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Mesut coming out of his shell?

Timbob

Rex, "if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."

Burnwinter

Rex wrote:
Chomping at the bit is alright. It is actually a LOT more common than champing at the bit. Champing, btw, is probably only used in this idiom these days, while chomping is actually still in use as biting or chewing. 😉

Nice googling Rex. The real pedant looks up the correct answer in his heart—which is, by the way, champing.

flobaba

Used in a sentence:

"We are going to be the champings this year!"

Rex

Burnwinter wrote:
Rex wrote:
Chomping at the bit is alright. It is actually a LOT more common than champing at the bit. Champing, btw, is probably only used in this idiom these days, while chomping is actually still in use as biting or chewing. 😉

Nice googling Rex. The real pedant looks up the correct answer in his heart—which is, by the way, champing.

Oh, I agree. Was mainly trying to be nice to US. Chomping is just a tad better than irregardless in my book. 🙂

USArsenal

are we still on this? sheesh.. chomping is the most commonly used version of that phrase here in the 'States.. 20 times more common.. and YET, you understood what i was saying.. job done

😃

Biggus

Tim-bob wrote:
Rex, "if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."

Indeed Tim, and how I did waste time and now how time doth waste me......

Qwiss

USArsenal wrote:
are we still on this? sheesh.. chomping is the most commonly used version of that phrase here in the 'States.. 20 times more common.. and YET, you understood what i was saying.. job done

😃

Burnwinter

😆 Sick. Burn.

est

Burnwinter

Bold Tone wrote:
(BTW, ! is L to avoid calling him Kloos. Sorry Mods)

It's not the mods, it's Le Frits.

Burnwinter

Qwiss! wrote:
I really think assists are a much better measure than chance creation. Who decides what a chance is? What are the parameters?

It could be argued that "chance creation" is a bit more independent of the quality of the forwards. Neither measure of a player says anything about their ability in pure isolation, if such a thing can ever be said in the context of team sport.

USArsenal

Qwiss! wrote:
USArsenal wrote:
are we still on this? sheesh.. chomping is the most commonly used version of that phrase here in the 'States.. 20 times more common.. and YET, you understood what i was saying.. job done

😃

now now.. you have all known me long enough to know im not some stupid redneck yank... i dun liv in al'bamer

marv3llous

Mesut was just on a different level yesterday. He's just dictating it on his own terms every game now.

Mirth

That injury he had early last season did him a world of good. He got a break and put in some hours in the gym.

USArsenal

Mirth wrote:
That injury he had early last season did him a world of good. He got a break and put in some hours in the gym.

yes, he looks stronger.. and if he has built up his stamina like he SEEMS to have, he could be in for a monster year... the real test, though, will be when we come up against the big boys.

Rex

So far this pre-season he looks to finish when in good positions a lot more often than looking for the pass. If he can maintain that little bit of selfish streak and confidence in his finishing, then he'll score regularly I would think. He looks more decisive than I have ever seen him actually.

marv3llous

Im not too bothered by his goal scoring. As long as he takes the shot when its obviously the best choice. But im actually quite confident that he will break his league record of 9 this season.

QuincyAbeyie

Rex wrote:
So far this pre-season he looks to finish when in good positions a lot more often than looking for the pass.

Yep. If you remember his Everton goal, it would be typical of him to pass to the right. Would've been a FIFA goal.

goon

He looks to be playing a lot higher up the pitch too, almost off the shoulder of the last defender.

Qwiss

otfgoon wrote:
He looks to be playing a lot higher up the pitch too, almost off the shoulder of the last defender.

Thats what he was like in his first season here too. I remember looking at our heat maps and seeing he was our most advanced player overall, even more than Giroud. I think its where he's best too, he's devastating in tight spaces.

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