He was just being a dick.

est wrote:

He was just being a dick.

Basically, a bureaucrat with a whistle.

Red Bull are in talks to buy Swindon town :/

We'll see them in the PL soon so.

What a freekick by Forsberg to put Sweden in the lead against France. Incredible finesse on the knuckleball.

Gnabry scored a hat trick for Germany.

Against a bunch of farmers from San Marino.

Regardless, the fact is he's making the German national squad and scoring hat tricks after his Olympic exploits, just goes to show we made the wrong decision allowing both him and Campbell to leave when they could have contributed. Yes, Gnabry wanted to play games and that's why he left but it would't have been hard to convince him if we wanted to keep him.

The weird thing about this whole episode is how Brom didn't give a single minute to him.

Big Willie wrote:

Regardless, the fact is he's making the German national squad and scoring hat tricks after his Olympic exploits, just goes to show we made the wrong decision allowing both him and Campbell to leave when they could have contributed. Yes, Gnabry wanted to play games and that's why he left but it would't have been hard to convince him if we wanted to keep him.

Well, we dont really know that. It was a mistake to let him run it down to the last year, though.

Players who don't play any football are generally not going to be quick to sign new deals. Gnabry would have never gotten enough mins here to stay at the end of the season. At least by selling him we can put in a few clauses, including a buy-back one hopes.

Jed wrote:

Against a bunch of farmers from San Marino.

Exactly.

goon wrote:

Players who don't play any football are generally not going to be quick to sign new deals. Gnabry would have never gotten enough mins here to stay at the end of the season. At least by selling him we can put in a few clauses, including a buy-back one hopes.

Unfortunately in this case it wasnt included, i think. Noot sure if there was a sell-on fee clause either.

Give him Chamberlain's minutes and he would have stayed.

Ray wrote:

Give him Chamberlain's minutes and he would have stayed.

We dont really know that too. What if his head was turned by Bayern? They told him to force a move to Werder, be starter there for a season and they would buy him. Sounds like a better deal than staying here to be on the bench.

That's just rumours though, Bremen's CEO said there was no contact and while it's obvious he'd say that regardless of whether it's true or not it would be pretty difficult to set up a valid contract in that vein.

Nevermind the game vs San Marino just look at his performances in the Bundesliga to see his quality. He's making his mark in every game and looks a lot more mature than he used to, also his first touch and even more so his work rate are on a different planet compared to Ox.

I think Gnabry was just bad timing. He had two very difficult knee injuries in as many years and couldn't get back into shape. There were reports from West Bromwich that he was physically unfit for Premier League (and they didn't come from Tony Pulis). And then his contract was running down and he started looking for other options. He would have been sent on another loan otherwise.

marv3llous wrote:

We dont really know that too. What if his head was turned by Bayern? They told him to force a move to Werder, be starter there for a season and they would buy him. Sounds like a better deal than staying here to be on the bench.

Pointless to speculate on such baseless rumours. It was just unfortunate that we didn't hold on to him for obvious reasons.

Klaus wrote:

I think Gnabry was just bad timing. He had two very difficult knee injuries in as many years and couldn't get back into shape. There were reports from West Bromwich that he was physically unfit for Premier League (and they didn't come from Tony Pulis). And then his contract was running down and he started looking for other options. He would have been sent on another loan otherwise.

Those reports were clearly fake IMO. He looked so fit and on fire in the Olympics. I don't believe he can just turn it on like that if he was that unfit for an entire season.

The Olympics were sunday league football though. Every single team there would have been thoroughly schooled in the English League Two. It was just embarrassing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37896472
What happened?

I turned off the tv in the 87th or 88th minute when England were leading 2-0. How did they fuck that up?

Messi beats ospina with a fk from some distance. ...and then an assist as I'm typing this

Alexis playing for Chile , coming out for the second half and he is struggling. We cant play him vs United.

Goodness me , he's scored twice ! The second was brilliant

He's still not running that well though. Looks very uncomfortable.

Its bad for us , but he has got 3 vital points for Chile.

quality strikes there. the 2nd goal was a real centre forwards finish - powering down the middle, holding off the challenges, and slotting it in

now we pray for his hamstring

Campbell scores a brace to condemn USA to their worst loss since 1957. Delightful finishes.

Is he worth bringing back?

Reality check for England.

Starting to get carried away under Southgate. The subs ruined the balance.

Clrnc wrote:

Campbell scores a brace to condemn USA to their worst loss since 1957. Delightful finishes.

Lol some commentary that. Overhead volley, kick save..

Jed wrote:

Is he worth bringing back?

Nope.

Get over him.

flobaba wrote:

Jed wrote:

Is he worth bringing back?

Nope.

Get over him.

Yup, we already got Chambo.

Big Willie wrote:

flobaba wrote:

Nope.

Get over him.

Yup, we already got Chambo.

Big Willie wrote:

flobaba wrote:

Nope.

Get over him.

Yup, we already got Chambo.

Indeed. As much as I liked JC while he was here he wasn't that much of an upgrade over Chambo. 

Even Carlitos Vela had more in his locker and I don't see guys pining for his return.

Carlitos was quality flo but apparently wasn't professional and had mental issues that Wenger wasn't happy with. Think it started that time he forgot his passport on the way to a CL game. But yeah, I'd have loved bed to have him back after his spell with Sociedad especially with the clause we had. The only reason I would have been happy with the clause being removed was if it led to buying Griezmann at the time.

flobaba wrote:

Big Willie wrote:

Yup, we already got Chambo.

Indeed. As much as I liked JC while he was here he wasn't that much of an upgrade over Chambo. 

Even Carlitos Vela had more in his locker and I don't see guys pining for his return.

If he was on loan, yes you would see that.