Mexal Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I'd rather we trade Vermaelen to Barcelona than United. I hate strengthening teams that we'll be competing with directly. I think what's taking so long is Wenger is still trying to find a replacement. I doubt we go into the season with Chambers as the 3rd CB and 2nd RB so we'll have to bring someone else in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Liverpool look like they're closing in on Alberto Moreno for like the tenth time this summer. Hopefully this goes through for real this time cause it would be the signing that excites me most. A young extremely talented fullback would be awesome and fit our needs. He even made Spains 30 man provisional lineup for the World Cup and he's just turned 22. *crosses fingers*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 So uh, Arsenal with players who attack, is pretty good. Embarrassing what they're doing to Benefica right now with the only starting players being Ramsey and Gibbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brAnthelAstgreenseer Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I think Arsenal will win the league this year . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex. Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Dropping Isco from that Fraud XI and changing the formation to a 4-3-3. Got a new captain and striker - Alexis Sanchez. Outdone by Sanogo in an Emirates Cup game. Damning evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Can he dance like Sanogo though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex. Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hopefully not. That was a horrendous goal celebration. If God is just we will never see that in the Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 It seems like all of Proper Yaya's goals were all about Campbell and/or Ramsey and he just stuck them in. Not that that's a bad thing for a striker and something he's been sorely lacking in, you know, proper games, but Arsenal fans will be pleased to see those two doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 It seems like all of Proper Yaya's goals were all about Campbell and/or Ramsey and he just stuck them in. Not that that's a bad thing for a striker and something he's been sorely lacking in, you know, proper games, but Arsenal fans will be pleased to see those two doing well. Lots to like about today's game, especially around Campbell, Ramsey, Sanogo, Chambers and Bellerin's play. Arsenal had very direct players on the pitch today and it was great to watch. Not much side to side passing like we've become accustomed to. Doesn't mean too much as Benefica lost a lot of good players this transfer window and were quite poor, but still positive. We'll see what happens tomorrow. Looking forward to Sanchez getting a full 45 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 One of my favourite things about our pre-season so far: the freekick routines are back!Welbeck off injured, which is a shame, because he was doing well. Madrid aren't being very friendly in this friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 United look good. Especially enjoyed Kagawa. Looks like we'll be playing on Monday Also looks like Lampard to City on loan is for real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Kagawa and Mata both absolutely love the 3-5-2. Pity we can't play them both in that role at the same time.Young and Shaw also both very impressive, albeit Madrid's right flank played poorly. ETA: 109,000 people turned out for that game. A pre-season friendly. Like the commentators were saying, most of those players will likely never play in front of a bigger crowd. Mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Who are you lot playing up front in the friendlies, Rooney, Welbeck, Chicharito, Nani, Young and Zaha have all had a go. The first three have all been impressive and I imagine things will rotate between the four (Rooney can also play behind the two strikers, if we need, so there's a bit of leeway). Zaha's been okay, but he's not gonna play there in the season unless Hernandez leaves and there's an injury crisis. Nani looks like he's done. He played a little bit of the first couple of games, did almost nothing and hasn't been seen since. I'm not sure if he's got an injury, but there's no real place for him if we're using 3-5-2 as the main formation. Eta: I can see at least one of Welbeck and Chicharito getting more time than might seem likely at first glance with Rooney and RvP fit, because one thing about this formation is that it depends a great deal on the pace of the strikers themselves to stretch the game, since the wing-backs obviously have a lot further to go to get into spaces than wingers or wide forwards would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castel Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Nani looks like he's done. Honestly thought he was already gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Nani was done for some time already. Only the managerial genius of David Moyes somehow saw it fit to hand him a five year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Have to say, United has looked good so far. Looks like they're taking to the 3-5-2. Do they have enough CBs to run that throughout the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Do they have enough CBs to run that throughout the season? No. At the moment we're far too reliant on Blackett and Keane, especially since Smalling is made of glass and will never be fit a whole season. Blackett's been good in pre-season but real games will be a whole different kettle of fish, whereas Keane doesn't really look ready for first team action.At this stage I'd be okay with Verminator - his form is an issue, but a back 3 probably suits his skills better than a 2 because you can put him on the left side of it and he's got much more freedom to get forward and generally put himself about, knowing someone's there to sweep up. I wouldn't want to rely on him, but he'd be a useful addition of it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Eric Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 More than his form, fitness is the main concern. We have enough injury prone CB's as it is without buying another crock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Have to say, United has looked good so far. Looks like they're taking to the 3-5-2. Do they have enough CBs to run that throughout the season? It'll be interesting to see how it goes if they try to play with wingbacks for the whole season. It's fashionable at the moment because it went well for a few teams at the World Cup but that's a pretty small sample and it's used so rarely nowadays you do have to wonder how much the surprise factor influences how successful it is. I remember Liverpool under Dalglish using it successfully against Chelsea but teams seemed to work it out pretty quickly. Either way it should be fun to watch one of the teams going for European places trying something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 So it looks like Liverpool are gonna put in a bid for Balotelli , somewhere around the 14 m pounds mark . one crazy fucker to replace another . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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