51 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Another goal from a corner from Arsenal. If you can stop that, they drop points.

Difficult to do that when all their players are 6ft plus 😄  Their team is that big, they have 6ft players taking their bloody set pieces ffs 😄 

On 08/12/2024 at 15:12, Scott Harris said:

Another goal from a corner from Arsenal. If you can stop that, they drop points.

My mate calls them "Waitrose Stoke" 😆.

3/4 of a billion pounds to build a team of set piece and long ball merchants, and yet no one in the media is calling them out for it, weirdly.

 

https://x.com/MarkOHaire/status/1866073814779437358

 

 

 

Over on Peacock Le Saux was downplaying all of that. 

"Look at the way they are winning these free kicks and corners though. It's not direct football they are playing intricate stuff"

Strange copium. 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Over on Peacock Le Saux was downplaying all of that. 

"Look at the way they are winning these free kicks and corners though. It's not direct football they are playing intricate stuff"

Strange copium. 

I'd argue that if they were playing great, intricate football they would be scoring more from open play. Against Fulham yesterday they were struggling to create anything beyond a series of corners. 

l could be wrong here but is this the first time ever that Liverpool and Chelsea have been directly in a title race? 

There were the 3-ways in 2008-09 and 2013-14 but we weren't really in those.

I was hoping Villa would lose, (still want to see them play 2 extra matches in CL), but happy for Barkley.

1 hour ago, SydneyChelsea said:

l could be wrong here but is this the first time ever that Liverpool and Chelsea have been directly in a title race? 

There were the 3-ways in 2008-09 and 2013-14 but we weren't really in those.

Yes.

• 1954/55 = 1st (biggest competitor was Wolves)
• 2003/04 = 2nd (biggest competitor was Arsenal)
• 2004/05 = 1st (biggest competitor was Arsenal)
• 2005/06 = 1st (biggest competitor was Man United)
• 2006/07 = 2nd (biggest competitor was Man United)
• 2007/08 = 2nd (biggest competitor was Man United)
• 2009/10 = 1st (biggest competitor was Man United)
• 2010/11 = 2nd (biggest competitor was Man United)
• 2014/15 = 1st (biggest competitor was Man City)
• 2016/17 = 2nd (biggest competitor was Tottenham)

And now there's a mural of Arsenal's set piece coach outside the Emerites !!🤣🤣🤣

Well, we poached Brentford's set piece coach , I wouldn't complain if he turned out to be as good as the one Arsenal have got. 

City's decline continues, it's pretty incredible

4 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

City's decline continues, it's pretty enjoyable

 

5 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

City's decline continues, it's pretty incredible

People say it's because of Rodri, but it has to be more than that.

They have let in 23 goals in their last 10 games.

That Guirassy for Dortmund is sh*t. Hits everything miles over the bar.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

That Guirassy for Dortmund is sh*t. Hits everything miles over the bar.

He's now gone and scored to make me look like an idiot, but it's an open goal, he couldn't miss.

City could get 2 extra matches because they are likely finishing via playoffs. Think they may be squished in January. 

7 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

People say it's because of Rodri, but it has to be more than that.

It has to be, surely? They won at least the league in the season he was in Madrid? And even if he is a very important and key player for them that they don’t have decent cover for, their overall team/squad should be able to cope fairly well. You might look a bit off the pace without your key player, but you shouldn’t completely fall to pieces. Frankly it’s very very weird. And funny.

4 minutes ago, Snedger said:

It has to be, surely? They won at least the league in the season he was in Madrid? And even if he is a very important and key player for them that they don’t have decent cover for, their overall team/squad should be able to cope fairly well. You might look a bit off the pace without your key player, but you shouldn’t completely fall to pieces. Frankly it’s very very weird. And funny.

Maybe it's Guardiola. Can't help having a coach that is publically looking like he is having a bit of a meltdown. Or maybe the impending decision on the 130 charges is starting to hit home.

It's to be expected. We're talking about a team who has coasted to titles by being a dominant attacking force. Teams are actually attacking back at them and their defenders can't rely on the game being out of sight to manage the game. They are vulnerable and everyone knows it. Guardiola's teams don't usually just drop a few extra points here and there, they have historically bad seasons when they don't win.

Until something happens to 'break the circuit' - Rodri's return, or a string of good results - they will be poor.

We play them end of January, kinda wish we'd be playing them sooner, much sooner. Here's hoping they're still sh*t by then. 

De Bruyne in his prime was a joy to watch, one of the best passers of the ball this sport has ever seen. Unfortunately for the City fans (and fortunately for all their rivals) his legs are gone, football has caught up with his body. Same goes for Gundogan and Bernardo Silva.

City look like they've rapidly aged in the past 2 months. A shadow of themselves.

I still wonder whether they know something about the 115 charges outcome and they're bracing for the worst.

Onana, how did he manage to convince anybody that he was a top keeper? 😆