PL Games April 19/20/21

[PeterParker]

I just wish Alvarez was here already.
Don't know if he will fit or not, but I am looking at that cunt Diaz, he brought another option for them, since arriving, while we lost Torres without bringing anyone.

Tonight is going to be massive.

[Dimples]

Our weakness all season has been the lack of clinical finishing.
If we had got Kane or had a younger Kun, we would have the PL wrapped up and would have beaten the Dippers on Saturday.
We will carry this weakness into our remaining PL fixtures. We can cope with everything else, rotation due to injuries, tiredness, etc... but it remains to be seen if we can cope with a lack of clinical finishing.

The club have and are trying to address this chronic weakness - Lukaku then Kane and now Haaland. What Pep is achieving without a proven goal scorer is amazing.

[PeterParker]

Our weakness all season has been the lack of clinical finishing.
If we had got Kane or had a younger Kun, we would have the PL wrapped up and would have beaten the Dippers on Saturday.
We will carry this weakness into our remaining PL fixtures. We can cope with everything else, rotation due to injuries, tiredness, etc... but it remains to be seen if we can cope with a lack of clinical finishing.

The club have and are trying to address this chronic weakness - Lukaku then Kane and now Haaland. What Pep is achieving without a proven goal scorer is amazing.

Absolutely, but I can't understand why they didn't push for Alvarez. Don't think money was an issue.
I had the impression that he had to stay until summer to end the season there, but just read that actually the season ends in December, so it's weird.

He might be really shit, but he could have been an option.

[Mase]

Our weakness all season has been the lack of clinical finishing.
If we had got Kane or had a younger Kun, we would have the PL wrapped up and would have beaten the Dippers on Saturday.
We will carry this weakness into our remaining PL fixtures. We can cope with everything else, rotation due to injuries, tiredness, etc... but it remains to be seen if we can cope with a lack of clinical finishing.

The club have and are trying to address this chronic weakness - Lukaku then Kane and now Haaland. What Pep is achieving without a proven goal scorer is amazing.

Absolutely, but I can't understand why they didn't push for Alvarez. Don't think money was an issue.
I had the impression that he had to stay until summer to end the season there, but just read that actually the season ends in December, so it's weird.

He might be really shit, but he could have been an option.

The bigger question is why we’re selling Torres in January?! Made zero sense. Wait until the summer! I remember saying at the time it was stupid but a few people said we had a lot of options so we’ll be okay - we don’t have a lot of options that can finish well.

[Tokyo Blue]

He clearly wanted to go.

How many has he scored for arselona?

[PeterParker]

He clearly wanted to go.

How many has he scored for arselona?

He's been the same petulant little shit every time I've seen him.
I'm not upset he went, I just don't understand why didn't we replace him in the winter.

Anyway, going back to last night, I've read that Arnold dodged a red card at 1-0.

[City64]

He clearly wanted to go.

How many has he scored for arselona?

He's been the same petulant little shit every time I've seen him.
I'm not upset he went, I just don't understand why didn't we replace him in the winter.

Anyway, going back to last night, I've read that Arnold dodged a red card at 1-0.

Clearly we were always in for Haaland this summer after that massive bell end Levi turned down £120 million for Arry Kane . Levi fucked his own teams season up and destroyed our striker transfer strategy. 12 months on it might work out very well for us while Levi is stuck with Kane who doesn’t want to be there and only worth half of last season’s value .
Funny old game innit .

[Mase]

He clearly wanted to go.

How many has he scored for arselona?

Kane wanted to leave last summer as well. It didn’t suit Spurs.

[branny]

Hannibal Medgri is on for the rags , some hair do that . What a fucking joke they are 4 -0

I'm still trying to figure out what Maguire was doing for the 3rd and 4th. I'd be amazed if we were genuinely in for him. Terrible defender.

What about the first? Charged up the field and left a massive gap which was fully exposed

And how he plays for England is truly baffling

They should play him in midfield. He's great at finding space. Usually nobody within five yards of him.

[sheblue]

Our weakness all season has been the lack of clinical finishing.
If we had got Kane or had a younger Kun, we would have the PL wrapped up and would have beaten the Dippers on Saturday.
We will carry this weakness into our remaining PL fixtures. We can cope with everything else, rotation due to injuries, tiredness, etc... but it remains to be seen if we can cope with a lack of clinical finishing.

The club have and are trying to address this chronic weakness - Lukaku then Kane and now Haaland. What Pep is achieving without a proven goal scorer is amazing.

Absolutely, but I can't understand why they didn't push for Alvarez. Don't think money was an issue.
I had the impression that he had to stay until summer to end the season there, but just read that actually the season ends in December, so it's weird.

He might be really shit, but he could have been an option.

Agree with most this and I would agree that the lack of a clinical striker has already cost us dearly this season, there are numerous examples where our forward players have fluffed their lines in tandem with us dropping points.
Can we continue to get away with it? Possibly in the league playing our best front 6 without a striker will work, its has worked before. Buts its finely balanced, could go either way. However in the champions league I am less optimistic that we will get away with it, but its not impossible.

I wouldn't have brought Alvarez in early, Pep wouldn't have trusted and played him yet anyway as he most likely will need settling in time and the last thing we wanted to do was rush him and fuck up his head, that would be a disaster for him and us. Look he has Delap there an working with him every day and doesn't play him, no chance Alvarez would be thrown in, none.

[PeterParker]

Our weakness all season has been the lack of clinical finishing.
If we had got Kane or had a younger Kun, we would have the PL wrapped up and would have beaten the Dippers on Saturday.
We will carry this weakness into our remaining PL fixtures. We can cope with everything else, rotation due to injuries, tiredness, etc... but it remains to be seen if we can cope with a lack of clinical finishing.

The club have and are trying to address this chronic weakness - Lukaku then Kane and now Haaland. What Pep is achieving without a proven goal scorer is amazing.

Absolutely, but I can't understand why they didn't push for Alvarez. Don't think money was an issue.
I had the impression that he had to stay until summer to end the season there, but just read that actually the season ends in December, so it's weird.

He might be really shit, but he could have been an option.

Agree with most this and I would agree that the lack of a clinical striker has already cost us dearly this season, there are numerous examples where our forward players have fluffed their lines in tandem with us dropping points.
Can we continue to get away with it? Possibly in the league playing our best front 6 without a striker will work, its has worked before. Buts its finely balanced, could go either way. However in the champions league I am less optimistic that we will get away with it, but its not impossible.

I wouldn't have brought Alvarez in early, Pep wouldn't have trusted and played him yet anyway as he most likely will need settling in time and the last thing we wanted to do was rush him and fuck up his head, that would be a disaster for him and us. Look he has Delap there an working with him every day and doesn't play him, no chance Alvarez would be thrown in, none.

I think it comes down to his loyalty for the squad. I don't agree with it 100%, but I understand it.
Players have game time bonuses and I think all of them managed to get it every year and mostly because of him. We've rarely seen anyone from the u21 break into the squad, or if they do that, it's quite slow.
I think there are a few that can develop like Phil if they train and finally start to play with the likes of Kevin, Gundo, etc.

[Outcast]

I don't like the idea rushing and buying any player to fill a gap. We should buy the right replacement, sure it's always a gamble either way, look at the rags, buying names as suppose the right players to fit a system, gladly it's gone horribly wrong for them. We didn't anticipate Torres scenario, it happened, we got the right price and let him go, we move on. We got Alvarez and Haaland coming in the summer, that's worth the wait, theoretically speaking. The vermins are astute in the market, happy to wait for the right player at the right price.

[zuricity]

I don't like the idea rushing and buying any player to fill a gap. We should buy the right replacement, sure it's always a gamble either way, look at the rags, buying names as suppose the right players to fit a system, gladly it's gone horribly wrong for them. We didn't anticipate Torres scenario, it happened, we got the right price and let him go, we move on. We got Alvarez and Haaland coming in the summer, that's worth the wait, theoretically speaking. The vermins are astute in the market, happy to wait for the right player at the right price.

i think the rags transfer policy is brilliant ! They don't know what they are doing . Fine by me.

[Sparklehorse]

The domestic cups are a lottery, we’ve done rather well in the Carabou Cup, it had to end sometime. As for the FA Cup I’m surprised at the lack of desire to win it more often. We handed the semi to Liverpool at the weekend, one major fuck up was the difference. Now we are left pretty much in pole position for the league and champions league I would take only the PL now as it stops them getting the fourfold and the domestic treble either of which would be just too much to bear. We are good enough to win both COME ON CITY a rampant non-stressful win is what we need to swing the pendulum back our way.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Leicester 1-0 up at Everton already

[Harry Dowd scored]

Now Arsenal 1-0 up at Chelsea

[nottsblue]

Arsenal take the lead at Chelsea.
Another nail in the rags hopes for CL football

[nottsblue]

1-1 Chelsea

Does no one want fourth?

[Tokyo Blue]

He clearly wanted to go.

How many has he scored for arselona?

Kane wanted to leave last summer as well. It didn’t suit Spurs.

We are not utter shithouses like levi is.

Still don't know how many he has scored for them twats. Not that many, I suspect.

[nottsblue]

Everton back to losing ways. Still 1-0 down.

Could well in the relegation zone by Sunday night. They are getting even less than the rags from the dippers on Sunday