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goon

Reckon he's the best crosser of the ball in the league.

Segway

Nah that's de Bruyne.

jones

Lads that's not how you spell Monreal

Clrnc

jones wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Curiously, he seems to fit English football a lot better than Barca's.

I thought as much when he was still at Barcelona, people back then likened his style to a young Cristiano which might be a lazy comparison although you can see some similarities. It's not just Barca's game, he thrives on space and a free role which is why his game fits English football a lot better than La Liga, he looked out of place at Sevilla too last season.

He was so bad at Sevilla. Left out of the team frequently in favour of Reyes. Even Denis Suarez looked more impressive.

I think he was more impressive in his first spell at Everton, he can look slightly one dimensional at times against a packed defence.

jones

I actually think Suarez is a bigger talent, needs to carve out a role for himself but has more to his game than Deulofeu in my opinion. Reminds me of Iniesta at times with his ball control in tight spaces.

Klaus

Frankfurt's Johannes Flum suffered a horror injury in training yesterday, and they fear that his career might be over:

Click to embiggen. Or, you know, don't, if you're sensitive. It looks pretty horrific. There's a big hole where his kneecap is supposed to be. The entire knee just caved in. I've never seen anything like it. I get phantom pain just from staring at the picture.

MistaT

How much football do you watch Jones?

Seems you have an opinion on hundreds of players who I know nothing of!!

Bold Tone

Don't worry, T, you'll get a reply after the match ends.
Panamanian League Cup second round replay.

jones

I'm actually watching Barcelona in the CDR right now 😆

I spend a lot of time at work or university watching football so yeah, couple hours a week probably. Procrastination and football go hand in hand for me.

Flum's injury (broken knee cap) is beyond horrific but not career threatening thankfully, he was immediately brought to the hospital with a helicopter and had his operation today. Really wouldn't advise clicking on it, looks horrible.

lorddulaarsenal

I love Sturridge as a player - so wish we had a striker like him

Rex

We have! Walcott is almost never available, just like Sturridge. 😃

lorddulaarsenal

Also wish we played with as much energy as Klopp's team

Wenger needs to increase player fitness

jones

That's some fucking assist right there. Changed your minds yet Clrnc and Gael? 😉

Gazza M

something is afoot at pool. can see them pushing for the top 3 over the xmas period if sturridge stays fit.

@ dula - courage is the word i'd use for klopps teams. all of his sides have balls and play his way with real conviction. it can ofcourse all explode spectacularly because it's an intense style, but you can never accuse his teams of lacking spirit.

banduan

Fuck that injury ayayayayayaya

Ayayayayay

Bold Tone

Copy & paste job from someone less lazy than me!

The 2000-2009 decade:

Number of different league winners:
Premier League: 3 (United, Arsenal, Chelsea)
La Liga: 4 (La Coruna, Real, Valencia, Barca)
Serie A : 5 ( Lazio, Roma, Juve, Milan, Inter)
Bundesliga: 5 (Bayern, Dortmund, Bremen, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg)

Points the league winners accumulated and points/game average:
Premier League:
91, 80, 87, 83, 90, 95, 91, 89, 87, 90 = 883 => 883/380 = 2.32points/game

La Liga:
69, 80, 75, 78, 77, 84, 82, 76, 85, 87 = 793 => 793/380 = 2.09 points/game

Serie A (Juve's league title win that was taking away from them):
72, 75, 71, 72, 82, 86, 76 (91), 97, 85, 84 = 800 (815) => 2.11 (2.14) points/game

Bundesliga (34 game league, so the points/game number at the end is the best way to compare):
73, 63, 70, 75, 74, 77, 75, 70, 76, 69 = 722 => 722/340 = 2.12 points/game

Number of different teams finishing in the CL spots:
I mention the number of CL spots to give some perspective, obviously it's more likely to have more diversity in the CL spots with 4 than with just 3 (thinking about it, I should have just compared top 4, but it would just add more teams to the German list and not a new one to the English one)

Premier League: 7 teams (8 seasons with 4 CL spots, 2 seasons with 3, 1 season with 5)
United, Arsenal, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea, Everton

La Liga: 13 teams (4 spots in all 10 seasons)
La Coruna, Barca, Valencia, Real, Saragossa, Mallorca, Sociedad, Celta Vigo, Villareal, Betis, Osasuna, Sevilla, Atletico

Serie A: 9 teams (4 spots in all 10 seasons)
Lazio, Juve, Milan, Inter, Roma, Parma, Udinese, Verona, Fiorentina

Bundesliga: 9 teams (8 seasons with 3 spots, 2 seasons with 4)
Bayern, Leverkusen, Hamburg, 1860, Schalke, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Bremen, Wolfsburg

Irishgunner

Benzema's been banned from the French national team, great news for Giroud.

Bold Tone

I don't think that's great news for Arsenal.

Rex

No, it's bad news for Arsenal even.

Klaus

I love Zlatan:

Three days ago he did this:

He's just ridiculous. How does he get so much power on the ball without even trying?

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