The Premier League Thread

There seems like there could be a flurry of late activity in the transfer window

Ronaldo has left Juve and Mbappe might leave PSG. This could lead to each purchasing Moise Kean and Richarlison respectively (although the link I have seen only suggested a loan with obligation for Kean)

That will surely drive Everton into a panic to replace richarlison.

They are prone to overpaying which might give some other clubs money to throw around. Although the latest links for them are Maupay and Dwight McNeil. I wouldn’t be too happy to be their fans if they lose Richarlison, Kean , James and replace them with those two, grey and Townsend . No matter how rubbish inconsistent some of them might have been

It seems like several clubs are stuck with a sell to buy situation and not just us

 

By all accounts he wants big wages which is likely why we stayed away

 

Arsenal are just pathetic. Come on City, there's 10 here for you.

 

I’d be happy with 9

I was a bit taken aback when I saw that Arsenal defence today . We complain about ours but would we take any of them in our defence ? Tierney yes . But the central defenders? And they only have one properly out as far as I remember

 

2 out - Gabriel and White.

 

Red card!

 

Yep, that's 2 feet. Rash and dangerous. Has to go.

 

Clear red - I wonder how much time Arteta has now?

 

Can't really blame Arteta for this. 2 defensive howlers plus a red card. That's on the players. The problem lies deeper than with the manager.

 

The fans phoning in to 606 last week were obviously unhappy with Arteta, but much, much more blame went to Stan Kroenke.

 

3 down 6 to go.

 

Somehow I’d forgotten about White because he joined and then got covid straight away so only played the first game

In that context it makes some sense. I shudder to think how we would do against city with 2 first choice defenders out. Crazy that they have 6 who can play there but I suppose you need to if you use a back 3. And two of them are back up fullbacks as well

 

Xhaka's always been a liability. Why are they selling Maitland-Niles?

 

I thought Roma wanted xhaka after the euros. He would probably do much better in Italy

I also thought Arsenal fans were gleeful at his potential sale. Something went wrong

 

Their big names all seem to have attitude problems; Aubameyang, Pepe, Willian. That's got to be down to the manager. But, I have no idea what's going on there to be honest.

 

Is Maitland-Niles any good? I have never really seen him play

 

I wonder what odds there are of Arsenal getting another red card in this ?

 

Wasn't he the best player on the pitch a few months ago when West Brom smashed us 3-0? I can't recall because I think I switched off at 2-0.

 

If so, that's a sure sign that the manager has lost the dressing room.

 

I heard someone (a comedian?) say that both Arsenal and Newcastle would be on TV twice tonight - MoTD and Pointless