SaintTex

Hmmm…. Now do strikers.

A lot what ifs. allison gets his positioning and balance right. No goal for Che. bazuna gets his positioning and balance wrong. Goal for Firmino. little things. Could be 2-2. it’s also the little things that gets you relegated.

Clearly, Liverpool buying Saints players so that Southampton has no one on the roster who can score goals against them has paid off.

OK, to post United States Squad in this thread, I hope? They are in England's group after all. 17 from European Clubs (6 from PL) 9 from MLS

my wife asks me every Saturday : "why do you watch this? You don't ever appear to be enjoying it." There really has been little joy in the last 4 or 5 years.

You have GOT to bury that.

You have GOT to bury that.

We’ll the pregame broadcast team got it right, showing 5 in the back when the game day squad was announced.

Newcastle with another result. (only 1 loss this season). Considering the money they spent/spend, Newcastle is now part of the newly christened mythical "Top 7" 1 Arsenal 2 City 3 Spurs 4 Chelsea 5 United 6 Newcastle 7 Liverpool

don't forget Tino hopefully back in the fold. Let's hope the ACL injury hasn't messed with his head.

when we are losing and not getting results, we say : "we just need a win. doesn't matter how it looks - just get the 3 points" today was an example of that

Puel was compared against Koeman's two years prior. Hasenhuttl was compared against Pellegrino Puel would have been given way more grace if he has been hired after the Pellegrino debacle. Instead his team was 17 points worse than the year previous.

Silver lining... Lavia to miss fewer games?

Exactly! That is my point. We got more value from what we spent. Our approach could have been Leeds and say buy Brenden Aaronson for £30M but instead we bought 3 (Lavia, Bazuna and ABK) for the same price. Which is the better business? I think you and I are in agreement here.

with the exception of Saints, every other club in the League bought at least one player that cost more than £12m.

Well, i guess he knows what he knows. So far, the well seems pretty fruitful, but does he have a second act?

Do you even City '21/'22, bro?

and of those 2.. One was a free kick and the other a world class strike, that is more often missed than made when attempted. Fun fact. He is the oldest player on Arsenal's 25 man roster

Well with a 6 week break in between. Yeah, you cant time injuries, but that is some pretty good re-coup time that the squad normally would not have the luxury of having.

talk of James Garner went cold

could he pass it on to A. Armstrong?

Payne had space and time to set up a picnic lunch there.

while it is kind of satisfying in the short term seeing Chelsea, Man City, etc. drop points, it means our relegation rivals are gaining points. I look at the 20 teams this year and it is difficult to make an argument for any of them going down - save maybe Bournemouth. The top 6 may end up in the top 6 this year, but it really feels like the bottom 14 have been more equal to each other than ever (at least to my admitted limited knowledge of history). Its going to be a dog fight.