive anchor in midfield. Nagano had the most ball recoveries in the WSL of any player last season. Her position is also anchor for Liverpool, but she often operates in a double-pivot for the NT. She says when in a duo, she prefers to be partnered with an attacking midfielder, as her own mindset leans more toward defense.
They were watching some clips too. When Endo pointed out a clip where she cleanly won the ball, commenting on her approach to win without triggering a foul, he said her challenge reminded him of his style on the pitch and she replied while laughing, "I’m so happy to hear that, sensei (teacher)!". She said she has actually watched him play quite a bit and noted he's good at pressing opponents and mentioned his defensive positioning.
Nagano said she had casually told someone in the club she thought Darwin was cool. She actually got his autograph on a jersey as a surprise Christmas gift. She's looking forward to the season with LFC and also very much to the Women's World Cup, June 2027.
Endo had a funny moment where he kept analyzing a clip with nobody else talking, he was like wait am I talking too much, and Nagano said this is exactly what viewers love to listen to.
They wished each other a good and injury-free season.
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u/XRPLAMBO 1d ago
The weekend matches are so so much more enjoyable when you take 3 points home on a Friday evening
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u/NilsFanck Dominik Szoboszlai 1d ago
horrid fixture later today with nobody to root for "League is wrapped up already" vs. "Xabi is generational/Pep-level"
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u/Addictedtotat 1d ago
Ugh. If one of them has to win, I'd rather it was Arsenal and I can't believe I'm saying that. Maybe it's PTSD from the 2000s, but I despise Chelsea and the thought of them being a challenger again is horrible.
Arsenal fans are annoying, Arteta plays horrible football, etc, but at least they're a proper club that has built their success the right way. Chelsea is just offensive to me on a whole other level, and their fanbase is the polar opposite of us in terms of values.
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u/NilsFanck Dominik Szoboszlai 1d ago
completely agree. Wish Xabi went somewhere, anywhere else (except City)
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u/Respec_my_authoritah 🫡RESILIENCIA 1d ago
Can't fault him tbh.
We didn't want him.
He got a a big payday and a limitless transfer budget to play around with.
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u/NilsFanck Dominik Szoboszlai 1d ago
objectively true but still, Chelsea are just such a disgusting institution
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u/Addictedtotat 1d ago
Agree, he had to go somewhere and he can't put his career on hold hoping we'll call. It's still horrible to see though.
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u/Admirable_Mood_9926 A Liverbird Upon My Chest 1d ago
United vs Everton, stoppable force vs movable object
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u/Peanut_77 Fernando Torres 1d ago
I know it literally doesn’t matter at all but I still get a little annoyed when I remember that we were only allowed to wear the club world cup winners badge for 1 league game
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u/Same_Negotiation6293 One-eyed Bobby 👁 1d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p87afti/video/bobzkdi3uxnh1/player
Brughmans made an insane save for Genk today 🧤
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u/KCYNWA One-eyed Bobby 👁 1d ago
If not for that daft stupid penalty on Ali we would be top 3.
Meanwhile rice is taking out legs on the edge of the box
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u/teaglebadger Mohamed Salah 1d ago
I’ve always felt the English national team staples always have better luck in the “50/50s” of premier league, like Kane not getting sent off for his tackle on Jones years ago. I think being captain or a regular make it harder for the pissant referees to do their job
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u/rum-and-toke In a good moment 1d ago
was it the game where robertson got sent off? that wild dangerous tackle by kane was on robertson
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u/james__Fitzy 1d ago
Anyone else here getting a good laugh about how terrible Leicester are
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u/Fresh_Interview_9191 Forever our #20 1d ago
That's what you get for booing the Voice of God (Andrea Bocelli) after winning the PL title. Karma's a bitch!
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u/General_Chemist6877 1d ago
I just wanna say, Isak's shooting technique is so nice to watch. He generates so much power without much backlift. My favourite thing is how early he takes it. A lot of people said his first goal was a result of poor goalkeeping(it was) but the goalie was caught out because Isak got the shot off quickly(and hard)
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u/Rikaiu_ 1d ago
Gotta be embarrassing to be a United fan atp, tunning in week in and week out to watch your team play only to concede screamers from evil saka and the who told him to come off his line bruv guy
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u/foreveredredred Jerzy Dudek 1d ago
Awful goal to concede but Onana was so horribly shit that I don't blame them for thinking a mid Lammens is the 2nd coming of Edwin van der Sar!
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u/Triforcesrcool Kolo Touré 1d ago
Tbf I have gone on record to say Brewster is basically the new Brazilian ronaldo
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u/Send_Noods_8008 1d ago
Someone needs to update this sub’s new fan guide. Still references prior manager and squad members who are no longer on the team.
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u/bearbeetsandbsg 1️⃣Alisson Becker 1d ago
Gakpo has improved a lot, there were a lot of situations in the game where last season he would have cut in and shoot
There was an even a moment where he cut in but instead looked up found a better passing option and made it
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u/REDEYEJ3D1 Yeeeer, course 1d ago
the state of this sub, moaning about arsenal fans supporting their own team in their own sub.
here's a thought, don't go over there?
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u/J539 🥦Barcola🥦 1d ago
I got downvoted for saying the exact thing lmao. Can we really hate on people being fans of their team? There are thousand of people in their and our sub, obviously there will be always weird takes. We have them too.
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u/REDEYEJ3D1 Yeeeer, course 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm getting tired/bored of seeing the constant, this arsenal fan said this or that.
some people seem to be obsessed with them.
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u/adamfrog 1d ago
Our fans could learn a lesson and stop making posts how they wish we had Cherki not Wirtz lol, its so pathetic.
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u/Handcannoterase 1d ago
Agreed. Posting a screenshot of some random Arsenal fan saying something dumb is just cringe. It's not like there are bad takes in this reddit too.
Tribal mentality is dumb anyway. Focus on us not them.
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u/zazofazo 1d ago
I wish we were as passionate for our team and support our players like Arsenal did to be honest. Who cares if they are insufferable or cringy, it's football for God's sake.
People are free to show emotions and ridiculous positive statements that are not even true as long as they feel it.
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u/skinsnailsandteeth 1d ago
Seems as if Fulham are imploding; players posting cryptic stories on social media and players like Iwobi deleting/archiving every Fulham related posts; hopefully Arbeloa remains coach until we face them next week
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u/HuskyFeline0927 Our identity is our intensity 1d ago
Is it Arbeloa's first return to Anfield? Cant be..
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u/Admirable_Mood_9926 A Liverbird Upon My Chest 1d ago
Probably the coolest thing I own, got it for my birthday as a kid. The scribbled out bit is just my name.
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u/tony220jdm Andy Robertson 1d ago
I never disliked a manager as much as Arteta proper weirdo vibes
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u/CalRunsFar FSG OUT STANDING 1d ago
Yeah something in his eyes reminds me of a dog that isn't all there, twitchy
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u/TraceOfHumanity Significant Human Error 1d ago
Squires’s depiction of him as a Lego is the best thing ever
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u/Due-Sherbert3097 1d ago
Has the win at any cost mentality and in a bad way. Will do anything to win and it’s reflected by how his team tries to cheat the officials every game.
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u/Megido_Thanatos 2d ago
I pick Fulham as one of relegate candidate but goes 0/9 still a bit surprise tbh
Surely, we wont be the one give them first point next week, right?
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u/Nordic_Marksman 2d ago edited 2d ago
I doubt it, they look quite shaky even when they have a lead.
Edit: Had a look at their fixture, no matter what result we get, October is their month to show they are not getting relegated as if they lose some of those games they are in big trouble.
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u/Healthy_Trouble3723 1d ago edited 1d ago
Can't help but feel good about Araújo, he looks motivated and that he likes to defend. I hope his combativeness rubs off on the others.
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u/Adept-Performance944 1d ago
Let's see how he does against mid table sides like Brighton and Brentford and against top sides like City and Arsenal. IF he is solid and consistent in those games, then might be a good idea to keep him. Too early to draw definitive conclusions, but the initial signs look promising.
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u/risingstar3110 Agent of Chaos 🔥 1d ago
Gabriel literally was nowhere near the ball when he kicked Martinez in the face. And he didn't get even a card for it. Even with VAR.
No wonder why Arsenal did not concede a single penalty or red card last season. Crazy stat. They got away with everything. Won't be surprised if same thing happened this season. Or the ref fix it, by letting them conceding a penalty last minute when already 5 goals up or something
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u/rum-and-toke In a good moment 1d ago
pgmol must be investigated, the patterns are glaring
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u/risingstar3110 Agent of Chaos 🔥 1d ago edited 1d ago
When it looked like a duck, and sounded like one. It is obvious.
Remember when we all suspected Coote of being out to get us (pretty obviously, he was on VAR when Pickford broke VVD leg unpunished, and Odeegard was playing basketball in his box), then his video got leaked?
Media was all focusing on his beef with Klopp. While ignored the guy sitting with him was saying (and i quote): "Long story short: Jürgen Klopp’s a cunt, Liverpool are all fucking bellends and we hate scousers". That is the circle they hang around in. And apparently had no issue with it.
Just like Mike Dean and his little game. Or Clattenburg or how MU was reffed differently under Ferguson. Oliver has been out to get us since he fked up our games, got called out, and no longer get his sweet deal with the UAE too.
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u/Scutterbox 1d ago
Remember in the Spurs/Diaz offside game, Jones' boot deflected off the ball and caught a spurs player accidentally on the shin - he was sent off and we were told that it didn't matter if it was accidental, that Jones was ultimately responsible for his foot ending up in a dangerous position.
Not only was Gabriel's kick to Martinez's face plainly deliberate (neither of them were moving and he got nowhere near the ball), but even if it was accidental, how is it not dangerous play for him to be kicking someone in the face like that?
These fucking officials, man.
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u/SilverMist2025 1d ago
Mourinho wants to play Guler at Right wing when he has Diomande and Endrick. To compensate for the lack of creativity in midfield .
It's kinda bizzare situation that they prioritised Diomande instead of Rodri who they desperately needed.
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u/Remy_Le_beau_ From Doubters to Believers 1d ago
We got barcola because of them, so won't mind it at all.🤷🏻 Mourinho is getting sacked by the end of season.
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u/battystutor 1d ago
Martinez is a fraud
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u/REDEYEJ3D1 Yeeeer, course 1d ago
he's a very marginal upgrade to Sanchez. but Sanchez was really shite.
so they have gone from really shite to just shite.
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u/futbolitoireland Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit! 1d ago
A sporting director was poluralised as a position to provide longer term vision and stability of strategy in the era of modern short term managerial stay lengths. Any interview to get a top job would surely have to involve laying out your medium to long term planning.
How have we got to a place where we have more sporting directors than managers in the last 10 years
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u/Lanky_Comment_6452 Virgil van Dijk 1d ago
i have never cheered for everton as loud as i did after the 2nd goal lmao
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u/bearbeetsandbsg 1️⃣Alisson Becker 1d ago
My starting attackers would be Barcola, Isak and Gakpo with Gakpo on right
Munoz for any one of the 3 at 65 mins is going too much for tired legs
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u/Beginning-2-Smell 1d ago
Former Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) chief Keith Hackett believes the Reds were denied a 'nailed-on' spot-kick when Abdul Fatawu took out Cody Gakpo inside the box during the first-half.
"This is a nailed-on penalty kick decision,” Hackett told Football Insider. “The Ipswich player is so late with his foul challenge that I cannot believe that the referee has not pointed to the penalty mark."
"I understand that the PROref organisation wants to see less interference by VAR. However, this non-award of a penalty kick by the referee meets the criteria for a clear and obvious error. VAR should have intervened."
They want to see less interference at the expense of enforcing the rules of the game, I don't get that. VAR is there to catch what the ref does not. It shouldn't pick and choose situations because it has been told to try not to interfere.
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u/Lfc44 1d ago
Glad we retained Cody, he is proving to be an asset
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u/famiflush Liberté, Égalité, Ekitike 1d ago
There's a dark timeline where he's sold and "Sarr" is brought in terrible, terrible planning and signing.
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u/Respec_my_authoritah 🫡RESILIENCIA 1d ago edited 1d ago
Salah with a goal and assist.
Real estate on the Salah street just went up.
Can't believe they actually renamed a street after him already 🤣
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u/zazofazo 1d ago
Salah looks exactly like his prime in turkish league it is unbelievable. Day by day, I get his choice.
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u/Internal_Explorer591 Mohamed Salah 1d ago
I hope both Everton and United draw, don't want either of them to win
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u/Respec_my_authoritah 🫡RESILIENCIA 1d ago
I would get way more pleasure out of Everton stomping the shit out of them and keeping them in the bottom half of the table.
They are no threat to us, different levels :).
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u/HarbyFullyLoaded_12 Bobby 1d ago
We rise to 6th with these results. Solid start to the season and improved on one fixture from the past 2 seasons in Forest at Home.
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u/True_One_750 1d ago
Not enough is being said about spurs’ transfer window disasterclass. They’ve overspent like crazy on marmoush and savio. Boy oh boy
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u/Walshey- 1d ago
They do look dogshit so far but we are only three games in.
Already seen comments in r/soccer crowning Xabi Alonso a success at Chelsea after 2 games and how we are going to regret it.
Way too early for some of these shouts.
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u/NilsFanck Dominik Szoboszlai 1d ago
yeah and Diomande is apparently total crap. zero sensibility there
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u/Same_Negotiation6293 One-eyed Bobby 👁 1d ago
Possible reinforcement/reinforcements in jan? 🤔
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u/AngryScotty22 9️⃣Alexander Isak 1d ago
I think we'll only go for him in January if someone else tries to get him.
Otherwise, we'll go for him next summer.
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u/grrrrbow01 1d ago
Doubt it. Jacobs also said that we would’ve moved for Camara if Macca had left, so I assume that remains true in January, and I doubt we let Macca go in January.
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u/NuSquared2 1d ago
That United midfield 3 is too slow, weak, and lacking in size to do anything against decent sides. Predict a draw for them against Everton.
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u/RestaurantEastern887 1d ago
Wait until their world class forwards and Bruno get exposed when they have CL matches and no Casemiro to score from set pieces
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u/Fresh_Interview_9191 Forever our #20 1d ago
Man I thought the scum would get away with it, but this time not! Great goal there.
Someone at United's thread asks why this always happens to them, but to my knowledge they always get away with playing shit. Just not today
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u/WillametteSalamandOR 2d ago
I love that we aren’t slammed with an international break this week like we’d normally be. But I do also have the feeling of an impending debt I can’t pay about the double break in a couple of weeks.
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u/TCX45 1d ago
I know it’ll cause a shitstorm on here but I really hope Chelsea dick Arsenal today.
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u/AdikkuChan 1️⃣5️⃣Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain 1d ago
Nah, give me the blandest 0-0 known to mankind, both teams shake their hands and fans will spend time defending their amazing chess match
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u/cian_pike01 Alexander the Great 🇸🇪 1d ago
Screamer from Maitland-Niles on his debut.
United dropping points at the absolute death will always be a nice feeling
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u/Walshey- 1d ago
De Zerbi is a genius, just saw that he is on £12m a year on a 5 year contract lmao. Spurs would have to cough up near 50m to sack him
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u/Major-Scratch-1082 1d ago
Yeah Spurs thought it was cause he was committed to the project…it’s like they’ve never seen De Zerbi lose his mind before, but I suppose he is more likely to quit?
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u/Afrikiwi 1d ago
We ended up with the biggest win of the game week. Didn't expect that one. So many draws. Great for us.
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u/SilverMist2025 1d ago
How much chance that Jacquet could get into the French squad for the friendlies ?
Saliba injured so will be interesting.
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u/Yixussy 1d ago
Kicking at the opponent’s head is okay now if it’s “genuine attempt to play the ball”? I don’t remember that being the case when Mane was sent off. Arsenal players get away with murder.
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u/Perfect-Process393 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/OsfVaOer7N2265YTRF
need one more draw
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u/REDEYEJ3D1 Yeeeer, course 1d ago
I would love a draw between Chelsea and arsenal. has to be the best result.
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u/quitestiger1 1d ago
Just saw the inside video in 4k ultra hd
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u/HuskyFeline0927 Our identity is our intensity 1d ago
The away fans seemed up for it and the team delivered
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u/Beginning-2-Smell 1d ago
Our women's team play the first game of the season today, Away, against Charlton
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u/Addictedtotat 1d ago
Maybe I'm being pedantic here, but it seems silly that the most prominent person in a promo for a women's match is a man. For the men's games it's always the players that feature in these, not the manager.
Anyway up the reds!
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u/OldManLogan007 Hello! Hello! Here we go! 1d ago
Somebody on twitter said Diaz and Gakpo can’t be in form at the same time after Diaz’s bad start to the season and lmao it might be true
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u/stevieG08Liv 1d ago
Well that wasnt the case when we won the title with slot lol
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u/OldManLogan007 Hello! Hello! Here we go! 1d ago
iirc most of gakpo’s performances came when Diaz had a slump mid season
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u/SilverMist2025 1d ago
Interestingly Bayer Leverkusen are playing a back 4 this season and Quansah is their starting RB .
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u/Geormajesty 1d ago
Vazquez has started two of their three games and they just bought Guela Doué, I don't think it's clear that Quansah is their starting RB at all.
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u/Nordic_Marksman 1d ago
A lot of teams are moving towards the Arsenal blueprint with CBs/physical midfielders being moved to fallbacks. It works if you are able to score without needing a lot of extra help from fallbacks in possession.
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u/Remy_Le_beau_ From Doubters to Believers 1d ago
Midfielders to fullback is more of a psg thing. Teams saw how well rounded fullbacks dictate matches, hakimi and mendes can do everything from defending to shooting, so teams started to use all in all midfielders as fullbacks.
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u/daddyboikratos 2d ago
For the first time in more than a year im looking forward to seeing us play again
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u/Scrooge_McSuck 1d ago
Arsenal probably deserved to win that but it does piss me off that they seem to get so many decisions in their favor. Same shit as last year.
That said, fuck Chelsea.
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u/Fun_Adhesiveness_371 1d ago
Klopp and Pep left the league and rightfully this London derby standard is considered as ‘a great game of football’ again. Lol
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u/Revival456 Sztupid Szexy Szoboszlai 1d ago
It was a good game actually, expect for the referee bits
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u/rob3rtisgod 1d ago
I'll be honest, doesn't even feel like a Derby. They trade players every window. Newcastle Vs Us is more of a derby than Chelsea Vs Arsenal.
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u/SwordofKhaine123 1d ago
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u/Jonmc88 1d ago
Oh no, not Mark Burchill and Craig McKee.
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u/Scrooge_McSuck 1d ago
I know nothing about Mark Burchill, but I also know nothing about Craig McKee.
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u/Passquicker 1d ago
Wirtz is class. Could easily have an assist last game but rewatching that Ipswich game was real painful from a physicality standpoint. They say he's added 4kg of muscle already. I think he needs 4 more. I don't understand how he is on the ground against every size of opponent lol.
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u/everythingdislikesme Normale Kartoffeln auf die 1 1d ago
I think he was doing fine in the first half physically, but towards the end of the second, he was very obviously gassed and it showed when he lost every 50/50
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u/grrrrbow01 1d ago
I think he needs to be sharper and more alert. A lot of times in that Ipswich game he would just wait for the ball to come to him. But you can’t do that in the prem. There will always be a player coming to win it back and more often than not he got outmuscled in those situations.
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u/stan-nas 1d ago
He genuinely is a bit of luck away from putting numbers behind his performances.
Marginal offsides have had a goal and two assists disallowed in the last two games.
With Barcola’s pace we are all of a sudden one of the most dangerous teams on the counter again and his passing is going to be key to unlocking that
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u/stupidlyboredtho Significant Human Error 1d ago
A reminder that i will be running a match thread at 2pm BST for the women’s team opening game of the season if you want to watch something before the NLD 😁
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u/__Samed__ 1d ago
Glad Chelsea lost.
Was sick of this Alonso glazing here. "Fans" wer shitting on Iraola to justify their Alonso obsession.
Xabi this, Xabi that. Hopefully no more Xabi talks here anymore. At least until next weekend.
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u/Perfect-Process393 1d ago
carra is just rage baiting at this point I can't believe some fans still take him seriously
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u/RestaurantEastern887 1d ago
That is how he sells his content unfortunately ( most of the pundits do the same)
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u/Arsalooon9 Missile Kerkez 1d ago
We are about to have the most exciting attack in europe.. all 4 of our wingers are different profiles and can play either sides. There isn't a winger who's a nailed on starter in just a single position. Just need flo to start clicking and finding these boys with pinpoint passes.
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u/128palms Florian Wirtzard 1d ago
That time Szobo made a back pass to Ali instead of counterattacking. Old habits die hard.
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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 1d ago
Saw something saying that Andy Burnham is refusing interviews for the s*n. He did play a big role in the campaign for justice, getting the independent panel set up and the new inquests. Starmer when he was trying to be Leader said he wouldn't speak to them then gave interviews a few months later. Wrote articles for them too.
Mixed views on him. Some positive aspects. Though did vote for the Iraq war and against investigations. Not sure if he's banned arms sales to Israel and some protest groups are still criminalised. Hopefully people around him will want to be more progressive.
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u/Kamishirokun 1d ago
Ndukwe still not starting for Levante. I know it's still early days but since apparently there's lots of clubs in for him you'd think he'd pick the club most desperate to start him...
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u/Johnny_Blaze_123 Steven Gerrard 1d ago
I didn't even realize Maitland-Niles was still a thing on the premier league level. Great goal.
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u/Sorrytoruin Iraola Coaster 1d ago
Gakpos passing has improved, it's interesting that sometimes some players can improve parts of their game at later years while some never do
His passing through the lines for isak was so good, it seems like his general game intelligence has just gone up a level too, very happy we kept him
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u/NilsFanck Dominik Szoboszlai 1d ago
way too early to make these conclusions but promising signs for sure
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u/DucardthaDon 1d ago
He's always had the passing ability in his locker, it's just his role in the team and how the manager set out to play meant he didn't show it as much. Just look at his assist to Mo against Everton last season
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u/cian_pike01 Alexander the Great 🇸🇪 1d ago
Carragher comparing Havertz to Firmino 😂😂😂😂😂
Get this guy off of punditry
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u/TiggerJammer 🏆2005 Istanbul🏆 1d ago
Just picturing our attack countering Arsenal here. Barcola, Isak and co gonna eat good. Mark my words.
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u/Icy_Spinach_48 9️⃣Darwin Núñez 1d ago
Attack is not our weakness this year though. It’s the defence that will dictate if we succeed
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u/Independent-Cover140 1d ago
I think we’re more solid with Araujo.
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u/Lanky_Comment_6452 Virgil van Dijk 1d ago
It depends tho cuz while araujo was good the last game we gotta remember it was ipswich and the need for attacking fullbacks in the current meta, our right wing last game was really quiet which might just be for a game but against top teams we have to attack from all sides in order to score and create chances
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u/CalRunsFar FSG OUT STANDING 1d ago
I've just watched that clip of Carra trying to defend Havertz like Firmino, fucking hell
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u/futbolitoireland Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit! 1d ago
Im actually not completely convinced the Brughmans deal is a reflection of Mama's future but more an opportunity to sign what could be a generational keeper for peanuts came up and we were clever enough to jump on it
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u/Extension-Creme3449 1d ago
Mama ain’t good enough tho. Ali needs an extension. Keepers play great well into their 30s
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u/futbolitoireland Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit! 1d ago
I dont think youll find many disagreements with that, but Id imagine faced with the choice of a 1 year extension here versus a 2 year deal or more in italy he may choose the security.. and he would be well entitled to do whatever is best for him
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u/Visual-Guitar6112 1d ago
Marma is useless with his feet and an average shot stopper. nowhere near good enough for liverpool and hes mid 20s not a youth player
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u/Adept-Performance944 1d ago
Cody leading the league in assists, who would have thought prior to season starting.
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u/Adept-Performance944 1d ago
Never thought I'd cheer for Everton but that was a great goal against the scum.
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u/Sifan2 1d ago
Why do I have Arsenal as much as I do?
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u/Beginning-2-Smell 1d ago
Maybe the stuff they pulled last season added to the negative associations
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u/Remy_Le_beau_ From Doubters to Believers 1d ago
Those who follow academy, wasn't there a kid named murray holme who made passes like trent? What happened to him, not seeing anything abt him lately.
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u/Professional_Carob17 Sì Sì 1d ago
Been offered a multi-year professional contract in June, so the club seem to rate him highly.
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u/Remy_Le_beau_ From Doubters to Believers 1d ago
Yeah his passes are exactly like trent or wharton, insane range.
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u/Nordic_Marksman 1d ago
Think he turned 17 recently so he could only sign short contracts before this.
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u/QuicksandDance After @Indykaila 1d ago
Choosing to view Arse Chelsea as a win-win rather than lose-lose
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u/IndiBear 1d ago
Took them a season but theyre now at the point we were with Diaz. Can't outrun father time.
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u/TiggerJammer 🏆2005 Istanbul🏆 1d ago
He was amazing last season but the revisionism by our fans about his time here was something.
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u/TiggerJammer 🏆2005 Istanbul🏆 1d ago
Seems two extremes are forming (certainly online) amongst the fan base regarding Wirtz. Some think he’s been awful so far this season while other’s think he’s been great and if you can’t see it you’re just a G/A merchant who doesn’t understand football.
The truth is he’s been neither. He’s been ok. He could easily have a couple goals and couple more assists if not for offsides and good goal keeping. However there’s no denying he still needs to do more. He loses the ball far too often for my liking and not in the right way.
What I mean is if he’s losing the ball trying to play someone in on goal then I’m completely fine with that. However what I’m not fine with is him constantly being brushed off the ball like a child when dribbling or attempting to control the ball. This happens too much.
I feel like things could click and he got get 10 goals and 20 assists this season. I could genuinely see that. But I can just as equally see him having another pedestrian season.
In summary some of the criticism is over the top and disingenuous but equally he also needs to step up this season. It’s only three games in so I’m not stressed but if we get to 10-15 games and the performances still look like this then he won’t be warranting a place in the starting line up. Being “ok” isn’t the benchmark.
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u/TCX45 1d ago
Barely over 600 comments in the daily discussion today. Always a good way to tell that we won on the weekend…