08-08-2019, 01:07 PM
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#221
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Spurs definitely the winners of the window which I suppose doesn't mean much except on paper. But they should be closer to the other two and with a little injury luck their way we might even have a three horse race.
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I don't know any of the players they signed, what's the scouting report on them?
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08-08-2019, 01:09 PM
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#222
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I don't know any of the players they signed, what's the scouting report on them?
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Going by YouTube compilations? They're incredible and we are assured of the PL title. In reality though, a little less than that. We had a good window I think, but saying we had the best is a little premature. There are possibly some outgoings still (Eriksen/Rose?) and that could change things quite a bit.
Is is right that Luiz didn't complete that transfer from Chelsea?
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08-08-2019, 01:15 PM
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#223
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
Is is right that Luiz didn't complete that transfer from Chelsea?
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As per Arsenal and Chelsea's twitter, it was completed.
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08-08-2019, 01:16 PM
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#224
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by agulati
As per Arsenal and Chelsea's twitter, it was completed.
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Yeah, that one looks like it went through. Not that anyone other than David Luiz really cares.
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08-08-2019, 01:20 PM
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#225
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah, that one looks like it went through. Not that anyone other than David Luiz really cares.
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Hey! I care.
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08-08-2019, 01:20 PM
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#226
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah, that one looks like it went through. Not that anyone other than David Luiz really cares.
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Oh I don't know about that.
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08-08-2019, 01:32 PM
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#227
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
Oh I don't know about that.
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Oh Selma...a notoriously poor judge of character.
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08-08-2019, 01:34 PM
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#228
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah, that one looks like it went through. Not that anyone other than David Luiz really cares.
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And every Arsenal or Chelsea fan
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08-08-2019, 01:35 PM
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#229
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
Oh I don't know about that.
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Don't forget Guendouzi too. We have 2 Sideshow Bob's on the same team .
Will be a sight to behold.
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08-08-2019, 01:40 PM
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#230
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Don't forget Guendouzi too. We have 2 Sideshow Bob's on the same team .
Will be a sight to behold.
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Actually that's why I posted it. The two of them are a match made in heaven!
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08-08-2019, 01:44 PM
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#231
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
And every Arsenal or Chelsea fan
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Why? Adding or subtracting David Luiz means little to nothing to either fan base other than:
"We got rid of David Luiz!"
or
"We got David Luiz?"
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08-08-2019, 04:26 PM
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#232
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Why? Adding or subtracting David Luiz means little to nothing to either fan base other than:
"We got rid of David Luiz!"
or
"We got David Luiz?"
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Arsenal were desperate for a centre back, and although he's not the major signing fans really want, it's a major improvement on what we had this morning.
Chelsea fans also seem genuinely upset by his leaving and seem to have liked what he brought to the club.
It may not matter to you, but the move is significant to the clubs involved.
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08-08-2019, 04:46 PM
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#233
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Franchise Player
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Devo/Bagor, help me with this depth chart.
-------------------- Rashford
-------------- (Greenwood, Chong)
-------- Martial ------ Pogba ----- Lingard
-------- (Sanchez) -- (Mata) ---- (D. James)
--------------- Matic -- McTominay
------------ (Pereira, Gomez, Fred)
Shaw -------- Maguire - Lindelof ----- Wan Bissaka
(Young) ------ (Smalling, Jones) ----- (Dalot)
------------------------ de Gea
----------------------- (Romero)
Rojo, Darmian, await their contracts ending next summer.
Bailly out til Christmas.
Borthwick-Jackson, Tuanzabe & Fosu-Mensah, should be loaned out.
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08-08-2019, 06:10 PM
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#234
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Luiz is just an okay player at this point. Can still be a great distributor of the ball, but at the same time also is still a gong show defensively with his decision making.
According to the advanced soccer stat site whoscored he’s still rated 7.08 last year, which was still top 50 in the league.
Actually higher than Maguire by that sites rankings.
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08-08-2019, 06:21 PM
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#235
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Luiz surely can't be worse than Mustafi and that's all that matters.
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08-08-2019, 06:43 PM
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#236
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Luiz is just an okay player at this point. Can still be a great distributor of the ball, but at the same time also is still a gong show defensively with his decision making.
According to the advanced soccer stat site whoscored he’s still rated 7.08 last year, which was still top 50 in the league.
Actually higher than Maguire by that sites rankings.
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It's also important because he's coming from Chelsea, and they are a worse team today because of this move.
Arsenal very likely will be competing with Chelsea for top 4 again so the move is more significant than if Luis was coming from some other league or a lower table club.
Even if Arsenal are marginally better from this and Chelsea are marginally worse, that could mean swapping table positions as they were only 2 points apart last season.
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08-08-2019, 09:23 PM
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#237
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
It's also important because he's coming from Chelsea, and they are a worse team today because of this move.
Arsenal very likely will be competing with Chelsea for top 4 again so the move is more significant than if Luis was coming from some other league or a lower table club.
Even if Arsenal are marginally better from this and Chelsea are marginally worse, that could mean swapping table positions as they were only 2 points apart last season.
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Ya know, he's hit some stunners for free kicks too.
Will he at Arsenal?
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08-08-2019, 09:36 PM
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#238
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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In all honesty, the Arsenal/Chelsea battle is interesting. Chelsea loses Hazard and can't replace him, and to top it all off they have an unproven manager. Hard to see how that goes, although they did keep Kovacic and added Pulisic. I think that's a tough one to predict in terms of where they're going to wind up.
But adding Luiz, while probably necessary is at least a bit "meh". They lost Aaron Ramsey on a free, and didn't really replace him. The best CB they did add they loaned back, so it won't help this year. Really they needed to add some defence, and while Tierney might be a good addition, it's hard to say for sure. I think that they're going to leak goals though.
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08-08-2019, 11:44 PM
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#239
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Luiz is just an okay player at this point. Can still be a great distributor of the ball, but at the same time also is still a gong show defensively with his decision making.
According to the advanced soccer stat site whoscored he’s still rated 7.08 last year, which was still top 50 in the league.
Actually higher than Maguire by that sites rankings.
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Probably best used in a 3, will emery do that at all this year?
Bellerin and Tierney can certainly play as wingbacks
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08-09-2019, 09:03 AM
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#240
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said Leroy Sane's knee injury is set to rule him out for "six or seven months."
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/manchest...nee-injury-pep
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